Ideas And Possibilities For 2018

[Grim Up North 3,725]

It took a bit of working out who the 18 names you would drop are but having established that you have 8 names the same as my 10 (you keep Pierre Cardin and Javier P de Cue).

 

The others you drop are

Bob Dole - ok

Jimmy Carter - risky

Robert Mugabe - risky

QE 2 - ok (also risky but not based on her appearance)

Bob Barker - ok

Ian St John - dropping a footballer to replace with a whole team :-) - but ok

Hugh Hefner - risky

Bruce Forsyth - risky

Hosni Mubarak - ok

Gay Byrne - ok

 

which kind of confirms the point I was making - if a few more people don't die then the Committee are going to have to expel some high risk candidates. 

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My current 2018 candidates

 

Keep

 

Kirk Douglas

Vera Lynn

Billy Graham

Lord Carrington

Duke of Edinburgh

Denis Norden

Pierre Cardin

Olivia De Haviland

Hernan Wouk

Tony Booth

Leah Bracknell

Gord Downie

Leslie Phillips

Javier Perez De Cueller

Jake Lamotta

King Michael of Romania

Nobby Stiles

Jill Gascoine

George Bush Sr

Jerry Lewis

Bruce Forsyth

Emporer Akihito

Desmond Tutu

Glen Campbell

Valerie Harper

 

Returning

 

Prunella Scales

Jacques Chirac

Jimmy Greaves

Murray Walker

Clive James

Doris Day

Frank Bough

 

New

 

Harry Belafonte

Linda Nolan

Johnny Hallyday

Charlotte Rae

Richard Baker

Stanley Baxter

Shane McGowan

Kenny Samson

Sinead O'Connor

Rolf Harris

Stefan Karl Stefannson

Colin Meads

Ray Wilson (footballer)

Martin Peters

Pete Murray

Stan Bowles

Sheila Mercier

Olivia Newton-John

 

 

 

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Most notable german movie-director and Golden Globe winner Arthur Brauner turns 100 next year. One to take a look on, not sure if he is obitable.

Attached recent pic with his friend Kirk

 

[ebless 203]

Stan Lee now replaces Campbell to my keep list with Monica Vitti earning a place in the new ones.

 

Sandy Gall and Doug Ellis I would drop for just one year and bring them back permanently if they both start 2019.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Mitzi Shore, "Godmother of American comedy", is apparently really really fucked up at the moment and would be lucky to make 2018. If she's there at the start line, consider this post a gift.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

8 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Mitzi Shore, "Godmother of American comedy", is apparently really really fucked up at the moment and would be lucky to make 2018. If she's there at the start line, consider this post a gift.

My first dog when I was 4 yrs old was named Mitzi, and I always get a kick that that is actually a name someone would give a human.  Just like when will we be Dickless, it can't be long before we are Mitziless, as it's a pretty archaic name that can't possibly be used to punish some poor girl nowadays -- (See Fanny Flagg).  Other than Mitzi Gaynor there weren't too many I can think of, thought Mitzi Shore is certainly one.  Easy obit.
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[Grim Up North 3,725]

6 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Most notable german movie-director and Golden Globe winner Arthur Brauner turns 100 next year. One to take a look on, not sure if he is obitable.

Attached recent pic with his friend Kirk

 

Are we absolutely certain Kirk Douglas is alive? Does he look like that on all his recent photos - I'm thinking Weekend at Bernie's.

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28 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

My first dog when I was 4 yrs old was named Mitzi, and I always get a kick that that is actually a name someone would give a human.  Just like when will we be Dickless, it can't be long before we are Mitziless, as it's a pretty archaic name that can't possibly be used to punish some poor girl nowadays -- (See Fanny Flagg).  Other than Mitzi Gaynor there weren't too many I can think of, thought Mitzi Shore is certainly one.  Easy obit.
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Behind The Name says Mitzi is a German diminutive for Maria, so it's not really an individual name.  Not that that means much these days.

[msc 18,437]

The German refugee in A Murder is Announced is called Mitzi. A great book.

[YoungWillz 21,028]

3 minutes ago, msc said:

The German refugee in A Murder is Announced is called Mitzi. A great book.

Agreed. I've read most of the Marples/Poirots. I guess the most strange is The Big Four. Don't really have a favourite, but if pushed I might tell you...

[msc 18,437]

3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Agreed. I've read most of the Marples/Poirots. I guess the most strange is The Big Four. Don't really have a favourite, but if pushed I might tell you...

 

Not actually read The Big Four.  Weakest of the books of her big two detectives (ignoring those written while she had dementia, of course) is Appointment with Death, which uses the same trick as another novel, but less well.

 

Christie's brilliant (ABC Murders is a big favourite) but alas, died in 1976, so not great for deadpoolers!

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The grave of Agatha Christie and her husband.  Oddly, his profession has been spelled "Archeaologist".

If that was in one of her novels, it would be a clue to something. 

 

[Sean 6,313]

7 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Most notable german movie-director and Golden Globe winner Arthur Brauner turns 100 next year. One to take a look on, not sure if he is obitable.

Attached recent pic with his friend Kirk

 

Yeah I would say he is notable enough.

[Book 3,551]

1 minute ago, Shaun of the Dead said:

Yeah I would say he is notable enough.

 Hopefully! He is in my theme team actually and should be a decent unique hit for me in 2017!

[Sean 6,313]

He will definitely get a UK obit.Whether he is deathlisty is debatable I would say yes but Im not on the committee.

[Deadpool 166]

What about Pau Dones? Spanish singer with terminal cancer 

[Zsa Zsa's leg 884]

On 8/8/2017 at 08:55, Joey Russ said:

No Ronnie Wood either...

Isn't he in remission w/ his lung cancer?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

2 minutes ago, Zsa Zsa's leg said:

Isn't he in remission w/ his lung cancer?

Quite the opposite, actually...

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

Why did Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood refuse chemo? Because 'this hair wasn’t going anywhere'

 

This hair will be going to a coffin if he refuses chemo.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Well, chemo can actually do more harm than good in some cases. Think Rob Ford, for example.  It might not be a bad call for Ronnie for now, but he'll still die sometime in the next 9 months. 

Actually, I wonder if Wetton died because the new chemo he tried was rejected from his body...

[Zsa Zsa's leg 884]

since we're talking about who should be kept and who's deathlist enough i will jump in on the trend. but i am too lazy to adapt my shadow list to be deathlisty so here it is.

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keep on the DL

1. George Bush

2. Billy Graham

3. Prince Philip, DOE

4. Kirk Douglas

5. Bob Dole

6. Jimmy Carter

7. Queen Elizabeth II

8. Herman Wouk

9. Liz Dawn

10. Jill Gascoine

11. Pope Benedict XVI

12. Lord Peter Carrington

13. Leah Bracknell

14. Nobby Stiles

15. Jerry Lewis

16. Bruce Forsyth

17. Betty White

18. Denis Norden

19. Javier Peréz de Cuellar

20. Leslie Philips

21. Gord Downie

22. Olivia de Havilland

23. Vera Lynn

24. Valerie Harper

25. Jake LaMotta

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bring back to the DL

1. Clive James

2. Henry Kissinger

3. Jacques Chirac

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add

1. John McCain

2. Roberta McCain (she's a shadow list fav of mine)

3. Johnny Hallyday

4. Linda Nolan

5. Salvatore Riina

6. Olivia Newton-John

7. Norman Lloyd

8. Beverly Cleary

9. Liam Cosgrave

10. Mary Carlisle

11. Barbara Bush

12. Sheila Mercier

13. Lucia Hiriart

14. Charlotte Rae

15. Eberhard Van Der Laan

16. Stefán Karl Stefánsson

17. George P. Shultz

18. Dean Francis

19. Rosalynn Carter

20. Matt Cappotelli

21. Michael Caine

22. Christy Dignam

 

[Zsa Zsa's leg 884]

2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Well, chemo can actually do more harm than good in some cases. Think Rob Ford, for example.  It might not be a bad call for Ronnie for now, but he'll still die sometime in the next 9 months. 

Actually, I wonder if Wetton died because the new chemo he tried was rejected from his body...

Oh shit. Well replace Roberta McCain with Ronnie Wood for my list then.

[Sean 6,313]

2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Well, chemo can actually do more harm than good in some cases. Think Rob Ford, for example.  It might not be a bad call for Ronnie for now, but he'll still die sometime in the next 9 months. 

Actually, I wonder if Wetton died because the new chemo he tried was rejected from his body...

Nah he could last a good 2 3 maybe 4 years .Just depends when it comes back.

[msc 18,437]

Rob Ford was mostly harmed by being an unhealthy fat bastard, really.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Well, chemo can actually do more harm than good in some cases. Think Rob Ford, for example.  It might not be a bad call for Ronnie for now, but he'll still die sometime in the next 9 months. 

Actually, I wonder if Wetton died because the new chemo he tried was rejected from his body...

 

Even if it works at first, going through chemo makes it almost certain that the cancer will come back at some point, and more aggressive than before. The pharmaceutical industry loves it.