2020 saw the demise of three out of ten from the list of notable people I thought might not see 2021. In a normal year that would be quite a respectable score. It feels somewhat surprising that it’s “only” three given the ravages of COVID-19. That must say something about statistics.
Onward to 2021 and the list for this year’s “mortality lottery” looks like this:
Deadpool 2021
- Neil Percival Young (Musician)
- Leslie Samuel Phillips (Actor & Author)
- Gina Lollobrigida (Actress, Photojournalist, & Sculptor)
- James Earl Carter Jr. (39th POTUS)
- Philip Mountbatten (HRH The Duke of Edinburgh)
- Michael Caine (Actor)
- Anthony Dominick Benedetto a.k.a Tony Bennett (Singer)
- Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (Actress)
- Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (retired prelate of the Catholic Church)
- Kenneth David Kaunda (former President of Zambia)
And the best of luck to them all.
