Sean

Exactly.Soap opera stars enjoy a high level of recognition but they aren`t known for being them.Same can be said of voice actors.For example few people can visually recognise the voiceovers on the Simpsons but if any die it will make the news.Peter Sallis is a good example of someone who if you are under 30 you probably couldn't name but you would recognize him as Clegg from last of the Summer Wine and as the guy who voiced Wallace. OK so she is more Gillian Taylforth than Wendy Richards. I haven't watched Emmerdale since they dropped the Farm. Exactly.Soap opera stars enjoy a high level of recognition but they aren`t known for being them.Same can be said of voice actors.For example few people can visually recognise the voiceovers on the Simpsons but if any die it will make the news.Peter Sallis is a good example of someone who if you are under 30 you probably couldn't name but you would recognize him as Clegg from last of the Summer Wine and as the guy who voiced Wallace. OK so she is more Gillian Taylforth than Wendy Richards. I haven't watched Emmerdale since they dropped the Farm. Pretty much.

It's astonishing how often that happens in soaps Haha well if you are a lesbian it makes it more remarkable.

Exactly.Soap opera stars enjoy a high level of recognition but they aren`t known for being them.Same can be said of voice actors.For example few people can visually recognise the voiceovers on the Simpsons but if any die it will make the news.Peter Sallis is a good example of someone who if you are under 30 you probably couldn't name but you would recognize him as Clegg from last of the Summer Wine and as the guy who voiced Wallace.

Completely agree. In a poll of recognition between Bhumibol and Zoe Tate I know who my money would be on. Lee Bracknell is another issue entirely.That is true of many soap opera actors and actresses.Plus a picture of Leah Bracknell as Zoe Tate is still a picture of Leah Bracknell.For example nearly everyone in Britain would recognise Dot Cotton or Ken Barlow but I am guessing a sizeable number couldnt give you their real names.I remember Bill Roache saying that people outside his friends family and interviewers mainly call him Ken.

Also DL is not a fame competition.Providing someone meets the criteria which she does they should be picked.Especially when they are so ill.

Leah Bracknell was a main cast member in Emmerdale for 16 years and was involved in many key storylines over the years including being the first lesbian character working at the vets shooting her half brother dead getting pregnant after a one night stand finding her Dad dead at home farm and having a mental breakdown and trying to drown herself in the lake.I too have tested out how famous she is and most people remember her in Emmerdale even if they dont know her real name.Same could be saidfor Anna Wing and Bill Tarmey who made the list.She is easily more recognisable than Herman Wouk and Javier Perez de Cuellar.When she dies she will get an obit by every news outlet in the UK and will get a mention on the main news on BBC and ITV news and had she not revealed her illness she still would have.She is definitely deathlist material.I was 11 when she left and was never a regular watcher at that time.All my friends of a similar age remember her too.

Who should be number one next year?I would go with Bracknell.

Habermas is mind boggling but I still got a first in an essay about him.

I want to join, but I'm still thinking over on a lot of things Feel free to put a team forward even now.

Please replace those on your baby boomer list so that your team is valid. Congrats on your first hit.Please make sure all your picks fit into the correct generational categories! I am assuming Craig Seeger is Craig Sager.Please correct your list !!

Just found out my great Uncle died a while back and no one thought to yell us.Gotta love families.

Just listening to Prince Charles unveiling a statue of his gran on bbc news.Looks ok but sounds like a dalek.Probably just a bad chest but worth monitoring.

Did anyone pick Nick Boles?Has now got head cancer which typically has a 50/50 chance of survival.He also had non hodgkins lymphoma in the past so it might be connected.

Looks like Greavsie is a keeper for next year.

He is also the oldest current world leader.

Was just looking into Thailands temporary regent Prem Tinsulalonda.He was Prime Minister of Thailand for seven years as well as the defence minister and head of the army as well as the current head of the Thai Privy council.He is 96 and has a profile on the BBC website.Certainly meets the notability criteria for DL.

Yes

Leah Bracknell Colin Meads Piers Pellers Tony Booth Nobby Stiles Ray Wilson and King Michael of Romania are all must have editions.

Who would be everones ideal celeb big brother from either a personal or DL perspective?Mine would be: Keith Richards Ozzy Osbourne Mick Jagger Roy Chubby Brown Nigel Farage Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Charlie Sheen Lindsay Lohan Vanessa Redgrave Paul Gascoigne Yasmin Alibhai Brown Kate Smurthwaite Morissey Betty White Rod Liddle Peter Hitchens Jerry Springer Diane Abbott Jess Philips Caroline Lucas Lauren Southern Zara Larsson June Brown Robert Kilroy Silk Boris Johnson Milo Yiannopolous Howard Stern Would have to be a bigger house but I think a few might kill each other in the first 48 hours.

So there where 15 new entries this year.If the committee choose the same number I would recommend: 1)Piers Sellers 2)King Michael of Romania 3)Colin Meads 4)Tony Booth 5)Nobby Stiles 6)Ray Wilson 7)Martin Peters 8)Leah Bracknell 9)Clare Hollingworth 10)John Glenn 11)Peter Vaughan 12)Betty White 13)Jimmy Young 14)Liz Dawn 15)Peter Skellern

The Sun and Mirror are reporting she has been told by the clinic that she will need several sessions meaning she needs to raise a lot more than the 60k she has on her go fund me page!

No I didnt strangely enough.I started it when I saw an article about her being in a nursing home.

http://colettefreedman.com/2016/04/fuck-alzheimers-and-happy-birthday-jill-gascoine/:Found this from April.Looks like she is in the late stages of Alzheimers.

No

Obit rules will remain the same next year also.