Re: Celebrity Death List MMXVI / The Death Thread 2016

[taipan]

Bizarre process. Living people can be nominated but dead people have to wait five years.

From wiki

Each year an average of 200 nominations are submitted to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee. Anyone, including fans, can nominate anyone active in the field of entertainment as long as the nominee or his or her management approves the nomination (a letter of agreement from the nominated celebrity or representative must accompany the application). Nominees must have a minimum of five years' experience in the category for which they are nominated and a history of "charitable contributions".[73] Posthumous nominees must have been deceased at least five years

[embee]

Apparently misinterpreted

Each year an average of 200 nominations are submitted to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee. Anyone, including fans, can nominate anyone active in the field of entertainment as long as the nominee or his or her management approves the nomination (a letter of agreement from the nominated celebrity or representative must accompany the application). Nominees must have a minimum of five years' experience in the category for which they are nominated and a history of "charitable contributions".[73] Posthumous nominees must have been deceased at least five years. At a meeting each June, the committee selects approximately 20 celebrities to receive stars on the Walk of Fame during the following year. One posthumous award is given each year as well. The nominations of those not selected are rolled over to the following year for reconsideration; those not selected two years in a row are dropped, and must be renominated to receive further consideration. Living recipients must agree to personally attend a presentation ceremony within five years of selection. A relative of deceased recipients must attend posthumous presentations. Presentation ceremonies are open to the public.[3]

A fee ($30,000 as of 2012),[3] payable at time of selection, is collected to pay for the creation and installation of the star, as well as general maintenance of the Walk of Fame. The fee is usually paid by the nominating organization, which may be a fan club, or a film studio, record company, broadcaster, or other sponsor involved with the prospective honoree

[taipan]

Lost me.

[WideWally]

RIP Imtiaz Ahmed

An important member of the Pakistan cricket team during their first ten years as a test cricket playing nation.

He was the first wicketkeeper to score a test double century.

[taipan]

Allan Williams - Beatles Manager

R.I.P.

[skully]

Final standings:

Ri Yong-mu (politics)
Věra Čáslavská (sport) DEADED
Louis Tomlinson (under 30)
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
Buzz Aldrin
Oliver North

Roger Daltry
Jimmy Carter - politician
Valerie Harper
Joey Bada$$ - u30
Tommy Chong
Graham 'Polly' Farmer - sport

Bob Dole (Politics)
Henry Kissinger
Martin Crowe (Sports) DEADED
Cory Gunz (U30 rapper)
Clive James
Olivia De Havilland

Zsa Zsa Gabor DEADED
Neale Daniher
Harry from 1D
Ted Egan
Bronwyn Bishop
Andy Ganteaume DEADED

Kirk Douglas
Lee Iacocca
Sir Everton Weekes - sport
George HW Bush politics
Jake LaMotta
Johnny Manziell - u30

Justin Bieber
Bob Simpson (sport)
Doug Anthony (politics)
Malcolm Young
Fr Gerald Ridsdale
Sally Anne Howes

Rhianna (u/30's)
John McEnroe (sports)
Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand) DEADED
Billy Graham
Mary Tyler Moore
Boutros Boutros-Ghali (politics) DEADED

Margaret Court
Daniel Ricciardo under 30
Wally Edwards
Andrew Forrest
Gina Reinhardt
Wilson Tuckey

David Attenborough
ex-Pope Benedict
Miley Cyrus (under 30)
Doris Day
Prince Phillip (politics)
Oscar Pistorius (sport)

Charles Gilmour - (U30) - activist and professional dickhead
Joost van der Westhuizen - (sportsman)
Robert Mugabe - (politics) - all-round monster
Charlie Sheen - oxygen thief
Keith Richard - the walking dead
Rolf Harris - pervert

Galarrwuy Yunupingu
Muhammad Ali DEADED
Maradona
Julian Blanc
Nancy Reagan DEADED
Bruce Forsyth

Sepp Blatter - sport
Jacques Chirac - politics
Chris Brown - U30
Maggie Smith
John Motson
Bill Cosby

Tiebreaker result:

embee = Zsa Zsa Gabor ((100 – 99 + 1 (Dec)) = 2) + Andy Ganteaume ((100 – 95 + 11 (Feb)) = 16) = 18

Blackadder = King Bhumibol Adulyadej ((100 – 88 + 3 (Oct)) = 15) + Boutros Boutros-Ghali ((100 – 93 + 11 (Feb)) = 18) = 33

Bradman = Muhammad Ali ((100 – 74 + 7 (June)) = 33) + Nancy Reagan ((100 – 94 + 10 (Mar)) = 16) = 49


WINNER = Bradman

       

[WideWally]

RIP William Christopher

Father Mulcahy on  M*A*S*H






I don't understand why skully put up a post declaring 'final standings' at that time. Surely anyone who died in USA on 31 December after midnight Sydney time (such as William Christopher) should be included in the 2016 list.

[skully]

Fair call, W. Luckily no-one had him.

[OP Tipping]

Nice one Bradman

[JGK]

RIP William Christopher

Father Mulcahy on  M*A*S*H






I don't understand why skully put up a post declaring 'final standings' at that time. Surely anyone who died in USA on 31 December after midnight Sydney time (such as William Christopher) should be included in the 2016 list.

Another one dead at 84.  That might be the sweet spot age for CDL 17.

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-1933

[taipan]

Apparently Disney had Carrie insured for £41. Clearly she must have had a major role in episode 9

[Fred Nerk]

Is that 41 quid correct?

[taipan]

Is that 41 quid correct?

Nah, forget the million part. Thanks.

[OP Tipping]

We only had 8 hits this year. A bit rubbish, considering.

[JGK]

We only had 8 hits this year. A bit rubbish, considering.

And one of them was ZZG.

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