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This is the home page for '2015 Deathlist' game (convo thread) which is run by Mu Beta assisted by Galaxy Babe.

The following list of rules are for the Deathlist 2015.

Rules of Play

  1. Choose 15 celebrities who you believe may die in the calendar year 2015.

  2. Number 15 on your list must be aged under 50 in 2015 (born after 1965).

  3. Email your list, with your h2g2 user name and U-number in the title, to galaxybabeATgmailDOTcom replacing the capital letters with your best guess.

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

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

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

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

There are 17 players who have chosen a total of 186 celebrities or notable people

Three books on a victory podium

The Top Picks

  1. Fidel Castro is on the list of 6 players
  2. Prince Philip is on the list of 5 players
  3. Olivia de Havilland is on the list of 5 players
  4. Nancy Reagan is on the list of 5 players
A rose.

Player's names and scores can be found on the Scoreboard

Deaths in 2015

A

  • Richard Adams - predicted by Beatrice
  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - predicted by C Hawke (*under 50)
  • Abu Muslim al-Turkmani - predicted by C Hawke
  • Brian Aldiss - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Buzz Aldrin - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Muhammad Ali - predicted by Beatrice, logicus tracticus philosophicus, Mr. Dreadful, swl
  • Pamela Anderson - predicted by Pastey
  • Bob Appleyard (cricketer) - predicted by Icy North
  • Ed Asner - predicted by paulh
  • Michael Aspel - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Diana Athill - predicted by coelacanth
  • Ron Atkinson - predicted by Just Bob
  • Sir David Attenborough - predicted by Mr. Dreadful

    • B

  • Kenny Baker - predicted by Mol
  • Tom Baker - predicted by Mr. Dreadful, Mol
  • Michael Barrymore - predicted by Mol
  • Dame Shirley Bassey - predicted by Mol
  • Bill Beaumont - predicted by MMF
  • Richie Benaud - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Alan Bennett - predicted by Mol
  • Dave Benton (Illinois TV anchorman) - predicted by Icy North
  • Chuck Berry - predicted by loonycat, Pink Paisley
  • Liliane Bettencourt - predicted by coelacanth
  • Joy Beverley - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Jules Bianchi (F1 driver) - predicted by Icy North (*under 50)
  • Richard Nelson Bolles - predicted by The Groob
  • Pierre Boulez - predicted by Beatrice
  • Tony Britton - predicted by loonycat
  • Gordon Brown - predicted by Just Bob
  • Warren Buffett - predicted by Pastey
  • James Burke - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Barbara Bush - predicted by Mol
  • George HW Bush - predicted by Demon Drawer, Mr. Dreadful, Pink Paisley

    • C

  • Glen Campbell - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Pierre Cardin - predicted by The Groob
  • Jimmy Carter - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Fidel Castro - predicted by Icy North, logicus tracticus philosophicus, loonycat, MMF, Pink Paisley, swl
  • Bobby Charlton - predicted by Just Bob
  • Chubby Checker - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Dick Cheney - predicted by Just Bob, paulh
  • Cher - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Jacques Chirac - predicted by Beatrice, Pink Paisley
  • Frankie Cocozza - predicted by Beatrice (*under 50)
  • Christopher Coke (Jamaican drug lord) - predicted by Just Bob (*under 50)
  • Chris Cooper (American actor) - predicted by paulh
  • Jilly Cooper - predicted by Mol
  • Kenneth Cope (actor) - predicted by Pastey
  • Liam Cosgrave - predicted by Beatrice
  • Perez de Cuellar - predicted by Beatrice, Demon Drawer
  • Pamela Cundell - predicted by The Groob

    • D

  • Jim Dale - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Liz Dawn - predicted by coelacanth
  • Doris Day - predicted by swl
  • Olivia de Havilland - predicted by coelacanth, Demon Drawer, Icy North, loonycat, swl
  • Piet de Jong - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Samuel R Delany - predicted by Just Bob
  • Gerard Depardieu - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Colin Dexter (writer) - predicted by Icy North
  • Douglas Dick - predicted by The Groob
  • Pete Doherty - predicted by Mol (*under 50)
  • Fats Domino - predicted by Beatrice
  • Kirk Douglas - predicted by C Hawke, loonycat, MMF, swl
  • Michael Douglas - predicted by MMF
  • Freeman Dyson - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • E

  • Clint Eastwood - predicted by Mol, Pastey, swl

    • F

  • June Foray - predicted by paulh
  • Bruce Forsyth - predicted by loonycat
  • Michael J Fox - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, MMF, Pastey
  • Morgan Freeman - predicted by Just Bob

    • G

  • Zsa Zsa Gabor - predicted by C Hawke, Icy North, loonycat
  • Michael Gambon - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Paul Gascoigne - predicted by C Hawke, MMF
  • George Gaynes - predicted by The Groob
  • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • John Goodman - predicted by paulh, swl
  • Mikhail Gorbachev - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Berry Gordy Jr - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Billy Graham - predicted by C Hawke, Demon Drawer, logicus tracticus philosophicus, swl
  • Tom Graveney (cricketer) - predicted by Icy North
  • Arlo Guthrie - predicted by paulh

    • H

  • Stuart Hall - predicted by C Hawke
  • Johnny Hallyday - predicted by coelacanth
  • Valerie Harper - predicted by Pastey
  • Rolf Harris - predicted by C Hawke, coelacanth, Mol
  • João Havelange - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Bob Hawke - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Prof Stephen Hawking - predicted by MMF, Pink Paisley
  • Denis Healey - predicted by C Hawke, Demon Drawer, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Hugh Hefner - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Bernard Hepton - predicted by The Groob
  • Lauren Hill (Basketball player) - predicted by Icy North
  • David Hockney - predicted by Beatrice
  • John Hume - predicted by Beatrice
  • John Hurt - predicted by Just Bob

    • I

  • Frank Ifield - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Miguel Indurain - predicted by Just Bob

    • J

  • Joe Jackson (father of The Jacksons) - predicted by Galaxy Babe, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Clive James - predicted by C Hawke, Pastey
  • Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg - predicted by Beatrice
  • Glynis Johns - predicted by coelacanth
  • Shirley Jones - predicted by paulh

    • K

  • Graham Kerr (galloping gourmet) - predicted by Beatrice
  • Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister - predicted by coelacanth, Mr. Dreadful
  • Kim Jong-un - predicted by Mr. Dreadful (*under 50), Pink Paisley (*under 50)
  • B B King - predicted by Beatrice
  • Henry Kissinger - predicted by C Hawke, Just Bob, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Larry Kramer (American author) - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • L

  • Dame Angela Lansbury - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, Mol
  • Nigel Lawson - predicted by MMF
  • Marine Le Pen - predicted by Just Bob
  • Cloris Leachman - predicted by paulh
  • Sir Christopher Lee - predicted by MMF, swl
  • Harper Lee - predicted by coelacanth
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - predicted by paulh
  • Karen Lewis (Chicago teachers union president) - predicted by Icy North
  • Stephen Lewis (actor) - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Lindsay Lohan - predicted by MMF (*under 50), Pastey (*under 50)
  • Harry Lorayne - predicted by The Groob
  • Dame Vera Lynn - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, loonycat, Pastey

    • M

  • Shirley MacLaine - predicted by Mol
  • Patrick Macnee - predicted by coelacanth
  • Mick Mars - predicted by Mr. Dreadful
  • Millicent Martin - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Roy Mason - predicted by Beatrice
  • John McVie - predicted by Pastey
  • Michael Medwin - predicted by The Groob
  • Prince Michael, Duke of Kent - predicted by MMF
  • Warren Mitchell - predicted by The Groob
  • Cuttino Rashawn Mobley - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus (*under 50)
  • Al Molinaro - predicted by coelacanth, Demon Drawer
  • Sir Roger Moore - predicted by loonycat, swl
  • Mohamed Morsi - predicted by Icy North
  • Sir Stirling Moss - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Hosni Mubarak - predicted by C Hawke, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Robert Mugabe - predicted by C Hawke, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Rupert Murdoch - predicted by Mol
  • Pete Murray (DJ) - predicted by The Groob

    • N

  • Nichelle Nichols - predicted by Just Bob
  • Leonard Nimoy - predicted by Mr. Dreadful, swl

    • O

  • Maureen O'Hara - predicted by Demon Drawer, MMF
  • Sir Peter O'Sullevan - predicted by Icy North
  • Richard O'Sullivan - predicted by loonycat

    • P

  • Nicholas Parsons - predicted by Galaxy Babe, The Groob
  • Lance Percival - predicted by coelacanth
  • Leslie Phillips - predicted by loonycat
  • Christopher Plummer - predicted by paulh
  • Roman Polanski - predicted by Just Bob
  • Olaf Pooley - predicted by The Groob
  • Pope Francis - predicted by paulh
  • Prince Philip - predicted by loonycat, Mol, Mr. Dreadful, Pastey, swl
  • Sir Terry Pratchett - predicted by Mr. Dreadful, Pastey

    • Q

  • Queen Elizabeth II - predicted by paulh

    • R

  • Nancy Reagan - predicted by coelacanth, Mr. Dreadful, loonycat, Pastey, swl
  • Sir Martin Rees - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Burt Reynolds - predicted by swl
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers - predicted by coelacanth (*under 50)
  • Little Richard - predicted by C Hawke
  • Keith Richards - predicted by MMF
  • Glenn Roeder - predicted by Icy North
  • Sonny Rollins - predicted by paulh
  • Ken Rosewall MBE - predicted by Beatrice
  • William Russell (actor) - predicted by Demon Drawer

    • S

  • Peter Sallis - predicted by C Hawke
  • Michael Schumacher - predicted by swl (*under 50)
  • Conrad Shawcross - predicted by The Groob (*under 50)
  • Sam Simon - predicted by Demon Drawer

    • T

  • Rip Torn - predicted by coelacanth

    • V

  • Dick Van Dyke - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, Mr. Dreadful, Pastey
  • Sebastian Vettel - predicted by Pastey
  • Abe Vigoda - predicted by The Groob
  • Jon Voigt - predicted by paulh

    • W

  • James Dewey Watson - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Danniella Westbrook - predicted by Galaxy Babe (*under 50)
  • Joost van der Westhuizen - predicted by Demon Drawer(*under 50), MMF
  • Gene Wilder - predicted by MMF
  • Betty Williams (Nobel laureate) - predicted by Just Bob
  • Rex Williams (snooker player) - predicted by Icy North
  • Shirley Williams - predicted by loonycat
  • Owen Wilson - predicted by paulh (*under 50)

    • Y

  • Mike Yarwood - predicted by Demon Drawer
  • Alan Young - predicted by The Groob
  • Sir Jimmy Young - predicted by Icy North, Mol
  • Malcolm Young (AC/DC) - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Malala Yousafzai - predicted by Just Bob

    • Z

  • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari - predicted by loonycat (*under 50)
  • Jacob Zuma - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • Beatrice

    1. Richard Adams
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Pierre Boulez
    4. Jacques Chirac
    5. Liam Cosgrave
    6. Perez de Cuellar
    7. Fats Domino
    8. David Hockney
    9. John Hume
    10. Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg
    11. Graham Kerr (galloping gourmet)
    12. B B King
    13. Roy Mason
    14. Ken Rosewall MBE
    15. Frankie Cocozza (*under 50)

    C Hawke

    1. Abu Muslim al-Turkmani
    2. Kirk Douglas
    3. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    4. Paul Gascoigne
    5. Billy Graham
    6. Stuart Hall
    7. Rolf Harris
    8. Denis Healey
    9. Clive James
    10. Henry Kissinger
    11. Hosni Mubarak
    12. Robert Mugabe
    13. Little Richard
    14. Peter Sallis
    15. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (*under 50)

    coelacanth

    1. Diana Athill
    2. Liliane Bettencourt
    3. Liz Dawn
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Johnny Hallyday
    6. Rolf Harris
    7. Glynis Johns
    8. Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister
    9. Harper Lee
    10. Patrick Macnee
    11. Al Molinaro
    12. Lance Percival
    13. Nancy Reagan
    14. Rip Torn
    15. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (*under 50)

    Demon Drawer

    1. George HW Bush
    2. Cher
    3. Perez de Cuellar
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Piet de Jong
    6. Billy Graham
    7. João Havelange
    8. Denis Healey
    9. Al Molinaro
    10. Maureen O'Hara
    11. William Russell (actor)
    12. Sam Simon
    13. James Dewey Watson
    14. Mike Yarwood
    15. Joost van der Westhuizen (*under 50)

    Galaxy Babe

    1. Brian Aldiss
    2. Michael Aspel
    3. Richie Benaud
    4. Glen Campbell
    5. Gerard Depardieu
    6. Freeman Dyson
    7. Berry Gordy Jr
    8. Hugh Hefner
    9. Joe Jackson (father of The Jacksons)
    10. Larry Kramer (American author)
    11. Nicholas Parsons
    12. Sir Martin Rees
    13. Malcolm Young (AC/DC)
    14. Jacob Zuma
    15. Danniella Westbrook (*under 50)

    Icy North

    1. Bob Appleyard (cricketer)
    2. Dave Benton (Illinois TV anchorman)
    3. Fidel Castro
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Colin Dexter (writer)
    6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    7. Tom Graveney (cricketer)
    8. Lauren Hill (Basketball player)
    9. Karen Lewis (Chicago teachers union president)
    10. Mohamed Morsi
    11. Sir Peter O'Sullevan
    12. Glenn Roeder
    13. Rex Williams (snooker player)
    14. Sir Jimmy Young
    15. Jules Bianchi (F1 driver) (*under 50)

    Just Bob

    1. Ron Atkinson
    2. Gordon Brown
    3. Bobby Charlton
    4. Dick Cheney
    5. Samuel R Delany
    6. Morgan Freeman
    7. John Hurt
    8. Miguel Indurain
    9. Henry Kissinger
    10. Marine Le Pen
    11. Nichelle Nichols
    12. Roman Polanski
    13. Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)
    14. Malala Yousafzai
    15. Christopher Coke (Jamaican drug lord) (*under 50)

    logicus tracticus philosophicus

    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Joy Beverley
    3. Fidel Castro
    4. Chubby Checker
    5. Michael J Fox
    6. Billy Graham
    7. Denis Healey
    8. Joe Jackson (father of The Jacksons)
    9. Henry Kissinger
    10. Dame Angela Lansbury
    11. Dame Vera Lynn
    12. Hosni Mubarak
    13. Robert Mugabe
    14. Dick Van Dyke
    15. Cuttino Rashawn Mobley (*under 50)

    loonycat

    1. Chuck Berry
    2. Tony Britton
    3. Fidel Castro
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Bruce Forsyth
    7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
    8. Dame Vera Lynn
    9. Sir Roger Moore
    10. Richard O'Sullivan
    11. Leslie Phillips
    12. Prince Philip
    13. Nancy Reagan
    14. Shirley Williams
    15. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (*under 50)

    MMF

    1. Bill Beaumont
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. Kirk Douglas
    4. Michael Douglas
    5. Michael J Fox
    6. Paul Gascoigne
    7. Prof Stephen Hawking
    8. Nigel Lawson
    9. Sir Christopher Lee
    10. Prince Michael, Duke of Kent
    11. Maureen O'Hara
    12. Keith Richards
    13. Joost van der Westhuizen
    14. Gene Wilder
    15. Lindsay Lohan (*under 50)

    Mol

    1. Kenny Baker
    2. Tom Baker
    3. Michael Barrymore
    4. Dame Shirley Bassey
    5. Alan Bennett
    6. Barbara Bush
    7. Jilly Cooper
    8. Clint Eastwood
    9. Rolf Harris
    10. Dame Angela Lansbury
    11. Shirley MacLaine
    12. Rupert Murdoch
    13. Prince Philip
    14. Sir Jimmy Young
    15. Pete Doherty (*under 50)

    Mr. Dreadful

    1. Buzz Aldrin
    2. Muhammad Ali
    3. Sir David Attenborough
    4. Tom Baker
    5. George HW Bush
    6. Michael Gambon
    7. Mikhail Gorbachev
    8. Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister
    9. Mick Mars
    10. Leonard Nimoy
    11. Prince Philip
    12. Sir Terry Pratchett
    13. Nancy Reagan
    14. Dick Van Dyke
    15. Kim Jong-un (*under 50)

    Pastey

    1. Pamela Anderson
    2. Warren Buffett
    3. Kenneth Cope (actor)
    4. Clint Eastwood
    5. Michael J Fox
    6. Valerie Harper
    7. Clive James
    8. Dame Vera Lynn
    9. John McVie
    10. Prince Philip
    11. Sir Terry Pratchett
    12. Nancy Regan
    13. Dick Van Dyke
    14. Sebastian Vettel
    15. Lindsay Lohan (*under 50)

    paulh

    1. Ed Asner
    2. Dick Cheney
    3. Chris Cooper (American actor)
    4. June Foray
    5. John Goodman
    6. Arlo Guthrie
    7. Shirley Jones
    8. Cloris Leachman
    9. Jerry Lee Lewis
    10. Christopher Plummer
    11. Pope Francis
    12. Queen Elizabeth II
    13. Sonny Rollins
    14. Jon Voigt
    15. Owen Wilson (*under 50)

    Pink Paisley

    1. Chuck Berry
    2. James Burke
    3. George HW Bush
    4. Jimmy Carter
    5. Fidel Castro
    6. Jacques Chirac
    7. Jim Dale
    8. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
    9. Bob Hawke
    10. Prof Stephen Hawking
    11. Frank Ifield
    12. Stephen Lewis (actor)
    13. Millicent Martin
    14. Sir Stirling Moss
    15. Kim Jong-un (*under 50)

    swl

    1. Muhammad Ali
    2. Fidel Castro
    3. Doris Day
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Clint Eastwood
    7. John Goodman
    8. Billy Graham
    9. Sir Christopher Lee
    10. Sir Roger Moore
    11. Leonard Nimoy
    12. Prince Philip
    13. Nancy Reagan
    14. Burt Reynolds
    15. Michael Schumacher (*under 50)

    The Groob

    1. Richard Nelson Bolles
    2. Pierre Cardin
    3. Pamela Cundell
    4. Douglas Dick
    5. George Gaynes
    6. Bernard Hepton
    7. Harry Lorayne
    8. Michael Medwin
    9. Warren Mitchell
    10. Pete Murray (DJ)
    11. Nicholas Parsons
    12. Olaf Pooley
    13. Abe Vigoda
    14. Alan Young
    15. Conrad Shawcross (*under 50)

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