Sean

Well done on picking Michael Martin.

Yeah pancreatic cancer.Cant see him seeing 2020.

Big name.One for Dl 2019 if he sticks around.

Yeah I am not a great fan of Labour especially Blair Brown or Campbell.She always seemed one of the least offending members of that dire New Labour project.I agree though that the way she handled herself the last few months showed guts and a level of determination that was commendable.I am glad she is no longer suffering as she was clearly struggling. At least the end was quick and she was still out and about until very recently.

Apparently the character Nicola Murray out the Thick of it was based on her.

Any person who has sat in both houses of parliament and served at cabinet rank under 2 prime ministers and is associated with the Olympic bid is worthy of inclusion on fame levels.Her death was the top news story on the two main channels.

She is known for the Olympics mostly but was also involved in Sure start children's centres and was known for brown nosing Tony Blair and being an ally of Denis Healey when she was young.Growing up I always confused her with Harriet Harman.

John McCain

She fell into a coma after suffering a brain hemorrhage on Friday and died at 10pm last night.

Dead

Imagine the state of it though yuk.

Bracknell Jowell Ricksen Vervoot Gilbert Lima Quinn Rae Alagiah Turnbull Parrikar Tapie Clegg Mountcharles Bosbach Jose Jose Cocks Du Bois Brickhouse Brown Ricketts Mack Goldberg Cornelia Frances Blanco Lorimer Austin.

My current top 50 first time possibilities for DL next year so far: 1)George Alagiah 2)Bill Turnbull 3)Charlotte Rae 4)Sheila Mercier 5)Daniella Westbrook 6)Barbara Windsor 7)Barbara Walters 8)Joanne Woodward 9)Trevor Peacock 10)Ray Wilson 11)Martin Peters 12)Gerd Muller 13)Paul Madeley 14)Peter Bonetti 15)Billy McNeill 16)Stevie Chalmers 17)Nichelle Nichols 18)Hugh Downs 19)John Paul Stevens 20)Stan Bowles 21)Bill Treacher 22)Robert Fyfe 23)June Spencer 24)Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 25)Glynis Johns 26)Mary Warnock 27)Leonard Fenton 28)Willie Nelson 29)Douglas Hurd 30)Clarissa Eden 31)Mary Wilson 32)Bernard Lewis (Historian) 33)Jurgen Habermas 34)Howard S Becker 35)Aaron T Beck 36)Noam Chomsky 37)William Labov 38)Dame Jill Knight 39)Vanessa Redgrave 40)Terry Jones 41)Billy Connolly 42)Gunther Von Hagans 43)Eileen Derbyshire 44)John Hume 45)Malcolm Hebden 46)Julie Goodyear 47)Jan Michael Vincent 48)Bob Hawke 49)Rolf Harris 50)Stuart Hall

Ooh stop messing about!

Yeah she probably has several years left.A Dddp drop 40 pick next year I reckon though due to the very high volume of coverage.

Alex "Hurricane" Higgins

Shane MacGowan

I regret dropping Stephen Hawking and Billy Graham from this year's DDP.No hits since Valentines day on my main team.

I might just opt for a cult pick.Someone who is on the radar but is forgotten about due to their staying power.

Yeah she isn't my first choice either for this pool.Doubt she will see 2019 but could well see autumn.

He was hospitalised in December.Nearly died in January and was given 2 days to live around that time.Claims he has little memory of January to late February and states that a few people left his ward in tears.Was transfered to a St John's hospice in March and is bedridden yet hopes to get into a wheelchair and move into a flat.Seems like denial to me.

Was keeping it quiet while I was in the cup.

It was posted in a reply to a post he was tagged in on March 17th.Try searching Colin Butts in posts.

MMMDP #22 Kathleen Blanco Former Governed of Louisiana who was in office when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.Now 75 and suffering from ocular melanoma that has spread to the liver.Was given 6 months to live in December.Some would call that perfect timing.