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Thread: 2017 Celebrity Death Pool
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Teekeey Misha
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Debbie Reynolds' carelessly passing 3 days early leaves me a gap, which I shall plug with Prunella Scales.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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As Carrie Fisher was on my list for next year, I'd like to replace her with the Rt Rev'd Michael Perham
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la vie en rouge
Parisienne
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After a moderately successful 2016, there are several exciting new opportunities on my list of the despotic and the despicable. The survivors can ride.
1. King Mswati III of Swaziland 2. Emperor Akihito of Japan 3. Hosni Mubarak 4. Mullah Fazlullah 5. Abdelaziz Bouteflika 6. Silvio Berlusconi 7. Than Shwe 8. Omar al Bashir 9. Nursultan Nazarbayev 10. George Bush Snr
A few non-despotic picks:
11. Michael Douglas 12. Ben Jonson (Olympic cheat and famous anabolic steroid abuser - bad for the heart) 13. Peter Stringfellow (long shot - but I personally have a theory that he's dead already and just hasn't stopped moving about)
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Sandemaniac
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quote: Originally posted by Dal Segno: My list from last year were are successful in seeing out the year, so I'm recycling them.
You might want to check those, Dal Segno, given that Armstrong died in 2012...
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Goldfish Stew
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1. William Shatner 2. Queen Elizabeth 2 3. Donald Trump (a little wistful?) 4. Stan Lee 5. Miley Cyrus 6. Mickey Rooney 7. Stephen Hawking 8. Elton John 9. Clint Eastwoond 10. Dustin Hoffman 11. Kirk Douglas 12. Cher 13. Betty White
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Vulpior
Foxier than Thou
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I've never done this before, but I've been talking with friends about this version and various other forms of the death pool, and I've settled on this list:
Eddie Obeid Shirley Bassey Philip Mountbatten Ben Cousins Jimmy Carter Julie Andrews Maggie Smith Nichelle Nichols George Carey Gina Reinhart Tom Lehrer Stephen Hawking Miley Cyrus
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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1. President Assad 2. Pope Benedict 3. Sara Coward 4. Bruce Forsyth 5. Michael J. Fox 6. Paul Gascoigne 7. Stephen Hawking 8. Katie Hopkins 9. Clive James 10.Rob Kardashian 11.Liza Minelli 12.Vladimir Putin 13.Donald Trump
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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After a few recent rejigs, here's my 2017 list
1 Coltrane, Robbie 2 Douglas, Michael 3 Forsyth, Bruce 4 Fox, Michael J 5 Hallenga, Kristin 6 Hawking, Stephen 7 Jackson, Janet 8 James, Clive 9 Matthew, Brian 10 Maynard, Bill 11 Minnelli , Liza 12 Robbins, Ted 13 Skellern, Peter
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: Ariston, I checked on ISIS leaders too, well they came up on the world's most wanted list. Wikipedia gives Abu Muhummad al-Shimali as dying on 30 August 2016.
Well, isn't that something.
Subbing, oh, Abdul Rashid Dostum.
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Light User
Apprentice
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Brian Reader (Hatton Garden jewel heist participant) Sister Wendy Beckett Gregg Allman Patriarch Emeritus Mesrob II Norma Waterson Mother Delores Hart Father Lazarus El Anthony Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Sangharakshita (aka Dennis Lingwood) - Prominent British Buddhist Sister Catherine Wybourne Bruce Langhorne (Folk musician and chilli sauce manufacturer) Martin McGuinness Tina Turner
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Surfing Madness
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Never get any points, but here is my 2017 list.
Prince Philip Justin Timberlake Bear Grylls Donald Trump Jimmy Carter Hugh Jackman Alex Salmond Geoffrey Boycott Willie Nelson Mary Berry Nigel Lawson Dolly Parton Martina Navratilova Stella Rimington
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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Carrie Fisher RIP
I substitute Elke Sommer
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Sandemaniac
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I can pretty much quote my registration post from last year, with a couple of alterations:
Feckin' Nora, it's the 31st again! How did that happen?
In which case, here's most of last year's squad. One gone that I am aware of, one changed as he's now in a safer job. Well, not in the old one.
1. Aretha Franklin 2. Bashar Al-Assad 3. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 4. Donald Trump 5. George H W Bush 6. Clive James 7. Michael Douglas 8. Paul Gascoigne 9. Michael Schumacher 10. Alan Stanford 11. Bernie Madoff 12. John Edrich 13. Jerry Lee Lewis
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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quote: Originally posted by Leorning Cniht: quote: Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...: Ariston, I checked on ISIS leaders too, well they came up on the world's most wanted list. Wikipedia gives Abu Muhummad al-Shimali as dying on 30 August 2016.
I have Abu Muhammad al-Shimali on my list too, and I don't think he's dead. The man who is dead is a different Abu Muhammad: Abu Muhammad al-Adnani al-Shami.
Which Abu Muhammad did Ariston have?
Better catch—I had the one who wasn't dead. Unnecessary and unwarranted change undone.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Eight hours remaining*
*Okay, more eight hours, fifteen minutes, and a leap second remaining, but I'm not waiting fifteen minutes and a second to make it perfectly accurate. Sue me.
But only after you get your lists in.
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ThunderBunk
Stone cold idiot
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My 2016 list seems to have preserved all those listed, so the amendments are purely capricious:
Dame Judi Dench Bruce Forsythe Geoffrey Palmer (British actor) George H W Bush The Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI Tony Blair Jean-Marie le Pen Donald Trump Mick Jaggar Jason Orange Melvyn Bragg Colin Dexter Dick van Dyke
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Foolish, potentially deranged witterings
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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Just remembered I had better do this!
My list has a few adjustments.
1. Madonna 2. Fat Boy Slim 3. Gary Barlow 4. Kim Kardashian 5. Kanye West 6. Shirley Bassey 7. Prine Philip 8. Bruce Forsyth 9. Miley Cyrus 10. Liam Payne 11. Billy Graham 12. Donald Trump 13. Mike Pence
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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quote: Originally posted by Auntie Doris: 7. Prine Philip
I presume this is "Prince Philip". I don't want you losing points because of a typo.
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Bene Gesserit
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A first-time pooler here:
1 Rolf Harris 2 David Cameron 3 Susan Boyle 4 Richard Hammond 5 Desmond Tutu 6 Stephen Hawking 7 Kanye West 8 George Bush (Dubya) 9 George Galloway 10 June Brown 11 Pope (Emeritus) Benedict XVI 12 Pope Francis 13 Keith Richards
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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Donald Trump Dick Cheney Mitch McConnell Jeff Sessions Clarence Thomas Pat Robertson Vladimir Putin Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth Jimmy Carter George Herbert Walker Bush Pope Emeritus Benedict Desmond Tutu [ 31. December 2016, 22:18: Message edited by: Mamacita ]
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Auntie Doris
Screen Goddess
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quote: Originally posted by Auntie Doris: Just remembered I had better do this!
My list has a few adjustments.
1. Madonna 2. Fat Boy Slim 3. Gary Barlow 4. Kim Kardashian 5. Kanye West 6. Shirley Bassey 7. Prine Philip 8. Bruce Forsyth 9. Miley Cyrus 10. Liam Payne 11. Billy Graham 12. Donald Trump 13. Mike Pence
Auntie Doris x
Ooops yes sorry - Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh!
Auntie Doris x
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Banner Lady
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Oh no. First casualty of note for 2017...Father Mulcahy of MASH will always have a soft spot in my heart.
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Banner Lady
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RIP William Christopher . Not sure when during the last 24 hours he made the final curtain call, but its 2017 on this side of the world.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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We are LIVE!
...as are, I assume, the folks on our lists.
For now.
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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quote: Originally posted by Banner Lady: Oh no. First casualty of note for 2017...Father Mulcahy of MASH will always have a soft spot in my heart.
A wonderful character. Another person who showed faith in action in his character.
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Sandemaniac
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Aaaaand we are off!
Art critic John Berger shuffles off at 90.
AG
(You're welcome, BTW. —A, CH) [ 03. January 2017, 04:29: Message edited by: Ariston ]
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Baker
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quote: Originally posted by Surfing Madness: Never get any points, but here is my 2017 list.
Prince Philip Justin Timberlake Bear Grylls Donald Trump Jimmy Carter Hugh Jackman Alex Salmond Geoffrey Boycott Willie Nelson Mary Berry Nigel Lawson Dolly Parton Martina Navratilova Stella Rimington
This list has fourteen names.
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Sandemaniac
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Thanks, LB, the perils of posting late from a clunky tablet. I know, Perview Psot is my Fiend...
AG
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lilBuddha
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quote: Originally posted by Sandemaniac: Thanks, LB, the perils of posting late from a clunky tablet. I know, Perview Psot is my Fiend...
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lol and no worries [ 03. January 2017, 10:29: Message edited by: lilBuddha ]
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Surfing Madness
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quote: Originally posted by Baker: quote: Originally posted by Surfing Madness: Never get any points, but here is my 2017 list.
Prince Philip Justin Timberlake Bear Grylls Donald Trump Jimmy Carter Hugh Jackman Alex Salmond Geoffrey Boycott Willie Nelson Mary Berry Nigel Lawson Dolly Parton Martina Navratilova Stella Rimington
This list has fourteen names.
Opps....meant to take Nigel Lawson off. Sorry about my inability to count!
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Schroedinger's cat
Ship's cool cat
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Jill Saward has died. It looks like this year is not getting any better than last.
RIP Jill. You made more of a difference than most people ever will.
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Piglet
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What a brave lady. May she rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Baker
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I'm not from the UK. I never heard of this story. But as a fellow victim(I wasn #4 of 6 victims of a serial rapist) I applaud her courage.
I hope the judge who said her trauma hadn't been so great came to know how disgusting he sounded.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Knew Jill personally when she was younger and have followed her career with interest ever since. I also applaud her bravery, concern for others and feel for her husband and sons at such a loss far too soon. [']
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Schroedinger's cat
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quote: Originally posted by Baker: I'm not from the UK. I never heard of this story. But as a fellow victim(I wasn #4 of 6 victims of a serial rapist) I applaud her courage.
I hope the judge who said her trauma hadn't been so great came to know how disgusting he sounded.
The stories made big news splashes in the UK when they originally happened, but I suspect not further afield. And it was the work of Jill - and others inspired by her - that have changed the face of rape cases, and made us realise just how appalling those comments were.
IIRC, the comments were not unique, that represented the state of thought at the time, something that Jills work has made a huge difference to.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Om Puri, Indian actor and mainstay of Oscar-winning Brit pics has died.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Oh, no! I liked him.
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Baker
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I can't say I knew him. But looking at that first picture in the link, and seeing that he had a cameo in Gandhi, I'll ask. Wasn't he the guy, in that movie, who burst in on Gandhi after he said he'd start eating again, the one who confessed he'd killed a child? Then Gandhi told him how to make up for it.
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ArachnidinElmet
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I'm not sure; I knew him better as the Dad in East is East.
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Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
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Just because this is another amazing story, Sunday on Radio 4 announced this morning that the Reverend Una Kroll MD died on Friday aged 93. This article is from 2014 but tells her story. She was an early woman doctor who became a nun and missionary, when returned to England in the 1960s became a feminist and is remembered for her protest at General Synod in 1978 when she cried out "We asked for bread and you gave us stones" after the vote against allowing women priests. She became an Anglican priest in the Church of Wales, then converted to Catholicism.
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Pigwidgeon
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Nat Hentoff has died at 91. I remember him from when I subscribed to the Village Voice (the "Village" being Greenwich Village in New York City), but he was also the author of dozens of books and a jazz enthusiast.
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Enoch
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Mario Soares has just died. He was 93.
He may not be well known to younger shipmates. He was a major figure in the Iberian peninsula's equivalent of perestroika and glasnost in the 1970s, a first step in the historical process that in 2016 appears to have gone sharply into reverse.
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