Re: Celebrity Death List MMXI / The Death Thread 2011

by Allan D Wed 16 Mar 2011, 20:03

WideWally wrote:Peter Loader has died aged 81. He was one of an outstanding band of English pace bowlers back in the 50s & would have played many more tests in another era. He played 13 tests for England taking 39 wickets @ 22.51. In first class cricket he took 1326 wickets @ 19.04 & was a member of the great Surrey teams that won many championships back then.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/506536.html

7 on the trot, Wal, from 1952 to 1958 inclusive. The Surrey side of the 1950s, which included May, Bedser, Laker, Lock, MacIntyre the wicketkeeper, Loader himself as well as Kenny Barrington and Mickey Stewart in the later period must rank, along with the Victorian
side of the 1920s and the Barbados sides of the 1950s and 1960s as one of the strongest non-Test sides in history. Mickey Stewart must be the only remaining survivor of those who played regularly in the championship-winning teams.

Loader would have played many more Tests had he not had to compete with Trueman, Statham, Tyson and Bedser. He was the 7th England bowler to take a Test hat-trick which he did against the West Indies at Headingley in 1957. It was to be 38 years before the feat was repeated by another England bowler when Dominic Cork achieved it against the same side at Old Trafford in 1995.

by embee Thu 17 Mar 2011, 01:04

I think the dubber side of the 50s/60s was pretty strong too (from memory)

by Zat Thu 17 Mar 2011, 01:23

Allan D wrote:Loader ... was the 7th England bowler to take a Test hat-trick which he did against the West Indies at Headingley in 1957. It was to be 38 years before the feat was repeated by another England bowler when Dominic Cork achieved it against the same side at Old Trafford in 1995.

Cork - cheaping the hat trick, getting his against a team of blokes aged 60+

by skully Thu 17 Mar 2011, 07:37

RIP Peter Loader, but alas, no-one had him:

skully wrote:Gough Whitlam (Former Aus PM)
Michael Douglas (Actor)
Norman Gordon (Saffie Test cricketer)
Luise Rainer (Actress)
Harry Morgan (Actor)
Chris Brown (singer - U30)

Zat wrote:Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber)
Kim Jong-il (North Korean Scumbag)
John Edrich (Former Test Cricketer)
Billy Graham (Will he take a closer step to god?)
Yitzhak Shamir (As Sharon in-stasis is taken)
Mary-Kate Olsen (She had the temerity to survive a year on qmy's list)

Fred Nerk wrote:Chuck Berry
Angus T. Jones (The obnoxious little sh!t who plays the obnoxious little sh!t in 'Two and a Half Men', born 1993)
Margaret Thatcher
Charlie Sutton (AFL's oldest surviving coach)
Bart Cummings
Tom Graveney

lardbucket wrote:Yevgeney Kalfelnikov
Angelina Jolie
Prince Harry
Bob Hawke
Slash
Sebastien Vettel

Nath wrote:Lindsay Lohan
Neil Harvey
'Superstar' Billy Graham (the wrestler)
Leif Garrett
Betty White
Shigeru Miyamoto

Bradman wrote:Jodie Sweetin (under thirty actress)
Fidel Castro (Revolutionary and seppo weeping wound)
Betty Ford (Gerry;'s widow)
B.B King (Blues man)
Andy Griffith (TV, recording artist)
Robert Mugabe (say no more)

Jontyh wrote:Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)
Anna Wing (Meeeeechelle)
Patrick MacNee (Steed)
Frederica Sagor Maas (Seppo Playwright)
Alfred Proksch (Austrian Olympian)
Dick Cheney (Seppo ex VP)

eowyn wrote:Amy Winehouse
Alex Ferguson
Naomi Campbell
Barak Obama
Engelbert Humperdink
Alastair Campbell

taipan wrote:Nelson Mandela
Julius Malema (I wish)
Keith Richards (yeah I know the joke)
Henry Kissinger
Neil Adcock
Britney Spears

JGK wrote:Aretha Franklin
Reg Simpson
James Earl Jones
Peter O'Toole
Margaret Whitlam
Rihanna

Growler wrote:Elizabeth Taylor
Harold "Dickie" Bird - sport category
Dr Ian Paisley - politics category
Eli Wallach
Clive Dunn
Michael Dunlop (motorcycle TT racer) - under 30 category

Blackadder wrote:Paris Hilton (Currently under 30, and I just don't mean her IQ)
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan
Chuck Yeager
Richard Attenborough
George Bush Snr.

Allan D wrote:Zsa Zsa Gabor
Trevor Bailey (of Essex and England and late of TMS not the clockwork radio inventor - that's Baylis) DEADED
Denis Healey
Justin Bieber
Hosni Mubarak
Larry King

Paul Keating wrote:Laurie Oakes
Mariah Carey
Wyatt Roy (under 30)
Rod Stewart
Laurie Lawrence (swimming coach)
Allan Greenspan

Demelza wrote:Ariel Sharon (politics)
Severiano Ballesteros (sport)
Mischa Barton (U30)
Patrick Moore (Stars at Night)
Eric Sykes
Andy Williams

horace wrote:Bob Simpson - obscure father in law of current chair of Oz NSP
Janette Howard - power behind the throne
Tammy Fraser - wife of ex PM Mal
Prince Billy - the older prince
Rose Hancock - celeb vulture
Doris Lessing - wonderful writer

Henry wrote:Malia Ann Obama (Barack's oldest daughter) (U-30)
John Prescott (Politics)
Salman Butt (Sport)
Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trap from the Sound of Music)
Ronnie Wood
Vanessa Redgrave

vilkrang wrote:Tony Benn (Politics)
Nicole Richie (Under 30)
Christopher Hitchens
Jake Lamotta
Vera Lynn
Michael Gough

JKLever wrote:Jimmy Bullard - Hull footballer on the verge of joining Ipswich
Richard Keys - sexist TV frontman
Gordon Brown - haggard ex-PM
Belinda Carlisle - shaggable desire of my youth
Padraig Harrington - Irish golfer
Andy Murray - British/Scottish Tennis player

by PeterCS Thu 17 Mar 2011, 09:44

LOL @ JKL's choices.

Career deaths don't count, surely?

by G.Wood Thu 17 Mar 2011, 23:03

Laughing at death is a bit ghoulish

FWIW, I don't like it

by LeFromage Thu 17 Mar 2011, 23:08

Michael Gough - he no more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12772355

by horace Thu 17 Mar 2011, 23:09

wonder if Prince Billy will extend his cheer up the survivors visits to Japan...

by skully Fri 18 Mar 2011, 08:42

Dello wrote:Michael Gough - he no more.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12772355

So, congrats to vilky, he's off the mark...

skully wrote:Gough Whitlam (Former Aus PM)
Michael Douglas (Actor)
Norman Gordon (Saffie Test cricketer)
Luise Rainer (Actress)
Harry Morgan (Actor)
Chris Brown (singer - U30)

Zat wrote:Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber)
Kim Jong-il (North Korean Scumbag)
John Edrich (Former Test Cricketer)
Billy Graham (Will he take a closer step to god?)
Yitzhak Shamir (As Sharon in-stasis is taken)
Mary-Kate Olsen (She had the temerity to survive a year on qmy's list)

Fred Nerk wrote:Chuck Berry
Angus T. Jones (The obnoxious little sh!t who plays the obnoxious little sh!t in 'Two and a Half Men', born 1993)
Margaret Thatcher
Charlie Sutton (AFL's oldest surviving coach)
Bart Cummings
Tom Graveney

lardbucket wrote:Yevgeney Kalfelnikov
Angelina Jolie
Prince Harry
Bob Hawke
Slash
Sebastien Vettel

Nath wrote:Lindsay Lohan
Neil Harvey
'Superstar' Billy Graham (the wrestler)
Leif Garrett
Betty White
Shigeru Miyamoto

Bradman wrote:Jodie Sweetin (under thirty actress)
Fidel Castro (Revolutionary and seppo weeping wound)
Betty Ford (Gerry;'s widow)
B.B King (Blues man)
Andy Griffith (TV, recording artist)
Robert Mugabe (say no more)

Jontyh wrote:Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)
Anna Wing (Meeeeechelle)
Patrick MacNee (Steed)
Frederica Sagor Maas (Seppo Playwright)
Alfred Proksch (Austrian Olympian)
Dick Cheney (Seppo ex VP)

eowyn wrote:Amy Winehouse
Alex Ferguson
Naomi Campbell
Barak Obama
Engelbert Humperdink
Alastair Campbell

taipan wrote:Nelson Mandela
Julius Malema (I wish)
Keith Richards (yeah I know the joke)
Henry Kissinger
Neil Adcock
Britney Spears

JGK wrote:Aretha Franklin
Reg Simpson
James Earl Jones
Peter O'Toole
Margaret Whitlam
Rihanna

Growler wrote:Elizabeth Taylor
Harold "Dickie" Bird - sport category
Dr Ian Paisley - politics category
Eli Wallach
Clive Dunn
Michael Dunlop (motorcycle TT racer) - under 30 category

Blackadder wrote:Paris Hilton (Currently under 30, and I just don't mean her IQ)
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan
Chuck Yeager
Richard Attenborough
George Bush Snr.

Allan D wrote:Zsa Zsa Gabor
Trevor Bailey (of Essex and England and late of TMS not the clockwork radio inventor - that's Baylis) DEADED
Denis Healey
Justin Bieber
Hosni Mubarak
Larry King

Paul Keating wrote:Laurie Oakes
Mariah Carey
Wyatt Roy (under 30)
Rod Stewart
Laurie Lawrence (swimming coach)
Allan Greenspan

Demelza wrote:Ariel Sharon (politics)
Severiano Ballesteros (sport)
Mischa Barton (U30)
Patrick Moore (Stars at Night)
Eric Sykes
Andy Williams

horace wrote:Bob Simpson - obscure father in law of current chair of Oz NSP
Janette Howard - power behind the throne
Tammy Fraser - wife of ex PM Mal
Prince Billy - the older prince
Rose Hancock - celeb vulture
Doris Lessing - wonderful writer

Henry wrote:Malia Ann Obama (Barack's oldest daughter) (U-30)
John Prescott (Politics)
Salman Butt (Sport)
Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trap from the Sound of Music)
Ronnie Wood
Vanessa Redgrave

vilkrang wrote:Tony Benn (Politics)
Nicole Richie (Under 30)
Christopher Hitchens
Jake Lamotta
Vera Lynn
Michael Gough DEADED

JKLever wrote:Jimmy Bullard - Hull footballer on the verge of joining Ipswich
Richard Keys - sexist TV frontman
Gordon Brown - haggard ex-PM
Belinda Carlisle - shaggable desire of my youth
Padraig Harrington - Irish golfer
Andy Murray - British/Scottish Tennis player

by Allan D Fri 18 Mar 2011, 17:17

One ex-TMS commentator and Alfred the butler from Batman is the meagre return after 77 days of 2011 yet Kirk Douglas lives! Who'd have thunk it?

by PeterCS Fri 18 Mar 2011, 17:29

G.Wood wrote:Laughing at death is a bit ghoulish

FWIW, I don't like it

Laughing at death is generally pretty courageous, I'd have thought.

Laughing at (other people's) deaths may appear ghoulish in some cases.

Laughing at someone's incongruous choices for a death watch is a leetle beetle different - you no theenkie?

Ya wanna get yer lines and yer logic a bit straighter, mate. Or are you deliberately pillorying yourself for public entertainment?

by Allan D Fri 18 Mar 2011, 17:33

Jet Harris taps his foot no more:

Ex-Shadow guitarist Jet Harris dies

Salve atque vale.

by skully Sat 19 Mar 2011, 21:50

Former US Sec. of State karks it

"LOS ANGELES, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who served three presidents died Friday due to complications from kidney and bladder cancer. He was 85.

Christopher died at his home in Los Angeles and was surrounded by his family, the family said in a statement. He is survived by his wife and four children from two marriages."

------------------------------------

Couple of Christophers on the list but no Warren Christopher.

by Blackadder Sat 19 Mar 2011, 22:31

Allan D wrote:One ex-TMS commentator and Alfred the butler from Batman is the meagre return after 77 days of 2011 yet Kirk Douglas lives! Who'd have thunk it?

Seeing I have Kirk, will probably survive the year and die on New Years Day 2012. suicide

by Allan D Sun 20 Mar 2011, 00:37

Any chance of a cruise missile striking Al-Megrahi? Whilst any man's death diminishes me, as Donne preached, his demise at the hands of Coalition forces might strike some as rough justice.

by taipan Wed 23 Mar 2011, 13:13

Breaking news.

Liz Taylor gone.

R.I.P.

by WideWally Wed 23 Mar 2011, 13:30

Also Fred Titmus
RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWfmDIiax_8

by skully Wed 23 Mar 2011, 21:10

Growls is off the mark with Liz Taylor's heart giving out over night...

skully wrote:Gough Whitlam (Former Aus PM)
Michael Douglas (Actor)
Norman Gordon (Saffie Test cricketer)
Luise Rainer (Actress)
Harry Morgan (Actor)
Chris Brown (singer - U30)

Zat wrote:Ronnie Biggs (Great Train Robber)
Kim Jong-il (North Korean Scumbag)
John Edrich (Former Test Cricketer)
Billy Graham (Will he take a closer step to god?)
Yitzhak Shamir (As Sharon in-stasis is taken)
Mary-Kate Olsen (She had the temerity to survive a year on qmy's list)

Fred Nerk wrote:Chuck Berry
Angus T. Jones (The obnoxious little sh!t who plays the obnoxious little sh!t in 'Two and a Half Men', born 1993)
Margaret Thatcher
Charlie Sutton (AFL's oldest surviving coach)
Bart Cummings
Tom Graveney

lardbucket wrote:Yevgeney Kalfelnikov
Angelina Jolie
Prince Harry
Bob Hawke
Slash
Sebastien Vettel

Nath wrote:Lindsay Lohan
Neil Harvey
'Superstar' Billy Graham (the wrestler)
Leif Garrett
Betty White
Shigeru Miyamoto

Bradman wrote:Jodie Sweetin (under thirty actress)
Fidel Castro (Revolutionary and seppo weeping wound)
Betty Ford (Gerry;'s widow)
B.B King (Blues man)
Andy Griffith (TV, recording artist)
Robert Mugabe (say no more)

Jontyh wrote:Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)
Anna Wing (Meeeeechelle)
Patrick MacNee (Steed)
Frederica Sagor Maas (Seppo Playwright)
Alfred Proksch (Austrian Olympian)
Dick Cheney (Seppo ex VP)

eowyn wrote:Amy Winehouse
Alex Ferguson
Naomi Campbell
Barak Obama
Engelbert Humperdink
Alastair Campbell

taipan wrote:Nelson Mandela
Julius Malema (I wish)
Keith Richards (yeah I know the joke)
Henry Kissinger
Neil Adcock
Britney Spears

JGK wrote:Aretha Franklin
Reg Simpson
James Earl Jones
Peter O'Toole
Margaret Whitlam
Rihanna

Growler wrote:Elizabeth Taylor DEADED
Harold "Dickie" Bird - sport category
Dr Ian Paisley - politics category
Eli Wallach
Clive Dunn
Michael Dunlop (motorcycle TT racer) - under 30 category

Blackadder wrote:Paris Hilton (Currently under 30, and I just don't mean her IQ)
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan
Chuck Yeager
Richard Attenborough
George Bush Snr.

Allan D wrote:Zsa Zsa Gabor
Trevor Bailey (of Essex and England and late of TMS not the clockwork radio inventor - that's Baylis) DEADED
Denis Healey
Justin Bieber
Hosni Mubarak
Larry King

Paul Keating wrote:Laurie Oakes
Mariah Carey
Wyatt Roy (under 30)
Rod Stewart
Laurie Lawrence (swimming coach)
Allan Greenspan

Demelza wrote:Ariel Sharon (politics)
Severiano Ballesteros (sport)
Mischa Barton (U30)
Patrick Moore (Stars at Night)
Eric Sykes
Andy Williams

horace wrote:Bob Simpson - obscure father in law of current chair of Oz NSP
Janette Howard - power behind the throne
Tammy Fraser - wife of ex PM Mal
Prince Billy - the older prince
Rose Hancock - celeb vulture
Doris Lessing - wonderful writer

Henry wrote:Malia Ann Obama (Barack's oldest daughter) (U-30)
John Prescott (Politics)
Salman Butt (Sport)
Christopher Plummer (Captain Von Trap from the Sound of Music)
Ronnie Wood
Vanessa Redgrave

vilkrang wrote:Tony Benn (Politics)
Nicole Richie (Under 30)
Christopher Hitchens
Jake Lamotta
Vera Lynn
Michael Gough DEADED

JKLever wrote:Jimmy Bullard - Hull footballer on the verge of joining Ipswich
Richard Keys - sexist TV frontman
Gordon Brown - haggard ex-PM
Belinda Carlisle - shaggable desire of my youth
Padraig Harrington - Irish golfer
Andy Murray - British/Scottish Tennis player

by JGK Wed 23 Mar 2011, 23:02

Do I get half a point for having Lizzy on my list last year and being prevented from it this year?

by Bradman Wed 23 Mar 2011, 23:33

I suppose we get all day news coverage now and interviews with her doctor, pharmacist and any ex still alive.

by Allan D Wed 23 Mar 2011, 23:57

JGK wrote:Do I get half a point for having Lizzy on my list last year and being prevented from it this year?

Do I get a half point for pointing out that Liz and Fred were both born in 1932 (Fred being some 9 months younger though)? The great man is surely worthy of a musical tribute. Apologies for the strong language:

by PeterCS Thu 24 Mar 2011, 00:22

You boys had a real bonanza of a day ...

by OP Tipping Thu 24 Mar 2011, 07:18

I think the current format is a bit unfair ... the thread originator has an obvious advantage. Would be better if it went, somehow, in rounds, or if everyone was able to select whoever they want regardless of whether someone else has picked them (which is how it is in general deadpools.)

by skully Thu 24 Mar 2011, 07:25

Phurt. First in best dressed, and it's not as if the early birds can pick millions of old fogies (6 picks out of 7 billion people doesn't really crimp others' style). Interestingly, all three nominators who are off the mark are in the 2nd half of those who got their noms in i.e. they got in later than 50% of the rest.

by OP Tipping Thu 24 Mar 2011, 07:30

BTW is it too late to join...

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