Celebrity Death List MMX / The Death Thread

[Chivalry Augustus]

The rules are simple. Choose six celebrities:

- At least one must be under the age of 30
- At least one must be from the worlds of sport and politics
- No repeating previously listed celebs

The increase to six is just to get the reaper count up from last year. When you've 100 members all listing five, it works, but ten times five gives little scope for getting any right. Rule two has been stricken from the record as it was not commonly adhered to last year and replaced with the slightly easier alternatives of sport and politics. In clarification of rule three, you cannot repeat, under any circumstances, a name that has previously been selected by another FB member. There were numerous repeats last year, but thankfully no double deaths meaning that I did not have to exclude certain selections. It would probably be best to wait until tomorrow before beginning, but you can always change if somebody on your list dies before 11:59:59. Anyway, seeing as I'm leading the other one at the moment, I'm going to wait before I come up with mine in order to give everyone a head-start. Choosing first is an advantage.

[Eric Air Emu]

Very macabre & wrong but...

Amy Winehouse
Michael Foot
Lace Armstrong
Clive Dunne
Mickey Rooney
Common decency

[JGK]

Margaret Thatcher
Liz Taylor
Rush Limbaugh
Alec Bedser
Muhammed Ali
Jess Watson (the 16yo Aussie girl currently sailing solo around the world)

[Allan D]

Some obvious ones here (JGK robbed me of Bedser):

Ronnie Biggs
Benedict XVI
Ariel Sharon
Eric Tindill
Reg Simpson
Lindsay Lohan

[Eric Air Emu]

[This is Rachel]

Nelson Mandela
Fidel Castro
Patrick Moore
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Pete Doherty
Matti Nykanen

Am rather jealous of Tom's Winehouse pick, but would caution Allan D that Ariel Sharon was said to have twitched a few weeks back.

[Chivalry Augustus]

Bruce Forsyth
Kim Jong-Il
Dickie Bird
Prince William
Roger Moore (edit)
Silvio Berlusconi

[Allan D]

Sharon has been 'twitching' for the last 3 years although i agree that picking Sharon is a bit of a cheat as he could hardly be described as 'alive'. I did check beforehand to see if he was still (marginally) with us. I think the rumours persist because of the Arab media (where a former leader in this state would have been terminated long before now) and the sabotaging of Wiki. This is the latest state of play, two months ago, according to The Jerusalem Post:

Sharon 'still in vegetative state', says his doctor

[DJ_Smerk]

Avram Grant
George W. Bush
Joseph Marcell
Lemmy from Motorhead
Lalit Modi
Flaming Bails (the forum, not the inhabitants)

[Allan D]

Rush Limbaugh in hospital in Honolulu with chest pains. 8:18 am there now though so some time to go to 2010.

[DJ_Smerk]

Rush Limbaugh in hospital in Honolulu with chest pains. 8:18 am there now though so some time to go to 2010.

I feel so dirty partaking in this thread.

[Allan D]

I ought to have nominated the UK Labour Government, but, like Ariel Sharon, that is already "in a vegetative state' with its demise confidently predicted around May or June. Ronnie Biggs, Ariel Sharon and the Libyan guy should all outlast it.

[Allan D]

Rush Limbaugh in hospital in Honolulu with chest pains. 8:18 am there now though so some time to go to 2010.

I feel so dirty partaking in this thread.

Be careful what you wish for.

[Zat]

OK, Here goes - I've recycled one from my 2009 list, and spent a good three minutes researching the others:

Lockerbie Bomber - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
Former Australian PM - Gough Whitlam
Former Monkee - Peter Tork
Former IOC President - Juan Antonio Samaranch
Former NFL player - Adam 'Pacman' Jones (Turns 27 this year)
The Guy who played Columbo - Peter Falk

[PeterCS]

Test Careers:

Ntini
MHussey
Shane Bond (ha)
Shoaib Akhtar (hm)
MuMu
Roebuck

[Growler]

Zat, you need to edit Nelson Mandela .... he's already been picked

My six nominees

1. Anna Wing
2. Dame Vera Lynn
3. Jack Charlton (sport category)
4. Norman Wisdom
5. Denis Healey (politics category)
6. Britney Spears (under 30 category)

I think they're all originals