Deathrace 2015

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

It's fast, it's furious, it's f***in' great, or summat. Teams of twenty topplers, pm'd or posted on the thread hereabouts will be collected into a carnival of carnage and the counting fun starts in the first second of the new year. Points aplenty pour onto the scoreboard until someone snags the stupendous total of 2015, at which point the fastest dead pool in widespread use slams on the brakes and the lucky winner's back is duly slapped. Closing date/time for entries is Midnight 30th December 2014.


Gazza; toppler tease or scorer with ease in 2015?




List of Teams 2015


Bibliogryphon – bg
Book – bk
Captain Chorizo – cc
Damon Killan – dk
Death Impends – di
Deadsox - ds
Deathray – dr
DDT - dd
Dr T – dt
Estuarian Float – ef
GC Reptile – gc
Lard Bazaar – lb
MPFC - mp
MSC –ms
Perfect Passing – pp
Rotten Ali – ra
Sean of the Dead – sd
The Engineer – te
The Unknown Man – um
Time – ti
Toast – to
Uschi - us
Windsor the Troll – wt

 

 

Scoreboard:

 

MSC - 2192

Death Impends - 1735

Devon Death Trip - 1331

Estuarian Float - 1291

Bibliogryphon - 1275

Deadsox - 1260

Sean of the Dead - 998

Maryportfuncity - 946

The Engineer - 946

Toast - 944

The Unknown Man - 903

Perfect Passing - 700

Book - 596

Windsor the Troll - 596

Dr T - 594

Rotten Ali - 582
Captain Chorizo - 352

Lard Bazaar - 307

Uschi - 298

 

Hall of Fame:


Raskolnikov: Champion 2009




No champion 2010

DDP: Champion 2011




Spade Cooley: Champion 2012




DDP: Champion 2013




Death Impends: Champion 2014

 

 

MSC: Champion 2015

 

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Wilko: nailed-on 2014 cert who released two albums, performed great gigs, won a big award and carries on into 2015 to preside over the list of counting Deathrace carkers.


And you will know us by the trail of dead:

1 Jan: Gery Leuliet – ms - 364 pts
2 Jan: Little Jimmy Dickens – ef, dd, di* - 363
2 Jan: Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Abu Anas al-Libi) - dd - 363
4 Jan: Ahuti Prasad – di - 361

13 Jan: Isabel Rosado – cc, ms - 352

15 Jan: Ethel Lang – bg, di, ds, mp, pp*, sd*, te, to - 350

11 Feb: Jerry Tarkanian – ef - 323

14 Feb: Pamela Cundell – bg - 320

19 Feb: Yutaka Katayama – ms - 315

20 Feb: Ahmad "Real"Givens - ds - 314

24 Feb: Irving Kahn – ms - 310

27 Feb: Leonard Nimoy – bg, ef, lb, um - 307

27 Feb: Bob Benmosche - dd - 307

8 March: Sam Simon – bg, bk*, dd, di, ds*, dt, ef, mp*, ra, sd, te*, to*, um*, us, wt * - 298

10 March: Stuart Wagstaff – dt 296

21 March: Hans Erni – ms - 285

22 March: Lee Kuan Yew - ra - 284

23 March: Roy Douglas – ms* 283 (x2 cos only MSC picked him) - 566

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Ah, that'll be this year's masterlist, then, presided over by the vehement life-affirming spirit of nailed-on 2014 toppler Valerie Harper:

Ken Adam – gc
Crown Prince Adullah the Butcher – dk, te
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Abu Anas al-Libi) - dd
Bhumibol Abdulyadej – dt, sd, te, to, um, wt
Caroline Aherne – ef*, ds, ra, te, um
Ilse Aichinger - gc
George Alagahia – dk
Jean Alexander – bg, pp
Tom Alexander – dk
Muhammad Ali – bk, ds, ra, um
Peter Allis – dk
René Angélil – mp, us
Brooke Ashley – us
Diana Athill – lb, to
Tom Attwater – te
Tariq Aziz – wt
Stanley Baxter – to
Samantha Beaven – cc, mp
Harry Beitzel – di
Pope Benedict – dk
Bob Benmosche - dd
Dave Benton – di,mp, te
Daisy Berkowitz – ra, um, us, wt
Lilliane Bettencourt - sd
Rodney Bewes – bg
Dickie Bird – pp
Robert Blake – gc
Chuck Blazer – dd
Colin Bloomfield – dd*, di,ds, ra
Paul Bocuse – bk
Jack Body – di
Grace Lee Boggs – di, sd
Tony Booth – um
Abdelaziz Bouteflika – gc*, wt
Ian Brady – cc, wt
E.R. Braithwaite – ef
Eric “Winkle” Brown – ti
George HW Bush – bg, dk, lb, pp, us
Glenn Campbell – te, um
Pierre Cardin – bk
Fidel Castro – bk, dk*, pp, ra, um, us
Richard Chamberlain – us
Nuon Chea – gc
Max Clifford – dr
Ornette Coleman – gc
Sean Connery – wt
Irwin Corey – ef
Sammy Cox – dk
Martin Crowe – dd, di, ds, dt, te
Javier Perez de Cuellar – um
Bart Cummings – dt, to
Pamela Cundell – bg
Jim Davidson – dr
Liz Dawn – bg, dt, sd
Richard Davies – ti
Doris Day – lb, pp, us*
Wilfred De’ath – dr
Bill Del Monte – ms
Chris Denning – dr
Clive Derby Lewis – dd, di
Colin Dexter – sd
Little Jimmy Dickens – ef, dd, di*
Christy Dignam - dd
Jenni Diski – mp, ra
Salvatore DiMasi – cc
Tommy Docherty – dk
Bob Dole – ra
Jean Dore – di, ds
Gillo Dorfles – ms
Kirk Douglas – bg, bk, gc, pp, ra, te
Roy Douglas – ms*
Ellen Albertini Dow – dt, te
Geoff Duke – lb
Margaret Dunning – ms
William Dunlop – lb*
Robert Duvall – dk
Guy Edwards – ra
John Eggers – cc
Nour El-Sherif - cc
Hans Erni – ms
Carl Falck – ms
Nigel Farage – dk
Martin Foran – cc
Emile Ford – ti
Rob Ford – ra, um
Bruce Forsythe – pp
Daphne Fowler – ti
John Freeman (ex MP) – bg, sd, wt – DNS DUE TO DEATH
Gunter Fronius – ms
Stephen Fry – us
Zsa Zsa Gabor – bg, bk, ds, gc, lb, pp, ra, sd, te, um, us, wt
Sandy Gall – lb
Paul Gambaccini – dr
Arthur Gardner – ms – DNS DUE TO DEATH
Paul Gascoigne – lb, sd
George Gaynes – dt
Hans-Dietrich Genscher – gc
Francis Cardinal George - dd
Lewis Gilbert – bg
Ahmad "Real"Givens - ds
John Glenn – bg, ti
Gary Glitter – dr
Gaston Glock – lb, mp
Bruce Glover – gc
Coleridge Goode - mp
Rev Billy Graham – bg, bk, dk, ds, lb, mp, ra*, sd, te, to, um, wt
Superstar Billy Graham – dk
Dr Kate Granger – dt, mp, sd, te
Gunter Grass – us
Jimmy Greaves – pp
Michael Gross - dd
Bernard Haitink – ti
Monty Hall – um
Stuart Hall – dr
Kristin Hallenga - ds
Thich Nhat Hanh – di
Gerald Harper – ti
Valerie Harper – lb, sd, um, wt
Alwen Harris – lb, mp
Rolf Harris – dr*
Joao Havelange – bk, ra, sd
Olivia de Havilland – bk, pp, te, us
Stephen Hawking – pp, ra, us, wt
Denis Healey – wt
Ken Hechler – sd
Lee Kun Hee - dd
Hugh Hefner - pp
Bobbie Heine Miller – cc
Brian Henderson – dt
Jimmy Hill – lb, pp
Lauren Hill (Basketball) – cc*, dd
Claire Hollingsworth – ms, sd
David Hockney – lb
Margot Honecker – gc
Gordie Howe – cc
Barry Humphries – us
Baron Hutchinson of Lullington - bg*, cc
Abdullah Ibrahim – ef
Clive James – dd, ra, wt
Greville Janner – wt
Colin Jeavons – ti
George Johnson – ti
Abdul Rashid Khan – ms
Irving Kahn – ms
Ingvar Kamprad – gc
Ritchii Kara - mp
Yutaka Katayama – ms
Ken Kercheval – lb
Doreen Keogh – to
Don King – gc
Jonathan King – dr
John Kirner – dt
Henry Kissenger - pp
Barys Kit – ms
Patricia Knatchbull – ti
Cleo Laine – bk
Paul Lamb - mp
Ethel Lang – bg, di, ds, mp, pp*, sd*, te, to
Christopher Lee - pp
Michael Le'Vell - dr
Gery Leuliet – ms
Jimmy Leavelle – di
Stephen Lewis – to
Christopher Lloyd – dk
Norman Lloyd – ef, te
Baroness Lockwood – cc
Marjorie Lord – ef
Elaine Lorden – lb
Eric Lubbock - mp
Vera Lynn – bk, wt
Scott MacIntyre – um
Luca Rocco Magnotta – bk
Henning Mankell – bk
Roy Marble – di
Imelda Marcos – gc
Denise Marshall - dd
Becci McCafferty – cc, te
Kitty McGeever – sd
Jim Yuill McLean – dk
Ib Melchior – cc
Shelia Mercier – mp, ti*, to
Dina Merrill – bk
Bobbie Heine Miller – ms
Cliff Mitchelmore – to
Al Molinaro – dt, te, um
Sakari Momoi – ds, sd
Gene Morrison – dr
Morrissey – sd
Stirling Moss - pp
Robert Mugabe – dk, dt, pp
Les Munro – bg, ti
Bryan Murray – ef, ds
Pete Murray – lb, ti
Sir Douglas Myers – cc
George Napolitano – gc
Ruth Newman – ms
Leonard Nimoy – bg, ef, lb, um
Agnes Nixon – ef
Cormack Murphy O’ Connor – ti
Maureen O’Hara – to, um
Peter O’ Sullevan – to
Gino Odjick – ds, ef
Misao Okawa – cc, di, ds, mp, ra, sd, te
Manoel de Oliviera – ms
Mike Osman – dr
Graham Ovendon – dr
Marguerite Patten – to
I.M Pei – ti
Simon Peres – lb
Prince Philip – bk, us
Leslie Philips – bg
Joan Plowright – bk
Olaf Pooley – bg
Richard Potts – ef
Ahuti Prasad – di
Tim Price (Former Mayor of Devizes) – cc
Geoffrey Prime – dr
Diana Pullein-Thompson – ef
Qaboos bin Said al Said of Oman – di
Luise Rainer – pp*, te, um, wt – DNS DUE TO DEATH
Charlotte Rae – ef
Nancy Reagan – pp, ra, to
Robert Redford – dk
Keith Richards – us
Lou Richards(Former Aussie Rules Footballer) – cc
William Roach – dr
Doris Roberts – bk, dt
David Rockefeller – bk
Isabel Rosado – cc, ms
Peter Rowell – dr
Peter Sallis – bg, te, to
Zoltan Sarosy – ms
Helmut Schmidt – bk, dt
Robert Schuller – ef, ra
Leo Scullion - dd
Than Shwe – dk
Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough – to, wt
Sam Simon – bg, bk*, dd, di, ds*, dt, ef, mp*, ra, sd, te*, to*, um*, us, wt *
Dudley Simpson – ti
Percy Sledge – dd, ds
Douglas Slocombe – sd
David Smith – dr
Harry Leslie Smith – gc
Liz Smith – dt, to
Lord Snowdon – wt
Michael Souter - dr
Phil Spector – bg
June Spencer – bg
Bart Starr – cc, ef
Freddie Starr – dr
Nobby Stiles – ti
Jerry Stiller – ef
Peter Sutcliffe – cc,wt
Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji – ms
Fred Talbot – dr
Jeralean Talley – to
Jerry Tarkanian – ef
Ion Trewin - dd
Desmond Tutu – dt, um, us
Mary Tyler Moore – ds, dt, um
Frank Van Den Bleeken - dd
Peter Vaughan – to
Abe Vigoda – dk
Jacques Villeneuve Sr – dd, mp
Robert Wagner – us
Stuart Wagstaff – dt
Barbara Walters – gc
Joseph Wapner – ti
Lorraine Warren – us
Ian – paedo - Watkins – us
Gertude Weaver – di
Bryan Wiedmeier – ds
Deryk Whibley – mp
Richard Wilbur – ef
Marty Wilde – pp
Aimee Willett – mp
Mary Wilson – gc, wt
Barbara Windsor – dk
Sir Nicholas Winton – dt*, gc, wt
Chris Woodhead – lb
Ronald Wotton – mp
Peter Wyngarde – ti
Lee Kuan Yew - ra
Zhou Youguang – di, ms
Jimmy Young – ti
Franco Zeffirelli
Jorge Zorreguieta – di, gc

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Deathrace 2015 - Those Rules in Full:

 

 

1 - The object of the Deathrace is to be the first contestant to reach 2015 points.

 

2 - To enter the Deathrace a contestant must have:

 

i: a team of twenty topplers ("topplers" must be at least 18 years old on 1 Jan 2015; but are otherwise unrestricted).

ii: Deathlist membership (i.e. be at least a pointless ranter and at most a dedicated Cumbrian corpse hound, or summat)

 

3 - Entries close promptly at midnight on 30 December and entry can be made either by sending a team of twenty to MPFC via PM hereabouts and/or by posting a team of twenty on the Deathrace 2015 thread.

 

4 - Players score points every time a team member dies and accrues an obit (see point 9 below) and the score for each death is calculated as one point for each complete calendar day remaining in 2015 after the death of the team member; so a death on 1 January earns 364 pts, a death on 2 January earns 363 pts etc.

 

5 - Each team must nominate one member as a joker and the joker scores double points on death.

 

6 - The winner is the first player to reach or exceed 2015 pts.

 

7 - In the event that a death or deaths on a specific day push more than one player beyond a winning score the player with the highest overall score will be deemed to be the winner.

 

8 - In the event that two or more players tie for victory a Deathrace play off will ensue with all potential winners continuing to compete until such time as one potential winner scores more points than any other potential winner (such points continuing to be accrued as per the scoring system described in point 4 above).

 

9 - An "obit" in the context of the Deathrace is any news report in English from a reliable source. Such sources include - but are not limited to - UK national press, UK national broadcast organisations, foreign press and broadcast organisations with an English language thread to their communication, trade press in English, local news organisations reporting in English and coverage in specialist online sites, such as those monitoring the well-being of super-centenarians. Where dispute arises over the qualifying nature of a news source for obit purposes MPFC's decision is final. But he wants fast and furious competition and is generally very amenable to low hanging dead pool fruit of all varieties.

 

10 - To qualify for entry purposes team members must be alive at 00-01 hrs on 1 January 2015 or qualify for the Raymond Hewlitt Memorial Exemption (RHME) (see point 11).

 

11 - In honour of everybody's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum a candidate widely believed to be alive on 1 January and subsequently proven to have died previously will be awarded 365 points in the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit subsequently appears for said candidate. In the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit for the candidate is subsequently proven to have existed prior to commencement of the Deathrace all points will be voided. RHME points are only available during competition and in the event that a winner has been declared before discovery of a qualifyiing RHME candidate no revision of the final result will occur. Similarly, if some lucky candidate is awarded RHME points and these points are still in play at the time a winner is declared the points will not subsequently be voided and may - therefore - count towards a championship. All disputes relating to RHME will be resolved by the astute judgement of MPFC and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opionion are warmly invited to liven up the Deathrace thread by venting their fury).

 

12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of teams, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the Deathrace and banned for life from subsequent entry into Deathraces.

 

13 - The prize will be awarded as follows:

 

i: Should the winner agree to attend a DLCon with MPFC a double measure of alcholic drinks (pints, wine or spirits) will be supplied by MPFC along with much hearty congratulations and back-slapping.

ii: A carefully chosen and appropriate prize will be posted to the winner (such as the DVD copy of the original Deathrace movie supplied to the 2009 champion). iii: MPFC will make a charitable donation to a cause of the winner's choice (as has been the case with four of the five existing winnings of the Deathrace). This course of action is highly encouraged and is known to show dead poolers as something other than the sicko scum many ranters believe us to be.

 

 

AND FINALLY...

 

A masterlist of entries will be posted after the closing date.

 

MPFC will undertake to update the scoreboard at least once every seven days.

 

On completion of Deathrace activities the thread will get lively for a short while as losing contestants and spectactors offer well-deserved congratulations to the skilful and highly talented new champion, after which time it is expected that the cooling corpse of the thread will be allowed to gently sink into oblivion.

[Sean 6,315]

Where do we send our entries?

[msc 18,439]

Already? Blimey, you become a parent and the whole year just seems to melt away!

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Re the entries; either post them on here or PM me before midnight on 30th December. Apologies for the posts above looking like shit, the absence of the rules and the absence of the hall of fame. The interface between my work machine and DL isn't great. I'll tidy it up when I get home.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Reet, duly tidied and I trust the results make sense and anyone motivated to enter now knows what to do. Let the games commence.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

First team is in and ready (thanks Windsor). Meant to mention to any newbies, obviously, if you want to keep your team secret, PM me, they don't get shared until the Masterlist goes live after the closing date.

[Bibliogryphon 9,577]

I have no qualms about making my list public because considering my previous form anyone who copies my choices is doomed to disappointment

1. Jean Alexander
   
2. Rodney Bewes
   
3. George H W Bush
   
4. Pamela Cundell
   
5. Liz Dawn
   
6. Kirk Douglas
   
7. John Freeman
   
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
   
9. John Glenn
   
10. Billy Graham
    
11. Jeremy Hutchinson (Joker)
    
12. Ethel Lang
    
13. Les Munro
    
14. Leonard Nimoy
    
15. Leslie Philips
    
16. Olaf Pooley
    
17. Peter Sallis
    
18. Sam Simon
    
19. Phil Spector
    
20. June Spencer
    

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

I have no qualms about making my list public because considering my previous form anyone who copies my choices is doomed to disappointment

1. Jean Alexander
   
2. Rodney Bewes
   
3. George H W Bush
   
4. Pamela Cundell
   
5. Liz Dawn
   
6. Kirk Douglas
   
7. John Freeman
   
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
   
9. John Glenn
   
10. Billy Graham
    
11. Jeremy Hutchinson (Joker)
    
12. Ethel Lang
    
13. Les Munro
    
14. Leonard Nimoy
    
15. Leslie Philips
    
16. Olaf Pooley
    
17. Peter Sallis
    
18. Sam Simon
    
19. Phil Spector
    
20. June Spencer
    

 

B-b-b-but, that's exactly the twenty I chose as well, we're doomed!

[CaptainChorizo 1,977]

Posting early as no use trying to hoard any names in hope of a unique in the other deadpool. All of these are either local non ddp qualifiers,over 100 or have been mentioned on this site before by others.

 

 

 

1.Samantha Beaven

2.Ian Brady

3.Salvatore DiMasi

4.John Eggers

5.Nour El-Sherif

6.Martin Foran

7.Bobbie Heine Miller

8.Lauren Hill (Joker)

9.Gordie Howe

10.Baron Hutchinson of Lullington

11.Baroness Lockwood

12.Becci McCafferty

13.Ib Melchior

14.Sir Douglas Myers

15.Misao Okawa

16.Tim Price(Former Mayor of Devizes)

17.Lou Richards(Former Aussie Rules Footballer)

18.Isabel Rosado

19.Bart Starr

20.Peter Sutcliffe

[Death Impends 7,964]

I'll be submitting a PM near the end of the month, same as last time. As it stands I think I'll be having a few more mutuals between my DDP and Deathrace team (though will continue to dedicate at least five or six slots to people with no UK obit chances) just because it feels like there's more names that seem likely to go early that are on my DDP shortlist this time around.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Thanks peoples, I'm loving the early arrivals and particularly grateful to those thoughful enough to put their lists in alphabetical order. I did consider a 10 point bonus for lists submitted in this manner.

[msc 18,439]

Well, here's a bunch of really old people then.

 

1. Ruth Newman (1901), San Francisco Earthquake Survivor

2. Irving Kahn (1905), economist

3. Zhou Youguang (1906), Father of Pinyin

4. Zoltan Sarosy (1906), chess master

5. Bill Del Monte (1906), San Francisco Earthquake Survivor

6. Roy Douglas (1907), British Composer (JOKER)

7. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji (1907), Indian educationalist

8. Carl Falck (1907) – Norwegian businessman

9. Isabel Rosado (1907) – Puerto Rican activist

10. Gunter Fronius (1907) – Austrian enterepreneur

11. Abdul Rashid Khan (1908) – singer

12. Manoel de Oliviera (1908) – film director

13. Hans Erni (1909) – Swiss painter

14.. Yutaka Katayama (1909) – Nissan president

15.. Bobbie Heine Miller (1909) – tennis player

16. Arthur Gardner (1910) – actor

17. Gery Leuliet (1910) – bishop

18. Barys Kit (1910) – rocket scientist

19. Gillo Dorfles (1910) – art critic

20. Margaret Dunning (1910) - philanthropist

 

 

Basically I just went for the 20 oldest people in my database, bar Sir Nicholas and Luise Rainer (the former as I decided long ago not to deadpool him, the latter as he's in another one and I am OCD about picking the same person twice!).

 

Putting this here for now - i'll check it again nearer the deadline in case any of the above die. Obits probably tricky, but then, it's not like I do well in this thing anyhow!

[Sean 6,315]

My entry:

 

1)Bhumibol Aduladej

2)Grace Lee Boggs

3)Liz Dawn

4)Colin Dexter

5)John Freeman

6)Zsa Zsa Gabor

7)Paul Gascoigne

8)Billy Graham

9)Dr Kate Granger

10)Valerie Harper

11)Joao Havelange

12)Ken Hechler

13)Clare Hollingworth

14)Ethel Lang (Joker)

15)Kitty McGeever

16)Sakari Momoi

17) Morrissey

18)Misao Okawa

19)Sam Simon

20)Douglas Slocombe

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Well, here's a bunch of really old people then.

 

1. Ruth Newman (1901), San Francisco Earthquake Survivor

2. Irving Kahn (1905), economist

3. Zhou Youguang (1906), Father of Pinyin

4. Zoltan Sarosy (1906), chess master

5. Bill Del Monte (1906), San Francisco Earthquake Survivor

6. Roy Douglas (1907), British Composer (JOKER)

7. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji (1907), Indian educationalist

8. Carl Falck (1907) – Norwegian businessman

9. Isabel Rosado (1907) – Puerto Rican activist

10. Gunter Fronius (1907) – Austrian enterepreneur

11. Abdul Rashid Khan (1908) – singer

12. Manoel de Oliviera (1908) – film director

13. Hans Erni (1909) – Swiss painter

14.. Yutaka Katayama (1909) – Nissan president

15.. Bobbie Heine Miller (1909) – tennis player

16. Arthur Gardner (1910) – actor

17. Gery Leuliet (1910) – bishop

18. Barys Kit (1910) – rocket scientist

19. Gillo Dorfles (1910) – art critic

20. Margaret Dunning (1910) - philanthropist

 

 

Basically I just went for the 20 oldest people in my database, bar Sir Nicholas and Luise Rainer (the former as I decided long ago not to deadpool him, the latter as he's in another one and I am OCD about picking the same person twice!).

 

Putting this here for now - i'll check it again nearer the deadline in case any of the above die. Obits probably tricky, but then, it's not like I do well in this thing anyhow!

Obits are summat of a softer target on this dead pool, though, so your chess master counts when a chess magazine cover his death in English. Go for it.

[Deathray 2,940]

So I entered my group back in August and ttbomk they are all still kicking. Infer what you will when the lists are made public...

[Sean 6,315]

My entry:

 

1)Bhumibol Aduladej

2)Grace Lee Boggs

3)Liz Dawn

4)Colin Dexter

5)John Freeman

6)Zsa Zsa Gabor

7)Paul Gascoigne

8)Billy Graham

9)Dr Kate Granger

10)Valerie Harper

11)Joao Havelange

12)Ken Hechler

13)Clare Hollingworth

14)Ethel Lang (Joker)

15)Kitty McGeever

16)Sakari Momoi

17) Morrissey

18)Misao Okawa

19)Sam Simon

20)Douglas Slocombe

 

Now that John Freeman has died can I replace him with Lilliane Bettencourt? Arthur Gardner as mentioned by msc has also died.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

My entry:

 

1)Bhumibol Aduladej

2)Grace Lee Boggs

3)Liz Dawn

4)Colin Dexter

5)John Freeman

6)Zsa Zsa Gabor

7)Paul Gascoigne

8)Billy Graham

9)Dr Kate Granger

10)Valerie Harper

11)Joao Havelange

12)Ken Hechler

13)Clare Hollingworth

14)Ethel Lang (Joker)

15)Kitty McGeever

16)Sakari Momoi

17) Morrissey

18)Misao Okawa

19)Sam Simon

20)Douglas Slocombe

 

Now that John Freeman has died can I replace him with Lilliane Bettencourt? Arthur Gardner as mentioned by msc has also died.

Done!

[msc 18,439]

I see we don't edit in subs above. In that case, please sub Arthur Gardner, deceased, for Clare Hollingworth, once a plucky young journalist who got the scoop of the century (WW2 had started), now...presumably a plucky old ex-journalist, given she's about to turn 104!

[Deathray 2,940]

First team is in and ready (thanks Windsor). Meant to mention to any newbies, obviously, if you want to keep your team secret, PM me, they don't get shared until the Masterlist goes live after the closing date.

 

*ahem*

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

First team is in and ready (thanks Windsor). Meant to mention to any newbies, obviously, if you want to keep your team secret, PM me, they don't get shared until the Masterlist goes live after the closing date.

 

*ahem*

Gimme a break, The sun was blazing when you entered and I was confused about whether it was a late 2014 entry.

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

I see we don't edit in subs above. In that case, please sub Arthur Gardner, deceased, for Clare Hollingworth, once a plucky young journalist who got the scoop of the century (WW2 had started), now...presumably a plucky old ex-journalist, given she's about to turn 104!

Sorted!

[Bibliogryphon 9,577]

I have no qualms about making my list public because considering my previous form anyone who copies my choices is doomed to disappointment

1. Jean Alexander
   
2. Rodney Bewes
   
3. George H W Bush
   
4. Pamela Cundell
   
5. Liz Dawn
   
6. Kirk Douglas
   
7. John Freeman
   
8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
   
9. John Glenn
   
10. Billy Graham
    
11. Jeremy Hutchinson (Joker)
    
12. Ethel Lang
    
13. Les Munro
    
14. Leonard Nimoy
    
15. Leslie Philips
    
16. Olaf Pooley
    
17. Peter Sallis
    
18. Sam Simon
    
19. Phil Spector
    
20. June Spencer
    

 

OK the good news is that I am thinking along the right lines bad news is that I have got to trawl through my subs.

 

Please replace the late John Freeman with Lewis Gilbert and if any others go before the starting tape goes up then the following will substitute

 

1. Ronnie Corbett

2. Mary Tyler Moore

3. Brian Cant

 

Thanks