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Good spots, but...obit chances variable to say the least. Sachs is a shoo-in, mind. David Colllings should get an obit. ex RSC, been in Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Miss Marple .........

Is Chris Rea worth including. Seems to be in terrible health.

I am not convinced he will go in 2016 but he is too big a name to miss. I think we will pick him every year (high 30s)

Robert Hardy is also an expert on the medieval long bow iirc

You cannot stroll through the forum like Terry Waite, look what happened to him!!!! Will you let me out for a walk round soon. The radiator is getting hot.

Soon it will be December and we can all get back to arguing which celebrities the committee should put on the 2016 list and then in January bemoaning the fact that they haven't included all 75 of your suggestions. All this will be as an Autumn leaf.

Mickey Dolenz has the look of someone who'll be gurning zanily about the Monkees legacy for another 20 years...he'll probably outlast the remaining Beatles as well. Not too sure about that he has a very strained look. I think the one built for durability is Mike Nesmith.

Easy. Louis - just been thrown out of a hotel in Newcastle the other week for being too drunk. Sounds like proper rock star behaviour to me.

UKIP select John Bickley as their candidate. They are quick out of the stalls but the poll is four weeks tomorrow. An early December by-election is going to be tricky. Will the weather determine the winner? The Labour short list contains a candidate with strong local credentials and the selection process will exclude members of less than 6 months standing so I do not think the Left will parachute a candidate in. Labour have to win and win big. Any reduction in vote share will be seized on by opponents. Conservatives will get their excuses in early.

MP provides deathlist with health information

Otherwise we could discuss which member of One Direction will follow the career path laid out by Stephen Gately.

I always thought it was an urban myth but I had it confirmed by somebody in academia that Newcastle Poly had selected the City University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and only when they had the printed letter head created did they realise there was a problem.

Just as an exercise I have completed a Like for Like replacement for this year's hits. Sam Simon - Earl Hamner Denis Healey - Greville Janner Chris Woodhead - William McPherson Patrick McNee - Tom Baker Al Molinaro - Mary Tyler Moore Maureen O' Hara - Carol Channing B B King - Kay Starr Peter O' Sullevan - Murray Walker George Cole - Peter Vaughan Leonard Nimoy - Walter Koenig John Nash - I M Pei Kirk Kerkorian - Lilliane Bettancourt Christopher Lee - Roger Moore Advisory note: Better choices may be available from other posters.

I hate Kes. We were made to read the book at school. I think I might promote Barry Hines to my theme team.

What about Peter Vaughan, Don Rickles and Jimmy Young?

Labour shortlist of candidates for Oldham West & Royton

Are those two statements linked in any way? Headline of NE versus what the actual text of the article says Oh right, that's almost proper reporting, then. Respect to the NE. is it known what type it could be something really bad like pancreatic cancer or something that is not as life threatening. I just scanned the article and it looks like she had mysterious visits to her doctor. Speculation but no evidence. She is planning to publish her memoirs in 2017 so I think this is another example of NE scattergun approach to journalism

When the list was published I was a little disappointed but the committee have shown that the picks have been good. I think the same types of names (90+ etc) in previous years may have yielded less hits. I struggled to work out who I would drop when I wrote my list of names to exclude. These were not the only choices that could have been made but we can't complain.

During a discussion at work today about Captain Beaky looked up Keith Michell - turns 89 at the beginning of next month. Retired in 2010.

Whilst I agree with a few of those outright, Lamotta has been on every single Deathlist since 2004 and Castro has raked up 4 straight appearances and 12 in total so I only see one way in which both will leave the list. They seem to keep the long timers on now, after missing out on Patrick Moore. I could see Eddie Large and Ken Kercheval appearing in the great list of "one time only" Deathlist candidates, like Peter Tork. Well now we only need to lose 12 I will reinstate Castro. It was quite hard to narrow down those names. There is still time for Peter Tork to make a reappearance. After Davy Jones' surprise death a few years ago all three remaining Monkees are fair game. I hope there is not a token wrester on the list. Please just let 2015 be an aberation.

Thought about sticking with Leslie Phillips, also contemplated keeping the old Hollywood theme with either Kirk Douglas or Olivia de Havilland. There was also a strange feeling that Richard Adams is abour due but decided to go for Cliff Mitchelmore as he would be be an off radar hit.

Are those two statements linked in any way? Headline of NE versus what the actual text of the article says

Thirteen people who I hope not to see on next years list Eddie Large Jake Roberts Hosni Mubarek Henry Kissinger Doris Day Harper Lee Ken Kercheval Fidel Castro Bob Dole Jake Lamotta Liz Smith Chuck Berry Javier Perez du Cuellar Now they will probably all die to prove me wrong.

Barbara Streisand has cancer We think.........

Doesn't sound like he is worth a pick in the near future.