Ideas and possibilities for 2025

[MrWonderful 497]

I've had a decent 2024, with 21 hits if no one else kicks the bucket before New Year's Day.  Of the names on my signature, the ones I might consider dropping are Redgrave and Willis.  Yeah, some of these names are names that the committee won't pick because they aren't "big" enough, but here are some names that I may add to my list (obvious choices for me in bold), with comments included.  (And some of them may already be on the main DL.)  I'm probably missing some names so I'll keep checking the threads between now and the new year.  Anyway, skewer away!

 

Ricky "Black Bart" Harris (the former wrestler is, unfortunately, low-hanging fruit if he makes it to Jan. 1)

Randy Moss (a top-3 wide receiver in NFL history, his situation appears grim and I think he's 50/50 to go in '25, and extremely unlikely to see 2027)

John Williams (the legendary 92-year-old composer has had to cancel recent performances due to an "acute health problem")

Buzz Aldrin (now 94, wheelchair-bound, and on oxygen, it's time to get him on)

Dick Van Dyke (I've avoided him up until now, but he may finally be showing real slippage)

Mathahir Mohamad (the 99-year-old has had a few hospitalizations in 2024)

Jose Mujica (esophageal cancer, kidney failure, recent hospitalizations, and his age of 89 add up to a good pick)

Michael Tilson Thomas (the 80-year-old conductor has a glioblastoma so it appears extremely unlikely that he will make 2026)

Johnnie Walker (British radio presenter has terminal pulmonary fibrosis; docs gave him 2-5 years and the 5-year mark was in August 2024)

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt (at 105, the Loyola-Chicago team chaplain might be a good theme team pick)

Georg Koch (with terminal pan-can, a must-add)

Tippi Hedren (would turn 95 on Jan. 19, has advanced dementia)

Ion Iliescu (94-year-old former Romanian president has been in failing health for at least 3 years)

Khaleda Zia (the 79-year-old has about a thousand different afflictions and has been hospitalized frequently)

Ayanna Mackins (the 46-year-old former MTV Road Rules and The Challenge contestant had metastasized breast cancer, and if it advanced further than the lymph nodes, she's in trouble)

Frankie Valli (the singing legend, 90, looked visibly frail when trying to perform in August)

Victoria Jackson (the SNL alum has terminal cancer in her windpipe and was given less than 3 years to live)

Michael Bolton (if his January surgery for a brain tumor was for a glioblastoma, he'd be a great pick, so might be worth a play, and he's certainly a big-enough name)

Harvey Weinstein (really does appear to be in failing health and if he has acute leukemia, he'd be a good add)

Vivian Ayers-Allen (the 101-year-old mother of Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated artist/poet and scholar)

Noddy Holder (when does the treatment stop working?)

Linda Nolan (just a few days away from shepherding her through 2024 successfully, but feel it's time to get her back on)

George Mitchell (the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader has battled leukemia for more than 4 years)

Louis Farrakhan (now 91, has had various health problems for decades)

Sam Neill (underdoing aggressive chemo to combat his blood cancer, it's basically just a matter of when it stops working)

Imelda Marcos (a DL mainstay, might be time to put her on my own list)

Duchess of Kent (frail and certainly has a low profile now)

Katherine Jackson (the Jackson family matriarch is now 94 and was wheelchair-bound and frail-looking in an August 2023 photo)

La Toya Jackson (just 68, but looks alarmingly thin in a recent social media post)

Raul Castro (now 93, apparently in ill health for years)

Empress Michiko (Akihito appears to be doing well, but Michiko is frail and had a fall this year, breaking her femur)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gcreptile 11,305]

William Webster, only person to lead the CIA and FBI, is 100 now, and just sent a letter to the Senate:

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/26/congress/tulsi-gabbard-kash-patel-fbi-cia-trump-00196055

[Windsor 2,276]

Some low-hanging fruit.

 

John Cruickshank VC is the last surviving recipient of the VC from WW2. He turns 105 next year.

 

If you feel bad about selecting a war hero worry not; he was a banker in civilian life. 

This article from last year shows he is not looking too bad for his advanced age. 

[The Watcher 325]

Shani Wallace (b 1931) - Nancy in Oliver (film 1968)

Taina Elg (b 1930) - co-star with Kenneth More (d 1982) in The 39 Steps (film 1959)

Gerald Harper (b 1931) - Adam Adamant (TV series in  the 1960's)

[The Watcher 325]

Ray Anthony (b 1922) - the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra

[Eastend 11]

A twitter follower that could soon be an X, Bill Oddie is 84 next year and has had some health issues, not really seen much these days. Tim Brooke-Taylor went a few years back might be a goodie year for another one to follow.

[The Watcher 325]

5 hours ago, Eastend said:

A twitter follower that could soon be an X, Bill Oddie is 84 next year and has had some health issues, not really seen much these days. Tim Brooke-Taylor went a few years back might be a goodie year for another one to follow.

Graeme Garden from the Goodies may go before Bill as he has various health complaints in recent years. He is the last surviving original cast member of I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue but very rarely appears now.

[Spade_Cooley 9,690]

Kim Sasabone went on "hiatus" from the Vengaboys earlier this month. Just a rest or something more serious? Was surprised as you to discover that the Vengaboys still had a majority of the same members that they did in 1999 and hadn't just hired some random young models to lipsynch the old songs.

[Thatcher 2,699]

To replace Glynis Johns, I think it’s only right another Disney Legend take her spot. Mary Costa, the voice of Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, retired from acting in 2014 and has been winding down since, asking fans to stop sending her mail back in 2020. She would turn 95 next year. 

[msc 18,671]

Watching that tribute show.

 

Frances de la Tour has aged quite a bit since I last saw her show up in anything a year or two ago. Just noting it.

[Sean 6,563]

11 minutes ago, msc said:

Watching that tribute show.

 

Frances de la Tour has aged quite a bit since I last saw her show up in anything a year or two ago. Just noting it.

Thought the same.

[Deathrace 1,203]

What about John Hemingway, the last of "the few"?  Battle of Britain pilot who is 105. 

[arghton 7,044]

Very low requiremeng pool suggestion - César Trelles Lara (1936) head of Peru's Aprista Party since the suicide of Alan Garcia in 2019. Badly injured in a car crash the same year and has been rumored to suffer from advanced dementia.

[Windsor 2,276]

Stuart Hall - disgraced BBC presenter is still alive and has just turned 94. 

 

Very little news about him since his release from prison in 2015.

[Sean 6,563]

Turned 95 on Xmas day.I think the reason he isn't talked about more is that his death is likely to not be announced for a long time before his death like Rolf Harris and Chris Denning.

[JackOLantern 11]

People are foolish to pick Black Bart, he is never going to obit

[The Watcher 325]

Virginia McKenna (b 1931) - widow of Bill Travers (1922-94)

Dyan Cannon (b1937) - once married to Cary Grant (1904-86)

[CaptainChorizo 2,013]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13764691/lauren-laverne-cancer-tests-screening-50s.html

 

BBC 4 Radio DJ Lauren Laverne has Bowel Cancer

[Commtech Sio Bibble 2,217]

10 minutes ago, CaptainChorizo said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13764691/lauren-laverne-cancer-tests-screening-50s.html

 

BBC 4 Radio DJ Lauren Laverne has Bowel Cancer

The article is from August she was given the all clear in November. (BBC)

[CaptainChorizo 2,013]

Just now, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

The article is from August she was given the all clear in November. (BBC)

Thanks for the heads up,looks like I need a new Joker for DDP.

[One shot Paddy 1,213]

On 31/12/2023 at 08:56, One shot Paddy said:

Jimmy Carter 

So near and yet so far 

[Clorox Bleachman 2,534]

Loni Love said in 2015 that she would be dead in 10 years. Perhaps she knew something that we don't...

 

 

[Miranda lass 115]

Looking forward to seeing/sharing ideas on the 2026 thread, which I assume comes up tomorrow? 

[Paul Bearer 6,206]

26 minutes ago, Miranda lass said:

Looking forward to seeing/sharing ideas on the 2026 thread, which I assume comes up tomorrow? 

Yes

[Paul Bearer 6,206]

On 31/12/2023 at 08:56, One shot Paddy said:

Jimmy Carter 

Well predicted.