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That very much depends...on your interpretation. I do feel partly responsible as I submitted my DDP teams early this morning.

This has not aged well. Now that Benedict XVI has died Rhod Gilbert had been elevated to my top 50, as it so happens he was my first sub for no other reason than he was in the number 21 line. Sandy Gall has been added to take up the vacancy in the top 50.

Well. This is slightly annoying.

Luckily I knew she was going to die this year, so she wasn’t on any of my 2023 lists…

It’s not entirely clear what his Funeral will look like due to his status of ex-Pope.

Religious or not, I can only imagine we are all heeding the request of the Pope, and praying that Benedict is sustained just a wee bit longer...

My 2023 Shadow list presuming none of them have the audacity to die in the next 3 days. Jonnie Irwin Frank McGarvey Frank Field Earl of Elgin Constantine II Frank McDougall Pervez Musharraf Benedict XVI Jimmy Carter James Whale Gianluca Vialli Sir Bobby Charlton George Alagiah Rob Burrow Nigel Starmer-Smith James Martin Mohammed Al-Fayed Andy Taylor Ted Kaczynski Rolf Harris Princess Bajrakitiyabha Michael York Tom Baker Rhod Gilbert Dave Myers Sandra Day O'Connor Raul Castro Linda Nolan Juan Carlos I Arthur Scargill Winnie Ewing Richard Wilson Denis Law Ray Reardon Henry Sandon Hu Jintau Henry Kissinger Eileen Derbyshire Eileen McCallum Rosalynn Carter Glynis John Bob Barker Stuart Hall Emperor Akihito Duke of Kent Una McLean Harald V of Norway King Salman Sir David Attenborough Janey Godley Edit: due to Pele’s death, Pervez Musharraf has been elevated to my DDP top 20. Rhod Gilbert has been added to take up the vacancy in the top 50.

Take Benedict XVI off too. He has decided he wants to write another book rather than do all this dying malarkey.

They aren't famous. They're just clever nobody dickheads. I don't know why I'm concerned. I'm lucky to make the top 200 these days. Ever since they banned picking kids...

He fell. He died.

Even some of the ‘famous’ get forgotten…

Does he get the big funeral if he goes? A platinum jubilee, State Funeral, Papal funeral and a Coronation all in 12 months. What a time to be alive!

Getting a bit annoying now. I can normally submit my DDP early in the full knowledge that it'll be fine. This year it seems two big names could cark it at any given moment. Both are already on my 2022 lists anyway, but would be good if they could keep breathing into 2023. Edit: Actually I don't have Benedict XVI in 2022 so he better live!

Stuart Hall. Because why not. Turns 93 next year. Generally forgotten about on account of being a nonce.

Unique picks promote nobodies being picked. Fact. These picks have the most obscure claim to fame that will scrape them an obit which means they aren’t actually famous. It ruins the competition for everybody else who either have to accept a more mediocre DDP score by sticking to the original principle of picking 20 actual famous guesses, or having to pick people who they will forget about 6 months after they die. Also, who are you? I’ve been in this game long enough not to be ignorant to the arrogant cunts like you.

Bullshit. A Unique pick bonus only promotes the non-celeb choices. Deadpooling isn’t an intellectual game - it’s a bit of fun. If you want to prove you know something the rest of us tosser don’t, sign up for fucking Pointless.

I’m just waiting for the one who accidentally brutally stabbed himself in the stomach while shaving…

Probably the South Atlantic.

Better tonight than a on the 31st. He is on my shadow list this year but was hoping he would live to the New Year as low lying fruit.

Not sure if it was picked up, he was invested with his medal back in May 2022. Image shows him looking very frail. Investiture The CH is a top tier gong. The fact it was awarded to him by his local Lord Lieutenant shows that he has been unable to travel. Perhaps not surprising given the hospice care.

You've got Rolf twice.

Am I the only one who thinks his family a bit crass, posting their dying granda for twitter likes? I wouldn't be compelled to take photos of me with a dying relative for personal use, let alone to plaster over the internet.

Comparing the Simpson and South Park to the holocaust? Wheres your empathy?

Na. I’m right. If they don’t like the money, other careers are available. It’s just that they will no longer have saint-like status.

I will remind you that what brings us together is a common interest in predicting who will die in a coming year. I fail to see how you can lecture me or anyone else about empathy, given our mutual interest here. You can’t explain why I’m wrong, because I’m right. NHS workers are not volunteers. They get paid to do a job, as per their contracts.