The 4th Crowdsource Deathlist (2019 edition)

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Last warning for the crowdsource list. Only a little over a half hour left to submit (I may impose a 15 minute grace for those who submit a bit late, but after that no more entries will be accepted).

[Joey Russ 7,220]

And we're officially shut! Thanks to everyone who submitted a crowdsource entry, we have a total of 38 people submitting lists this year. Now it's on to the tabulating of points...

[Skinny kiltrunner 553]

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Before I reveal the official list in about ten minutes, here's who got dropped, disqualified, and was close to making the list:

 

DROPPED: Greg Gilbert, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Diana Athill, Alberto Fujimori, Valerie Harper, Pearl Carr, Diana Serra Cary, Yoko Ono, Val Kilmer

 

Disqualified: Monica Vitti

 

Near misses: Little Richard, Henry Kissinger, Carol Channing, Diana Athill, Imelda Marcos, Barbara Walters, Joanne Woodward, Jean Marie Le Pen, Genesis P-Orridge, Katherine Jackson, Harry Reid, Sumner Redstone, 6ix9ine

[Joey Russ 7,220]

50th

Beverly Cleary

2nd appearance, 44th

217 points

Children’s author

 

49th

Sheila Mercier

NEW

218 points

UK Actress

 

48th

Pierre Cardin

NEW
240 points

French Fashion Designer

 

47th

Rosalynn Carter

NEW

245 points

Peanut farmer wife

 

46th

John Andretti

NEW

259 points

NASCAR Driver

 

45th

IM Pei

NEW

262 points

Chinese American Architect

 

44th

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

NEW

267 points

Notorious Supreme Court Justice

 

43rd

Jean of Luxembourg

2nd appearance, 36th

274 points

Grand Duke

 

42nd

Betty White

NEW

292 points

Golden Girl

 

41st

Gina Lollobrigida

2nd appearance

293 points

Italian Beauty Queen

 

40th

Roberta McCain

NEW

296 points

Chips mother

 

39th

Franco Zeffirelli

2nd appearance, 25th

298 points

Acclaimed director

 

38th

Johnny Clegg

NEW

328 points

White Zulu

 

37th

Jacques Chirac

3rd appearance, 38th

345 points

Frenchman

 

36th

Doris Day

NEW

350 points

Entertainment darling

 

35th

John Hume

2nd appearance, 31st

355 points

Nobel Prize Winner

 

34th

Loretta Lynn

NEW

365 points

Coal Miner Daughter

 

33rd

Lee Kerslake

NEW

388 points

Uriah Heep Drummer

 

32nd

Kathleen Blanco

NEW

402 points

Katrina governor

 

31st

Terry Jones

NEW

428 points

Spam Lady

 

30th

Bill Turnbull

NEW

436 points

BBC Breakfast Presenter

 

29th

Violet Chamorro

NEW

453 points

Nicaragua leader

 

28th

Mikhail Gorbachev

4th appearance, 28th

454 points

Last Soviet Leader

 

27th

Javier Perez de Cuellar

NEW

461 points

ZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

26th

Sidney Poitier

3rd appearance, 26th

462 points

Mr Tibbs

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25th

Jill Gascoine

3rd appearance, 22nd

465 points

Actress

 

24th

John McCririck

NEW

475 points

Horse racing pundit

 

23rd

Stirling Moss

NEW

480 points

Formula One Driver

 

22nd

Glynis Johns

3rd appearance, 15th

487 points

DDP Host’s darling

 

21st

Jimmy Carter

4th appearance, 24th

494 points

Peanut farmer

 

20th

Leslie Phillips

4th appearance, 11th

511 points

Ding Dong!

 

19th

George Alagiah

NEW

529 points

BBC Presenter

 

18th

Bob Barker

NEW

561 points

Neuter activist

 

17th

Pope Benedict XVI

4th appearance, 23rd

563 points

Former God Man

 

16th

Le Duc Anh

NEW

567 points

Immortal

 

15th

Bob Dole

3rd appearance, 41st

567 points

Bob Dole

 

14th

Tim Conway

NEW

570 points

Barnacle Boy

 

13th

Dilip Kumar

2nd appearance, 16th

599 points

Indian Method Actor founder

 

12th

Prince Philip

4th appearance, 7th

716 points

Casual racist

 

11th

Olivia de Havilland

4th appearance, 16th

746 points

Hollywood Icon

 

10th

Olivia Newton-John

2nd appearance, 6th

750 points

Sandra Dee

 

9th

Fernando Ricksen

3rd appearance, 29th

782 points

Rangers player

 

8th

Clive James

4th appearance, 12th

787 points

Cultural critic

 

7th

Nobby Stiles

3rd appearance, 8th

843 points

World Cup Winner

 

6th

Vera Lynn

4th appearance, 10th

861 points

Wartime singer

 

5th

Robert Mugabe

4th appearance, 9th

882 points

Forum poster

 

4th

Jean-Louis Trintignant

NEW

986 points

Award winning French actor

[Joey Russ 7,220]

And your top 3 for 2019:

 

3rd

Herman Wouk

4th appearance, 13th

1004 points

Mutiny author

 

2nd

Leah Bracknell

3rd appearance, 2nd

1066 points

Forum favorite

 

1st

Kirk Douglas

4th appearance, 4th

1081 points

Spartacus

[Joey Russ 7,220]

The official list for 2019:

1. Kirk Douglas 1081 (4th, 4th)
2. Leah Bracknell 1066 (3rd, 2nd)
3. Herman Wouk 1004 (4th, 13th)
4. Jean-Louis Trintignant 986 (NEW)
5. Robert Mugabe 882 (4th, 9th)
6. Vera Lynn 861 (4th, 10th)
7. Nobby Stiles 843 (3rd, 8th)
8. Clive James 787 (4th, 12th)
9. Fernando Ricksen 782 (3rd, 29th)
10. Olivia Newton-John 750 (2nd, 6th)
11. Olivia de Havilland 746 (4th, 16th)
12. Prince Philip 716 (4th, 7th)
13. Dilip Kumar 599 (2nd, 16th)
14. Tim Conway 570 (NEW)
15. Bob Dole 567 (3rd, 41st)
16. Le Duc Anh 567 (NEW)
17. Pope Benedict 563 (4th, 23rd)
18. Bob Barker 561 (NEW)
19. George Alagiah 529 (NEW)
20. Leslie Phillips 511 (4th, 11th)
21. Jimmy Carter 494 (4th, 24th)
22. Glynis Johns 487 (3rd, 15th)
23. Stirling Moss 480 (NEW)
24. John McCririck 475 (NEW)
25. Jill Gascoine 465 (3rd, 22nd)
26. Sidney Poitier 462 (3rd, 26th)
27. Javier Pérez de Cuellar 461 (NEW)
28. Mikhail Gorbachev 454 (4th, 28th)
29. Violet Chamorro 453 (NEW)
30. Bill Turnbull 436 (NEW)
31. Terry Jones 428 (NEW)
32. Kathleen Blanco 408 (NEW)
33. Lee Kerslake 388 (NEW)
34. Loretta Lynn 365 (NEW)
35. John Hume 355 (2nd, 31st)
36. Doris Day 350 (NEW)
37. Jacques Chirac 345 (3rd, 38th)
38. Johnny Clegg 328 (NEW)
39. Franco Zeffirelli 298 (2nd, 25th)
40. Roberta McCain 296 (NEW)
41. Gina Lolligibrida 293 (2, -)
42. Betty White 292 (NEW)
43. Jean of Luxembourg 274 (2nd, 36th)
44. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 267 (NEW)
45. IM Pei 262 (NEW)
46. John Andretti 259 (NEW)
47. Rosalynn Carter 245 (NEW)
48. Pierre Cardin 240 (NEW)
49. Sheila Mercier 218 (NEW)
50. Beverly Cleary 217 (2nd, 44th)

[msc 18,439]

Looking good. Well done Joey.

 

And well done team, actually.

 

Well, not for dropping Diana Athill, mind you...

[Deathray 2,940]

Takeshi 69 or whatever Joey's got him down as above his going to be a massive miss I feel. 

 

Also dissapointed at the forum for not getting on board with the Schafernakers this year, by the time I convince you all he'll be old goddamit. 

 

 

Thanks for running this. And I'm assuming once the dust has settled and your sanity recovered we'll get a more detailed breakdown of scores on the doors for the 50+ group? 

[Squonk 24]

Thanks for pulling this together, Joey.  I trust there weren’t a majority of submissions that included Ray Sawyer to create more work for you at the last minute!

 

I didn’t include Prince Philip in my 2019 list as I’m beginning to think the guy is immortal....but as it’s the first year I’ve had time to do a list, I had nothing to lose by not including him.  If I’d included him in previous years I doubt I would have dropped him now given the way things seem to be going.

 

An interesting list and I look forward to tracking its progress.

 

 

[Clorox Bleachman 2,410]

1 hour ago, Deathray said:

Also dissapointed at the forum for not getting on board with the Schafernakers this year, by the time I convince you all he'll be old goddamit.

 

He was my 4th sub, if that's any consolation.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

3 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

Before I reveal the official list in about ten minutes, here's who got dropped, disqualified, and was close to making the list:

 

DROPPED: Greg Gilbert, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Diana Athill, Alberto Fujimori, Valerie Harper, Pearl Carr, Diana Serra Cary, Yoko Ono, Val Kilmer

 

Disqualified: Monica Vitti

 

Near misses: Little Richard, Henry Kissinger, Carol Channing, Diana Athill, Imelda Marcos, Barbara Walters, Joanne Woodward, Jean Marie Le Pen, Genesis P-Orridge, Katherine Jackson, Harry Reid, Sumner Redstone, 6ix9ine

Hey Joey, I didn't submit a crowdsourced entry this year but, just out of curiosity, why was Vitti disqualified?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Just now, Davey Jones' Locker said:

Hey Joey, I didn't submit a crowdsourced entry this year but, just out of curiosity, why was Vitti disqualified?

So here’s the thing. The number 50 spot was tied with both Cleary and Vitti in that exact place. I could only allow one of them on the list, but the main tiebreaker (number of lists) couldn’t be used as they were on the exact same number of lists. So it was practically a coin toss. After going through debates in my head, I decided that since another well known Italian actress did make the list (Lollobrigida), I decided to cut her to diversify the list. Whether that is the right choice remains to be seen, but I’m standing by my decision here. 

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Cheers.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,341]

4 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

So here’s the thing. The number 50 spot was tied with both Cleary and Vitti in that exact place. I could only allow one of them on the list, but the main tiebreaker (number of lists) couldn’t be used as they were on the exact same number of lists. So it was practically a coin toss. After going through debates in my head, I decided that since another well known Italian actress did make the list (Lollobrigida), I decided to cut her to diversify the list. Whether that is the right choice remains to be seen, but I’m standing by my decision here. 

A difficult call caused by an tricky quirky h  hand of fate. If only I had of made Monica Vitti 4th on my list instead of 5th and directly swopped her with Janis Paige putting her in 5th then things would have turned out quite different and the dilemma avoided! 

[msc 18,439]

6 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

A difficult call caused by an tricky quirky h  hand of fate. If only I had of made Monica Vitti 4th on my list instead of 5th and directly swopped her with Janis Paige putting her in 5th then things would have turned out quite different and the dilemma avoided! 

 

Yeah, we've never had a 50th place tie where all the tiebreakers are level before. I never considered it a possibility. I salute Joey's resolution of it.

 

 

[drol 11,944]

Ah, General Anh is on the list! Best day in my life.

[YoungWillz 21,037]

1 hour ago, drol said:

Ah, General Anh is on the list! Best day in my life.

Best day of Anh's life will be Jan 1 2020....

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Rosalyn Carter?  Interesting.  So a Carter-Carter departure ala Bush-Bush?   Funny she was barely discussed on these threads and pops up 47th overall.  

[The Old Crem 3,583]

2 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Rosalyn Carter?  Interesting.  So a Carter-Carter departure ala Bush-Bush?   Funny she was barely discussed on these threads and pops up 47th overall.  

She looks more likely to go this year than her husband.

 

[Joey Russ 7,220]

On 31/12/2018 at 17:52, Joey Russ said:

Near misses: Little Richard, Henry Kissinger, Carol Channing, Diana Athill, Imelda Marcos, Barbara Walters, Joanne Woodward, Jean Marie Le Pen, Genesis P-Orridge, Katherine Jackson, Harry Reid, Sumner Redstone, 6ix9ine

Well folks, we have our first big near miss of the year. Womp womp...

[The Old Crem 3,583]

54 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Well folks, we have our first big near miss of the year. Womp womp...

And I don't think it will be our last from that list of near misses.

[Book 3,556]

39 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Well folks, we have our first big near miss of the year. Womp womp...

 

I gave her 38 points!

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Channing was 13 points away from making the final list...