Vinegar Tits

Quite. I thought emphysema was incurable. Either way, she's staying on my list for the time being.

Damn. As huge Grease fans, she's been on our possibilities list for years. If Sid Caesar pops his clogs before 2009 I'll be really annoyed.

Amongst other places, Ain't It Cool News are reporting that FX-maestro Stan Winston has died.

Haven't got a proper link as yet but actor Bruce Purchase, probably best known as the shouty Pirate Captain in the Doctor Who serial The Pirate Planet, has died aged 69.

Aye, but you lot won't be going up this season either as the Mighty Leeds will crush you (of course, I may have to eat my words if it all goes pear-shaped for us tonight)

Sorry I Haven't A Clue host Humphrey Lyttelton not terribly well and in hospital. Could he be Madonna's Hand Of Bod's much-needed third clog-popper? We'll see.

Sutcliffe's a big bloke so I can't imagine being 19 stone is a life or death situation for him to be honest.

"Can you hear the drums Fernando..." "No, not anymore" Actually, I feel a bit dirty and guilty making such a joke as Abba are one of my all-time favourites ever ever ever. Ah well. RIP Ola

Nothing really to do with anything other than blowing my own trumpet but I did Macca's QC's mortgage for him around 10 years ago. Terribly posh speaking he was, and frightened me to death every time I spoke to him.

Didn't he pretend to commit suicide a couple of years back or something? Anyway, another Eurovision-related death, though he didn't actully appear on stage with the Les Humphries Singers back in 1976. Sing sang song indeed...

Apparently, Doctor Who actor Kevin Stoney is actually dead this time for real. The bods on the RT Forum have confirmed it too.

With 2007 arguably being the year of Old People deaths I wonder whether 2008 will end up being the year of Young Actor deaths? It's certainly shaping up to be. God, I sound like iain there

Alan Hume - Director of Photography extrordinaire will be 84 this year. John Bluthal - Spying/Follow That Camel/Henry is 79 in 2008. Terence Longdon - Sergeant/Nurse/Constable/Regardless is getting on a bit too. The aforementioned Marianne Stone will be 86 this year I think - she'll definitely get an obit as she seemingly appeared in every British film ever made during the 50s and 60s.

Very sad, especially at such a young age, but unfortunately not terribly surprising.

she When she (rightfully, seeing as she's lied and dodged immigration officials throughout the years she's been here) gets deported we probably won't hear about her again, whether she dies or not. There must be loads of deportees who are ill or dying but the news don't report all of them as, frankly, they're not really all that newsworthy.

Plus he's not a young man so any weight loss that affects his face will make him look older. Still worth a lookout though, particularly if he has any more health scares in 2008.

Suharto. Personally, seeing as he's NOT on my DDP entry, I'm hoping those nice Indian doctors that cured Sihanouk do the business once again.

It was only obvious once she returned to Pakistan. Had she stayed in Dubai or London she'd have been toasting in the New Year with the rest of us. Had she not been assassinated by now, she'd have been an obvious choice for 2008. But alas...

I'd reckon his father is far more likely to follow the Bhutto trait of early death - judging by comments on the BBC site and elsewhere, the vast majority see Bilawal as just a kid but are disparaging about Zardari. Either way, I personally think Musharraf is more of a likely target. As for youngsters, I thought all bets were off for Amy Winehouse. Far more unstable than Britney Spears. Otherwise, all the usuals will remain on the list apart from those that die. Other people will become ill and thus be deemed dead certs for 2009. The odd person will surprise us all. Chinese Democracy still won't be released, and Kate Bush is more likely to tour than Clive Dunn is to die.

Benazir Bhutto, mainly because of the way she died and the ramifications her death will cause Pakistan and the region. Otherwise, it would have been Yeltsin. Culturually, then the Pav is definitely the main man though, to be honest, Verity Lambert has had more of a cultural impact on me than a large opera singer, but there you go. Lady Bird Johnson and Tammy Faye's passings caused barely a flutter over here. Bernard Manning was bigger news.

For 2007 Bhutto is probably the most significant death, and one that could have ramifications for years to come - your comment of "it only complicates everything there" is typical Yank insularity and short sightedness. Possibly the most significant political death (or at least assassination) since Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, so it's laughable that you can dismiss her death as not all that important. Anna Nicole - tragic, yes, and brought along a huge media circus for a short while, yes, but ultimately not significant. Not even culturally significant seeing as she's not famous for doing anything of importance. She doesn't leave behind a legacy or a body of work. She'll be forgotten in 10 years, if that.

I say, I rather like the cut of your jib. Can't disagree with that list at all. I think you can also add: 1981 Talbot Rothwell 1993 Gerald Thomas All a great loss

The years? More like the vast amount of food she ate to become a porker I'd hardly have called her a porker. Good standard of living plus inevitable middle-aged spread more than anything. Maybe her genes too - I don't think I've ever seen a 50+ Asian woman who is particularly thin. Rather like many Italian women, they seem to shrink and get bigger.

I bet you're going to be a bit buggered if Sharon or Castro decide to go out before New Year's Day, aren't you?

Musharraf might be an intelligent pick now as Bhutto supporters are calling for his head outside Rawalpindi hospital. There's sure to be revenge attacks of sorts.