Sean

I strongly doubt Sam Simon will be #1 for 2016... I meant Howard Marks ha

1)Martin Crowe 2)Howard Marks 3)Antony Booth 4)Zsa Zsa Gabor 5)Joao Havelange 6)Billy Graham 7)Kirk Douglas 8)Herman Wouk 9)Leslie Philips 10)Bhumibol Adulyadej 11)Helmut Kohl 12)Vera Lynn 13)Olivia de Havilland 14)Cliff Michelmore 15)Peter Sallis 16)Denis Norden 17)Javier Perez de Cuellar 18)Fidel Castro 19)George H.W Bush 20)Nancy Reagan 21)Prince Phillip 22)Douglas Slocombe 23)Muhammad Ali 24)Stephen Hawking 25)Colin Dexter 26)Ian Brady 27)Clive James 28)Valerie Harper 29)Peter Carrington 30)Stan Lee 31)Liz Dawn 32)Glen Campbell 33)Rob Ford 34)Charles Aznavour 35)Joost van der Westhuizen 36)Liz Smith (Actress) 37)Jake LaMotta 38)Richard Adams 39)Clare Hollingworth 40)Fats Domino 41) Lord Jim Prior 42)Boutros Boutros Ghali 43)George P Schultz 44)John Noakes 45)Mary Tyler Moore 46)Paul Gascoigne 47)Jimmy Young 48)Ian St John 49)Jimmy Carter 50)Abe Vigoda

Been decided already. Do you have subs in case your picks snuff it before 2016?Also if Crowe dies tomorrow but it has already gone midnight in New Zealand which year would he be counted in.I presume 2016 but just wondering.I used to think it was easier until I did a shadow list myself.

I think either Howard Marks or Martin Crowe should be number 1 for 2016!

Definately a keeper for next years list.He is one of the 2015 names I really hope is carried onto next years list along with Adulyadej,Phillips,Douglas,Havelange Gabor, Wouk ,Castro,Prince Phillip,LaMotta ,Crowe,Bush,Lynn and de Havilland.

That was Peter Falk.... Peter Falk should go on next years list!I think he has Alzheimers.

He looks like he has no idea where the hell he is and that shouting boo would finish him off!

No but for every one you could have a replacement and create another team ha .

Very sad news.Always assumed he would go on and on and on !Definitely sounds like euthanasia to me.If it was complications from the cancer such as heart problems or pneumonia he would have been in hospital not surrounded by family in his home.

I have edited the list accordingly

Just a bit of tidying up, you've still got me listed as Deathray? Not sure whether those 17 points need added to my Caskets total or whether you just need to remove them. Ah sorry I was unaware you had changed your username that explains why the leader board has been confusing the shit out of me lately ha!

Death Impends: 255 Shaun of the Dead :226 The Unknown man :213 Sir Creep:213 gcreptile:208 Bibliogryphon:158 Morbidkid :149 Handrejka:124 Maryportfuncity:120 msc:105 Grim up North :101 CasketsUnderstandNoTitles:90 Rotten Ali:78 Captain Chorizo:73 Jiroemon Kimura:19 Congratulations to CasketsUnderstandnoTitles who was the only player to bag Lemmy and earn 45 points.Sadly there are no unique hit points in this game.i know a few people including myself had picked him for next year but oh well!Death Impends though has increased his lead over yours truly with the death of Ellsworth Kelly!I will be crowning the winner on the 2nd or 3rd January.Depends how hungover I am from New Years Eve !Hits will only be accepted if they occur before midnight local time on the 31st December whether that is in Australia or America.The death also must be reported in a qualifying obit before 12pm GMT on the 1st January.That is the absolute cut off point.

93 Today :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/entries/49784254-fdbe-4202-ba84-b26ac7cb8fc8 :From a few weeks ago but Anne Cullen who played Carol Tregorran in the series died aged 89 last month. The character is now played by Eleanor Bron who the song Eleanor Rigby was named after and is also the lady on the end of BT phones who says "The number you have dialled has not been recognised! In Archers terms she is a spring chick at 77 with at least four other current cast members being older :June Spencer(96) Edward Kelsey(85) Patricia Greene (84) and Lesley Saeward (81).

Denis Norden and Peter Sallis are extremely well known though and I think would be big misses.They are guaranteed a segment on every news segment of the day and I think we should try and keep the big names when they are well in their 90`s.

Hi Wickerman.Some very good suggestions there indeed!William Frankland is a good pick and someone I assumed died many years ago!Stil, going at 103:Bloody hell.Haskell Wexler died yesterday though.I do think though that you have perhaps got rid of too many mainstream picks such as LaMotta , Bush ,Castro and Lynn.I also think you should definately consider bringing back Hawking and adding Howard Marks ,Tony Booth and Rob Ford.

Yeah I am astounded only 4 of the drop 40 have snuffed it! Most were fairly strong picks i.e either extremely ill or very old.

My predictions for the DDP drop 40 2016: 1)Zsa Zsa Gabor 2)Billy Graham 3)Clive James 4)Billy Graham 5)Howard Marks 6)João Havelange 7)Kirk Douglas 8)Prince Phillip 9)Peter Sallis 10)Olivia de Havilland 11)Joey Feek 12)Vera Lynn 13)Martin Crowe 14)Stephen Hawking 15)Fidel Castro 16)Jimmy Carter 17)John Hurt 18)George H.W Bush 19)Paul Gascoigne 20)Rob Ford 21)Leslie Phillips 22)Denis Norden 23)René Angélil 24)Val Kilmer 25)Muhammad Ali 26)Bhumibol Adulyadej 27)Antony Booth 28)Ian St John 29)Liz Dawn 30)Bruce Forsyth 31)Helmut Kohl 32)John Noakes 33)Henry Kissinger 34)June Brown 35)Doris Day 36)Liz Smith (Actress) 37)Rolf Harris 38)Joni Mitchell 39)Gordon Banks 40)Jimmy Greaves

My final recommendations for 2016 for the DL committee to consider: Keep: Zsa Zsa Gabor João Havelange Herman Wouk Billy Graham Javier Perez de Cuellar Vera Lynn Olivia de Havilland Kirk Douglas Cliff Michelmore Richard Adams Peter Sallis Prince Phillip Nancy Reagan Jake LaMotta Liz Smith Denis Norden Leslie Phillips George H.W Bush Fidel Castro Bhumibol Adulyadej Helmut Kohl Clive James Valerie Harper Martin Crowe Josst van der Westhuizen Bring back: Lord Peter Carrington Abe Vigoda Stan Lee Charles Aznavour Bruce Forsyth Fats Domino Desmond Tutu Ian Brady Stephen Hawking Muhammad Ali Add: Howard Marks Antony Booth Jimmy Carter Jimmy Young Freddie Starr Paul Gascoigne Rob Ford Colin Dexter Carol Channing George P Schultz Boutros Boutros Ghali Liz Dawn John Noakes Glen Campbell Mary Tyler Moore

Shaun of The Deads House of Fun 2016: 1)Joey Feek 2)Martin Crowe 3)Howard Marks 4)Tony Booth(actor) 5)Leslie Phillips 6)Helmut Kohl 7)João Havelange 8)Colin Dexter 9)Billy Graham 10)Zsa Zsa Gabor Subs: 1)George H.W Bush 2)King Bhumibol Adulyadej

It isn`t just the fact he has Alzheimer`s.He has chronic heart failure, emphysema and a blood clot in his lung as well as suffering a stroke 5 years ago.He has also continued smoking after being diagnosed with emphysema and heart failure.His wife has said he is cold all the time due to poor circulation can no longer hold a conversation and that a simple cold could easily kill him. http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/married-to-alzheimer-s-how-we-faced-reality-in-tony-s-twilight-zone-1.1970210

Very sorry to hear that Mobidkid.Thoughts go out to you and all your family at this sad time.How old was he ?

My 2016 team: 1)Kirk Douglas 2)Zsa Zsa Gabor 4)Vera Lynn 5)Olivia de Havilland 6)Carol Channing 7)Alan Young 8)Lord Peter Carringtn 9)Abe Vigoda 10)Jerry Maren 11)June Foray 12)Diana Athill 13)Diana Serra Carey 14)Richard Adams 15)Peter Sallis 16)Liz Smith (actress) 17)Lillianne Bettencourt 18)Sheila Sim 19)David Rockefeller 20)Lord Edwin Bramall 21)Brian Rix 22)Ian St John 23)Jimmy Greves 24)Joni Mitchell 25)Jimmy Carter

Oh yes I forgot to specify.You may change your teams before the start of 2016 but preferably not after the 31st December at 12pm GMT as I will be compiling the master list after this.

Here was the entry I sent to TMIB earlier if anyone is interested.I am fairly optimistic but culled and omitted many names I just could not fit in .Time will tell if I got the balance right ha! Main team Shaun of the Dead 69 1)Joey Feek (Joker) 2)Kristen Hallenga 3)Dr Kate Granger 4)Billy Graham 5)Zsa Zsa Gabor 6)Martin Crowe 7)Howard Marks 8)Jenny Diski 9)Paul Gascoigne 10)Rene Angelil 11)Val Kilmer 12)Rob Ford 13)Joost van der Westhuizen 14)Jeanne Little 15)John Noakes 16)Gladys Hooper 17)Muhammad Ali 18)Stephen Hawking 19)Bhumibol Adulyadej 20)Leslie Phillips Reserves: 1)Susannah Mushatt Jones 2)Yasutaro Koide 3)Helen Fawkes (Theme team) Slippery Soap (British soap opera actors and actresses) 1)Antony Booth (Joker) 2)June Brown 3)Leonard Fenton 4)Liz Dawn 5)Jean Alexander 6)Sheila Mercier 7)June Spencer 8)Freddie Jones 9)Paula Tilbrook 10)Kenneth Cope 11)Eileen Derbyshire 12) William Roache 13)Barbara Knox 14)Norman Bowler 15)Johnny Briggs 16)Bill Treacher 17)Prunella Scales 18)Julie Goodyear 19)Thelma Barlow 20)Heather Chasen Reserves: 1)Amanda Barrie 2)Derek Martin 3)Doreen Mantle Theme team 2 :No more expenses (British Mp`s) 1)Eric Lubbock (Joker) 2)Ronald Atkins 3)Albert McQuarrie 4)Clive Bossom 5)Michael Shaw 6)Robert Sheldon 7)Jill Knight 8)John Eden 9)James Ramsden 10)Edward du Cann 11)Patrick Jenkin 12)Jim Prior 13)Bill Rodgers 14)David Waddington 15)Douglas Hurd 16)Nigel Lawson 17)Roy Hattersley 18)Sir Peter Tapsell 19)Norman Tebbit 20)Cecil Parkinson Reserves: 1)Dennis Skinner 2)David Winnick 3)Ken Clarke