Age 27 – Celebrity Death Club

Anton Yelchin, 27…… Dead

The 27 year old actor, probably best known for his role as Chekov in the rebooted Star Trek movies, died in a freak accident at his home. The actor was reportedly crushed when his own car rolled into him and

Chris Rea, Die-arrhea 23rd December 2025
Talking of which, I just read that Bohemian Rhapsody was the Christmas number one in 1975 - 50 bloody years go.
Shadow Deathlist Competition 2026 23rd December 2025
Thank you for hosting again! 1) Joe Biden 2) Mel Brooks 3) Dick Van Dyke 4) David Attenborough 5) Alan Greenspan 6) Clint Eastwood 7) Joanne Woodward 8) Jesse Jackson 9) Brigitte Bardot 10) Noam Chomsky 11) Buzz Aldrin 12) Don King 13) Dan Rather 14) Sonny Rollins 15) Yoko Ono 16) Imelda Marcos 17) […]
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 23rd December 2025
23/12/25 36 The Hilltoppers - Only You (And You Alone) 26 Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad of Davy Crockett +2 24 David Whitfield - Rags to Riches 22 Rosemary Clooney - Half as Much +2 22 Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage 22 Eddie Fisher - Downhearted 21 Bill Haley & His […]
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 23rd December 2025
23/12/25 78 Starman +1 74 Life On Mars? +1 69 Space Oddity 38 The Man Who Sold The World (Live) 38 Modern Love 36 Ashes To Ashes +1 35 Heroes 34 Underground +1 33 Golden Years 33 Young Americans 33 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) -2 35 Let's Dance -2 35 China Girl -2 32 […]
Shadow Deathlist Competition 2026 23rd December 2025
1) Pete Murray 2) Diana Armfield 3) Esther Rantzen 4) Anne Vernon 5) Song Ping 6) Rudolph A. Marcus 7) Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 8) George Joseph 9) Pete Wilson 10) Bernie Ecclestone 11) Larry Silverstein 12) Vytautas Landsbergis 13) Isabel Peron 14) Maurice R. Greenberg 15) Stuart Hall 16) Rudolf Schuster 17) Wilma Tisch 18) Arthur […]
Death Anniversary Thread 23rd December 2025
Billy Barty died on this day 25 years ago, aged 76. - Barty's real name was William Bertanzetti. He started off as a child actor, appearing alongside Mickey Rooney in the Mickey McGuire shorts, before being typecast as intelligent babies due to his height of 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m). - In his later […]
The Happy Birthday Thread 23rd December 2025
Emperor Akihito is 92.
Kill or Save: The Themed Games 23rd December 2025
23/12/25 77 Starman 73 Life On Mars? 69 Space Oddity 38 The Man Who Sold The World (Live) 38 Modern Love 35 Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 35 Let's Dance 35 China Girl +2 35 Heroes +1 35 Ashes To Ashes +1 33 Underground 33 Golden Years 33 Young Americans 32 Sound & Vision 32 […]
Kill or Save: UK No.3 Hits of the 50s 23rd December 2025
23/12/25 36 The Hilltoppers - Only You (And You Alone) 24 David Whitfield - Rags to Riches 24 Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Ballad of Davy Crockett 22 Frank Sinatra - Love and Marriage 22 Eddie Fisher - Downhearted 21 Bill Haley & His Comets - Rockin’ Through the Rye +2 21 […]
Chris Rea, Die-arrhea 23rd December 2025
On this side of the pond, he is known as a one hit wonder for Fool if You Think It’s Over. The only other song of his that gets occasional airplay here is Texas, a song whose video looks a lot more like Germany than any part of the Lone Star State I have ever […]