Ideas and possibilities for 2007

[Tomb raider 9]

A very strong possibility for next year (I hope you won't regret it that you overlooked him for 2006) is HRH Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano, the former archduke of Luxembourg, born january 5, 1921. His wife died last year, and he's looking extremely frail.

[Canadian Paul 97]

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QUOTE(Tom( raider @ Jan 7 2006, 10:00 AM)

(I hope you won't regret it that you overlooked him for 2006)

I think they're regretting a few things already... one more or less won't make much of a difference.

[The Four Horsemen 26]

Also, Former Interior Secretary Thomas Savig Kleppe has Alzheimers, he's about 86.

Don't tell me, he can't quite remember when he was born.......

[football_fan 42]

The former Prime Minister of Australia turns 90 this year, and reported to be in declining health. Good pick for '07?

His name is Edward Gough Whitlam, b. July 11th, 1916.

 

He has been in poor health for the last couple of years, so I definitely think he should be considered for next year's list.

[Paul Bearer 6,101]

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QUOTE(Tom( raider @ Jan 7 2006, 06:00 PM)

A very strong possibility for next year (I hope you won't regret it that you overlooked him for 2006) is HRH Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano, the former archduke of Luxembourg, born january 5, 1921. His wife died last year, and he's looking extremely frail.

Does he have a nick name?

[Godot 149]

So many possibles for  2007.... How about Boris Yeltsin has he been tossed in here yet?  Suree hse is only 74 heading to 75 but take a look at him and you know he bleongs here....

Sticking with the letter Y lets take a look at Astronaut Chuck Yeager who was blasted into life in 1923, if he can Mach it to next year he will be 84

Yeltsin should always be hoverring about there BB. But Yeager seems to be doing OK, still flying last I read.

[Guest iain]

John Kenneth Galbraith, liberal economist (b. 1908)

W. Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat (b. 1913)

Nancy Reagan, former U.S. first lady (b. 1921)

George McGovern, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate (b. 1922)

Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general and defense attorney for Saddam Hussein (b. 1926)

Boris Yeltsin, former Russian president (b. 1931)

 

Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist (b. 1942)

Why was JK Galbraith taken off the list?I thought it was generally accepted he is close to death...

[Guest iain]

former irish PM cHARLES Haughey was reported to be close to death last summer with cancer so surely cant last much longer

[Tomb raider 9]

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QUOTE(Tom( raider @ Jan 7 2006, 06:00 PM)

A very strong possibility for next year (I hope you won't regret it that you overlooked him for 2006) is HRH Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano, the former archduke of Luxembourg, born january 5, 1921. His wife died last year, and he's looking extremely frail.

Does he have a nick name?

I'm glad you ask, he does indeed! According to wiki, his full title is:

by the Grace of God, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon of Parma, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenellenbogen and Diez, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg and Eppstein.

 

I happen to know that the Dutch queen, also a Nassau, and a distant relative to Grand Duke Jean, has even more names. Would anyone like to compare them with Elizabeth? The British monarch used to be king of almost everything, but you're empire is not what it used to be, is it?

[The Four Horsemen 26]

We need Earl Gloomy to update us on all this royal potential........

[Guest Corsica]

Keep an eye on Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo.

[Guest Guest_pete burns]

new to this site,just started a sweep at work thanks for the tips.dark horse for this year has nancy reagan been mentioned must be pining for ronnie.

[Guest Toke Deltorso]

Keep an eye on Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo.

Why what they been upto, not doing naughties i hope, I did'nt know they were that way inclined.

[TheBard 0]

Im disapointed in Denis Nordens absence from the list.

He may not have any serious health problems.

but...meh.

Cup of Tea.........did you see Denis on last night's "South Bank Show"?

 

He looked disgustingly healthy!!

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

Mehmet Ali Agca, 48 the man who shot the pope in 1981 is due to be released from prison tomorrow:

 

" The Italian judge who investigated the 1981 murder attempt on John Paul II has warned the Turkish would-be assassin that his life will be "in grave danger" when he is released from jail because he "knows too much". "

[Anubis the Jackal 77]

Mehmet Ali Agca, 48 the man who shot the pope in 1981 is due to be released from prison tomorrow:

 

" The Italian judge who investigated the 1981 murder attempt on John Paul II has warned the Turkish would-be assassin that his life will be "in grave danger" when he is released from jail because he "knows too much". "

Or he's in grave danger, because he's a loony.

 

Far-right Turkish nationalists, KGB and Bulgarian intelligence paying him to off the Pope. It's got all the makings of a piss-poor Tom Clancy book...

 

 

Ah.

[Cup of Tea 3]

Im disapointed in Denis Nordens absence from the list.

He may not have any serious health problems.

but...meh.

Cup of Tea.........did you see Denis on last night's "South Bank Show"?

 

He looked disgustingly healthy!!

Gah. . . Nevermiiind.

[Phantom 2,533]

How about Mollie Sugden? she's getting on a fair bit

[The Four Horsemen 26]

To quote Up Pompeii - "Getting on is easy, it's getting off that's difficult".......

[Godot 149]

I really must go and do some work. But if anyone has the time or the inclination to sift through this lot there must be some possibilities that have so far been overlooked. Quite a few are dead and a lot of the others are already covered. But I'm sure there are one or two good bets here. It ought to be possible to get an insider in the Water Rats. Maybe we should send them a flyer. See list at foot of page.

 

http://www.nmhvfestival.co.uk/waterats.html

[Death Warmed Up 3]

Heres a few i like

Jack Wild (b 1952) looked rough when he was on tv the other week (might last till 2007)

Richard Griffiths (b 1947) only 59 yrs old or is that stone !

Dulcie Gray (b 1919) just old

Leslie Nielsen (b 1926) police squad days are over

Bob Holness (b 1928) can i have a p please bob ?

 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

I really must go and do some work.

Get your priorities right, Sir. Deathlist first, work later.

[Phantom 2,533]

if she survives another year, how about Maria Esther de Capovilla? she's currently 116.

 

Btw what's everyone else's opinion on choosing the world's oldest man / woman

I had this debate with my father-in-law the other day as I personally feel that they don't exactly qualify as they're barely classed as a celebrity

[Bald rick 9]

if she survives another year, how about Maria Esther de Capovilla? she's currently 116.

 

Btw what's everyone else's opinion on choosing the world's oldest man / woman

I had this debate with my father-in-law the other day as I personally feel that they don't exactly qualify as they're barely classed as a celebrity

These 'world's oldest' people are generally barred from the DL on the grounds that they're only famous because they're old. Ditto old soldiers etc

[Phantom 2,533]

Bald Rick,

 

My argument exactly, although I don't entirely agree about the old soldier bit. I mean someone like Douglas Bader if they were still alive would qualify I guess as he was a Spitfire pilot and Ace during WWII, but not some doddering old army private who just happened to reach a certain age.. if you get how I mean