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Gene Colan - American comic book artist, dying of liver failure.

 

Uh... or attending comic book conventions... quite a step up from being almost dead in May... I'll wait to see if he actually makes the convention before I take him off the list...

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Jennifer Jones, I think she could be a good bet. I dont believe she has been mentioned before. She will be 89 next year, and as an Oscar winner she is certainly famous enougth. Seeing as Deathlist usually has one or two ancient HollyWood luminaries on the list, why not take a punt on her. I really hope instead of Olivis Dehavilland the list features either Gloria Stuart, Luise Rainer, Phyllis Diller, Maureen Ohara, Lena Horne or Jona Fontaine. Jane Wyman was really a missed opportunity this year!

 

Btw can anyone thing of any more famous Hollywood actresses still alive from the thirties or fourties, who are over 85!

 

Off the top of my Anita Page is the obvious one, there's also Jane Russell, Katherine Grayson, Deanna Durbin. Nova Pilbeam though I'm not convinced about her.

 

Dead

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Iain McColl, - Scottish actor, now with a host of legal and cancer problems

 

Ian McColl is considering seeking refuge in a monastery in an attempt to overcome his personal difficulties. He also talks of his multiple myeloma bone cancer, which is currently under control.

 

He was also beaten up by his ex-girlfriend and her daughter recently.

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Gene Colan - American comic book artist, dying of liver failure.

 

Uh... or attending comic book conventions... quite a step up from being almost dead in May... I'll wait to see if he actually makes the convention before I take him off the list...

 

He actually didn't, although he cited "back problems" as the cause...

 

Removed four deceased individuals... only did a brief scan, so let me know if I missed any. Will update this list with new names probably next weekend.

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He actually didn't, although he cited "back problems" as the cause...

 

That's the same excuse, Doris Lessing had for not attending at the Nobel Prize Awarding ceremony...

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Phil Hill - racing driver, becoming increasingly frail & in ill-health.

 

Phil Hill died on August 28, 2008. His name should be removed from the list as well.

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Phil Hill - racing driver, becoming increasingly frail & in ill-health.

 

Phil Hill died on August 28, 2008. His name should be removed from the list as well.

 

Removed, along with Eddie Thompson and Levi Stubbs. I'll do a fuller update, uh, eventually.

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Phil Hill - racing driver, becoming increasingly frail & in ill-health.

 

Phil Hill died on August 28, 2008. His name should be removed from the list as well.

 

Removed, along with Eddie Thompson and Levi Stubbs. I'll do a fuller update, uh, eventually.

 

 

and Nigel Plews....

 

:)

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Phil Hill - racing driver, becoming increasingly frail & in ill-health.

 

Phil Hill died on August 28, 2008. His name should be removed from the list as well.

 

Removed, along with Eddie Thompson and Levi Stubbs. I'll do a fuller update, uh, eventually.

 

 

and Nigel Plews....

 

:)

 

And Mr. Blackwell too.

 

:)

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Six weeks to go and there's been little discussion on what should/would be on the Deathlist 2009. I mean, it's kind of the point of this forum isn't it?

You could point to the Ideas and Possibilities thread, but that's now a rolling news module on the sick and dying, not actual debate on who should or shouldn't be on the list.

 

And I suspect there's a few cards placed on chests with the DDP also set for renewal on the same day.

 

I'm going to start the ball rolling on some genuine possibles, bearing in the mind the criteria for DL.

 

Godfrey Rampling (b. 1909) - Father of actress Charlotte and the oldest living Olympic Gold Medalist (1936 4x400m relay)

Kim Il Jong (b. 1941) - Suspiciously photographed North Korean dictator.

Nancy Reagan (b. 1921) - a better bet than Betty Ford I would say at this time...

Patrick Swayze (b. 1955) - chances not great, although he's bearing well.

Edwin Morgan (b. 1920) - Scottish Poet Laureate. Has had Prostate Cancer for years

Norman Wisdom (b. 1915) - Suffering from Dementia, 94 in February...

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Dear TMIB: I hate you man! You stole my idea! Nah, it's alright. I was going to create a thread with a poll involving all of the prime candidates but you beat me to it. I will endorse the following names:

 

Senator Ted Kennedy

Patrick Swayze

Corazon Aquino

Johannes Heesters

Peter Quaife

General Jaruzelski

Robert Sargent Shriver

Vo Nguyen Giap

Annette Funicello

Gough Whitlam

Phyllis Diller

Václav Havel

Edwin Morgan

Chuck Berry

Allain Robert

Robert Novak

Than Shwe

 

These are all Deathlist material.

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I hate to drop this bombshell, but I agree with Banshees on Swayze and Diller.

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Kenny Richie

Gazza

Alain Robert

Kim Il Jong

Wendy Richard

Desmond Tutu

Alex Higgins

Sir John Mortimer

Sister Wendy Beckett

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Humor me....add Amy Winehouse.

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I would add:

 

Lena Horne and Walter Cronkite, stick with Lom and Douglas but get rid of Russell Watson - he's been a big disappointment this year. Bill Pertwee could be worth a shot to keep Clive Dunn company. Of course I would also like to see Mollie Sugden there. I like DDT's names.

 

 

I don't think Rampling is big enough for the DL and I don't think much to having a Kink on the list.

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Dear TMIB: I hate you man! You stole my idea! Nah, it's alright. I was going to create a thread with a poll involving all of the prime candidates but you beat me to it. I will endorse the following names:

 

Senator Ted Kennedy

Patrick Swayze

Corazon Aquino

Johannes Heesters

Peter Quaife

General Jaruzelski

Robert Sargent Shriver

Vo Nguyen Giap

Annette Funicello

Gough Whitlam

Phyllis Diller

Václav Havel

Edwin Morgan

Chuck Berry

Allain Robert

Robert Novak

Than Shwe

 

These are all Deathlist material.

 

I agree that Jaruzelski should make a return appearence.

Is Peter Quaife ill? I've not really been keeping up with this lately.

 

Other suggestions I would make

 

Helmut Schmidt

Bettie Page

Sir John Mortimer

Alan Sillitoe

Richard Kiel

George Blake

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Unless I am missing the point here, I thought the deathlist was all about the committee completely ignoring everyone's random suggestions and going ip dip dog sh*t on the beer fuelled night in question that such a list might be drawn up. Maybe the lack of discussion is a sign people have decided to just let those founding fathers from Warwick* still in contact to do, what is after all, "their thang".

 

But if you could see your way clear to putting Any one Pompey fan on the list, I'd be ecstatic. They are famous. Famous for being complete chavvy bastards.

 

 

*pronounced Warrick for our friends over the pond, now go work on Leicester

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Peter Quaife, the founding member of the Kinks, has been suffering from renal failure since 1998. A quality pick in my view. I also agree that Sir John Mortimer is worth the risk but I'm unaware of his fame status. Does he have Alzheimers or is it just me?

 

Wendy Richard might be a little obvious for the commitee and Walter Cronkite has been in decent health. Selecting all these names is almost like playing chess. :D

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Peter Quaife, the founding member of the Kinks, has been suffering from renal failure since 1998. A quality pick in my view. I also agree that Sir John Mortimer is worth the risk but I'm unaware of his fame status. Does he have Alzheimers or is it just me?

 

Wendy Richard might be a little obvious for the commitee and Walter Cronkite has been in decent health. Selecting all these names is almost like playing chess. :D

 

John Mortimer was a lawyer who represented the publishers of Oz magazine, who in 1971 were charged with obsenity. He also represented the Sex Pistols in 1977 regarding the flap over their album title Never Mind the Bollocks. By then, he had become known in Britain for the 'Rumpole of the Bailey' TV series which he wrote, which starred Leo McKern as an irascible but likeable barrister. Bit of a champagne socialist and womaniser...

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Take Eli Wallach off the Deathlist, firstly.

 

Add/Keep:

Wendy Richard

Basil D'Oliveira

Sir John Mortimer

Little Richard

Helmut Kohl

Edwin Morgan

Wojeciech Jaruzelski

Annette Funicello

Eunice Kennedy Shriver & Robert Sargent Shriver (husband & wife hit)

Alberto Fujimori

Jade Goody

King Sihanouk

Amy Winehouse

Farrah Fawcett

Sir Cyril Smith

Ted Kennedy

Kenny Richey

Gough Whitlam

James Garner

 

All of the above are good DL material because they are famous enough, but most should have more exciting threads potentially then the likes of de Laurentiis or Lom...

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Okay, here are my suggestions for 2009:

 

Add:

Patrick Swayze

Corazon Aquino

Amy Winehouse

Barbara Kent

Margaret Thatcher

Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Robert Novak

Severiano Ballesteros

Little Richard

Senator Edward Kennedy

Than Shwe

Lena Horne

Larry Hagman

Annette Funicello

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Helmut Schmidt

Nelson Mandela

Kim Jong Il

Robert Sargent Shriver

 

Keep:

Fidel Castro

Ariel Sharon

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Basil D'Oliveira

Bobby Robson

Liz Taylor

Ronnie Biggs

Claude Levi-Strauss

Betty Ford

Rev. Billy Graham

W. Mark Felt

Herbert Lom

Oscar Niemeyer

Dino De Laurentiis

J.D. Salinger

Vera Lynn

Patrick Moore

Harold Pinter

Chapman Pincher

Cyril Smith

Jake Lamotta

Karl Malden

Michael Foot

Yitzhak Shamir

Clive Dunn

 

Remove:

Eli Wallach (I agree with Mr. Odstock)

Russell Watson

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Six weeks to go and there's been little discussion on what should/would be on the Deathlist 2009. I mean, it's kind of the point of this forum isn't it?

You could point to the Ideas and Possibilities thread, but that's now a rolling news module on the sick and dying, not actual debate on who should or shouldn't be on the list.

 

And I suspect there's a few cards placed on chests with the DDP also set for renewal on the same day.

 

I'm going to start the ball rolling on some genuine possibles, bearing in the mind the criteria for DL.

 

Godfrey Rampling (b. 1909) - Father of actress Charlotte and the oldest living Olympic Gold Medalist (1936 4x400m relay)

Kim Il Jong (b. 1941) - Suspiciously photographed North Korean dictator.

Nancy Reagan (b. 1921) - a better bet than Betty Ford I would say at this time...

Patrick Swayze (b. 1955) - chances not great, although he's bearing well.

Edwin Morgan (b. 1920) - Scottish Poet Laureate. Has had Prostate Cancer for years

Norman Wisdom (b. 1915) - Suffering from Dementia, 94 in February...

Six weeks to go and there's been little discussion on what should/would be on the Deathlist 2009. I mean, it's kind of the point of this forum isn't it?

You could point to the Ideas and Possibilities thread, but that's now a rolling news module on the sick and dying, not actual debate on who should or shouldn't be on the list.

 

And I suspect there's a few cards placed on chests with the DDP also set for renewal on the same day.

 

I'm going to start the ball rolling on some genuine possibles, bearing in the mind the criteria for DL.

 

Godfrey Rampling (b. 1909) - Father of actress Charlotte and the oldest living Olympic Gold Medalist (1936 4x400m relay)

Kim Il Jong (b. 1941) - Suspiciously photographed North Korean dictator.

Nancy Reagan (b. 1921) - a better bet than Betty Ford I would say at this time...

Patrick Swayze (b. 1955) - chances not great, although he's bearing well.

Edwin Morgan (b. 1920) - Scottish Poet Laureate. Has had Prostate Cancer for years

Norman Wisdom (b. 1915) - Suffering from Dementia, 94 in February...

Too late for Reg Varney, won me £78 on our dead pool.

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My nominees for 2009:

 

Kim Jong-il

Fidel Castro

Ariel Sharon

Billy Graham

Margaret Thatcher

Farrah Fawcett

Amy Winehouse

Annette Funicello

Elizabeth Taylor

Little Richard

Tony Curtis

Kirk Douglas

John Wooden

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Gloria Stuart

Nelson Mandela

Forrest J. Ackerman

Robert Novak

Patrick Swayze (I say this with a heavy heart)

James Garner (I also say this with a heavy heart; love the actor, he's so talented)

 

Wildcard picks:

Ed McMahon

Jan-Michael Vincent

Elizabeth Edwards

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