Sean

:John McDonnell looks very tense in this interview.Stressful time for him and Jezza this summer.

My top 50 possibilities for new picks for The Death List 2017: 1)Piers Sellers 2)Tony Booth (actor) 3)David Rockefeller 4) Clare Hollingworth 5)King Michael of Romania 6) Lilianne Bettencourt 7)John Glenn 8)Betty White 9)Don Rickles 10)Norman Lloyd 11)Henry Heimlich 12)Carol Channing 13)Nobby Stiles 14) Jill Gascoigne 15)Liz Dawn 16)Brian Rix 17)Carl Reiner 18)Eva Marie Saint 19)Glynis Johns 20)Peter Vaughan 21)Stanley Baxter 22)Jimmy Perry 23)Jimmy Young 24)George P Schulz 25)John Paul Stevens 26)Jane Freeman 27)Hal Holbrook 26)Mel Brooks 27)Joe Jackson (manager) 28)Hugh Hefner 29)June Spencer 30)Roy Clarke 31)Sir Peter Hall 32)Cleo Laine 33)Roger Moore 34)Sir Roger Bannister 35)Jim Prior 36)Jeremy Hutchinson 37)Mary Wlson baronness Wilson 38)Eileen Derbyshire 39)Baroness Trumpington 40)Clarissa Eden 41)Noam Chomsky 42)Diana Serra Carey 43)Jean Alexander 44)Gudrun Ure 45)Tim Curry 46)Douglas Hurd 47)John Hurt 48)Bill Treacher 49)Ian St John 50) Martin Peters

Wow thanks for that msc.Incrdible research there!

Yeah that was a grey area and I dont think it would work very well as would go on for many many years.Tried to compile a list of my own earlier and it was too tough.Especially when you get to many of the post 1970 years where you might as well pick a name out of a hat.

Devon Death Trip:1495 Captain Chorizo:1122 Death Impends:1063 Sir Creep:941 Rotten Ali:742 The Dead Cow:714 gcreptile :691 Radguy :684 Grim Up North:682 Jiroemon Kimura: 613 Shaun of the Dead :601 Handrejka:541 Book:538 The Unknown Man:514 Not the Nags Head Reading :508 msc:484 NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies:436 Morbidkid:374 MaryPortfuncity:323 Chopped Liver:317 Bibliogryphon:178 youwaticewiththat:171 Belieberjuice:38 gooseberrycrumble:22 YoungWillz:19 Rockhopperpenguin:0 Updated for Dorr. Biblio did I award you no points for Mushatt Jones or regular points for her being your joker?

Yes.I am going to start calling it the Schlegel rule now!

I strongly agree. I interpreted the rule to be that people were apparently picking Prince George before he was even born or very young on the chance that he would be stillborn or die from SIDS or whatever during his first year. Their rule states that the person must be one year old. Perhaps we need a rule that clearly states the candidate must be at least 18 or 21 or whatever people feel is an appropriate age. When I launched Death by Numbers last year I originally set the bar at 199 which could include 15 year olds but some people suggested I higher it and I was fine with that and over time kind of think 18 is a better age.I also really wanted to do a spin off from Death by Numbers where everyone picks a notable individual from each year from 1901 to 1999 with 1 point for a 1901 death and 99 for a 199 death etc but I kinda think asking people to pick under 18 year olds is slightly questionable.If they are 16 or 17 I could contemplate it but it is a grey area but certainly young children no way.George Lineker being picked by DL in 1996 was way too far for my liking.I already have 3 deadpools to oversee on here so wouldn`t inflict another on you all however tempting it is.May pitch it on the Death by Numbers thread

Never joined the KG sweepskate.Going to go with July 25th at 4:18 am

That guy is clearly a gerontophile!By looks of it Emma isn`t complaining though!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3681762/Should-70-banned-driving-Eileen-s-104-road-never-crash-families-asking-elderly-motorists-ticking-time-bomb.html:Saw an old unique DDP pick of mine on the telly tonight .Eileen Ash known by her maiden name of Whelan by some sources is a former cricketer for the England Ladies team between 1937 and 1949.Turns out she is also one of the oldest drivers in Britain at 104 .I always questioned whether she would get a qualifying obit but this will boost her profile.3 teams have picked her this year but she looked in fantastic shape in 100 year old drivers.Could still do exercises and Yoga as well as walking well not to mention driving every day.A possible future super centenarian perhaps!Only 3 months until her 105th!

Would be good to get everyone to pick a name from each year to be the last one standing.Would be like a reverse pool for those of us who are committed to deadpooling.

Although the Wiki rule is good though I have never applied it any of the pools I run.The BBC obit rule in 20/20 and 50/50 is similar though.

The Wiki rule is a sensible one.Prince George rule I think is unethical.Any child should not be picked in a dead pool in my opinion.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cn05dxQXEAISF6q.jpg

Also no #deathbedlive.She must be too ill to even tweet at this stage !

Her most recent tweet sounds a bit like good bye. Today? Tomorrow? Her last two hundreds tweets sounded like good bye. And she is still here. True but her husband clearly sent the last one as it is signed k which she never does.He is also said she is very weak and drowsy and that her pain is manageable.Clearly in the last few days now tops.

Devon Death Trip:1495 Captain Chorizo:1083 Death Impends:1063 Sir Creep:941 Rotten Ali:742 The Dead Cow:714 Radguy :684 Grim Up North:682 gcreptile :652 Jiroemon Kimura: 613 Shaun of the Dead :601 Handrejka:541 Book:538 The Unknown Man:514 Not the Nags Head Reading :508 msc:445 NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies:436 Morbidkid:374 MaryPortfuncity:323 Chopped Liver:317 Bibliogryphon:178 youwaticewiththat:171 Belieberjuice:38 gooseberrycrumble:22 YoungWillz:19 Deaths: Bryan Wiedmeier -Only a reserve for Captain Chorizo.Did two or more of your picks die before January 1st? Tom Leppard 35 Lady Susan Renouf 42 Bonnie Brown 38 Peter Esterhazy 50 Caroline Aherne 63 Goran Hadzic 58 Muhammad Ali 42 Burt Kwouk 30 Henry McCullough :43 Thomas Fekete:88 (an extra point will be given for proof of DOB) Abdul Sattar Edhi 28 Abbas Kiarostami 40 Here are a list of the deaths since the last update.Please let me know if any are missing.Have not included Al Baghdadi as his death has not been officially confirmed.I need to sort out a few queries with regards to Jiroemon Kimura`s score as I seem to have miscounted it.I also need to look it to some other entries that have queried my counting up of the points.

Working on update at present.Knowing my luck when I release it late this evening Kate Granger will die 5 minutes later. Edit:These are the names featured in the update I am compiling.Please reply if I have missed anyone Bryan Wiedmeier Tom Leppard Lady Susan Renouf Bonnie Brown Peter Esterhazy Caroline Aherne Goran Hadzic

Ones you missed: Doreen Keogh Jean Alexander Gudrun Ure Valery Giscard d`Estaing Don Rickles

Lady Susan Renouf takes us to 4/21

Tempted to get it just to see what the fuss is about

need a BBC obit for Esterhazy before we can start round 3 as youngwillz said

2025when Theresa May retires.I reckon it will be some obscure figure no one has heard of now but almost certainly not Labour.Cant see Labour getting power until at least 2030.Big civil war over the coming months will do untold damage.

My Predictions: Theresa May:Prime Minister Chris Grayling:Foreign Secreatary and Deuty prime Minister/First Secretary of State Phillip Hammond:Chancellor of the Exchequer Justine Greening:Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Michael Gove:Justice Secretary Amber Rudd:Defence Secretary Sajid Javid:Business Secretary Stephen Crabb:Work and Pensions Secretary David Davis:Brexit Minister Nicky Morgan:Secretary of State for Education Andrea Leadsom:Energy Secretary Boris Johnson:Secretary of state for Culture Media and Sport David Mundell:Scottish Secretary Priti Pate:Communities and Local Government Harriet Baldwin:Transport Liz Truss:International development Anna Soubry:Environment Liam Fox:Health Michael Fallon:Leader of the House of Commons Alun Cairns:Welsh Secretary Theresa Villiers:Northern Ireland James Brokenshire:Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster Robert Halfon:Party Chairman William Hague:Leader in Lords Iain Duncan Smith:Minister Without Portfolio Also attending meetings: Penny Mourdaunt:Cabinet office Minister James Brokenshire:Minister of State for Employment Matthew Hancock:Chief Secretary to the Treasury Dominic Raab:Small Business Minister John Whittingdale:Chief Whip

1)Malcolm Young 2)Val Kilmer 3)Liam Neeson 4)Robbie Coltrane 5)Ian McNeice 6)John McDonnell 7)Jon Trickett 8)Diane Abbott 9)Michael Fallon 10)Peter Hain 11)Richard Branson 12)Graham Seed 13)Piers Sellers 14)Peter Esterhazy 15)Kenny Sansom 16)Morgan Tsvangirai 17)Victoria Principal 18)Stevie Wonder 19)Tim Healy 20)Helen Worth 21)Annette Badland 22)Julie Walters 23)Les Dennis 24)Chaka Khan 25)Joe Perry 26)Derek Acorah 27)Gordon Brown 28)Tony Blair 29)Cherie Blair 30)Theresa May 31)Philip Hammond 32)Sir Tony Baldry 33)William H Macy 34)Agnetha Faltskog 35)Nigel Evans 36)Dave Anderson MP 37)Sharon Osborne 38)Shane MacGowan 39)Paul O`Grady 40)Stephen Fry 41)Peter Mandelson 42)Andrew Mitchell 43)Alistair Campbell 44)Len McCluskey 45)Sir Eric Pickles 46)Paul Merton 47)Tony Slattery 48)Alan Johnson 49)Charles Clarke 50)Jean Claude Juncker Same except substituting non obiting Esterhazy with Ray Kennedy.