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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

( copied and slightly edited from the beginning of the 2007 thread)

As mentioned on the current thread, it is time to start thinking about people who you think might well, er.....DIE (basically) during 2008. You don't have to post your list yet, but if you do not post it before 11:59 on 31st December 2007 (GMT) you will be unable to take any further part in the contest. Have fun, Think carefully and read the rules below.

1. You must pick 13 well-known people (the definition of well-known is that their deaths will be reported by at least one major outlet. Examples: The Guardian, CNN, IMDB, CNNSI) whom you think will shuffle off this mortal coil in 2008. That is, starting from 00:01 am (GMT) on January 1st 2008

2. Points are awarded according to the following formula: the celebrity's age at the time of death subtracted from 100. For example, if the person you choose dies at the age of 67, you will earn 33 points.

3. You earn 50 bonus points if the death occurs in such a way as to clearly prove the existence of God (e.g., some doofus dies from burns after trying to torch a church or something).

4. You cannot choose anyone under the age of 18.

5. You can choose an inmate scheduled to be executed, but you only earn points if the person dies by some means other than the state-sponsored execution. E.g., a shiv in the stomach counts, lethal injection does not.

6. You are disqualified if you contribute in any way to the death of one of your chosen candidates, with the exception of police officers and members of the armed services who kill someone in the line of duty.

7. All entries must be submitted on this thread no later than 2359 GMT 31st December 2007. No entries will be accepted after this time. You may however make changes to your list any time before 2359 31st December 2007, but only if someone pops their clogs before the beginning of the year. (or you've put someone in twice)

There are also a couple of extraneous categories:

Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award: person who picks the first death of 2008.

Quantity Not Quality Award: person who picks the most people who croak in 2008, regardless of their points value.

This is now the 5th time we have done this, and each time someone questions the merits of what we are doing. Please bear in mind:

* This is only a game
* These are not death "Wish Lists" - You choose who you think might die. It's not my fault if that is influenced by who you want to die.
* The Circus is the place for games, not discussion, so debating the right/wrong of what we are doing should be done somewhere else

Have fun, and remember to post your selection.

(those of you who are eagle-eyed about the times posted might wonder what happens to someone who dies exactly on the stroke of midnight between 2007 and 2008 - we'll cross that bridge should it actually happen, but for now, don;t worry about it)

Wet Kipper
Circus Host

[ 12. July 2016, 12:16: Message edited by: Belisarius ]

Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :

1. Maggie Thatcher
2. Jimmy Carter
3. George Bush Snr
4. Tony Benn
5. Ian Paisley
6. Duke of Edinburgh
7. Mohammed Fayed
8. Prince Harry (wild card one but nice points)
9. Michael Heseltine
10.Norman Wisdom
11.+++Benedict
12.Tom Baker
13.Colin Baker

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

I find this whole idea very morbid and sick. Rule 6 is alarming - do we really attract that sort of person? And, with one or two exceptions, Matt's looks horribly like a wish-list!

I am so disgusted and sickened that I am really going to have to enter.

AG

Posted by Petrified (# 10667) on :

Here's mine:
1) Patrick Moore
2) Norman Wisdom
3) Ronnie Biggs
4) Michael Foot
5) Clive Dunn
6) Alexander Solzhenitsyn
7) Kirk Douglas
8) Nelson Mandela
9) Margaret Thatcher
10) Prince Phillip
11) Jerry Lewis
12) Mohammed Ali
13) Les Paul

Same as last year save for one who managed to die before the start.

So unless they go before 31st all these are guaranteed another year of life.

Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
And, with one or two exceptions, Matt's looks horribly like a wish-list!

If it really was, I'd have shoved in the likes of Robert Mugabe; sadly he looked pretty spry at Lisbon the other day so I reckoon he'll be good for at least another year.

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :

I've got Mugabe on my list anyway Matt, which is the same as last year as all my lot survived.

1. Murdoch of Twisted News Corp

2. G W Bush, because the world deserves a break

3. L K Advani - Indian politician and promoter of hatred and communal violence

4. Thatcher, the truly appalling

5. John Howard of Australia, happily now out of office.

6. Jean Marie LePen, French politician and promoter of hatred and communal violence

7. Robert Mugabe, the ruination of Zimbabwe

8. Bal Thackeray - another promoter of hatred and communal violence in India, and admirer of Hitler

9. Pat Robertson - alleged Christian

10. Ian Paisley - another promoter of hatred and communal violence in Ireland this time

11. Thabo Mbeke whose belief that HIV is not causal of AIDS is holding back help and support to millions in his country

12. Gerry Adams - just to be fair

13. Philip Mountbatten, of Greece, Denmark and Britain.

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

A few with good point-potential and some I've had to check if they are, in fact, still living:

1. Pete Doherty - UK’s most famous drug addict
2. Amy Winehouse - troubled songstress and friend of above
3. Ian Huntley - child murderer and suicide risk
4. Robert Mugabe - because
5. Kate McCann - Holidaymaker and mother of UK’s most famous missing child
6. Gerry McCann - husband of above; nominee for Scot of the Year
7. Paul McCartney - elderly popster - showing the strain
8. Richard Branson - risk-taking rich man
9. Tom Cruise - short scientologist and film actor
10. Bob Dylan - musician; orange is not a healthy colour for humans
11. Lord George Robertson - politician; one-time Secretary General of NATO
12. Elizabeth Taylor - movie legend
13. Paul Michael Glaser - *Starsky*

Posted by Most Moved Mover (# 11673) on :

1. Leonid Hurwicz (Nobel prize winning economist)
2. June Brown (Dot Cotton from Eastenders)
3. Russell Watson (Brain Tumour singer chap)
4. Britney Spears
5. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter - Wildcard)
6. The Pope
7. Margaret Thatcher
8. Jimmy Saville (of Jim'll Fix it fame)
9. Michael Parkinson
10.Peter Sallis (voice of Wallace of Wallace and Gromit)
11.Gordon Banks(world cup winning footballer)
12.Terry Prachett (if he's not letting on how bad the prognosis is)
13.Tony Benn

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

1. Fidel Castro
2. Ariel Sharon
3. Nancy Reagan
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Ernest Borgnine
6. Lech Walesa
7. The Rev. Billy Graham, followed shortly by
8. George Beverly Shea, his #1 lead singer
9. Betty Ford
10. Michael Jackson
11. Elizabeth Taylor
12 & 13. Reba and Lori Schappell, oldest known living conjoined twins

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

This is so sick, evil and twisted. I am APPALLED, I tell you...

Here's my List:

1. Billy Graham
2. Robert Schuller
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Barbara Bush
5. Betty Ford
6. Elizabeth Taylor
7. Doris Day
8. Betty White
9. Estelle Getty
10. Richard Dawson
11. Brigitte Bardot
12. Leonard Nimoy
13. Zsa Zsa Gabor

And, in the event that one of these doesn't make it to 2008, I will add William Shatner as an alternative. It's going to be a bad year for evangelists, former first ladies, and 1970's TV stars.

Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :

Noooooooo Jahlove, not my Paulie!!

Anyhoo, here's my list - almost the same as last year:

1 Petula Clark
2 Pete Docherty
3 James Dyson
4 P.D.James
5 Billie Jean King
6 Vera Lynn
7 Shane McGowan
8 Jim Marshall
9 Corin Redgrave
10 Phil Spector
11 Eric Sykes
12 Mohammed al Fayed
13 Marguerite Patten

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

1. Courtney Love
2. Alex Trebek
3. Liz Taylor
4. Dick Clark
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Rev. Billy Graham
7. Elizabeth Edwards
8. Charlton Heston
9. Little Richard Penniman
10. Christopher Lee
11. Larry King
12. Walter Cronkite
13. Jerry Lewis

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

aside < you were soooo close last year, marmot, with your inspired choice of Anna Nicole - better luck this time>

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jahlove:
aside < you were soooo close last year, marmot, with your inspired choice of Anna Nicole - better luck this time but Chrisopher Lee Can Never Die mwaaaahhhhhh>

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

Slightly adjusted from last years thread, I would like to grant the gift of life to the following this year:

1. Billy Graham
2. Margeret Thatcher
3. HM Queen Elizabeth II
4. Amy Winehouse
5. Duane "Dog" Chapman
6. Kate McCann
7. Rick Parfitt
8. Bernie Eccleston
9. Patrick Moore
10. Stephen Hawking
11. Pete Doherty
12. Terry Pratchett
13. Jimmy Saville

Posted by lady in red (# 10688) on :

1 Robert Mugabe (wouldn't shed any tears)
2 Billy Graham (would shed a few tears, but he's not a well man, and points means prizes)
3 Rod Stewart (look at the state of him - I think he's been dead for years, we just haven't been told)
4 Robert Kilroy Silk (that much right-wing bile can't be good for your health)
5 Michael Heseltine (because he's old and haven't heard from him in a while)
6 Jimmy Saville (see 5)
7 Hamid Karzai (because President of Afghanistan is a dangerous job)
8 Margaret Thatcher (not enough women on my list and don't think the Queen's likely to die - her mother lived to be 100 after all)
9 Michael Jackson (for obvious reasons, surely - and he's young enough to be worth lots of points)
10 Charles Aznavour (really really old and quite frail-looking French singer)
11 Ariel Sharon (had to check he was still alive - which he is only just)
12 Elizabeth Taylor (just because)
13 Peter Stringfellow (see 3)

Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :

And after a relatively successful 2007, here is my offering for 2008 [Smile]

1.Russell Watson (that brain tumour has reappeared [Tear]

)
2.Lesley Phillips (the voice of the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films and very old)
3.Amy Winehouse (a car-crash in progess)
4.Nelson Mandela (getting on a bit)
5.Ariel Sharon (half dead already)
6.Norman Wisdom (old)
7.Billy Graham (another old geezer)
8.Nancy Reagan (old)
9.Muhammad Ali (surely he has to go soon)
10.Pete Doherty (allegedly off the drugs, but as far as I am concerned it could go tits-up at any minute)
11.Robert Mugabe (because my Zimbabwean work colleage has insisted I have him on my list!)
12.George Bush Snr (old, old,old)
13. Maggie Thatcher (surely)

Auntie Doris x

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

Recycling in its entirety my last year's list, still on the premise that the death of a young celebrity will net me massive points even though there's far less chance of one of them dying:

1. Paris Hilton
2. Lindsay Lohan
3. Jessica Simpson
4. Nick Lachey
5. Mary-Kate Olsen
6. Ashley Olsen
7. Nicole Ritchie
8. Brad Pitt
9. Angelina Jolie
10. Jennifer Aniston
11. Vince Vaughan
12. Owen Wilson
13. Orlando Bloom

I still feel bad about #12 though. But not (yet) bad enough to replace him.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

I'll be honest, this could double as my Christmas wish list. I'm a sick woman.

and this is my favorite Circus game.

1. Robert Mugabe

2. Billy Graham

3. Frank Murkowski former gov of Alaska. Slimy slimy slimy

4. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens not much for points but the little twerp can’t keep earmarking forever.

5. Alaska's Congressional Representative Don Young because God loves me and wants me to be happy

6. Mary Kate Olsen just looks likelyish for points.

7. Lindsay Lohan same deal.

8. Dick Cheney

9. Karl Rove I'd mourn him almost as much as number 5.

10. Pervez Musharraf so many people want him dead, I figure each morning he wakes up is a blessing at this stage of the game.

11. Qatar Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani his health is for shit.

12. Keith Richards okay, he's not on the wish list. but the Stones need to start kicking the bucket soon - odds are. and Keith just strikes me as the least likely to win the longevity bonus

13. GW Bush because I wish it to be true so so so much. And Jiminy Cricket says that works. *crosses fingers*

Good luck everyone!

Posted by the pilgrim (# 13263) on :

If I didn't have such a dark sense of humor I would never do this. But, since i DO, I WILL.

1. Dick Cheney
2. Britney Spears
3. Ted Kennedy
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Osama Bin Laden
6. Keith Richards
7. Mick Jagger
8. Pervez Musharraf
9. Benazir Bhutto
10. Barack Obama
11. Fidel Castro
12. Muhammad Ali
13. Elizabeth Taylor

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

My goodness, my list candidates two years running seem to stick around, so I guess I'll modify a bit.

Well I sucked so bad last year, might as well repeat it. These farts have got to die soon.

1. Margaret Thatcher
2. Fidel Castro
3. Chuck Yeager
4. Joseph Ratzinger
5. Osama Bin Laden
6. Dickhead Cheney
7. Billy Graham
8. Mikhail Gorbachev
9. Liz Taylor
10. Pat Robertson
11. Charlton Heston
12. Nelson Mandela
13. Mohammed Ali

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Blimey - I've just realised how little attention I pay to life. I spent all of last night wrestling to get 13 names I thought even vaguely likely to buy the farm. I'd read the newspapers more, but they're so depressingly full of bile.

Anyway, here's my sick selection.

1. Mugabe Do we really need to justify this (although the mess when he does go may well be worse...)
2. Steve McLaren (my long shot)(actually, that phrase could be misinterpreted! It's not hinting at an offence under rule 6!)
3. Hamed Karzai
4. Benazir Bhutto
5. Stephen Hawking
6. Geoff Boycott (to paraphrase Richie Benaud, on GB's comment that test matches were boring "Who made them boring?")
7. Mohammed Ali
8. Norman Tebbit
9. Bernard Cribbins
10. Kirk Douglas
11. Russell Watson
12. Peter Sallis
13. Robert Hardy (a sad loss to the world of the longbow when he goes)

Hoping that this leads to a healthy 2008 for
most of my selection.

AG

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Sioni's list for 2008. We lost George Melly last year but I have made a few more changes in the worst possible taste.

1 Ian Paisley
2 Lady Margaret Thatcher
3 Richie Benaud
4 Denis Healey
5 George W Bush
6 Dick Cheney
7 Marcus Trescothick
8 Amy Winehouse
9 Keith Richards
10 Humphrey Lyttleton
11 Pete Doherty
12 Liz Taylor
13 Michael Jackson

Posted by PeteCanada (# 10422) on :

1. Earl Pulvermacher (aka Pius XIII) b. 1918
2. George H, Bush (Satan)
3. James Earl Carter
4. George W. Bush (Spawn of Satan)
5. Trent Frayne
6. H.R.H The Prince Philip (just because)
7. Barbara Amiel (Lady Black on her 4th husband)
8. Knowlton Nash (CBC News Presenter)
9. Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher (the Bloody Baron)
10. Clifford Olson (May he get his wish and be released into the general Prison population)
11. Stephen Hawking (well he’s a medical miracle, he’s gotta go sometime!)
12The Lord Black (né Connie Black)
13. The Earl of Harewood (the Queen’s eldest cousin on her father’s side)

Posted by Cusanus (# 692) on :

So here's mine for 2008, after a fairly spectacularly unsuccessful 2007:
1. Ayman al-Zawahiri – 2IC of al-Qa’eda
2. Hamid Karzai – president of Afghanistan is a dangerous gig
3. Joseph Kabila – so is being Congolese president
4. Billy Graham – old
5. E. Gough Whitlam – also old
6. Baroness Thatcher of Mordor and Mirkwood – see above
7. Keith Richards – the next coconut tree could do it
8. Alfredo Reinhado – Timorese rebel; if talks fail could decide to go out in a blaze of glory
9. Noordin Mohammed Top – Bali bombings mastermind – because we’ve got to get him some time
10. Kate Moss – being THAT thin and drug-addled can’t be healthy
11. Charlton Heston – thought he was dead already
12. Ariel Sharon – ditto
13. Arthur C Clarke – see above

Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :

Can we have a separate baker's dozen called "I can't believe they're not dead yet"? Wouldn't get many points, I suppose.

Posted by TigerGaz (# 8891) on :

OK, here's my selection:

1 - Billy Graham
2 - Ringo Starr (I've just got a sneaking feeling that McCartney is going to be the last Beatle)
3 - Tony Hart
4 - Margaret Thatcher
5 - Prince Philip
6 - Fran Cotton
7 - Charlie Watts (I agree with the comment above that the Stones have got to start going soon, but Keith is just lucky enough to go on cheating the reaper)
8 - Cliff Richard
9 - Richard Briers
10 - John Bardon
11 - Betty Driver
12 - Peter Sallis
13 - Niki Lauda

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

As the shipmate who is currently running away with the 2007 competition, here is some advice for anyone wanting to seriously compete in 2008:

1) Age is no guarantee of death. Someone in their 90s but with no apparent major health problems can keep going for years and will earn you few points.

2) Pick your team late. If you have a strong candidate, make sure they are still in the running come 2008. One year I was just about to put Richard Pryor on my list when he died in early December.

3) It pays to do research. Google news sites late in December for celebs on the slide. The standard terminology in journalism surrounding death is fascinating. Two clues:
(i) if someone has been described as being "at death's door" then they are actually making a recovery and should not be on your list.
(ii) if someone is described with the less sensationalist term of "seriously ill" then the odds are they will be gone in a week, maybe even the next day (hence they importance of doing your research late).

4) Don't go for people you wish were dead, they will stay alive just to annoy you.

5) If you want to get good points, look for people who live life in the fast lane. Rock stars often die in their 60s, so include a few ageing hellraisers whose past is catching up with them.

6) The term celebrity in this competition is very broad. Some bloke who played bass guitar in a band 30 years ago will probably qualify. So select your team on their ill health, rather than their fame.

7) If you are really competitive and have no conscience, the top tip is to find a few people with terminal cancer, particularly of the liver or pancreas. Even those in remission (e.g. Pavarotti) don't have much of a chance. This tip is only if you are deperate to win and don't mind being called a sicko.

Right, there's my advice. I hope you enjoy the festive break scouring the net for minor celebrities who are seriously ill with pancreatic cancer. I wouldn't advise doing it, but if you are happy to enter this game then you may as well do it thoroughly.

Cheers,

Uriel.

Posted by footdoc (# 4389) on :

Well this is where my usual kiss of death works in reverse and should gaurantee another 12 months of happy rude health for the nominated below.

1. George Shea. - He is 98 and got to go sometime.
2. Patty Andrews - The last surviving Andrews sister
3. Charlie Watts. A rolling stone about to gather moss?
4. Maggie T. No list would be complete without her.
5. Jack T.Chick. No comment.
6. Lena Horne She is 90 ....90!
7. Roman Polinski I have an idea he wasnt looking well
8. Roger Moore.
9. Harry Morgan from M.A.S.H.
10.Christopher Lee.
11.Bridget Bardot.
12.Cyd Charisse.
13.Elizabeth Taylor... of course.

Same time next year... Same list??

Posted by Tom Day (# 3630) on :

Here goes

Russell Watson
Alan Greenspan
P. D. James
Sir Patrick Moore
Buzz Aldrin
Dave Swarbrick
Maggie Thatcher (If I leave her off this time she'll die to spite me)
Barack Obama
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (president of Somalia)
Michael Gambon
John Forster "Sandy" Woodward
Tom Watson
Prince Harry

Posted by Bean Sidhe (# 11823) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
12. Keith Richards okay, he's not on the wish list. but the Stones need to start kicking the bucket soon - odds are. and Keith just strikes me as the least likely to win the longevity bonus

Oh c'mon, the guy fell out of a coconut tree age 63 and survived! He's pickled, smoked, laid out and dried in the sun, he'll be around when aforementioned stellar object goes red giant and engulfs us all

Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :

1. Lady Thatcher
2. Fidel Castro
3. Robert Mugabe
4. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
5. George Bush senior
6. Sir Norman Wisdom
7. Dame Elizabeth Taylor
8. Ian Huntley
9. Mohammed Fayed
10. Ian Paisley
11. Eric Sykes
12. Leslie Phillips
13. The Pope

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

I shall re-use my listed originally started in the 2006 game, and all still going strong.
1. Buzz Aldrin
2. Ursula Andress
3. Bernie Ecclestone
4. Peter Falk (Columbo)
5. Lou Ferrigno (the original TV Hulk)
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Robert Downey Jr.
8. Shane McGowan (Pogues bloke)
9. Gary Numan (80's synth-pop)
10. David Vine (Ski Sunday commentator)
11. Delia Smith
12. Adam West (original TV Batman)
13. Roy Wood (from Wizzard - wish it could be Christmas every day)

Posted by Cottontail (# 12234) on :

I fear this goes against my fluffy bunny status, but I can't resist. Here goes ...

1. Nina Bawden
2. Ursula le Guin
3. Nancy Reagan
4. John Prescott (Labour politician)
5. Kerry Katona (or whatever her surname is these days)
6. David Hasselhoff
7. Britney Spears
8. Lisa Minelli
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
10. Brian Blessed
11. Bruce Forsyth
12. Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden of Coronation Street)
13. Paul O'Grady (talk show host)

Posted by Teufelchen (# 10158) on :

Here's my recycled 2007 list, with Boris Yeltsin duly replaced. If, by some unlikely chance, I score more points between now and New Year's Eve, I'll be sure to update this list.

1. HM Mohammed Zahir Shah, titular King of Afghanistan
2. Lt Gen Dr Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, gun and vodka magnate, Hero of Socialist Labour and Knight of St Andrew
3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the Rt Hon the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, PC, FRS
4. The Rt Revd and Hon Dr Ian R K Paisley
5. Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB, President of Zimbabwe
6. Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria, aka Otto von Habsburg
7. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky aka Platon Elenin
8. Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter
9. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
10. Fred Waldron Phelps Sr
11. Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor née von Reibnitz, HRH Princess Michael of Kent
12. HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy DCVO
13. The Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola

One of them once slapped one of the others in the face. My personal hope is that the one who got slapped goes first.

T.

Posted by Callan (# 525) on :

The 2007 list rides again!

1/ Charles Windsor
2/ Fidel Castro
3/ Robert Mugabe
4/ Jimmy Carter
5/ Margaret Thatcher
6/ Joseph Ratzinger
7/ Will Self
8/ Richard Dawkins
9/ Gene Robinson
10/ Dennis Healey
11/ Muhammed Ali
12/ Geoff Hurst
13/ Ariel Sharon

Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :

Seeing as my 2007 list seemed guaranteed to keep them in excellent health, I'm tempted to list the Chelsea first team so they can avoid all injuries in 2008!

My real list...

1. Boutros Boutros-Ghali
2. Ian Brady
3. Ian Huntley
4. Dick Cheney
5. Michael J. Fox
6. Sharon Osbourne
7. Bobby Charlton
8. Tarja Halonen
9. Stephen Hawking
10. Gerard Houllier
11. Tony Benn
12. Mary-Kate Olsen
13. Michael Foot

Posted by chive (# 208) on :

Well as all mine survived the year I'm going to keep them as they must die one day.

1. Paul O'Grady
2. Pete Docherty
3. Jimmy Tarbuck
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Prince Philip
6. Maggie Thatcher
7. Fidel Castro
8. Nicole Richie
9. Mohammed Ali
10. Michael Barrymore
11. Iain Paisley
12. Michael Jackson
13. Patrick Moore

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Teufelchen:
Here's my recycled 2007 list, with Boris Yeltsin duly replaced. If, by some unlikely chance, I score more points between now and New Year's Eve, I'll be sure to update this list.

1. HM Mohammed Zahir Shah, titular King of Afghanistan
2. Lt Gen Dr Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, gun and vodka magnate, Hero of Socialist Labour and Knight of St Andrew
3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the Rt Hon the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, PC, FRS
4. The Rt Revd and Hon Dr Ian R K Paisley
5. Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB, President of Zimbabwe
6. Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria, aka Otto von Habsburg
7. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky aka Platon Elenin
8. Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter
9. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
10. Fred Waldron Phelps Sr
11. Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor née von Reibnitz, HRH Princess Michael of Kent
12. HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy DCVO
13. The Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola

One of them once slapped one of the others in the face. My personal hope is that the one who got slapped goes first.

T.

H M Mohammed Zahir Shah died on July 23.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah

Posted by Teufelchen (# 10158) on :

quote:
Originally posted by agrgurich:

quote:
Originally posted by Teufelchen:
1. HM Mohammed Zahir Shah, titular King of Afghanistan
H M Mohammed Zahir Shah died on July 23.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Zahir_Shah

Well spotted. I choose David Eddings, the fantasy novelist, to replace him.

T.

Posted by TigerGaz (# 8891) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Teufelchen:
Here's my recycled 2007 list, with Boris Yeltsin duly replaced. If, by some unlikely chance, I score more points between now and New Year's Eve, I'll be sure to update this list.

1. HM Mohammed Zahir Shah, titular King of Afghanistan
2. Lt Gen Dr Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, gun and vodka magnate, Hero of Socialist Labour and Knight of St Andrew
3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the Rt Hon the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, PC, FRS
4. The Rt Revd and Hon Dr Ian R K Paisley
5. Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB, President of Zimbabwe
6. Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria, aka Otto von Habsburg
7. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky aka Platon Elenin
8. Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter
9. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
10. Fred Waldron Phelps Sr
11. Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor née von Reibnitz, HRH Princess Michael of Kent
12. HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy DCVO
13. The Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola

One of them once slapped one of the others in the face. My personal hope is that the one who got slapped goes first.

T.

There seems to be another game here - who slapped who!

I'll guess Ian Paisley slapped Maggie.

Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :

I'd like to play. Here's my list:

1 Fidel Castro
2 Billy Graham
3 Kirk Douglas
4 Betty Ford
5 Oral Roberts
6 Karl Malden
7 Jerry Lewis
8 Muhammad Ali
9 Margaret Thatcher
10 Mickey Rooney
11 Charlton Heston
12 Elizabeth Taylor
13 Nelson Mandela

I didn't do a lot of research. I hope none of them are already deceased.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Slightly adjusted from last year:

1. Arial Sharon
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Suge Knight
4. Roger Ebert
5. Farrah Fawcett
6. Benazir Bhutto
7. Billy Graham
8. Fidel Castro
9. Hamid Karzai
10. Jalal Talabani
11. Mohammed Ali
12. Stephen Hawking
13. Max von Sydow

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

Just heard on the wireless that Oscar Peterson died, which reminded me I'd better get on board here.

I am copying last year's list wholesale:

1. Billy Graham
2. Ray Bradbury
3. Avery Cardinal Dulles
4. Nelson Mandela
5. The Duke of Edinburgh
6. Ariel Sharon
7. Henry Morgentaler
8. Ian Paisley (Sr.)
9. Nancy Reagan
10. Courtney Love
11. Dave Brubeck
12. "50 Cent"
13. Angela Lansbury

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

1. Dick Cheney
2. Michael Schumacher's father
3. Keith Richard
4. Bill Wyman
5. George Herbert Walker Bush
6. Barbara Bush the elder (Isn't she about 20 years older than her husband?)
7. Dame Joan Plowright
8. Dame Shirley Bassey
9. Mort Walker, cartoonist
10. Johnny Hart, cartoonist
11. Mohammed Ali
12. Michael J Fox
13. Bill O'Reilly

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

Last year I lost two to the Grim Reaper. A couple from last year I am reconsidering, as they are 1) disgustingly healthy and have insurance, and 2) are so old they won't provide many points. (Nancy Reagan is like, 98.) So I hereby confer the gift of immortality in 2008 to the following:

Pat Robertson - The blight on Virginia Beach
Billy Graham - He's ready to go join his beloved Ruth
Stephen Hawking - He can't go on forever, can he? Or is he part Borg?
Muhammed Ali - The years in the ring are catching up with him.
Fidel Castro - Not seen in public for six months
Britney Spears - Young wild card, bunches of points if she goes.
Michael J. Fox - Not too old (points) with advanced Parkinsons disease.
Terry Pratchett - Not a wish, but that's how the game is played.
Dick Clark - There can't be that many New Year's Rockin' Eves left in him.
Elizabeth Taylor - Held together by spackle and bailing twine.
Michael Jackson - Where but in America can a poor black boy grow up to be a rich white woman?
Elizabeth Edwards - Wife of Democratic candidate John Edwards, breast cancer, again.
Ariel Sharon - Someone just pull the plug already!

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:
Ariel Sharon - Someone just pull the plug already!

I am convinced that they have not done so purely to spite me.

Posted by Codepoet (# 5964) on :

quote:
Originally posted by piglet:

<snip>
13. The Pope

If BXVI dies, and so does his successor, do you get to score twice?

Posted by Scarlett (# 1738) on :

My list for 2008:

1. Martin Milner
2. Richard Petty
3. George McGovern
4. Daryl Hall
5. P.J. O'Rourke
6. Jerry Lee Lewis
7. Eartha Kitt
8. Jesse Helms (notorious former NC Senator)
9. Dave Brubeck
10. Cliff Barrows
11. Neil Simon
12. Tony Bill
13. Soupy Sales

Posted by the pilgrim (# 13263) on :

Well, I have to re-do my list as I had Benazir Buhutto coming in at number 9 next year. Can't say that I'm surprized that it happened so soon. What was she thinking going back to that horrid political environment. I shall replace her name with that of Robert Mugabe. List now reads:

1. Dick Cheney
2. Britney Spears
3. Ted Kennedy
4. Hillary Clinton
5. Osama Bin Laden
6. Keith Richards
7. Mick Jagger
8. Pervez Musharraf
9. Robert Mugabe
10. Barack Obama
11. Fidel Castro
12. Muhammad Ali
13. Eizabeth Taylor

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

With a little bit of recycling from my 2007 list:
1. Rev. Billy Graham
2. Fidel Castro
3. Lindsay Lohan
4. Kirk Douglas
5. Britney Spears
6. Michael Jackson
7. Pete Doherty
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Robert Downey Jr.
10. Kate Moss
11. Marilyn Manson
12. Betty Ford
13. Jackie Cooper

Posted by Mary the M (# 13167) on :

Okay, I'm in (in no particular order):

1 Billy Graham
2 Muhammad Ali
3 Hugh Hefner
4 Jerry Lewis
5 Fidel Castro
6 Phil Spector
7 Courtney Love
8 Larry King
9 Osama bin Laden
10 Dick Cheney
11 Mick Jagger
12 Elizabeth Taylor
13 Arthur C Clarke

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Codepoet:

quote:
Originally posted by piglet:

<snip>
13. The Pope
If BXVI dies, and so does his successor, do you get to score twice?

In general, I believe that scoring twice is not permitted, because each entry has to refer to an individual person. In this case, Pope Benny, who, as at the start of the year, is The Pope ( assuming nothing happens in the next few days ).

If you wish to nominate Pope JP3, as the successor to Ben, then you could do so, although as long shots go, this takes the biscuit.

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Well, I have to re-do my list as I had Benazir Buhutto coming in at number 9 next year.

She pulled a Gerald Ford on you. [Roll Eyes]

[ 28. December 2007, 10:48: Message edited by: Liturgy Queen ]

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Another one with Benazir Bhutto coming in to bat at 6. I'll do a like-for-like swap, and go Pervez Musharaf instead. If that is OK? If not, PM me (I'm away for a few days) and I'll re-send the list.

And good luck to the people of Pakistan - they may need it...

AG

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

RIP Benazir Bhutto [Tear]

I'll replace her with Hilary Clinton, another woman that stirs up enemies to a remarkable degree.

Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :

Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Ben Bradlee
Jack Klugman
Lyndon LaRouche
Mollie Sugden
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Leroy Nieman
Neville Marriner
Cyd Charisse
Abe Vigoda
Hugh Downs
Carol Channing
Ricardo Montalban

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

Right then.

1. King Bhumipol of Thailand
2. Shane McGowan
3. Stephen Hawking
4. Imran Khan
5. Pete Doherty
6. Pervez Musharraf
7. Fidel Castro
8. Flo Bjelke-Petersen
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan
11. Imelda Marcos
13. Jane McGrath

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

1. Fidel Castro
2. Rosalynn Carter
3. Betty Ford
4. King Norodom Sihanouk
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Hugo Chávez
7. Steven Hawking
8. Hugo Chavez
9. Henry Kissinger
10. Mrs. John Edwards (I forget her first name)
11. Britney Spears
12. Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn (see, this is how you know it's not a wish list)
13. Bob Dole

Posted by Earwig (# 12057) on :

Let's give this a go...

1) Fidel Castro
2) Margaret Thatcher
3) Sir Patrick Moore
4) Henry Blowfeld (Cricket commentator)
5) Britney Spears
6) Bruce Forsythe
7) Norman Wisdom
8) George Bush Snr
9) Phil Spector
10) Richard Griffiths
11) Ana Matronic (from the Scissor Sisters)
12) Geri Halliwell
13) Richard Briars

Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :

I've never played this, but why not...

1. Ozzie Osbourne - don't know why, just have a feeling...
2. Claude Levi Strauss - he's old.
3. Clive Dunn - so is he.
4. Margaret Thatcher
5. Nelson Mandela
6. Jimmy Saville - old and wierd.
7. Michael J. Fox - this would be a shame, but, hey, c'est la game.
8. Stephen Hawking - although I wonder if he can truly just go on forever...
9. Marguerite Patten - thanks for the idea, TreeBee - I often look at her and think she can't go on much longer. But maybe it's all that Woolton Pie!
10. Fidel Castro
11. Humphrey Littelton - that really would be a loss, but again, I can't imagine he'll go on much longer.
12. Bruce Forsyth - he's fit and hale and hearty, but the dancing will get him in the end...
13. Michael Foot.

I've mostly gone for the older end of the market - maybe not many points in it, but somehow it seems more decent to pick older people. Choosing younger people seems more unkind!!!

Posted by OliviaG (# 9881) on :

1. Alice Munro
2. Ariel Sharon
3. Carl Reiner
4. Eleanor Parker
5. Elizabeth Taylor
6. Ernest Borgnine
7. Gilles Vigneault
8. Gordie Howe
9. John Turner
10. Nelson Mandela
11. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
12. Sydney Lumet
13. Warren Buffet

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

I am wondering, given the remarkable ability of shipmates to keep people alive, whether we shouldn't instead have a Life Pool. Maybe later in the year...

Posted by Teufelchen (# 10158) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Teufelchen:
If, by some unlikely chance, I score more points between now and New Year's Eve, I'll be sure to update this list.

OK, so I did. Just to confirm my final list, barring disasters in the next 27 hours:

1. David Eddings
2. Lt Gen Dr Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, gun and vodka magnate, Hero of Socialist Labour and Knight of St Andrew
3. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the Rt Hon the Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven LG, OM, PC, FRS
4. The Revd and Rt Hon Dr Ian R K Paisley
5. Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB, President of Zimbabwe
6. Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius of Austria, aka Otto von Habsburg
7. Boris Abramovich Berezovsky aka Platon Elenin
8. Paul Francis Gadd, aka Gary Glitter
9. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, President of Cuba
10. Fred Waldron Phelps Sr
11. Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida Windsor née von Reibnitz, HRH Princess Michael of Kent
12. HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy DCVO
13. The Most Reverend Peter Jasper Akinola

Long life to, er, some of them!

T.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

I don't think I'll have time tomorrow, so here goes:

1. Harold Pinter
2. Dave Brubeck
3. Tommy Lee
4. Fidel Castro
5. Margaret Thatcher
6. Dick Cheney
7. Sharon Osbourne
8. Amy Winehouse
9. David Crosby
10. Billy Graham
11. Doris Lessing
12. Walter Cronkite
13. Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn

Posted by Nutmeg (# 5297) on :

It's new Years Eve so I better post my list.

1. Fidel Castro
2. Ariel Sharon
3. Michael J Fox
4. John Glenn ( astronuat)
5. Gough Whitlam
6. Steven Hawking
7. Claude Levi Strauss
8. Billy Graham
9. Mollie Sugden
10. Dick Van Dyke
11. Lena Horne
12. Pete Seeger
13. Mary Travers ( of Peter Paul and Mary fame).

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Fidel Castro
4. Billy Graham
5. Kirk Douglas
6. Dick Cheney
7. Pervez Musharraf
8. Roger Ebert
9. Lindsey Lohan
10. Betty Ford
11. Charlton Heston
12. Stephen Stills
13. Elizabeth Edwards

Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :

I had one very early success last year, but nothing else so keeping much of my list intact...

* Margaret Thatcher
* Prince Phillip
* Terry Wogan
* Bruce Forsyth
* Nelson Mandela
* Pope Benedict
* Julie Andrews
* Judi Dench
* the Queen
* Russell Watson
* Nouri al-Maliki (PM of Iraq)
* Hamid Kharzi (Pres of Aghfanistan)
* Robert Mugabe

Posted by Rev per Minute (# 69) on :

Well, last year I killed one before the year started, but otherwise have kept them all alive and apparently well. So some changes this year:

1. Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Dick Cheney (one way for Bush Jr to improve his approval ratings?)

4. Nawaz Sharif (would you want to be a politician in Pakistan at the moment?)

5. Mohammed Ali (been ill for a long time)

6. HRH Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Rothesay, etc (60 next year and I just wonder...)

7. Nouri al-Maliki (Iraqi PM)

8. Ariel Sharon (if Judaism allows the switching-off of life support)

9. Geoff Hurst (ex-England footballer)

10. HH Pope Benedict XVI

11. Lord Tebbit (ex-Cabinet Minister)

12. Pete Doherty (lifestyle bound to catch up with him sometime)

13. Michael Foot (former leader of Labour Party)

Posted by Eloise (# 4292) on :

1. Ariel Sharon
2. Alfredo di Stefano
3. Dick Clark
4. Margaret Thatcher
5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
6. Fidel Castro
7. Dave Davies
8. Harold Pinter
9. Abp Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece
10. Russell Watson
11. King Bhumibol of Thailand
12. Ivica Osim
13. Emadeddin Baghi

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

1) Margaret Thatcher
2) Leslie Phillips
3) Ken Dodd
4) HM The Queen
5) David Blaine
6) Jeremy Clarkson
7) Catherine Tate
8) Delia Smith
9) Evelyn Glennie
10) Damien Hirst
11) Alan Carr
12) Ann Widdicombe
13) Willie Nelson

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
1. Fidel Castro
2. Rosalynn Carter
3. Betty Ford
4. King Norodom Sihanouk
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Hugo Chávez
7. Steven Hawking
8. Hugo Chavez
9. Henry Kissinger
10. Mrs. John Edwards (I forget her first name)
11. Britney Spears
12. Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn (see, this is how you know it's not a wish list)
13. Bob Dole

Hate to point this out, but you have Hugo Chavez twice.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

Following a good showing by my 2007 cancer themed list, I am following a different tangent this year:

1. Harry Patch
2. Henry Allingham
3. Edna Parker
4. Maria de Jesus
5. Arbella Ewing
6. Gertrude Baines
7. Tsuneyo Toyonaga
8. Tomoji Tanabe
9. George Francis
10. Walter Breuning
11. Augusto Moreiro de Oliveira
12. Walter Seward
13. Clementine Solignac

While you may not have heard of most of them, should any of them pass away in 2008 it will be widely noted.

Cheers,

Uriel
(Who is using this list to ensure I don't win this competition 2 years running)

Posted by Beautiful_Dreamer (# 10880) on :

Lindsay Lohan
Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist)
Pamela Anderson
Dick Cheney
Hugh Hefner
Hugo Chavez
Pope Benedict XVI
Kim Jong Il
Bob Dole
Larry Flynt (Hustler magazine)
Billy Graham (sadly)
Bob Barker ('The Price Is Right' host)
Pervez Musharraf (president of Pakistan)

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

This year I'm getting an entry in:

Michael J. Fox
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Edwards
Hamid Karzai
Robert Mugabe
Nelson Mandela
Keith Richards
Ian Paisley
Barbara Bush
Benedict XVI
Vladimir Putin
Nicholas Sarkozy (just to be different)

Posted by Beautiful_Dreamer (# 10880) on :

As time goes on and if anyone named does die, can there be something posted on this thread about it?

And are any points awarded if we named someone and they died before the end of this year?

Posted by MrSponge2U (# 3076) on :

I'll give this a try, for once.

1. Fidel Castro
2. Hugo Chavez
3. Billy Graham
4. Abe Vigoda
5. B.B. King
6. George Jones
7. Merle Haggard
8. Neil Young
9. Johnny Knoxville
10. Britney Spears
11. Sidney Lumet
12. Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones drummer)
13. Georgia Frontiere (owner, St. Louis Rams)

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Beautiful_Dreamer:
As time goes on and if anyone named does die, can there be something posted on this thread about it?

And are any points awarded if we named someone and they died before the end of this year?

We keep this thread alive all year - when a prominent death is announced we all rush to see who's posted about it here, and who got points.

If one of your choices dies in the next five hours, you can replace them on your list.

Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :

1. Jimmy Saville
2. Fidel Castro
3. Bilawai Bhutto
4. Queen Elizabeth 2
5. Prince Charles
6. Brigitte Bardot
7. Doris Lessing
8. ++ Tutu
9. Ariel Sharon
10.Billy Graham
11.Nancy Reagan
12.Eric Sykes
13.Robert Mugabe

Posted by Kepler's Puppet (# 4011) on :

There are so many people on this list who are just so old that one of these years one of them has to go. Yeah, that's all I'm looking for is one. After all, low expectations are better insurance against an unfulfilled life. Tis better to score and lose than to never score at all. And so on.

Billy Graham
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
John F. Nash Jr.
Chuck Yeager
John Updike
Dick van Dyke
Walter Cronkite
Russel Johnson (aka Roy Hinkley)
Don Rickles
Mickey Rooney
Mohammed Ali
Pat Robertson

Posted by Mr.e (# 8046) on :

Elizabeth Edwards
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Mary Kate Olsen
Garry Kasparov
Tariq Aziz
Pervez Musharraf
Mikhail Saakashvili
Abdul Ahad Karzai
Belladonna, AKA Michelle Anne Sinclair
Jim Plunkett

Posted by Lymasa (# 11397) on :

Here goes! Didn't lose a single one last year. .

1. Betty Ford
2. Janet Reno
3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
4. George W. Bush
5. Jimmy Carter
6. Paul Stookey
7. Nicole Ritchie
8. Julie Andrews (I really hope not!)
9. DIck Francis
10. Bruce Willis
11. Chuck Norris
12. Prince Philip
13. Sean Connery

Posted by Mr.e (# 8046) on :

Amended:

Elizabeth Edwards
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Mary Kate Olsen
Garry Kasparov
Tariq Aziz
Pervez Musharraf
Mikhail Saakashvili
Abdul Ahad Karzai
Emperor Akihito
Jim Plunkett

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.e:
Elizabeth Edwards
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Mary Kate Olsen
Garry Kasparov
Tariq Aziz
Pervez Musharraf
Mikhail Saakashvili
Abdul Ahad Karzai
Belladonna, AKA Michelle Anne Sinclair
Jim Plunkett

Posted by Mr.e (# 8046) on :

One last edit:

Elizabeth Edwards
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Mary Kate Olsen
Garry Kasparov
Tariq Aziz
Pervez Musharraf
Mikhail Saakashvili
Hamid Karzai
Emperor Akihito
Jim Plunkett

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

In under the wire here:

Amy Winehouse
Mohammed Ali
Margaret Thatcher
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
Peter O'Toole
Charlton Heston
Shane McGowan
Nelson Mandela
Daniel Schorr
Betty Ford
Elizabeth Edwards
Farrah Fawcett

Some of these I am truly hoping that I give the gift of life, although I did have three hits last year.

I took Ariel Sharon off my list (his life support seems pretty stable) for a Young Person medium shot, although I heard rumors about rehab. If Mr. M.J. Fox cacks it instead of Shane, I'm going to be very, very, VERY annoyed on several levels.

Charlotte

Posted by ebeth (# 4474) on :

Barack Obama
Elizabeth Edwards
Billy Graham
Pervez Musharraf
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Ariel Sharon
Muhammed Ali
Barbara Bush (Sr.)
Britney Spears
Michael J. Fox
Kirk Douglas
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

I granted my list a healthy year last year, so am going to change it slightly.

1) Fidel Castro
2) Patrick Moore
3) Margaret Thatcher
4) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President of Iran)
5) Henry Kissinger
6) Nicole Ritchie (drugs + anorexia)
7) Ariel Sharon
8) Pete Docherty - unhealthy lifestyle
9) Michael Foot
10) Nigel Lawson
11) Jacques Chirac
12) Robert Mugabe
13) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (granting him life would be good, the points if my choices don't survive would be high)

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Beautiful_Dreamer:
As time goes on and if anyone named does die, can there be something posted on this thread about it?

And are any points awarded if we named someone and they died before the end of this year?

BD - go check the 2007 thread - still live for a few hours, anyway. it will make all clear.

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Left at the Altar:
Right then.

1. King Bhumipol of Thailand
2. Shane McGowan
3. Stephen Hawking
4. Imran Khan
5. Pete Doherty
6. Pervez Musharraf
7. Fidel Castro
8. Flo Bjelke-Petersen
9. Margaret Thatcher
10. President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan
11. Imelda Marcos
13. Jane McGrath

Gaaahhhh! I forgot number 12!

Number 12 is Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

And we're off - or something like that. ('Off' might not be the best word here...)

We have 63 entrants this year.

The top 10 choices are:

30 Margaret Thatcher
28 Fidel Castro
25 Billy Graham
17 Muhammad Ali
16 Ariel Sharon
14 Robert Mugabe
11 Pete Doherty
11 Nelson Mandela
11 Dick Cheney
10 Stephen Hawking

We picked a total of 420 different names.

[These numbers are close but may not be completely accurate. I got most of the variant spellings, but probably missed some. You're a creative lot.]

I'll finish this year's scorecard and post a link later. Right now I'm going for a walk.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by basso:

I'll finish this year's scorecard and post a link later. Right now I'm going for a walk.

I'm finished. This year's scorecard is here.

Please make sure that I've got your choices right and PM me if there's a problem.

basso

Posted by Roseofsharon (# 9657) on :

I missed the boat!

I had the same list of names last year as the year before, with a total of one departure, and would have put up the same names again - with the one addition.
Just watch them all start falling off their perches, now I'm not going to gain anything from it [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

quote:
Originally posted by kentishmaid:

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
1. Fidel Castro
2. Rosalynn Carter
3. Betty Ford
4. King Norodom Sihanouk
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Hugo Chávez
7. Steven Hawking
8. Hugo Chavez
9. Henry Kissinger
10. Mrs. John Edwards (I forget her first name)
11. Britney Spears
12. Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn (see, this is how you know it's not a wish list)
13. Bob Dole
Hate to point this out, but you have Hugo Chavez twice.

If I'm allowed to fix this now, I'll put Dick Cheney in there instead. If I'm not, I won't!

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:

quote:
Originally posted by kentishmaid:
Hate to point this out, but you have Hugo Chavez twice.
If I'm allowed to fix this now, I'll put Dick Cheney in there instead. If I'm not, I won't!

Hosts? Your call...

yr humble recorder...

b.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Best to change it quick before the new year gets too far underway.

Gwai - give us your revised list. [Smile]

Posted by dolphy (# 862) on :

1. Prince Phillip.
2. Russell Watson.
3. Tina Turner.
4. Andy Williams.
5. Perlman (violinist).
6. Bert Bacarach.
7. Shirley Bassey.
8. Dionne Warwick.
9. Richard Gere.
10. Jilly Cooper.
11. Sir Cliff Richard.
12. Michael Parkinson.
13. Prince Harry.

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
1. Fidel Castro
2. Rosalynn Carter
3. Betty Ford
4. King Norodom Sihanouk
5. Mohammed Ali
6. Hugo Chávez
7. Steven Hawking
8. Dick Cheney*
9. Henry Kissinger
10. Mrs. John Edwards (I forget her first name)
11. Britney Spears
12. Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn (see, this is how you know it's not a wish list)
13. Bob Dole

*Fixed; had Hugo Chavez in there twice

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Okay, Gwai. I've fixed your list.

dolphy, I'm afraid you're too late this year. (You could whimper at the hosts, I suppose.)

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

George Macdonald Fraser, author of the Flashman books died yesterday, aged 82 and from cancer. I don't think anyone had him. It does go to show that Uriel's advice was sound though.

Posted by Legodude_uk (# 5671) on :

I was just about to post that as "gone in a Flash"!!!

Posted by PeteCanada (# 10422) on :

So!

Anyone got any good prospects for points yet? [Yipee]

**Ariel Sharon shouldn't count** [Disappointed]

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

I didn't think anyone making their century first gave you any points. Uriel, just out of nosiness, have you got Harry Patch and Henry Allingham in as a handicap, or have I misread the rules?

AG

(for those who don't know, the two gentlemen above are two of three surviving British WW1 veterans)

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

I don't think anyone has a centenarian on their list, but if the rules are strictly followed, it would seem that they would deduct points.

Posted by dolphy (# 862) on :

Too late?

Ah well... see you all next year.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
I didn't think anyone making their century first gave you any points. Uriel, just out of nosiness, have you got Harry Patch and Henry Allingham in as a handicap, or have I misread the rules?

LOL! Now I understand Uriel's cryptic comment that he posted with his list:

quote:

While you may not have heard of most of them, should any of them pass away in 2008 it will be widely noted.

He's chosen all centenarians!

Anybody want some action on the winner of the Quantity not Quality award this year?

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Uriel is the epitome of sportsmanship. [Overused]

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Whale oil beef hooked.

Some guy - I'd be going for the double... and he's done it in style too!

Hats off, mate!

AG

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

I'm beginning to regret not listing Britney Spears.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

wow she's cruising for it, isn't she?

[Votive]

find detox, girlfriend. for those boys and for yourself.

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

quote:
Originally posted by marmot:
I'm beginning to regret not listing Britney Spears.

You and me both, girlfriend.

I am concerned that they let her out before the 72 hours were up.

Charlotte

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

Not that I wish her ill or anything, but:

quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:

Britney Spears

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

Ex President Suharto of Indonesia is looking a tad iffy.

I'm kicking myself for not thinking of him.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

I wish Britney Spears ill, but not death. I pray to God she never sees her boys again; she is the mother from Hell!

Why doesn't Ariel Sharon count? I didn't pick him: just wondering.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

If Britney pegs it, I will be so annoyed, having chosen her knickerless mate Amy. Maybe Amy has the stronger constitution.

Whatever happened to the sweet innocent Britney? Oh yes, she grew up.

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I wish Britney Spears ill, but not death. I pray to God she never sees her boys again;

wouldn't you rather wish/pray her a speedy and full recovery, a reformation of her ways which allows her to be a fantastic and proper mother to those poor kids ?

(Wow - am I actually defending Britney spears? [Help]

)

Posted by Matt Black (# 2210) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
If Britney pegs it, I will be so annoyed, having chosen her knickerless mate Amy. Maybe Amy has the stronger constitution.

I thought it was Britney who was famous for gadding about sans underwear, not Amy?

Posted by ebeth (# 4474) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I wish Britney Spears ill, but not death. I pray to God she never sees her boys again;
wouldn't you rather wish/pray her a speedy and full recovery, a reformation of her ways which allows her to be a fantastic and proper mother to those poor kids ?

(Wow - am I actually defending Britney spears? )

yes, though she appears on my list, I would consider her a casualty of pop culture and I honestly don't want her to earn me any points--I'm just finding her a huge risk to herself. Well, I suppose on some level she's already a casualty...
Really, she's a cautionary tale about the extremes of our celeb. worshipping culture and greed. Alas, she appears almost beyond recovery [Tear]

get better Brit

Posted by ebeth (# 4474) on :

Does anyone have Prince William on the list? He's going to "learn about airplanes" and after 4 mos., he'll move on to "learning about boats" in the Navy. Sounds risky....

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Matt Black:

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
If Britney pegs it, I will be so annoyed, having chosen her knickerless mate Amy. Maybe Amy has the stronger constitution.

I thought it was Britney who was famous for gadding about sans underwear, not Amy?

As I recall it ( which maybe wrong - the images of Britney without knickers might have confused the memory circuits ), they were both without undies, at Amys suggestion.

Posted by dolphy (# 862) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ebeth:
Does anyone have Prince William on the list? He's going to "learn about airplanes" and after 4 mos., he'll move on to "learning about boats" in the Navy. Sounds risky....

You are only saying that since you know he wears NB's, and you want to give him the kiss of life!

[Killing me]

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I wish Britney Spears ill, but not death. I pray to God she never sees her boys again; she is the mother from Hell!

Nope; well outclassed in the Bad Momma stakes by a certain laydee holidaymaker on the Iberian peninsula (see my list & Daily Wail/Excess ).
ad [Projectile]

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

New Zealand and the world lost a good man in Sir Edmund Hillary.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Damn, beat me by ten minutes! [Smile]

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
he wears NB's

Can you supply a cross Pond translation, please? Thanx.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

Navy Blues?

Nutty Barrettes?

Nasty Boxers?

Narnian Bras?

Posted by TigerGaz (# 8891) on :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7183281.stm

Rod Allen has died at 63.

Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :

quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
You are only saying that since you know he wears NB's, and you want to give him the kiss of life

No boxers?

Auntie Doris x

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TigerGaz:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7183281.stm

Rod Allen has died at 63.

Liver cancer - Uriel really was right.

John Harvey Jones also died in the last couple of days. I can't double check it, but I suspect he was in my list for last year. My list definitely works to keep people alive.

Posted by the pilgrim (# 13263) on :

Did anyone have Sir E.H., the first master of Mount Everest on their list? Probably not, we mostly put people we wouldn't mind seeing 'box it up' too much on our lists and Sir Ed was a true gem.

[ 12. January 2008, 23:21: Message edited by: the pilgrim ]

Posted by Beautiful_Dreamer (# 10880) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ebeth:

quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I wish Britney Spears ill, but not death. I pray to God she never sees her boys again;
wouldn't you rather wish/pray her a speedy and full recovery, a reformation of her ways which allows her to be a fantastic and proper mother to those poor kids ?

(Wow - am I actually defending Britney spears? )
yes, though she appears on my list, I would consider her a casualty of pop culture and I honestly don't want her to earn me any points--I'm just finding her a huge risk to herself. Well, I suppose on some level she's already a casualty...
Really, she's a cautionary tale about the extremes of our celeb. worshipping culture and greed. Alas, she appears almost beyond recovery
get better Brit

There have been rumors about her having bipolar disorder. As someone who has that myself, if she does indeed have it, I wish her luck and love because she will *need* it. It can be managed, but you really do have to work at it, and in her case she will probably need a complete 180-degree turnaround. And work at it on a regular basis, not just expect to be 'cured' in one hospital stay. There are varying degrees, and mine doesn't completely define my life or anything, but it is something I can't just shrug off either.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Did anyone have Sir E.H., the first master of Mount Everest on their list? Probably not, we mostly put people we wouldn't mind seeing 'box it up' too much on our lists and Sir Ed was a true gem.

Not sure about that. Most people have, in the past, put a combination of people they would be happy to see die, and people they hope can live again, but might be likely not to make it ( in my case, Dog Chapman ). Also those who are unlikely to, we probably don't want to, but will score well if they do.

I hadn't realised that Sir E was still alive, or he might have been on my list.

Posted by Amazing Grace (# 95) on :

quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Did anyone have Sir E.H., the first master of Mount Everest on their list? Probably not, we mostly put people we wouldn't mind seeing 'box it up' too much on our lists and Sir Ed was a true gem.

*cough* Who's "we" here?

I've got at least two on my list for whom I have great personal regard and very much hope I'm giving the Gift of Life to: one is 90+ and the other is much younger but has cancer (and is one of the Frequent Picks this year).

Charlotte

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

1. Michael Jackson (looks like he's already embalmed)
2. Jerry Lewis (at deaths door)
3. Mohammed Ali (looks just awful, poor guy)
4. Elizabeth Taylor (surprised she's still with us)
5. Britney Spears (she's a mess!)
6. The Pope (just a feeling)
7. Nancy Reagan (on her last legs)
8. Fidel Castro (they are not saying how bad off he really is I bet)
9. Rev. Billy Graham (very frail)
10. Robert Schuller (also very frail)
11. Dick Clark (not at all well)
12. Mary-Kate Olsen (Yikes, what a mess she is!)
13. Ted Kennedy (looking pretty rough)

Q.M.

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

Did anyone guess Brad Renfro ?

Former child star.
died age 25.
was in the movie "The Client".

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
Did anyone guess Brad Renfro ?

Former child star.
died age 25.
was in the movie "The Client".

What is it about stardom that causes this to happen all too frequently?

Rest in peace, thou troubled soul of Brad. [Votive]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Bobby Fischer, boy wonder of chess has died age 64. Anyone have him?

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Bobby Fischer, boy wonder of chess has died age 64. Anyone have him?

Nobody had him.

What a sad figure. A moment of real glory and then ... nothing.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

What Andy Warhol said is true. Anyone can be famous for 15 minutes. (That's not his exact quote, but you get the picture.)

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

Bobby Fisher had more than a few minutes. I really wanted to be like him as a kid too. Resquiat in Pacem, Bobby.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

AP is working on Britney's obituary.

Damn, that is COLD (and also hillarious). If Britney were sane, and she is most assuredly not at the moment, that would be a icy wake up call I would think.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Left at the Altar:
Right then.

3. Stephen Hawking

Not Dr. Hawking! I'll have to change my avatar. Glad I'm not on my third wife, as I believe he is.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

re Brits Obit - I gather that most of the news agencies have a large collection of obits for celebrities, especially those who may be in danger of requiring one soon. So there is a fair chance that most people on all of our lists have obits prepared - it means that if they do die suddenly, there is something ready for a starter.

And Britney would seem to be an ideal candidate - if she were to pop her clogs then it would be vital to have a story ready.

( and before you say that sounds callous - the story would be the one we would all read before posting here that she had died. It is information dissemination, and so, IMO, a good thing )

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

I cannot recall having heard about it being announced, as such, BEFORE the celebrity died though. Maybe I'm wrong.

I really wonder if someone in the news branch was sending her a wake-up call.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Campbellite:

quote:
Originally posted by dolphy:
he wears NB's
Can you supply a cross Pond translation, please? Thanx.

New Balance shoes!

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

Usually the fact that someone might die soooner than later isn't in itself news. For Britney, apparently it is.

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Not Dr. Hawking! I'll have to change my avatar.

Besides you, how many of us have avatars depicting living persons?

Groucho died thirty years ago.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

Snoopy lives forever!!

Posted by MrSponge2U (# 3076) on :

Georgia Frontiere has died, owner of the St. Louis Rams (formerly the Los Angeles Rams, and the first woman to own an American professional football team.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

MrSponge is pointing that out because he had Georgia. 20 points for him, along with the Inside Track award.

I think our first points this year are a bit later than they were last year, but I can't find last year's thread at the moment.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Suzanne Pleshette

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

Just heard Suzanne Pleshette died.

Also TV's Allen Melvin: Played Sam the Butcher on the Brady Bunch,
Archie Bunker's pal on All in the Family Barney Hefner,and Cpl. Henshaw on Sgt. Bilco.

Anybody guess these two celebs?

QM

Posted by Petrified (# 10667) on :

Abdul Latif has been taken away

Posted by Ferijen (# 4719) on :

Its just being reported that Heath Ledger has died... 28, so very young... (and not on my list)

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

[Frown]

not on anyone's list, I hope.

He was due to be the Joker in the next Batman film. BBC article

[ 22. January 2008, 21:21: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]

Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Ferijen:
Its just being reported that Heath Ledger has died... 28, so very young... (and not on my list)

Oh that's sad... but oh so many points!

Auntie Doris x

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

I just found out because a girl ahead of me in lecture was reading about it on her laptop!

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

Poor Heath Ledger ... and I didn't even have him on my list of Young Celebrities Worth Many Points.

I thought he was so amazing in Brokeback Mountain.

Posted by Lynn MagdalenCollege (# 10651) on :

Wet Kipper, he'd actually finished shooting the role of 'The Joker'... sad, sad story. Like River Phoenix, a history of recreational drug abuse. God have mercy on his soul and his family and especially his young daughter. [Frown]

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

yes I know, but it felt grammatically wrong to say that he IS due to be the joker

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

72 points. What a waste.

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

What's with these celebs and their "casual" drug use [Disappointed]

They supposedly have it all, yet they feel they must self medicate?what a sad state they really must be in - may their troubled souls find peace [Votive]

Posted by PeteCanada (# 10422) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Why doesn't Ariel Sharon count? I didn't pick him: just wondering.

He has been in a "persistent vegetative state" since January 2006. My comment was mildly jocular, since his death has been reported dozens of times, especially in the first year.

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

Christian Brando, son of the late actor Marlon Brando
@ age 49 of Pneumonia in Los Angeles.

[Eek!]

who'd have ever guessed?

QM

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Mormon Church president and prophet Gordon Hinckley.

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

Arrrgh!

Posted by Mary the M (# 13167) on :

Archbishop of Greek Orthodox Church Dies

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

31 points to Eloise for the Archbishop.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
If Britney pegs it, I will be so annoyed, having chosen her knickerless mate Amy. Maybe Amy has the stronger constitution.

Whatever happened to the sweet innocent Britney? Oh yes, she grew up.

Who the Hell is Amy? Might as well pick Lindsay Lohan and a cocaine overdose! If you google her - no underwear, you may presume she is also high on cocaine, if you interpret the pic as I have.

Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :

Didn't expect Jeremy Beadle to go this year.

Auntie Doris x

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
What's with these celebs and their "casual" drug use They supposedly have it all, yet they feel they must self medicate?what a sad state they really must be in - may their troubled souls find peace

QM

It feels good and they can afford it. Not much mystery there.

Posted by TigerGaz (# 8891) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Auntie Doris:
Didn't expect Jeremy Beadle to go this year.

Auntie Doris x

Me neither.

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

Well gang Britney Spears was carted off to the hospital again by ambulance, with a police escort of motorcycles two cruisers and a helicopter. Maybe this time they will keep that poor girl in detox and get her the mental help she needs.

QM

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

Miles Kington has died (from pancreatic cancer) - newspaper columnist and author of Let's Parler Franglais?

Posted by Liturgy Queen (# 11596) on :

Anyone have Maharishi Mahesh Yogi?

Posted by SpikeyPants (# 12953) on :

Here's my list:

1. Billy Graham
2. Bob Barker
3. Mickey Rooney
4. Ian Paisley (can't come soon enough for me. Oh, sorry, I know that's not very Christian but...)
5. That dude, the English rocker, drug user...uhh, Pete Doherty, isn't that his name?
6. Dick Cheney
7. David Lee Roth: Has anyone seen him lately? He looks like his skin is yellow parchment! Ugh! The years have not been kind to ol' David
8. Burt Reynolds: Another guy who has done some hard livin'!

That's my list for the moment. I'm cold and need to go find warm things to wear. I'm outta here!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Psst... SpikeyPants... I think that you missed the deadline to play for points.

From the OP:

quote:
...if you do not post it before 11:59 on 31st December 2007 (GMT) you will be unable to take any further part in the contest.

Unless, of course, you don't care about the points, and just want to have fun, watching to see if you (and other shipmates) guessed right. [Big Grin]

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

Did anyone have Roy Scheider?

Posted by Cusanus (# 692) on :

In case it hasn't made the Northern Hemisphere news, Alfredo Reinado has been shot dead, while trying to assassinate East Timor president and Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta. According to Wikipedia, that's 59 points for me.

And [Votive]

for President ramos-Horta and the people of Timor L'Este (partly to assuage my guilt at thinking of the points first).

[ 11. February 2008, 19:39: Message edited by: Cusanus ]

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Did anyone have Roy Scheider?

RIP

All That Jazz is among my favorite movies. [Tear]

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Cusanus:
In case it hasn't made the Northern Hemisphere news, Alfredo Reinado has been shot dead, while trying to assassinate East Timor president and Nobel Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta. According to Wikipedia, that's 59 points for me.

We heard about it - it was extensively covered on NPR this morning.

But I didn't think to check the deathpool! I've updated the scoreboard.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Queen Mousie:
Well gang Britney Spears was carted off to the hospital again by ambulance, with a police escort of motorcycles two cruisers and a helicopter.

She must have excellent health insurance to pay for all that! [Roll Eyes]

Posted by SpikeyPants (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Joyeux:
Psst... SpikeyPants... I think that you missed the deadline to play for points.

From the OP:

quote:
...if you do not post it before 11:59 on 31st December 2007 (GMT) you will be unable to take any further part in the contest.
Unless, of course, you don't care about the points, and just want to have fun, watching to see if you (and other shipmates) guessed right.

Oooops! Yes, I saw the deadline AFTER I'd already posted. I thought to myself, "Oh, someone is going to hand me my head on a platter or call me a moron for not reading the stuff about the deadline! I'm glad you didn't do either. Hey, I'm forty years old and my mind seems to be going. This old girl had a brain fart.

[Biased]

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

Did anyone have David Groh? May he rest in peace and rise in Glory!

Thirty-two points!

Posted by lady in red (# 10688) on :

Ho-hum. I was on the right lines with my thought about an elderly French singer but I got the wrong one (I went for Aznavour).

Oh well [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

Anyone able to claim some extra points for last year with Steve Fossett?

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

From the all saints thread, Larry Norman should get a mention, although I don't think anyone had him.

[Waterworks]

Posted by maleveque (# 132) on :

William F. Buckley has died. story here.

Anne L.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Breaking news on the BBC website - still on the scrolling news bar, so no link yet - is that Porn Baron and property magnate Paul Raymond has died.

That link is work-safe. Googling for it was interesting, though...

AG

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

It's a good day for shuffling off - Jeff Healey has the blues no more.

AG

Posted by lady in red (# 10688) on :

I so would have picked Alec Wildenstein if I'd have known

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

I didn't recognize either of the last two names. (Nobody had either one.)

Also unselected was Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons and Dragons. I knew his name even though I've never played the game. He died today at the age of 69.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

Alas, Gary Gygax, has failed his saving throw. Geeks across the world (myself included) are in mourning.

Cheers,

Uriel.

Posted by Lowly Worm (# 11663) on :

"Nobody puts baby in a corner!"

Patrick Swayze apparently has cancer. However, don't get overexcited just yet, because he seems to be responding to treatment. (did anyone pick him?)

Posted by maleveque (# 132) on :

The article said it's pancreatic cancer - that's pretty much a death sentence, Lowly. How sad.
He's a distant cousin of Firstborn Son's - paternal grandmother's second cousin or something.
Anne L.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

The BBC's scrolling bar reads "English Patient director Anthony Mingella dies - more soon".

No article yet, hence no link...

AG

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Here we go.

AG

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Can you tell it's a quiet day at work?

RIP John Hewer - the face that launched a thousand dodgy codpiece gags.

AG

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

I'll stop after this one, I promise. One for the Aussies - Bill Brown last surviving pre-war Australian cricketer, and Invincible.

AG

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

The BBC is having a bad time ATM, as there is a typo in the Cap'n Birdseye story.

No-one has mentioned Carol Barnes, I don't think. I am fairly sure no-one had her either, but she deserves a mention.

Posted by Ann (# 94) on :

Sir Arthur C Clarke has died, aged 90.

Posted by Mary the M (# 13167) on :

Gosh, I had Arthur C Clarke. [Votive]

Kinda glad he only got me 10 points. I really enjoyed 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Cusanus had Clarke, too.

The last of the Grand old Men of SF, I think.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Bummer.

Posted by Cusanus (# 692) on :

True.
But another ten points.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Ivan Dixon of the TV show Hogan's Heroes.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Paul Scofield has died. Others had longer careers but I doubt many have been at or close to the top for as long.

14 points for any who had selected him.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Richard Widmark has gone to the Great Green Room in the sky.

Only seven points? I would have thought he was a few years younger. Maybe that is because he has been off the radar for so long.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Abby Mann died on March 25th. He was 80. Listed among his writing credits is Ship of Fools. [Votive]

Posted by PeteCanada (# 10422) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Ivan Dixon of the TV show Hogan's Heroes.

I loved Hogan's Heroes

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Joyeux:
Abby Mann died on March 25th. He was 80. Listed among his writing credits is Ship of Fools.

The movie, yes. But Katherine Ann Porter wrote the book.

I think Abby Mann was better known for the Kojak TV series.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

I meant "screen-writing credits" (re-re-re-read anything before posting!).

Posted by Mary the M (# 13167) on :

Anybody have Charlton Heston ? He was 83.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mary the M:
Anybody have Charlton Heston ? He was 83.

at least Mad Geo, Grits, Mamacita, and Amazing Grace. maybe more, I just skimmed basso's leaderboard.

not me, alas.

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:

quote:
Originally posted by Mary the M:
Anybody have Charlton Heston ? He was 83.
at least Mad Geo, Grits, Mamacita, and Amazing Grace. maybe more, I just skimmed basso's leaderboard.

not me, alas.

That'll be sixteen for me.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Also Cusanus, who extends his lead.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Wow, that a few points that makes me sad though. He was a great man.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

I think this is the first one off my list in two years.

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

someone can get a hold of his guns now [Biased]

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

WK, you could try it, but give us a chance to put you on our lists for the next death poll first, okay? [Razz]

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

Ivan Dixon link doesn't work. I do remember him: did he die of old age? i can't think he was pushing 80, but he could have been 40 in HH…

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Sir Kevin, here is another posting about Ivan Dixon. He was 76. No guarantees how long the link will work, as it has been three weeks since the good man's passing.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

As they say, there's nothing more stale than yesterday's news.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Just saw this: Stanley Kamel, at age 65.

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

Thanks for the good link, Joyeux. I knew he'd become a TV director, but not which programs.

I guess all my selections to date have been wrong, but the year is still young.

Posted by Sha_Sha (# 10880) on :

oh and...from the OP...

I saw that we get points if the method of death proves the existence of God. But do we get any points if we predict the method of the death? i.e. predicting a car accident?

Of course this isn't something we would really want to happen-we don't want people to die. But I have seen death pools where extra points were given for various random predictions.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

I think not. The rules is the rules.

Since nobody predicted a manner of death, it doesn't make any difference anyway.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Ollie Johnston, at age 95. [Waterworks]

He was the last of Walt Disney's (the man, not the entertainment industry) "Nine Old Men."

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

John Archibald Wheeler, who invented (or maybe popularized) the term 'black hole', at 96. Nobody had him, but he's worth noting anyway.

There's a good tribute here.

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

Krister Stendahl.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Danny Federici.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

Warren E. Avis, founder of the rent-a-car chain.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

Humphrey Lyttelton

[Waterworks]

I loved his humor so so so much.

and I dont think I had him this year, but chose him a few years ago. figures.

still... [Tear]

(17 points if anyone had him)

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

looks like points for Sioni Sais and Dormouse.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
looks like points for Sioni Sais and Dormouse.

The BBC is saying that he was 86, so I've added 14 points for those two.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

heh.

[Hot and Hormonal]

did I ever tell you about that F in math...?

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by basso:

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
looks like points for Sioni Sais and Dormouse.
The BBC is saying that he was 86, so I've added 14 points for those two.

There are others for whom I would rather have picked up points. Maybe I should select more ageing jazzmen (I nominated George Melly last year)- many will treat it as the ultimate joke.

Humph shares with Acker Bilk the distinction of a British jazzmen taking their own compositions to #1 in the chart, but while "Bad Penny Blues" is jazz I'm not sure about "Stranger on the Shore".

He was also a cartoonist, calligrapher, oh read it yourself; it's everywhere. God Bless Humph.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
heh.

did I ever tell you about that F in math...?

I thought of that, but decided that the Beeb had probably corrected their story. (I'd stick with that one if I were you...)

Posted by Dormouse (# 5954) on :

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
looks like points for Sioni Sais and Dormouse.

I really should keep up - I was just wondering if anyone had him on their list... D'oh!

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

RIP Humph. Thought I had him on my list, I must have been mistaken.

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Dormouse:

quote:
Originally posted by comet:
looks like points for Sioni Sais and Dormouse.
I really should keep up - I was just wondering if anyone had him on their list... D'oh!

This way we know you aren't eagerly watching your list and hoping for deaths. [Razz]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Albert Hoffman has died.

Sad news for his family but also for anyone who nominated him. He was 102.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Albert Hoffman has died.

Sad news for his family but also for anyone who nominated him. He was 102.

I though of Uriel when I heard that news, but he wasn't on U's list.

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

But at the age of 102, he was worth -2 points. [Paranoid]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Julie Ege, star of British "Sex Comedies" and Hammer Horrors films of the early seventies has died, age 64. When I was 14 she was sex on legs.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Irvine Robbins - one of the founders of USA ice cream chain Baskins-Robbins. He was 90.

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

I don't suppose anyone had Robert Rauschenberg? [Votive]

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
I don't suppose anyone had Robert Rauschenberg?

Oh, pooh. I should have posted that! He lived, like an hour away from me. He used to come into the fabric store where I w*rked and got the weirdest stuff to make into Art™.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

quote:
Originally posted by basso:

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Albert Hoffman has died.

Sad news for his family but also for anyone who nominated him. He was 102.
I though of Uriel when I heard that news, but he wasn't on U's list.

Only 102! A mere youngster. Would never make it onto my list - a mere babe!

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Ted Kennedy had a stroke.

OK, he's not dead YET, but I REALLY don't like the guy.

[Devil]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
Ted Kennedy had a stroke.

OK, he's not dead YET, but I REALLY don't like the guy.

I get the idea you don't like him but are you sure that's the right link?

This is from the BBC

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Damn, it was just a seizure.

On the other hand, the (accidental) link I provided actually did sum up my sentiments at the time in a picture!

[Killing me]

Excuse me, I'm crying I'm laughing so hard now.....

Posted by Sha_Sha (# 10880) on :

Ted Kennedy isn't human, he's a cyborg. He's been so accident-prone (a plane crash?) that anyone else would have been gone a long time ago. But then again, all that alcohol probably has him pickled and preserved pretty well....

Wiki article

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
Damn, it was just a seizure.

It's a brain tumour.

Jerk. [Big Grin]

Posted by The Blessed Pangolin (# 13623) on :

True story.... some years ago, there had been a spate of celebrity passings. I was in my local, chatting with the owner, and he started joking about starting a death pool. I thought it was amusing, in a morbid sort of way. The idea took off like a rocket, but I felt that there was some bad juju about this. It was very popular, and the pool was getting pretty rich. It was won by one of the popular regulars, an old newspaper man (ironically, who wrote obituaries at one point in his career), who chose Robert Stanfield (leader of the Progressive Conservatives in Canada in the 1970s). Unfortunately, he had a stroke about a month or two after he won the pool, and was never quite whole after that. He succumbed to cancer last autumn. Bad juju, indeed.

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

How did Bob Stanfield pass on - underwear too tight? [Biased]

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
Damn, it was just a seizure.
It's a brain tumour.

Jerk.

15 months, baby. [Razz]

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

Admit it, MadgeO, your gonna miss him when he's gone.

Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :

Margot Boyd (Marjorie Antrobus in "The Archers") has died, aged 94.

Posted by Queen Mousie (# 9925) on :

Dick Martin from Rowen & Martin's Laugh In died, he was 86.

Anyone have him on their list?

QM

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

U. Utah Phillips, Golden Voice of the Great Southwest. [Votive]

One of a kind.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

Sidney Pollack is dead at age 73. I have an urge to go rent "Tootsie" and watch that hilarious scene in the booth at the Russian Tea Room.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Beryl Cook, painter of jolly large ladies (punctuate that as you will), will paint no more.

AG

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Fashionista

Posted by the pilgrim (# 13263) on :

Comedian Harvey Korman is gone. I loved him in the Carrol Burnett show, and all those silly comedy movies like Blazing Saddles.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

"That's Hedley!"

Korman was a brilliant comic actor, and he will be missed.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

He was quite the Man.

Rats.

Bo Diddley died today. 21 points if anyone had him.

my favorite quote from the obit: ''A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun.''

I have no idea what it means, but I love it.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Bo No Mo.

Posted by MrSponge2U (# 3076) on :

Jim McKay, host of Wide World of Sports and for the Olympics for many years, died over the weekend. He was a true class act.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

One of my selections is still going strong. I hope his inclusion on my list adds to his longevity.

Cheers,

Uriel.

Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :

quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Comedian Harvey Korman is gone. I loved him in the Carrol Burnett show, and all those silly comedy movies like Blazing Saddles.

We were just discussing him recently on the movie quotes thread!

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

The great journalist Tim Russert has died of a heart attack this afternoon at the age of just 58. He collapsed in his office at NBC news.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Damn, you beat me by 8 minutes or so!

58. Wow.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

RIP [Votive]

He's going to be sorely missed, especially during the rest of the campaign season.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Cyd Charisse, at 87.

13 points for footdoc and RuthW.

(edited duff link)

[ 19. June 2008, 19:41: Message edited by: Chorister ]

Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :

I feel quite guilty about it all, but I had Jane McGrath on my list. 58 points.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

George Carlin. [Tear]

29 points if anyone had him.

He was great.

(and it's good to see you aboard again, LATA. missed you.)

[ 23. June 2008, 06:53: Message edited by: comet ]

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Damn. We saw his last tour and he was sure dark humor after the passing of his wife. I wonder if he wasn't glad to go.....

bummer though.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

I have to agree with MadGeo. Carlin had seemed to be a very angry, bitter man for the last several years. Still a genius though.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

This quote of Carlin's (thanks, Gort) sheds some light on my last comment:

quote:
"Inside every cynical person is a disappointed idealist."

More discussion of George Carlin over in
All Saints.

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

Anyone get 14 points for Jesse Helms?

Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Scarlett:
My list for 2008:

8. Jesse Helms (notorious former NC Senator)

Yes, I did! Finally! He's been on my list every year. [Roll Eyes]

I'll gladly take those 14 points.

Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :

BBC News Obituary: Jesse Helms

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Step away from the ship for a day and poof! - somebody on the deathpool list dies. [1]

I think Scarlet was the only one who had Jesse.

[1] I'm now taking bribes to be missing more frequently. (The line forms on the right.)

Posted by Campbellite (# 1202) on :

Has anybody done a mid year summary? I think I am 0-13 so far. [Frown]

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

The scorecard is here.

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

Tony Snow has finally succumbed to colon cancer at age 53. (Former Bush White House Press Secretary and prior to that a commentator at Fox News.)

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mamacita:
Tony Snow has finally succumbed to colon cancer at age 53. (Former Bush White House Press Secretary and prior to that a commentator at Fox News.)

I blame myself. He almost made my list, but I cut him at the last minute. If he had been on my list he would still be alive and healthy.

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

Estelle Getty at the age of 84. [Votive]

16 points--and the first one from my list. I guess I'm not the Kiss of Life after all.

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

Congratulations on your points! [Frown]

I liked Golden Girls and watched it with captions well into syndication, Never needed captions for Sophia though, she came through clear as a bell.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by basso:
Step away from the ship for a day and poof! - somebody on the deathpool list dies.

I'm now taking bribes to be missing more frequently. (The line forms on the right.)

It happened again - I was afk again yesterday and another one bit the dust...

Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :

I'm betting if you go again, that Blessed Margaret of Thatcher will pop her clogs. [Votive]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Jo Stafford, big band and popular singer of the forties and fifties, has died aged 90.

I don't think anyone had nominated her, but it's well worth remembering a voice like that.

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I'm betting if you go again, that Blessed Margaret of Thatcher will pop her clogs.

Betting? Or hoping? [Snigger]

Posted by Petrified (# 10667) on :

As previously, inclusion in my list has guaranteed another year of perfect health.

Places will be available for purchase later in the year.

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Petrified:
As previously, inclusion in my list has guaranteed another year of perfect health.

Places will be available for purchase later in the year.

Well, I had thought the same. The year isn't over yet--and the one who gave me points is one I will miss.

I think the real money would want to pay to stay OFF Cusanus' list...

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

RIP Randy Pausch of the Last Lecture.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

She's not dead yet, but I wish I had her on my list.

Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
She's not dead yet, but I wish I had her on my list.

I think you'll find debauched young celebrities are my speciality, although I always seem to miss the one who actually dies.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:

quote:
Originally posted by Mad Geo:
She's not dead yet, but I wish I had her on my list.
I think you'll find debauched young celebrities are my speciality, although I always seem to miss the one who actually dies.

Trudy, it's like shooting into a flock of starlings. You're going to hit something, but it won't be the starling you aimed at.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

Shes on my list. But then I would feel ill having eaten a KFC.

[Projectile]

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Rubs hands together briskly.....

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

The great thing about that story ( here on the BBC was the question she was apparently asked "Do I look like I'm dying?" In this picture, the answer is yes.

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

Liz Taylor is a dame?

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

She's probably not going to change the standings much--so many of us have her on our lists.

"Do I look like I'm dying?" is one of those questions that shouldn't be asked--like "How old do you THINK I am?"

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
Liz Taylor is a dame?

Yup, DBE (Dame of the Order of the British Empire), awarded 1999 according to Wikipedia.

Posted by Wiff Waff (# 10424) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
Liz Taylor is a dame?
Yup, DBE (Dame of the Order of the British Empire), awarded 1999 according to Wikipedia.

I think it is only an honorary title as she is currently a US citizen, albeit British born.

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
Liz Taylor is a dame?

You thought she was a man? [Big Grin]

British honours can be awarded to anyone, but you have to be a British citizen to use the title ( but not the letters ).

So she is Liz Taylor, DBE, but she is not Dame Liz Taylor. Wheras Evelyn Glennie* is both Evelyn Glennie DBE and Dame Evelyn Glennie.

*First sensible hit with Google on Dame.

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

Alas!!

The world is the worse for his loss. God keep him.

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
British honours can be awarded to anyone, but you have to be a British citizen to use the title ( but not the letters ).

So that's the Mail's flub then.

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gwai:
Alas!!

The world is the worse for his loss. God keep him.

I'm afraid I didn't realize he was still alive...

Posted by marmot (# 479) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Organ Builder:
She's probably not going to change the standings much--so many of us have her on our lists.

Hey, I'd still be happy to get on the board this year, just to prove my choice of Anna Nicole wasn't a fluke.

Love Liz's publicists comment: "...At present, she is surrounded by family, friends and fabulous jewels."

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Bernie Mac. RIP.

Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
Liz Taylor is a dame?
You thought she was a man?

British honours can be awarded to anyone, but you have to be a British citizen to use the title ( but not the letters ).

So she is Liz Taylor, DBE, but she is not Dame Liz Taylor. Wheras Evelyn Glennie* is both Evelyn Glennie DBE and Dame Evelyn Glennie.

*First sensible hit with Google on Dame.

This just in: Evelyn Glennie RULES!!!!!!!! She rules, I tell you!

Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :

quote:
Originally posted by PeteCanada:

quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Ivan Dixon of the TV show Hogan's Heroes.
I loved Hogan's Heroes

Are you serious? That wretched show? Ohhh, it's so amusing to laugh about those wacky, bumbling Nazis! I liked the theme music, that was it.

Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :

I presume someone's got Paul Newman lined up [Tear]

(Will this be the end of his spaghetti sauces? [Waterworks]

)

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
I presume someone's got Paul Newman lined up

Surprisingly, no. He might be one of the good guys that noone wanted to pick. (Not that that's stopped some shipmates...)

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

The great soul man Isaac Hayes was just found dead. He was 65.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Very few points but definitely worth marking is the death at 91 of Leo Abse.

Posted by Wiff Waff (# 10424) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sioni Sais:
Very few points but definitely worth marking is the death at 91 of Leo Abse.

I was very sad to read that last night, he was a great man and I wonder if the gay men in UK younger than me realise how much they owe to his courage.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

Just to report a few from my own list.

Arbella Ewing died on 22nd March, aged 114.

Tsuneyo_Toyonaga died on 22nd February, aged 113.

Clementine Solignac died on 25th May, aged 113.

So that's -40 points to me, and three for the "quantity not quality" award.

Cheers,

Uriel.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Jerry Wexler, August 15th, at 91. [Votive]

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

This one tops the irony list: Dave Freeman, author of "100 Things to do before you die" was killed in a fall in his home earlier this week, at age 47.

[ 26. August 2008, 21:50: Message edited by: Mamacita ]

Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Mamacita:
This one tops the irony list: Dave Freeman, author of "100 Things to do before you die" was killed in a fall in his home earlier this week, at age 47.

And the best is that he had only got half way through his own list.....

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

As announced by Ags on the Mornington Crescent thread....

Posted by OliviaG (# 9881) on :

Ernest Borgnine is on my list, and he's taunting me:

quote:
Borgnine: 'Acting Keeps Me Alive'
22 August 2008 1:29 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Movie veteran Ernest Borgnine refuses to retire from movies, claiming acting has helped him live to the age of 91.

The Oscar winner is still as busy as ever and has three new films out in 2008.

And Borgnine claims some of his late contemporaries may still be alive if they'd carried on working. ...

OliviaG

Posted by philip99a (# 13799) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
As announced by Ags on the Mornington Crescent thread....

And another Ken Campbell. I knew him quite well for a while, long ago. And saw lots of his shows (including the excellent 24hr The Warp at the ICA, the obit says 22hr but I think that's wrong) A lovely man, manic, a great entertainer; the world is a much poorer place without him. RIP indeed

Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :

David Foster Wallace has killed himself. [Votive]

Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :

Pink Floyd's Richard Wright

Posted by OliviaG (# 9881) on :

CBC Radio has just announced the death of Paul Newman; there's a banner headline on the CNN website. [Waterworks]

OliviaG

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

Yes, at age 83. Sigh. Those gorgeous blue eyes...

Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :

[Waterworks]

We will miss him... and his beautiful eyes.

Posted by Wiff Waff (# 10424) on :

Very sad, he was a great actor - and really dishy with it [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Austrian neo-Nazi Jorge Haider has died in a road accident.

42 points to anyone who nominated him.

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

I don't think anyone had Guillaume Depardieu who has died aged 37 from pneumonia. RIP [Votive]

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops has died.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Mr. Blackwell, after creating countless lists, has made it onto this one.

Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :

I'd love to know what he'll be wearing for the viewing.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
I'd love to know what he'll be wearing for the viewing.

A light walnut outfit, well polished and lined in red velvet with brass accessories.

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Author Tony Hillerman, on Sunday.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

I so much enjoyed his stories. I'll miss reading new ones.

RIP [Votive]

Posted by Joyeux (# 3851) on :

Filmmaker Gerard Damiano, on Saturday.

Posted by Bullfrog. (# 11014) on :

Studs Terkel. [Votive]

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

Now we'll know what the angels really think.

Bye bye Studs,

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Bullfrog.:
Studs Terkel.

The end of an era. Rest in peace, Studs. [Votive]

Posted by kentishmaid (# 4767) on :

Author Michael Crichton has just died of cancer. I certainly enjoyed Jurassic Park better in the book rather than the film version.

Don't recall seeing him on anyone's list, though.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Holy CRAP. That's a shame.

Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :

Just spotted on the BBC - Sydney Maurice Lucas, one of the last UK WW1 veterans has died. [Waterworks]

(Yes I know he was now an Australian, but he was British in WW1).

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
Just spotted on the BBC - Sydney Maurice Lucas, one of the last UK WW1 veterans has died. (Yes I know he was now an Australian, but he was British in WW1).

Only 108, so I guess he wasn't old enough for Uriel's list.

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

I suppose it is time to start thinking about who will snuff it in 2009. Although most of my present list remains hale and hearty...

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

think about it all you like - the new thread won't open until mid-December

Wet Kipper
Circus Host

Posted by Organ Builder (# 12478) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
think about it all you like - the new thread won't open until mid-December

Wet Kipper
Circus Host

...which is not that far away, given how long it took me to come up with a list of people who would remain healthy in 2008!

Posted by Von Bingen (# 13902) on :

Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix's drummer has died. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7726024.stm

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Anyone remember Reg Varney, from 'On the buses'? (Irreverent GB 1970s TV sitcom)

Posted by Von Bingen (# 13902) on :

It's now official. Richey Edwards is dead.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Richard Hickox has died of a suspected heart attack. It always seems such a waste when musicians die young - so much creative talent still untapped, it seems.

Posted by comet (# 10353) on :

Odetta.

[Tear]

Posted by Von Bingen (# 13902) on :

Patriarch Alexy II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :

Seventy-five points for anyone who selected Big Bobby.

Alternatively, rather fewer if someone can convert gorilla years to human ones.

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Sunny von Bulow

Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :

Forrest Ackerman

Don't think anyone had him, but still... (and Sandemaniac just pointed out he was only worth 8 points anyway [Biased]

)

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Beverly Garland

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
(and Sandemaniac just pointed out he was only worth 8 points anyway )

I'm just being snarky, given my success thus far this year!

AG

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Bagpuss has gone to sleep for the last time. Oliver Postgate. The man who soundtracked my childhood. I used to take the bus past his house on my way in to University. [Tear]

AG

[ 09. December 2008, 07:12: Message edited by: Sandemaniac ]

Posted by ken (# 2460) on :

Oliver Postgate! [Frown]

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Bagpuss has gone to sleep for the last time. Oliver Postgate. The man who soundtracked my childhood. I used to take the bus past

Bagpuss!

Pingwings!

Ivor the Engine!!

Noggin the Nog!!!!

THE CLANGERS!!!!!!!!!!

[ 09. December 2008, 16:20: Message edited by: ken ]

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Famous in an entirely different way...

Bettie Page

AG

Posted by LQ (# 11596) on :

Finally, ten points for me if Franco American's source is correct.

Posted by kankucho (# 14318) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Famous in an entirely different way...

Bettie Page

AG

From BBC News:

quote:
She disappeared from public view in the late 1950s, turning to religion and battling mental illness.

Well, everyone needs a hobby.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

quote:
Originally posted by LQ:
Finally, ten points for me if Franco American's source is correct.

Rocco, aka Whispers in the Loggia is always on the money.

The National Catholic Reporter also has the story.

10 for LQ; I've updated the scorecard. Nobody had Bettie Page, alas.

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Nora Batty patron saint of wrinkly stockings everywhere.

Posted by philip99a (# 13799) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Bagpuss has gone to sleep for the last time. Oliver Postgate. I used to take the bus past his house on my way in to University.

AG

Did it have a bow window with a stuffed cat in it? [Waterworks]

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :

Oh my! I thought you meant the shipmate for a moment....

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Ooops... Sorry, Chorister, I'd missed that we had a shipmate called Bagpuss too... [Hot and Hormonal]

Posted by East Price Road (# 13846) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
I used to take the bus past his house on my way in to University.

And further back in time, I went past the same house every day in the bus on my way to and from school.

Posted by Uriel (# 2248) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Uriel:
Following a good showing by my 2007 cancer themed list, I am following a different tangent this year:

1. Harry Patch
2. Henry Allingham
3. Edna Parker
4. Maria de Jesus
5. Arbella Ewing
6. Gertrude Baines
7. Tsuneyo Toyonaga
8. Tomoji Tanabe
9. George Francis
10. Walter Breuning
11. Augusto Moreiro de Oliveira
12. Walter Seward
13. Clementine Solignac

From my original list the following have died:

Arbella Ewing (aged 114)
Tsunyeo Toyonaga (aged 113)
Clementine Solignac (aged 113)
Edna Parker (aged 115, died on 26th November)
Walter Seward (aged 111, died 14th September)

Which gives me a score of -66 and a shot at the "Quantity not Quality" title.

I chose my list of supercentenarians to disprove the theory that it is a good tactic to put very old people on your list. Despite only choosing people aged 110 or more, 8 out of 13 are thankfully still with us at the back end of December.

Those picking a list for 2009 take note - the seriously elderly are good at not dying. If you want to compete in this competition then serious ill health is a better predictor.

Cheers,

Uriel.

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

There should be an Honorable Mention for such a splendid show of point negativity!

Posted by Jack the Lass (# 3415) on :

Did anyone have Harold Pinter? [Frown]

Posted by Mad Geo (# 2939) on :

Catwoman, Eartha Kitt

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Points for Timothy the Obscure and Eloise for Pinter, and Scarlet for Eartha.

Last points of the year? We shall see.

(Oh, and the usual tip of the hat for Uriel...)

Scorecard updated.

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Ah, if Amy Winehouse snuffs it in the next five days I can overtake Cusanus... [Devil]

Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :

I weaved my magic spell and kept all my celebrities alive this year - again!

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Another of Uriel's picks has paid off.

Oldest man in the US dies in Sacramento at 112

quote:

George Francis, the nation's oldest man, who lived through both world wars, man's first walk on the moon and the election of the first black president, has died. He was 112.

Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :

Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
It seems that Norman Wisdom however, is still with us and that somebody made a cock-up...

AG

(too many http:s spoil the broth)

[ 29. December 2008, 18:30: Message edited by: Chorister ]

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

I'll reprint last year's list, since I didn't get any points this year.

Michael J. Fox
Margaret Thatcher
Fidel Castro
Elizabeth Edwards
Hamid Karzai
Robert Mugabe
Nelson Mandela
Keith Richards
Ian Paisley
Barbara Bush
Benedict XVI
Vladimir Putin
Nicholas Sarkozy

Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :

psst, basso, did you want this thread? or the 2009 thread?

Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :

Who won? Did I get any right?

Posted by Timothy the Obscure (# 292) on :

Cusanus, going away.

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Cusanus won on points.
MrSponge2U won the Inside Track with the Grim Reaper Award
Uriel won the Quantity not Quality award (but I thought that win showed a lot of quality anyway!)

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :

Any chance that the final tallies may be posted before this thread is closed? Just curious.

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

I'll leave this thread open for Basso to post a scoresheet.
Then it'll hang around for a while anyway before it disappears

Posted by basso (# 4228) on :

Okay. Here are the point totals.

Cusanus 89
Left at the Altar 58
Eloise 53
Timothy the Obscure 33
Scarlet 33
MrSponge2U 20
marmot 16
Mad Geo 16
Grits 16
Mamacita 16
Amazing Grace 16
Organ Builder 16
Sioni Sais 14
Dormouse 14
footdoc 13
RuthW 13
Mary the M 10
Liturgy Queen 10
Uriel -78

Details here.

Posted by Petrified (# 10667) on :

Me 11 [Razz]

Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :

okay - thread closed, well played everyone.
Wet Kipper
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