The DeathList 1998

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The DeathList 1998

After the good recovery in 1997 to score a respectable 9 deaths the 1998 Death List has a significant number of new candidates. Extensive research has produced fifty celebrities who are teetering on the brink of Death List glory. As Mike Buffer would say - "Lets get rrrrready to tumble!" EMail us with your comments and suggestions for next years list at comments@deathlist.net

Rank	Prev Year	Appear	Name	Age	Desc
1	3	5	Pope John Paul II	78	Pope
2	4	5	Boris Yeltsin	67	Tsar
3	5	10	Queen Mother	98	Entertainer
4	6	6	Frank Sinatra	79	Singer
5		3	Princess Alice	97	Queen Mum's sister-in-law
6	8	8	Ronald Reagan	87	(former) Idiot
7	13	7	John Gielgud	90	Actor
8	23	9	Barbara Cartland	93	Literary Genius
9	24	8	Lord Denning	95	Judge
10	17	8	Bob Hope	95	Entertainer
11	19	5	Helen Wills Moody	88	Tennis
12	20	5	Catherine Cookson	87	Writer
13			Bunny Austin	88	Tennis
14			Joan Hickson	88	Miss Marple
15		2	Lord Lew Grade	88	founder BBC
16			Fay Wray	91	King Kong's squeeze
17		3	Lord Hailsham	87	Judge
18	29	7	Don Bradman	86	Cricketer
19	32	3	Quentin Crisp	86	'Performer'
20			Hardy Amies	89	Dress maker
21			Henri Cartier-Bresson	90	Photographer
22		2	Baroness Castle	88	Politician
23		2	Mary Whitehouse	84	Whinger
24			Roy Rogers	82	Actor
25			Sam Snead	86	Golfer
26			King Fahd	66	King
27	7	2	James Earl Ray	69	Assassin
28	18	6	Alec Guiness	80	Actor
29	27	3	Lord Longford	93	Judge
30		3	Fred Pontin	92	Entrepreneur
31			Arthur Miller	83	Playwright
32		2	Stanley Matthews	79	Footballer
33	50	6	Red Adair	83	Fire Fighter
34		4	Johnny Morris	78	TV presenter
35			Spike Milligan	80	Comedian
36	15	4	Gene Sarazan	92	Golfer
37			Simon Wiesenthal	90	Nazi Hunter
38	21	4	Willie Whitelaw	80	Politician
39	26	2	Mickey Rooney	78	Actor
40	44	3	Joe Di Maggio	80	Baseball
41			Alexander Solzhenitsyn	80	Author
42			General Jaruzelski	75	ex Polish PM
43			Anne Haddy	68	Helen Robinson
44		2	Eric Sykes	75	Comedian
45	47	4	Alistair Cooke	90	Broadcaster
46	31	3	Perry Como	82	Singer
47			Pol Pot	64	Dictator (Deposed)
48	34	5	Kurt Waldheim	80	Nazi
49	39	4	John Mills	90	Actor
50	40	6	Katharine Hepburn	91	Actress

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The year finishes with 8 successes

31st Dec 1998: 1998 finished quietly and closed the year with 8 Death List deaths. A moderate year by our standards and disappointing considering the media attention that arose the year. Thanks to everybody who submitted suggestions for the 1999 list. Lets hope 1999 sees a better performance.

Lew makes the Grade!

13th Dec 1998: Lord Grade, broadcasting giant, has ceased transmitting! The 92 year old gave some festive joy to the Death List experts by finally yeilding to the years. He was number 15 on the 1998 list. Media coverage of the Death List has started to wane but this may just be the lift that was needed. Its eight deaths now and we're looking carefully at that list for some end of year surprises.

Whodunnit??

18th Oct 1998: A slow period in death list activity has been ended by the death of the Number 14 selection Joan Hickson, the actress who played Miss Marple. At 92 years of age she was always going to be a good selection. Surprisingly her death was not surrounded by mystery - she simply appears to have died of old age - but it still counts as the 7th death of the year for the list.

Trigger Happy??

9th Jul 1998: 1940's Cowboy Roy Roger's has taken his last ride into the sunset and chalked up the sixth death of the year for this year's list. Roger's was 86 and occupied the 24 spot. His horse, Trigger, died in the 1960's and was stuffed and put on display in Roger's own museum. We await confirmation that Roger's himself will be joining Trigger in the museum.

Catherine Cooks-gone!

11th Jun 1998: Number five is chalked up with the death of Catherine Cookson. The 91 year age author, who has written more books than years she lived, wrote her final chapter by succumbing to a rare blood disease. The 1998 Death List is now just ahead of pace for the record of 10 deaths in a year.

Start spreading the news...They're grieving today!

15th May 1998: Yes that's right...Frank wanted to be a part of it! Frank Sinatra, the Death List's number 4 candidate, died today finally bringing to a close a long series of near misses. He had be in and out of hospital in recent years but just seemed to be toying with us. Finally the trusty heart attack has taken him out to score our fourth death of the year. Its now three death's in a month and there's plenty more where they came from.

Hip Hip For Ray! (James Earl that is)

23rd Apr 1998: The news wires are hot with reports that James Earl Ray has failed to serve out the full 99 years of his jail term for the murder of Martin Luther King. Ray was widely tipped for the 1997 list but disappointed the committee by surviving the year. Dropping this year to the No. 27 spot was just the incentive he needed to finish the job. That's two deaths in a week, bringing back memories of last years glorious 4 in 3 weeks. Keep 'em comin'!

Pot Luck

16th Apr 1998: Rumours have been confirmed of the death of Pol Pot in jail in Cambodia. Information regarding Pot, who was either 70 or 73, was very confused for some time as some reports denied his death. Pot was of course famous for operating his own personal 2 Million strong death list on which every last candidate dies. Pot is the second death for this years list, dropping off from the number 47 slot.

Ace!

2nd Jan 1998: With the blue touchpaper of the 1998 Deathlist barely lit, Helen Wills Moody, 30's tennis heroine, has become 98's deathlist heroine. The disappointment of missing out on Frank Muir is more than compensated by the death in California of the Number 11 seed, who was 92. The record books show that this is the quickest death in the 11 year history of the list and is an ominous sign of the quality of the celebrities that have been included this year.

They're under orders...and They're off!

1st Jan 1998: The 1998 Death List becomes active today. After some late fine tuning we're expecting a bumper haul in 1998. The second half of 1997 saw celebrity death become cool again and we're confident it's gonna stay that way.

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