Re: Celebrity Death List MMXI / The Death Thread 2011

by Basil Sat 23 Apr 2011, 19:33

R.I.P. John Sullivan - creator of Only Fools and Horses

by WideWally Tue 26 Apr 2011, 11:43

I missed mentioning the passing of Eddie Leadbeater, a post-war English leg-spinner. He was also a rarity among English test cricketers in that he was never awarded a county cap. You really have to earn a cap up in Yorkshire.

RIP Eddie

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1378150/Yorkshire-England-spinner-Eddie-Leadbeater-passes-away.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

by skully Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:17

Saw snippets on the nooz tonight about Michael Douglas. The story revolved around an interview he did very recently on Oprah, where he discussed his wife's, the delightful Catherine Zeta, recent diagnosis of bi-polar disease. The main point coming out of the interview was the rude health of Michael Douglas. He seems to have beaten throat cancer. Erm, good for, cough, him. Barsteward. Cool

by taipan Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:23

WideWally wrote:I missed mentioning the passing of Eddie Leadbeater, a post-war English leg-spinner. He was also a rarity among English test cricketers in that he was never awarded a county cap. You really have to earn a cap up in Yorkshire.

RIP Eddie

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1378150/Yorkshire-England-spinner-Eddie-Leadbeater-passes-away.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

81 matches and no cap?

by lardbucket Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:25

tell that to young people today and they don't believe you

by taipan Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:27

lardbucket wrote:tell that to young people today and they don't believe you

The committee consisted of 4?

by lardbucket Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:29

they probably just thought he wasn't tough enough

by taipan Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:31

And I bet the Yorkie tossers didn't give him a testimonial either.
Tight qunts.

by Allan D Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:40

It appears that Durham abolished their capping system in 2005 so Liam Plunkett, and presumably all future Durham players who appear for England, will join Leadbeater as an uncapped Test player.

Is Ronnie Stanyforth the only uncapped player to have captained England? He only ever played 4 matches for Yorkshire in total in the season following his return from South Africa in 1927-8 where he stood in for Guy Jackson, thus creating a record of playing for England without having played for a county at all (Stanyforth mainly played for the Army and MCC sides).

I suppose the greatest of England's uncapped players must be S.F.Barnes who preferred playing for his native county of Staffordshire in the Minor Counties' Championship, despite playing occasionally for Lancashire and Warwickshire (which named a stand after him at Edgbaston)

by taipan Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:44

Allan D wrote:It appears that Durham abolished their capping system in 2005 so Liam Plunkett, and presumably all future Durham players who appear for England, will join Leadbeater as an uncapped Test player.

Is Ronnie Stanyforth the only uncapped player to have captained England? He only ever played 4 matches for Yorkshire in total in the season following his return from South Africa in 1927-8 where he stood in for Guy Jackson, thus creating a record of playing for England without having played for a county at all (Stanyforth mainly played for the Army and MCC sides).

I suppose the greatest of England's uncapped players must be S.F.Barnes who preferred playing for his native county of Staffordshire in the Minor Counties' Championship, despite playing occasionally for Lancashire and Warwickshire (which named a stand after him at Edgbaston)

Rugby players have been capped for the British (&Irish Lions) before playing for their country.

by WideWally Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:54

Sammy Woods managed to play 3 tests for Australia despite never playing for an Australian State team or even playing a first class match in Australia. Not bad for a bloke who played 401 FC games. Of course he also represented England in another three tests.

by Allan D Tue 26 Apr 2011, 14:49

Yes, he also captained Somerset.

by eowyn Tue 26 Apr 2011, 18:54

Nobody had Poly Styrene.

I bet I'm the only person on here who even remebers X-ray Spex. Getting old is an odd thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13193968

by Basil Tue 26 Apr 2011, 19:18

eowyn wrote:Nobody had Poly Styrene.

I bet I'm the only person on here who even remebers X-ray Spex. Getting old is an odd thing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13193968

I'd forgotten them until you mentioned them!

by horace Thu 28 Apr 2011, 08:31

could be a big day tomorrow for this thread with all sorts of celebs agog - inc Prince Billy

by skully Thu 28 Apr 2011, 08:57

Er, are you sickly inferring William will be assassinated during his wedding? Rolling Eyes

by horace Fri 29 Apr 2011, 02:40

more worried S and feeling a sense of dread and guilt if anything went wrong

by skully Fri 29 Apr 2011, 04:01

Nah, the Bobbies have things in hand, apparently.

by skully Fri 29 Apr 2011, 10:26

So another week slips by in 2011 and the rude health of our nominees continues to frustrate the punters. Die, you miserable tits. Cool

by Allan D Sat 30 Apr 2011, 00:44

Speak for yourself, Skulls, just because Mick Douglas has cheated the Grim Reaper yet again. You would have been better off with his missis undergoing complications from her lobotomy. One barbecued Test cricketer (sadly), Mubarak (a late entry) undergoing cardiac arrest and ZZ G only one foot away from the grave (as that's the only one she's got) leave me still feeling quietly confident. Was hopeful that Hamas or Hezbollah might get to JB on his recent trip to Israel but no such luck - there's never a suicide bomber around when you want one. Still there may be a crazed music lover lying in wait somewhere.

by skully Sat 30 Apr 2011, 03:21

I can but wish you morbid luck, AD. Cool

by Allan D Sat 30 Apr 2011, 09:54

Thanks, Skulls, but as an alumnus of my college once warned:

Never send to know for whom the bell tolls...

I think you know the rest. Perhaps that should be the motto of this thread.

by skully Sun 01 May 2011, 02:20

This poor sap kicks off at 22 with a world of potential in front of him while our nominees continue to thieve oxygen. Cool

"ARCATA — It is with great sadness that the Humboldt Crabs announce the passing of Scott Heinig, a Crabs pitcher in 2009 and 2010. He was 22 years old.

Heinig, who was named the Crabs’ co-Pitcher of the Year in 2009, was at a gathering at a friend’s home in Davis on Saturday evening, April 23, when he apparently fell, according to police reports.

He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to a brain aneurysm just after noon on Sunday."

by skully Sun 01 May 2011, 02:20

Latest list bumped so I don't have to go back 10 pages to find it.

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

OP Tipping wrote:Zara Phillips (under 30, and sportsperson)
Colonel Gaddafi
Tom Baker
Steve Jobs
Vladimir Putin
Kim Yong-nam

by skully Sun 01 May 2011, 02:25

Old bag ticked of 101

"Luise Rainer (101)"
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I missed this. Probably make 110. Mad

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