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Character assassination of Bing? I was more shocked that Channel 5 thing about Christmas songs last year had one of his daughters talking him up as being great. I'm more used to everyone going on about what a miserable sod he was.

Spoilsport. I suppose it would be entertaining . But i think brucie is one of the good guys ( saying that and he gets arrested by yewtree detectives next week) and I can think of a few above bruce that deserve it more. Then again with bruce refusing to retire maybe its probably how he would like to die. Bruce Forsyth is one of those people who splits the opinions of the nation but I must admit that he is the King of Light Entertainment, you may not like the product but he is one of the best proponents of the form. Ask yourself the question who would you rather watch Bruce, Jim Davidson, Michael Barrymore, Jonathon Ross or Lionel Blair. I rest my case. Lionel Blair, every time! Bob Monkhouse. Sadly so lacking on TV these days, you'd think he died a decade ago or something.

There's a quote about when Teddy Roosevelt died, how death "had to take him sleeping, for if he'd been awake, there'd have been a fight". Given half the stuff Race got by just to get into sports, I get the same impression about old Harley. And the Reaper must surely be as terrified as any sane man is of Haku. Given wrestlers rarely seem to exist beyond their mid 80s, Gene LeBell might be one to watch in a few years time - and with his Hollywood CV, would surely grab an obit.

RIP to a Deathrace favourite the last few years.

Orndorff had cancer about a year or so ago but think he got the all clear. Heenan has looked like that for a while now too. Given most people in his position (two bouts of throat cancer and a jaw replacement) would have been dead years ago, he's not doing too badly...

Sods law that - I drafted an "as it stands" DDP list a month ago (giving it a bit more though, seeing how badly I did this year) - and a whole quarter of that bloody list has since popped their clogs.

I assumed that was a very blatant reference to Christie's later novels.

How Ernie Saunders of him.

Spencer C Tucker (who knows a thing or two about military history I gather, given they named the award for it after him) has an Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War out, in which he notes Tho's death date as unknown. Given he omits death dates from folk not dead, its pretty fair to say the guy is pan breed.

Thought he'd hang around for a bit longer.

I saw this thread updated by Spade and immediately thought "Oh bugger". The sod.

Kirk Douglas.

Huh, how did I do that? Excellent,going exactly to plan then!

"Many DeathList successes bring with them some sadness, so it’s all the more pleasing when we have a success with a candidate who is generally accepted as evil." I agree.

You and me both. I can see most of my prospective 2014 list jumping the gun.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/pogues-guitarist-phil-chevron-passes-away-following-cancer-battle-29643966.html Phil Chevron of the Pogues has died. Another of the IISFFGWG album contributors Shane has outlived.

There's been at least 2 hits in November and December 4 of the 5 years I've been visiting the site (and the time there was 1, there'd been a hit in October with Ludo Kennedy...) so it ain't over till it's over... That said, this is the point where folk narrowly will on certain folk to make next years starting line, only to get "Philip Gould'd".

If we'd wanted to win Eurovision we'd have done it decades ago...

The name didn't immediately jump out at me, but apart from Dog Day Afternoon, Nightmare before Christmas (as the lead) and Princess Bride (I believe as the villain who gets Inigo Montoya'd to death), he's also in the 1980 Tale of Two Cities as Darnay/Carton. And holds his own against a cast including Peter Cushing, Nigel Hawthorne and Kenneth More, among many others. No idea on his health though.

James I think will trundle on for a few years yet, Jones may hang on to try and become the oldest living person (said as if its an actually widely known list she's 7th on!) and Biggs and Zsa Zsa are fools gold. That said, through random choice of my list, I appear to have done very well at keeping the following alive: 50 George H W Bush 45 Erich Priebke 40 Sandy Jardine 35 James Lovelock 30 Asa Briggs 25 Donald Sinden 20 Major John Freeman 15 Chapman Pincher 10 Renee Asherson 05 James Garner I'd be highly amused if it wasn't for the Nazi...

IWS-MS founder and general all round sod, Ian Rotten, has stomach cancer. Obit chances approx 0%, unless he really goes crazy.

Admittedly, I like pandas, but pandas as the poster child for endangered species bring in lots of useful donations that can go towards the "less photogenic" endangered animals. Well, I say less photogenic, I think axolotxls look lovely, but apparently they are considered bloody ugly, but can do with conservation as much as yawning baby tigers.

At least you are not dead last... As I understand it, 3 is a crowd... I've got a whole 3 months to improve on that. It's clearly not quite wooden spoon enough yet.

My form in this game never ceases to impress me.

That's no true. My Thistle are less than 5 miles away from them.