Yeah, we’re sick. So what?

The 2002 game started on January 1st 2002 and ran until December 31st 2002. The winners were Paul Stevenson and Bethan Gostick.

The Lists

Steve Pugh

  1. The Queen Mother, 1900, royal Deceased: 30th March 2002
  2. Sir John Mills, 1908, actor
  3. Simon Wiesenthal, 1908, nazi-hunter
  4. Ronald Reagan, 1911, ex-actor
  5. Michael Foot, 1913, politician and historian
  6. Gerald Ford, 1913, ex-president
  7. Arthur C. Clarke, 1917, author
  8. Pope John Paul II, 1920, top catholic
  9. Ariel Sharon, 1928, politician
  10. Dudley Moore, 1935, actor and comedian Deceased: 27th March 2002

Paul Stevenson

  1. Queen Mother, 1900, more machine than man now Deceased: 30th March 2002
  2. Alastair Cooke, 1906, dead letter
  3. Pope John Paul II, 1920, infallible but not inanimate
  4. Ivor Cutler, 1923, bard of the clyde
  5. Atal Behari Vajpayee, 1926, Prime Minister of India
  6. Pricess Margaret, 1930, poorly royal Deceased: 9th February 2002
  7. Bobby Robson, 1933, Novocastrian manager
  8. Dudley Moore, 1935, suspiciously received his OBE mid-year Deceased: 27th March 2002
  9. Vaclav Havel, 1936, still only got one lung
  10. Osama Bin Laden, 1957, if he's still alive

Beth Gostick

  1. Sidone Goossens, 1899, very old harpist
  2. The Queen Mother, 1900, very old royal Deceased: 30th March 2002
  3. Pope John Paul II, 1920, old catholic
  4. General Pinochet, 1915, old tyrant
  5. Ted Heath, 1916, old tory
  6. Ariel Sharon, 1930, old isreali
  7. Princess Margaret, 1930, old bat Deceased: 9th February 2002
  8. Dudley Moore, 1935, old comedian Deceased: 27th March 2002
  9. Osama Bin Laden, 1957, not-so-old terrorist
  10. Holly Johnson, 1960, not-so-old looney

Michael Doherty

  1. Queen Mum, 1900, Royal gin repository Deceased: 30th March 2002
  2. Bob Hope, 1903, coffin-bound comedian
  3. Thora Hird, 1911, chair lift woman
  4. Spike Milligan, 1918, ex-goon, still funny, nearly dead? Deceased: 27th February 2002
  5. Pope John Paul II, 1920, head of a shady worldwide organisation
  6. Acker Bilk, 1929?, cancerous throated jazz musician
  7. Yasser Arafat, 1929, towel-headed hothead
  8. Princess Margaret, 1930, Royal person Deceased: 9th February 2002
  9. Boris Yeltsin, 1931, Russian Vodka memorial
  10. George "Dubya" Bush, 1946, should check what happened to all/most other US presidents elected in years ending "0"...

Chris Bell

  1. The Queen Mother, 1900, She's got to go sooner or later Deceased: 30th March 2002
  2. Katharine Hepburn, 1907, movie star
  3. General Augusto Pinochet, 1915, If natural causes don't get him, the chair will
  4. Spike Milligan, 1918, Comedian who can't remember his own name Deceased: 27th February 2002
  5. John Glenn, 1921, It could be one space mission too many
  6. Boris Yeltsin, 1931, A popular choice, with good reason
  7. Larry Hagman, 1931, Already on his second liver
  8. Alex Higgins, 1949, Snooker player with throat cancer, apparently
  9. Shane MacGowan, 1957, Singer with a soon to be non-functioning liver
  10. Holly Johnson, 1960, Frankie Goes To AIDS Clinic