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This is the home page for '2012 Deathlist' (conversation thread), which is run by Mu Beta assisted by Galaxy Babe.

The following list of rules are for the Deathlist 2012.

Rules of Play

  1. Choose 15 celebrities who you believe may die in the calendar year 2012.

  2. Number 15 on your list must be aged under 50 in 2012 (born after 1962).

  3. You will be awarded 10 points per correct prediction. If your prediction is unique, then you receive 15 points.

  4. You will be awarded 5 bonus points by a death caused 'not by natural causes', in other words a suicide, murder or accident.

  5. You will be awarded 5 bonus points for a celebrity who dies on the 13th of the month. 10 bonus points if it's Friday the 13th.

  6. Assuming you have followed Rule 2 correctly, then you will be awarded double points for the correctly-predicted demise of Number 15 on your list (all bonus points are also doubled). Only Number 15 is eligible for this bonus, no matter how many under-50s are on your list.

  7. The definition of 'celebrity' is someone well-known enough to have their death reported on the websites of BBC News or any of the British Broadsheets. No report; no points.

  8. Any complaints about the poor taste of this game should be addressed to Mu Beta.

There are 19 players who have chosen a total of 203 celebrities or notable-people

Three books on a victory podium

The Top Picks


Baroness Margaret Thatcher is on the list of 9 players
Prince Philip is on the list of 7 players
Sir Richard Attenborough is on the list of 5 players
Zsa Zsa Gabor is on the list of 5 players
Fidel Castro is on the list of 5 players

The youngest pick is Frankie Cocozza (D.O.B. 13 Jan 1993)

The oldest picks

Elliott Carter (D.O.B. 11 Dec 1908) [died 5 Nov 2012]
Carla Laemmle (D.O.B. 20 Oct 1909)
Dorothea Tanning (D.O.B. 25 Aug 1910) [died 31 Jan 2012]
Deaths in 2012 (Wikipedia)

0-9

  • 50 Cent - predicted by the_jon_m

    • A

  • Richard Adams - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Caroline Aherne (*under 50) - predicted by coelacanth
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Bashar al-Assad - predicted by fords, the_jon_m (*under 50)
  • Buzz Aldrin - predicted by Mr. Dreadful, Orcus
  • Muhammad Ali - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Allan Arbus - predicted by coelacanth
  • Neil Armstrong - predicted by Magwitch
  • Mick Aston - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Diana Athill - predicted by coelacanth
  • Sir David Attenborough - predicted by Dai the Death, Mr. Dreadful, swl
  • Sir Richard Attenborough - predicted by Dai the Death, loonycat, Magwitch, MMF, Orcus

    • B

  • Lauren Bacall - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Conrad Bain - predicted by The Groob
  • Tom Baker - predicted by Mol, Mr. Dreadful
  • Clare Balding (*under 50) - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Michael Barrymore - predicted by Mol
  • Dame Shirley Bassey - predicted by Mol
  • Stanley Baxter - predicted by Dai the Death
  • Aaron T Beck - predicted by The Groob
  • Andy Bell [Erasure] (*under 50) - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Dirk Benedict - predicted by Galaxy Babe, Mu Beta
  • Alan Bennett - predicted by Mol
  • Chuck Berry - predicted by loonycat
  • Ronnie Biggs - predicted by C Hawke, coelacanth
  • Jackie Bird - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Honor Blackman - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Ernest Borgnine - predicted by Dai the Death, MMF
  • Susan Boyle - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Ray Bradbury - predicted by C Hawke, Dai the Death, loonycat
  • Ian Brady - predicted by C Hawke, Galaxy Babe
  • Russell Brand - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Mel Brooks - predicted by Mu Beta
  • June Brown - predicted by Magwitch
  • Barbara Bush - predicted by Mol
  • George Bush (snr) - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • George W Bush - predicted by minichessemouse

    • C

  • Sid Caesar - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Glen Campbell - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington - predicted by The Groob
  • Elliott Carter - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Jimmy Carter - predicted by Orcus
  • Fidel Castro - predicted by Demon Drawer, fords, loonycat, MMF, the_jon_m
  • Richard Chamberlain - predicted by Magwitch
  • Carol Channing - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Hugo Chavez - predicted by Galaxy Babe, fords
  • Jacques Chirac - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Oz Clarke (wine critic) - predicted by Dai the Death
  • Jeremy Clarkson - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Frankie Cocozza (*under 50) - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • George Cole (actor) - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Michael Collins (astronaut) - predicted by swl
  • Billy Connolly - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Jilly Cooper - predicted by Mol
  • Ronnie Corbett - predicted by fords, Mr. Dreadful
  • James Corden - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Liam Cosgrave - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Fearne Cotton - predicted by minichessemouse

    • D

  • Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) - predicted by The Groob
  • Liz Dawn - predicted by coelacanth, loonycat
  • Perez de Cuellar - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Olivia de Havilland - predicted by coelacanth, loonycat, swl
  • Dame Judy Dench - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Ken Dodd - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Pete Doherty - predicted by Mol (*under 50), the_jon_m
  • Placido Domingo - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Fats Domino - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath, swl
  • Val Doonican - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Kirk Douglas - predicted by Demon Drawer, fords, MMF
  • Michael Douglas - predicted by MMF
  • William Duell - predicted by The Groob
  • Deanna Durbin - predicted by Dai the Death

    • E

  • Clint Eastwood - predicted by Mol
  • Bernie Ecclestone - predicted by fords

    • F

  • Lynn Faulds Wood - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Joan Fontaine - predicted by Dai the Death
  • Michael J Fox - predicted by MMF

    • G

  • Zsa Zsa Gabor - predicted by C Hawke, Magwitch, Mr. Dreadful, Orcus, The Groob
  • Ismael Zambada García - predicted by C Hawke
  • James Garner - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Benito Garozzo - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Paul Gascoigne - predicted by MMF
  • Robin Gibb - predicted by Galaxy Babe, the_jon_m
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - predicted by Orcus
  • The Go Compare guy (*under 50) - predicted by fords
  • Len Goodman - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Mikhael Gorbachev - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Billy Graham - predicted by Demon Drawer, RadoxTheGreen
  • Bear Grylls (*under 50) - predicted by swl

    • H

  • Larry Hagman - predicted by loonycat
  • Johnny Hallyday - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Rolf Harris - predicted by Mol
  • Sven Hassel - predicted by swl
  • Joao Havelange - predicted by swl
  • Prof Stephen Hawking - predicted by fords, MMF
  • Denis Healey - predicted by C Hawke, Demon Drawer
  • Hugh Hefner - predicted by Orcus
  • Gavin Henson (*under 50) - predicted by Orcus
  • Alice Herz-Sommer - predicted by coelacanth
  • Michael Heseltine - predicted by loonycat
  • Antony Hewish - predicted by The Groob
  • Hulk Hogan - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Bob Holness - predicted by swl
  • Gary Hooper (footballer) (*under 50) - predicted by The Groob
  • Russell Howard (*under 50) - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Sir Chris Hoy - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Geoffrey Hughes - predicted by coelacanth
  • John Hume - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Barry Humphries - predicted by Mr. Dreadful

    • J

  • Clifton James - predicted by The Groob
  • Etta James - predicted by coelacanth, Galaxy Babe, Mu Beta
  • General Wojciech Jaruzelski - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Kim Jong-un (*under 50) - predicted by Mr. Dreadful

    • K

  • Kerry Katona - predicted by Dai the Death (*under 50), Magwitch (*under 50)
  • Kenneth Kendall - predicted by loonycat, Mol
  • Ray Kennedy - predicted by Orcus
  • BB King - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath, Mu Beta, swl

    • L

  • Carla Laemmle - predicted by coelacanth
  • Jake LaMotta - predicted by swl
  • Angela Lansbury - predicted by Mol
  • Ralph Lauren - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Nigel Lawson - predicted by MMF
  • Heriberto Lazcano (*under 50) - predicted by C Hawke
  • Christopher Lee - predicted by MMF
  • Stan Lee (artist) - predicted by swl
  • Ursula Le Guin - predicted by Magwitch
  • Howard Lew Lewis - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Jerry Lewis - predicted by C Hawke
  • Norman Lloyd (actor) - predicted by The Groob
  • Lindsay Lohan (*under 50) - predicted by loonycat
  • Herbert Lom - predicted by coelacanth, Dai the Death, Orcus
  • Jorge Lorenzo - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Dame Vera Lynn - predicted by C Hawke, loonycat

    • M

  • Madonna - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Tony Martin (singer) - predicted by Dai the Death
  • Roy Mason - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Michael Medwin - predicted by The Groob
  • George Michael - predicted by Galaxy Babe, Demon Drawer (*under 50)
  • Prince Michael, Duke of Kent - predicted by MMF
  • Rev Sun Myung Moon - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Sir Patrick Moore - predicted by coelacanth, minichessemouse, Orcus, swl
  • Sir Roger Moore - predicted by Galaxy Babe, loonycat
  • Hosni Mubarak - predicted by Orcus
  • Robert Mugabe - predicted by C Hawke, the_jon_m
  • Rupert Murdoch - predicted by Mol, the_jon_m

    • N

  • Jack Nicholson - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Oscar Niemeyer - predicted by C Hawke
  • Denis Norden - predicted by Orcus
  • Ted Nugent - predicted by Magwitch

    • O

  • Peter O'Sullevan - predicted by The Groob
  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - predicted by Magwitch
  • Peter O'Toole - predicted by C Hawke, the_jon_m
  • Barack Obama - predicted by minichessemouse
  • Bill Oddie - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Nancy Olson - predicted by Magwitch
  • Jack Osbourne (*under 50) - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Ozzy Osbourne - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • P

  • Rev Ian Paisley - predicted by Orcus, swl
  • Bill Pertwee - predicted by Mol
  • Eric Pickles - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Pope Benedict XVI - predicted by fords
  • Terry Pratchett - predicted by fords
  • Steve Prescott (*under 50) - predicted by MMF
  • Prince Philip - predicted by fords, loonycat, Mol, Mr. Dreadful, Mu Beta, Orcus, the_jon_m
  • David Prowse - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • Q

  • HM Queen Elizabeth II - predicted by minichessemouse, Mr. Dreadful

    • R

  • Nancy Reagan - predicted by coelacanth, loonycat
  • Sir Cliff Richard - predicted by fords
  • Keith Richards - predicted by MMF, Mr. Dreadful

    • S

  • Frederick Sanger - predicted by The Groob
  • Helmut Schmidt - predicted by Dai the Death, Demon Drawer
  • Yitzhak Shamir - predicted by C Hawke, Demon Drawer
  • Ravi Shankar - predicted by coelacanth
  • Omar Sharif - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Ariel Sharon - predicted by Demon Drawer, the_jon_m
  • Sir Donald Sinden - predicted by Dai the Death
  • Nikki Sixx - predicted by Magwitch
  • Liz Smith - predicted by fords, RadoxTheGreen
  • Nobby Stiles - predicted by Orcus
  • Eric Sykes - predicted by fords, Mu Beta, swl

    • T

  • Dorothea Tanning - predicted by The Groob
  • Norman Tebbit - predicted by swl
  • Baroness Margaret Thatcher - predicted by C Hawke, fords, loonycat, Magwitch, minichessemouse, MMF, Mol, Mr. Dreadful, the_jon_m
  • Frank Thornton - predicted by Dai the Death, Demon Drawer, RadoxTheGreen
  • Rip Torn - predicted by coelacanth

    • V

  • Dick Van Dyke - predicted by Magwitch
  • Eddie Van Halen - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Peter Vaughan - predicted by Dai the Death

    • W

  • Janet Waldo - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Eli Wallach - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath, Magwitch
  • Betty White - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • June Whitfield - predicted by Mu Beta
  • Gough Whitlam - predicted by Beatrice De'Ath
  • Gene Wilder - predicted by MMF
  • Andy Williams - predicted by Galaxy Babe, RadoxTheGreen
  • Frank Williams (actor) - predicted by RadoxTheGreen
  • Barbara Windsor - predicted by Magwitch
  • Anna Wing - predicted by C Hawke, Demon Drawer
  • Michael Winner - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Professor Heinz Wolff - predicted by RadoxTheGreen

    • Y

  • Alan Young (actor) - predicted by The Groob
  • Johnnie Mae Young - predicted by RadoxTheGreen

    • A rose.

    Player's scores can be found on the Scoreboard

    Beatrice De'Ath

    1. Richard Adams
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Elliott Carter
    4. Jacques Chirac
    5. Liam Cosgrave
    6. Perez de Cuellar
    7. Fats Domino
    8. James Garner
    9. John Hume
    10. General Wojciech Jaruzelski
    11. B B King
    12. Roy Mason
    13. Eli Wallach
    14. Gough Whitlam
    15. Frankie Cocozza (*under 50)

    C Hawke

    1. Ronnie Biggs
    2. Ray Bradbury
    3. Ian Brady
    4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    5. Ismael Zambada García
    6. Denis Healey
    7. Jerry Lewis
    8. Dame Vera Lynn
    9. Robert Mugabe
    10. Oscar Niemeyer
    11. Peter O'Toole
    12. Yitzhak Shamir
    13. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    14. Anna Wing
    15. Heriberto Lazcano (*under 50)

    coelacanth

    1. Allan Arbus
    2. Diana Athill
    3. Ronnie Biggs
    4. Liz Dawn
    5. Olivia de Havilland
    6. Alice Herz-Sommer
    7. Geoffrey Hughes
    8. Etta James
    9. Carla Laemmle
    10. Herbert Lom
    11. Sir Patrick Moore
    12. Nancy Reagan
    13. Ravi Shankar
    14. Rip Torn
    15. Caroline Aherne (*under 50)

    Dai the Death

    1. Sir David Attenborough
    2. Sir Richard Attenborough
    3. Stanley Baxter
    4. Ernest Borgnine
    5. Ray Bradbury
    6. Oz Clarke (wine critic)
    7. Deanna Durbin
    8. Joan Fontaine
    9. Herbert Lom
    10. Tony Martin (singer)
    11. Helmut Schmidt
    12. Sir Donald Sinden
    13. Frank Thornton
    14. Peter Vaughan
    15. Kerry Katona (*under 50)

    Demon Drawer

    1. Sid Caesar
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. Val Doonican
    4. Kirk Douglas
    5. Billy Graham
    6. Johnny Hallyday
    7. Denis Healey
    8. Rev Sun Myung Moon
    9. Helmut Schmidt
    10. Yitzhak Shamir
    11. Ariel Sharon
    12. Frank Thornton
    13. Betty White
    14. Anna Wing
    15. George Michael (*under 50)

    fords

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. Hugo Chavez
    4. Ronnie Corbett
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Bernie Ecclestone
    7. Prof Stephen Hawking
    8. Prince Philip
    9. Pope Benedict XVI
    10. Terry Pratchett
    11. Sir Cliff Richard
    12. Liz Smith
    13. Eric Sykes
    14. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    15. The Go Compare guy (*under 50)

    Galaxy Babe

    1. Dirk Benedict
    2. Ian Brady
    3. Hugo Chavez
    4. Lynn Fauldes Wood
    5. Robin Gibb
    6. Len Goodman
    7. Etta James
    8. George Michael
    9. Sir Roger Moore
    10. Ozzy Osbourne
    11. David Prowse
    12. Omar Sharif
    13. Andy Williams
    14. Michael Winner
    15. Clare Balding (*under 50)

    loonycat

    1. Sir Richard Attenborough
    2. Chuck Berry
    3. Ray Bradbury
    4. Fidel Castro
    5. Liz Dawn
    6. Olivia de Havilland
    7. Larry Hagman
    8. Michael Heseltine
    9. Kenneth Kendall
    10. Dame Vera Lynn
    11. Sir Roger Moore
    12. Prince Philip
    13. Nancy Reagan
    14. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    15. Lindsay Lohan (*under 50)

    Magwitch

    1. Neil Armstrong
    2. Sir Richard Attenborough
    3. June Brown
    4. Richard Chamberlain
    5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    6. Ursula Le Guin
    7. Ted Nugent
    8. Gilbert O'Sullivan
    9. Nancy Olson
    10. Nikki Sixx
    11. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    12. Dick Van Dyke
    13. Eli Wallach
    14. Barbara Windsor
    15. Kerry Katona (*under 50)

    minichessemouse

    1. Jackie Bird
    2. Susan Boyle
    3. Russell Brand
    4. George W Bush
    5. Jeremy Clarkson
    6. Billy Connolly
    7. Fearne Cotton
    8. Dame Judy Dench
    9. Sir Chris Hoy
    10. Madonna
    11. Sir Patrick Moore
    12. Barack Obama
    13. HM Queen Elizabeth II
    14. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    15. Russell Howard (*under 50)

    MMF

    1. Sir Richard Attenborough
    2. Ernest Borgnine
    3. Fidel Castro
    4. Kirk Douglas
    5. Michael Douglas
    6. Michael J Fox
    7. Paul Gascoigne
    8. Prof Stephen Hawking
    9. Nigel Lawson
    10. Christopher Lee
    11. Prince Michael, Duke of Kent
    12. Keith Richard
    13. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    14. Gene Wilder
    15. Steve Prescott (*under 50)

    Mol

    1. Tom Baker
    2. Michael Barrymore
    3. Shirley Bassey
    4. Alan Bennett
    5. Barbara Bush
    6. Jilly Cooper
    7. Clint Eastwood
    8. Rolf Harris
    9. Kenneth Kendall
    10. Angela Lansbury
    11. Rupert Murdoch
    12. Bill Pertwee
    13. Prince Philip
    14. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    15. Pete Doherty (*under 50)

    Mr. Dreadful

    1. Buzz Aldrin
    2. Sir David Attenborough
    3. Tom Baker
    4. George Bush (snr)
    5. Ronnie Corbett
    6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    7. Hulk Hogan
    8. Barry Humphries
    9. Jack Nicholson
    10. Prince Philip
    11. HM Queen Elizabeth II
    12. Keith Richards
    13. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    14. Eddie Van Halen
    15. Kim Jong-un (*under 50)

    Mu Beta

    1. Lauren Bacall
    2. Dirk Benedict
    3. Mel Brooks
    4. Glen Campbell
    5. Carol Channing
    6. Placido Domingo
    7. Benito Garozzo
    8. Mikhael Gorbachev
    9. Etta James
    10. BB King
    11. Ralph Lauren
    12. Prince Philip
    13. Eric Sykes
    14. June Whitfield
    15. Andy Bell [Erasure] (*under 50)

    Orcus

    1. Buzz Aldrin
    2. Sir Richard Attenborough
    3. Jimmy Carter
    4. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    5. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
    6. Hugh Hefner
    7. Ray Kennedy
    8. Herbert Lom
    9. Sir Patrick Moore
    10. Hosni Mubarak
    11. Denis Norden
    12. Rev Ian Paisley
    13. Prince Philip
    14. Nobby Stiles
    15. Gavin Henson (*under 50)

    RadoxTheGreen

    1. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    2. Mick Aston
    3. Honor Blackman
    4. George Cole (actor)
    5. Ken Dodd
    6. Billy Graham
    7. Howard Lew Lewis
    8. Liz Smith
    9. Frank Thornton
    10. Janet Waldo
    11. Andy Williams
    12. Frank Williams (actor)
    13. Professor Heinz Wolff
    14. Johnnie Mae Young
    15. Jack Osbourne (*under 50)

    swl

    1. Sir David Attenborough
    2. Michael Collins (astronaut)
    3. Olivia de Havilland
    4. Fats Domino
    5. Sven Hassel
    6. Joao Havelange
    7. Bob Holness
    8. BB King
    9. Jake LaMotta
    10. Stan Lee (artist)
    11. Sir Patrick Moore
    12. Rev Ian Paisley
    13. Eric Sykes
    14. Norman Tebbit
    15. Bear Grylls (*under 50)

    The Groob

    1. Conrad Bain
    2. Aaron T Beck
    3. Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
    4. Ram Dass (Richard Alpert)
    5. William Duell
    6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    7. Antony Hewish
    8. Clifton James
    9. Norman Lloyd (actor)
    10. Michael Medwin
    11. Peter O'Sullevan
    12. Frederick Sanger
    13. Dorothea Tanning
    14. Alan Young (actor)
    15. Gary Hooper (*under 50)

    the_jon_m

    1. 50 Cent
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. James Corden
    4. Pete Doherty
    5. Robin Gibb
    6. Jorge Lorenzo
    7. Robert Mugabe
    8. Rupert Murdock
    9. Peter O'Toole
    10. Bill Oddie
    11. Prince Philip
    12. Eric Pickles
    13. Ariel Sharon
    14. Baroness Margaret Thatcher
    15. Bashar al-Assad (*under 50)

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