Moopy Deathpool 2018

Rules

- Pick 25 people
- Two must be under 40
- No more than one centarian.
- At most two from the top ten of this year's Deathlist.net (see below)
- People we're likely to have heard of, please. The governing principle is that their death could conceivably make a slot on the front page of the BBC News website

Death List 2018

Kirk Douglas
Leah Bracknell
Herman Wouk
Olivia De Havilland
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Billy Graham
Betty White
John McCain
Linda Nolan
Lord (Peter) Carrington

 

Aaron Carter
Olivia de Havilland
Doris Day
George Bush snr
Barbara Bush
Rod Laver
Yoko Ono
Brenda Lee
June Whitfield
Stan Lee
Joni Mitchell
Leslie Phillips
Ed Anser
Tippi Hedren
Val Kilmer
Linda Nolan
Shelley Morrison
Frankie Valli
Frankie Muniz
John Williams
Julie Newmar
Barry Humphries
Peter Frampton
James L. Brooks
Dick Van Dyke

 

Oh yeah your nomination window will come to an end at the end of the month.

 

Olivia de Havilland
The Duke of Edinburgh
Tessa Jowell
Devin Lima
June Whitfield

Prunella Scales
Ken Dodd
Robert Mugabe
Val Kilmer
George H.W. Bush

Ronnie Wood
Tommy Chong
Lamar Odom
Salvador Sobral
Ozzie Osbourne

Pierre Cardin
Doris Day
Jimmy Carter
Henry Kissinger
Olivia Newton John

Clive James
Robert Mugabe
Leslie Phillips
Mel Brooks
Dennis Norden

 

excuse me, when is this due?

 

See above.

 

I’m slowly compiling a list. Spent a lot of 2017 making mental notes to put people on for 2018, and I’ve forgotten them all now.

 

Going for five-in-a-row...

Michael Anderson - DEAD (29th April)
Leah Bracknell*
Barbara Bush - DEAD (18th April)
George H.W. Bush - DEAD (1st December)
Montserrat Caballé - DEAD (6th October)
Carol Channing
Bob Dole
John Hume
Clive James
Tessa Jowell - DEAD (13th May)
John McCain* - DEAD (25th August)
Roberta McCain***
Liam Miller** - DEAD (9th February)
Stirling Moss
Denis Norden - DEAD (19th September)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Leslie Phillips
Fernando Ricksen
Prunella Scales
Jackie Stallone
Nobby Stiles
Christopher Tolkien
Morgan Tsvangirai - DEAD (14th February)
Marieke Vervoort**
Franco Zeffirelli

* deathlist.net Top 10
** under 40
*** over 100

 

As is now tradition I'm going with the remainder of last year's (and many previous ones) list with a couple of additions to replace those who had the good grace to croak in 2017.

Britney Spears (under 40)
Johnny Vegas
Jamie Oliver
Sir Alex Ferguson
Clint Eastwood

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (wife of Prince Charles)
Kerry Twatona (under 40)
Sylvester Stallone
Jackie Stallone
Sam Allardyce the football manager

Ray Liotta
Kathleen Turner
Prince Phillip (deathlist top 10)
Paul Gascoigne (ex-footballer drunkard)
Stan Lee - Died 12/11/18

Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Patrick Stewart (the best starship Enterprise captain)
Jeremy Clarkson (FOAD you annoying wanker)
Max Von Sydow
Tom Hanks

Clive Barker (horror writer)
Ray Winstone
Meryl Streep
Michael Palin
Erich Von Daniken (author and ancient aliens theorist)

 

We've got 8/25 the same, that's not too bad. There's only a finite amount of coffin dodgers. My record score is 8, I'd quite like to beat that this time.

 

I was mildly expecting Mugatu to have that 'Home and Away' actress who has just had her life support machine turned off in his list.

I assume she's disallowed. Asking for a friend.

 

If you get her in before she carks it, she's fair game.

 

I sense that Madison might judge me. That said, must do list this afternoon.

 

I would judge you. Taking advantage of developments after others had posted is not within the spirit of the game IMO.

That said, if there hadn’t been developments after 31 Dec, I would have been okay with her under this new terminal illness anything goes regime.

 

I will judge Madison using “their” instead of “there”

 

A thousand apologies.

 

Accepted.

 

I do actually agree with you about this, so I've not put her in. I reserve the right to edit if any other bastard tries to include her, though.

 

Buzz ALDRIN
Michael ANDERSON
George H W BUSH
Jimmy CARTER
Doris DAY

Ken DODD - DEAD 12/03/2018
Doug ELLIS
Gene HACKMAN
KIM Jung Un
Larry KING

Henry KISSINGER
Jean Marie LE PEN
Vera LYNN
John MCCAIN
Stirling MOSS

Robert MUGABE
Nicholas PARSONS
Sidney POITIER
William RUSSELL
Salvador SOBRAL

Norman TEBBIT
Dick VAN DYKE
Murray WALKER
Betty WHITE
June WHITFIELD

 

Lys ASSIA, persistent Eurovision botherer - DEAD (24 Mar 2018)
Leah BRACKNELL*, infamous Yorkshire lesbian
Muhammadu BUHARI, the President of Nigeria
George HW BUSH, arch-nemesis of broccoli
Bob DOLE, viagra spokesman

Ian HOLM, borrower
Clive JAMES, clever Australian
Katherine JOHNSON, star of Hidden Figures
Tessa JOWELL, shadow minister for women (Oct 1995 to July 1996) - DEAD (Eurovision Day 2018)
Ali KHAMENEI, second-rate Khomeini

James LOVELOCK, Gaia theory etc
Steffen LEWIS**, Welsh assembly member
John McCAIN*, not a war hero (because he was captured)
Liam MILLER**, Irish footballer - DEAD (9 Feb 2018)
Sir Stirling MOSS, something to do with cars

IM PEI***, architect
Javier PÉREZ DE CUÉLLAR, the one before Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Chris REA, Christmas capitalist
HM King SALMAN of Saudi Arabia, former SNP leader
Prunella SCALES, barge enthusiast

Dennis SKINNER, arch-nemisis of the Queen
Salvador SOBRAL**, one-time Eurovision botherer
June SPENCER, Archers stalwart
Stefán Karl STEFÁNSSON, arch-nemesis of Sportacus
Eddie STOBART, senior trucker

 

The Home and Away actress is now DEAD, so you can't use her.

 

Let me know if any of these break the rules:

Joni Mitchell
Dick Van Dyke
Chris Rea
Kirk Douglas
Sidney Poitier
Shannen Doherty
Barbra Streisand
Ken Dodd - DEAD
Corey Feldman
Tim Curry
Roy Chubby Brown
Little Richard
Brigitte Bardot
Bob Dylan
Jerry Lee Lewis
Hank Marvin
Joseph Jackson - DEAD
Larry King
Liza Minnelli
Prunella Scales
Aaron Carter
Shia LaBeouf
Shelley Duvall
HRH Prince Phillip
Rip Torn

 

Get 'em in.

 

Just over 24 hours to play.

 

Are we allowed to edit lists?

 

Up until midnight tomorrow yup.

 

Death List 2018


Paul Gasoigne
Kirk Douglas
Corey feldman
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Julian Clary
Kevin spacey
The Queen
Sir David Attenborough
Britney Spears
Paul O’ Grady
Susan Boyle
Ozzy Osbourne
Brian Harvey
Mary Berry
Jim Bowen
Ann Widdecombe
John Major
Stan Lee
Sir Trevor McDonald
Madonna
Harvey Weinstein
Sean Connery
Joan Collins
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gemma Collins

 

Amended. Genuine mistake.

 

Liam MILLER - DEAD http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43011780

@Indie @Mugatu @Madison

 

Pfft. If I read about someone diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I don’t need a reminder at year end.

 

Fast start this year (and a differential pick too). #5 IS COMING