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These are 50 names that I have researched. They cover areas of sports, entertainment, exploration, politics, crime,etc. For the most part they are quite elderly and fairly well-known. So I figured I would try them out as a sample deathlist for '08. Tell me what you think.

 

1. Phyllis A. Whitney, 105 Author

 

2. Albert Hoffman, 102 LSD Inventor

 

3. Oscar Niemeyer, 101, Architect

 

4. Michael DeBakey, 100 Doctor

 

5. Miep Gies, 99 Holacaust Hero

 

6. Norman Wisdom, 93 comedian

 

7. Gordon Hinckley, President of the Mormon Church

 

8. Billy Graham, 90, evangelist

 

9. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 91, Zsa Zsa

 

10. Abigail Van Buren, 90, columnist

 

11. I.M. Pei, 91, Architect

 

12. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, 90, Author

 

13. Betty Ford, 90, clinic owner

 

14. Walter Cronkite, 92, Journalist

 

15. Charlton Heston, 85, Actor

 

16. Ariel Sharon, 80, Ex-Israeli PM

 

17. Mark Felt, 95, Deep Throat

 

18. Kirk Douglas, 92, Actor

 

19. Luise Rainier, 98, Actress

 

20. Gloria Stuart, 98, Actress

 

21. David Rockefeller, 93, Buisness Tycoon

 

22. Milvina Dean, 96, Last Titanic Survivor

 

23. Phyllis Diller, 91, Comedian

 

24. Yashuiro Nakasone, 90 EX-Japanese PM

 

25. Elizabeth Taylor, 76, wife

 

26. Sargent Shriver, 93, politician

 

27. Harold Pinter, 78, playwright

 

28. Ricardo Montalban, 87, actor

 

29. Louis Farahkan, 76, wacko

 

30. Michael Foot, 95, tramp

 

31. Sid Caesar, 86, comedian

 

32. Fidel Castro, 82, Dictator

 

33. Ray Bradbury, 88 Author

 

34. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 87, Special Olympics Founder

 

35. John Demanjuk, 97, Nazi

 

36. Yitzak Shamir, 93, Ex-Israeli PM

 

37. Ronnie Biggs, 79, Ambassador

 

38. Barbara Billingsley, 92, June Cleaver

 

39. Eddy Arnold, 90, singer

 

40. Muhammed Ali, 66, Boxer

 

41. John Glenn, 87, Astronaut

 

42. Sir Edmund Hilleary, 91, Explorer

 

43. Henry Kissinger, 85, Diplomat

 

44. Annette Funicello, 66, Mouseketeer

 

45. Mike Wallace, 90, Journalist

 

46. Margaret Thatcher, 83, Milk Snatcher

 

47. Nancy Reagan, 87, Former U.S. First Lady

 

48. Dino DeLaurentis, 90, Producer

 

49. Mitch Miller, 97, Singer

 

50. Clive Dunn, 86, Deathlist Favorite

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Aye some good choices in there. Then again, I think Ariel Sharon is a better bet than - say - Thatcher or Muhammad Ali.

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These are 50 names that I have researched. They cover areas of sports, entertainment, exploration, politics, crime,etc. For the most part they are quite elderly and fairly well-known. So I figured I would try them out as a sample deathlist for '08. Tell me what you think.

 

1. Phyllis A. Whitney, 105 Author

 

2. Albert Hoffman, 102 LSD Inventor

 

3. Oscar Niemeyer, 101, Architect

 

4. Michael DeBakey, 100 Doctor

 

5. Miep Gies, 99 Holacaust Hero

 

6. Norman Wisdom, 93 comedian

 

7. Gordon Hinckley, President of the Mormon Church

 

8. Billy Graham, 90, evangelist

 

9. Zsa Zsa Gabor, 91, Zsa Zsa

 

10. Abigail Van Buren, 90, columnist

 

11. I.M. Pei, 91, Architect

 

12. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, 90, Author

 

13. Betty Ford, 90, clinic owner

 

14. Walter Cronkite, 92, Journalist

 

15. CHarlton Heston, 85, Actor

 

16. Ronnie Biggs, 79, Ambassador

 

17. Mark Felt, 95, Deep Throat

 

18. Kirk Douglas, 92, Actor

 

19. Luise Rainier, 98, Actress

 

20. Gloria Stuart, 98, Actress

 

21. David Rockefeller, 93, Buisness Tycoon

 

22. Milvina Dean, 96, Last Titanic Survivor

 

23. Phyllis Diller, 91, Comedian

 

24. Yashuiro Nakasone, 90 EX-Japanese PM

 

25. Elizabeth Taylor, 76, wife

 

26. Sargent Shriver, 93, politician

 

27. Harold Pinter, 78, playwright

 

28. Ricardo Montalban, 87, actor

 

29. Louis Farahkan, 76, wacko

 

30. Michael Foot, 95, tramp

 

31. Sid Caesar, 86, comedian

 

32. Fidel Castro, 82, Dictator

 

33. Ray Bradbury, 88 Author

 

34. Beverly Cleary, 92, Author

 

35. John Demanjuk, 97, Nazi

 

36. Yitzak Shamir, 93, Ex-Israeli PM

 

37. Ronnie Biggs, 79, Ambassador

 

38. Barbara Billingsley, 92, June Cleaver

 

39. Eddy Arnold, 90, singer

 

40. Muhammed Ali, 66, Boxer

 

41. John Glenn, 87, Astronaut

 

42. Sir Edmund Hilleary, 91, Explorer

 

43. Henry Kissinger, 85, Diplomat

 

44. Annette Funicello, 66, Mouseketeer

 

45. Mike Wallace, 90, Journalist

 

46. Margaret Thatcher, 83, Milk Snatcher

 

47. Nancy Reagan, 87, Former U.S. First Lady

 

48. Dino DeLaurentis, 90, Producer

 

49. Mitch Miller, 97, Singer

 

50. Clive Dunn, 86, Deathlist Favorite

 

Good. Now put them on your signature on January 1st 2008 and we'll be able to see how you do in the coming year... :lol:

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Ronnie Biggs, 79, Ambassador on twice.

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Ronnie Biggs, 79, Ambassador on twice.

 

Thanks, I'll put Ariel Sharon in for one of the Ronnie Biggs'.

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Some interesting names, as well as some familiar ones and a few from the pages of 'Who's That'.

 

My point is that there is a problem with choosing lots of really old people on the sole basis of their age. Statistically, anyone in their nineties has a better than even chance of seeing through the next twelve months. Take Walter Cronkite - he's pretty spry for 92, and average life expectancy at his age is 96 plus. Likewise John Glenn, who at 86, should easily get past 90. Even Oscar Niemeyer would, on average, see 103.

 

Let's get some younger blood in. And out.

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Estelle Getty, Sydney Pollack, Sidney Lumet?

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Estelle Getty, Sydney Pollack, Sidney Lumet?

 

I don't know about Sydney Lumet. I was watched him receive the 'Lifetime Achievement' award recently (A year or two ago) and he looked like he could be around for another decade. This Estelle Getty (who seriously) played like a ninety year old woman twenty years ago might be a one way ticket. Sydney Pollack is one of those that drive me to debate because I can't find a reliable source that contains information relating to his so called 'cancer'. So who knows.

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Replace Margaret Thatcher with Arthur C. Clarke as well. I think the latter is much more likely to die than the former in 2008.

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I am considering removing Sargent Shriver from my "potential list" and replacing him with his wife Eunice. There have been no media reports of her being released yet from the hospital since she was first admitted over a month ago. She has had numerous health problems. At the age of 86, Eunice Shriver is probably famous enough to warrant the list since she is the founder of the Special Olympics.

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I am considering removing Sargent Shriver from my "potential list" and replacing him with his wife Eunice. There have been no media reports of her being released yet from the hospital since she was first admitted over a month ago. She has had numerous health problems. At the age of 86, Eunice Shriver is probably famous enough to warrant the list since she is the founder of the Special Olympics.

 

Never mind, I kept Sarge on and replaced Beverly Cleary with Eunice.

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