LINQ to OrderBy, Distinct and RemoveAll List of GameObjects

LINQ newb here, I was wondering if somebody could give me some pointers, because i have no idea what is going on.

I have a List of GameObjects and wish to sort it and remove dupes and entries which no longer exist. I can do the first two with separate LINQ statements but cannot string them for the life of me.

      //--Works
      myList = myList.Distinct ().ToList ();
      myList = myList.OrderBy (x => x.name).ToList ();
 
      //--Doesnt Work
      myList = myList.Distinct ().OrderBy (x => x.name).ToList ();
 

Now i understand that Distinct() and OrderBy() have problems with each other but apparently they should work in that order, yet they dont. Further to that i cant get RemoveAll to work whatsoever.

Anybody care to have a stab?