Most Significant Death Of Each Month

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January: JD Salinger

February: Alexander Haig

March: Peter Graves

April: Lech Kaczyński

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: Alex Higgins

August:Patricia Neil

September:Tony Curtis

October:Paul the Octopus

[Handrejka 1,904]

January: JD Salinger

February: Alexander Haig

March: Peter Graves

April: Lech Kaczyński

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: Alex Higgins

August:Patricia Neil

September:Tony Curtis

October:Paul the Octopus

 

 

Fuck off. No way is that creature's death more significant Norman Wisdom's.

[themaninblack 2,112]

January: JD Salinger

February: Alexander Haig

March: Peter Graves

April: Lech Kaczyński

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: Alex Higgins

August:Patricia Neil

September:Tony Curtis

October:Paul the Octopus

 

 

Fuck off. No way is that creature's death more significant Norman Wisdom's.

 

Or indeed Dame Joan Sutherland's...

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January: JD Salinger

February: Alexander Haig

March: Peter Graves

April: Lech Kaczyński

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: Alex Higgins

August:Patricia Neil

September:Tony Curtis

October:Paul the Octopus

 

 

Fuck off. No way is that creature's death more significant Norman Wisdom's.

 

Or indeed Dame Joan Sutherland's...

 

Or Billy Jones.

 

Talented musician and a good friend of mine, way too young (67).

[Windsor 2,233]

January: JD Salinger

February: Alexander Haig

March: Peter Graves

April: Lech Kaczyński

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: Alex Higgins

August:Patricia Neil

September:Tony Curtis

October:Paul the Octopus

 

 

Fuck off. No way is that creature's death more significant Norman Wisdom's.

 

Or indeed Dame Joan Sutherland's...

 

Or Billy Jones.

 

Talented musician and a good friend of mine, way too young (67).

 

This is why 'Most Significant Death' stuff is a waste of time. It's impossible for people to agree on who is the most significant.

 

1. JD Salinger did fuck all for 30 years.

2. Alexander Haig had been retired for about 20 odd years.

3. Peter who?

4. Lech who?

5. Are actors really that significant?

6. Just because you hang about long enough it doesn't make you more significant.

7. Alchoholic

8. Didn't she win something in the 50s?

9. Are actors really that significant?

10. It isn't even a squid!

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Jan:J.D. Salinger

Feb:John Dankworth (slow month)

Mar:Corey Haim

Apr:Lech Kaczyński

May:Dennis Hopper

Jun:Robert Bryd

Jul:Alex Higgins

Aug:Patrica Neal

Sep:Tony Curtis

Oct:Norman Wisdom

Nov:Leslie Neilson

[thefunkyfaz 51]

The most significant (albeit non-famous) death in 2010 for me was my Dad, on 1 September. It made me reflect on the fact that every time we (or the Deathlist) score a hit there will be a family somewhere mourning their deceased loved one, just as I was.

 

Then two days later Cyril Smith died, giving me some much needed points on the DDP, which cheered me up no end.

 

Not sure if that's good or bad really...

[Yvonne 361]

January - Jean Simmonds

February - Yvonne Clech

March - Michael Foot

April - John Forsythe

May - Lynn Redgrave

June - Jimmy Dean

July - Gilly Coman

August - Jack Parnell

September - Tony Curtis

October - Norman Wisdom

November - Leslie Nielsen

December - Neva Patterson

[Guest eleanora]

The most significant death in December 2010 is that of Bobby Farrell. RIP Daddy Cool

[The Unknown Man 585]

My guesses:

 

January: Jean Simmons

February: Kathryn Grayson

March: Corey Haim

April: Dixie Carter

May: Dennis Hopper

June: Robert Byrd

July: George Steinbrenner

August: Patricia Neal

September: Tony Curtis

October: Barbara Billingsley

November: Leslie Nielsen

December: Blake Edwards

[Mr.3374 1]

Over the year, it was Nielson, Wisdom and Blake who hurt most.

Folks who had made me laugh, and can't again with new stuff.

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Jan:Salinger

Feb:Haig

Mar:Foot

Apr:Lech

May:Hopper

Jun:Neame

Jul:Higgins

Aug:Patrica Neal

Sep:Curtis

Oct:Wisdom

Nov:Neilson

Dec:(Blake) Edwards

[Boleyn 1]

I think it will be quite hard for Postlethwaite to be beaten for January 2011. But it is only the 3rd...

[Yvonne 361]

Here is my contribution for 2011 and please note that this is significant to me so no snide remarks please:

 

January: Susannah York

February: my Dad

March: my cat Spotty or Elizabeth Taylor

April: Trevor Bannister

May: Kathy Kirby

June: Peter Falk

July: Amy Winehouse

August: John Howard Davies

September: Andy Whitfield

October: Betty Driver

November: Ken Russell

December: Hickstead

 

Happy New Year all

[sympathyforthedevil 11]

The more universal list for 2011 would read something like:

 

January: Pete Postlethwaite or Gerry Rafferty

February: Jane Russell

March: Elizabeth Taylor

April: Sidney Lumet

May: Osama Bin Laden

June: Peter Falk

July: Amy Winehouse

August: John Howard Davies (really only because no-one else of note died in this month)

September: Cliff Robertson

October: Steve Jobs (narrowly beating Muammar Gaddafi)

November: Joe Frazier (for significance) or Gary Speed (for shock value)

December: Kim Jong-il

 

Most significant deaths of 2011 IMHO:

 

1. Bin Laden

2. Jobs

3= Gaddafi

3= Taylor

5. Winehouse

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Most significant death of 2011? Dennis Ritchie.

[sympathyforthedevil 11]

Most significant death of 2011? Dennis Ritchie.

 

Maybe "most influential person to have died who wasn't as famous as they should have been".

 

But not most significant.

[Phantom 2,533]

 

August: John Howard Davies (really only because no-one else of note died in this month)

 

 

I dunno, Len Ganley died that month I'd say the most significant death for that month though was Jerry Lieber

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Most significant death of 2011? Dennis Ritchie.

 

Maybe "most influential person to have died who wasn't as famous as they should have been".

 

But not most significant.

Depends on how you measure significant. Nearly everyone in the first world uses software written in C and some kind of Unix variant every day, mostly without realising it.

 

I'll grant he is not a household name/celeb though outside tech. circles so the death does not have the profile/shock value.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

On a different (and somewhat parochial note) note, I'll call Margaret Olley as the most significant Aussie death of the year - after all, she was already an extremely respected painter and artists normally just go up in esteem and influence once they are gone...

[Guest Guest]

For me the most signifigant deaths of 2011 were Nocholas Courtney and Liz Sladen.I'm a Doctor Who fan

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

what about Macho Man? He's a fairly big name.

[angryGreatness 96]

January: Pete Postlethwaite

February: Brian Jacques

March: Liz Taylor

April: Sidney Lumet

May: Gil Scott-Heron

June: Peter Falk

July: Betty Ford

August: Nancy Wake, I guess.

September: Cliff Robertson

October: Steve Jobs

November: Joe Frazier

December: Kim Jong-Il

[The Unknown Man 585]

January: Jack LaLanne

February: Jane Russell

March: Liz Taylor

April: Trevor Bannister

May: Jackie Cooper

June: Peter Falk

July: Betty Ford

August: Bubba Smith

September: Cliff Robertson

October: Steve Jobs

November: Joe Frazier

December: Harry Morgan

[Yvonne 361]

This is my submission for 2012

 

Etta James January

 

Whitney Houston February

 

Davy Jones March

 

Synchronised April

 

Robin Gibb May

 

Caroline John June

Eric Sykes July

 

Phylliss Diller August

 

Michael Clarke Duncan September

 

John Clive October

 

Larry Hagman November

 

Besse Cooper December