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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Jan 12, 2008 22:24:22 GMT 1
Had this idea when Banazir Bhutto was assassinated to see how many famous people shuffled off this mortal coil this year.
Add more as and when
1. Sir Edmund Hillary- Mountaineer/Explorer
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Post by Rich on Jan 16, 2008 15:50:00 GMT 1
2. Jason MacIntyre - A Scottish cycling champion
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Post by chocice on Jan 16, 2008 18:42:14 GMT 1
deathlist.net produce a top 50 famous people likely to die in the year and usually get between 10 and 15 right, they have had an excellent start this year with Edmund Hiliary already dead off the list, to have a death so early in the year is clearly an excellent result for the list.
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Post by Rich on Jan 23, 2008 15:37:39 GMT 1
3. Heath Ledger - Hollywood Star
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Jan 26, 2008 0:19:42 GMT 1
Heath Ledger of course featured in the Oscar nominated Brokeback Mountain.
Not that I watched it of course.....I was never confused
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Post by JP on Jan 30, 2008 20:14:13 GMT 1
4. Jeremy Beadle
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Post by chocice on Jan 30, 2008 23:37:30 GMT 1
5. President Suharto of Indonesia
6. Bobby Fischer-Chess Player
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Feb 2, 2008 22:41:38 GMT 1
Forgot all about the Beckham of the checked board
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Post by JP on Feb 11, 2008 20:02:19 GMT 1
7 - Roy Scheider
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Feb 16, 2008 21:59:14 GMT 1
"You're gonna need a bigger boat"  Still gets me every time that line. P.S. It was an ad lib |
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Mar 8, 2008 21:54:16 GMT 1
8. Lord Pym- Former Foreign Secretary
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Post by Claret & Blue Army on Mar 8, 2008 21:59:35 GMT 1
9 Carol Barnes- Newsreader
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Post by chocice on Mar 12, 2008 19:00:26 GMT 1
10. Richard Kneer, co owner of the firm that gavetheworld theHoola Hoop and the Frisbee
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Post by Rich on Mar 20, 2008 15:57:40 GMT 1
11 Paul Scofield - Oscar Winning Actor
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Post by Rich on Mar 20, 2008 16:01:05 GMT 1
12 John Hewer - Captain Birdseye.
As a tribute to the great man I'm going to have fishfingers for dinner either today or tommorow or maybe both. We salute you Captain.
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Still gets me every time that line.