Sean

I'm afraid I have no idea who she is. I only know her from Death List research but have in previous years have not known who DL candidates have been.

Jeanne Little would be a good pick due to the fact she is likely to die soon due to being in the final stages of Alzheimer`s for over a year now.Is she famous enough for the list though?

The main risk for her would be pneumonia which would put her heart under a lot of strain.Her case seems similar to that of Liz Dawn who has lasted many years with the illness.Richard Briers however had a heart attack due to strain brought on by emphysema as I seem to recall.Didn`t her brother also die of heart trouble?

She had a heart attack and has emphysema.That isnt the same as a stroke.

Doesnt sound too great for her but she may last a few years still.Maybe one for the bottom of next years list just in case?Certainly a big name and someone who`s health justifies her inclusion.

I don`t think I will win.My money would be on either The Unkown Man gcreptile or Sir Creep.

The second was James R Messenger.I can assure you that you did pick Tickle as she is on your entry on my masterlist which was copied and pasted the day you submitted your team.Yeah sure I will add him to your entry on the masterlist. Right you are! Well similarly I'm throwing Norman Lear's name into the fray, and to my knowledge he's fit as a fiddle, but older, and like Ali I would be miffed if he passed and I got nothing for it. So it remains a bit of a punishment for unwittingly putting a deceased person's name on my list. SC Consider it done

Don`t worry maryport the suggestion has been discarded.I am thinking for next years competition of making it 12 months but with a transfer date of July 1 where you can switch 10 picks.That way we would have an outright winner still and mid way picks like Stokes , Sacks and Tickle can still be of use.

The second was James R Messenger.I can assure you that you did pick Tickle as she is on your entry on my masterlist which was copied and pasted the day you submitted your team.Yeah sure I will add him to your entry on the masterlist.

71 today!

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1607010.ece?shareToken=26e8b33c807e04bc2e05e777a66051f9:Update on Howard Marks.His cancer has shrunk by 20% and he is making plans for Christmas so hopefully can hold on until next year.He also more interestingly went on a cancer drug binge which lead to him spending two weeks in a mental asylum.

Can you please give sources with regards to Sallis and Norden?I think you may be confusing vascular dementia with macular degeneration?

Welcome to the game.All added to my mastterlist!Good luck!

True! Billy Graham seems to have gone off the radar since last year.Can`t be too long for him now.Valerie Harper has also not been seen or heard of in public since confirming she wasn`t in a coma several weeks ago.Schmidt also has to have more surgery at some point so there`s a high chance of him going before 2016.

Nah I reckon Carter has a few months left.We are certainly due now.Crowe or King Bhumibol seem the most likely.

Shit that is an awful worry for you Lardy.Fingers crossed everything runs as smoothly as possible until she is home.

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That surprises me as his skin is awful and he has always looked older than he is.I believe Sue Johnston used herbal cigarettes in the Royal family.

90-year old Prince Philip might be a secret smoker. This sounds a bit dubious. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8976754/The-Duke-of-Edinburgh-has-enjoyed-good-health-for-much-of-his-life.html I thought Jean Alexander, 89 was also a smoker unless she's given up? I know Jean Alexander smoked in Coronation Street as Hilda but I don`t know whether she smoked outside of the role.I know for example that Sheila Reid who plays Madge in Benidoem,Katherine Kelly who played Becky in Coronation Street and David Threlfall who played Frank in Shameless were all non-smokers despite being seen almost constantly smoking on screen.

Yes you are welcome to submit a team.There is no deadline.

Why not, everyone else is. Who?

My old boss hates funerals and has only ever attended his parents funerals.Even when his business partner of 20 years died he didn`t go.Kirk is nearly 99 and might just not have been up for the journey just simply on those grounds as opposed to anything being horribly wrong.

Noted.The competition will finish on 31st December as planned.After that I don`t know yet but it will be back in 2016 in wome form.

That was a criticism I confess to sharing to some degree.The 6 month suggestion is a plausible alternative but it would be difficult down the years to claim victories.Champion of 2015 sounds better if it is of the full year.

Ok everyone I am proposing that the deadpool will last for a year until August 8th next year heeding Sir Creeps advice.If anyone has an objection please reply to this post.If 3 or more object I will not change the end date and will leave it as 31st December.