Who Should Be On The 2018 Deathlist?

[Joey Russ 7,119]

It’s a tradition that this thread is listed and it’s not something that’s listed for the first time. Do you really think they would want to go through over 60 pages in the ideas and possibilities thread with a certain amount of it being just clutter? That’s why why this thread exists...

[ebless 202]

25 to keep assuming King Michael of Romania snuffs it by the weekend

 

Kirk Douglas

Vera Lynn

Billy Graham

Lord Carrington

Duke of Edinburgh

Denis Norden

Pierre Cardin

Stan Lee

Olivia De Haviland

Herman Wouk

Bob Dole

Leah Bracknell

Jimmy Carter

Leslie Phillips

Robert Mugabe

Javier Perez De Cuellar

Nobby Stiles

Jill Gascoine

Bob Barker

George Bush sr

Pope Benedict

Hosni Mubarak

Desmond Tutu

Gay Byrne

Valerie Harper

 

New/returning

 

John McCain

Linda Nolan

Shane McGowan

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Doris Day

Richard Baker

Stanley Baxter

Clive James

Tessa Jowell

Harry Belafonte

Jimmy Greaves

Barbara Bush

Johnny Hallyday

Roger Bannister

Murray Walker

Stan Bowles

Charlotte Rae

Olivia Newton-John

Mark E Smith

Gudrun Ure

Jacques Chirac

Malcolm Young

Sheila Mercier

Martin Peters

Larry King

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[msc 17,762]

3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Also, I think Michael Martin, former Speaker is a good punt. He’s taken a leave of absence from the Lords, is in his 70s and quite heavy.

 

I met Martin once when he was Speaker or deputy Speaker, I forget which, school thing, I didn't pay attention to a word he said but my friend (who has the best nose for politics I know) was with me and afterwards he replied "What a shifty bastard". So, few years later, his downfall wasn't too much of a surprise.

 

School had option for a class talk of Martin, Donald Dewar and I forget the third but it was an older Tory. Went for Martin, the dullest choice, and Dewar and the Tory were dead within a year or two. Useless.

 

 

2 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Of course, now that I think about it, Lou Rawls is more obscure than Dury, yet he's still significant enough and well known enough to make the list. i think my general point still stands though, Gilbert and Lima aren't significant enough to make the list...

 

I'm quite into music but the front page was the first I'd heard of Rawls back then. I suspect he was more known to an older audience though.

[YoungWillz 19,103]

The best Lou Rawls are Andrex...

[Toast 14,847]

8 minutes ago, msc said:

I'm quite into music but the front page was the first I'd heard of Rawls back then. I suspect he was more known to an older audience though.

 

I'd be very surprised if you'd genuinely never heard "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".  That was his biggest hit (and only UK hit).  It's been in loads of films and TV shows.  One of those cases where people may not know the artist, but play them the song and they go "Oh yeah, I know this."

 

 

[msc 17,762]

5 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

I'd be very surprised if you'd genuinely never heard "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".  That was his biggest hit (and only UK hit).  It's been in loads of films and TV shows.  One of those cases where people may not know the artist, but play them the song and they go "Oh yeah, I know this."

 

Aye, Toast, I have now! This was back in 2008 when I first found the site. I wasn't even married or out of uni back then!

[Toast 14,847]

I'm one of those people though.  It was only sometime in the last few years that I put that song and Lou Rawls together!  And that was during a pub quiz when it featured in a music round and someone else in the team said, "Lou Rawls".  I'd heard the name, and I'd heard the song hundreds of times, but never really thought about who sang it.

[drol 10,066]

3 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan President has Alzheimer’s and is 95 next year. Easy hit...

 

Also, I think Michael Martin, former Speaker is a good punt. He’s taken a leave of absence from the Lords, is in his 70s and quite heavy.

He is 94 next year. Anyway watch this video of him voting at the latest Keyan elections. They practically put his finger on "vote for Kenyatta".

[Ulitzer95 11,087]

The article about Daniel arap Moi’s health states that he’s no longer able to recognise the people around him. I’ll give him 6 months.

[Sean 5,999]

He looks like death .

[maryportfuncity 10,017]

Rolf Harris - regardless of his age - is still focussed and angry to the point he's taking legal action against at least one of those who prosecuted him for noncing

 

I think he'll see 2019

[Joey Russ 7,119]

7 minutes ago, Sean said:

He looks like death .

He could be death...

[gcreptile 10,236]

Well, only 7-8 people need to be dropped...

 

In my opinion, those are:

Ian St. John

Honor Blackman

Doug Ellis

QE II

Jimmy Carter

Pierre Cardin

and Lord Carrington.

Maybe also Betty White. 

 

The new ones should be:

Franco Zeffirelli

Sumner Redstone

John McCain

Johnny Hallyday

Jacques Chirac

Dilip Kumar

 

and damnit, where are the women?

 

Joanne Woodward

and Pearl Carr.

 

Edit: Maybe they'll keep fewer than 25.

[earl 64]

Three not mentioned:

 

James Watson

Joseph Jackson, father of Michael Jackson

Montserrat Caballe

 

[Toast 14,847]

Stirling Moss

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,211]

Mikhail Gorbachev. 

[Sean 5,999]

Frank Miller

 

 

 

 

[Sean 5,999]

Morgan Tsvangirai

[Death Impends 7,373]

Neil Simon (uncommunicative due to Alzheimer's/dementia) worth considering methinks.

[Sean 5,999]

Mark E Smith

[Sean 5,999]

Baroness Trumpington

 

 

[CaptainChorizo 1,906]

1 hour ago, earl said:

Montserrat Caballe

 

She had legal problems the last few years and been too ill to show up in court,can't believe I forgot about her.  If deathlist want' to make this the Biggest year in their history they can't forget her.

[Joey Russ 7,119]

Methinks it’s about time for Mel Brooks to make an appearance...

[Weebl 216]

Who should be on the list? Well, people who are still alive who were good picks who have been missed in previous years!

 

But, we need to start including big names with no particular health problems who were born around 1930 - that means your Sean Connerys and Clint Eastwoods need to start making an appearance on the list around now as they are old enough and it would be bad to miss them.

[Weebl 216]

44 minutes ago, Sean said:

Mark E Smith

 

Since when was he in a wheelchair?