Sean

If he gets COVID he will most likely die.Also he had a heart transplant nearly a decade ago.Odds on lasting 10 years after transplant until 2022 is statistically 50%.

QE2

He must have caught it in the hospital.94 nearly 95heart failure and had a serious lung infection.He had near zero chance of surviving COVID.

Tom Smith

Crikey the record broken!

Barkan was on Time`s Most Influential 100 people I think.

Nope only the probable Drop 40 bonus which as a centenarian is worthless near enough in my view.

That is what I am saying.Both unknowns as of this time last year.Your average person in the street wouldn`t recognise her at all today still.I bet if went up to 10 random people in the street tomorrow they would know who Captain Tom is and wouldn`t have a scoobey who Kimberley Eccles is.

And his fundraising and media appearances.Being old doesn`t mean you are terminal just means you are near expiring.Not the same thing.He could last 15 years for all we know.Then again so could someone with stage 4 cancer.Kimberley Eccles is for example now ineligible as is in the news based on her illness and the circumstances.Sir Tom got a Knighthood raised millions of pounds and was the talk of the whole country at one point now his a Wikipedia released his autobiography for weeks.You could argue that if he was a conscientious objector in the war and did not serve the media wouldn`t have run with the story making him a household name in Britain.So is he famous for his war history the fact he was a captain the fact he walked around his garden to raise money?I would say all 3.Just goes to show if we put this guys name forward last year everyone would have said yes he is eligible but will never get a QO. Now I wouldn`t rule out a televised or military funeral.The Government would grant him a state funeral to detract from their woeful handling of the whole crisis so will do it to diert attention and make a false equation to WW2 to make it seem like Tom was one of the soldiers in the Great Battle of Covid or summat.

Am debating the same conundrum.I know I will never win so deciding whether to just throw my cards in early

I am tempted to just send tonight.One question before though.If 4 of my main team die and run out of subs can I submit others?

I was being sarcastic in part

I did I believe in 2015 and was my worst year on record.Not that I think early submission made a difference.Last year I got screwed by the news about John Lewis being announced the next day.Am tempted to do an early submission though as my longlist is annoying me at this point.Plus my theme teams are such failures that it wouldn`t make much difference.Each to their own.

Crikey mate bit early.What if some A lister announces they have stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is admitted to hospital with COVID this month?

Come on Rush you bastard.32 days!

Cheers apologies just saw the email which explains it better.Still not sure about family members though.

Does the famous for being ill rule apply to people who are solely famous for being someones relative?Also does it apply if someone is notable because they have a disease but became an activist columnist campaigner writer etc in response to becoming ill?I get the point of some bloke in the mirror having an article that says "Brave Dads last xmas with children before he succumbs to pancreatic cancer" picks but where is the line on those who become notable because of their illness and will get substantial media coverage based on what they did since becoming terminally ill and dying.

Lazarus

Already bagged him.

Dai Davies

When I saw that image I thought "Crikey Gulpilil`s gone down hill".

Very true when your time is up it is up but sometimes people try to hang on for things maybe as a a goal .

Months I think.Cancer has grown but only in a couple of places.Still having treatment and looks and sounds better than he should given how gravely ill he is.He mentioned his 70th in May.Sometimes people hang on for important events.Reckon it will be around that time he goes.

He seems to be the sidekick for half the talk radio presenters.Gould is too annoying to host.Whale whenever I tune in to see how he is tells him to shut up regularly.

Plus the committee have lost lots of their survivors this year and many of their perrenial picks so I don`t think it would be pushing the boat out to bring her back.I believe she is the oldest living person not currently on the list.