harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 14, 2012 I know there's still 55 shopping days to go, but I haven't started a thread in yonks. Try and limit your suggestions to 10, if you please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted November 14, 2012 Van Cliburn- Pianist- bone cancer Ray Price- Country Musician- Pancreatic Cancer Prince Phillip- Prince- Heart problems Bonnie Franklin- Actress- Pancreatic Cancer (May not get the UK obit) Mike Porcaro- Bassist (Toto)- Motor Neurone Disease (May not get UK obit, but then again, Fergie Frederiksen made it onto the list) I introduced Harper Lee to the DL community last year, hopefully the fact that she was an unsuccessful candidate won't deterrent people from considering the above-mentioned names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted November 14, 2012 OK, staying away from the litany of the terminally ill that are listed elsewhere in this forum, and picking people who a: I feel have a DL "feel" about them and b: we could have good fun with threads discussing them, updates every now and then, guys I think would be decent 2013 picks: Dennis Norden IM Pei Joao Havelange Giulio Andreotti Lawrence Ferlinghetti Doris Lessing Pete Seeger Maureen O'Hara Al Jaffee Lou Duva Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,982 Posted November 14, 2012 Leif Garrett-70s Teen Idol/Celebrity Rehab- Heroin/Cocaine addict Tinto Brass-Softcore Italian Film Director- Turns 80 next year Is Obese/Lifelong smoker and suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2010 Mary Tyler Moore-Actresss-Going blind and dying from heart and kidney problems Chris Woodhead-Chief Inspector of Schools-Diagnosed with ALS in 2006 Gough Whitlam -Former Australian Prime Minister-96 years old and allegedly close to death Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted November 14, 2012 Clever way to get DDP names for next year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,527 Posted November 14, 2012 Clever way to get DDP names for next year? The smart ones among us will start slowly leaking the names of people whose cancers are in remission over the next few months, except linking to the news article about their original diagnosis. This is known in DDP terms as the "Lee Evans Gambit". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted November 14, 2012 Here are my suggestions for Death List 2013: Maureen O'Hara Bonnie Franklin Van Cliburn Ray Price June Foray Yasuhiro Nakasone Clive James Michael Winner Penny Marshall Ryan Buell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 297 Posted November 14, 2012 I guess if we're going to list off old people for the sake of listing them, then I'll suggest: Irwin Corey (98 years old), David Rockafeller (97 years old) Giorgio Armani ('only' 78, but looks like a leathery cadaver- I suspect he'll be a skin-cancer victim), Dr. Henry Heimlich (Not much news on his health, but he turns 93), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (85, HAD cancer but it's in remission, now just senile with dementia) Terry Pratchett (64, but Alzheimer's is slowly taking it's toll, can't read or write on his own anymore, but he may still have a while yet) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 14, 2012 Clever way to get DDP names for next year? Nah, not for me anyway - pinching following DDT's suggestions has led me to three top 11 finishes in the last three years. Win or lose this time (and it's looking like the latter) 2012 is my swan song. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted November 14, 2012 Chopper Read (he is supposedly dying but who knows...) Gough Whitlam Prince Philip Robert Mugabe Michael Winner (even though he's probably attention seeking) Jeremy Thorpe Dora Bryan Lesley Phillips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted November 14, 2012 Clive James Yes, I agree Clive James ought to make an appearence. Terry Pratchett (64, but Alzheimer's is slowly taking it's toll, can't read or write on his own anymore, but he may still have a while yet) Much as it pains me, because he's a wonderful author and a nice bloke to boot, I agree that Pterry is DL material. I'm not sure 2013 will be his year, though, Alzheimer's is not a quick killer. The main reason for putting him on my DDP team is that he has made sounds rhyming with euthanasia. I am, of course, pants at predicting celeb deaths, mostly because I give not enough attention to actual life-threatening disease. Anyway, a few candidates I'd like to see on DL, even though many of them are in fine health: Giulio Andreotti (b. 1919), 41st Prime Minister of Italy Helmut Kohl (b. 1930), 6th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Viktor Korchnoi (b. 1931), Chess Grandmaster Li Peng (b. 1928), 4th Premier of the People's Republic of China Walter Scheel (b. 1919), 4th President of the Federal Republic of Germany regards, Hein 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted November 14, 2012 Trying to make it DL-esque Clive James Michael Winner Derek Thompson (Channel 4 horse racing presenter) Pete Doherty Bernie Nolan Van Cliburn Dora Bryan Sir Henry Cecil Ryan O'Neal Vo Nguyen Giap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted November 14, 2012 Joan Fontaine George H.W. Bush Jimmy Carter Luise Rainer Chuck Yeager Christopher Lee Don Pardo Doris Day Pete Seeger Mikhail Kalashnikov Ray Harryhausen John Paul Stevens Carol Channing Prince Philip In my opinion, DL names should be people who 1) Have a strong chance of dying this year and 2) Are famous enough to be known to the majority of the forum. I think some picks (Lom, Martin) were chosen just because they'd get an obit and they were very old, and as such when they died no obit was written because no one really knew who they were. I do agree with Cecil/Winner/James though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted November 14, 2012 The smart ones among us will start slowly leaking the names of people whose cancers are in remission over the next few months, except linking to the news article about their original diagnosis. This is known in DDP terms as the "Lee Evans Gambit". Ah, I fell for that last year. I wonder am sure if some suggestions already here are following that.line. Either that, or they know things no-one else does... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 14, 2012 The smart ones among us will start slowly leaking the names of people whose cancers are in remission over the next few months, except linking to the news article about their original diagnosis. This is known in DDP terms as the "Lee Evans Gambit". Ah, I fell for that last year. I wonder am sure if some suggestions already here are following that.line. Either that, or they know things no-one else does... Mea culpa. Aretha, Drew Carey in 2011, David 'who dat?' Cobham this year. All DDT subterfuge, so beware of the Devonian prince of darkness, people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 14, 2012 Chopper Read (he is supposedly dying but who knows...) Gough Whitlam Prince Philip Robert Mugabe Michael Winner (even though he's probably attention seeking) Jeremy Thorpe Dora Bryan Lesley Phillips If Chopper, Gough and Clive James all make the list, it will have a real Aussie flavour next year! EDIT: .... and Elizabeth Murdoch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 14, 2012 Joan Fontaine Any particular reason for swapping Olivia de Havilland out and replacing her with Joan Fontaine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted November 14, 2012 Why not have both and also have the brothers Ron and Ernie Isley. In fact why not have the Isley Brothers at number 49 and then not have the issue with thinking that we need to use the Clive Dunn memorial number 50 on the list. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted November 14, 2012 Clive James Mark 'Chopper' Read Bernie Nolan Reg Presley Michael Winner Henry Cecil Mary Wilson Elizabeth Murdoch Shaw Taylor Clarissa Eden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lewd_Squirrel 331 Posted November 15, 2012 Carla Laemmle - she'll 104 or something Ray Harryhausen Sindey Poitier Morgan Freeman Bobby Heenan Robert Guillaume Pope Benedict Malcom McDowell Kamala - former WWE wrestler Louis Anderson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted November 15, 2012 Joan Fontaine Any particular reason for swapping Olivia de Havilland out and replacing her with Joan Fontaine? Who says we can't have both? They have about the same chance of dying and are both equally famous. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted November 15, 2012 Ray Price's cancer is in remission so I wouldn't go with him despite it being pancreatic cancer. Clive James should probably go on but I'm not convinced he's terminally ill either, when all that news about him 'dying' came out he moved quickly to deny it and he's still writing regularly since then. I think Bert Trautmann would be a decent Deathlist pick myself... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted November 15, 2012 Bryce Courtenay is another naturalised Aussie who is dying. He should score a UK obit fairly easily, I would imagine. UPDATE: Dead on NOv 22nd, so strike him off the list. Keep an eye on Bert Newton and his troubled son Matt, too. I don't know about their obit chances, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 15, 2012 Well, thumbing through my ledger of possible picks, here's a selection of suitably deathlistesque candidates: Geoffrey Howe Cliff Michelmore Jimmy Hill Ian Holm Stephen Lewis (we've missed out on a couple of comedy/character actors) Richard Adams (Watership Down) Sid Caesar Leslie Phillips Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted November 15, 2012 I'd just like to make my annual spirited bid to get Sister Wendy Beckett on the DL. She lives in a rickety old caravan, gets up at 1.30am for mammoth praying sessions and lives on a diet of gruel. This could cause her swift demise, that or she'll live to be 110. Either way we cannot afford to ignore her. She is also - IMHO - the owner of one of Britain's greatest minds and has a mischievous twinkle in her eye. Not that this has anything to do with the price of fish. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
