BrunoBrimley 86 Posted December 12, 2012 Eli Wallach Kirk Douglas I'd hesitate about pushing old Eli off the list. He was doing better healthwise after his near death experience several years back with his hip surgery but recently he's been taking a tumble and has been eyeing cemetery plotz. Just kidding. As a sideline to Wallach, maybe we can put in his wife the decrepit Anne Jackson who is 86 herself....we could '86' her. She and Eli have been married for 64+ years.....it will be 65 if they both last to Brenda's birthday in March. As to Douglas I'm convinced he's been dead a decade already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,149 Posted December 12, 2012 Eesti - I'm fairly certain we wouldn't want Patrick Moore on our 2013 list!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted December 12, 2012 who is "Margareth Thatcher " ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted December 12, 2012 who is "Margareth Thatcher " ? Possibly they meant Margaret H. Thatcher. Her central name being Hilda. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grobler 35 Posted December 12, 2012 I thought the H stood for "Hot" ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,109 Posted December 12, 2012 Okay. I looked down all 8 pages and managed to create this list with 26 names: Elisabeth Murdoch Any opinions? Isn't she dead? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted December 12, 2012 Sorry for having some dead people on the list. I removed them now. Still waiting for opinions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted December 12, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ray Price Ryan O'Neal Walter Scheel Van Cliburn Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,109 Posted December 12, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ray Price Ryan O'Neal Walter Scheel Van Cliburn Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure I reckon the majority will Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted December 12, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ryan O'Neal Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted December 12, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ray Price Ryan O'Neal Walter Scheel Van Cliburn Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure I reckon the majority will Your the boss :-). If you say they will I say not a bad list then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,985 Posted December 12, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ray Price Ryan O'Neal Walter Scheel Van Cliburn Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure Let's see One of the first people on the moon,several former heads of states of largely populated countries,a Bafta/Oscar Best Actress nominee,A Nobel Prize Winning Author, A Rockafeller,one of the biggest country singers ever and possibly the most famous female film director ever. I would be shocked if any of those people didn't get an Obit when they die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted December 12, 2012 Come on - John Glenn never set foot on the moon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted December 12, 2012 Come on - John Glenn never set foot on the moon! Have you heard the latest rumours? Hitler should be still alive! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,992 Posted December 13, 2012 Come on - John Glenn never set foot on the moon! Though he WAS on the fake Moon landing set where he shot JFK from... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest American Sports Fan Posted December 13, 2012 9. Jack Brabham - former F1 champ suffering from kidney failure and other health issues Interesting choices but not sure about Brabham. He was on television here not so long ago and looked okay. They didn't mention any health issues in the interview. (Not saying you are wrong though - he does keep a fairly low profile and doesn't appear in the media that much at the best of times.) Trust me, Brabham is not a well chap. However, he's a determined b****er and whilst he's not in good health, I don't think he'll die next year as his kidney failure is under control at the moment. I saw an interview with Brabham from this past summer for an F1 website, and an article about a black-tie dinner held in his honor just a couple of months ago. Both articles noted his physical frailty, though the interviewer added that his mind is still very sharp. Apparently along with the kidney troubles (which he's been dealing with for a few years now) he's also losing his eyesight to macular degeneration. He admitted in the interview that his health is not good, and his wife at the gala merely said on the subject that he's "doing okay," though she added that they're still planning for his 90th birthday in a few years. Is he the likeliest candidate to die next year? Maybe, maybe not, but the finish line is definitely in sight for him, and for a list that needs 50 names to fill it I think he's absolutely a reasonable name to put in the conversation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,589 Posted December 13, 2012 We also need to be playing for the whole 12 months. It would be worth putting a few longshots in to lighten the dark Autumnal nights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco Polo 19 Posted December 18, 2012 My first post here, though I have looked into this site several times before. Suggestions for NEW names in 2013: Luise Rainer, 103 yrs old (actress, 2 Oscars in the 30s) Joan Fontaine, 96 (one Oscar) Danielle Darrieux, 96 (French actress) Michele Morgan, 93 (French actress) Alain Resnais, 91 (film director) Keeping the EXISTING names (all fading): Fidel Castro Nelson Mendela Erich Priebke Kirk Douglas Eli Wallach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,992 Posted December 18, 2012 If he makes it, he has to be a strong candidate for No.1, notwithstanding Cecil, Winner or people like Bernie Nolan...Global coverage should be considered for the DL list. DDP is a different deal....its a test of judgement....does someone get an obit because they are someone's mother or appeared on a TV show. I enjoy both but I like to see the DL 50 have a little more gravitis. Bob Dole should be top 10 as well. Maybe GHW Bush gets in next to the Thatcher. jmho I think a good top 10 could be Chavez, Mandela, Cecil, Winner, Clive James, Biggs, Jaruzelski, Dole... then some of the elderly regulars like Douglas I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,657 Posted December 19, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ryan O'Neal Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure Depends on what you call an obit. I'd say they're all nailed on for something like BBC coverage and/or at least a paragraph in the national press. Some - Glenn, Whitlam, O'Neal, Tyler-Moore - are definites for proper broadsheet obits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,621 Posted December 19, 2012 David Rockafeller Gabriel Garcia Marquez Giulio Andreotti Gough Whitlam John Glenn Mary Tyler Moore Penny Marshall Ryan O'Neal Will any of these people get a UK obit ? Its not for sure Depends on what you call an obit. I'd say they're all nailed on for something like BBC coverage and/or at least a paragraph in the national press. Some - Glenn, Whitlam, O'Neal, Tyler-Moore - are definites for proper broadsheet obits. I'd be surprised by any of these not getting a bona-fide broadsheet obit, with maybe Rockefeller being the outsider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Long-timeLurker 1 Posted December 19, 2012 Luise Rainer is a definite contender not least because of her age. She was recently honoured in Germany and was described as being "very frail" but whether that means she is just really old or at deaths door is debatable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted December 19, 2012 http://www.wdr.de/Fo...uise_rainer.jsp Pictures from last year: She sits in a wheelchair... Luise Rainer is a definite contender not least because of her age. She was recently honoured in Germany and was described as being "very frail" but whether that means she is just really old or at deaths door is debatable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hagen Posted December 19, 2012 Sterling Moss , Vera Lynn , Olivia De Havilland , Mickey Rooney , Bernie Ecclestone ,Roger Moore , Jiroemon Kimura ...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mercarte 151 Posted December 20, 2012 Giulio Andreotti is a good pick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
