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This is the home page for the '2017 Deathlist' game (convo thread) which is run by Icy North. The game was created by Mu Beta, and has previously been run by Galaxy Babe

The following list of rules are for the Deathlist 2017 game.

Rules of Play

  1. Choose 15 celebrities who you believe may die in the calendar year 2017.

  2. Number 15 on your list must be aged under 50 in 2017 (born after 1967).

  3. Email your list, with your h2g2 user name and U-number in the title, to icyUNDERSCOREnorthAThotmailDOTcom 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. Other international quality broadsheets (e.g. The New York Times) will be considered, but the Organiser's decision will be final. No report; no points.

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

There are 12 players who have chosen a total of 147 celebrities or notable people

Three books on a victory podium

The Top Picks

  1. Kirk Douglas and Prince Philip are each on the lists of 5 players
  2. Bashar al_Assad, Olivia de Havilland, Stan Lee and Donald Trump are each on the lists of 3 players
A rose.

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

Deaths in 2017

A

  • Buzz Aldrin - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Michael Aspel - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Bashar al-Assad - predicted by TC, Just Bob, the_jon_m
  • Diana Athill - predicted by coelacanth
  • David Attenborough - predicted by MMF

    • B

  • Joan Baez - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Tom Baker - predicted by Mol
  • Roger Bannister - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Michael Barrymore - predicted by Mol
  • Shirley Bassey - predicted by Mol
  • Geoffrey Bayldon - predicted by The Groob
  • Harry Belafonte - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Alan Bennett - predicted by Mol, Pink Paisley
  • Tony Bennett - predicted by paulh
  • Liliane Bettencourt - predicted by coelacanth
  • Justin Bieber - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Honor Blackman - predicted by MMF
  • Brian Blessed - predicted by the_jon_m
  • James Bolam - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Ian Brady - predicted by Galaxy Babe, Just Bob
  • Frank Bruno - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Barbara Bush - predicted by Mol
  • George H W Bush - predicted by Bluebottle, logicus tracticus philosophicus

    • C

  • Glen Campbell - predicted by Galaxy Babe, paulh
  • Pierre Cardin - predicted by The Groob
  • Lord (Peter) Carrington - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Jimmy Carter - predicted by paulh, the_jon_m
  • Chubby Checker - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Dick Cheney - predicted by Just Bob
  • Hilary Clinton - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Christopher Coke - predicted by Just Bob
  • Michael Collins (astronaut) - predicted by The Groob
  • Sean Connery - predicted by Mol
  • George A Cooper - predicted by The Groob
  • Jilly Cooper - predicted by Mol
  • Bill Cosby - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, TC
  • Joey Cramer - predicted by The Groob
  • Macaulay Culkin - predicted by TC

    • D

  • Roger Daltrey - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Liz Dawn - predicted by coelacanth
  • Doris Day - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Olivia de Havilland - predicted by coelacanth, paulh, Just Bob
  • Catherine Deneuve - predicted by TC
  • Janice Dickinson - predicted by coelacanth
  • Tommy Docherty - predicted by The Groob
  • Pete Doherty - predicted by Mol
  • Bob Dole - predicted by Just Bob
  • Jason Donovan - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Kirk Douglas - predicted by Bluebottle, logicus tracticus philosophicus, MMF, paulh, Just Bob
  • Michael Douglas - predicted by MMF

    • E

  • Clint Eastwood - predicted by Mol, paulh
  • Queen Elizabeth II - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, the_jon_m

    • F

  • Trader Faulkner - predicted by The Groob
  • Leonard Fenton - predicted by coelacanth
  • Harrison Ford - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Bruce Forsyth - predicted by Pink Paisley, TC
  • Jane Freeman - predicted by The Groob

    • G

  • Sandy Gall - predicted by The Groob
  • Lewis Gilbert - predicted by coelacanth
  • Norman Gimbel - predicted by The Groob
  • Valery Giscard d'Estang - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • William Gladstone - predicted by coelacanth
  • Gary Glitter - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Mikhail Gorbachev - predicted by TC
  • Billy Graham - predicted by Bluebottle, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Robert Guillaume - predicted by The Groob

    • H

  • Valerie Harper - predicted by paulh
  • Rolf Harris - predicted by Mol
  • Wee Willie Harris - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Stephen Hawking - predicted by MMF, paulh
  • Tippi Hedren - predicted by coelacanth
  • Hugh Hefner - predicted by The Groob
  • David Hockney - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Hal Holbrook - predicted by paulh
  • Kate Humble - predicted by the_jon_m
  • John Hurt - predicted by Just Bob

    • I

  • Ray Illingworth - predicted by Pink Paisley

    • J

  • Clive James - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Glynis Johns - predicted by coelacanth
  • Angelina Jolie - predicted by paulh

    • K

  • Anna Karen - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Gerald Kaufman - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Jean Kennedy Smith - predicted by paulh
  • Prince Michael of Kent - predicted by MMF
  • Helmut Kohl - predicted by TC
  • Larry Kramer - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • L

  • Jake LaMotta - predicted by Just Bob
  • Angela Lansbury - predicted by Mol, paulh
  • Ian Lavender - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Nigel Lawson - predicted by MMF, logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Stan Lee - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus, paulh, Just Bob
  • Bradley Lowery - predicted by MMF
  • Vera Lynn - predicted by Bluebottle, Just Bob

    • M

  • Shirley MacLaine - predicted by Mol
  • Andrew Marr - predicted by MMF
  • David McCullum - predicted by MMF
  • Ian McKellen - predicted by TC
  • Liza Minnelli - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Hayao Miyazaki - predicted by Just Bob
  • Emma Morano - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Stirling Moss - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Rupert Murdoch - predicted by Mol
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers - predicted by coelacanth

    • N

  • Willie Nelson - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • John Noakes - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • O

    P

  • Nicholas Parsons - predicted by TC
  • Pele - predicted by TC
  • Prince Philip - predicted by Bluebottle, logicus tracticus philosophicus, Mol, TC, the_jon_m
  • Leslie Phillips - predicted by Just Bob
  • Christopher Plummer - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Sidney Poitier - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Roman Polanski - predicted by TC, Just Bob
  • Brunhilde Pomsel - predicted by coelacanth

    • Q

    R

  • James Randi - predicted by The Groob
  • Carl Reiner - predicted by Mol
  • Burt Reynolds - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Keith Richards - predicted by MMF
  • Linda Ronstadt - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • S

  • Eva Marie Saint - predicted by paulh
  • Prunella Scales - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Michael Schumacher - predicted by Bluebottle, TC
  • William Shatner - predicted by TC
  • Jack Smethurst - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Maggie Smith - predicted by MMF
  • Walter Smith - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Jackie Stallone - predicted by The Groob
  • Nobby Stiles - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus

    • T

  • Norman Tebbit - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Rip Torn - predicted by coelacanth
  • Bill Treacher - predicted by coelacanth
  • Donald Trump - predicted by Bluebottle, Galaxy Babe, the_jon_m
  • John Turner - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Desmond Tutu - predicted by Just Bob

    • U

    V

  • Joost Van Der Westhuizen - predicted by MMF
  • Dick Van Dyke - predicted by Bluebottle, logicus tracticus philosophicus

    • W

  • Charlie Watts - predicted by TC
  • Kanye West - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Betty White - predicted by paulh
  • Marco Pierre White Jr. - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • June Whitfield - predicted by MMF
  • Frank Williams (actor) - predicted by the_jon_m
  • Brian Wilson - predicted by coelacanth
  • Frank Windsor - predicted by The Groob
  • Joanne Woodward - predicted by logicus tracticus philosophicus
  • Herman Wouk - predicted by MMF

    • XYZ

    Bluebottle

    1. George H W Bush
    2. Roger Daltrey
    3. Doris Day
    4. Kirk Douglas
    5. Carrie Fisher (d. 2016)
    6. Harrison Ford
    7. Gary Glitter
    8. Billy Graham
    9. Vera Lynn
    10. Emma Morano
    11. Prince Philip
    12. Michael Schumacher
    13. Donald Trump
    14. Dick Van Dyke
    15. Jason Donovan (*under 50)

    coelacanth

    1. Diana Athill
    2. Liliane Bettencourt
    3. Liz Dawn
    4. Janice Dickinson
    5. Leonard Fenton
    6. Lewis Gilbert
    7. William Gladstone
    8. Olivia de Havilland
    9. Tippi Hedren
    10. Glynis Johns
    11. Brunhilde Pomsel
    12. Rip Torn
    13. Bill Treacher
    14. Brian Wilson
    15. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (*under 50)

    Galaxy Babe

    1. Buzz Aldrin
    2. Michael Aspel
    3. Roger Bannister
    4. Harry Belafonte
    5. Ian Brady
    6. Glen Campbell
    7. Clive James
    8. Larry Kramer
    9. John Noakes
    10. Sidney Poitier
    11. Burt Reynolds
    12. Linda Ronstadt
    13. Prunella Scales
    14. Donald Trump
    15. Marco Pierre White Jr. (*under 50)

    Just Bob

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Ian Brady
    3. Dick Cheney
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Bob Dole
    6. Kirk Douglas
    7. John Hurt
    8. Jake LaMotta
    9. Stan Lee
    10. Vera Lynn
    11. Hayao Miyazaki
    12. Leslie Phillips
    13. Roman Polanski
    14. Desmond Tutu
    15. Christopher Coke (*under 50)

    logicus tracticus philosophicus

    1. George H W Bush
    2. Lord (Peter) Carrington
    3. Chubby Checker
    4. Bill Cosby
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Queen Elizabeth II
    7. Billy Graham
    8. Nigel Lawson
    9. Stan Lee
    10. Prince Philip
    11. Christopher Plummer
    12. Nobby Stiles
    13. Dick Van Dyke
    14. Joanne Woodward
    15. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (*under 50)

    MMF

    1. David Attenborough
    2. Honor Blackman
    3. Kirk Douglas
    4. Michael Douglas
    5. Stephen Hawking
    6. Prince Michael of Kent
    7. Nigel Lawson
    8. Andrew Marr
    9. David McCullum
    10. Keith Richards
    11. Maggie Smith
    12. Joost Van Der Westhuizen
    13. June Whitfield
    14. Herman Wouk
    15. Bradley Lowery (*under 50)

    Mol

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

    paulh

    1. Tony Bennett
    2. Glen Campbell
    3. Jimmy Carter
    4. Olivia de Havilland
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Clint Eastwood
    7. Valerie Harper
    8. Stephen Hawking
    9. Hal Holbrook
    10. Jean Kennedy Smith
    11. Angela Lansbury
    12. Stan Lee
    13. Eva Marie Saint
    14. Betty White
    15. Angelina Jolie (*under 50)

    Pink Paisley

    1. Alan Bennett
    2. James Bolam
    3. Bruce Forsyth
    4. Valery Giscard d'Estang
    5. Wee Willie Harris
    6. David Hockney
    7. Ray Illingworth
    8. Anna Karen
    9. Liza Minnelli
    10. Willie Nelson
    11. Jack Smethurst
    12. Walter Smith
    13. Norman Tebbit
    14. John Turner
    15. Justin Bieber (*under 50)

    TC

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Bill Cosby
    3. Catherine Deneuve
    4. Bruce Forsyth
    5. Mikhail Gorbachev
    6. Helmut Kohl
    7. Ian McKellen
    8. Nicholas Parsons
    9. Pele
    10. Prince Philip
    11. Roman Polanski
    12. Michael Schumacher
    13. William Shatner
    14. Charlie Watts
    15. Macaulay Culkin (*under 50)

    The Groob

    1. Geoffrey Bayldon
    2. Pierre Cardin
    3. Michael Collins
    4. George A Cooper
    5. Tommy Docherty
    6. Trader Faulkner
    7. Jane Freeman
    8. Sandy Gall
    9. Norman Gimbel
    10. Robert Guillaume
    11. Hugh Hefner
    12. James Randi
    13. Jackie Stallone
    14. Frank Windsor
    15. Joey Cramer (*under 50)

    the_jon_m

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Joan Baez
    3. Brian Blessed
    4. Frank Bruno
    5. Jimmy Carter
    6. Hilary Clinton
    7. Queen Elizabeth II
    8. Kate Humble
    9. Gerald Kaufman
    10. Ian Lavender
    11. Stirling Moss
    12. Prince Philip
    13. Donald Trump
    14. Frank Williams
    15. Kanye West (*under 50)

    The Ones That Got Away

    A list of the living celebrities not picked this year who were most picked in the past:

    Not Picked This Year



    1. Michael J Fox (22)

    2. Roger Moore (21)

    3. Paul Gascoigne (20)

    4. Robert Mugabe (17)

    5. Pope Benedict XVI (16)

    6. Fats Domino (15)

    7. Chuck Berry (14)

    8. Lindsay Lohan (13)

    9. Peter Sallis (12)

    10. Jacques Chirac (11)


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