Let’s send her good thoughts to last at least another 15 days plus. 
That would be me. 
I’m sorry to hear that. Not only do I like her, (My husband and I have a few “our songs” and At Last is one of them) but I was thinking of her for my 2012 list as part of a “Last” theme, which i have since abandoned. I was going to keep her on my theme-less list anyway, and now it will look like a bandwagon pick.
And I. Let’s get him!
I just heard about this guy for the first time yesterday. :eek:
Of course it’s his death, would you rather he had yours?
Note to self, next year change name to AAAAMeeko
:smack:
What do you mean I already posted my 2012 list?
You can revise it you know!
Probably depends on the point swing due to their age difference 
Ah, I had Christopher Hitchens.
Closest I’ve been to Dec. 31 before getting my first points. Whew.
Mahaloth, a while back I earned the Final Hours award with my first and only celebrity death that year, on 12/27!
Yes.
I was making a comment, however implied, that the last place group has been alphabetized. Hence, I would need to change my SDMB user name, not my list.
If I were to change my list, the people I take off will croak. That’s the fastest way to assure that.
The Barefoot Diva, Cesária Évora, has passed away at 70.
An amazing voice, gone too soon.
A beautiful voice.
Former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel has died.
Ever notice that every December some Big Name Singer seems to be terminally ill?
Lou Rawls.
Aretha Franklin ( though she was ‘cured by prayer’ or , oh, I don’t know, misdiagnosed.)
And now Etta James.
There have been one or two others, but December is not a good month if you are a Legendary Singer.
Good thing I never reached “legendary” status. 
Well, if things remain as they are I will reach 13th place and get both the early kickoff award and the late score trophies in the same year, not too bad; are there others that pulled that “feat” before?
I don’t know, as I haven’t paid that close attention in past years to the extra awards.
BTW, the celebrity that came through for me was Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated.
I had him and Hitchens, both my only deaths of the year.
Eva Elvall, former Miss Venezula, dead at 28.