Re: Celebrity Death List MMXVII/The Death Thread 2017

by skully Sun 31 Dec 2017, 06:41

Only a few hours left to add to our "kill".

by skully Sun 31 Dec 2017, 06:55

Current standings:

skully 2 kills, Bradman 2 kills:

Tiebreak:

skully = (100-81+12) + (100-81+5) = 55

Bradman = (100-45+11) + (100-83+2) = 85

Looks like qmy has won another one this year (unless one or more of Javier Perez de Cuellar, Murray Walker, Gordon Banks or rapper Big Sean pops off tonight), or 3 of someone else's noms all die on the evening of Dec 31!!! Cool

by skully Sun 31 Dec 2017, 22:53

Final status of 2017:

skully wrote:Javier Perez de Cuellar - Ex UN Secretary General
Mary Tyler Moore - Actress DEADED
Glen Campbell – Singer DEADED
Murray Walker - F1 commentator
Gordon Banks - ex soccer keeper
Big Sean (rapper) - u30

Big Dog wrote:Queen Elizabeth 11
Cher
Charlie Sheen
Everton Weekes (sport)
Robin Gray (politics)
Wiz Khalifa (u30)

Fred Nerk wrote:Corey Worthington AKA Delaney (age about 26, the 2008 Narre Warren 'Party Boy' with the yellow sunglasses)
Ray Illingworth
Bronwyn Bishop
Hal Lindsey (crackpot American 'end times' author)
James Bolam (veteran British actor)
Astrid Gilberto (jazz singer, orig Girl from Ipanema)

OP Tipping wrote:Adele (under 30)
Choe Pu-il (Politics)
Paolo Angioni (sport)
Brian May
Keith Richards
Billy Joel

JGK wrote:David Attenborough
Neil Harvey (sport)
Billy Graham
Jimmy Carter (politics)
Doris Day
Ariana Grande (u30)

Blackadder wrote:Prince Phillip
Michael Moore
Pierre Cardin
Roger Bannister (Sport)
Hosni Mubarak (Politics)
Jennifer Lawrence (U30)

embee wrote:Ben Cousins
Dickie Bird
Bob Hawke
Sebastian Vettel
George HW Bush
Reece Masten

horace wrote:Wyatt Roy u 30 tory nob
Michael Kroger tory number's man
Cardinal George Pell
Peter Thompson
Senator Kimberley Kitching
Rupert Murdoch

lardbucket wrote:John Edrich (sport)
Max Verstappen (U 30)
Donald Trump (comedy)
Laurie Oakes
Lech Walesa (politics)
Michael Schumacher

Growler wrote:Paul "Gazza" Gascoigne - alcoholic ex-England footy genius (sport)
Hillary Clinton - joint worst ever US presidential candidate (politics)
Miley Cyrus - all-round trollop (U30)
Kirk Douglas - centurion film star worth bugger all score even if he carks next week.
Bill Cosby
George "Jonny" Johnson - last British dambuster

Bradman wrote:Ali Lohan (U30-have any of these ever been gotted?)
David Prowse
Joost van der Westhuizen DEADED
Clive James (I know. The extended death watch is to sell crap poetry)
Charles Manson (can't believe no-one grabbed him) DEADED
Henry Kissinger

skully and Bradman managed the only "kills" of the year, with 2 each.

But via tiebreaker above:

WINNER = Bradman

boozin

This is the 3rd time Bradman has taken out this annual competition. Nice work. aces

by lardbucket Mon 01 Jan 2018, 03:19

Well I tried hard to get Laurie Oakes, but failed; the baton must be passed on.

Mugabe, Ridsdale, and Pell also live on.

by Fred Nerk Mon 01 Jan 2018, 21:37

RIP Rose Marie

From child star of the 30s to the chat show circuit of the new millennium, via the Dick Van Dyke Show, she had an 80 year career in show biz. Not many get that long a gig at anything.

Meanwhile, her co-star DVD still chugs along, and turned 92 last month.

by OP Tipping Wed 03 Jan 2018, 07:03

Nice one, bradman

by lardbucket Mon 05 Oct 2020, 13:55

skully wrote:RIP Thin Arthur

"Actor and musician Rory O'Donoghue, best known for his part in as “Thin Arthur” on 1970s ABC comedy Aunty Jack, has died, aged 68.

The father-of-four’s death on December 13 was revealed in a Facebook post by daughter Jessica last week, in which she celebrates her father as “an incredible musician, a great athlete and a wonderful teacher”.
...
Ms O’Donoghue thanked supporters in a follow-up post Saturday, revealing her father “suffered from severe depression and mental illness for many, many years”.

“He sadly took his own life while being treated in hospital,” she wrote.

“Despite his amazing life, talent and success, he was not able to overcome the illness that plagued him."

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RIP to great memories from my teens...

lardbucket wrote:No!!!

Earlier today, for some random reason of internet exploration, I watched a Youtube video (extracted from the usually dreadful 'Where Are They Now') of Graham Bond and Rory O'Donoghue. I had not heard this sad news.

lardbucket wrote:Some here will relate to this:

O'Donoghue was also an accomplished musician and was responsible for the guitar solo on Kevin Johnson's single Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life.

Australian story. Well worth a watch.