Anyone famous going to die soon?

[Arthur]

Doing a death sweepstake at work. Get 5 initial picks which I have:

Benedict XVI, Pope
Doherty, Pete
Jobs, Steve
Lynn, Vera
Trautmann, Bert

And then we get one pick a week. So any ideas for this week? Basically the only rules are is they must have a degree of notoriety (so someone who played inside right for the Albion in 1932 is probably out of the question) and they can't have been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Katona, Kerry..fingers crossed!

 

[Questions]

Fidel Castro.................. odds on I`d say.

 

[Gwylan]

Norman Wisdom?
Michael Foot?
Eliot Carter?
Alec Bedser?

 

[Arthur]

Fidel Castro.................. odds on I`d say.

Good shout, but someone has already bagged him.

Full list so far:

Ali, Mohammed
Arthur, Bea
Benedict XVI, Pope
Biggs, Ronnie
Billingsley, Barbara
Burns, Pete
Carey, Mariah
Castro, Fidel
Conaway, Jeff
Davies, Windsor
Day, Doris
Dench, Judi
Doherty, Pete
Douglas, Kirk
Fawcett, Farah
Foot, Michael
Forsyth, Bruce
Gabor, Zsa Zsa
Hefner, Hugh
Jobs, Steve
Kinnear, Joe
Kitt, Eartha
Lynn, Vera
Moody, Ron
Phillips, Leslie
Poitier, Sidney
Reagan, Nancy
Redgrave, Vanessa
Rooney, Mickey
Saville, Jimmy
Sykes, Eric
Temple, Shirley
Thatcher, Magaret
Trautmann, Bert
Wisdom, Norman

 

[Questions]

Good shout, but someone has already bagged him.

Full list so far:

Ali, Mohammed
Arthur, Bea
Benedict XVI, Pope
Biggs, Ronnie
Billingsley, Barbara
Burns, Pete
Carey, Mariah
Castro, Fidel
Conaway, Jeff
Davies, Windsor
Day, Doris
Dench, Judi
Doherty, Pete
Douglas, Kirk
Fawcett, Farah
Foot, Michael
Forsyth, Bruce
Gabor, Zsa Zsa
Hefner, Hugh
Jobs, Steve
Kinnear, Joe
Kitt, Eartha
Lynn, Vera
Moody, Ron
Phillips, Leslie
Poitier, Sidney
Reagan, Nancy
Redgrave, Vanessa
Rooney, Mickey
Saville, Jimmy
Sykes, Eric
Temple, Shirley
Thatcher, Magaret
Trautmann, Bert
Wisdom, Norman

Eartha Kitt has gone already Arthur and how Hugh Hefner`s heart has not given out is beyond me.

 

[Bozza]

Isn't Patrick Swayze pretty ill?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Farrah Fawcett is reported in this morning's Mirror as being critically ill

 

[Gwylan]

Isn't Patrick Swayze pretty ill?

He is but those with terminal illnesses can't be included. That would also rule out Farah Fawcett (Majors).

 

[Questions]

Ron Moody ? I thought he was going to go on for a few years but I`m reviewing the situation now.

 

[Questions]

He is but those with terminal illnesses can't be included. That would also rule out Farah Fawcett (Majors).

Is being blonde terminal then ?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I have a sneaky feeling for: Edinburgh, Duke of.

He's well into his eighties and been looking distinctly ropey lately. Gawd bless 'im, of course.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Ron Moody ? I thought he was going to go on for a few years but I`m reviewing the situation now.

Is that the bloke from Oliver

Every time I hear his name I think he's a character from a Harry Potter book.

 

[Muzzman]

Barrack Obama has to be a good shout, history proves that being an American President can be detrimental to your health.

 

[Gwylan]

Barrack Obama has to be a good shout, history proves that being an American President can be detrimental to your health.

Don't know about that. They're normally elected in middle age (or older) yet I believe only 6 have died in office. Is that really high given that they're an obvious target? And assassins have got much less chance of getting through these days.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Blimey, that's a bit harsh. If any US President was going to be a target, surely it was George W Bush, and he managed to survive eight years, so I'm confident Obama will be fine (in any case, no sniper will be able to get past the 2,000 or so photographers eagerly trying to get a picture of his wife's latest outfit).

 

[Man of Harveys]

I have a sneaky feeling for: Edinburgh, Duke of.

He's well into his eighties and been looking distinctly ropey lately. Gawd bless 'im, of course.

Hmm, I wouldn't be quite so sure: I saw him in the flesh in 1993 (which either was or was soon after the "annus horribilis") and thought then that he wouldn't going to be hanging around for long: very unsteady on his pins.

I reckon he'll still be shaking hands and insulting people when he's little more than a moving skeleton and the Queen's shrunk to little more than the size of an ORANGE. Gawd bless 'em indeed.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Hmm, I wouldn't be quite so sure: I saw him in the flesh in 1993 (which either was or was soon after the "annus horribilis") and thought then that he wouldn't going to be hanging around for long: very unsteady on his pins.

I reckon he'll still be shaking hands and insulting people when he's little more than a moving skeleton and the Queen's shrunk to little more than the size of an ORANGE. Gawd bless 'em indeed.

The photos of the Queen and the Obamas were hilarious weren't they, I'm not sure if she's shrunk or the Obamas are both giants, but I'm surprised they didn't stand HM on a box. Or just do what Sarkozy did in his official photos, and stand on tiptoes in order not to look too short.

On the subject of the Obamas visit, how much coaching do you think the Buckingham Palace officials had to give Prince Philip on what and what not to say to them? With his world renowned cultural awareness and diversity skills, I bet they were absolutely CRAPPING themselves that he'd say something inappropriate to the first black leader of the USA

 

[tottenhamseagull]

The bird from Charlie's Angels is looking a good pick at the moment!!

 

[strings]

The photos of the Queen and the Obamas were hilarious weren't they, I'm not sure if she's shrunk or the Obamas are both giants, but I'm surprised they didn't stand HM on a box. Or just do what Sarkozy did in his official photos, and stand on tiptoes in order not to look too short.

On the subject of the Obamas visit, how much coaching do you think the Buckingham Palace officials had to give Prince Philip on what and what not to say to them? With his world renowned cultural awareness and diversity skills, I bet they were absolutely CRAPPING themselves that he'd say something inappropriate to the first black leader of the USA

He did say something inappropriate, but the newspapers / tv news didn't run with it.

The Queen to the President: "What have you been up to so far today"

The President: *lists loads of meetings including trips to Chinese and Mexican embassies*

Duke of Edinburgh: "I'm surprised you could tell them apart"

I'm sure I didn't dream that... I'll go search for footage...