Rate shadow deathlists

[John Key 747]

Is there a thread for posting shadow deathlists or deathlists of any kind and having them rated? I always thought it would be interesting. Comment here with your shadowlist or review someone elses shadowlist at the risk of your own being reviewed if its in the signature! 

 

Categories up for review could be: 

How many names are actually notable/household names

How many are actually likely to die

Any other major flaws / strengths you can think of

[John Key 747]

•  1. Leah Bracknell 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Robert Mugabe 4. Bob Dole 5. Sonali Bendre Behl 6. Roberta McCain 7. Marieke Vervoort 8. Herman Wouk 9. Clive James 10. Olivia De Havilland 11. Lee Kerslake 12. Vera Lynn 13. Fernando Ricksen 14. Anna Buydens 15. Gay Byrne 16. Shivakumara Swami 17. Beth Chapman 18. Bill Turnbull 19. Carl Reiner 20. Wendy Williams 21. Cloris Leachman 22. Samula Anoa'i 23. Jimmy Carter 24. Roman Reigns 25. Rosalynn Carter 26. Andrew McGahan 27. Julie Gibson 28. Dilip Kumar 29. Olivia Newton-John 30. Prince Philip 31. Kathleen Blanco 32. Betty White 33. John McCririck 34. Katherine Johnson 35. Bishop FAQuinn 36. Le Duc Anh 37. Johnny Clegg 38. Henry Kissenger 39. John Andretti 40. Pope Benedict XVI 41. Jose Jose 42. Beverly Cleary 43. Bob Barker 44. Queen Elizabeth II 45. Vera Lynn 46. Stirling Moss 47. Norman Lloyd 48. Hugh Downs 49. Hal Holbrook 50. Kevin Spacey

 

It's in my signature but perhaps I could start off with my list. Off the bat, I've got names like Kevin Spacey, Queen Elizabeth II and Jimmy Carter who are notable and household names but in all likelihood won't die this year. I've also got a few that I've gotten because they were discussed here / my personal research made me inclined to believe their health could be at fault despite me never hearing of them (e.g. a few Indian names on the list this year, and this site is very western/British orientated)

 

Also just about every second name was chosen just because of their advanced age rather than actual odds of dying from a terminal illness, which can make for a boring Deathlist. 

 

Anyone else can feel free to take a stab  

[drol 11,954]

Well,

 

Shivakumara Swami checked

Bishop Quinn checked

Dilip Kumar checked

General Anh checked

 

Wait a minute, where the hell is Li Rui? Your list sucks! 

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

29 minutes ago, John Key said:

•  1. Leah Bracknell 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Robert Mugabe 4. Bob Dole 5. Sonali Bendre Behl 6. Roberta McCain 7. Marieke Vervoort 8. Herman Wouk 9. Clive James 10. Olivia De Havilland 11. Lee Kerslake 12. Vera Lynn 13. Fernando Ricksen 14. Anna Buydens 15. Gay Byrne 16. Shivakumara Swami 17. Beth Chapman 18. Bill Turnbull 19. Carl Reiner 20. Wendy Williams 21. Cloris Leachman 22. Samula Anoa'i 23. Jimmy Carter 24. Roman Reigns 25. Rosalynn Carter 26. Andrew McGahan 27. Julie Gibson 28. Dilip Kumar 29. Olivia Newton-John 30. Prince Philip 31. Kathleen Blanco 32. Betty White 33. John McCririck 34. Katherine Johnson 35. Bishop FAQuinn 36. Le Duc Anh 37. Johnny Clegg 38. Henry Kissenger 39. John Andretti 40. Pope Benedict XVI 41. Jose Jose 42. Beverly Cleary 43. Bob Barker 44. Queen Elizabeth II 45. Vera Lynn 46. Stirling Moss 47. Norman Lloyd 48. Hugh Downs 49. Hal Holbrook 50. Kevin Spacey

 

It's in my signature but perhaps I could start off with my list. Off the bat, I've got names like Kevin Spacey, Queen Elizabeth II and Jimmy Carter who are notable and household names but in all likelihood won't die this year. I've also got a few that I've gotten because they were discussed here / my personal research made me inclined to believe their health could be at fault despite me never hearing of them (e.g. a few Indian names on the list this year, and this site is very western/British orientated)

 

Also just about every second name was chosen just because of their advanced age rather than actual odds of dying from a terminal illness, which can make for a boring Deathlist. 

 

Anyone else can feel free to take a stab  

Its OK and there's a good few picks that are sure fire hits but alot of your list seems to be there solely based on age. My advice would be cut down on that and find people who are actually ill, theres plently. One more thing Kevin Spacey is a terrible,terrible pick.

[Prophet 251]

My list:

1) Samu Anoa'i 2) Jean Louis Trintignant 3) Lee Kerslake 4) Sheila Mercier 5) Fernando Ricksen 6) Tim Conway 7) George Alagiah 8) Bill Turnbull 9) Andrew McGahan 10) Doddie Weir 11) Nobby Stiles 12) Bill Freehan 13) Ruthie Tompson 14) Beth Chapman 15) Kathleen Blanco 16) Norman Lloyd 17) Leah Bracknell 18) Le Duc Anh 19) Violeta Chamorro 20) John McCririck 21) George Fernandes 22) Li Rui 23) Bob Barker 24) Denis Goldberg 25) Diana Athill 26) Pope Benedict XVI 27) Kirk Douglas 28) Olivia-Newton John 29) Prince Philip 30) Roberta McCain 31) Jean from Luxembourg 32) Clive James 33) Jacques Chirac 34) Henry Kissinger 35) Jimmy Carter 36) Herman Wouk 37) Bob Dole 38) Vera Lynn 39) Olivia de Havilland 40) Dilip Kumar 41) Jill Gascoine 42) Boris Pahor 43) Shivakumara Swami 44) Hutton Gibson 45) Greg Gilbert 46) Monica Vitti 47) Jeanne Little 48) Bishop Francis Quinn 49) Stirling Moss 50) Leslie Phillips

And yes I know it was a terrible choice to drop Johnny Clegg.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

My shadowlist in my post signature! Not sure what people will make of it but all thoughts welcome!

 

Decent list  @Prophet although there are a few names like Hutton Gibson that I don't recognise I think you will do pretty well

 

Many of your names were on my longlist but I tried to make my shadowlist a bit "different" when final choices were made.

 

[FixedBusiness 407]

1. Leah Bracknell 2. Bob Dole 3. Genesis P-Orridge 4. George Alagiah 5. Clive James 6. Nobby Stiles 7. Jill Gascoine 8. Bob Barker 9. John McCirick 10. Bob Hawke 11. Martin Peters 12. Steffan Lewis 13. Johnny Clegg 14. Bart Starr 15. Daniel Arap Moi 16. Dilip Kumar 17. Christy Dignam 18. Herman Wouk 19. Kirk Douglas 20. Prince Philip 21. Dave Bartholomew 22. Jeanne Little 23. Norman Lloyd 24. Ruthie Tompson 25. John Andretti 26. Lee Kerslake 27. Bill Turnbull 28. Jacques Chirac 29. John Cocks 30. Stuart Fraser 31. Kathleen Blanco 32. Fernando Ricksen 33. Valerie Harper 34. Andy Fordham 35. Le Duc Anh 36. Caren Marsh Doll  37. Greg Gilbert 38. Earl Cameron 39. Jim Leavelle 40. Alberto Fujimori 41. Denis Goldberg 42. Warren Buffett 43. Wolfgang Bosbach 44. Leslie Phillips 45. Loongkoonan 46. Ginger Baker 47. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 48. Tim Conway 49. Joe Vento 50. John Hume (0/50)

 

 

@GooseberryCrumble I think that your list has potential for a good score this year. Lots of risky ones I see but also some presumably ill ones. Well done.

[markb4 902]

My shadowlist is in my signature.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Mine is in my signature. It's not very good - lots of people who are just old and also too many hard to judge dementia cases.

Paul Flynn the Mp is hard to judge  - he plans to quit Parliament this year but is saying it's only severe arthritis which may not be fatal - through some evidence points to being something more fatal.

I do think through the 1966 England squad could see 3 or 4 go within a few months once the next one goes.

 

[John Key 747]

14 hours ago, The Mad Hatter said:

Its OK and there's a good few picks that are sure fire hits but alot of your list seems to be there solely based on age. My advice would be cut down on that and find people who are actually ill, theres plently. One more thing Kevin Spacey is a terrible,terrible pick.

My #50 is usually meant to be a terrible pick lol. Last year it was Grace Mugabe, because she had crazy in her eyes. Coincidentally in 2018 there were rumours that her health was declining. Kevin Spacey I chose just because he seems to be going batshit crazy, if he wasn't already! I'll keep having my #50 as a bad pick for as long as I do deathlists! If he dies I'll come back to you for calling him a terrible, terrible pick though  

 

Definitely too many oldies though. 

[markb4 902]

Question: Is there a Dead Pool game where we use our shadowlists against each other? Like we all just submit a normal team of 50 and the winner is just whomever has the most hits that year?