First to pop off...............2017.

[hidetheelephants]

Celebrity	PHer
Abbott, Diane	DrDeAtH
Aldrin, Edwin 'Buzz'	Einion Yrth
Bacharach, Burt	Hidetheelephants
Blackwell, Nick	Markbarry1977
Blair, Tony	0a
Brady, Ian	DaveGoddard
Brown, Gordon	soad
Brown, June	talksthetorque
Bush, George HW	RogerExplosion
Campbell, Glen	imagineifyeswill
Cant, Brian	Gretchen
Carrington, Desmond	briang9
Carter, Jimmy	Kaj91
Clarkson, Jeremy	Flat6er
Clinton, Hillary	FGB
Collins, Phil	FocusRS3
Connery, Sean	Zerotonine
Connolly, Billy	Nom de ploom
Corden, James	Galsia
Culkin, Macaulay	The Moose
Dodd, Ken	glenrobbo
Douglas, Kirk	Cliftonite
Duvall, Robert	EarlOfHazard
Eastwood, Clint	Tango13
Forsyth, Bruce	Craphouserat
Gabor, Zsa Zsa	Orchid1
Galloway, George	cirian75
Gascoigne, Paul	OpulentBob
Hawking, Stephen	mp3manager
Heseltine, Michael	ClaphamGT3
James, Clive	Dr Jekyll
John, Elton	Robertj21a
Jones, Tom	dci
Lansbury, Angela	oobster
Loaf, Meat	FlyingMeeces
Lohan,Lindsay	Foliage
MacGowan, Shane	AdeTuono
Matthew, Brian	Jim AK
May, Brian	STO
Michael, George	olimain
Moore, Roger	ApOrbital
Moss, Stirling	wildcat45
Mugabe, Bob	Pints
O'Connor, Des	Toyoda
Parfitt, Rick	SeeFive
Parkinson, Michael	Jon321
Parsons, Nicholas	Sheets Tabuer
Prescott, John	mybrainhurts
Reynolds, Burt	PBDirector
Richard, Cliff	Ilovejapcrap
Rose, Axl	guindilias
Spector, Phil	Hilts
Schumacher, Michael	V40Vinnie
Stewart, Moira	Shakermaker
Sturgeon, Nicola	Evolved
Telegraph Group, The	El Guapo
Torode, John	Kenty
Trump, Donald J	Puggit
Van Dyke, Dick	maxdb
Walker, Murray	The Hypno-Toad
West, Kanye	chonok
Williams, Robbie	HairyMaclary
Windsor, Barbara	slartibartfast
Windsor, Lizzie	desolate
Windsor, Phil	pauljdh

[S10GTA]

It seems my guesses have already been taken. I'll go a bit off piste with Pete Docherty.

[andym1603]

Debbie Reynolds could either be the last claimed by 2016 or be the first to go in 2017. Just been rushed to hospital.

[ellroy]

Rick Parfitt has gone already.

I'll see my 2016 Elton John and raise Ricky Tomlinson.

With a side bet on Ab Fab of Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders. Or is that a reverse forecast?

[briang9]

I'm with whoever predicted Paul Gascoigne, looks like he never learns...

[SeeFive]

ellroy said:

Rick Parfitt has gone already.

I'll see my 2016 Elton John and raise Ricky Tomlinson.

With a side bet on Ab Fab of Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders. Or is that a reverse forecast?

Indeed, but I did suggest he was a potential (sadly) on 8th December.

Also, in the table, George Michael has left us

[thatsprettyshady]

I'll go with Michael Barrymore, seemed a bit of a party animal in his day. Recently cleared of wrongdoing re: the swimming pool incident IIRC

[Dr Jekyll]

andym1603 said:

Debbie Reynolds could either be the last claimed by 2016 or be the first to go in 2017. Just been rushed to hospital.

2016 it is.

[Fergie87]

I'm sad to say it may well be Bob barker.

[Rawwr]

Eric Mc said:

Troubleatmill said:

Every year this thread kicks off - and I used to enjoy it.
This year I find it quite unsavoury.
Not really sure what purpose it serves really. ( I'm getting old I guess )

A lot of the personalities I grew up with are now gone. More will be gone the next year - and the next.



I guess I'm viewing it through a lens of a crowd of unknowns betting on which one of your family members will die first.
"I'll bet on the disabled kid", "The wife is getting on in years and looking a bit peaky"
etc etc

I know - Rant 1/10 - but this year - this thread is beginning to bother me.

The joys of having less days ahead of you than you have spend.

I've said this a few times - I have no trouble with noting the passing of somebody famous or important.

I'm not so keen on the prediction side of things.

And I really hate those who express a wish for a certain individuals to die.

Wanting people to die because you don't like their music, their films, their style of presenting or whatever it is they do for work is in pretty poor taste but I don't think these threads are a bad thing. A lot of the time when someone iconic finishes their chips it does cause some interesting anecdotes to bubble to the surface, which are usually a pretty good read. There is a fine line between taste and distaste, though.

On that note, I agree with previous posters that Gazza is perhaps not going to last much longer.

[HTP99]

briang9 said:

I'm with whoever predicted Paul Gascoigne, looks like he never learns...

I think Paul Gascoigne is going to be one of those people who really should have gone ages ago (due to their lifestyle, not because I want him to) but will still be around, getting up to the same old crap, still drinking heavily, still pictured in the tabloids, still making a fool of himself, etc, for many years to come.

S10GTA said:

It seems my guesses have already been taken. I'll go a bit off piste with Pete Docherty.

Pete Docherty; still an ugly greasy, unkempt fker, however he has pretty much sorted himself out, I believe; looked pretty good at reading Festival a couple of years ago; came close though a few years back.

Edited by HTP99 on Thursday 29th December 08:28

[Eric Mc]

Rawwr said:

Wanting people to die because you don't like their music, their films, their style of presenting or whatever it is they do for work is in pretty poor taste but I don't think these threads are a bad thing. A lot of the time when someone iconic finishes their chips it does cause some interesting anecdotes to bubble to the surface, which are usually a pretty good read. There is a fine line between taste and distaste, though.

On that note, I agree with previous posters that Gazza is perhaps not going to last much longer.

I agree. Nothing wrong with obit threads at all. After all, obituaries have been part and parcel of "old style" media for generations. It's the "wishing someone dead" stuff that I don't like - even if I'm not a fan of the person who is being wished dead myself.

[hammo19]

2016 has been a bit of a shocker for celebrity passings with an unprecedented list in the last 10 days. Let's hope 2017 is kinder to us.

[HTP99]

hammo19 said:

2016 has been a bit of a shocker for celebrity passings with an unprecedented list in the last 10 days. Let's hope 2017 is kinder to us.

Unlikely.

Edited by HTP99 on Thursday 29th December 08:38

[Vaud]

HTP99 said:

Unlikely.

If anything, worse.

[MarshPhantom]

Glenn Campbell again.

What a st year this has been in many, many ways.

[mitzy]

Can Someone add - Monty Norman

[hidetheelephants]

HTP said:

Pete Docherty; still an ugly greasy, unkempt fker, however he has pretty much sorted himself out, I believe; looked pretty good at reading Festival a couple of years ago; came close though a few years back.

He was on This Week a short while ago and appeared to be intoxicated, so unless 'sorted out' means self-medicating from a reliable dealer he's not on the wagon.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Thursday 29th December 16:12

[MrBrianNorris]

I'll have a punt on Ozzy Osbourne.

[silverfoxcc]

Double on Russell Brand and James Corden