Shadow Lists

[RadGuy 1,625]

Zhou Youguang was my 2nd hit, and we're only a fortnight into the year.

 

What's interesting is that my first couple of hits were #2 and #10 - just like in 2015 (Sam Simon and King Abdullah). The problem is in 2015 I ended with a grand total of 6.

 

P.S. I would have been at 4 hits if I hadn't dropped Clare Hollingworth and Zygmunt Bauman at the last minute.

[Chopped Liver 53]

Bit late, but sure

1. Gordon Howie (Singer)

2. Clifton James (J.W Pepper)

3. Rev Billy Graham (Televangelist)

4. Michael J. Fox (Shaky actor)

5. Charles Manson (Family man)

6. Olivia De Havailland (Goddess)

7. Joost Van Der Westhuisen (Rugby player)

8. Jimmy Carter (Plantation owner)

9. Jeanne Little (Australian actress)

10. Pierre Cardin (Suitcase designer)

11. Clive James (Author)
12. Sidney Poitier (Actor)

13. Martin Peters (Footballer)
14. David Rockefeller (Rich guy)

15. Ray Wilson (Footballer)

16. Gay Byrne (Late Late Show legend)

17. Glen Campbell (Country singer)

18. Sultan Kosen (Giant)

19. Daisy Berkowitz (Emo)

20. Herman Wouk (Author)

21. Billy Connolly (Legendary Scottish comic)

22. George Bush Sr (President)

23. Peter Sallis (Last of the Summer Wine)

24. Abu Bakr al Baghdadi (ISIS leader)

25. Shane McGowan (Pogues singer)

26. Gerard Depardieu (Fat French fella)

27. Lil Boozie (Crap musician)

28. Fay McKenzie (Actress)

29. Jim Bowen (Bullseye)

30. Bette White (Golden Girl)
31. Tom Brokaw (Telejournalist)

32. Hillary Clinton (Criminal)

33. Emma Morano (Centenarian)
34. Castor Cantero (Footballer)

35. Vladimir Putin (Knob)

36. Carol Channing (Singer, dancer, actress, comedian and voice artist)

37. Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (Wrestler)
38. Bobby Doerr (Baseballer)

39. T Berry Brazelton (Paeditirician)

40. Val Kilmer (Actor)

41. Kirk Douglas (Deathlist No.1)

42. Dolly Parton (Jugs)

43. Ian Brady (Lovable rogue)

44. Yasuhiro Nakasone (Former Japanese PM)

45. Josephine Webb (Switchgear inventor)

46. Dick Cheney (Didn't mean to shoot)

47. Jacques Chirac (Ex French president)

48. Francis Nye (US AF General)
49. Dame Vera Lynn (Singer)

50. Bob Dole (Politician)

[leonde 2]

My list based purely on age, targeting 14 expected deaths, and maximising the number of famous people:

 

Boris Pahor

Irwin Corey

Norman Lloyd

David Rockefeller

Herman Wouk

Bernard Lewis

Kirk Douglas

Earl Cameron (actor)

I. M. Pei

Billy Graham

Bobby Doerr

Dave Bartholomew

Frank Popper

Hutton Gibson

Beverly Cleary

Olivia de Havilland

Arjan Singh

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

Danielle Darrieux

Vera Lynn

A. E. Hotchner

Asghar Khan

Bill Gold

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

Edmond H. Fischer

Ehsan Yarshater

Aaron Temkin Beck

Al Jaffee

Allan MacEachen

Edgar Morin

Ernest Hollings

Francisco Morales Bermúdez

Jake LaMotta

Michael of Romania

Peter Sallis

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Chen Ning Yang *

Henry Kissinger *

Freeman Dyson *

Bob Dole *

Chuck Yeager *

Bob Barker *

Betty White *

George H. W. Bush *

Jimmy Carter *

Robert Mugabe *

Chuck Berry *

Alan Greenspan *

Pope Benedict XVI *

 

 

If I was going for maximum number of deaths (about 15.3 estimated), I would replaced the asterisked ones with:

Reinhard Hardegen

Aharon Leib Shteinman

Gretel Bergmann

Charles E. Lindblom

Patricia Morison

Diana Athill

Albert Memmi

Armin Hofmann

Diana Serra Cary

Brenda Milner

Ernest Angley

Clifton James

Aldo Parisot

[rockhopper penguin 2,266]

Frank Readock

Rod La Rocque

Victor Jory

Kane Richmond

Alec Baldwin

Hank Marvin

Bruce Welch

Brian Bennett

Mark Griffiths

Warren Bennett

Jet Harris
Tony Meehan
Brian Locking
John Rostill
Alan Hawkshaw
John Farrar
Ken Pavey
Norman Mitham
Alan Tarney
Ian Samwell
Terry Smart

[YoungWillz 21,681]

John Hurt is, very sadly, the first hit on my personal Shadowlist.

 

Didn't pick him for anything else - simply can't believe he's gone.

[Sean 6,589]

Hurt puts me at 4/50

[MDavidSteel 15]

yes im not sure what happened to that actor. for example, if John was hurt

i do have a list for this year but wont bother sharing now. i can say that (to my knowledge/of top of my head) all (10) are alive. My number does vary from year to year though. I think, for 2018 I will have an unlucky 13 list (post on december 31st)

[YoungWillz 21,681]

DL - 3 YW - 2

 

It's a nail biter!

[Handrejka 1,931]

Colin Dexter is my third hit. I'm not sure how to edit signatures since the upgrade though.

[Death Impends 8,291]

16 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

Colin Dexter is my third hit. I'm not sure how to edit signatures since the upgrade though.

Have to click Account Settings from your profile drop down and the Signature editing will be one of the options you see on the Settings page.

[YoungWillz 21,681]

On ‎3‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 18:43, YoungWillz said:

DL - 3 YW - 2

 

It's a nail biter!

With the passing of Geoffrey Bayldon, it's now DL - 3 YW - 3.

[YoungWillz 21,681]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 14:41, YoungWillz said:

With the passing of Geoffrey Bayldon, it's now DL - 3 YW - 3.

Ian Brady keeps it tight for me: DL - 4 YW - 4

[YoungWillz 21,681]

On ‎5‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 23:02, YoungWillz said:

Ian Brady keeps it tight for me: DL - 4 YW - 4

John Noakes still keeps us level: DL - 5 YW - 5.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

I am at 10 hits with Soares, Youguang, Snuka, Tyler Moore, Corey, Van Der Westhuizen, Sumner, Rockefeller, Brady, and Fresco. Only one female on my shadow list has died out of the 12 on my shadow list. Looking for at least 20 hits by the end of the year.

[TQR 14,552]

First year of this and I'm one ahead. I'll take that! Especially given my rule that, if I don't know the person or feel the person isn't well known enough, they're vetoed from my list.

 

QR 6 - 5 DL

[LilyForrester 81]

My first year and I'm tied with the Deathlist 5-5 at the moment. It was 4-4 for about a month and a half but I had Noakes on my list. I'm hoping for over 12 but I'll be happy to just beat 10 for my first year.

[YoungWillz 21,681]

Forgot to tip my hat to DL.

 

DL - 6; YW - 5.

 

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

My 11th hit was Peter Sallis and my 12th will likely be Errol Christie.

 

ZZL: 11

DL: 6

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

I am now officially at 12 hits with Christie, and if Al-Baghdadi is confirmed deas, I will have 13.

 

ZZL 13 | DL 7

[YoungWillz 21,681]

I'm falling behind....yikes!

[YoungWillz 21,681]

Brian Cant sadly helps me back in the game.

 

DL - 7 YW - 6.

 

Edit: I now have as many hits as I did in the whole of last year.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

I think I have a solid list for 2018 already. It's getting to that point where it's hard to make room for new people who fall ill because every spot is full.

[YoungWillz 21,681]

Brucie my 8th hit. Still nip and tuck, though DL generally pulls away at this point.

 

DL - 9 YW 8.

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

Brucie joins Kohl, Christie, Sallis, Fresco, Brady, Rockefeller, Sumner, Van Der Westhuizen, Corey, Tyler Moore, Snuka, Youguang, and Soares. He is my 14th hit and 13th male (Women just don't wanna die!!)

ZZL: 14

DL: 9

[Zsa Zsa's leg 924]

Colin Meads is #15 for me. Seems like my list is making up for late june - early august.