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This is the home page for the '2018 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 2018 game.

Rules of Play

  1. Choose 15 celebrities who you believe may die in the calendar year 2018.

  2. Number 15 on your list must be aged under 50 in 2018 (born after 1968).

  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 10 players who have chosen a total of 121 celebrities or notable people

Three books on a victory podium

The Top Picks

  1. Kirk Douglas is on the lists of 5 players
  2. George HW Bush is on the lists of 4 players
  3. Leslie Phillips, Prince Philip, Robert Mugabe, Stan Lee and Vera Lynn are each on the lists of 3 players
A rose.

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

Deaths in 2018

A

  • Julie Andrews - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Bashar al-Assad - predicted by Just Bob, TC
  • Diana Athill - predicted by Coelacanth
  • David Attenborough - predicted by MMF
  • Charles Aznavour - predicted by The Groob

    • B

  • Richard Baker - predicted by The Groob
  • Tom Baker - predicted by Mol
  • Albert Bandura - predicted by The Groob
  • Gordon Banks - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Michael Barrymore - predicted by Mol
  • Shirley Bassey - predicted by Mol
  • Aaron T Beck - predicted by The Groob
  • Alan Bennett - predicted by Mol
  • Conway Berners-Lee - predicted by The Groob
  • Justin Bieber - predicted by Bluebottle, Pink Paisley
  • Tony Blackburn - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Honor Blackman - predicted by Bluebottle, MMF
  • Barbara Bush - predicted by Mol
  • George HW Bush - predicted by Bluebottle, Galaxy Babe, logicus, Pink Paisley

    • C

  • Leslie Caron - predicted by MMF
  • Peter Carrington - predicted by logicus
  • Jimmy Carter - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Chubby Checker - predicted by logicus
  • Dick Cheney - predicted by Just Bob
  • Bill Clinton - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Sean Connery - predicted by Mol
  • Billy Connolly - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Jilly Cooper - predicted by Mol
  • Bill Cosby - predicted by logicus
  • Macaulay Culkin - predicted by logicus, TC

    • D

  • Jim Dale - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Doris Day - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Olivia de Havilland - predicted by Coelacanth, Just Bob
  • Janice Dickinson - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Pete Doherty - predicted by Mol
  • Bob Dole - predicted by Just Bob
  • Kirk Douglas - predicted by Bluebottle, Just Bob, logicus, MMF, TC
  • Michael Douglas - predicted by MMF
  • Eckart Dux - predicted by The Groob

    • E

  • Clint Eastwood - predicted by Mol
  • Betty Edwards - predicted by The Groob
  • Queen Elizabeth II - predicted by logicus
  • Mary Ellis - predicted by Bluebottle

    • F

  • Lynn Faulds Wood - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Leonard Fenton - predicted by Coelacanth, The Groob
  • Fenella Fielding - predicted by The Groob
  • Albert Finney - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Michael J Fox - predicted by Just Bob

    • G

  • Paul Gascoigne - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Jill Gascoine - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Audrey Geisel - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Lewis Gilbert - predicted by Coelacanth
  • William Gladstone - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Mikhail Gorbachev - predicted by TC
  • Billy Graham - predicted by logicus

    • H

  • Valerie Harper - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Rolf Harris - predicted by Mol, TC
  • Bob Hawke - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Stephen Hawking - predicted by MMF
  • David Hedison - predicted by The Groob
  • Tippi Hedren - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Antony Hewish - predicted by The Groob

    • J

  • Clive James - predicted by Galaxy Babe, Pink Paisley
  • Glynis Johns - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Kim Jong-Un - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Tessa Jowell - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • K

  • Anna Karen - predicted by Pink Paisley

    • L

  • Angela Lansbury - predicted by Mol
  • Nigel Lawson - predicted by logicus
  • Norman Lear - predicted by The Groob
  • Stan Lee - predicted by Bluebottle, Just Bob, logicus
  • Matt Lucas - predicted by MMF
  • Vera Lynn - predicted by Bluebottle, Just Bob, TC

    • M

  • Shane MacGowan - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Shirley MacLaine - predicted by Mol
  • Andrew Marr - predicted by MMF
  • David McCallum - predicted by MMF
  • Trevor McDonald - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Ian McKellen - predicted by TC
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Prince Michael of Kent - predicted by MMF
  • Joni Mitchell - predicted by Just Bob
  • Hayao Miyazaki - predicted by Just Bob
  • Robert Mugabe - predicted by Bluebottle, Galaxy Babe, Just Bob
  • Charlie Munger - predicted by The Groob
  • Rupert Murdoch - predicted by Mol

    • N

  • Linda Nolan - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Denis Norden - predicted by Coelacanth

    • O

  • Ryan O'Neal - predicted by Galaxy Babe

    • P

  • Queen Paola of Belgium - predicted by TC
  • Nicholas Parsons - predicted by TC
  • Pele - predicted by TC
  • Prince Philip - predicted by logicus, Mol, TC
  • Leslie Phillips - predicted by Bluebottle, Just Bob, MMF
  • Christopher Plummer - predicted by logicus
  • Roman Polanski - predicted by Just Bob, TC

    • R

  • James Randi - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Carl Reiner - predicted by Mol, The Groob
  • Keith Richards - predicted by MMF

    • S

  • Daniel Andreas San Diego - predicted by Just Bob
  • Michael Schumacher - predicted by TC
  • William Shatner - predicted by TC
  • Maggie Smith - predicted by MMF
  • Boris Spassky - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Nobby Stiles - predicted by Galaxy Babe, logicus

    • T

  • Nabi Tajima - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Rip Torn - predicted by Coelacanth
  • TotalBiscuit - predicted by Galaxy Babe
  • Bill Treacher - predicted by Coelacanth
  • Donald Trump - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Desmond Tutu - predicted by Just Bob

    • V

  • Dick Van Dyke - predicted by logicus
  • Jon Venables - predicted by The Groob

    • W

  • Charlie Watts - predicted by TC
  • June Whitfield - predicted by Bluebottle, MMF
  • Brian Wilson - predicted by Coelacanth, Galaxy Babe
  • Barbara Windsor - predicted by Bluebottle
  • Roy Wood - predicted by Pink Paisley
  • Joanne Woodward - predicted by logicus
  • Herman Wouk - predicted by MMF

    • Bluebottle

    1. Honor Blackman
    2. George HW Bush
    3. Jim Dale
    4. Doris Day
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Mary Ellis
    7. Audrey Geisel
    8. Stan Lee
    9. Vera Lynn
    10. Robert Mugabe
    11. Leslie Phillips
    12. Nabi Tajima
    13. June Whitfield
    14. Barbara Windsor
    15. Justin Bieber (*under50)

    Coelacanth

    1. Diana Athill
    2. Olivia de Havilland
    3. Janice Dickinson
    4. Leonard Fenton
    5. Jill Gascoine
    6. Lewis Gilbert
    7. William Gladstone
    8. Valerie Harper
    9. Tippi Hedren
    10. Glynis Johns
    11. Denis Norden
    12. Rip Torn
    13. Bill Treacher
    14. Brian Wilson
    15. Jonathan Rhys Meyers (*under50)

    Galaxy Babe

    1. George HW Bush
    2. Jimmy Carter
    3. Bill Clinton
    4. Billy Connolly
    5. Lynn Faulds Wood
    6. Albert Finney
    7. Clive James
    8. Tessa Jowell
    9. Robert Mugabe
    10. Linda Nolan
    11. Ryan O'Neal
    12. James Randi
    13. Nobby Stiles
    14. Brian Wilson
    15. TotalBiscuit (*under50)

    Just Bob

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Dick Cheney
    3. Olivia de Havilland
    4. Bob Dole
    5. Kirk Douglas
    6. Michael J Fox
    7. Stan Lee
    8. Vera Lynn
    9. Joni Mitchell
    10. Hayao Miyazaki
    11. Robert Mugabe
    12. Leslie Phillips
    13. Roman Polanski
    14. Desmond Tutu
    15. Daniel Andreas San Diego (*under50)

    logicus

    1. George HW Bush
    2. 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. Macaulay Culkin (*under50)

    MMF

    1. David Attenborough
    2. Honor Blackman
    3. Leslie Caron
    4. Kirk Douglas
    5. Michael Douglas
    6. Stephen Hawking
    7. Andrew Marr
    8. David McCallum
    9. Prince Michael of Kent
    10. Leslie Phillips
    11. Keith Richards
    12. Maggie Smith
    13. June Whitfield
    14. Herman Wouk
    15. Matt Lucas (*under50)

    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 (*under50)

    Pink Paisley

    1. Julie Andrews
    2. Gordon Banks
    3. Tony Blackburn
    4. George HW Bush
    5. Paul Gascoigne
    6. Bob Hawke
    7. Clive James
    8. Kim Jong-Un
    9. Anna Karen
    10. Shane MacGowan
    11. Trevor McDonald
    12. Boris Spassky
    13. Donald Trump
    14. Roy Wood
    15. Justin Bieber (*under50)

    TC

    1. Bashar al-Assad
    2. Kirk Douglas
    3. Mikhail Gorbachev
    4. Rolf Harris
    5. Vera Lynn
    6. Ian McKellen
    7. Queen Paola of Belgium
    8. Nicholas Parsons
    9. Pele
    10. Prince Philip
    11. Roman Polanski
    12. Michael Schumacher
    13. William Shatner
    14. Charlie Watts
    15. Macaulay Culkin (*under50)

    The Groob

    1. Charles Aznavour
    2. Richard Baker
    3. Albert Bandura
    4. Aaron T Beck
    5. Conway Berners-Lee
    6. Eckart Dux
    7. Betty Edwards
    8. Leonard Fenton
    9. Fenella Fielding
    10. David Hedison
    11. Antony Hewish
    12. Norman Lear
    13. Charlie Munger
    14. Carl Reiner
    15. Jon Venables (*under50)
    		  

    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. Pope Benedict XVI (16 past picks)

    2. Lindsay Lohan (13)

    3. Jacques Chirac, Liza Minnelli (11)

    5. Buzz Aldrin, Henry Kissinger, Hosni Mubarak (10)

    8. Betty White, Jeremy Clarkson (9)


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