Mr Stats

and we do discuss Edmund Hilary every year At the end of day, when all's said and done, we've set out stall out and basically we're a UK based website. Take it or leave it. Will Sir Joh get a page to himself on Ceefax - can't see it.

and there's a bonus point on offer if anyone can remember the name of the actress who played Miss Ellie during Babs' absence

Happily I have a life Where do you lot find the time to do all this crap?

Shame he didn't go the same way as Rod Hull then we could have had "Death on the Tiles" Did he have a medical condition? "Death from his piles"

What about "Death List cooking on gas"?

How about "Late of America"? Hmm not great. What have you got on this Mr R?

Nope I've had my feelers out all day - no whispers on the street on Frankie. He was unwell a couple of years ago and had two heart bypass ops. His wife died in 99 which usually is the beginning of the end (cf Johnny Cash) but he moved quickly and remarried. However he's 90 (allegedly) so who knows. Mr Stats

Will you two cut out the teccie crap. This isn't some sad chatroom for IT professionals with no life you know. It's intellectual forum for other people with no life.

too many words - I couldn't be bothered

It's funny how these things seem to come in clusters. Took the day off from watching the news wires - won't make the same mistake tomorrow. So we struggled a bit more with the headline on this one. Really needed to pass away on an Eyptian cruise. Peter Ustinoff?? Oh I give up. Anyone do any better? Mr Stats

I understand Satan is pretty depressed since he split with his long time lover Sadam H. Could be a suicide case Apparently Kenny might be an outside shot as well

I think I saw Yikshak Rabin in Blood Brothers

Mais we, c'est un miss absolutement

Hello So we are off and running this year and about time too. Any doubt about the relative fame of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands was easily dispelled as she made page 108 on ceefax and every news bulletin on Saturday. Spent all morning trying to think off a witty headline involving cheese and tulips with a passing reference to bicycles. A challenge to you all to do better than our eventual "Royal Clogs Popped". Mr Stats

Well, we've had ages wrong before but not usually by more than a year Some of the older luvvies can be a bit coy about when they were born and it's difficult to get to the truth. Even the obits don't always clear it up. However I refuse to get into debate with someone who posts text messages instead of language writ proper

Dear Phil and others We've neve had direct contact with a nominee but we did get a threatening email from Lord Scarman's grand-daughter Aimee I have it framed Mr Stats

Gentlemen We have already discussed this topic to death over the last few months. Fame has to be real fame and not a statistical event. The world's oldest people do not count as being famous simply becuase they are old. We get enough flack for the quality of our celebs as it is. Now give it a rest Mr Stats

Mr Reaper Could we include the Undertaker even though he's already dead? No he is. Really. Mr Stats

I wasn't including fictional characters

Oh welcome back Catherine, we've missed you I thought you'd gone off in a sulk because we didn't select Sister Lucia

The original mistaken obituary was for Mark Twain who then commented "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

Does this mean my services are no longer required? My solicitors will be in contact shortly regarding a breach of contract claim Meanwhile just for the sake of it I thought I'd mention Bob Hope (13 lists until his death in 2003), Don Bradman (10 until 2001), Katharine Hepburn (11 lists until 2003 death) Barbara Cartland (11 until 2000) and of course the Queen Mum (14 lists until 2002) If Ronnie survives the year surely the record will go

My favourite category of "you know one of them's going but which one" is WWE pro-wrestlers In the last two years we've lost Mr Perfect, Ravishing Rick Rude, Davey Boy Smith (The British Bulldog for older viewers), Yokosuna (no surprise there) and to top it all Miss Elizabeth. And all she ever did was swan around the outside of the squared circle - although she did it ever so well. Wrsetlemania III will always have a place in my heart

A tad. What's a tad? Is that a common expression in Essex then?

It will all depend on how he goes. If he falls into a vat of boiling oil it would be "Alistair Cooked". Have to hope it's that then as I can't think of any others. Fortunately I'm not in charge of creativity around here