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[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

New Game 

 

Make a list of 20 names who could die between 30 November 2021 and 30 November 2022. The one winning is the one with the most hits at the end of the year. Every time a pick of your list dies, you have to choose another one instead and so on till the end of the game in November 2022. You can choose similar celebrities as other participants. The only criteria for their admission is a qualifying obit when they pass : a qualifying obit means an article in English or in French. You can choose whoever you want as long as they're famous enough (which means they have articles about their action available online, wikipedias article about them, acknowledgment in their field…)

 

Extra points : 

• + 50 points if all your picks have been renewed in a single months 

• + 20 points if all your original list has been renewed before the end of the year (meaning that all your 20 first picks are dead) 

• - 20 points if you're finishing the year with only one of your original list standing 

• + 5 points if you have to renew two picks on the same day 

• + 10 points if you have to renew three picks on the same day

• + 5 points if you have a unique pick 

• + 10 points if you have a hit on the 1st of December 2021 when the competition begins 

• - 10 points if you have a hit on the 30th of November 2022 when the competition ends

• + 5 points if you have a hit on the 17th of November or on the 25th or 31th of December

• - 1 points if you haven't got a hit in a month, -2 in two months and so on… 

• + 10 if your pick dies the day you choose him/her

• - 5 if you pick dies the following day after you had chosen him/her

• +5 if your hit is the first of the pool 

• -5 if your hit is the last of the pool

• -5 if your hit occurred before the opening of the pool (1st of December 2021) but was reported dead after the 1st of December 2021

• +5 if your hit occurred before the closing of the pool (30th of novembre 2022) but was reported dead after the 30th of November 2022

• +2 for the first hit of the year (2022)

• + 2 if your first pick dies 

• + 4 if you have 2 first picks dying following each other ; +8 if you have 3 first picks dying following each other and so on till another hit breaks the striking circle 

• +5 if your last pick is the first to die on your team

• -5 if your fist pick is the last to die on your team

• +2 for 2 deaths in 2 days, + 4 for 3 deaths in 3 days + 8 for 4 deaths in 4 days and so on…

• +10 at the end of the pool for both the one with the most hits and the one with the least hits

• +5 for the 50th death of the pool

• +10 for the 100th death of the pool 

 

 

 

 

Entries are now opened in posting your list in this thread. The competition will begin in the first of December. Every time you have a hit, just quote your previous list with your new pick and please, CROSS the hit so I can now which one is renewed and which one is not. 

I'll make sure to make a recap every week (or so) of every death and everyone's points. Feel free to tell me if I forget about your hit in your point ranking or anything like that. 

 

Hope everything is clear, 

Good Luck !

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

Points : 

Book (13d) and gcreptile (9d) : 62 points

msc (11d) : 47 points

Lafaucheuse (10d) : 29 points

Wannamaker (5d) : 23 points

the Daredevil (5d) : 16 points 

WEP (6d) : 15 points

Gooseberry Crumble (3d) and Chilean Way (4d) (tie): 14 points

The Old Crem (4d) and Handrejka (3d) : 12 points

CaptainChorizo (8d) : 10 points

MortalCaso (3d) : 9 points

 Toast (4d), and Bibliogryphon (2d) (tie) : 8 points 

CalebH (5d) : 7 points

Doulton (2d) and Great Uncle Bulgaria (2d) : 6 points

YorkshireBanker (2d) and JoeMoneypenny (1d) : 5 points 

theoldlady (1d) : 0 point

predictor : -2  point

 

Players' lists : 

theoldlady :

1. Tom Smith

2. James Whale

3. Tom Parker

4. Jimmy Carter

5. Peter Tobin

6. Jean Louis Trintignant

7. Barbara Walters

8. Olivia Newton John

9. Leslie Philips

10. Linda Nolan

11. Marsha Hunt

12. Noam Chomsky 

13. Pele

14. Yoko Ono

15. Luis Echeverria

16. Mikhail  Gorbatsjov 

17. Shane MacGowan

18. Joanne Woodward

19. Pope Benedict XVI

20. Doddie Weir

 

bybliogryphon : 

1.      Nichelle Nichols

2.       Boris Pahor

3.       David Graham

4.       Jacques Delors

5.       Leslie Phillips

6.       Marsha Hunt

7.       Henry Kissinger

8.       June Spencer

9.       Bob Newhart

10.   Patricia Routledge

11.   William Kennedy

12.   Antonia Fraser

13.   David McKee

14.   Timothy Dudley Smith

15.   Eileen Derbyshire

16.   Richard Sherman

17.   Frank Field

18.  Peter Greenaway

19.   Rob Burrow

20.   James Watson

YoungWillz :

01. Michael Parkinson

02. Michael Caine

03. Billy Connolly

04. Barry Humphries

05. Ian McKellen

06. Alan Alda

07. Barry Gibb

08. Tony Bennett

09. Alan Bennett

10. Henry Kissinger

11. Tom Lehrer

12. Paolo Conte

13. Mel Brooks

14. Petula Clark.

15. Bette Midler

16. Yoko Ono

17. Joanne Woodward

18. Anita Harris (Actress)

19. Shirley Bassey

20. Tina Turner

Chilean Way :

1. Benedict XVI

2. Henry Kissinger

3. Bobby Charlton

4. Marsha Hunt

5. Jimmy Carter 

6. Nehemiah Persoff

7. Willie Nelson

8. Jerry Lee Lewis

9. Olivia Newton-John

10. Noam Chomsky

11. Alejandro Jodorowsky

12. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

13. Francisco Morales Bermúdez

14. Josip Manolic

15. Isabel Perón

16.  Pelé

17. Bob Barker

18. Leslie Phillips

19. Harry Belafonte

20. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Gooseberry Crumble :

1. Barbara Walters 

2. Pope Benedict 

3. Bobby Moncur

4. Raquel Welch 

5. John Savident 

6. June Spencer 

7. Pat Boone 

8. Julian Assange 

9. Pele 

10. Liza Minnelli 

11. James Lovelock 

12. Isabel Peron 

13. Dennis Skinner 

14. Edgar Pearce

15. Desmond Morris 

16. Val Lehman 

17. Rolf Harris 

18. Bernadette Chirac 

19. Tina Turner 

20. Geoffrey Boycott 

 

CaptainChorizo : 

1. Michel Bouquet

2. Kane Tanaka

3.Vaclav Klaus

4. Vicky Phelan

5.Abdullah The Butcher

6. Susie Steiner 

7.Larry Pressler

8.Fay Vincent

9.Luis Echeverria

10.Pat Carroll

11. Frank Field

12.Francoise Hardy

13.Claire Maurier

14.Jean Louis Trintignant

15.Parnelli Jones

16.Willie Mays

17. Jorge Spedaletti

18.Gene LeBell

19.James Dewey Watson

20.Violetta Chamorro

 

gcreptile :

1. Victor Orena 

2. Amanda Lear

3. Brigitte Bardot

4. Recep Erdogan

5. Michael Graydon (poker player - not the Irish one...)

6. Brian Morris (golfer)

7. Esther Lee (Williams Sister therapist)

8. Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth)

9. Jack Thompson (Aussie actor)

10. John Toschak

11. Tony Jacklin

12. Madison Cawthorne No, let's change that to Theodore McCarrick

13. Frank Field 

14. David Bailey

15. Morteza Mehrzad (Paralympian)

16. Davie Wilson (Glasgow Rangers)

17. Clive Brittain

18. Vicky Phelan

19. Michael Dobbs, Baron

20. C.W. McCall

 

Great Uncle Bulgaria :

1. Frank Field

2. Linda Nolan

3. Pete Murray

4. Pope Benedict

5. Bob Barker

6. Marian Fuks

7. Susie Steiner

8. Tom Lehrer

9. J-L Trintignant

10. Jerry Lewis

11. Leslie Phillips

12. Douglas Hurd

13. Colin Thackery

14. Rob Burrow

15. Norman Tebbit

16. Liliana Segre

17. Rupert Murdoch

18. Jean Hindmarsh

19. Scarlett Moffatt

20. Nigel lawson

 

CalebH : 

1. Ion Iliescu

2.Angela Lansbury

3.Miloz Zeman

4. Marianne Faithfull

5. Princess Mikasa

6. Frank Beckmann

7. Emerich Jenei

8.Mikhail Gorbachev

9.June Brown

10.James Lovelock

11. Bob Barker

12. Mildred Kornman

13. Placido Domingo

14.Julie Newmar

15.Bernadette Chirac

16.Lucille Randon

17.Kane Tanaka

18.Gordon Moore

19.Irene Papas

20.Art Rupe

 

MortalCaso : 

1. Jake Roberts 

2. Kane Tanaka

3. Frank Field

4. Nichelle Nichols

5. Henry Kissinger

6. Jimmy Carter

7. Morgan Freeman

8. Clint Eastwood

9. Alan Arkin

10. Michael Cain

11. Demi Lovato

12. Queen Elizabeth

13. Al Quie

14. Michael Dukakis

15. Jim Broyhill

16. Alma Powell

17. Jesse Jackson

18. Bam Margera

19. George Perez

20. Charley Trippi

 

Predictor :

1. Elise Ballard

2. Angelo Berkowitz

3. Simon Brook

4. Sharlene Brown

5. Eugene Byrd

6. Kelly Coyle

7. Anthony Crivello

8. Seth Michael Donsky

9. Kurt Engstrom

10. Elizabeth Franz

11. Giovanni Giacomo

12. Keivyn McNeill Grayes

13. Keisha Howard

14. Erik Jensen

15. David Norona

16. Billy Porter

17. Brenda Pressley

18. Rose Baum Senerchia

19. Lynn Tanner

20. Jean Loup Wolfman

 

JoeMoneyPenny : 

Pope Benedict
 Keith Ape
Jack Thompson 
Hwang In-shik
Meg Wynn Owen
J.J. Dillon
Bowie Wu
Lisa Lu
Valentino(fashion designer)
Imelda Marcos
Peng Shuai
Mahathir Mohamad
Rebecca Pan
Ma Shitu
Jiro Ono
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
Robert Kuok
Jiang Zemin
Masaru Furukawa
Lorraine Crapp

 

YorkshireBanker : 

1Dick McTaggart
2Baroness Sharples
3 Nadia Cattouse
4Lynne Reid Banks
5June Brown
6June Spencer
7Anne Baker
8Herbie Flowers
9Jet Black
10Rosemary Squires
11Margaret Barton
12Sammy Chung
13Joan Plowright
14Frank Williams(comedy actor)
15Daniella Westbrook
16Terry Medwin
17Winnie Ewing
18Vilma Hollingbery
19Phyllis Dal ton
20Beryl Vertue

 

Handrejka : 

Frank Field

Stan Boardman

Mikhail Gorbachev

Wally Fawkes

Jean Marsh

Leslie Caron

Jane Elliott (blue eyes/brown eyes experiment)

Eva Marie Saint

Nanette Newman

Jimmy Carter

Pele

Marianne Faithfull

Lynne Reid Banks

Nina  van Pallandt

Linda Nolan

Vera Miles

Prunella Scales

Thelma Barlow

Bulle Ogier

Eric Chappell

 

wannamaker : 

1 Niger Starmer Smith

2 Tony Bennett

3 Pelé

4 Frank Field

5 Norman Lear

6 James Whale

7 Jerry Lee Lewis

8 Milos Zeman

9 Giorgio Napolitano

10 Tom Smith

11 Luis Echeverría

12 Phil Collins

13 Bobby Charlton

14 Benedict XVI

15 George Perez 

16 Francoise Hardy

17 Bill Turnbull

18 Jimmy Carter

19 George Alagiah

20 Superstar Billy Graham

 

The Old Crem : 

1. Terry Venables

2. Pelé

3. Frank Field

4. Jerry Lee Lewis

5. Milos Zeman

6. Marianne Faithfull

7. Tom Weiskopf

8. Tom Parker

9. Johnny Ruffo

10.Tom Smith

11. George Alagiah

12. Bill Turnbull

13. Linda Nolan

14. James Whale

15. Shannen Doherty

16. Rob Burrow

17. Ted Kaczyński

18. Queen Elizabeth 2

19. Glynis Johns 

20. Leslie Phillips 

 

Doulton :

1.  Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

2.  Robert Redford

3.  James Ivory

4.  Tony Bennett

5.  Janet Napolitano

6.  Peter Schickele

7.  Desmond Morris

8.  Leontyne Price

9.  Richard Simmons

10.  James Meredith

11.  Jorie Graham

12. Dick Button 

13.  Ned Rorem

14.  Robert Brustein

15.  Seiji Ozawa

16.  Patricia Routledge

17.  Tom Lehrer

18.  Henry Kissinger

19.  Joanne Woodward

20.  Pope Benedict XVI

 

msc : 

1. Vic Elford

2. Linda Nolan

3. Shannen Doherty

4. Khaleda Zia

5. Susie Steiner

6. Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)

7. James Whale

8. Vicky Phelan

9. Tony Parkes

10. Sir Jamie McGrigor

11. Marianne Faithful

12. Philip Springer (composer)

13. Milos Zeman

14. Antonio Inoki

15. George Perez

16. Frank Field

17. Anna Pavord

18. Jorge Toro

19.  Richard Franklin

20. Maurice Norman

 

The Daredevil : 

1. Ted Kaczynski

2. Frank Field

3. Irene Papas

4. George Alagiah

5. James Whale

6. George Perez

7. Lee Montague

8. Pele

9. Joanne Woodward

10. Joss Ackland

11. Jimmy Carter

12. Leslie Phillips 

13. Michel Bouquet

14. Jake “The Snake” Roberts

15. Angela Lansbury 

16. Len Deighton

17. Françoise Hardy

18. Jacques Dutronc

19. Jean-Louis Trintignant 

20. Milos Zeman

 

Book : 

01. Khaleda Zia

02.Ted Kaczyński

03. Bill Turnbull

04. JL Trintignant

05. Eddie OK Adams

06. Frank Field

07. Mike Mora

08. George Alagiah

09. Jane Morgan

10. Jerry Lee Lewis

11. Kane Tanaka

12. Larry Pressler

13. Diane Berberian

14. Marianne Faithfull

15. Marthe Cohn

16. Volodymyr Zelenskyy

17. Pelé

18. Pierre Soulages

19. Vicky Phelan

20. Susie Steiner

 

Toast : 

Phyllida Law

Gerald Harper

Julie Goodyear

Gorbachev

Stan Bowles

Raymond Briggs

Yoko Ono

Jane Rossington

Roy Clarke

Jean Louis Trintignant

Leslie Phillips

Mary Quant

Susie Steiner

Frank Field

Bam Margera

Mohamed Al Fayed

Pete Murray

Linda Ronstadt

Bill Treacher

Jean Marsh

 

Lafaucheuse : 

1. Khaleda Zia

2. Hackshaw Jim Duggan

3. 

4. Sergey Galitsky 

5. Susie Steiner 

6. Tom Smith 

7. Leslie Phillips

8. Art Rupe

9. Saleh Ajeery 

10.  Bruno Latour

11. Bill Turnbull 

12. Georges Alagiah 

13. Kane Tanaka 

14. Jean Louis Trintignant

15. Milos Zeman

16. 

17. Vicky Phelan

18. Michael Jungner

19. Frank Field 

20. Zhang Zan

 

WEP : 

1.     George Alagiah (tv presenter)

2.      John Ashton (“The Psychedelic Furs”-guitarist)

3.      Ronnie Atkins (“Pretty Maids”-singer)

4.      Ady Barkan (lawyer and liberal activist)

5.      Robert Briggs (Vietnam veteran)

 6.      Rob Burrow (rugby player)

7.       Shannen Doherty (actress)

8.      Diane Berberian (runner)

9.       Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead (Labour MP)

10.   Michael Graydon (poker player)

11.  Khaleda Zia (politician)

12.   Tim Keller (theologian)

13.   Zhang Zhan (blogger)

14.   James Jones (head of Convoy Aid Romania)

15.   Brian Morris (golfer)

16.   Olivia Newton-John (singer)

17.   Tom Parker (“The Wanted” singer)

18.   Tom Smith (rugbyman)

19.   Françoise Hardy (singer)

20.   Bill Turnbull (BBC presenter)

 

 

Hits :

Sir Anthony Sher (3/12/21) : first hit of the pool for Bibliogryphon, Great Uncle Bulgaria, YorkshireBanker, Handrejka, Wanamaker, The Old Crem, Doulton, msc, The Daredevil,  Book, Toast, Wep and Lafaucheuse  + first spot death for The Old Crem, Book and Lafaucheuse 

Vinod Dua (4/12/21) : two first spot hits in a row + unique pick for Book

Eileen Ash (4/12/21) : unique hit for chilean way

Bob Dole (5/12/21) : a hit for theoldlady, Doulton, msc, The Old Crem, Handrejka, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Captain Chorizo, CalebH and Lafaucheuse + 2 hits in 2 days for Book and Chilean Way + first spot hit for the daredevil, Wannamaker, Bibliogrypgon and MortalCaso

Nanda Prusty (7/12/21) : a solo hit for Lafaucheuse

Lars Hogh (8/12/21) : a hit for book, CaptainChorizo, The Old Crem and Toast  + first spot hit for msc + 2 hits in 2 days for Lafaucheuse

Vicente Fernandez (12/12/21) : a hit for CalebH, CaptainChorizo and Lafaucheuse

Lucia Hiriart (16/12/21) : a hit for chilean way and Lafaucheuse

Ray Illingworth (25/12/21) : a unique pick on the 25th of December for Wannamaker 

Desmond Tutu (26/12/21) : a hit for Gooseberry Crumble and 2 hits in 2 days for Wannamaker

April Ashley (27/12/21) : two hits in two days for Gooseberry Crumble + unique pick

Betty White (31/12/21) : a unique pick for Book on the 31st of December 

Gary Burgess (01/01/22) : first hit of the year for msc, CaptainChorizo and The Old Crem, 2 hits in 2 days  for Book and last pick first hit of the list for gcreptile 

Joan Copeland (04/01/22) : a solo hit for MortalCaso

Bob Falkenburg (6/01/22) : a solo hit for Gooseberry Crumble

Sidney Poitier (07/01/22) : a hit for The Daredevil and Toast

Robert Durst (10/01/22) : a hit for Book, msc, WEP, MortalCaso, CalebH and gcreptile

Saturnino De la Fuente (18/01/22) : a solo hit for lafaucheuse

Russell Bishop (20/01/22) : a hit for Wannamaker, Web, Toast, Book, msc, CaptainChorizo and Lafaucheuse

Leonor Oyarzun (20/01/22) : a solo hit for Chilean Way

Louie Anderson (21/01/22) : a hit for msc, Book and gcreptile

Mustafa Kayirici (25/01/22) : a hit for WEP, gcreptile and Book 

Les Shapiro (29/01/22) : a unique pick for gcreptile 

Jeff Innis (30/01/22) : a unique pick for gcreptile + 2 deaths in 2 days

Monica Vitti (02/02/22) : a hit for CaptainChorizo and The Daredevil 

Christos Sartzetakis (03/02/22) : a hit for msc and Lafaucheuse + 2 hits in 2 days for The Daredevil

Late Mangeshkar (06/02/22) : a hit for msc, CaptainChorizo and I

Isabel Torres (11/02/22) : a hit for Book and CalebH

Frank Beckmann (12/02/22) : 2 hits in 2 days for CalebH and a hit the day of the choice for gcreptile

Sandhya Mukherjee (15/02/22) : A solo hit for msc

Nightbirde (19/02/22) : A solo hit for WEP 

Chor Yuan (21/02/22) : A solo hit for JoeMoneypenny

Catherine Wybourne (24/02/22) : A hit for gcreptile and Book

Richard Blum (27/02/22) : A solo hit for gcreptile

Vic Elford (13/03/22) : A solo hit for msc

Mike Mora (15/03/22) : A solo hit for Book

Peter Bowles (17/03/22) : A solo hit for Handrejka

[Toast 16,122]

8 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Make a list of 20 names who could die between 31 November 2021 and 31 November 2022.

 

These dates are imaginary.

[Banana 859]

Starting a pool a month before the end of the year isn't really the greatest plan if you want people to be putting in their best efforts.

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

4 minutes ago, Banana said:

Starting a pool a month before the end of the year isn't really the greatest plan if you want people to be putting in their best efforts.

Why not ? In the end it’s the same thing. People don’t stop to die between 1st of December and 1st of January to avoid spoiling our deadpools ! 
 

anyway if you don’t wanna participate, don’t.

[Banana 859]

1 minute ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Why not ? In the end it’s the same thing. People don’t stop to die between 1st of December and 1st of January to avoid spoiling our deadpools ! 

 

You're asking people to reveal their hand for an offshoot game

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

2 minutes ago, Banana said:

 

You're asking people to reveal their hand for an offshoot game

I know and that’s why it’s interesting : if you have picks that you wanna preserve then don’t put them right in your fist list, keep them for later. This is exactly why it begins one month earlier, it’s strategic 

[Banana 859]

1 minute ago, Lafaucheuse said:

I know and that’s why it’s interesting : if you have picks that you wanna preserve then don’t put them right in your fist list, keep them for later. This is exactly why it begins one month earlier, it’s strategic 

 

Or we're being a tad too impatient

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

11 minutes ago, Banana said:

 

Or we're being a tad too impatient

the principle of a Deadpool is patience. 

If you don't wanna spoil any choice (ao Deadpool or others) then don't put them on the first month, anyway these are picks that need to be alive on the 1st of January for ao for example so it won't change anything. It forces you to take risk and not put people who are vaguely known and on the edge of death in the first month. Maybe they'll die and you'll feel angry to not have put them in here, maybe they won't and you'll be able to put them both in here (when you have a hit) and in your ao pool on the first of January for example. The only thing that you need to avoid on the first month is to not have any hit in which case you'r bossing a point. In order to do so, put names that are largely known and could die in a near future. This is the very principle of this pool !!

it’s a race against time : if you don’t wanna put some of your choices in here since the beginning, then you’ll have to wait for one of your hit to place them, taking the risk that your « original choice » might pass meanwhile. That’s how it works 

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

31 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

These dates are imaginary.

My bad, obv 30 of November 

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

The interest of beginning the pool on the first of December is to avoid putting the same list as AO for example in the beginning of 2022, in which case (as there’s only 20 picks here) you’ll be pretty insured to have the +20 pts corresponding to you entirely renewing your original list. If you don’t want your team spoiled, then you’ll have to go with more notable and obvious picks and keep your most unique and interesting one for later. The game is pretty simple so it has to be a little more strategic and complicated than just putting obvious names on the first of January. Here, you can in theory put everyone that you want since the beginning but the thing is, to avoid spoiler, you’ll probably be forced to make it little by little every time you’ll have a hit. It appears funnier in that way I think. You’ll have to take more risks than it first appears.

 

let me know if you’re interested in participating. If the beginning in December is crippling then I’ll change for January but it would lose one of its interest.

thanks !

[msc 18,421]

tbh this is a bit like one of my long standing ideas I never used (basically a sort of deadpool version of The Chase). I may put in a team if I remember but it'll be the usual suspects to start off, so I don't give away my hot DDP tips that everyone else knows anyway! 

[Toast 16,122]

I think it's a decent idea, but it would be better timed in the spring or summer.  It's always refreshing to have a new competition well away from the year-end logjam.

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

3 hours ago, Toast said:

I think it's a decent idea, but it would be better timed in the spring or summer.  It's always refreshing to have a new competition well away from the year-end logjam.

Agree. That’s also why I would love to begin it a little before the end of the year. I don’t wanna wait the next 6 or so months but anyway you’ll be able to add people throughout the year.

 

Entries are now opened for those who want to participate. I myself will post my list in the next few days. Maybe you’d like to wait for the end of the months before giving any list but know that you’re allowed to change your list till the end of the month (30th November at midnight) by editing your post. 
 

also : I may add some « points system » updates in the first post before the end of the month if I think about some other events when we could gain or loose points. I’ll keep you updated.

[theoldlady 2,294]

I think this will be an interesting game for me. I am going to use my survivors from 2021. I had 17/50 hits in 2021,  so I am interested in seeing who would be left by the end of 2022 if our lists covered two years, instead of one year. My Subs will be the remaining names on my 2021 list as well. Thanks for doing this. 

7 hits so far in the actual game.

1. Tom Smith died in APRIL : please replace with Chris Rea.

2. James Whale

3. Tom Parker died in MARCH : please replace with Willie Nelson.

4. Jimmy Carter

5. Peter Tobin

6. Bob Dole died in DECEMBER  : please replace with Jean Louis Trintignant.

Now that Jean Louis Trintignant   has passed in JUNE: please replace with Glynis Johns.

7. Barbara Walters

8. (David Gulpilil - passed before the game started) Olivia Newton John, who replaced Gulpilil, has died in AUGUST , please replace with Gianluca Vialli. 

9. Leslie Philips

10. Linda Nolan

11. Marsha Hunt

12. Noam Chomsky 

13. Pele

14. Yoko Ono

15. Luis Echeverria died in JULY : please replace with Stanley Baxter.

16. Mikhail  Gorbatsjov died in AUGUST   Game over! 

17. Shane MacGowan

18. Joanne Woodward

19. Pope Benedict XVI

20. Doddie Weir

 

Subs: Start with

1. Olivia Newton John - moves up to replace David Gulpilil

 

Edited September 1, 2022 by theoldlady
Deaths of Gorbachev, Newton-John, Echeverria, Trintignant, Smith, Parker, Dole.

[Toast 16,122]

4 hours ago, Toast said:

I think it's a decent idea, but it would be better timed in the spring or summer.  It's always refreshing to have a new competition well away from the year-end logjam.

 

44 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

Agree. That’s also why I would love to begin it a little before the end of the year. I don’t wanna wait the next 6 or so months but anyway you’ll be able to add people throughout the year. 

 

Entries are now opened for those who want to participate. I myself will post my list in the next few days. Maybe you’d like to wait for the end of the months before giving any list but know that you’re allowed to change your list till the end of the month (30th November at midnight) by editing your post. 

 

 

But you don't agree, so why say you do?

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

30 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

 

But you don't agree, so why say you do?

I agree that I don’t want to start it on the beginning of January with all the other usual pools. I thought making it start in December was better 

Also you were one of the only who showed enthusiasm about this game so I didn’t want to go against and annoy you..

I don’t get why everyone is so upset about the date, it doesn’t change much considering all the lists for some others pools are already pretty much done... 

[Bibliogryphon 9,565]

Why not

 

1.       Bob Dole

2.       Boris Pahor

3.       David Graham

4.       Jacques Delors

5.       Leslie Phillips

6.       Marsha Hunt

7.       Henry Kissinger

8.       June Spencer

9.       Bob Newhart

10.   Patricia Routledge

11.   William Kennedy

12.   Antonia Fraser

13.   David McKee

14.   Anthony Sher

15.   Eileen Derbyshire

16.   Richard Sherman

17.   Frank Field

18.   F W de Klerk

19.   Rob Burrow

20.   James Watson

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

54 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

Why not

 

1.       Bob Dole

2.       Boris Pahor

3.       David Graham

4.       Jacques Delors

5.       Leslie Phillips

6.       Marsha Hunt

7.       Henry Kissinger

8.       June Spencer

9.       Bob Newhart

10.   Patricia Routledge

11.   William Kennedy

12.   Antonia Fraser

13.   David McKee

14.   Anthony Sher

15.   Eileen Derbyshire

16.   Richard Sherman

17.   Frank Field

18.   F W de Klerk

19.   Rob Burrow

20.   James Watson

Noted, I added it above

[YoungWillz 21,014]

Here is who I grant everlasting life to, and I look forward to being in humungous negative points by St Andrews Day next year.

 

01. Michael Parkinson

02. Michael Caine

03. Billy Connolly

04. Barry Humphries

05. Ian McKellen

06. Alan Alda

07. Barry Gibb

08. Tony Bennett

09. Alan Bennett

10. Henry Kissinger

11. Tom Lehrer

12. Paolo Conte

13. Mel Brooks

14. Petula Clark.

15. Bette Midler

16. Yoko Ono

17. Joanne Woodward

18. Anita Harris (Actress)

19. Shirley Bassey

20. Tina Turner

 

Subs in case of unexpected death pre-start:

 

A. Liza Minelli

B. Van Morrison

C. John Williams (Composer)

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

Ooh I'm tempted...!

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

7 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Here is who I grant everlasting life to, and I look forward to being in humungous negative points by St Andrews Day next year.

 

01. Michael Parkinson

02. Michael Caine

03. Billy Connolly

04. Barry Humphries

05. Ian McKellen

06. Alan Alda

07. Barry Gibb

08. Tony Bennett

09. Alan Bennett

10. Henry Kissinger

11. Tom Lehrer

12. Paolo Conte

13. Mel Brooks

14. Petula Clark.

15. Bette Midler

16. Yoko Ono

17. Joanne Woodward

18. Anita Harris (Actress)

19. Shirley Bassey

20. Tina Turner

 

Subs in case of unexpected death pre-start:

 

A. Liza Minelli

B. Van Morrison

C. John Williams (Composer)

Added ! 
 

for those who don’t want to publish their list, you can send it to me by pm, I just will be posting your name in the first post but keep your picks private until their death.

[chilean way 1,892]

 

1. Benedict XVI

2. Henry Kissinger

3. Bobby Charlton

4. Marsha Hunt

5. Jimmy Carter 

6. Ben Ferencz

7. Willie Nelson

8. Jerry Lee Lewis

9. Dick van Dyke

10. Noam Chomsky

11. Alejandro Jodorowsky

12. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

13. Giorgio Napolitano

14. Josip Manolic

15. Isabel Perón

16. Pelé

17. Bob Barker

18. Leslie Phillips

19. Harry Belafonte

20. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

 

Hits:

Eileen Ash 03/12/2021

Bob Dole 05/12/2021

Lucía Hiriart 16/12/2021

Leonor Oyarzún 20/01/2022

Nehemiah Persoff 05/04/2022

Francisco Morales Bermúdez 14/07/2022

Olivia Newton-John 08/08/2022

 

Edited August 8, 2022 by chilean way

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

Here is my list! Thank you @Lafaucheuse

 

1. Barbara Walters 

2. Pope Benedict 

3. Desmond Tutu 

4. Raquel Welch 

5. Wilbur Smith 

6. June Spencer 

7. Pat Boone 

8. Julian Assange 

9. Pele 

10. Liza Minnelli 

11. James Lovelock 

12. Isabel Peron 

13. Dennis Skinner 

14. April Ashley 

15. Desmond Morris 

16. Val Lehman 

17. Rolf Harris 

18. Bernadette Chirac 

19. Tina Turner 

20. Geoffrey Boycott 

 

[Lafaucheuse 4,041]

1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Here is my list! Thank you @Lafaucheuse

 

1. Barbara Walters 

2. Pope Benedict 

3. Desmond Tutu 

4. Raquel Welch 

5. Wilbur Smith 

6. June Spencer 

7. Pat Boone 

8. Julian Assange 

9. Pele 

10. Liza Minnelli 

11. James Lovelock 

12. Isabel Peron 

13. Dennis Skinner 

14. April Ashley 

15. Desmond Morris 

16. Val Lehman 

17. Rolf Harris 

18. Bernadette Chirac 

19. Tina Turner 

20. Geoffrey Boycott 

 

You succumbed to your temptation ! Noted