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Well, its that time of year again, time to compile next year's Death Watch List. I have seeded the list with a top 10, in no particular order. Zsa Zsa Gabor is honored in the 2017 pole position (EDIT: she was replaced at the pole position by Kirk Douglas after she passed on 12/18/16).

1. Kirk Douglas
2. Pope Benedict XVI
3. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
4. George HW Bush
5. Billy Graham
6. Jerry Lewis - died 8/20/2017
7. Val Kilmer
8. Don Rickles - died 4/6/2017
9. Carol Channing
10. Olivia de Havilland
11. Buzz Aldrin
12. Johnny Depp
13. Bill Clinton
14. Glen Campbell - died 8/8/2017
15. Charles Manson - died 11/19/2017
16. Hal Holbrook
17. Beverly Cleary
18. Jerry Lee Lewis
19. Norman Lloyd
20. Warren Buffett
21. Rupert Murdoch
22. George Soros
23. Tommy Lasorda
24. David H. Koch
25. Charles Koch
26. Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
27. Sidney Poitier
28. Tim Conway
29. Lyle Waggoner
30. Max Baer, Jr
31. Barbara Bush
32. Jimmy Carter
33. Jim Nabors - died 11/30/17
34. Dave Strader - died 10/1/17
35. Mary Tyler Moore - died 1/25/2017
36. Ed Asner
37. Kayne West
38. Mick Jagger
39. Stan Lee
40. Gord Downey - died 10/17/2017
41. Burt Reynolds
42. Queen Elizabeth
43. Clint Eastwood
44. Dick Van Dyke
45. Roger Moore - died 5/23/2017
46. Mel Brooks
47. Henry Kissinger
48. Max Von Sydow
49. Bernie Sanders
50. Lamar Odom


Here's a list of our Death Watch List alumni:

2016 Death Watch List Alumni:

Abe Vigoda - died 1/26/16
Fidel Castro - died 11/25/16
Zsa Zsa Gabor - died 12/18/16
Nancy Reagan - died 3/6/16
Harper Lee - died 2/19/16
George Kennedy - died 2/28/16
Gene Wilder - died 8/29/2016


2015 Death Watch List Alumni:

William MacDonald, "The Sydney Mutilator" - died 5/12/15
Maureen O'Hara - died 10/24/15
Al Molinaro - died 10/30/15
Sam Simon - died 10/8/15
Christopher Lee - died 6/11/15
B.B King - died 5/15/15


2014 Death Watch List Alumni:

Mickey Rooney - died 4/6/14
Ariel Sharon - died 1/11/14
Sid Caesar - died 2/12/14
Eli Wallach - died 6/24/14


2013 Death Watch List Alumni:

Hugo Chavez - died 3/5/13
Margaret Thatcher - died 4/8/13
Jack Pardee - died 4/1/13
Ed Koch - died 2/1/13
Jack Klugman - died 12/24/12
Helen Thomas - died 7/20/13
Nelson Mandela - died 12/5/13
Joan Fontaine - died 12/15/13
Mikhail Kalashnikov - died 12/23/13


2012 Death Watch List Alumni:

Dick Clark - died 4/18/12
Ernest Borgnine - died 7/8/12
Etta James - died 1/20/12
Celeste Holm - died 7/15/12
Phyllis Diller - died 8/20/12
Ray Bradbury - died 6/5/12

Added Buzz Aldrin

Jonny Depp's been looking bad.

Lena wrote: "Jonny Depp's been looking bad."

Added!

BTW, speaking of looking bad...have you seen this unintentional PSA against plastic surgery....Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne:

I think Bill Clinton might be up for an "accident" or heart attack.

Oh my. The seem to have been cut by the same knife. Could there be any faker stranger nose? Plastic surgery nose is so much obvious and unattractive.

I'll go out on a limb again and say Lindsay Lohan goes completely off the rails this year.

jennbunny wrote: "I think Bill Clinton might be up for an "accident" or heart attack."

Added at lucky number 13.

I have a feeling a few more Clinton associates may also have untimely deaths this year.

Joan Rivers should be on an alumni list, her I miss.

Lol Jennbunny, guess Melania is not long for this world either. I wouldn't give her longer than 3.5 years. Tragic, tragic, tragic...

Lena wrote: "Joan Rivers should be on an alumni list, her I miss."

Joan Rivers died in 2014 and we didn't have her on our 2014 list. You win some. You lose some.

Don Rickles
Charles Manson
Hal Holbrook

Justin wrote: "Don Rickles
Charles Manson
Hal Holbrook"

All good adds and all holdovers from the 2016 list. Maybe we will have better luck in 2017.

Beverly Cleary is 100 . . . so . . .

Also - does Jerry Lee Lewis count with Jerry Lewis?

I'm going with 102 yo Norman Lloyd again this year.

And I think the stress of having to give up his businesses (if indeed he really does) and having to deal with the actual stresses and hard work of the presidency will do in Trump.

Matthew wrote: "Beverly Cleary is 100 . . . so . . ."

Matthew wrote: "Also - does Jerry Lee Lewis count with Jerry Lewis?"

Added and added, just in case. Need to make sure we have all of our Lewises covered.

WendyB wrote: "I'm going with 102 yo Norman Lloyd again this year.

And I think the stress of having to give up his businesses (if indeed he really does) and having to deal with the actual stresses and hard work..."

Added Lloyd and am avoiding the other. Don't know the legal ramifications of including either a sitting president or president-elect on this type of list and really don't care to find out. I've avoided any contact with the Secret Service for the first 48 1/2 years of my life and that's a streak I would like to continue. LOL!

Warren Buffett
Rupert Murdoch

You won't touch Trump so I figure some of the other old rich white guys were ripe for the picking lol.

Justin wrote: "Warren Buffett
Rupert Murdoch

You won't touch Trump so I figure some of the other old rich white guys were ripe for the picking lol."

I'll match your Buffet and Murdoch and raise a George Soros...THE trifecta of rich white guys if it goes down.

I understand, Ken.
I think everyone understands this list isn't about encouraging harm to anyone or wanting someone else to do harm to anyone else. It's simply about who we think the Grim Reaper might have his eye on.

Tommy Lasorda

Fair enough, The Trifecta is in place.

I'll raise you the Koch Brothers to hope for a better solar powered tomorrow.

WendyB wrote: "Tommy Lasorda"

That's the first surprise for me on this list. I honestly believed he died a few years ago. Added!

Lena wrote: "I'll raise you the Koch Brothers to hope for a better solar powered tomorrow."

Added! But, not to seem we have anything against rich white guys, I'm adding Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi, born 1920.

Sidney Poitier

Lena wrote: "Sidney Poitier"

Another add from the 2016 list. Guess who may not be coming to dinner!

Since I'm listening to Carol Burnett's autobiography:

Tim Conway

(I hope I'm not jinxing him.)

Char wrote: "Since I'm listening to Carol Burnett's autobiography:

Tim Conway

(I hope I'm not jinxing him.)"

Awwww! The other half of the Apple Dumpling Gang. Don Knott's died in 2006, back when we had decorum and before the Death Watch List.

Lyle Waggoner? (I can't believe he's still alive too!)

I am surprised about Tim Conway - he is one that I thought passed years ago.

Max Baer, Jr
I think he's the last remaining cast member of The Beverly Hillbillies. I still love that show.

Char wrote: "Lyle Waggoner? (I can't believe he's still alive too!)"

Added!

WendyB wrote: "Max Baer, Jr
I think he's the last remaining cast member of The Beverly Hillbillies. I still love that show."

Yep! Added!

Buddy Ebsen - Jed Clampett - died July 6, 2003
Irene Ryan - Granny - died April 26, 1973
Donna Douglas - Elly May - died January 1, 2015

Guess Baer inherited all the Clampett millions. So this goes with the rich white guys theme we have running this year.

oh geez. i'm going to have to rack my brain.

Barbara Bush

Lena wrote: "Barbara Bush"

Added! Also adding HW...he probably should have been in the top ten.

To counterbalance, I hope Michael Bublé's son lives.

Jim Nabors

Char wrote: "Jim Nabors"



I thought he was already dead.

I nominate Dave Strader. He's one of the play by play guys for the Dallas Stars who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer which is apparently treatable, but not curable. Wikipedia states the prognosis generally is 6 months to 5 years.

I hope he doesn't go, but aggressive cancer doesn't really bode well.

Mary Tyler Moore?

Myst wrote: "I nominate Dave Strader. He's one of the play by play guys for the Dallas Stars who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer which is apparently treatable, but not curable. Wikipedia states ..."

Added! Help keep up with that one. He may not be a headliner.

Tom wrote: "Mary Tyler Moore?"

Added! Another holdover from 2016.

Also added Ed Asner.

Just because I feel it may come and if he doesn't get it together......Kayne West

JaeRavenClaw wrote: "Just because I feel it may come and if he doesn't get it together......Kayne West"

Agreed! Added!

Mick Jagger
Stan Lee

And I'm having trouble saying it, but Gord Downey, since he has terminal brain cancer.

Kayne has lost all his marbles. I'd be surprised if he made it another year.

Mixofsunandcloud wrote: "Mick Jagger
Stan Lee

And I'm having trouble saying it, but Gord Downey, since he has terminal brain cancer."

He's seemingly doing better than someone I knew. Of course the person I knew wasn't treated well by their gf (she didn't refill necessary prescriptions! and she acted like he should be able to cook for/get meals himself when he was 3/4 blind and could hardly move 20 feet without needing to sit down). But he was also stage 4 when diagnosed...

jennbunny wrote: "Kayne has lost all his marbles. I'd be surprised if he made it another year."

It's those Kardashians, them girls can mess with a guy's head.