Why would he need to be alive to be in the list?Kramer can't really be alive in 2008, really. As for Hannibal, if I ever end up including it, it's a relatively simple timeline all things considered.
1952 - Hannibal Rising
1989 - Red Dragon
1990 - Silence of the Lambs
1993 - Clarice 1x01-1x13
2000 - Hannibal
Just... ignore that Clarice is supposed to be set one year after Silence of the Lambs. It's a huge fuck up.