The Year of Death Game

1968: Dorothy Gish, actress (Lillian’s sister)

1969: Allen Dulles, former Director of Central Intelligence

1970: Charles de Gaulle

1971: Nikita Khrushchev

1972: Igor Sikorsky, aviation pioneer

1973: Noel Coward

1974: Tim Horton

Hockey player and donut maker

1975: PG Wodehouse

1976: Paul Robeson, actor, singer, writer, and activist

1977: Tom Pryce, Formula One driver

Struck a fire marshal at high speed during a race. The marshal’s fire extinguisher also hit Pryce in the helmet. Both men were killed instantly. The (somewhat disturbing) video can be found on YouTube.

1978: Pope Paul VI

1979: Josef Mengele. Yes, he lived that long after WWII.

1980: Bon Scott

1981: Yitzhak Zuckerman, one of the last survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

1982: Ayn Rand

1983 Karen Carpenter

1984: Count Basie

1985: Rock Hudson.

1986: Christa McAuliffe
Edit: and six other Challenger shuttle astronauts.

1987: Fred Astaire