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Casually watching a Sky Arts thing on Kenneth Williams and thought Eric Idle was looking rough. Apparently it's not Idle, its Steve Punt from the Mary Whitehouse Experience.

I assumed it was your A pick, your E pick, and so on. But tbf I screwed up my subs last year when Nichelle Nichols died on deadline day, so my sympathies.

1. Put the economy first 2. Criticised financial thinking 3. Trying to bring interest rates down. I kid you not.

So if she was less thick she'd be dangerous? I think the very events speak against this. A change of monarch, a new PM, a patriotic zeal, perfect time to call an election, ride the momentum. Instead they rushed through that budget ASAP because they thought it would be popular.

Wasn't much time. The budget happened as soon as parliament returned after the Queen's death. And even before the Queen died her energy cap which was actually a rise was pissing folk off.

Gooseberry, usually I'd say after 3 years of enema you need to get to A&E asap. But in this case, I think you need to beware next year. 2014 - Richard Attenborough, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eusebio, Rik Mayall, Joe Cocker, Jeremy Thorpe, Jack Bruce, Ian Paisley, Donald Sinden, Jaws, Joan Rivers, James Garner, Elaine Stritch, Bobby Womack, Alfredo di Stefano, Eli Wallach, Elena Baltacha, Bob Hoskins, Tito Vilanova, Kate O'Mara, Sue Townsend, Tony Benn, Harold Ramis, Ariel Sharon 2004 - Yasser Arafat, John Peel, Emlyn Hughes, Ronald Reagan, Christopher Reeve, Janet Leigh, Brian Clough, Johnny Ramone, Ray Charles, Peter Ustinov 1994 - Fanny Craddock, Cab Calloway, Taggart, Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Kim il Sung, Jessica Tandy, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Potter, Jackie Kennedy, John Smith, Senna, Richard Nixon, Kurt Cobain, John Candy, Bill Hicks, Joe Cotten, Telly Savalas, Matt Busby, Cesar Romero 1984 - Sam Peckinpah, Indira Gandhi, Francois Truffaut, John Hexum, Brighton bombing, Leonard Rossiter, Stan from Corrie, Truman Capote, Richard Burton, James Mason, Foucault, Eric Morecambe, John Betjeman, Andy Kaufman, Diana Dors, Count Basie, Tommy Cooper, Marvin Gaye, Arnold Ridley, Ethel Merman, Yuri Andropov, Luke Kelly (Dubliners), Jackie Wilson, Tarzan 1974 - Jack Benny , PG Wodehouse, Schindler, Charles Lindbergh, Mama Cass, Juan Peron, Pompidou, Bud Abbott, Duke Ellington, Sam Goldwin. 1964 - Sam Cooke, Herbert Hoover, Cole Porter, Harpo Marx, Gracie Allen, Ian Fleming, Flanery O'Connor, Nehru, Nancy Astor, General MacArthur, Alan Ladd, Peter Lorre Obviously my in-depth knowledge of big name celebs dries up a bit but there's a clear trend of years ending in 4 having big A list deaths, and a fair few "where the fuck did that come from?" big name demises too.

Look at these smart bastards in 2021, @Gooseberry Crumble - yeah, there were "he's no well" reports for a while.

Just to say, it's been on ITV3 about 2 or 3 times in the past year and is on ITVX.

I've gone for a 4 month "drought" and lots of gnashing of teeth by the usuals.

Never 11 without the 12th hit holds true another year.

I did ask about her last year but was told "msc, you can do better", basically! In my defence, the BBC made her sound far more famous than she turned out to be, but if others picked her I can understand that and her being allowed - the press made her out to be a bigger deal last year. That said, RIP. A sad story all round, and no age.

Aye. Front page has a good joke about Rafferty's liver hoping file sharing would dent the £80k a year he was still making off Baker Street. Am reliably told it was closer to £800k. Grumpy bastard, amazing songwriter though.

Reminds me a bit of Gerry Rafferty. The final illness was drawn out but he never left the hospital again alive.

Was a fan of Diamond John Quenby in the 90s.

It's really the lack of alternatives which is the shocking thing. Post-Hilary, the Democrats were so low on candidates Biden had to come out of retirement essentially. And he probably remains their best choice of the realistic candidates, despite being a decade too old for the role. There was just no real post-Clinton generation in that party, and Obama just covered over the cracks when it should have given them extra time to find folk. Whereas the Republicans are finding out what the Tories (and Blair's Labour) did before. If you narrow your candidates for office to the nth degree, you have a shallow and unconvincing pool of talent for the top job.

It's easier to get the British monarchy to abdicate than to get a US Senator to retire seemingly.

Peter Thompson I drew a dead end with as common name, obscure actor, etc. He was believed to be around to lack of evidence to the contrary, but its recently come to light that he died in 1999. The source is one of the more trustworthy researchers on Gallifrey Base, whom posts under a pseudonym but is known by Toby and others in real life and been vouched for. I don't have access to their research though, just that it's accurate. I stand by my comments from 2021 - Doctor Who Cast and Crew are useful, but they do often assume folk are alive due to no obvious evidence online of death. It turns out Hugh Lund was actually alive when I last updated that list (briefly), but my scepticism on Thompson proved accurate! Anyhow, I suspect vast numbers of uncredited names died long off the radar. It's why I tend to ignore them unless they are notable in their own right like Harry Fielder, Derek Martin and so on. Not to be harsh but for example, monster actor Dave Carter is apparently still alive but has been MIA from the public so long you could spend weeks looking for him and be none the wiser.

His mum is in very frail health. Dunno if that was mentioned. Much nicer person than her son imo.

For a brief moment I was worried until I twigged 90s kids TV hero Uncle Jack wasn't an internet celebrity and would probably get referenced under his main job as the guy from Manfred Mann. Paul Jones, still with us .

Already at the "1000% cert obit" but surely dying right after Parky pretty much makes that a slam dunk. Could have been a DDP contender (or pick) had he lasted another 4 months and change.

The full list of votes for The Crowdsourced Deathlist, 2023. - 1807 points – Jimmy Carter - 1600 points – Rolf Harris - 1410 points – Bob Barker - 1285 points – Henry Kissinger - 1246 points – George Alagiah - 1124 points – Joanne Woodward - 1084 points – Glynis Johns - 1037 points – Roberta Flack - 988 points – Frank Field - 963 points – James Whale - 957 points – Gianluca Vialli - 916 points - Harry Belafonte - 915 points – Rosalynn Carter - 890 points – Tony Bennett - 874 points – Jonnie Irwin - 799 points – Linda Nolan - 769 points – Eva Marie Saint - 736 points – June Spencer - 681 points – Dick van Dyke - 641 points – Ruth Buzzi - 623 points – Nigel Starmer Smith - 614 points – Andy Taylor - 573 points – Mel Brooks - 567 points – Constantine II - 566 points – Milan Kundera - 560 points – Ted Kaczyinski - 552 points – Yoko Ono - 544 points – Sandra Day O’Connor - 536 points – Bobby Charlton - 535 points - Jean Marie le Pen - 534 points – Rob Burrow - 528 points – Shannen Doherty - 526 points – Giorgio Napolitano - 516 points – Norman Tebbitt - 511 points – Jacques Delors - 499 points – David Attenborough - 488 points – Noam Chomsky - 486 points – Ryuichi Sakamoto - 477 points – Marianne Faithful - 457 points – Sonny Rollins - 448 points – Stanley Baxter, Randy Jackson - 443 points – Norman Lear - 409 points – James Earl Jones - 408 points – Topol - 407 points – Francoise Hardy - 397 points – James Watson - 395 points – Vera Miles - 392 points – Duke of Kent - 391 points – David Graham - 390 points – Prunella Scales - 388 points – Imelda Marcos - 386 points – Burt Bacharach - 373 points – Nigel Lawson - 370 points – Violeta Chamorro - 355 points – Pervez Musharraf - 350 points – Joss Ackland - 337 points – William Russell - 335 points – Steve “Mongo” McMichael - 322 points – Cleo Laine - 317 points – Alan Greenspan - 309 points – Clint Eastwood - 308 points – Robert Wagner - 303 points – Dennis Skinner - 296 points – Douglas Hurd - 283 points – Pope Francis - 274 points – Patricia Routledge - 271 points – Linda Ronstadt - 269 points – Liza Minelli - 262 points – Buzz Aldrin - 257 points – Bob Newhart - 238 points – Vanessa Redgrave, Ethel Kennedy - 235 points – Jean Marsh - 231 points – Sandy Gall - 229 points – Janey Godley - 221 points – Gina Lollobrigida - 218 points – Shane McGowan - 199 points – Winnie Ewing - 197 points – Michael Tilson Thomas, Iris Apfel - 195 points – Phyllida Law - 194 points – Tina Turner - 192 points – Stella Stevens - 186 points – Michael Parkinson - 184 points – Willie Nelson, Raul Castro - 181 points – Johnny Ruffo - 180 points – Bernadette Chirac - 175 points – Frank McGarvey - 174 points – Carlos Bilardo, Tom Lehrer - 172 points – Ayatollah Khamenei - 171 points – Fay Weldon - 170 points – Lee Grant - 168 points – Chris Rea - 164 points - Akihito - 161 points – Frederic Forrest - 159 points – Isabel Peron, Gudrun Ure - 156 points – Mohammed Al Fayed - 154 points – Rhod Gilbert - 152 points – Derek Draper - 150 points – Martti Ahtisaari - 148 points – Amanda Bynes - 141 points – Queen Ratna - 139 points – Ozzy Osbourne - 136 points – Kate Keltie - 134 points – Ray Anthony - 133 points – Paul Hogan, Ted Turner, Benjamin Ferencz - 131 points – Phyllida Law - 127 points – Michael Caine - 125 points – Dick Cheney - 124 points – Jeannette Lee - 123 points – Julie Goodyear - 122 points – Desmond Morris - 117 points – Abdullah the Butcher, June Lockhart, Tom Baker - 116 points – Mahathir Mohammad - 115 points – Alice Munro - 112 points – Katherine Jackson - 111 points – Nana Mouskouri - 109 points – Vladimir Putin - 107 points – Dr Ruth - 106 points – Alexander Jodorowsky - 105 points – Pat Robertson - 104 points – Princess Mikasa, Milos Zeman, David Crosby - 101 points – Khamtai Siphandon - 100 points – Betty Boothroyd - 97 points – James L Buckley, Anita Pointer - 96 points – Lynne Reid Banks, Brigitte Bardot - 93 points – Carolyn Bryant Donham - 90 points – Juan Carlos I - 89 points – Gene Hackman, Lucille Randon - 88 points – Don King, Toby Keith, Norman Jewison - 87 points – Tippi Hedren, Edie McClurg - 86 points – John Cannan - 85 points – Richard Franklin, Mary Quant - 84 points – Queen Sirikit - 83 points – Valerie Perrine - 82 points – Julie Andrews - 80 points – Renee Taylor, Rita Moreno, Michiko - 79 points – Rupert Murdoch, Dianne Feinstein, Ray Reardon, - 78 points – Manmohan Singh, Willie Mays - 77 points – Jane Fonda, Jean-Pierre Laboulle - 75 points – Cesar Luis Menotti, Denis Law - 73 points – Sophia Loren, Janis Paige, Joni Mitchell - 72 points – Guidio Gorgatti - 71 points – Philippe de Gaulle, Frankie Valli, Estelle Parsons - 70 points – Phil Collins - 69 points – Ysanne Churchman - 68 points – Malachy McCourt, Stuart Hall, Alain Delon - 67 points – Alberto Fujimori, Sidney Cooke - 66 points – Arthur Scargill, Marla Gibbs, Kat Bjelland - 65 points – Lindsay Buckingham, Zhu Rongii Dikembe Mutombo - 64 points – Gordon Lightfoot - 63 points – William Daniels, Bill Butler, Al Jaffee, Maggie Smith - 62 points – Donald Trump, Lisa Lu, Grace Slick, Valdas Adamkus - 61 points – Tim Curry, John Astin - 60 points – Alan Bennett, Margrethe II - 59 points – Richard M Sherman, Liliana Cavani - 58 points – Edna O’Brien, Hazel McCallion, Tim Lobinger - 57 points – Richard Wilson, Roy Hattersley - 56 points – Eugenia Cooney, Ady Barkan - 55 points – Roy Clarke, Eileen Derbyshire, Bill Wyman, Roger Corman - 54 points – Iron Sheik, Joe Exotic - 53 points – Silvio Berlusconi, Roman Polanski, Ratko Mladic - 52 points – Robert Kuok, Gena Rowlands - 51 poinnts – Julie Walters, Luis Garavito, Malcolm Hebden, Carole Cook, John Fetterman - 50 points – Andrew Tate, Leontyne Price, Bobby Vinton, Ryan O’Neal, Jose Marie Marin, Ion Iliescu, Bas de Gaay Fortman, Cheng-ning Yang, Larry Pressler, Barbara Eden, Hu Jintao - 49 points – Helene Joilot, Thomas Noguchi, Johnny Gilbert, Anastasia Zavortynuk, Jeremiah Green, Neale Adams, Lee Majors - 48 points – Princess Astrid, Emerich Jenei, Wilson Fittipaldi Jr, Shintaro Tsuji, Peter Procter, Arnold Yarrow, Tomichi Murayama, Jim Carter, Wilfred Benitez, Princess Bajrakityabha - 47 points – Edouard Balladur, Vic Seixas, Josip Manolic, Bill Hayden, Joe Biden, Teresa Nervosa, Sofia Gubadiulina - 46 points – William Labov, Tim Keller, Terry Medwin, Lando Buzzanca, Pam St Clement, Martia Camacho Quinos - 45 points – Carmen Silvera, Alan Bergman, Rowshan Ershad, Dick McTaggart, Virginia Halas McCaskey, Florina Piersic, Annette Crosbie, Oscar Wyatt, Dave Marsh, Steve Lawrence - 44 points – John Savident, Anouk Aimee, Gerard Depardieu, Dick Button, Louis Farrakhan, Dennis Lottis, Andres Garcia - 43 points – Freddy Quinn, Fredrich Grade, Chuck Grassley, Margaret Stuart Barry, David Linden, Pierre Richard - 42 points – Jiri Ono, Caren Marsh Doll, Sam Bankman-Fried, Steve Gleason, Tom Stafford, Timothy Dudley-Smith, Robert Solow, Giles Brindley - 41 points – Denny Crum, Bill Tidy, Tammy Slaton, Charles Burrell, Lance Henriksen, Patrick Leahy, Robert Badinter, Volodymyr Zelenskyy - 40 points – Jim Lovell, Joyce Randolph, Song Ping, Teddie Chinnery, George Johnson, George Koonymans, Albert S Ruddy, Nikocado Avocado - 39 points – Gavin Robertson, Takhesi 69, John Boorman, Pauline Kana, Wanda Poltawska, Doyle Brunson, Ion Tiriac, Martin Bashir, Chevy Chase, Walter Mirisch, The Hong Piow, Rodion Amirov, Ray Lawler, Amy Price, Tenryu - 38 points – Claudia Cardinale, Ella Jenkins, Jack Nicholson, Pete Murray, Tiger Mask, Lee Corso - 37 points – Just Fontaine, Clarence Thomas, Brian Wilson - 36 points – Terry Venables, Doreen Mantle, Chubby Checker, Pat Boone, Jessica Alves, Anita Cornwell, Joseph DeAngelo, Saijida Talfah, Billy Dee Williams, Harvey Weinstein - 35 points – Khaleda Zia, Claude Lelouch, Jet Black, Silvia Pinal, Gene Shalit, Pauline Clayden, Kitty Hart-Moxom, Lucille Song, Frank Gehry - 34 points – Saalumarada Thimmakka, Jordan Peterson, Fred Lorenzen, Baroness Jane Campbell, Michael Schaefernaker, Ronald Blythe, Asha Bhosle, Earl of Airlie - 33 points – Charlie Munger, Michael Gambon, John Cruickshank, James Bolam, Jan Svankmaier, David Steel, Franz Beckenbauer, Kazimierz Klimczak, Albert II, Derren Nesbitt, Gloria Deukmejan, Margia Dean - 32 points – Lou Donaldson, Marlene Matthews, Shin jung-hyeon, Rosemary Squires, Dalai Lama, Harriet Anderson, Micheline Presle - 31 points – Jake The Snake Roberts, Chief Buthulezi, Fernanda Montengro, Yoon Jeong-Hee, Steve Way, Kim Novak, Giorgio Moroder, Joan D Vinge - 30 points – June Squibb, Joseph McGrath, Mamie van Doren, Quentin Blake, Juan Ponce Enrile, Lech Walesa, Jan Englert, Hugo Broch, Salman - 29 points – Wee Willie Harris, Jean Malurie, Mike Yarwood, Bobby Caldwell, Adriano Celetano, Salman Rushdie, Miiko Taaka - 28 points – Clint Hill, Mindy Carson, Jimmy Tarbuck, Gwneth Jones, James Ivory, Joe Benton, Sandy Gall, William Shatner, Marilyn Horne, Gordon Pinsent, Connie Francis, Kenneth Cope - 27 points – Marion Ross, Larisa Latvina, Clive Barker, Jane Morgan, John Williams, William Perry, Borie Salming, Tsai Chen - 26 points – Jirinia Bobdalova, John Prescott, John Hemingway, Ronnie Atkins, Leonard Laudier, Rebecca Pan, Elaine May - 25 points – Ram John Holder, Earl Holliman, Ann Blyth, Dick Bottoms, Chas McDevitt, Gheorge Zamfir, Barbara Knox, Shirley Jones, Engelbert Humperdink - 24 points – Peter Max, Derek Jacobi, Lou Gan, Al Roker, Elizabeth Dole, Mihai Sora, Meg Wynn Owen - 23 points – Mario Zagallo, James C Floyd, Jimmy Swaggart, Ibrahim Abi-Ackel, Ronnie Milsan, Boogie2988 - 22 points – Kenneth Anger, Rosemary Harris, Marlyne Barrett, Clive Wearing, Milan Kucan, Michael Epstein, Harold V - 21 points – Joan Collins, Bill Cosby, Gerald Harper, John Ashton, Jose Sarney, Lee Adams, Wilhelm Bueseing, Kim yong-nam, Jose Mujica, Smolashy - 20 points – Um aing-ran, Joe Brown, Val Kilmer, Raoni, Jack Hanna, Suge Knight, Jacqueline White, Rachid Mekhloufi - 19 points – Christiane F, Parnelli Jones, Tony Soper, Frank Miller, Mahmoud Abbas, Ringo Starr, Joe Lieberman, Mick Jagger, Amy Callaghan, Sadaharu Oh, Ed Slater - 18 points – GFOTY, Ugo Mifsud Bonicci, Yang You, Claude Jarman, Dionna Warwick, Clive Revill, Barbara Barrie, Giorgio Forltini - 17 points – John Kander, William Gaunt, Jacques Dutronc, David Oreck, Janet Baker, Donovan, Philippe Bouvard, Prince Michael of Kent - 16 points – Amartya Sen, Ashley Fin, Cher, Dario Argento, Aboulaye Wade, Annette Warren, Farah Pahlavi, Judi Dench, Robert Blake, Angie Dickinson, Ornella Vanoni - 15 points – Jurgen Habermas, Galina Gorokhova, Butch Miller, Harry Whittington, Sian Philips, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Terry Jacks, Michael Dukakis, Theodore McCarrick, Louis Gossett Jr, Young Chop - 14 points – Sepp Blatter, Chief Keef, Morgan Freeman, Peter Ackroyd, Shirley Bassey, Scotty Bowman, Francoise Fabian, Judy Parfitt, Christopher Benjamin - 13 points – Aerek Hersh, Lula a Silva, Warren Buffet, Lois Smith, Nino Benevenuti, Wilfredo Gomez, Masahiro Shinoda - 12 points – David Hope, Tom Oliver, Gary Glitter, Ellen Burstyn, Khuie Sampan, Johnny Mathis, Al Quie, Wei Wei, Sinead O’Connor, Bull Nakano - 11 points - Alison Hammond, Virginia McKenna, Diana Armfield, Menachem Pressler, Mina, Derren Nesbitt, Dump Matsumato - 10 points – Teri Garr, George Soros, Alan Oppenheimer, Hans Blix, Elizabeth Kelly, Thomas Noguchi, Jamilia Boulbired - 9 points – Sonia Gandhi, Cecile Langlois, Koko B Ware, Ivana Knoll, Carl Erskine, Jack Thompson, Greg Lemond, Bernie Sanders, Dick Groat, Paul Dooley, Cheryl Lynn, Julietta Serrano, Boris Spassky, Mel Ribiero, Rachel Ames - 8 points – Fauja Singh, Hwang in shik, Hal Linden, Joe Lieberman, Annette Allard, Antonia Fraser, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vivian Pickles, Carlo Sauga, Valentine Strasser, Sandra Weir, Bobby Kimball, Su Pollard - 7 points – Barry Humphries, Bill Cobbs, Ivy Ling Po, Eckhart Dux, Hunter Biden, Sally Struthers, Vivian Pickles, Dominic Chianese, Victor Orena, Lex Luger, John Standing, Amanda Lear - 6 points – Wendy Williams, Heather Locklear, Agnes Keleti, Woody Woodbury, Tin Oo, Alexandra Stan, Art Shalloc, Lil Pump, John Woodvine, Slyvia Syms - 5 points – Steve Halliwell, Jack Bruce Jr, Lina Medina, Rosey Grier, Dave Whelan, Miso Kovac, Sheldon Harnick, Paul Vachon, Albert Delpy, Rose West - 4 points – Muazzes Cig, John Morris, Jose de la Parra, Cissy Houston, Petula Clark, Vashtai Bunyan, Robert Duvall, Bella Thorne, Gilberto Gil, Elsie Kelly, Billy Connolly, Michael York - 3 points – Constance Towers, Whang-od Oggay, Alan Dean Foster, Jose Sarney, Ida Vitale, Linda Perhac, Bill Clinton, Tila Tequila, Emilio Fede, Arnaldo Forlani, Judith Magre, Maryportfuncity, Wilbur Ross, Mitzi Gaynor - 2 points – Scarlett Moffat, Abigail Kawanakoa, Maria Fux, Bernie Ecclestone, Ted Kotcheff, Alfonso Aaru, Demi Lovato, Rick Davies, Billy Two Rivers, David Hamilton, Ricky Knight, Mary Costa, Lee Ka-Shing, Macha Merill, Christopher Timothy - 1 point – Mavis Staples, Lil Wayne, Dick Pound, Penelope Lively, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Henry Sandon All spelling typos either mine or the person who voted for them. Any doublers down to ye old "didn't remove one after adding late points", so no "you split someone's points in two" conspiracies round here. DROPPED FROM 2022 Milos Zeman – 104 points, never came close to readmission. Was below 20 points for most of the voting. Douglas Hurd – 296 points – Seemed a cert to make the list until an unexpected deluge of extra lists on Hogmanay left him well adrift. Jake Roberts – 31 points – Very much forgotten. Jean Marsh – 235 points – Miles behind until Christmas. Made a late charge but was too far back, finishing nearly 160 points off the pace. FORMER PICKS NOT PICKED IN 2022 Prunella Scales (390), Imelda Marcos (388), Burt Bacharach (386), Violeta Chamorro (370) – all came very close Sinead O’Connor – 12 points Alberto Fujimori – 67 points Val Kilmer – 20 points Willie Nelson – 184 points None of these came close to qualifying in 2023. Maybe they’ll do better in 2024. Well, not Sinead. DL PICKS NOT ON OURS Michael Parkinson - 186 points Tina Turner - 194 points, a fair way off the pace. Nigel Lawson/Burt Bacharach - As seen above, near misses. Pervez Musharraf - 355 points, so again, someone on the radar but who just missed out. OTHER NOTES The lack of Deathray has hurt the tiny weatherman bandwagon. The vastly increased points tally to get to 50th place meant bandwagons in general suffered a tough time in the voting. Clint Eastwood, Patricias Routledge and the Pope all saw huge swings to towards them, and seem to be gaining momentum as potential future picks. Meanwhile Billy Connolly almost got a clean vote of health, and Michael York and Joan Collins perhaps have surprisingly few voters given their fans on forum. With a little over 120 days till Hogmanay (fecking hell), made sense to finally sort this out before the whole rigmarole starts all over again!

As a wise man once said, Not everyone who makes 99 will get to 100.

Not of all can be sad bastards tbf. I suspect there's American TV fans on the Cmme. With the internet it's far easier to watch stuff from across the world now. Alex Trebek's Jeopardy! episodes were on UK Netflix recently, for example.

I figured he would. He's one of those names who I know through American movie/TV references, even if he didn't have his own shows here (that I'm aware of!). Also his Happy Gilmore appearance referenced a few posts above. And his semi-regular WWE appearances (see also Bob Uecker and Pete Rose, who are apparently sports stars and not comedic foils!).

1. Nigel Starmer-Smith - bedridden since at least Nov 2021, end stage dementia which came in relatively quickly as still working in 2015, looking half dead in video footage earlier this year. 2. Jimmy Carter - palliative care 3. Jacques Delors - been in frail health for years now. 4. Norman Tebbit - allegedly frail, visibly quiet (unusual for Tebbit) 5. Joanne Woodward - end stage dementia for bloody ever 6. Marianne Faithful - COPD plus fucked lungs from covid, nursing home, also quite quiet of late (again, unusual, even in her frail condition) 7. Bob Newhart - frail and his wife just died 8. Willie Nelson - frail, nearly died last year, still buggering on till the end. 9. Dennis Skinner - very quiet (and this is Dennis bloody Skinner we're talking about), known to be frail/ill for 4 years. 10. Sonny Rollins - No idea how he is still alive 11. Linda Nolan - somewhere in the final stages of Stage IV cancer, spread to the brain 12. Shane MacGowan - in hospital for 2 months at least, ICU, probably not long left. Hmm, maybe? I'm aware this has just cursed someone super healthy for their age like Robert Duval or Hal Linden like always...