Bibliogryphon

I am Spain as well If you were a World Cup team, you would be SPAIN. Your brand of obsessive perfectionism doesn't make you popular with everyone, but you are the ultimate team player and you should be proud of your success in life. You were erratic and unpredictable in your younger years but that flakiness has been replaced with a newfound mental sturdiness. You are confident, you know who you are and you have strong ideas about the meaning of life. You are a winner. If people are too jealous to appreciate you for who you are, that's their problem.

Sam Kelly was not a pick on the 2014 DDP and there have been a number of other surprising omissions as well so I have put together a list of 20 people over 85 who weren't on the list. I have held back some others who may feature on my 2015 team if they make it that far George Weidenfeld Alan Gwynne-Jones Joy Wright Roy Mason William Lucas Peter Brook William MacPherson Sydney Lotterby Frank Finlay Leonard Fenton Emmanuelle Riva Richard Johnson John Habgood Rosemary Harris (actress) Babs Chinnery Teddie Chinnery Jeanette Charles Nicolas Roeg C W McCall James Ivory Feel free to correct me if I have made a mistake.

With the demise of Francis "Captain Scarlet" Matthews yesterday and Casey "Shaggy" Kasem today, the same could be said for voice actors... Speaking of which, the last time I looked the legendary Ken Nordine (b. 1920) was still breathing. it is literally the case that most people are still alive. There are more people alive in the world today than have lived and died in t he whole of human history! I think that's the case anyway Pretty sure that's an urban myth... Many more dead people in the past than those still alive today. I forget the exacting maths behind the best study but off the top of my head it was something like 50 fold more dead down the years than those currently alive in our over populated world today. Try this link... http://www.prb.org/P...vedonEarth.aspx About 108 billion ever and currently about 7 billion alive today, that's more like 15 fold in the past. So, a new thread....name 101 billion dead people! Just get everyone to fill in their name on the way out....

It is testament to the regard in which Rik Mayall is held that I have not yet noticed a post that said Drop Dead Fred. Oh whoops!!!!

On a similar theme to that Peter Capaldi is the same age when he was cast as the Doctor as William Hartnell was in 1963 but no-one is referring to him as an old man.

Really to accompany these photos you should have one of her in her glamorous heyday just to provide the contrast. Some people might assumed she always looked like an extra from Fraggle Rock.

In the context of Michael Barrymore a dead pool is a rather unfortunate expression, now I come to think of it.

The Greek royals aren't actually Greek at all. They descend from a Danish prince who was invited to be King of Greece, and his wife who was Russian. Just like we invited a bunch of Germans to be monarchs because everyone else was Catholic.

I was listening to the 10' O Clock news on Radio 4 last night and they played a brief clip of Scooby Doo, it still brought a smile to my face. A very talented voice artist.

The only one that felt right was Kirk Douglas but it could be the end of August before we get another hit.

Hollywood pays tributes to Jane Fonda There is someone at the BBC who Trolls the Deathlist

Didn't faint during the Queen's Speech yesterday.

I must say that's a slightly disappointing list I think - not very long. The PMs didn't seem to do too much bonking did they, you'd think there'd be a few more, even taking into account the passage of time.... Oh and btw Faber was born in 23 not 20 (if you want to believe Wikipedia). Anthony Eden had three children one died in WWII another died young and the third died of AIDS effectively wiping out his hereditary title and remember Ted Heath was a batchelor. If I were to included Major, Blair, Brown and Cameron this would add another 11 children not including the two which have already died.

It is also worth noting that Clarissa Eden was Winston Churchill's niece and she is still alive. I have also compiled a list of living children of deceased Prime Ministers which I will post in Fringes of Fame. Don't all rush it will wait till you come. Also Harold Wilsons widow Mary Wilson is still alive at nearly 100 This caused me to fact check my data base as I had Mary Wilson down as b.1918 but it appears she was born January 1916. Making her 98.

Edmund White (b.1940) co-author of The Joy of Gay Sex is HIV positive and had two strokes in 2012 must be worth keeping an eye on.

Someone did. Apologies I see the problem I searched for Jeffrey when I should have searched for Jeffery. I thought it was odd!

One potential pick for the future is Margaret Stuart Barry (b.1927) who wrote Simon and the Witch televised by the BBC with Elizabeth Spriggs as the witch.

Following the death of Mary Soames I have compiled the following list of surviving children of the deceased Prime Ministers since Winston Churchill. I decided to exclude the children of the still living Prime Ministers as there are far too many of them and for the most part should not trouble the DL in the lifetime of most of the current posters. Caroline Faber (b. 1920) (Lavinia) Caroline Douglas Home (b. 1937) Meriel Darby (b.1939) Diana Murray (b. 1940) David Douglas-Home (b. 1943) Robin Wilson (b.1943) Giles Wilson (b. 1948) Carol Thatcher (b. 1953) Mark Thatcher (b. 1953) I must admit I am not certain about the daughter of Alec Douglas-Home but in the absence of any notifications of death I have assumed they are alive.

It is also worth noting that Clarissa Eden was Winston Churchill's niece and she is still alive. I have also compiled a list of living children of deceased Prime Ministers which I will post in Fringes of Fame. Don't all rush it will wait till you come.

This one seems to have passed us by. Jeffrey Dench (Judi's brother) died in March. He was a long time member of the RSC and not particularly well known in film and TV but I would have thought someone would have mentioned it.

But this article is from today and is of direct concern to the deathlisters looking for future elderly picks

Apparently whilst giving her evidence his daughter said she feared both her parents would die during the trial. I don't think Rolf looks particularly ill but he has suffered with depression in the past. I am inclined to think she is exagerating.

Being a bit nerdy. Time should get it. I think I will be Biblio anything else sounds like Beiber.

Queen Xanxia of Zanak?

Interview with Vera in the Radio Times this week and this article from the Daily Mail I have a feeling she might make it to the end of the year. However last year I was adamant that Peter O' Toole was a poor pick.