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Leah Bracknell 487 Kirk Douglas 414 King Michael of Romania 409 Peter Sallis 363 Prince Philip 334 Glen Campbell 316 Rev Billy Graham 315 Bruce Forsyth 306 Tony Booth 299 Robert Mugabe 286 Jacques Chirac 274 Gord Downie 263 Helmut Kohl 262 Desmond Tutu 258 George Bush Sr 257 Olivia de Havilland 251 Leslie Philips 244 Former Pope Benedict XVI 239 Vera Lynn 237 Joost van der Westhuizen 222 Sir Colin Meads 218 Jimmy Carter 217 Glynis Johns 213 Clive James 207 Gina Lollobrigida 203 Herman Wouk 200 Ian Brady 194 Danielle Darrieux 188 Stefan Karl 182 Queen Elizabeth II 182 Fats Domino 180 Sidney Poitier 169 Denis Norden 169 Ian St John 168 Clare Hollingworth 167 Sumner Redstone 165 Mikhail Gorbachev 154 Errol Christie 151 John Noakes 145 Joanne Woodward 145 Sara Coward 144 Peter Skellern 133 John Wetton 132 Gerald Kaufman 131 Monica Vitti 128 June Foray 127 Geoffrey Bayldon 119 Jill Gascoine 118 Zhou Youguang 112 Nannette Fabray 112 Our full list for reference. I think we might do OK.

Our Top Three for 2017 3rd King Michael of Romania NEW 409 points King 2nd Kirk Douglas LAST – 9th 414 points Actor 1st Leah Bracknell NEW 487 points Emmerdale Top spot surprises me, but there was no question who was the forum favourite with a massive sprint up the table post-Zsa Zsa's death.

10th Robert Mugabe LAST - 31st 286 points Deathlist poster 9th Tony Booth LAST – 17th 299 points Blair’s father in law 8th Bruce Forsyth LAST – 42nd 306 points Nice to see you... 7th Rev Billy Graham LAST – 2nd 315 points Jesus Guy 6th Glen Campbell LAST – 29th 316 points Rhinestone, err... 5th Prince Philip 334 points LAST – 5th National Monument 4th Peter Sallis 363 points LAST – 14th Cleggy

25th Gina Lollobrigida NEW 203 points Model 24th Clive James Last – 4th 207 points Writer 23rd Glynis Johns NEW 213 points Suffragette 22nd Jimmy Carter LAST – 8th 217 points President 21st Sir Colin Meads NEW 218 points Rugby 20th Joost van der Westhuizen LAST – 25th 222 points Rugby 19th Vera Lynn LAST – 19th 237 points Nations Sweetheart 18th Former Pope Benedict XVI NEW 239 points Nazi 17th Leslie Philips LAST – 24th 244 points Ding Dong 16th Olivia de Havilland LAST – 6th 251 points Gone with the Wind 15th George Bush Sr LAST – 16th 257 points President 14th Desmond Tutu LAST – 37th 258 points Religious figure 13th Helmut Kohl LAST - 13th 262 points Old German 12th Gord Downie NEW 263 points Tragically Hip 11th Jacques Chirac NEW 274 points French

50th Nanette Fabray (b. 1920) NEW ENTRY 112 points American comic 49th Zhou Youguang NEW ENTRY 112 points Father of Pinyin 48th Jill Gascoine NEW ENTRY 118 points Actress 47th Geoffrey Bayldon NEW ENTRY 119 points Catweazle 46th June Foray NEW ENTRY 127 points All the Voices 45th Monica Vitti NEW ENTRY 128 points Actress 44th Gerald Kaufman NEW ENTRY 131 points Mancunian 43rd John Wetton NEW ENTRY 132 points Musician 42nd Peter Skellern NEW ENTRY 133 points Priest/Singer 41st Sara Coward NEW ENTRY 144 points Archers 40th Joanne Woodward NEW ENTRY 145 points Actress 39th John Noakes LAST YEAR: 46th 145 points Blue Peter 38th NEW Errol Christie 151 points Boxer 37th Mikhail Gorbachev LAST: 33rd 154 points Russian tsar 36th Sumner Redstone LAST: 27th 165 points Sex maniac 35th Clare Hollingworth NEW 167 points Journalist 34th Ian St John Last – 40th 168 points Saint 33rd Denis Norden LAST – 22nd 169 points My Word 32nd Sidney Poitier NEW 169 points Mr Tibbs 31st Fats Domino NEW 180 points Hurricane survivor 30th Queen Elizabeth II NEW 182 points Queenie 29th Stefan Karl NEW 182 points We are not number one 28th NEW Danielle Darrieux 188 points Ancient actress 27th Ian brady Last – 28th 194 points Arsehole 26th Herman Wouk Last – 21st 200 points Writer

I like it.

WHAM! WE'RE SHUT!!!! Thanks to all the voters. Dropped – Hawking, Mary Tyler Moore, Sinead O’Connor, Jake LaMotta, Bob Dole, Fernando Ricksen, Nobby Stiles DQ’d from top 50 due to “25 from previous year” rule – Liz Dawn (40th, 145 points – on less lists than Noakes), Lilianne Bettencourt (43rd, 140 points), Prunella Scales (46th place, 132 points), Valerie Harper (115 points, 52nd place) Near Misses: Diana Athill, Barbara Bush, Franco Zefirelli, Lord Carrington, Peter Sarstedt, Nobby Stiles, Montserrat Caballe, Mel Brooks, Patricia Hitchcock, Jackie Stallone, Jimmy greaves, Gordon Banks, Mario Soares. The list to follow later.

They've gone for numbers 1 to 50 again. I was hoping 72 would make a debut...

BBC gave him a video bit in their memorial video and led with Blake's 7. Think its quite well remembered by folk of my mums generation, though their memories tend to significantly improve the SFX budget.

2010? On a similar superstition, I think number 14 in 2017, whoever it is, is fucked.

Distracted by the triple threat of Mary Tyler Moore, Tommy Chong and Gazza, who I thought were stupid picks.

Wont be long now. I remember the first time the list on the front page changed, for me. January 1st 2009 and my first thoughts were... actually, they were "blimey, who's Robert Novak? Where's Tony Hart?" One good decision and one bad one there, later found out Tony Hart was one of the last folk who just missed the list. Anyhow, that was fun. I find you can get a gut feeling about a new Deathlist pretty immediately - 2009, 2012 and 2013 jumped out as good on paper, whereas 2010 didn't. Mind you, 2011 looked great and 2015 rather meh. That's death for you.

It'd be ironic if someone released a song called I Don't Wanna Die on Christmas Day, then died on that day. Well, I say ironic, I mean funny.

Sheffield? Well, not who I thought it was then.

He'll be back but not as a contender... *watching this space*

If we're talking politicians, Clare Short has aged terribly, looked awful on Newsnight a few months back. Wouldn't surprise me if she's your typical "dies in their mid-70s" former Cabinet member. She's 70 now.

Oh he worries me on a regular basis...

Teams I'll be watching out for in 2017, the pre-squad announcement contenders if you will: Davey's Showbiz Pals/Living End/Thomas Jefferson Survives - fairly obvious Heading Nowhere - to see if they can build on this (what looks to be, as of 2pm Hogmanay) near miss. The Love Boat - who I suspect will be far improved in 2017. Rad Guy's To Kill a Gabor Sister (or name changed) and Joey Russ's Day in the Death - Not likely to win, but newish teams bouyant about their chances... Golden Slumbers - Bert made a record score in 2016 with nae research after all... Cancel My Appointments - I think Sir Creep will be much closer to the top in 2017. The Grey Horde - If they don't show up... Octopus of Odstock - Well, you never know...

Genuinely, just pick the first 20 from that list on gut feeling, make the other 3 subs and send it in.

People nominated dead folk for this years TCD. Thankfully, everyone has avoided that for the 2017 edition.

I did check it. It took 3 mins to load here and no one else was in there when it opened up.

The second last spot. I named the person to my wife, and said "they're not likely to get a qualifying obit, are they? I mean in The Guardian or Daily Mail or the likes." Her reply was "Duh, of course (they) are. I've heard of them!" So I put them in the team, on the better half's advice.

Any last minute lists will be gratefully accepted. I'm thinking of tweaking the rules for next year so it's less of arduous thing for folk, but I'll mention that next November if I'm alive and remember it.

Right, instead of sitting here changing the team every few hours, it's been sent in.

Patricia Routledge too, I see.