Sean

Who makes said decisions?

Loads of my fb friends are paying tribut so I must be an exception for my generation.

I know the name Linkin Park but that is it.I probably would recognise some of their hits if I heard them.

Never heard of him.

Just realise I put Bannatyne twice so will pick Julie Waters .

Bush

Nope I should have been clearer!

Another cringe worthy moment.

Yes and King Edward abdicated on 11th December 1936. His reign was 20th January 1936-11th December 1936

He won`t.

Pope Francis is too young by six days.

With McCains illness, I realized why no one had him on the list:As he was born under the reign of Edward VIII.In order not to leave the majority of 1936 births out this theme of games I am proposing an Edwardian Deadpool on this thread.Pick 12 names (one for each month) of Edward`s disastrous reign and the first person to get all 12 wins.DDP rules apply.Any nonscoring hits can be replaced after 3 months.Entries open now and only close when the game ends i.e someone gets a full house! 1)John McCain 2)Burt Reynolds 3)Colin Meads 4)Bill Wyman 5)Glen Campbell 6)Peter Swan (Football) 7)Richard Wilson 8)Albert Finney 9)Glenda Jackson `10)F.W de Clerk 11)Ursula Andress 12)Sepp Blatter

Ah I see.Well at least that improves the odds of him seeing 2018 substantially.

The fact that the tumour has already caused a blood clot and that there is no talk of surgery to remove part of the tumor are both bad signs.He might make 2018 but I would say has pretty much zero chance of making 2019.

Gord Downie has it too.Other notable sufferers in the past are Ted Kennedy and Beau Biden.I saw a neighbor die from it a few years ago.A very nasty way to go.

I wonder if Trump will do the eulogy.That would be fun !

Looks like he could be the first GOP nominee to die since Reagan.

wrong thread.

Eliabeth was on the 2008 list.

Yeah John must be DL 2018 unless he dies before then.

McCain should be number 1 on next years list with Newton John at number 2.I think Roberta McCain should be on the list next year.Will be 106 andJohns death would likely finish her off.We had JFK's Mum and John Edwards wife on previous lists so there is a precedent.There is no way her death would go unreported in UK media.You could put her down as McCain matriarch .

His hands are now extremely discoloured though.

Was this all before the internet?Hardly anything about the guy online.Seems odd for a journalist who has worked for many of the nations biggest papers.

He sounded well .Pragmatic about limited time left but enjoying himself.Didnt mention pain or disability. For the record has he ever written anything of note?Aside from his own blog and two guardian articles I cant find anything.Is he more of a cancer blogger than journalist.Or is there some important work he has done that I am overlooking.He has a lot of twitter followers and gets retweets from fairly big names.

She can go in either.She is a writer as is Gilbert so I guess I just associate her with this thread more.Swift recovery?That is almost taking the piss.