h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

George HW Bush, aged 94.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46410225

With one month to go, Galaxy Babe moves into a slender lead.

Homepage updated: A87902021
Scoreboard updated: A87902030
Archive: A87874582

George Bush was picked 30 times in this game, the first time was in 2007, so he's not one of the remaining 2006 Originals.

Points for Galaxy Babe, Bluebottle, Logicus and Pink Paisley, who breaks his duck.

Icy

I typed out my new deathlist last week. I was going to tweak it today, but I can't find the draft. I think I can remember most of them I'll delay sending my new list until a little closer to the closing date

Thanks GB - that sounds like a cue for a Deathlist reminder

Please e-mail your lists (15 celebs: number 15 has to be under 50 years of age) to icy (underscore) north (at) hotmail (dot) com before the end of December.

And please would you each ask a friend? We'd all like to see more players.

And if you just lurk these pages, then please give it a go this year! You'll find lots of ideas and inspiration in the previous years' games - see the archive.

Icy

Done...

Lists received from:

Logicus,
Bluebottle

Recycling instruction noted from:

TC

2019 list received from:

Galaxy Babe

June Whitfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46712694
Points for MMF, Bluebottle.

24 hours to go in Deathlist 2018, and I've never known a contest like it. Bluebottle now holds the slender lead, but four other players are still in with a chance of at least tying, including the pre-tournament favourites Coelacanth and The Groob.

Please get your 2019 lists in! I have now had entries from Just Bob and MMF. {Bluebottle - please send me a replacement for June Whitfield if you haven't already. This happened to you last year, I remember, with Carrie Fisher}.

June Whitfield was picked 9 times in total, the first was in 2008 by Emmily.

And I've just found entries from The Groob and Coelacanth in my Spam folder!!!

Thank you!

Is being in the lead a good or bad thing?
A replacement for June Whitfield for 2019 sent now.

<BB<

I've e-mailed Mol and Pink Paisley. If I don't hear from them I'm inclined to resubmit their entries, using reserve pickS they sent me last year. Would folks be happy with thaT?

List received from Mol

using reserve pickS they sent me last year. Would folks be happy with thaT?...Yes...but only if they don't win... Happy new year to all

Don’t mock my caps locK affliction

Bluebottle!

Audrey Geisel died on 19th December:

http://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/obituaries/audrey-geisel-dead.html

So I'm going to replace her with the first of your two spares.

And, as Audrey Geisel was also on Bluebottle's 2018 list, he moves into a 20-point lead with just 8 hours left to play.

Has The Groob left it too late?

Homepage updated: A87902021
Scoreboard updated: A87902030
Archive: A87874582

Don’t mock my caps locK affliction...not mocking just cut'n'pasting. pure laziness...but now that you have brought it to my attention IN THE WORDS OF Bart simpson HAW HAW...

45 minutes to midnight, and Pink Paisley’s sent his list

The 2018 contest is now closed - congratulations to the winner, Bluebottle!

New lists are now available for 2019:

Deathlist 2019 Home Page: A87926953
Deathlist 2019 Scoreboard: A87926962

Deathlist 2019 Official thread and intro: F22156867?thread=8321275
Deathlist 2019 Not On The List thread: F22156867?thread=8321276

Deathlist Archive: A87874582

Icy