Each Year's Most Significant Death.

[The Unknown Man 584]

2 hours ago, theoldlady said:

Who will be the most significant Death this year? 

I'm saying Burt Reynolds.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Stan Lee. 

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

If only we had a thread titled Each Year's Most Significant Death.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

5 minutes ago, Cat O'Falk said:

If only we had a thread titled Each Year's Most Significant Death.

FFS, don't start all of that bollocks Cat, you will only encourage the fucktards of the forum.

[Cat O'Falk 3,290]

3 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:

FFS, don't start all of that bollocks Cat, you will only encourage the fucktards of the forum.

 

Hey, I'm the appointed 'thread police' (I don't know which mod did that, own up whoever you are ), it's my job!

Since Hein disappeared () nothing gets moved by the mods to the correct thread. 

[ImissMontpellier 73]

As a French girl I'd say Charles Aznavour, maybe one of the greatest artists of the past century.

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

1 hour ago, ImissMontpellier said:

As a French girl I'd say Charles Aznavour, maybe one of the greatest artists of the past century.

Fascinating.  What would you say as a middle-aged Canadian male?

[FixedBusiness 407]

56 minutes ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

Fascinating.  What would you say as a middle-aged Canadian male?

As a teenage Canadian male, it's probably going to be one of the big names like Stan Lee or Dolores O'Riordan (actually, funnily enough, Dolores did have a home for a time in Canada). I can't think of any huge Canadian name that passed this year off the top of my head like last year we had 2 massive ones (Downie and John Dunsworth).

 

Stephen Hawking is also a really good bet in my opinion, but I'm basing this all off of cultural phenomenons; Hawking was alluded to in SO many television shows, movies, you name it.

 

There's just my two cents on this topic .

[the_engineer 1,415]

Without doubt stan lee. I'm not a comic book / superhero fan (accept maybe for batman) but his impact on popular culture and his creation of iconic characters is up there.

 

However there's always one big death in december. So we'll see.

[DeathClock 379]

Ummmm...Doris Day???

[theoldlady 2,297]

Robert Mugabe perhaps? (In Norway: Ari Behn - the ex-husband of Norway’s Princess Martha Louise. He killed himself on Christmas Day and there has been non-stop coverage ever since - most likely lasting until his funeral Friday 3. January.)

[Lafaucheuse 4,045]

Jacques Chirac un France definitely

[Redrumours 860]

John Mccririck.

[Etushispushingupdaisies 136]

Worldwide: Karl Lagerfeld or Peter Fonda

In Russia: Yuliya Nachalova (38-year-old pop singer, had gout, SLE and diabetes, died of a cerebral edema, has left a 12-year-old daughter behind).

[TQR 14,386]

Leah Bracknell.

[paddyfool 379]

Skimming through this list https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/xmE66MrmQT/2019-notable-deaths, it's hard to pick out one figure who overshadows all the others. You could ask 5 people and get 5 different answers. 

 

Although Peter Mayhew stood literally head and shoulders above most people on that list...

[gcreptile 10,966]

Tough year, I don't know if there was any A+ death. A- yes, tons of B-list people, probably even more than average, if you look at all the dead drol favourites and DDP hits.

But whose death was in the news for more than a day?

Lagerfeld, Doris Day, Mugabe maybe.

Let's be honest, the most covered deaths were al-Baghdadi and especially Jeffrey Epstein.

 

For me personally, Scott Walker. 

[msc 18,438]

2 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Tough year, I don't know if there was any A+ death. A- yes, tons of B-list people, probably even more than average, if you look at all the dead drol favourites and DDP hits.

But whose death was in the news for more than a day?

Lagerfeld, Doris Day, Mugabe maybe.

Let's be honest, the most covered deaths were al-Baghdadi and especially Jeffrey Epstein.

 

For me personally, Scott Walker. 

 

Doris Day and Albert Finney feel like the "biggest" deaths of 2019.

 

But the wonderful duo of Judith Kerr and Terrance Dicks were by far the most effecting losses for me.

[Death Impends 7,963]

On a personal level for me, Caroll Spinney.

[dean1991 116]

Keith Flint 

[ImissMontpellier 73]

In France, Jacques Chirac obviously

[Toast 16,131]

Grumpy Cat

[ebless 203]

Doris Day then Robert Mugabe in terms of notability but Jeffrey Epstein then Keith Flint in terms of coverage.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

30 minutes ago, ebless said:

Doris Day then Robert Mugabe in terms of notability but Jeffrey Epstein then Keith Flint in terms of coverage.

Chirac and Hawke in their homelands as well.

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

2 hours ago, Toast said:

Grumpy Cat

Seems logical.