Sean

I will play but won't submit for a few days to research.

Nah she will leave him.He would never leave her.

I would bet loads on that happening by the end of the decade.Once he has sold his soul to the rest for financial gain he will have lost all his appeal to her.

Biggest mistake was forgetting about Charlie Bird which I did yet again here.

I dunno she is still a decent pick although there where better available.Could well be a hit this year.

Those that didn't make it: Survivors from last year Shaun of the Dead 69 Milos Zeman :Risky drop as drop 40 but his health has been more stable over the last year. Khaleda Zia :Biggest mistake on last year's list.Not convinced she is ill as she says Gordon McQueen:Read too much in December 2021 about his swallowing difficulties.Has deteriorates but still possible too soon for him to go as was diagnosed only 2 years ago.Also now 70 so worth less points. Previous picks not brought back Jimmy Carter:Although guaranteed Drop 40 just not enough points or indications he is highly likely to go this year. Rosalyn Carter:Same as above Katherine Jackson:Frail but nothing to make me think it was sensible enough to bring her back especially at her age. Queen Sirikit:No real news and same as the two above.Considered picking her granddaughter but figured she could still recover and become a wasted pick. Suzanne Mubarak: Not ill enough publicly or likely to even be a unique. Superstar Billy Graham : Lost toes last year but nearly 80 so about to slip down the points ladder plus has been ill for donkeys years and doesn't seem to be rapidly deteriorating. Amy Price:Had her on the list then swapped her out as so many names I wanted to include plus seems dangerously close to being FFBI. Jake The Snake Roberts: Won't make old bones but still out and about. Mark Gastineau: No news but no room to bring back.Unlikely to be a unique. Kenny Sansom : Still sober Val Kilmer:No reason to believe he is in danger anymore. Paul Gascoigne:No negative news recently and has slipped down the popularity ladder of players in recent years. Michael Schumacher:No news likely to go on for years. Kris Hallenga:Still appwaears stable and unlikely to be a unique. Amanda Bynes: Still unstable but not unstable enough to pick again Potential new picks I decided against Ronnie Atkins (Subs bench) Incurable cancer but could see the year out.Slight Qo concerns. Carolyn Bryant Donham : Worried she would already be dead and it not be reported as due to the allegations surrounding her means family may hide it for a while.Simply not worth the risk especially for someone in their 80s. Malachy McCourt:Too old.Will die but wouldn't make the Drop 40 pointless Joanne Woodward: Figured she would make the Drop 40 bit already had too many older people. Olivia Hussey:History of cancer which returned and potential unique seems prudent given recent news about the lawsuit Patrick Murray:In remission from lung cancer but has COPD.Doubted he would be unique or was ill enough. Vanessa Redgrave:Too old and not ill enough to pick.Wont drop 40 Chris Denning:Interesting name but figured Maryport would pick him so less points as not unique so not worth it. Pasquall Maragall:Possible unique but too old and not guaranteed to he unique. Neil Wolfe:As above Larry Pressler:Now 80 and looked well recently but pancreatic cancer is lethal and relentless.Too old though Pervez Musharraf:Turns 80 in August and doesn't seem as ill as was suggested last summer. Jim Sweeney:Comedian figured wouldn't be unique and MS is dodgy. Mike Peters, Dave Myers and Rhod Gilbert ,Sarah Beeny , Malandra Burrows :Have cancer but prognosis unclear to ascertain making them too risky. Mutulu Shakur :No room Jeremiah Green:Wasn't convinced he would due.Right call made for the wrong reasons there. Steve Woodmore and Tim Keller:QO concerns. Christy Dignam:Professional coffin tease. Michael Tilson Thomas:No room Andy Dick, Bam Margera and Artie Lange:Tempted but too risky as to whether they will die in 2023. Ruth Buzzi, Stella Stevens ,Priscilla Pointer ,Frances Sternhagen , Valerie Perrine, Richard Franklin,Barry ,William Russell ( All eligible for Slippery Soap but not the room and didn't want the team to descend into a majority of guest stars) Ysanne Churchman,Arnold Yarrow,Elizabeth Kelly and June Spencer :Old but not unique William Roache and Barbara Knox ( Dropped from Slippery Soap as still active and looking OK.Similar story for Derek Martin. Norman Bowler :Now 90 so less points plus read his Dad made 94 so am hoping he will last a bit longer. Other drops Patricia Routledge and Doreen Mantle (Just on previously as old No room to retain them) Subs for Slippery Soap: Bryan Murray:Dementia but only 3 years since diagnosis and still working. Cheryl Murray:MS but that can go on for ages and ages. Lorraine Chase:Just a hunch based on appearance and previous ill health.Figured she could be a unique but too much of a hunch. No more expenses Drops John Prescott :No new news of illness. Michael Heseltine: Not making the Drop 40 and unique plus still active and looks well. David Winnick :Not a unique last year and goes down in points mid 2023 James Mackay:Dropped due to lack of room.Looked good before he retired.Was first sub .May well regret this one. Michael Jopling:Not unique and wanted to shake the list up. Kenneth Baker:Still seemingly active so dropped George Howarth:Was ill but nothing new on him. Rosie Cooper:Terribly misjudged pick so Dropped. Names not brought back Dick Taverne:Still in the Lords looks good not unique. Betty Boothroyd :Was on the draft but removed for Nigel Lawson due to space Jane Campbell:I'll and on oxygen but relatively young. Nick Boles: Still in remission as far as anyone knows. David Steel:Retired from the Lords but still looks good as of last year. Geoffrey Robinson:No new news and not unique. Ken Clarke:Still active and not showing any signs of decline. Subs: Sir Roger Syms:Possible unique but didn't want to drop names to make room Bill O'Brien:As above

Frank Field

I put him as number 1 on my shadow list as he was easily a big enough name and was clearly going to die early this year.No brainer.

Recurrent incurable pancreatic cancer and had been in hospital gravelly ill. It was a glaring shoe_ in for an early hit.He was famous and gravely ill in hospital.I can't help but conclude it was a deliberate omission.The big question is why.

Massive miss

Francis looks old and frail but think he could well see 90 .He is older than Benedict was when he resigned and is 86 so it is unsurprising he is getting fail frail.I reckon he will resign in a year or so but think he could last a fair while in retirement.Strikes me more as a second half of the decade death.

Also I recall there being lots of support from the public when he married Meghan .He seems to have some very warped emotionally charged perceptions of the past.

It is now revealed that he chronicles in his book about how he lost his virginity and took drugs as a teenager.What next?Talking about his first wank or the time he did a shit so big it blocked the bog?Talk about emotional incontinence.

He announced his retirement a long time before and set the date.

He planned this departure date nearly a year ago I believe.

I think the grim reaper may have other ideas regarding that.

It just sounds so pathetic like he was a poor defenceless old woman robbed in the street by a gang member with a knife.So melodramatic.

I also find it hilarious that they brutally cut off her father for sharing personal correspondence with the press when that is all they ever do themselves these days. It is the self indulgent whinging that boils my piss.Two of the most privileged people in the whole world moaning how hard done by they are whilst people are strugglling to put food on the table.They are the perfect definition of the term "first world problems".

Fair enough they left but they should stop whining about it and being all shitty to their family for monetary gain.Dont air your dirty linen and public and if you hate the media ( which I completely understand and feel they are actually justified in doing so in hating them) stop courting them and letting them turn your life into a pantomime. I would love nothing more than to ignore them but they constantly use the media to shove their grievances down our throat.

My top 50 suggestions for next years list 1)June Spencer 2)Glynis Johns 3)Charlie Munger 4)Carole Cook 5)Priscilla Pointer 6)Eva Marie Saint 7)Joyce Randolph 8)William Russell 9)June Lockhart 10)Gudrun Ure 11)Gene Shalit 12)Doreen Mantle 13)Leontyne Price 14)Teddie Beverley 15)James Watson 16)Marion Ross 17)James Ivory 18)Patricia Routledge 19 )James Hong 20) Peter Higgs 21)Thelma Barlow 22)Winnie Ewing 23)John Woodvine 24)Joan Plowright 25)Frances Sternhagen 26)Tippi Hedren 27)Buzz Aldrin 28)Gene Hackman 29)John Astin 30)Clive Revill 31)Clint Eastwood 32)George Soros 33)Warren Buffett 34)Bernie Ecclestone 35)Edna O'Brien 36)James Earl Jones 37)Claire Bloom 38)Rupert Murdoch 39)William Shatner 40)Leslie Caron 41)Clint Hill 42)John Williams 43)Michael Aspel 44)Michael Caine 45)Michael Heseltine 46)Sylvia Syms 47)Roberta Flack 48)Ted Turner 49)Joe Kinnear 50)Charlie Bird

Just realised the age is wrong on here.Taylor is 62 this year not 63.Also Musharraf is 80 this year nor 81.

Charles apparently said after his father's funeral "Please don't make my final years miserable" yet that is exactly what they are trying to do. As you said to cause such distress to your grandparents in their last months is deplorable selfish behaviour.

I'm 28 by the way.