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

Vo Nguyen Giap

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24403791

Natural causes I assume, there's no cause of death that I can find so 15 points to Spiller for his unique hit. A87781972 and A87781963 updated, and we have a new joint leader.

GB

He *was* 102!

Yes, I rather believe reaching the age of 102 counts as natural causes.

B

Well, I read the links just in case he'd been bumped off, that'd have been extra points

Frederick Sanger

The chap that messed about in his lab

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/20/dna-pioneer-fred-sanger-dies-genetics

Oh dear, Mr Dreadful, only you and I still sitting on a zero!

Oof, a great scientist of our time. I hope they kept his code

He might have been modest but that doesn't mean you don't get institutes named after you.

http://www.sanger.ac.uk/

I had Vo Nguyen Giap for two or three years about five or six years ago...

Points all round I reckon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25249520 Nelson Mandella

We were just watching a comedian talking about where you were when famous people die....

Well here I was in my front room surfing t'net.



Would like to say that a nonagenarian had a great life but much of it was spent in jail.

A great man if ever there was one.

wishing you well

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I know we had plenty of time to prepare for this. But I just keep welling up

Apart from the moment earlier today when the candles on a shrine set the cellophane bouquet-wrappings alight, and an official set about trying to beat out the rapidly-spreading fire with a bunch of chrysanthemums. I actually found that very funny.

Mol

As I'm sure Nelson would have

His death really has got me thinking what giant the man really was. In the 20th Century there was him and there was Ghandi - anyone else come close?

As usual, the Onion has it spot on...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nelson-mandela-becomes-first-politician-to-be-miss,34755/

I couldn't hold back the tears as I have lots of memories associated with this great man. My father thought Nelson Mandela was the greatest living human. He outlived my Dad by 7 years, they were actually born in the same year so my father followed his life more closely, before he became a much-loved global statesman. I remember watching the "walk of freedom" on the TV news with my Dad. I was staying at my mother's house when the news broke, ready to evacuate her in case of flooding. I'm sure my Dad was first in the queue to shake his hand. RIP Nelson Mandela.

15 points to Spiller for his unique hit for Frederick Sanger.
7 players got 10 points each for Nelson Mandela.

A87781972 and A87781963 updated, and we have a new leader, Spiller on 50 points.

I am now accepting submissions for the 2014 Deathlist Game, it does take time to set up and I'm not around much so I'll be preparing it in advance. Same addy as before: [email protected] please assist me by putting your Researcher name and number in the title of the email and thank you to everyone who puts their selections into alphabetical order which is a great help

GB

Making it easy for you galaxy use same list as last year will send 4 more names later...yeah still expecting one to go..jus finished loading the shotgun..extra points for a murder victim yes!!?...

strange only one with no point has death in ativar..Beatrice De'Ath...

What can I say? I picked a few people I admire, and so I'm rather pleased they're all still here