Is that me? I’ll take it! I can use any prize I can get.
That’s you! You want cookies?
No, thank you. I’ll just take the undying admiration of the SDMB. 
Nigel Starmer-Smith
Linda Nolan
Andy Taylor
Eleonora Giorgi
Paul John Gascoigne
Shannen Doherty
Toby Keith
Katie Micucci
Frank Caprio
Chris Evart
Bruce Willis
Eric Idle
Jonnie Irwin
Alternate:
John McVie
Happy New Year! Happy Birthday to our dearDeathMistress!
Let see if this list is better than last years …
Shannen Doherty
Linda Nolan
Steve Gleason
Jonnie Irwin
Rocket Norton
Ronnie Atkins
Erik Jensen
Celine Dion
Bobby Hehir
Jason Smith
Corey Williams
Eleonora Giorgi
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Alternates:
Maria Menounos
Noddy Holder
Jeanette Lee
Notes:
Jason Smith: Newcastle Councilor
Corey Williams: nickname: “Homicide”
Well, we have at least 10% more players than last year!
There is nothing to celebrate in 2023. I scored two, but those two were the youngest two on my list. Faye Fantarrow and Johnny Ruffo never got to live a full life.
I suspect next year I will be going for the “Quantity, not Quality” prize, as if that were not gruesome enough. “Quality,” after all, means young.
I will get the “Robbing the Cradle” prize for 2023, but when it involves a girl who died of brain cancer when her life was just beginning, it makes me wonder….
Happy New Year Everyone!!
Andy Taylor – Duran Duran drummer.
Gi’tis Baggs (Grant Littler) – former guitarist for the Go Rounds.
Jonnie Irwin – Home improvement TV host.
James Whale – TV presenter and recent MBE
Jack Hanna – Celebrity zookeeper.
Toby Keith – Red Cup afficionado
Shannon Doherty – 90210 Actress.
Erik Jensen – “The Walking Dead” actor
Sam Neill – New Zealander Actor who was not in LOTR
Rob Burrow – Former Rugby player
Theo Burrell – Antiques Roadshow (UK) Presenter
Sean Wallace – Southern University Assistant Football Coach
Bam Margera – Celebrity Skateboarder
Alternates:
Tim O’Brien – Novelist
Jeanette Lee – Pool Player
Clean List:
Andy Taylor
Gi’tis Baggs
Jonnie Irwin
James Whale
Jack Hanna
Toby Keith
Shannon Doherty
Erik Jensen
Sam Neill
Rob Burrow
Theo Burrell
Sean Wallace
Bam Margera
Alternates:
Tim O’Brien
Jeanette Lee
I will be just keeping the same random bunch of people alive in '24.
Boris Spassky
Philippe Druillet
Raúl Castro
Werner Herzog
Geezer Butler
Violetta Chamorro
Aung San Suu Kyi
Muhammad Saeed al Sahhaf
Joseph Kabila
Dalai Lama
Akihito
Gérard Depardieu
Peter Weir
Dirty list:
James Whale- British media personality
Steve McMichael- former NFL player
Michael Tilson-Thomas- conductor and pianist
Jane McAlevey- author and labor activist
Dai Henwood- New Zealand comedian
Shannen Doherty- actress
Bobby Hehir- hockey player
Princess Bajrakitiyabha- Thai royal
Linda Nolan- Irish actress and singer
Bruce Willis- actor
Neale Daniher- Australian rules footballer
Jonnie Irwin- British media personality
Nadine Koutcher- Belarusian opera singer
I’m including alternates on the off-chance any of my main-listers kick it late but don’t get reported until after midnight.
Alts
- Dame Esther Rantzen- British journalist
- Bao Xishun- Chinese herdsman, world’s tallest man
- Joan Bakewell- British media personality, member of the House of Lords
Clean list:
James Whale
Steve McMichael
Michael Tilson-Thomas
Jane McAlevey
Dai Henwood
Shannen Doherty
Bobby Hehir
Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Linda Nolan
Bruce Willis
Neale Daniher
Jonnie Irwin
Nadine Koutcher
Alts
Dame Esther Rantzen
Bao Xishun
Joan Bakewell
Happy murderin-- I mean, good luck everyone!
ISWYDT
Isn’t that against rule 7?
And we’re off. Polish politician Iwona Elżbieta Śledzińska-Katarasińska has died at the age of 82.
I was going to pick her but I didn’t know how to do those accent marks.
If the person you search is in Wikipedia you can type the name without accents, diacritical marks or whatever and the search engine usually finds the correct entry. Searching for “Elzbieta Sledzinska-Katarasinska” I am routed to:
Oh good - I’m not the only one that confuses him with Hugo Weaving. 
I was joking. I can even spell Spın̈al Tap correctly when needed.
I was going to pick Sean Wallace, but could not find a birthdate or any documentation of his age… not claiming this is an invalid pick, but I didn’t feel he passed the low bar…
Boris Spassky’s still alive? Holy cow - it’s been over 50 years since Bobby Fischer beat him for the world championship!
I thought about replacing him with Anatoly Bugorski, but he skates on the edge of being famous for being sick: he was the guy who took a cyclotron beam through the head, several decades ago.
50 years isn’t that long, Iris Cummings is still alive and she competed in the Berlin Olympics (1936)