Who Should Be On The 2018 Deathlist?

[Bibliogryphon 8,648]

Watching An American in Paris last night reminded me that Leslie Caron (b.1931) is still alive

[Drewsky1211 4,063]

I'm pretty sure Carol Channing would make for a good choice next year.

[Sean 5,997]

On 17/12/2017 at 12:25, Weebl said:

Okay, so I'm not really on this site a huge amount these days, which probably isn't such a bad thing to be fair - but do enjoy coming back here at this time of year to think about who should be on next year's list.

 

So just thought I'd mention a few names to consider, at least some of whom are very seldom mentioned on this site:

 

John Cantlie (b. 1970) - ISIS captive, possibly already dead according to untrustworthy news report from earlier this year

Kurt Westergaard (b. 1935) - Danish cartoonist and critic of Islam

Roman Polanski (b. 1933) - film director and sexual abuser

Nicholas Parsons (b. 1923) - veteran British radio host, a must for next year as turning 95

Egidius Braun (b. 1925) - German football guy, UK obit chances negligible

Udo Walendy (b. 1927) - German Holocaust denier, UK obit chances low

Louis Farrakhan (b. 1933) - Leader of the Nation of Islam, I would say a good pick for next year

Richard Sherman (b. 1928) - Disney songwriter
Robbie Coltrane (b. 1950) - Scottish actor
Brian Blessed (b. 1936) - English actor

Peter Tobin (b. 1946) - Scottish serial killer

Dennis Nilsen (b. 1945) - Scottish serial killer

Josef Fritzl (b. 1935) - Austrian incest dad

Gary Glitter (b. 1944) - rock musician and paedo

Ian Watkins (b. 1977) - nu metal musician and paedo, yes he's young but anything could happen in prison including suicide

Anders Breivik (b. 1979) - Norwegian mass murderer, yes he's young but anything could happen in prison including suicide, he has also been on hunger strike and done all sorts of crazy shit

Micheline Bernardini (b. 1927) - French woman who modelled the first bikini in 1946 - never mind all these dying porn stars, here's an even better pick!

Walter Mondale (b. 1928) - American politician

Ross Perot (b. 1930) - American politician

Alan Greenspan (b. 1926) - American economist

Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) - German sociologist

Richard Lynn (b. 1930) - British eugenicist and scientific racist

Jean Raspail (b. 1925) - French author

Jean-Marie Le Pen (b. 1928) - French far-right politician

Cecil Taylor (b. 1929) - American jazz musician

Eugene Wright (b. 1923) - American jazz musician and member of Dave Brubeck's band

Berry Gordy (b. 1929) - American Motown musician and manager

E. O. Wilson (b. 1929) - American biologist

Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) - English hymnwriter

I. M. Pei (b. 1917) - Chinese-American architect

Hosni Mubarak (b. 1928) - former Egyptian president

Lyndon LaRouche (b. 1922) - American political activist

Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921) - former Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Jacques Delors (b. 1925) - French politician

Norman Tebbit (b. 1931) - British politician

Gaston Glock (b. 1929) - Austrian firearms manufacturer

Mark E. Smith (b. 1957) - British post-punk musician with The Fall, and yes mentioned several times here already but wanted to just mention him again

Irmin Schmidt (b. 1937) - German keyboardist with Can, most of his bandmates are now dead and he was always the oldest and fattest member of the group

Charles Aznavour (b. 1924) - Armenian-French singer

Little Richard (b. 1932) - American rock and roll musician

Rex Garrod (b. 19??) - British engineer and inventor, created Brum from the children's TV series and also entered into Robot Wars with Cassius, now apparently living in a care home with dementia, not sure of his exact age but would imagine him to be at least 70

Chris Rea (b. 1951) - British musician, not in the best of health at the moment

Roberta McCain (b. 1912) - American mother of John McCain, don't see why they can't both be on this year's list to be honest!

Gudrun Ure (b. 1926) - Scottish actress, Supergran

Jan Svankmajer (b. 1934) - Czech filmmaker

Arvo Part (b. 1935) - Estonian composer

Quentin Blake (b. 1932) - British cartoonist

Desmond Morris (b. 1928) - British biologist and author - a potential good pick here that I don't see being talked about much

 

Opinions on any of these picks would be appreciated, thanks!

Rex Garrod is about 74.Inside knowledge I have is that he has indeed gotten significantly worse in the last few months though.He is physically fine though so could last a while yet.Desperately sad.I won't say anymore out of respect for the family though.

[Life Is Beautiful 695]

On 12/17/2017 at 12:25, Weebl said:

Little Richard (b. 1932) - American rock and roll musician

 

Opinions on any of these picks would be appreciated, thanks!

A MUST next year.

 

Out of the "Core 4" of Rock (Domino-Berry-Richard-Lewis), only two remain. People seem to mention Jerry Lee Lewis much more, which is very surprising because Little Richard:

- is older

-is the one who stopped performing years and years ago

- is the one who was close to dying (according to various sources) many times before and is approaching the maximum lifespan of a rocker.

I think the famous "Last Man Standing" monicker will finally apply for real to JLL.

 

[Bentrovato 995]

Denny Laine. Ex-Moody Blues and Wings amongst others. For Mull of Kintyre alone he should be on the list permanently.

[Spade_Cooley 9,019]

Jeannette Charles.

[Spade_Cooley 9,019]

Here's a photo of Jeannette from earlier this year. Are those rest home curtains?

 

 

[Sean 5,997]

Village Hall I reckon.

[Sean 5,997]

Robert Fyfe

[Bentrovato 995]

Where is Lionel Blair these days?

[Weebl 216]

5 hours ago, Sean said:

Rex Garrod is about 74.Inside knowledge I have is that he has indeed gotten significantly worse in the last few months though.He is physically fine though so could last a while yet.Desperately sad.I won't say anymore out of respect for the family though.

 

Was watching some footage of the old Robot Wars on YouTube recently that featured him and his robot Cassius. He was such a nice guy that he said he didn't want to destroy his opponents' creations, only immobilize them, because he wanted to encourage, rather than discourage, kids to get into engineering. That approach wouldn't go far in the updated new series which features Carbide, Eruption, etc...

 

Gotta love a bunch of grown men playing with remote controlled cars with weapons on them. Best form of entertainment ever!

[Weebl 216]

5 hours ago, Life Is Beautiful said:

A MUST next year.

 

Out of the "Core 4" of Rock (Domino-Berry-Richard-Lewis), only two remain. People seem to mention Jerry Lee Lewis much more, which is very surprising because Little Richard:

- is older

-is the one who stopped performing years and years ago

- is the one who was close to dying (according to various sources) many times before and is approaching the maximum lifespan of a rocker.

I think the famous "Last Man Standing" monicker will finally apply for real to JLL.

 

 

He is a must next year, but there have been even more certain "musts" like Howard Marks and John Wetton that have been totally ignored by the DeathList committee, so nothing's guaranteed.

 

Out of my list, here are the names I would consider "musts":

 

Nicholas Parsons

Louis Farrakhan

Alan Greenspan

Jean-Marie Le Pen

I. M. Pei

Lyndon LaRouche

Jacques Delors

Norman Tebbit

Little Richard

Chris Rea

Desmond Morris

[Sean 5,997]

5 minutes ago, Weebl said:

 

He is a must next year, but there have been even more certain "musts" like Howard Marks and John Wetton that have been totally ignored by the DeathList committee, so nothing's guaranteed.

 

Out of my list, here are the names I would consider "musts":

 

Nicholas Parsons

Louis Farrakhan

Alan Greenspan

Jean-Marie Le Pen

I. M. Pei

Lyndon LaRouche

Jacques Delors

Norman Tebbit

Little Richard

Chris Rea

Desmond Morris

What is wrong with Morris.Aside from being 89?

[Weebl 216]

3 minutes ago, Sean said:

What is wrong with Morris.Aside from being 89?

 

Nothing as far as I'm aware

[Weebl 216]

Okay - here is a tentative shadow Deathlist from me for 2018:

 

1. Billy Graham
2. Kirk Douglas
3. I. M. Pei
4. Olivia de Haviland
5. Daniel arap Moi

 

6. Peter Carrington
7. Vera Lynn
8. Stefan Karl Stefansson
9. William Frankland
10. Beverly Cleary

 

11. Herman Wouk
12. Leah Bracknell
13. Dennis Norden
14. Javier Perez de Cuellar
15. Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

 

16. George Bush Sr
17. Pierre Cardin
18. Prince Philip
19. Doris Day
20. Stan Lee

 

21. Dick Van Dyke
22. John McCain
23. Hosni Mubarak
24. Sumner Redstone
25. Robert Mugabe

 

26. Henry Kissinger
27. Olivia Newton-John
28. Benedict XVI
29. Timothy Dudley-Smith
30. Nicholas Parsons

 

31. Lyndon LaRouche
32. Charles Aznavour
33. Tony Bennett
34. Sidney Poitier
35. Jacques Delors

 

36. Jimmy Carter
37. Louis Farrakhan
38. Chris Rea
39. Little Richard
40. Desmond Morris

 

41. Desmond Tutu
42. Gudrun Ure
43. Jean-Marie Le Pen
44. Alan Greenspan
45. Gaston Glock

 

46. Norman Tebbit
47. Josef Fritzl
48. Mark E. Smith
49. Irmin Schmidt
50. Rex Garrod

 

Thoughts?

 

Good list? Bad list?

 

Which good picks am I missing? Who needs to be on this list that isn't? And who should be removed?

[RolandDeschain 91]

Some thoughts...

 

I really think Ian Holm should be included next year.  Recent health problems, retired and typical Deathlist pick.

George Blake will be 96 next year. Although not one of the 'Cambridge spies' he did have connections to them and is the last surviving member of 1960s spies who were turned by the USSR.

Joss ackland will be 90 and would make a decentish pick.

Doreen Keogh will be 92 - she was Mary the neighbour in The Royle Family but also had a lengthy career going back to the late 1940s

I'm surprised Sheila Mercier hasn't been mentioned for a while. 99 on 1st Jan and as a 'soap choice' could take Vera's place.

veteran character actor Tony Britton will be 94 next year - starred in 'popular' sitcom Don't Wait Up but also in loss of other stuff like The Day Of The Jackal, etc.  Also Fern Britton's dad

Eve Marie Saint will be 94 - one of the last 'big' actresses left from the Hitchcock classics.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,205]

Prince Henrik of Denmark 

Bill Treacher 

Clarissa Eden 

Doris Day 

 

[Sean 5,997]

The only certs I can think of for next year are:

John McCain 

Leah Bracknell

Denis Goldberg

Jose Jose

Charlotte Rae

 

Those that are nearly certs:

Nobby Stiles

Ray Wilson

John Hume

Tessa Jowell

Olivia Newton_John

Kamala 

Stefan Karl Stefannson

Liam Miller

Dilip Kumar

 

 

Those in serious danger

Morgan Tsvangirai

Wolfgang Bosbach

Val Kilmer

Mark E Smith 

Ric Flair

Big Van Vader

Chris Rea

Christy Dignam

Linda Nolan

Ronnie Wood

Larry King

Billy McNeill

Stevie Chalmers

Trevor Peacock

Stirling Moss

Roger Bannister

Gunter von Hagens

Peter Lorimer

Chris Mortensen

Bernard Tapie

Freddie Starr

Robert Fyfe

[Grim Up North 3,565]

Could you not add another 14 names Sean then it would save me doing a list for your pool now run by RadGuy who is now summat about the Midway?

[Life Is Beautiful 695]

1 hour ago, Sean said:

 

Those in serious danger:

Larry King

 

What is so serious about Larry King? I didn't hear anything worrying about him except for the usual sexual assault charges fired these days against every US male celebrity who ever lived.

[Sean 5,997]

7 minutes ago, Life Is Beautiful said:

What is so serious about Larry King? I didn't hear anything worrying about him except for the usual sexual assault charges fired these days against every US male celebrity who ever lived.

Had lung cancer earlier this year .Detected early but at 84 with a long history of serious heart problems as well as having been a massive chainsmoker until he quit after a heart attack in 1987 requiting quintuple heart bypass surgery.He also has type 2 diabetes. He is worth keeping a close eye on.Has also looked very frail in recent years.

[Sean 5,997]

Also the  allegations about him could cause stress which given his heart is very serious.

[NiceGuyEddie 1]

 

Carmen Franco*is near death

John McCain*is near death

Charlotte Rae *Is the only famous Rae not to named by 1 hit wonder Johnny Rae

 

 

[NiceGuyEddie 1]

1 minute ago, Sean said:

Also the  allegations about him could cause stress which given his heart is very serious.

Certain species of Lizards can live up to 107 year in captivity*Fact courtesy of Encyclopedia

[Joey Russ 7,119]

1 hour ago, Grim Up North said:

Could you not add another 14 names Sean then it would save me doing a list for your pool now run by RadGuy who is now summat about the Midway?

Well, there’s Willie Nelson for one thing...