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Welcome to this fine competition to predict the frontpage of this site: The DeathList Prediction Game 2024! But what is it all about? It's not that hard: What do you think the official DeathList 2024 will look like? Which celebrities will be chosen by the Committee in which order? Please tell us by picking 50 celebrities listing them from No.1 to No. 50. This is the scoring system: +10 points for the exact position +5 points if the person is on the DL 2024 but 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions away from the original position +4 points if the person is on the DL 2024 but 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 positions away from the original position +3 extra points for every newcomer who also entered the DL 2024 +2 extra points for every returnee who entered the DL again +1 point if the person is on the DL 2024 but more than 10 positions away from the original position 0 points for unique picks -3 points for every pick who is not listed at the DL 2024 Please name 3 extra names/subs in order of priority. Just in case that the replacement is taken, please tell me in which (any) place the sub should be placed. The other places automatically move up or down and close the gap if necessary. The player with the most points will win the DL Prediction Game. Please send me your DL Prediction Top 50 plus 3 subs through a new PM until 30.12.2023 at 22:59 CET (mainland Europe time 21:59 GMT). All entries are welcome if they include 50 different people in a chosen order from No. 1 to No. 50 and 3 subs. Thanks for joining (again)! Hall of Fame: 2016: Book 2017: Book 2018: John Key 2019: Vaagheid 2020: TomTomTelekom 2021: Vaagheid 2022: msc 2023: The Daredevil

10.10.2024 52 Dean Martin — Volare 51 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 47 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +4 37 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 34 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 31 Elvis Presley — King Creole 25 Marty Wilde — A Teenager in Love 11 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6 08 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You

A little off topic, admittedly, but: If you look at the DL from 2007, I find the most interesting that the top 3 consists of a re-entry and 2 newcomers: re > 1 Fidel Castro new > 2 Ariel Sharon new > 3 Ruby Muhammad At that time, that was not unusual at all, for example in 2006: new > 1 Lou Rawls and new > 2 Alfred di Stefano 2008: re > 1 Charlton Heston and new > 2 Sydney Pollack But my favorite is definitely the DL from 1993 (Caution: The figures from the previous year do not match on the homepage!): new > 1 Doris Speed new > 2 Kim Il Sung new > 3 Victor Borge re > 4 Clive Dunn new > 5 Audrey Hepburn re > 6 Alistair Cooke re > 7 Richard Nixon There will probably never be anything like that again! And finally: The last new entry at number 1 was Wilko Johnson in 2014. It is very unlikely that this will happen again on the next DL, but it would be desirable. In recent years, the top of the DL has been very static, which is what I expect for 2025 as well (unless the entire top 20 dies by the end of the year ).

09.10.2024 55 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 54 Dean Martin — Volare 41 Elvis Presley — King Creole 39 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 37 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +4 30 Marty Wilde — A Teenager in Love 30 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 14 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 13 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6 09 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman

08.10.2024 58 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 53 Dean Martin — Volare 47 Elvis Presley — King Creole 41 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +4 37 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 33 Marty Wilde — A Teenager in Love 30 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 17 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 17 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 15 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6

07.10.2024 54 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 48 Elvis Presley — King Creole 47 Dean Martin — Volare 46 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +4 41 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 36 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 30 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 26 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6 17 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 17 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 06 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy 06 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 06 Dean Martin — Return To Me

The 21 I would drop at this very moment are: 10. Robert Wagner 18. Patricia Routledge 19. Clint Eastwood 21. Vanessa Redgrave 22. Desmond Morris 26. Hans Blix 27. Julie Walters 31. Louis Farrakhan 32. Norman Tebbit 34. Daniel Barenboim 37. Dick Cheney 38. Prunella Scales 39. Robert Duvall 41. Brigitte Bardot 42. Raul Castro 43. Imelda Marcos 45. Buzz Aldrin 46. Sonny Rollins 47. Sly Stone 48. Tom Baker 50. Joe Bugner I would keep the Pope just because they missed Benedict XVI back in the days. Also Linda Nolan and James Whale because they are terminally ill and relatively young compared to most of the other candidates. Mel Brooks is too big to miss imo, I would not dare to drop him, although he doesn't seems to be near the end. If there are a few more deaths before the end of the year, I would put Norman Tebbit, Sonny Rollins or Desmond Morris back on the list. All in all – it's tough to drop 21 names!!!

06.10.2024 54 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 50 Elvis Presley — King Creole 43 Dean Martin — Volare 40 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 39 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song +4 34 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 32 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6 27 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 17 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 17 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 17 Dean Martin — Return To Me 17 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 11 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy 06 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima

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Just a quick question: Are there any other* Germans, Austrians or Swiss people in this forum? (*apart from the usual suspects )

05.10.2024 50 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 46 Elvis Presley — King Creole 45 Dean Martin — Volare 37 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 35 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie -6 32 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 32 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 29 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 28 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 20 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 18 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima

04.10.2024 46 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 43 Dean Martin — Volare 41 Elvis Presley — King Creole 38 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie 38 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 36 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 33 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 31 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 28 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 22 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 18 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima 15 Four Preps — Big Man 07 Elvis Presley — Don’t -6

Update: August and September got us 7 more hits which is not that bad in 2024. And to be honest and fair: In 2023 we got only to more hits by the end of September (in 2022, however, 10 more hits at this point of the game). Etush and I currently have the most hits. For comparison: RoverAndOut had a total of 22 hits last year. Well, we still have 3 months to catch up with that result... As far as I can see, we do have the following hits: 01. Derek Draper (15.08.1967 – 03.01.2024) (1 player): DL 2024, Prophet 02. Glynis Johns (05.10.1923 – 04.01.2024) (14): Bibliogryphon, Book, DL 2024, Etushispushingupdaisies, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Grimgrass, LizLemon, msc, Summer in Transylvania, The Old Crem, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TQR, wannamaker, YoungWillz 03. Franz Beckenbauer (11.09.1945 – 07.01.2024) (12): Book, diego, DL 2024, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Grimgrass, LizLemon, RoverAndOut, Summer in Transylvania, The Old Crem, ThereWillBeDeaths7, wannamaker, WEP, 04. Norman Jewison (21.07.1926 – 20.01.2024) (1): Etushispushingupdaisies 05. Jonnie Irwin (18.11.1973 – 02.02.2024) (11): 14:22, arghton, Bibliogryphon, Book, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Superstar, The Old Crem, theoldlady, TQR, WEP 06. Toby Keith (08.07.1961 – 05.02.2024) (2): Prophet, The Old Crem 07. Stan Bowles (24.12.1948 – 24.02.2024) (1): TomTomTelekom 08. Dave Myers (08.09.1957 – 28.02.2024) (1): TQR 09. Frank Field (16.07.1942 – 23.04.2024) (15): 14:22, Bibliogryphon, Book, diego, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, LizLemon, Summer in Transylvania, Superstar, The Old Crem, theoldlady, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TQR, wannamaker, YoungWillz 10. Roger Corman (05.04.1926 – 09.05.2024) (1): Etushispushingupdaisies 11. Dabney Coleman (03.01.1932 – 16.05.2024) (1): YoungWillz 12. Richard M. Sherman (12.06.1928 – 25.05.2024) (1): Etushispushingupdaisies 13. Rob Burrow (26.09.1982 – 02.06.2024) (8): Bibliogryphon, Book, Great Uncle Bulgaria, RoverAndOut, The Old Crem, TQR, wannamaker, YoungWillz 14. Janis Paige (16.09.1922 – 02.06.2024) (1): diego 15. William Russell (19.11.1924 – 03.06.2024) (6): Bibliogryphon, Book, Etushispushingupdaisies, msc, Summer in Transylvania, ThereWillBeDeaths7 16. Willie Mays (06.05.1931 – 18.06.2024) (1): Superstar 17. Vic Seixas (23.08.1923 – 05.07.2024) (1): Etushispushingupdaisies 18. Shannen Doherty (12.04.1971 – 13.07.2024) (20): 14:22, arghton, Book, gcreptile, Grimgrass, LizLemon, msc, Prophet, RoverAndOut, Summer in Transylvania, Superstar, The Daredevil, The Old Crem, theoldlady, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TomTomTelekom, TQR, wannamaker, WEP, YoungWillz 19. Bob Newhart (05.09.1929 – 18.07.2024) (21): 14:22, arghton, Bibliogryphon, Book, diego, DL 2024, Etushispushingupdaisies, gcreptile, Grimgrass, LizLemon, msc, Prophet, RoverAndOut, Summer in Transylvania, Superstar, The Daredevil, theoldlady, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TomTomTelekom, wannamaker, WEP, YoungWillz 20. Ray Reardon (08.10.1932 – 19.07.2024) (2): Grimgrass, TQR 21. Gena Rowlands (19.06.1930 – 14.08.2024) (1): Etushispushingupdaisies 22. Alain Delon (08.11.1935 – 18.08.2024) (1): Superstar 23. James Earl Jones (17.01.1931 – 09.09.2024) (6):14:22, arghton, diego, gcreptile, Superstar, TQR 24. Alberto Fujimori (28.07.1938 – 11.09.2024) (4): diego, Grimgrass, Superstar, WEP 25. Kenneth Cope (14.04.1931 – 11.09.2024) (1): Bibliogryphon 26. David Graham (11.07.1925 – 20.09.2024) (12): 14:22, arghton, Bibliogryphon, Book, diego, Etushispushingupdaisies, msc, Prophet, The Old Crem, ThereWillBeDeaths7, YoungWillz 27. Maggie Smith (28.12.1934 – 27.09.2024) (3): Great Uncle Bulgaria, TomTomTelekom, YoungWillz Standings: 9 Book: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, William Russell, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, David Graham, 9 Etushispushingupdaisies: Glynis Johns, Norman Jewison, Roger Corman, Richard M. Sherman, William Russell, Vic Seixas, Bob Newhart, Gena Rowlands, David Graham, 8 Bibliogryphon: Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, William Russell, Bob Newhart, Kenneth Cope, David Graham, 8 Superstar: Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Willie Mays, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, Alain Delon, James Earl Jones, Alberto Fujimori, 8 The Old Crem: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Toby Keith, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, David Graham, 8 TQR: Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Dave Myers, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Ray Reardon, James Earl Jones, 8 YoungWillz: Glynis Johns, Frank Field, Dabney Coleman, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, David Graham, Maggie Smith, 7 diego: Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Field, Janis Paige, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, Alberto Fujimori, David Graham, 7 gcreptile: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, 7 ThereWillBeDeaths7: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Field, William Russell, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, David Graham, 6 14:22: Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, David Graham, 6 Great Uncle Bulgaria: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, Maggie Smith, 6 Grimgrass: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, Ray Reardon, Alberto Fujimori, 6 Summer in Transylvania: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Field, William Russell, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart 6 wannamaker: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Field, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, 5 arghton: Jonnie Irwin, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, David Graham, 5 LizLemon: Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, 5 msc: Glynis Johns, William Russell, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, David Graham, 5 Prophet: Derek Draper, Toby Keith, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, David Graham, 5 WEP: Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, Alberto Fujimori, 4 DL 2024: Derek Draper, Glynis Johns, Franz Beckenbauer, Bob Newhart, 4 RoverAndOut: Franz Beckenbauer, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, 4 theoldlady: Jonnie Irwin, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, 4 TomTomTelekom: Stan Bowles, Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart, Maggie Smith, 2 The Daredevil: Shannen Doherty, Bob Newhart,

03.10.2024 39 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 38 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 38 Elvis Presley — King Creole 37 Dean Martin — Volare 37 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 34 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 33 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie 28 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 28 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 21 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Four Preps — Big Man 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 16 Elvis Presley — Don’t 13 Pat Boone — Don’t Forbid Me 12 The Teddy Bears — To Know Him Is To Love Him 08 Elvis Presley — Party -6

02.10.2024 35 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 35 Dean Martin — Volare 32 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 32 Elvis Presley — King Creole 30 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 28 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 27 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie 25 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 24 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Elvis Presley — Don’t 20 Four Preps — Big Man 20 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima 20 The Teddy Bears — To Know Him Is To Love Him 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 19 Pat Boone — Don’t Forbid Me 19 Pat Boone — Love Letters In The Sand 14 Elvis Presley — Party -6 12 The Mudlarks — Lollipop 10 Pat Boone — A Wonderful Time Up There 08 Johnny Otis With Marie Adams & The Three Tons Of Joy — Ma (He’s Making Eyes At Me)

01.10.2024 30 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 30 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 28 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 28 Dean Martin — Volare 25 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 24 Elvis Presley — King Creole 23 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie 22 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 21 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 20 Pat Boone — Don’t Forbid Me 20 Pat Boone — Love Letters In The Sand 20 Elvis Presley — Party 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Johnny Otis With Marie Adams & The Three Tons Of Joy — Ma (He’s Making Eyes At Me) 20 Elvis Presley — Don’t 20 Four Preps — Big Man 20 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima 20 The Teddy Bears — To Know Him Is To Love Him 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 14 Cliff Richard & The Drifters — Move It 14 Pat Boone — A Wonderful Time Up There 12 The Mudlarks — Lollipop 08 Russ Hamilton — We Will Make Love 08 Little Richard — Baby Face -6 07 Elias & His Zigzag Jive Flutes — Tom Hark

30.09.2024 28 Dean Martin — Volare 28 Harry Belafonte — Banana Boat Song 26 Nat King Cole — When I Fall In Love 24 Debbie Reynolds — Tammy +4 22 Johnny Duncan & The Blue Grass Boys — Last Train To San Fernando 22 The Everly Brothers — Wake Up Little Susie 22 The Everly Brothers — Bird Dog 20 Pat Boone — Don’t Forbid Me 20 Pat Boone — Love Letters In The Sand 20 Elvis Presley — Party 20 Jim Dale — Be My Girl 20 Johnny Otis With Marie Adams & The Three Tons Of Joy — Ma (He’s Making Eyes At Me) 20 Elvis Presley — Don’t 20 Pat Boone — A Wonderful Time Up There 20 Four Preps — Big Man 20 Elvis Presley — Hard Headed Woman 20 Dean Martin — Return To Me 20 Elvis Presley — King Creole 20 Marino Marini & His Quartet — Come Prima 20 Cliff Richard & The Drifters — Move It 20 The Teddy Bears — To Know Him Is To Love Him 20 Marty Wilde — A Teenager In Love 20 The Everly Brothers — ’Til I Kissed You 14 Russ Hamilton — We Will Make Love 14 Little Richard — Baby Face -6 12 Elias & His Zigzag Jive Flutes — Tom Hark 12 The Mudlarks — Lollipop

29.09.2024 87 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +4 78 Nat King Cole — Smile 65 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 58 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 55 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog -6 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 12 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 07 Lou Busch — Zambesi

Wow, I didn't expect that anymore!

28.09.2024 80 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +4 70 Nat King Cole — Smile 63 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 55 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 50 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog -6 20 Lou Busch — Zambesi 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 19 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 15 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 14 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues 06 Frankie Laine — Cool Water

I'm really sad to have Dame Maggie Smith as my next hit (22) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo

Did not expect her to be the first Dame to die out of the "Tea with the Dames"-cast, beside being the youngest: Joan Plowright (28.10.1929), Eileen Atkins (16.06.1934) and Judi Dench (09.12.1934) all were older than Maggie Smith (28.12.1934), even if only by a few months or even weeks.

This makes me really sad, she has always been one of my favorite actresses.

27.09.2024 73 Dean Martin — That’s Amore +4 66 Nat King Cole — Smile 59 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 49 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 45 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog -6 31 Lou Busch — Zambesi 24 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 24 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 20 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues 14 Frankie Laine — Cool Water 13 Mantovani — Swedish Rhapsody