Ideas and possibilities for 2007

[Cowboy Ronnie 77]

As a fatal stampede now appears a fixture at this event, can we have any one hajj attendee for 2007?

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10833716/

 

Actually, better make that any one hundred hajj attendees.....

[Phantom 2,465]

There's one name that I've just done a search on in DL and she hasn't been mentioned at all, she should be a good pick for next year....

Miep Gies!

 

The lady who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during WWII

 

Miep Gies will be 98 this february

[Cowboy Ronnie 77]

There's one name that I've just done a search on in DL and she hasn't been mentioned at all, she should be a good pick for next year....

Miep Gies!

 

The lady who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during WWII

 

Miep Gies will be 98 this february

There was some discussion of Miep Gies on the DL forum last year. Not sure if she didn't make it this year for not being famous enough, or for having such a silly name. Plus she didn't do that great a job hiding Anne Frank and co, did she?

 

According to Wikipedia, which is never wrong (it says so on wikipedia.com), she was born in 1909, which would make her 97 this year.

[Phantom 2,465]

Ronnie, you're right she'll be 97. sorry case of fat fingers today

well she tried her best.

Then again, people are only as famous if you follow that field. I mentioned to someone here at work about Ariel Sharon and was astonished when they replied "who's that then?"

[Tempus Fugit 212]

There's one name that I've just done a search on in DL and she hasn't been mentioned at all, she should be a good pick for next year....

Miep Gies!

 

The lady who helped hide Anne Frank and her family during WWII

 

Miep Gies will be 98 this february

Miep Gies has her very own thread right here,

 

http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?...39&hl=miep+gies

 

As you can see she has been much discussed.

[Phantom 2,465]

HMMM but what was the decision?

[Phantom 2,465]

how about Venetia Phair or would she be too obscure for a choice?

[Tempus Fugit 212]

HMMM but what was the decision?

Only those godlike Admins make those kind of decisions.

 

But I'd say Miep isn't famous enough for DeathList.

[Handrejka 1,840]

how about Venetia Phair or would she be too obscure for a choice?

 

 

Is she the little girl who named Pluto? I was thinking of suggesting her myself

[themaninblack 2,112]

Btw what's everyone else's opinion on choosing the world's oldest man / woman

I had this debate with my father-in-law the other day as I personally feel that they don't exactly qualify as they're barely classed as a celebrity

 

Yeah, but they're a bit like monarchs really. The World's oldest man has died...long live the World's oldest man!

[Canadian Paul 93]

Only those godlike Admins make those kind of decisions.

 

But I'd say Miep isn't famous enough for DeathList.

I'd bet she'd probably get a BBC Obit though...

[Tempus Fugit 212]

Only those godlike Admins make those kind of decisions.

 

But I'd say Miep isn't famous enough for DeathList.

I'd bet she'd probably get a BBC Obit though...

But so does the UK's oldest person, when they die.

 

The BBC aren't a good arbiter of famousness.

[Paul Bearer 5,633]

Only those godlike Admins make those kind of decisions.

 

But I'd say Miep isn't famous enough for DeathList.

I'd bet she'd probably get a BBC Obit though...

Probably the biggest obit will be on Blue Peter, they drag the Anne Frank story up every so often, what better an opportunity when she croaks.

[Handrejka 1,840]

How about Jason King actor Peter Wyngarde. He's 73 which isn't that old but considering his predelictions who knows what he might have picked up along the way

[Canadian Paul 93]

Only those godlike Admins make those kind of decisions.

 

But I'd say Miep isn't famous enough for DeathList.

I'd bet she'd probably get a BBC Obit though...

But so does the UK's oldest person, when they die.

 

The BBC aren't a good arbiter of famousness.

Perhaps there's a blurry line between famous and significant?

 

But I suppose we enough problems deciding on who's famous enough, never mind significant enough...

[Guest Guest]

George W Bush. From an assassins bullet or suicide bomb... whichever comes first

[Brinsworth House Baiter 12]

George W Bush. From an assassins bullet or suicide bomb... whichever comes first

Not a fan then?

[Handrejka 1,840]

I see the child actor form Beethoven has gone missing. Echoes of Bobby Driscoll perhaps?

[Windsor 2,142]

I see the child actor form Beethoven has gone missing. Echoes of Bobby Driscoll perhaps?

Missing + suicide note = Probably dead.

 

If you rush to the Near Misses thread you may beat Iain and post a death before its even officially announced.

[Godot 148]

A piece about silent films in today's Telegraph mentions Diana Serra Cary (Baby Peggy), who at 87, it says, is one of only three surviving actors from the silent era. I wonder who the other two are? Mickey Rooney and Shirley Temple? Don't know whether they did silent films. Whoever they are, all three must be upcoming candidates.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

Slim Whitman - awful 50's American singer is 81 and isn't seen in public very often.

[TheBard 0]

Assuming it to be a true, current photo I suggest we look no further for our next nomination than Canadian Paul.

[BrunoBrimley 83]

James Quello. former FCC commisioner was born in 1914.....surely his on air time is just about up.

[Lewd_Squirrel 309]

Soupy Sales just turned 80 something recently, how long do you think he'll last?

[Banshees Scream 107]

Soupy Sales just turned 80 something recently, how long do you think he'll last?

Soupy Sales - Campbells have a weekend sale!

 

Comes in second as the strangest name. The only person who out does

her is Constance Cummings who had the name of an ultimate porn star.