Bibliogryphon

Ironically the chances of either of these two seeing 77 are slim.

I have gone for none of the above but there is normally someone who goes either on Christmas Day or Boxing Day just so the news bulletins have got something to say. Last year it was Gerry Anderson.

These were people I thought should be removed. At least we agree on three!

I heard this on Radio 4 and couldn't place her but when I read her obituary I found out that she appeared in the awesome Gainsborough pictures film The Wicked Lady with James Mason and Margaret Lockwood which I recommend everyone to go and watch but not the remake.

I have been through the 2013 list and have identified 16 people who I think should not be included next year to get down the the 50% change level. However this was surprisingly hard once I got past about 8 names. Chapman Pincher Hosni Mubarak Ian Paisley Harper Lee Bob Dole Al Molinaro Jake Lamotta Doris Day Henry Kissinger Pete Seeger Nicholas Parsons Elaine Stritch James Garner Peter O' Toole Ian Brady I am not convinced that the DOE will DIE next year but I cannot advocate removing him from the list because it would be such a biggy.

I think I had a lucky escape here because I missed it when he died I don't think he got enough publicity to score me any points. I will learn for 2015.

I was fascinated by the quote that went something like "Even in death he is teaching us lessons in patience" It was as though that was said just for us Deathlisters.

Based on those photos what he most looks is blurry, not sure if that is terminal.

Frankly, I don't fancy his chances of cheering on his closeted wurzel diving boy to 2012 Olympic gold, having seen this documentary. Shock horror! It's Tom Gayley Slow news day. It was pointed out on twitter that this news is equivalent to Barak Obama coming out as black

The films were bankrolled by Handmade Films which didn't end well for George Harrison which was a (Shanghai) surprise.

Godfrey Stafford the Physicist, right? If so, you might want to reconsider that pick in the light of his death last summer. The Raymond Hewlett clause wouldn't apply in his case. Damn I apologise and would like to substitute Les Munro in the place of Godfrey Stafford. It was very rude of him to die without sending me an e-mail. Thank you for pointing this out.

At the funeral I was suprised at how well most of them looked. Maybe something had happened to give them a spring in their step but I did think Douglas Hurd looked like Beaker's Grandad.

OK no surprises here but I am willing to be the first in the stagnant pond. Bibliogryphon's body bag Tony Benn Rodney Bewes Ronnie Biggs George H W Bush Boutros Boutros Ghali Liz Dawn (Joker) Kirk Douglas John Glenn Dennis Healey Clive James Wojciech Jaruzelski Wilko Johnson Ethel Lang Norman Lloyd Nelson Mandela Misao Okawa Leslie Philips Godfrey Stafford Gough Whitlam Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

OK I am guilty of one of these as I added the link after seeing the unlinked post in The Dead of 2013 thread which was subsequently moved by the mods to the Cuckoo Waltz thread. I didn't immediately make the connection to the CW as the feat Lewis Collins was added later.

Based on the footage from Thatcher's funeral only Douglas Hurd would be worth a punt from that side of the political spectrum.

Icons agree to play a series of high profile profitable gigs at the O2. Didn't end well previously.

Spoilsport. I suppose it would be entertaining . But i think brucie is one of the good guys ( saying that and he gets arrested by yewtree detectives next week) and I can think of a few above bruce that deserve it more. Then again with bruce refusing to retire maybe its probably how he would like to die. Bruce Forsyth is one of those people who splits the opinions of the nation but I must admit that he is the King of Light Entertainment, you may not like the product but he is one of the best proponents of the form. Ask yourself the question who would you rather watch Bruce, Jim Davidson, Michael Barrymore, Jonathon Ross or Lionel Blair. I rest my case. I'd watch Sooty in preference to any of that lot and read a book in preference to watching Sooty. We have a choice! This may come as a shock to a large part of the population.

It was very thoughtful of them to provide a health update when the committee is busy pondering who should go on the 2014 list. Well before I began frequenting this site I had no idea who he was so his inclusion in the list should raise his public profile. There is no such thing as bad publicity unless of course you are Ian Watkins.

You see Martin Shaw is a clean living vegetarian so naturally he should be the last survivor.

Although it pains me to say it I think Tony Benn should be under serious consideration for 2014.

Officially.. a dead bodie. It is true Bloody hell didn't see this one coming. Not very professional of us.

Dolores Hope died 2 years ago, Barbara Marx could be worth keeping an eye on tho Thank you for that. I don't know where I had the info she was still alive from but you have saved me making a pillock of myself, because I had almost included her in the work game that I run.

A late surge for my theme team but not nearly enough. Too little, too late.

Who is of the opinion that an excellent way to acknowledge 50 years of Doctor Who would be to bestow a Knighthood on Tom Baker in the New Year's honours list?

Spoilsport. I suppose it would be entertaining . But i think brucie is one of the good guys ( saying that and he gets arrested by yewtree detectives next week) and I can think of a few above bruce that deserve it more. Then again with bruce refusing to retire maybe its probably how he would like to die. Bruce Forsyth is one of those people who splits the opinions of the nation but I must admit that he is the King of Light Entertainment, you may not like the product but he is one of the best proponents of the form. Ask yourself the question who would you rather watch Bruce, Jim Davidson, Michael Barrymore, Jonathon Ross or Lionel Blair. I rest my case.