Book

I went to see Marianne last night at the Roundhouse and she was pretty much as Book describes. Walking very painfully with a stick, having to sit down frequently, lots of tea (well, that's what she said it was) and smokes. She was terrific though. I was prepared to be disappointed, but she can still sing and interpret a song powerfully. She was also quite hilarious. She did, I think, just 13 songs but was on stage for over 90 minutes. Clearly very tiring for her though. No encore. The gig was being filmed for something so you may have a chance to study the form yourselves at some point. Personally I hope she's around for a long time yet, she's a great character. She is divine, isn't she? By the way she is 69... not a good age this year...

Brigitte Bardot, hopefully

Zsa Zsa Gabor on her birthday would be nice.

25.02.2016 Steffi Martina A girl btw.

Already taken, Oh. March 31 then.

As there is still a little DL stagnation since mid November I say April 1st, unfortunately.

25.01.2016

I wasn't that good last year, so let's give it another try: 01. Val Kilmer 02. Dick van Dyke 03. Jerry Lewis 04. Paul Gascoigne 05. Stephen Hawking 06. Helen Fawkes 07. Valerie Harper 08. Joost van der Westhuizen 09. Rolf Harris 10. Chuck Berry 11. Muhammad Ali 12. Caroline Aherne 13. Henry Kissinger 14. Glen Campbell 15. Clive James 16. Doris Day 17. Mary Tyler Moore 18. Prince Philip 19. Olivia de Havilland 20. George Bush Sr. 21. Ian Brady 22. Bruce Forsyth 23. Abe Vigoda 24. Kate Granger 25. Gordon Banks

Thank you very much TMIB, great work! And thanks for the nice comments at my teams. I hope you will be right! But again it will be difficult for all my theme team picks to obit in the UK. Last year they were no obits for Wiedemann and Bossi, this year starts with no obit for Leuwerik

I had René Angélil too and I am in post #22

Great songs by Dusty Springfield, The Carpenters ( ) and Deee-Lite are alredy mentioned, so here's the rest of my all-time-faves-list: Because the night – Patti Smith Cloudbusting – Kate Bush Confide in me – Kylie Minogue Damn I wish I was your lover – Sophie B. Hawkins Du lebst in deiner Welt – Daisy Door Guilt – Marianne Faithfull Jolene – Dolly Parton Maledetta Primavera – Loretta Goggi Music sounds better with you – Stardust Night ride across the Caucasus – Loreena McKennitt One of us – ABBA Red Leather – Peaches & Gonzales Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac Rock Lobster – B-52's Sleeping Satellite – Tasmin Archer Stay (I missed you) – Lisa Loeb That's not my name – The Ting Tings Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack Uptown Top Ranking – Althia & Donna Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert – Die Sterne Where have all the cowboys gone – Paula Cole Who's that girl – Eurythmics Xanadu – Olivia Newton-John You're so vain – Carly Simon

Nice songs actually, but I can't listen to them anymore... - Gloria Gaynor - I am what I am - Gloria Gaynor - I will survive - Weather Girls - It's raining men - Nena - 99 Luftballons

German "Trapp Family"- actress Ruth Leuwerik dead at 91. I hope she'll get a proper UK obit. But first a link in German: http://www.welt.de/regionales/nrw/article150936729/Trapp-Familie-Star-Ruth-Leuwerik-gestorben.html

A death which really touched me

Germany did, Nevertheless I voted Pratchett, 'cause I'll miss him most. That's ok with me, Hein

That's really quite shocking - and sad!

With Helmut Schmidt death Germany lost its greatest moral authority.

Actually, there appear to be 8 women on the list. 1. Zsa Zsa Gabor 2. Olivia de Havilland 3. Nancy Reagan 4. Vera Lynn 5. Mary Tyler Moore 6. Sandy Gall 7. Prunella Scales 8. Liz Smith Both of us are wrong - 7 Still too few women!

Kitty Kallen dead at 94. My very first hit in 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html?_r=0

I would like to meet Mary Tyler Moore. Wanna hear some stories about being an icon in the 70s.

I agree + a big Thanks to The Man In Black for his superb work I am very pleased with a combined 27th place for my main team. Never expected that!

Apart from all the typing mistakes (again), his signature sucks.

Absolutely. Thanks.

Ok then, I will follow both lists through the year, just for the laugh of it (Maybe the last laugh is on me??? ). DL Prediction Game position/last year/this year re=re-entry (XX) not included in official DL 01. (15) (10) Kirk Douglas 02. (new) (23) Jimmy Carter 03. (01) (02) Zsa Zsa Gabor 04. (05) (06) Billy Graham 05. (20) (01) Martin Crowe 03.03.2016 06. (03) (03) Joao Havelange 07. (21) (05) Bhumibol Adulyadej 08. (23) (XX) Helmut Kohl 09. (06) (04) Olivia de Havilland 10. (new) (XX) Burt Reynolds 11. (new) (XX) Joey Feek 04.03.2016 12. (04) (07) Herman Wouk 13. (13) (30) Fidel Castro 14. (38) (14) Nancy Reagan 06.03.2016 15. (new) (XX) Carol Channing 16. (new) (XX) Howard Marks 17. (10) (16) Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 18. (41) (XX) Robert Mugabe 19. (39) (XX) Hosni Mubarak 20. (18) (XX) Valerie Harper 21. (07) (08) Javier Perez de Cuellar 22. (35) (39) Jake Lamotta 23. (32) (15) Peter Sallis 24. (new) (XX) Gudrun Ure 25. (re) (34) Desmond Tutu 26. (new) (XX) George Gaynes 15.02.2016 27. (new) (36) Glen Campbell 28. (09) (27) George Bush Sr. 29. (26) (XX) Harper Lee 19.02.2016 30. (new) (XX) Eva Marie Saint 31. (28) (21) Joost van der Westhuizen 32. (re) (37) Stan Lee 33. (re) (47) Stephen Hawking 34. (24) (29) Leslie Phillips 35. (re) (XX) Pierre Cardin 36. (re) (45) Muhammad Ali 37. (new) (XX) Hugh Hefner 38. (new) (XX) Benedict XVI 39. (36) (40) Cliff Michelmore 17.03.2016 40. (re) (32) Fats Domino 41. (new) (XX) Anthony Booth 42. (re) (XX) Jerry Lewis 43. (new) (XX) Piet de Jong 44. (new) (XX) David Rockefeller 45. (re) (11) Abe Vigoda 26.01.2016 46. (new) (XX) Margot Honecker 47. (47) (28) Vera Lynn 48. (new) (XX) Walter Scheel 49. (re) (XX) Sean Connery 50. (re) (XX) Ian Brady

Can't find anything about Sally Sweetlands death. So I guess she ist still alive.