Arnold

Sadly very seriously ill even though he appears to be buggering on splendidly.

She may have retired 75 years ago (!) but here is the grand obit I anticipated due to her status as the last of the silent queens. Take a look at her portrait picture to see if she really was "A very attractive lady in her prime". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries...rbara-Kent.html

Barbara Kent, one of the last surviving Holywood actresses from the silent era, is 101 in December and in very frail health. If she lasts the year, I would strongly recommend the moderators include her on next year's list. Very attractive lady in her prime too.

The master of the Latin American beat is 95 today. Remember Edmundo Ros and His Rhumba Band? Ok, Perhaps not. He was a favourite of the immediate post-war generation and very close to the British Royal Family so he will get his prominent obits. Here is his pedigree: http://www.spaceagepop.com/ros.htm I would like to recommend him to the Death List Committee for consideration for next year's list. (Along with Hitchcock actress Norah Baring, 99 and Will Hay director Val Guest, 94). My other two actress nominations from last year (Kay Walsh and Constance Cummings) have popped off this year and I think this trio will give us a similarly good chance of success regardless of their present state of health.

Alas, if we had picked her, along with dear Edmundo Ros, we would have been popping the champagne corks today.

Just beat me too it! I've been sitting here waiting since last November! Now, THAT'S dedication. I've been waiting here since December 2005!

This dear old lady is frail and fading and I'm afraid may soon be 'Googie Withered'. One to perhaps put into the 'pending' drawer for consideration for next year?

Please, I beg you please, stop posting the names of random elderly people, try to look some things up on the internet and you will find out that deadpooling has so many dimensions, what makes it a lot more intresting than a random guessing game. Thank you in advance. No, no, no. I like the randomness of it all. For that is the essential part of the very nature of death, surely. Miss Kent is 103 this month. I have a very strong feeling in my waters that she will take her final curtain call next year and urge the committee to give her very serious consideration for inclusion in the 2010 list.

Has just strummed his final chord.

Veteran cinematographer who will be 92 next September. His career goes back to the silent days. He even worked on the lond lost 1931 version of The Ghost Train, staring Jack Hulbert. A true ancient relic from a long vanished era. His son has been charged with paedophilia for the umpteenth time so he could do a Ronnie Barker?

Died today, aged 83.

This chap could certainly be a very good bet for next year. The world's oldest working actor (104). There will be scores of Dutch and German obits due to both his record holding status and also his notoriety. (Do foreign obits count Moderators?) See here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Heesters And here - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373535/ Yours cadaverously, Arnold Threads merged [HCW]

The fact that she hasn't been in the news for nigh on 70 years shoud not deter us from including this lady. She will undoubtedly receive several broadsheet obits when she goes, making her a very elligible Death List candidate. She is one of the very last silent screen stars and starred opposite Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Richard Barthelmess, Harold Lloyd, Edward G Robinson, Gloria Swanson and Myrna Loy - all A list movie stars. Even if younger members of this board are a little baffled by some of these names, a little research will show you how each one was as big in his or her day as, say, Jack Nicholson, Brad Pitt or George Clooney is now. In these movies, she receives second or third billing. She is a true forgotten star. So watch the obits flow when she passes over. And she's 101.

Ned has been absent from Radio 4 for months now due to what has been termed a "paralysed vocal cord". He has been replaced both on Loose Ends and Counterpoint since before Christmas. There are a lot of mutterings (I can put it no stronger than that) that he is in fact quite seriously ill. Does anyone have any more information? I'll try to find out more.

Old Ned has popped off.

I'm getting old. Add me to the list instead.

The widow of the late, great Bob will be 99 next year. No health report but obviously extremely ancient so she could be a decent candidate for 2008. Her obits are assured as she became a Christmas TV institution alongside her husband throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. She was also a notable singer in the 30s before giving up her career to marry.

Norah Baring, Alfred Hitchcock's leading lady in his 1930 film "Murder!" will be 99 on January 1 2006. I think the only problem we have here is this - does this lady pass the famouseness test? I'm not 100 per cent certain she does. But if we think so, we could have a very good candidate for next year. It's perhaps one for debate. So here are the pros and cons as I see them. The pros: 1 She is a Htichcock leading lady. There were around 50 of them and they all exist as a movie sub-genre in themselves. 2 She is British and will be natural fodder for a Daily Telegraph obit. 3 She starred in Hitchcock's second talkie, very early in his career and will be seen as something of a pioneer. (Anny Ondra, wife of Deathlist success Max Schmeling, was his first and received numerous obits when she died in 1987, despite making only a handful of British films and retiring in 1951.) 4 Virtually all Hitchcock leading ladies get an obit in the broadsheets. 5 In "Murder!", she is a devastatingly stunning brunette (rare for Hitchcock, who famously cast blondes). Her uniqueness to the obit writers is again enhanced. The cons: 1 She retired from films in 1934! (Although this could make her more of an enigma for obit writers). 2 We have no idea of her health although one very poorly put together website is following her longevity with interest, along with other ancient movie stars - http://www.totalblowhole.com/new-4688533-4676.html. Opinions gratefully sought.

As the Death List Committee prepares to debate candidates worthy of inclusion in next year's list, I would like to take the opportunity to remind them of dear old Edmundo. He's 96 next month. I've no health report to offer as evidence of his imminent demise. But I've a feeling in my waters, as my old mother-in-law used to say. Much the same as I did with Val Guest, Constance Cummings and Kay Walsh. And er...Norah Baring...who eventually embarrassed me by revealing that she actually took her final curtain call in 1985! Well at least we opened up a useful debate on on her whereabouts which finally resulted in the IMDB updating her entry! I confess that Richard O'Sullivan has failed me miserably on the hanging front. And Patrick Moore looks fairly comfortable in his trousers. But Edmundo must surely be about to perform his final rhumba pretty soon. Alas, where will that leave us for Saturday evening entertainment?

Dear Dickie hits the headlines again in todays Daily Mail, p19. He's just spent two weeks in hospital following a gum operation. A friend said: "He can only speak with difficulty and has lost most of his teeth."! The man is falling to bits.

A very valuable member of the Death List R&D team I would think. Good luck in your quest for information! Welcome Lady Clarissa Richmond! Not often that the aristocracy posts here. Good luck in your quest for more information on Dicky - do let us know any knows of his health. 3 Days to read the thread. I was thinking maybe we should print the whole thing and post it Brinsworth House - Dicky would be thrilled to hear he still so much in our thoughts.

I'm afraid I have no health report on this legend of British film. But anyone who acted as a scriptwriter for Will Hay and also The Crazy Gang, must surely merit inclusion for next year? He will be 94 this December.

Nothing wrong with dear old Will. In fact I have all his films on DVD or video. A friend of mine (much older than me!) was a friend of his. So I've had a pint with a man who had a pint with Will Hay. How blessed I am!

Long obits too in the Telegraph, Guardian, Times and Independent. Reunited with his beloved Will Hay. Poor sod.

A minor actress from the 1930s who gained lasting fame as the Gainsborough Lady before the opening credits of each Gainsborough film. She's 93 this year and will receive broadsheet obits when she pops. No health report. May be worth a listing next year?