Grim_Rita 4 Posted May 31, 2005 Hey guys I've gotta pick some additions for my Deadpool team tonight. Anyone know of any celebs just itching to push up daisies? Cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted May 31, 2005 King Fahd, William Rehnquist, Peter Jennings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted May 31, 2005 Edward Woodward (74) George Cole (80) Chuck Berry (78) Reg Varney (89) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim_Rita 4 Posted May 31, 2005 Have you got any info on recent illnesses etc of your suggestions Heaven? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted May 31, 2005 King Fahd, William Rehnquist, Peter Jennings Fahd may allready be on his way out Renequist is ill and allready on the 2005 list and hopefully soon he will add another sucess. Peter Jennings was dignosed with lung cancer in april though i can't say i know the whereabouts of how much his cancer has progressed. If he could see 2006 i could vision him in the grand number 1 spot now that Pope John Paul is gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted June 1, 2005 Anyone know of any celebs just itching to push up daisies? My current best 50 predictions of those with not long to go are: "Very unwell" King Fahd - in hospital with flu, not looking good + stroke 1996 + diabetes Jerry Falwell - congestive heart failure + obesity Ronnie Biggs - very ill + 3 strokes + in jail Suharto - intestinal bleeding + stroke 1999 + in jail "Unwell with Cancer" William Rehnquist - thyroid cancer Peter Jennings - lung cancer Harold Pinter - cancer Senitor Arlen Specter - cancer Nan Kepner - lung cancer - in an oxygen tent King Harald V of Norway - bladder cancer Johnnie Walker - non hodkins lymphoma John Spencer (snooker) - not having treatment for stomach cancer Wendie Jo Sperber - breast cancer + obesity Desmond Tutu - prostate cancer Jane Tomlinson - fighting cancer Geraldine Ferraro - blood cancer Billy Graham - 92 years old - prostate cancer + Parkinsons' Charlton Heston - prostate cancer + Alzhelmers James Brown - diabetes + prostate cancer + too much weed and booze "Quite Unwell" Gerry Ford - "frail" Ladybird Johnson - "few months to go" April05 Dick Clark - "bad shape" + diabetes + stroke 2004 Gretchen Franklin - old and ill Augusto Pinochet - old + diabetes + obesity + arthritis + 2 strokes Liz Taylor - diabetes + obesity + bulimia + alcoholism Charles Haughey - ill W Mark Felt - dementure + stroke Denis Law - "not a well man" Alan Turner AKA Richard Thorp - "on the way out" Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr - stroke in 1998 Red Buttons - 2 heart attacks Brother Rogier (check spelling) - wheelchair bound at pope JP2 funeral Greg Louganis - AIDS Maurice Papon - ill + in jail Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - old with high blood pressure "High Living" Richard O'Sullivan - ill, drugs? Alex Higgins - too much drink Evel Knievel - liver transplant + too much of a drinker + hepatitis George Best - liver transplant + too much of a drinker Larry Hagman - drinker - liver transplant + rejection "Not much hope of improvement" Estelle Getty - Parkinsons' Muhammad Ali - Parkinsons' Ray Kennedy - Parkinsons' Jeremy Thorpe - Parkinsons' "Past their best" Ruby Mohammed - 107 years old Johannes Heesters - 101 years old Michael DeBakey - 97 years old Harry Patch (WW1 vet) - 107 years old Brooke Astor - 103 years old Claude Choules - 104 years old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted June 1, 2005 Have you got any info on recent illnesses etc of your suggestions Heaven? Unfortunately not! However on my deadpool, I try to avoid ill people, but sometimes put them in so the rest of the office can look them up to see who they are Edward Woodward (74) 75 Today Well he was 74 when I posted it at first Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted June 1, 2005 My current best 50 predictions of those with not long to go are: Very impressive list Mr Ali, Might use one or three of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted June 3, 2005 Edward Woodward (74) 75 Today Well he was 74 when I posted it at first Are you sure about Eddie and his birthdate? According to his tombstone he's a bit older~~~~~~~~~ Sad to see his wife Edith has already left us. Moving back to the matter at hand, I remeber Edward Woodward from Breaker Morant and also as Robert McCall in the U.S. television series from the 1980's The Equalizer. Something of a comedy although I'm sure it wasn't meant to be. The most memorable scene was in an early episode in which Woodward's character grabs a lowlife thug and thrusts him hard against a wall and with less than a hand span between their faces says to him "You will stay away from her. You will not follow her. You will not go near her. Do you understand me? Do I make myself perfectly clear?" It was absolutely hysterical. Mind you this was not a show to be watched without appropriate resources; but with a good bottle of booze it became tolerable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Strangelove 14 Posted June 3, 2005 According to IMDB He was born on 1 June 1930 and the mother of his children is Venetia Barrett (No mention of if they're married). Mind you this was not a show to be watched without appropriate resources; but with a good bottle of booze it became tolerable. This applies to many tv shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted June 3, 2005 Saw him on the telly a couple of nights ago, boy, the last few years have NOT been kind to him. Is he still married to Michelle Dotrice ( the long suffering Betty in 'Some mothers do have 'em)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted November 22, 2005 I like Rotten Ali's list because it gives us a good list to look at... eliminating the ones who are dead and some that I've chosen to ignore for lack of information/giving a damn, here's some things to consider/discuss. Jerry Falwell - congestive heart failure + obesity --> Doing well after treatment, probably not the best candidate Ronnie Biggs - very ill + 3 strokes + in jail --> Practically a given Suharto - intestinal bleeding + stroke 1999 + in jail --> I forget exactly where, but I read a rather convincing argument on why he'll be around for a few more years... wish I could find it though... "Unwell with Cancer" Harold Pinter - cancer --> Just received the Nobel Prize for Literature, but still suffering... a good consideration Senitor Arlen Specter - cancer --> Cured (I believe) after treatment King Harald V of Norway - bladder cancer --> Doing sportingly last time I heard Wendie Jo Sperber - breast cancer + obesity --> One of the ones that I'm considering for my 2006 DDP, she founded a cancer orginization in 2003, then the cancer spread all over her body and there's been no news/activity with her since. Young pick though. Billy Graham - 87 years old - prostate cancer + Parkinsons' --> Has been preparing himself to die for a while, including going on a "final farewell" tour for his church. Definetely one to watch, if he passes the UK fame test. Charlton Heston - prostate cancer + Alzhelmers --> Fading, but probably not quickly enough "Quite Unwell" Dick Clark - "bad shape" + diabetes + stroke 2004 --> Supposedly had a huge improvement after his mild 2004 stroke Augusto Pinochet - old + diabetes + obesity + arthritis + 2 strokes --> See his thread, quite a possible choice Liz Taylor - diabetes + obesity + bulimia + alcoholism --> See my comments in an earlier thread... questionable, but would be a bit silly to miss W Mark Felt - dementure + stroke --> Supposedly revealed his identity as he is near his deathbed, probably not as much of a publicity whore as Liz Greg Louganis - AIDS --> Doing fine (for an AIDS patient) the last time I heard, but I haven't had an update in a while Maurice Papon - ill + in jail --> I believe he's 95 at this point and not doing well... may be another good consideration Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - old with high blood pressure --> Probably not a good choice, see his thread "Not much hope of improvement" Estelle Getty - Parkinsons' --> See her thread, very likely choice Muhammad Ali - Parkinsons' --> After suffering from Parkinsons' for years, there have been a flurry of reports of his coming demise, which isn't something that happened much before... one to watch and consider By the way, props to Footbal_Fan who was 3 for 3 in his suggestions to Grim Rita. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted November 22, 2005 Was not even aware of this thread. Surely we should make use of it for 2006? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted November 22, 2005 Canadian Paul Posted on Nov 22 2005, 01:00 AM I like Rotten Ali's list because it gives us a good list to look at... eliminating the ones who are dead and some that I've chosen to ignore for lack of information/giving a damn, here's some things to consider/discuss. Why, thank you. Yes this Hot Tips topic has been "lost" for some time. Interesting to see it pop back up - I note of the 50 names I posted, 7 have departed in the 6 months since posting it. A bit of a better ratio than the DL's own list. But my 4 hits out of 20 DDP names looks a bit light! Thanks very much for your update and insight Paul - I will feed back this info into my 500 name spreadsheet and get it mathmatically mashed into my 4 deadpool lists that run Jan to Dec. (My 1st September to 31st August 2006 Rotten.com ten name list "still only" has three hits so far. Last years was a respectable 5 out of ten for the full year) I'll be sure to post back into "ideas for 2006" thread within this site quite soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted November 24, 2005 I have no hot tips but I just wanted to post because this is the first time I have ever had the entire forum to myself. It is 10-2-7 and apparently no other DL'ers are awake yet. I feel like I've been, Jeffrey Bernard style, left locked in a pub overnight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 24, 2005 This is a superb thread that's had me absorbed for a while now. I'll bet if we met some of these people we'd use descriptions other than 'hot.' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IKYWN 6 Posted November 24, 2005 I think George Best is a pretty good bet at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Die 63 Posted November 24, 2005 I think George Best is a pretty good bet at the moment. But not for 2006 unfortunately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted November 25, 2005 I think George Best is a pretty good bet at the moment. But not for 2006 unfortunately. Don't think to soon Lady Die - There are allways possibilitys and hopefully one would be George Best living untill January 1 2006. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted November 25, 2005 I think George Best is a pretty good bet at the moment. But not for 2006 unfortunately. Don't think to soon Lady Die - There are allways possibilitys and hopefully one would be George Best living untill January 1 2006. Well I hope you've started your search for the Necronomicon if you want to add Best to 2006. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted November 25, 2005 I think George Best is a pretty good bet at the moment. But not for 2006 unfortunately. Don't think to soon Lady Die - There are allways possibilitys and hopefully one would be George Best living untill January 1 2006. Well I hope you've started your search for the Necronomicon if you want to add Best to 2006. I was just being positive but I suppose Lady Die did think soon enough because George Best is now history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scot Posted August 19, 2006 Have you got any info on recent illnesses etc of your suggestions Heaven? Unfortunately not! However on my deadpool, I try to avoid ill people, but sometimes put them in so the rest of the office can look them up to see who they are Edward Woodward (74) 75 Today Well he was 74 when I posted it at first With deep and sincere respect, Billy Graham has already passed on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted August 19, 2006 Have you got any info on recent illnesses etc of your suggestions Heaven? Unfortunately not! However on my deadpool, I try to avoid ill people, but sometimes put them in so the rest of the office can look them up to see who they are Edward Woodward (74) 75 Today Well he was 74 when I posted it at first With deep and sincere respect, Billy Graham has already passed on. Billy Graham is still alive, however concert promoter Bill Graham died in 1991 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
