The DeathList 2022

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2020 holds the current record of 20 deaths

Here is DeathList 2022. This is a list of 50 celebrities chosen by the DeathList committee, before the start of the year, for the fact they may die in 2022. The concise summary of the DeathList rules: Candidates must be famous enough such that their death is confidently expected to be reported by the UK media; Candidates cannot be famous solely for the fact they are likely to die imminently and only 25 candidates can reappear from the previous year’s list. After the record-breaking year of 2020, DeathList 2021 was a bit of a let-down with only 12 deaths, well short of the record of 20. Plenty of new blood on the list this year might give DeathList a much needed boost…

The 2022 List

Rank	Prev Year	Appear	Name	Age	Description
1	3	7	Dick van Dyke	97	Actor
2	13	10	Henry Kissinger	99	Diplomat
3	10	4	Angela Lansbury	97	Actress
4	11	6	Bob Barker	99	The Price is Right
5	12	4	Alan Greenspan	96	Economist
6		1	Nigel Starmer-Smith	78	Rugby Commentator
7	6	3	Loretta Lynn	90	Country singer
8	14	4	June Brown	95	Eastenders Dot Cotton
9	15	7	Jimmy Carter	98	Ex US President
10	22	5	Tony Bennett	96	Crooner
11	24	4	Dick Cheney	81	Politician
12	25	4	Queen Elizabeth II	96	Queen
13	26	4	Harry Belafonte	95	Singer
14	36	3	Mel Brooks	96	Comedian / Director
15		2	Mikhail Gorbachev	91	Former Soviet leader
16		1	Sir Bobby Charlton	85	Footballer
17		2	David Attenborough	96	Broadcaster and Natural Historian
18	5	5	Emperor Akihito	89	Japanese Emperor
19	16	7	Leslie Phillips	98	Comedy Actor
20	23	2	Rosalynn Carter	95	Ex- FLOTUS
21		3	Sandy Gall	95	TV news reporter
22		1	Desmond Morris	94	Zoologist
23		1	Ted Kaczynski	80	Unabomber
24	39	3	Jean-Marie Le Pen	94	French Neo-Nazi
25		1	Estelle Harris	94	Actor
26		1	James Whale	71	Broadcaster
27		2	Cleo Laine	95	Jazz Singer
28		1	Bill Turnbull	66	TV Presenter
29		2	Jerry Lee Lewis	87	Rocker
30	17	3	Jacques Delors	97	French Politician
31		1	Denis Law	82	Footballer
32	20	6	Prunella Scales	90	Sybil Fawlty
33	40	3	Sidney Poitier	95	Actor
34	42	2	Burt Bacharach	94	Singer Songwriter
35	45	3	Stanley Baxter	96	Comedian
36		1	Robert Durst	79	Jinxed Murderer
37		1	Noam Chomsky	94	Intellectual
38		1	Bill Treacher	92	Eastender Arthur Fowler
39		1	Norman Tebbit	91	Politician
40	19	3	David Crosby	81	Crosby, Stills and Nash
41		1	Pelé	82	Footballer
42		1	Michael Gambon	82	Actor
43		1	Douglas Hurd	92	Politician
44		1	Silvio Berlusconi	86	Former Italian Premier
45		1	Marianne Faithfull	76	Singer
46		1	Milan Kundera	93	Author
47		1	Linda Ronstadt	76	Singer Songwriter
48		1	Jean-Luc Godard	92	Movie Director
49		1	Joss Ackland	94	Actor
50	48	4	Shane MacGowan	65	Pogue

Latest News

4th April 2022

June Brown Bread

June Brown, better known as Eastenders’ Dot Cotton, has passed away at the age of 95 to provide DeathList 2022 with a quick follow-up. Brown’s acting career began in the early 1970s with a series of small parts in British TV shows. It wasn’t until 1985 that she made her big breakthrough, landing the role of Eastenders launderette attendant, Dot Cotton, mother of the evil Nick Cotton. Dot Cotton went on to become a household name, involved in endless implausible storylines, eventually leaving the show in 2020. Brown was making her fourth appearance on the list, this year selected at number 8.

4 appearances: 2022 (8), 2021 (14), 2019 (21), 2018 (36)

4th Death
Age: 95, Eastenders Dot Cotton, Cause of death: TBA
3rd April 2022

Mrs Potato Dead

Comedy actress, Estelle Harris, has passed at the age of 93. Harris was born in 1928 and started to make a number of low-key appearances in TV commercials and shows in the 1980s. In 1992 she landed the role for which she became famed, Estelle Constanza in the highly successful TV show, Seinfeld, playing George Constanza’s short-fused mother. After the end of Seinfeld in 1998, Harris continued to be active in TV and movies, including many voice roles. In 1999 Harris voiced Mrs Potato Head in Toy Story 2, a role she reprised in the subsequent Toy Story movies. Harris was making her first appearance on the list, selected at number 25.

1 appearance: 2022 (25)

3rd Death
Age: 94, Actor, Cause of death: Natural causes
10th January 2022

Ashes to ashes, Durst to dust!

Robert Durst, the recently convicted murderer, has quickly brought his full life prison sentence to an end, passing away from a cardiac arrest. Durst was a multimillionaire real estate heir, although had little involvement with the family business, the Durst Organization. Durst shot to fame when he was the star of an HBO Documentary “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst”, which set out to explore the terrible series of misfortune that had followed Durst since the sudden disappearance of his wife in 1982. In 2000, Susan Berman, Durst’s friend was mysteriously gunned down in her home. In 2001, misfortune struck again, when an elderly neighbour of Durst’s disappeared and turned up dismembered, floating in a nearby bay. In 2010 Durst contacted movie director Andrew Jarecki inviting him to interview him about the misfortunes he had suffered. The series was shown in 2015. In the final interview with Durst, while alone in a room with his microphone still on, Durst appears to admit to the murders. Durst was arrested and tried in 2021 for the murder of Susan Berman. He was found guilty and sentenced to life. During the trial, Durst’s health deteriorated including a bout of Covid-19. Durst was making his first appearance on DeathList, lasting just 10 days at number 36.

1 appearance: 2022 (36)

2nd Death
Age: 79, Jinxed Murderer, Cause of death: Cardiac Arrest
7th January 2022

Poitier not coming to dinner!

Sidney Poitier, pioneering black actor, has kicked off DeathList 2022 with a bang, passing at the age of 94. Poitier’s movie career started in 1950 and developed through the next two decades with his most famous appearances being in To Sir, With Love, In The Heat of the Night and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, all roles addressing racial issues. In 1964 he became the first black actor to win an Oscar for a leading role in Lilies of the Field. In the 1970s Poitier became a director, his most well-known work being Stir Crazy starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. In 2002 Poitier was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his contribution to American cinema. Poitier was making his third appearance on DeathList, this year at number 33.

3 appearances: 2022 (33), 2021 (40), 2019 (36)

1st Death
Age: 95, Actor, Cause of death: Natural Causes