The Dead Cow

Dunno if they'll make the next three years, but CopperCab is now a she. No soul and no penis. Coppercab is either a brilliant actor/troll or deeply deeply unhinged.Could definitely see him topping himself or going on a killing rampage. Hang on, you're not suggesting that transgender people are deranged, are you? If so, I think that's a highly misguided and ignorant view to take. Remember when homosexuality was classified as a mental illness? It would be bigoted to suggest that homosexuality is an illness now. Many transgender people do suffer from gender dysphoria (which is a mental illness), that can be managed somewhat by simply respecting their gender identity, I.E. using their preferred pronoun and name. What I don't understand is why people have to go out of the way to treat transgender people with disrespect, all the transgender people whom I have met have been some of the loveliest people I've ever met. Why do they deserve to be treated with hate and disgust just for being who they want to be? People may have their doubts about transgender issues, but the least one can do is to abstain from cockwombling. I think if she does end up topping herself it will in part be as a result of the vitriol which she has unfairly been the recipient of immediately after coming out. I do hope that I've merely misconstrued your statement, otherwise I'm disappointed in you. Sorry for ranting. You have indeed misconstrued my comments.This is not about Coppercab being trans.She has demonstrated extreme anger issues and goes on insane rants and has done so for 6 years now.My point was not that trans people are crazy merely that this particular individual has a history of deranged and hysterical behaviour so I would not be surprised if she topped herself.I have no problem with trans people.Each to their own. I thought you might have been referring to that, likewise I would agree that her past has made her more prone to abuse and thus her likelihood of an early grave is somewhat elevated. I assume from the time at which you made that post, it may have just been that you were tired and you weren't as articulate as you perhaps would have otherwise been, hence my misunderstanding. I think my rant still stands though, there are some people who outright refuse to treat those who are transitioning with respect and there are those who just shrug their shoulders as if that doesn't matter. Having witnessed the anxiety and discomfort it can cause, I often feel the need to vent my opinions on the matter. Nevertheless, I hope my rant hasn't caused any animosity between us, I would hate that. I suppose that's something we'll find out in time, but it would seem a rather extreme method of getting attention. There are much easier ways of drawing attention to oneself than living as the opposite gender for the rest of your life.

Dunno if they'll make the next three years, but CopperCab is now a she. No soul and no penis. Coppercab is either a brilliant actor/troll or deeply deeply unhinged.Could definitely see him topping himself or going on a killing rampage. Hang on, you're not suggesting that transgender people are deranged, are you? If so, I think that's a highly misguided and ignorant view to take. Remember when homosexuality was classified as a mental illness? It would be bigoted to suggest that homosexuality is an illness now. Many transgender people do suffer from gender dysphoria (which is a mental illness), that can be managed somewhat by simply respecting their gender identity, I.E. using their preferred pronoun and name. What I don't understand is why people have to go out of the way to treat transgender people with disrespect, all the transgender people whom I have met have been some of the loveliest people I've ever met. Why do they deserve to be treated with hate and disgust just for being who they want to be? People may have their doubts about transgender issues, but the least one can do is to abstain from cockwombling. I think if she does end up topping herself it will in part be as a result of the vitriol which she has unfairly been the recipient of immediately after coming out. I do hope that I've merely misconstrued your statement, otherwise I'm disappointed in you. Sorry for ranting.

Piet de Jong died on July 27th, 3 days before the opening post.

1901 - 1924 1. Clare Hollingworth 2. S. R. Nathan 3. King Michael of Romania 4. Peter Sallis 5. Peregrine Worsthorne 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Lupita Tovar 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Zhou Youguang 10. I.M Pei 11. Carol Channing 12. Rose Marie 13. Toots Thielemans 14. Sumner Redstone 15. Bessie Camm 16. Herman Wouk 17. Clarissa Eden 18. Jerry Maren 19. Joao Havelange 20. Yasuhiro Nakasone 1925 - 1942 1. Tony Booth 2. Grace Slick 3. Ian St. John 4. Vera Caslavska 5. Bart Starr 6. Mary Tyler Moore 7. Liz Dawn 8. Glen Campbell 9. Clive James 10. Bruce Langhorne 11. John le Carre 12. Nobby Stiles 13. Bruce Forsyth 14. Alberto Fujimori 15. Paula Tilbrook 16. Wilford Brimley 17. Bhumibol Adulyadej 18. Juan Carlos I of Spain 19. Helmut Kohl 20. Charlie Daniels 1943 - 1960 1. Craig Sager 2. Piers Sellers 3. Sharon Jones 4. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow 5. Kenny Sansom 6. Gary Rossington 7. Artimus Pyle 8. Graham Richardson 9. Sticky Vicky 10. Luke Halpin 11. Mark E Smith 12. Judie Tzuke 13. Vini Reilly 14. Superstar Billy Graham 15. Malcolm Young 16. Paul Quinn 17. Joni Mitchell 18. Kim Carnes 19. Ian McNeice 20. Richard O'Sullivan Score 42/60

Now Jack Davis, cartoonist and co-founder of Mad Magazine, has died aged 91. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jack-davis-dead-mad-magazine-915043 Also, Richard Thompson, American cartoonist known for his 'Cul de Sac' comic strip, has died aged 58. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/07/27/richard-thompson-acclaimed-cul-de-sac-creator-and-post-contributor-dies-at-58/

Dr Kate Granger's sad yet somewhat inevitable passing has made very minimal changes to the scores. Most of us seemed to suspect that she wouldn't make 2017. Scores! 1st - The Unknown Man - 13 points 2nd - Garn2 - 14 points 3rd - Magere Hein - 19 points =4th - Dead Cow - 20 points =4th - Pedro67 - 20 points 6th - Dr_T - 21 points 7th - msc - 25 points 8th - time - 28 points 9th - Morbidkid - 30 points =10th - YoungWillz - 31 points =10th - Death Impends - 31 points 12th - Book - 34 points 13th - Toast - 37 points 14th - Bibliogryphon - 42 points 15th - CaptainChorizo - 44 points 16th - En Passant - 47 points 17th - Deathray - 52 points 18th - rockhopperpenguin - 54 points 19th - Spade_Cooley - 55 points 20th - gcreptile - 58 points 21st - Switch - 60 points 22nd - Sir Creep - 67 points

Experiencing more chest pains. It seems these health difficulties are becoming quite a regularity for him, could be worth a gamble for 2017.

Working on update at present.Knowing my luck when I release it late this evening Kate Granger will die 5 minutes later. Edit:These are the names featured in the update I am compiling.Please reply if I have missed anyone Bryan Wiedmeier Tom Leppard Lady Susan Renouf Bonnie Brown Peter Esterhazy Caroline Aherne Goran Hadzic Muhammad Ali Thomas Fekete Abdul Sattar Edhi Abbas Kiarostami I think that's it, but I'm not certain. Edit: Henry McCullough died too, that means points for Sir C.

Alan Vega of Suicide, aged 78. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/17/suicide-frontman-and-electronic-music-pioneer-alan-vega-dies-aged-78 Ghost Rider

Rokusuke Ei, the lyricist who most famously wrote the lyrics of Sukiyaki, has died aged 83 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36761497

Well that worked well...

BBC obit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36696214

Most people seemed to think that Caroline Aherne would survive the year and they were wrong. As a result the scores have been roylely rearranged with The Unknown Man taking a narrow lead. New scores! 1st - The Unknown Man - 13 points 2nd - Garn2 - 14 points 3rd - Magere Hein - 19 points =4th - Dead Cow - 20 points =4th - Dr_T - 20 points =4th - Pedro67 - 20 points =7th - msc - 25 points =7th - Morbidkid - 25 points 9th - time - 28 points =10th - YoungWillz - 31 points =10th - Death Impends - 31 points 12th - Book - 32 points 13th - Toast - 37 points 14th - Bibliogryphon - 42 points 15th - CaptainChorizo - 44 points 16th - En Passant - 47 points 17th - Deathray - 52 points 18th - rockhopperpenguin - 54 points 19th - Spade_Cooley - 55 points 20th - gcreptile - 58 points 21st - Switch - 60 points 22nd - Sir Creep - 67 points

Out: Bill Turnbull Krishnan Guru-Murthy Stewart Lee Tim Wonnacott Jenny Eclair In: Errol Christie Piers Sellers Rowena Kincaid Abbas Kiarostami Craig Sager

I first read that as 'Arthur Miller's wife Glenn Miller has died aged 92' But then I remembered that Glenn Miller disappeared over 70 years ago.

Amelia Earhart

Muhammad Ali's passing has shook up the scores, dealing hefty blows to Sir Creep and Deathray. Here are the scores! 1st - time - 7 points 2nd - Death Impends - 9 points 3rd - Garn2 - 11 points =4th - msc - 12 points =4th - The Unknown Man - 12 points =4th - YoungWillz - 12 points =7th - Book - 18 points =7th - Dead Cow - 18 points =7th - Morbidkid - 18 points 10th - Magere Hein - 19 points =11th - Dr_T - 20 points =11th - Pedro67 - 20 points 13th - Bibliogryphon - 22 points 14th - rockhopperpenguin - 30 points 15th - Spade_Cooley - 32 points 16th - Toast - 33 points =17th - CaptainChorizo - 36 points =17th - En Passant - 36 points =17th - gcreptile - 36 points 20th - Switch - 37 points 21st - Sir Creep - 42 points 22nd - Deathray - 52 points

Bruce Forsyth

Surely racehorse deaths belong in the Horse Racing thread. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

Little Richard is rumoured to be gravely ill following this tweet from Bootsy Collins. "A friend, a legend & some say the true King of Rock & Roll. Lil-Richard needs our love & understanding right now...." http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_29840113/little-richard-gravely-ill-according-reports Edit: It seems that Bootsy forgot to check the date on the article he posted in his link following the tweet. It's from December 11th, 2015. Damn it Bootsy!

The article is from May 26, 2014. That might give you a bit of a clue.

Not too many plumped for Jenny, msc takes the lead but the scores remain very close at the top of the scoreboard. Here are the scores! 1st - msc - 1 point 2nd - time - 2 points =3rd - Book - 3 points =3rd - Death Impends - 3 points =3rd - Morbidkid - 3 points 6th - rockhopperpenguin - 8 points =7th - Dead Cow - 9 points =7th - Garn2 - 9 points =9h - The Unknown Man - 12 points =9th - YoungWillz - 12 points 11th - Spade_Cooley - 14 points =12th - Pedro67 - 17 points =12th - Switch - 17 points 14th - Sir Creep - 18 points =15th - Magere Hein - 19 points =15th - Toast - 19 points =17th - Bibliogryphon - 20 points =17th - Dr_T - 20 points 19th - CaptainChorizo - 21 points 20th - En Passant - 30 points 21st - Deathray - 31 points 22nd - gcreptile - 36 points

Jim Laing, guitarist for the Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, has died. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fflyingnunrecords%2Fposts%2F1065395513483405&width=500 Elemental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mCwZHE1UBU

Angie Bowie told us this in January........

Three teams score for Marks New Scoreboard =1st - Morbidkid - 0 points =1st - rockhopperpenguin - 0 points 3rd - msc - 1 point 4th - time - 2 points =5th - Book - 3 points =5th - Death Impends - 3 points =7th - Dead Cow - 9 points =7th - Garn2 - 9 points =9th - The Unknown Man - 12 points =9th - YoungWillz - 12 points 11th - Spade_Cooley - 14 points =12th - Pedro67 - 17 points =12th - Switch - 17 points 14th - Sir Creep - 18 points =15th - Magere Hein - 19 points =15th - Toast - 19 points =17th - Bibliogryphon - 20 points =17th - Dr_T - 20 points 19th - CaptainChorizo - 21 points 20th - gcreptile - 22 points 21st - En Passant - 30 points 22nd - Deathray - 31 points