Most Significant Death Of Each Month

[Sir Creep 7,070]

I hear that. No one worth a shit and four people of extreme note in 6 hours. Dusty Rhodes for me hurts the worst....just cuz I expected CLee to die at some point. I'd have named 10 wrestlers I'd expect to die before Dusty

SC

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

Yet another thread I can't believe has died and withered.

2015 (so far): Reasons are personal and contradict each other on a monthly basis and that's ok it's my list my rules. "Most Significant" can mean a lot of things, but in general if the wind got taken outta my sails for a brief moment, I felt real sadness and that's 'significance'. Otoh my DPs were all sassy with points when Givens died, and it was an I Told You So moment and this my greatest pick in DP so far, and thus significant. I also love those goofy people we didn't know about but who impacted our lives, so June for instance I only have one person worth a damn and it's the inventor of the hula hoop, which is significant. My rules my list.

Jan - Edgar Froese; Donna Douglas / Ernie Banks

Feb - Ahmad Givens; Leonard Nimoy / Dean Smith

Mar - Sam Simon; Gene Patton / Michael Graves

Apr - Percy Sledge; Jonathan Crombie / Gary Dahl / Albert Taubman

May - BB King and Marques Haynes (tie); Rutger Gunnarsson

June (so far) - Horst Brandstaetter

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SirC

 

The only people who care about months are tax inspectors, astrologers and period-havers.

Just post your damned list DrZ

SC

[Dr_T 254]

Hi Everyone,

 

I like this idea but it might be something best left till the end of the year. I might complete the 2015 list while I wait for my wife to get ready for a New Year's Eve party. For what it's worth here is my list up till May. Hadn't really noticed but it has been a pretty slow year, very few showstoppers on this list. Personally, the most significant of the year is Richie Benaud.

 

January - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

February - Leonard Nimoy

March - Terry Pratchett

April - Richie Benaud

May - B.B. King

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Agreed re: end of year I just wanted to get a few months outta the way. For me, Edgar Froese is the biggest death this year this far....broke my heart to hear it. Hopefully it stays that way but if/when Chris Squire goes I will literally cry.

SC

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Agreed re: end of year I just wanted to et a few months outta the way. For me Edgar Froese is the biggest death this year this far....broke my heart to hear it. Hopefully it stays that way but if/when Chris Squire goes I will literally cry.

SC

Updating June then...

[RadGuy 1,614]

January: Mario Cuomo

February: Leonard Nimoy

March: Lee Kuan Yew

April: Percy Sledge

May: B.B. King

June: Christopher Lee

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

January: king adullah

February: Leonard nimroy

March: Lee kuan yew

Aprill Percy sledge

May: b.b king

June: Christopher Lee

[Dr_T 254]

Is it just my imagination (or perspective), or has October been a very lean month for notable deaths?

[Guest Guest]

Is it just my imagination (or perspective), or has October been a very lean month for notable deaths?

Denis Healey and Geoffrey Howe? this is the biggest month of the year for UK deaths !

[Dr_T 254]

Again, taking a bit of an international perspective....if the most significant deaths of the month are a couple of ex-Chancellors of the Exchequer, it has been a pretty lean month.

 

So to update my personal list for the year (trying my best to be objective but with natural biases due to geography and personal interests), here is my list for the year to date:

 

January - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

February - Leonard Nimoy

March - Terry Pratchett

April - Richie Benaud

May - B.B. King

June - Christopher Lee

July - Omar Sharif

August - Cilla Black

September - Jackie Collins

 

Really quite a slow year.

[JiroemonKimura 95]

January: King Abdullah

February: Leonard Nimoy

March: Lee Kuan Yew

April: Günter Grass

May: B. B. King

June: Christopher Lee

July: Sir Nicholas Winton

August: Oliver Sacks

September: Yogi Berra

[Yvonne 360]

January Anne Kirkbride

February Leonard Nimoy

March Terry Pratchett

April Keith Harris

May Errol Brown

June Christopher Lee

July Cecil the Lion

August Cilla

September Jackie Collins

October Brenda

November Warren Mitchell

December Robert Loggia

[Paul Bearer 6,101]

Welcome back Yvonne!

[The Unknown Man 584]

Here is mine for 2015:

 

January: King Abdullah

February: Leonard Nimoy

March: Sam Simon

April: Percy Sledge

May: BB King

June: Patrick Macnee

July: Bobbi Kristina Brown

August: Oliver Sacks

September: Yogi Berra

October: Maureen O'Hara

November: Helmut Schmidt

December: Scott Weiland

[msc 18,437]

From a personal POV

 

January - Brian Clemens

February - Leonard Nimoy

March - Malcolm Fraser

April - Ben E King

May - BB King

June - Charles Kennedy/Christopher Lee/Dusty Rhodes/Patrick Macnee (tie)

July - Roddy Piper

August - Frances Kelsey

September - John Guillermin (he directed The Towering Inferno)

October - Denis Healey

November - Jonah Lomu

December - Jimmy Hill

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

From a personal POV

 

January - Brian Clemens

February - Leonard Nimoy

March - Malcolm Fraser

April - Ben E King

May - BB King

June - Charles Kennedy/Christopher Lee/Dusty Rhodes/Patrick Macnee (tie)

July - Roddy Piper

August - Frances Kelsey

September - John Guillermin (he directed The Towering Inferno)

October - Denis Healey

November - Jonah Lomu

December - Jimmy Hill

Agree apart from:

June - Christopher Lee

September - Jackie Collins

December - Lemmy

[Eesti 151]

January - King Abdullah

February - Boris Nemchov

March - Terry Pratchett

April - Percey Sledge
May - B.B. King
June - Christopher Lee
July - Jules Bianchi
August - Cilla Black
September - Yogi Berra

October - Maureen O'Hara

November - Helmut Schmidt

December - Lemmy

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Yet another thread I can't believe has died and withered.

2015 (so far): Reasons are personal and contradict each other on a monthly basis and that's ok it's my list my rules. "Most Significant" can mean a lot of things...

 

Jan - Edgar Froese; Donna Douglas / Ernie Banks

Feb - Ahmad Givens; Leonard Nimoy / Dean Smith

Mar - Sam Simon; Gene Patton / Michael Graves

Apr - Percy Sledge; Jonathan Crombie / Gary Dahl / Albert Taubman

May - BB King and Marques Haynes (tie); Rutger Gunnarsson

June - Chris Squire; Horst Brandstaetter

July - Rowdy Roddy Piper; Master Gee / Charlie Sanders / Kathleen Snavely

Aug - ​​Vincent Maotta Sr.; Yvonne Craig / Bud Yorkin / Herbert Wise

Sept - Yogi Berra; Daniel Thompson / Phil Woods​

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SirC

Oct - Paul Prudhomme, Flip Saunders, Maureen O'Hara

Nov - None. Helmut Schmidt and Chalabi I guess.

Dec - Meadowlark Lemon, Nicholas Smith, Lemmy

 

Top 3: Chris Squire, Edgar Froese, Rowdy Roddy Piper.

 

RIP to Chris Squire one last time; easily my Most Significant death of the Year, 2015.

SC

[Handrejka 1,903]

This is purely from a personal point of view so no trolling.

 

January - Rod Taylor

February - Leonard Nimoy

March- Peter Tarsey (he banked with us and I spoke to him a few times) *

April - Gunther Grass

May- Ruth Rendell

June - Patrick MacNee

July - Sir Nicholas Winton

August - Oliver Sachs

September - Catherine E Coulson

October - Denis Healey/Geoffrey Howe

November - Helmut Schmidt

December - Wayne Rogers

 

* Data Protection doesn't extend to dead people so I'm not breaching anything by mentioning this.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

My list so far

January: David Bowie

February: Harper Lee

March: George Martin

April: Prince

May: Margot Honecker (one of the 2 worst months that far)

June: Muhammad Ali

July: Piet De Jong (the other month that doesn't have a great death thus far)

August: Gene Wilder

September: Arnold Palmer

[drol 11,923]

My list so far

January: David Bowie

February: Harper Lee

March: George Martin

April: Prince

May: Margot Honecker (one of the 2 worst months that far)

June: Muhammad Ali

July: Piet De Jong (the other month that doesn't have a great death thus far)

August: Gene Wilder

September (so far): Alexis Arquette

We were lucky here. We had Marco Pannella in May and Anna Marchesini/Bernardo Provenzano in July. I would say Islom Karimov rather than Arquette for September.

[Yvonne 360]

My most significant for 2016

 

January David Bowie

 

February George Kennedy

 

March George Martin

 

April Victoria Wood

 

May Carla Lane and Harambe

 

June Jo Cox

 

July Caroline Aherne

 

August Brian Rix

 

September Arnold Palmer

 

October Jean Alexander

 

November Robert Vaughan

 

December Greg Lake and George Michael

[Handrejka 1,903]

I'm surprised you didn't choose Harambe, Yvonne.

[Yvonne 360]

I'm surprised you didn't choose Harambe, Yvonne.

I would but thought I would get a slap on the wrist - Happy New Year

[The Unknown Man 584]

Here's mine for 2016:

 

January: David Bowie

February: Boutros Boutros-Ghali

March: Martin Crowe

April: Prince

May: Morley Safer

June: Christina Grimmie

July: Caroline Aherne

August: Gene Wilder

September: Shimon Peres

October: Bhumibol Adulyadej

November: Fidel Castro

December: George Michael