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  • A correct prediction is worth 3 points
  • A correct AND murdered prediction is worth an extra 2 points, whereas suicide is worth only 1 extra,
    but the rarer public assassination gains an additional 3 points
  • Anyone popping at age 40 or under is worth an extra 3 points
  • And a Christmas Day death is worth double the points! Everyone loves Christmas Day!


  • Alphabetically, then....

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    PREDICTOR POPPER CLAIM TO FAME AGE CURRENT STATUS PTS
    Andy Tillett Sheikh Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qassimi Emir of Sharjah emirate, UAE 70 Still ruling Sharjah 0
    Kittus David Attenborough Breathy gorilla enthusiast 83 . 0
    Penfold Richard Attenborough Director and actor 86 Hospital rehabilitation after a fall 0
    Sasa Roger Bannister Fast runner 80 . 0
    Andy Tillett Roseanne Barr Pudgy comedy actress 57 Returning to primetime TV 0
    Heck Static Tony Benn Slightly leftish anti-war politician 84 Considering a political comeback 0
    Father Maurice Bilawal Bhutto Heir to corruption and assassination 21 Studying at Oxford under high security 0
    Anna-Belle Ronnie Biggs Train-robber and celebrity fugitive 80 Freed from prison [to die] 0
    Alex Osama Bin Laden Sought-after terror mastermind 52 Still making audio tapes in his cave 0
    Jeannie Honor Blackman The best-ever Bond girl 84 . 0
    Logan Steele James Blunt Suicide-inducing strummer 36 . 0
    Cate Ian Brady Moors murderer 72 Kept alive by force feeding 0
    Jeannie George H. W. Bush 41st President of the USA 83 . 0
    Sasa Fidel Castro Left-of-centre cigar lover 83 . 0
    Father Maurice Sean Connery "Bond, James Bond" 79 . 0
    Sasa Simon Cowell Music executive and entrepreneur 50 . 0
    Sasa Tom Cruise Short Scientologist 47 . 0
    Delores Wattinger Beth Ditto Fat bisexual singer 29 . 0
    Father Maurice Pete Doherty Pop druggie 30 . 0
    Kriseliz Val Doonican Cardigan-wearing crooner 83 Golfing in Spain 0
    Cate Kirk Douglas Hollywood legend 93 . 0
    Kriseliz Clive Dunn 'Dad's Army' stalwart 90 Living in Portugal 0
    Kittus Bernie Ecclestone Formula One supremo 79 Praising Hitler 0
    Kriseliz Ranulph Fiennes Toeless explorer 65 . 0
    James POPPED! Michael Foot Politician and anorak wearer 96 03/03/2010 No longer with us 3
    Jeannie Bruce Forsyth Game show host 82 . 0
    Matt 'Mad' Frankie Fraser 'Mad' gangland villain 86 Currently doing gangland tours 0
    Cate Zsa Zsa Gabor Much-married actress 93 Recent rare public sighting! 0
    Andy Tillett Manuel Uribe Garza World's fattest man 44 Got married! 0
    James Paul Gascoigne Footballer and crybaby 41 Still drinking and not fit for TV 0
    Logan Steele Girls Aloud Poptastic lady singers 00 . 0
    Anna-Belle POPPED! Jade Goody Housemate and tabloid fodder 27 22/03/2009 No longer with us 6
    Anna-Belle Reverend Al Green Soul singer and now singing reverend 63 . 0
    Anna-Belle Nick Griffin BNP bigot 51 . 0
    Alex Lewis Hamilton Fast driving world champion 25 . 0
    Kriseliz Abu Hamza Hook-handed extremist 51 Facing extradition to US 0
    Andy Tillett Hugh Hefner Dirty old man in pyjamas 83 . 0
    Delores Wattinger Ian Huntley Soham murderer 36 24/7 suicide watch 0
    Andy Tillett Elton John Bad-haired bespectacled singer 62 . 0
    Corey Earvin 'Magic' Johnson Basketball Hall of Famer 51 . 0
    Helen Louise POPPED! Senator Edward Kennedy The one who wasn't assassinated 77 26/08/2009 No longer with us 3
    Delores Wattinger Imran Khan Attractive cricketer-turned-politician 57 . 0
    Anna-Belle Kim Jong-Il Mysterious North Korean dicatator 68 Getting visits from Bill Clinton 0
    Alex Christopher Lee Vampire actor 87 Recently knighted 0
    Anna-Belle Sophia Loren Aged Italian actress 75 . 0
    Penfold Courtney Love Rock tramp 45 . 0
    Cate POPPED! Humphrey Lyttleton Trumpeter and radio show host 86 25/4/2008 No longer with us 3
    Heck Static Nelson Mandela Freedom fighter 91 "As well as anyone can expect" 0
    Heck Static Sir George Martin Beatles producer 84 . 0
    Kittus Paul McCartney Former Beatle 67 . 0
    Penfold Liza Minnelli Cabaret star 63 . 0
    Jeannie Patrick Moore Astronomer and xylophonist 86 . 0
    Sasa Robert Mugabe Unpleasant President of Zimbabwe 87 Power sharing, allegedly 0
    Kittus Leslie Nielsen Deadpan actor 83 . 0
    Penfold Ozzy Osbourne Prince of Darkness 61 . 0
    Father Maurice Peter O'Toole Hellraisin' actor 77 . 0
    Delores Wattinger Rev. Ian Paisley Very Shouty Protestant 83 . 0
    Corey Sarah Palin Moose hunter and political loon 46 Spouting right-wing drivel on Fox News 0
    Father Maurice POPPED! Edna Parker Agent of longevity 115 27/11/2008 No longer with us 3
    Heck Static Nicholas Parsons Game show host and national treasure 86 . 0
    Matt The Reverend Fred Phelps Hatemonger 80 . 0
    Heck Static His Holiness The Pope, Benedict XVI Staunch Catholic 82 Shouting down gay equality 0
    Jeannie John Prescott Politician and Jag driver 71 . 0
    Alex Prince Harry Party animal and occasional soldier 25 . 0
    Heck Static Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Tactless animal hunter 88 . 0
    Kittus HRH Queen Elizabeth II Royal waver 82 Reigning 0
    Cate Nancy Reagan Big-haired former first lady 88 . 0
    Anna-Belle Valentino Rossi Big-haired bike-racing mentalist 31 . 0
    Logan Steele Donald Rumsfeld Former Defence Secretary 77 . 0
    Matt Jimmy Savile Fixer and wearer of tracksuits 83 . 0
    Matt Carol Lee Scott Grotbags the TV Witch 65 Available on MySpace 0
    Logan Steele Ariel Sharon West Bank bulldozer 82 Persistent vegetative state 0
    Alex William Shatner Former captain with a log 78 . 0
    Matt Britney Spears Pop trailer trash 28 . 0
    Penfold POPPED! Patrick Swayze Dirty Dancer 57 14/09/2009 No longer with us 3
    Delores Wattinger POPPED! Mollie Sugden Actress 86 01/07/2009 No longer with us 3
    Corey Elizabeth Taylor Much-married diamond lover 78 Still getting over Michael Jackson 0
    Cate Margaret Thatcher Rusting Iron Lady 84 "Frail-looking" - The Times 0
    Corey Rip Torn Baddass actor 79 Being charged with 'criminal mischief' 0
    Logan Steele Archbishop Desmond Tutu South African religious midget 78 . 0
    Heck Static POPPED! Edward Upward Socialist and short story writer 105 13/02/2009 No longer with us 3
    Corey Sam Waterston 'Law & Order' D.A. actor 69 . 0
    Kriseliz Charlie Watts Rolling Stone 68 Throat cancer in remission 0
    Sasa Amy Winehouse Beehived mess 26 Newly divorced 0
    Kittus Geert Wilders Muslim-baiting Dutch politician 46 . 0
    Father Maurice Michael Winner Film director and insurance salesman 74 . 0
    Cate Norman Wisdom Unfunny, but revered in Albania 95 . 0
    Jeannie Asif Ali Zardari President of Pakistan 54 Surprisingly unassassinated as yet 0

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