Who Should Be On The 2017 Deathlist?

[Toast 16,126]

Oh and one last thought for the day: would King Michael of Romania, being a pretender to the throne of his country but an actual head of state during World War II, get a UK obit?

 

Good grief, yes. No question about it.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

 

Decided to update my thoughts on the remaining candidates, and then choose my 25 if I was a member of the comittee

Zsa Zsa Gabor: She'll make it to 100, but I think 2017 might finally be her year

Olivia De Haviland: No way. I could easily see her as the next Zhou Yougang (age wise of course). She'll get picked anyways

Billy Graham: He can be tricky, but he might die in 2017

Herman Wouk: Centenarians are tricky to tell. He doesn't have any health concerns as far as I could tell

Javier Perez De Cuellar: I hate this pick. I'd like him off, but nevertheless, he'll get picked every year despite no health updates what so ever.

Richard Adams: I see 2 or 3 years left in him, but he isn't a bad pick.

Kirk Douglas: If I trust my instincts, he will go either in late December 2016 or early January 2017. My instincts were correct on Castro when I got my genereation game team after all.

Liz Smith: Isn't going anytime soon.

Mary Tyler Moore: I know many will disagree, but I feel she was only put on there to please forum users. If she was really that ill, wouldn't she have a health update once every two months or so?

Peter Sallis: I see him going in 2017. He's really frail.

Prince Phillip: Too big of a name to miss

James Randi: I don't think he's that ill

Lord Carrington: Old. A lot lie Wouk except he isn't a centenarian.

Clive James: Cancer won't kill him.

Bob Dole: He's frail, but he'll make 2018

Joost van Der Westhuzien: Great pick. May not be the most well known, but he's certainly famous enough to get coverage from the BBC, and ALS is getting near the end.

Prunella Scales: I'm not sure when she'll go.

Jimmy Carter: Yes, he's in great health now, but his cancer could easily return. Plus, at his age, he could have a stroke

Henry Kissinger: He's fine. He'll make it to 2018

Tommy Chong: Wasted pick. His cancer isn't even that bad.

Doug Ellis: Literally just an old dude.

George Bush Sr: Like Sallis, I think frail Bush will be leaving in 2017

Vera Lynn: Alledgedly frail.

Leslie Phillips: Frail, and he sounds miserable in his interviews

Sandy Gall: Certainly an intresting pick, but I don't think he's dying soon

Fats Domino: He'll be that one guy that deathlist drops, and then he drops as well

Robert M Pirsig: Despite being frail, there are better picks than him to make deathlist

Desmond Tutu: Constant hospitalizations and saying he want to have the right to die.

Lester Piggott: Why is he on here? He is literally the worst pick on here

Glen Campbell: Hopes he survives till 2017. Then, the glory will come.

Stan Lee: Despite being old and absolutely not frail, I wondder if he is a name too big to miss

Jake Lamotta: Outlived almost every boxer. How isn't he dead yet

Denis Norden: Not sure on his health, but I think he's one of those picks with only one way out.

Murray Walker: Cancer won't kill him

Jimmy Greaves: Cancer is starting to get worse

Gordon Banks: Cancer won't kill him

Jacques Chirac: Haven't heard anything about his health since his hospitilization

Stephen Hawking: Outlived literally every ALS case. He has a little longer to live

Paul Gascoigne: I don't like drug addicts on here. They are way too risky, and he might make it to 90 if he continues to make deathlist appearances. Plus, they block other terminal health cases

John Noakes: Alzhiemers will kill him, probably next year

Bruce Forsyth: I'm not entirely sure he'll make the starting line.

So here's my 25 who should be on deathlist next year if they make the starting line

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor

2. Olivia de Haviland

3. Billy Graham

4. Richard Adams

5. Kirk Douglas

6. Peter Sallis

7. Prince Philip

8. Lord Carrington

9. Bob Dole

10 Joost van der Westhuizen

11. Prunella Scales

12. Jimmy Carter

13. George Bush Sr

14. Vera Lynn

15. Leslie Philips

16. Fats Domino

17. Desmond Tutu

18. Glen Campbell

19. Stan Lee (I think he's too big to miss)

20. Jake Lamotta

21. Denis Norden

22. Jimmy Greaves

23. Jacques Chirac

24. John Noakes

25. Bruce Forsyth

Tough, especially with Castro gone. I wonder what you guys think of my opinion on these people, and then, because I know some people will disagree, stae your opinion on these.

 

That is a pretty sound analysis. Can't fault you for any of those picks at all.

 

Question is, if that's your 25 from the 2016 list, who would you choose as your other 25?

This is much harder then the 25 to from 2016, but, as it has been requested, here we go.

1. Leah Bracknell

2. Robert Mugabe

3. Val Kilmer

4. King Michael of Romania

5. Helmut Kohl

6. Sidney Poitier

7. John Wetton

8. Ian Brady

9. Sumner Redstone

10. Former Pope Benedict

11. Ian St. John

12. Queen Elizabeth

13. Colin Meads

14. Sean Connery

15. Tony Booth

16. Mel Brooks

17. David Attenborough

18. Valerie Harper

19. Nicholas Parsons

20. Doris Day

21. Pierre Cardin

22. Chuck Berry

23. Norman Lloyd

24. Donald Trump

25. Ozzy Osbourne

 

I kept the terminally ill picks to that I can guarantee will get BBC obits, and I selected everyone else by how interesting they are and how big of a miss they are.

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Stan Lee not dyin'. Ignore Mike Yarwood at your peril.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Stan Lee not dyin'. Ignore Mike Yarwood at your peril.

You do know that when you keep saying that you'll jinx him eventually

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

Stan Lee not dyin'. Ignore Mike Yarwood at your peril.

You do know that when you keep saying that you'll jinx him eventually

Who?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

 

Stan Lee not dyin'. Ignore Mike Yarwood at your peril.

 

You do know that when you keep saying that you'll jinx him eventually

Who?

Stan Lee

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

I don't know Peter Falk does have Alzheimer's after all. He could very well die next year.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Think he'll last as long as Glen Campbell?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Think he'll last as long as Glen Campbell?

 

He'll be dancing at Campbell's funeral, and Mike Yarwood's.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Think he'll last as long as Glen Campbell?

 

He'll be dancing at Campbell's funeral, and Mike Yarwood's.

 

If there's something wrong with Yarwood, you should start a thread for him.

[deadsox 894]

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

 

 

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

 

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

Well, if that joke is really that old, then I don't know how it lasted over 15 years.

[deadsox 894]

 

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

Well, if that joke is really that old, then I don't know how it lasted over 15 years.

 

 

It really hasn't "lasted".

[Dead Wait 1,129]

 

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

Well, if that joke is really that old, then I don't know how it lasted over 15 years.

15 years?? You realise he died in 2011 and not 2001?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

 

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

Well, if that joke is really that old, then I don't know how it lasted over 15 years.

15 years?? You realise he died in 2011 and not 2001?

I know. I was sarcastically replying to his comment about age...

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

 

 

 

 

Stan Lee will live as long as Peter Falk.

Well if that's true, then Stan Lee should be dying soon because Peter Falk is dead: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13458172

Very, very old running joke Joey. Probably older than you are.

Well, if that joke is really that old, then I don't know how it lasted over 15 years.

15 years?? You realise he died in 2011 and not 2001?

 

Who's dead?

[Deathray 2,940]

Peter Falk has alzeihmers.

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

Peter Falk has alzeihmers.

 

 

Aye, but it's only with a small "a." As I recall it, that type isn't fatal, right?

[Sean 6,309]

https://somethingbeginningwithc.com/2016/11/25/the-accidental-cancer-pilgrim/:Leah Bracknell`s cancer blog.Can`t find anything new but doesn`t seem she is going to snuff it in the next month or so.

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

https://somethingbeginningwithc.com/2016/11/25/the-accidental-cancer-pilgrim/:Leah Bracknell`s cancer blog.Can`t find anything new but doesn`t seem she is going to snuff it in the next month or so.

 

 

There goes my Advent Avalanche pick - two days to sort another

[Weebl 216]

 

 

 

Decided to update my thoughts on the remaining candidates, and then choose my 25 if I was a member of the comittee

Zsa Zsa Gabor: She'll make it to 100, but I think 2017 might finally be her year

Olivia De Haviland: No way. I could easily see her as the next Zhou Yougang (age wise of course). She'll get picked anyways

Billy Graham: He can be tricky, but he might die in 2017

Herman Wouk: Centenarians are tricky to tell. He doesn't have any health concerns as far as I could tell

Javier Perez De Cuellar: I hate this pick. I'd like him off, but nevertheless, he'll get picked every year despite no health updates what so ever.

Richard Adams: I see 2 or 3 years left in him, but he isn't a bad pick.

Kirk Douglas: If I trust my instincts, he will go either in late December 2016 or early January 2017. My instincts were correct on Castro when I got my genereation game team after all.

Liz Smith: Isn't going anytime soon.

Mary Tyler Moore: I know many will disagree, but I feel she was only put on there to please forum users. If she was really that ill, wouldn't she have a health update once every two months or so?

Peter Sallis: I see him going in 2017. He's really frail.

Prince Phillip: Too big of a name to miss

James Randi: I don't think he's that ill

Lord Carrington: Old. A lot lie Wouk except he isn't a centenarian.

Clive James: Cancer won't kill him.

Bob Dole: He's frail, but he'll make 2018

Joost van Der Westhuzien: Great pick. May not be the most well known, but he's certainly famous enough to get coverage from the BBC, and ALS is getting near the end.

Prunella Scales: I'm not sure when she'll go.

Jimmy Carter: Yes, he's in great health now, but his cancer could easily return. Plus, at his age, he could have a stroke

Henry Kissinger: He's fine. He'll make it to 2018

Tommy Chong: Wasted pick. His cancer isn't even that bad.

Doug Ellis: Literally just an old dude.

George Bush Sr: Like Sallis, I think frail Bush will be leaving in 2017

Vera Lynn: Alledgedly frail.

Leslie Phillips: Frail, and he sounds miserable in his interviews

Sandy Gall: Certainly an intresting pick, but I don't think he's dying soon

Fats Domino: He'll be that one guy that deathlist drops, and then he drops as well

Robert M Pirsig: Despite being frail, there are better picks than him to make deathlist

Desmond Tutu: Constant hospitalizations and saying he want to have the right to die.

Lester Piggott: Why is he on here? He is literally the worst pick on here

Glen Campbell: Hopes he survives till 2017. Then, the glory will come.

Stan Lee: Despite being old and absolutely not frail, I wondder if he is a name too big to miss

Jake Lamotta: Outlived almost every boxer. How isn't he dead yet

Denis Norden: Not sure on his health, but I think he's one of those picks with only one way out.

Murray Walker: Cancer won't kill him

Jimmy Greaves: Cancer is starting to get worse

Gordon Banks: Cancer won't kill him

Jacques Chirac: Haven't heard anything about his health since his hospitilization

Stephen Hawking: Outlived literally every ALS case. He has a little longer to live

Paul Gascoigne: I don't like drug addicts on here. They are way too risky, and he might make it to 90 if he continues to make deathlist appearances. Plus, they block other terminal health cases

John Noakes: Alzhiemers will kill him, probably next year

Bruce Forsyth: I'm not entirely sure he'll make the starting line.

So here's my 25 who should be on deathlist next year if they make the starting line

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor

2. Olivia de Haviland

3. Billy Graham

4. Richard Adams

5. Kirk Douglas

6. Peter Sallis

7. Prince Philip

8. Lord Carrington

9. Bob Dole

10 Joost van der Westhuizen

11. Prunella Scales

12. Jimmy Carter

13. George Bush Sr

14. Vera Lynn

15. Leslie Philips

16. Fats Domino

17. Desmond Tutu

18. Glen Campbell

19. Stan Lee (I think he's too big to miss)

20. Jake Lamotta

21. Denis Norden

22. Jimmy Greaves

23. Jacques Chirac

24. John Noakes

25. Bruce Forsyth

Tough, especially with Castro gone. I wonder what you guys think of my opinion on these people, and then, because I know some people will disagree, stae your opinion on these.

 

 

That is a pretty sound analysis. Can't fault you for any of those picks at all.

 

Question is, if that's your 25 from the 2016 list, who would you choose as your other 25?

 

This is much harder then the 25 to from 2016, but, as it has been requested, here we go.

1. Leah Bracknell

2. Robert Mugabe

3. AA Gill

4. King Michael of Romania

5. Helmut Kohl

6. Sidney Poitier

7. John Wetton

8. Ian Brady

9. John Glenn

10. Former Pope Benedict

11. Ian St. John

12. Queen Elizabeth

13. Colin Meads

14. Sean Connery

15. Tony Booth

16. Mel Brooks

17. David Attenborough

18. Valerie Harper

19. Nicholas Parsons

20. Doris Day

21. Pierre Cardin

22. Chuck Berry

23. Norman Lloyd

24. Donald Trump

25. Ozzy Osbourne

 

I kept the terminally ill picks to that I can guarantee will get BBC obits, and I selected everyone else by how interesting they are and how big of a miss they are.

 

 

Pretty decent list. Not too sure about Donald Trump or Ozzy Osbourne being on, though. Yes, Trump could be assassinated but he must have a hell of a lot of security - people thought Obama was going to get assassinated for being the first African-American president but that never happened... hell, even Trump's best mate Nigel Farage has said recently that he can't go out of the house without security so imagine the amount that Trump has?

 

Anyway, if I was going to make my own list for 2017, here's how it would stand at this point:

 

1. Zsa Zsa Gabor

2. Leah Bracknell

3. Billy Graham

4. AA Gill

5. John Wetton

 

6. Olivia de Haviland

7. Jacque Fresco

8. Vera Lynn

9. Raymond Smullyan

10. Clare Hollingworth

 

11. Peter Sallis

12. Zhou Youguang

13. Prince Philip

14. Kirk Douglas

15. Michael of Romania

 

16. Richard Adams

17. Helmut Kohl

18. Herman Wouk

19. Fats Domino

20. Dick Van Dyke

 

21. Benedict XVI

22. Pierre Cardin

23. Stan Lee

24. Mikhail Gorbachev

25. Jean-Marie Le Pen

 

26. Javier Perez de Cuellar

27. Chuck Berry

28. Robert Mugabe

29. Hosni Mubarak

30. Jimmy Carter

 

31. George Bush Sr.

32. Desmond Morris

33. I. M. Pei

34. Peter Carrington

35. Manuel Noriega

 

36. Norman Tebbit

37. Timothy Dudley-Smith

38. Hugh Hefner

39. Jake Lamotta

40. Alan Greenspan

 

41. Jacques Delors

42. Gaston Glock

43. Tony Bennett

44. Nicholas Parsons

45. Desmond Tutu

 

46. Doris Day

47. Bruce Forsyth

48. Rolf Harris

49. Josef Fritzl

50. Richard Wilson

 

Joker (substitute for if one of these names dies between now and 1st Jan 2017): Noam Chomsky

 

EDIT: Comments on how good (or bad) this list is perceived to be would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

2ND EDIT: Out of the names on that list, which ones would you say are the least likely to UK obit?

Edited November 28, 2016 by Weebl

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

https://somethingbeginningwithc.com/2016/11/25/the-accidental-cancer-pilgrim/:Leah Bracknell`s cancer blog.Can`t find anything new but doesn`t seem she is going to snuff it in the next month or so.

 

 

There goes my Advent Avalanche pick - two days to sort another

She was already mentioned on that thread anyways.

[Dr Hackenslash 25]

Has anyone thought of adding Richard O'Sullivan?