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INVERSE DEAD POOL 2020 Another new year arrives, and with that comes another round of reckoning the lingering prowess of the DDP's most popular selections. Of the 16 expiries throughout 2019, drol only selected 3 and notched his second win in the process. Rules From the list of the 50 most popular DDP picks of 2020, pick a team of 25 names who you think will survive the year. Rank your list in order of least likely to die to most likely to die. Post your team in this thread. If someone dies and they are listed on your team, then you will receive points according to their position. If your #1 pick dies you'll receive 25 points, whilst if your #25 pick dies you'll receive 1 point. If someone dies and they are not on your list, then you receive no points. In case one of the names available for entry dies before the submission deadline, you are allowed to have one sub. The sub can be anyone from the top 50 or the 51st most popular name, who will be revealed alongside the top 50. The 51st name can not be part of the original 25 if no one dies. In the case of one of your original team dying pre-deadline, the sub goes into 25th place by default, but if the sub was previously the 51st, you are allowed to change the position of the new pick. If the above scenario happens, you are also allowed to name a new sub and I will reveal the 52nd most popular name. Whoever has the lowest score at the end of the year is the winner. If two or more teams are tied at the end of the year, the tie will first be decided by who has less hits. If they have an equal amount of hits, then whoever among the teams died latest in the year, and thus came closest to being a correct prediction, will decide the winner. If said name was on multiple teams in the tie, whoever had said name lowest will win. If multiple teams had said name in the same position, the second most recently-deceased name will be referred to, and so on, until a winner is found. If, by some alignment of the stars, the tie is of either no hits or of all of the exact same hits in the exact same positions, all teams in the tie share victory. Credit to Toast for inadvertently coming up with a peach of a topic description, and of course, credit to Spade for creating this wonderful game. Credit to Dead Cow for his job as previous host, laying the framework for the Inverse Dead Pool's OP, and the idea for a "dies during entry period" rule. Credit to machotrouts for the suggestion of the latest hits factoring into tiebreakers. Previous Winners 2019 - drol 2018 - machotrouts 2017 - drol 2016 - Pedro67 2015 - Death Impends 2014 - Bibliogryphon 2013 - N/A 2012 - Esturian Float 2011 - Garn2 Top 50 George Alagiah John Andretti Frankie Banali Bob Barker Susan Bayh Pope Benedict XVI June Brown Jimmy Carter Billy Connolly Olivia de Havilland Bob Dole Chris Doleman Kirk Douglas Queen Elizabeth II Paul Gascoigne Jill Gascoine Greg Gilbert Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mikhail Gorbachev Jimmy Greaves David Gulpilil Rolf Harris Terry Jones Lee Kerslake Henry Kissinger Angela Lansbury John Lewis Vera Lynn Stirling Moss Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Genesis P-Orridge Prince Philip Leslie Phillips Little Richard Michael Robinson Yoo Sang-Chul Prunella Scales Tom Smith Pat Smullen Leon Spinks Nobby Stiles Alex Trebek Jean-Louis Trintignant Bill Turnbull Dick Van Dyke Gianluca Vialli Doddie Weir Betty White Barbara Windsor #51 Sam Lloyd

I liked the one in some 80s episode. Doctor: So you escaped from the planet of evil? (Made up, I know) (X): Oh Doctor, you have been naive. And thats the entire explanation. On with the plot.

I don't think there will be a war. Iran knows they would be annihililated in no time. It is just an arrogant show of power from the US, relying on the fact there won't be actual reactions, which is probably right.

Your not....... Re - Top 10 I'd be glad if the blanks could be filled in as I think most are on here? (There's a reason mine is called Deathray's Kervorkian Clinic, if only everybody else would use the same naming convention.) Massive thanks to @Death Impends for filling in some of the blanks.... Thomas Jefferson Survives = Death Impends Pity da Foolz = Dr T Once You Go Black = An Fear Beag Carkers Convention = maryport (??) Heading Nowhere = CaptainChorizo Pan Breed = msc (??) Dead Ends = Sean the Irish Bastard John Key's Choices = John Key (see how useful this naming convention is.....) Day in the Death = Joey Russ Bucket of Blood = (A Luker, if so say hello.... ) GUN Fishing = Grim Up North (again, naming convention saved me here.....) Further down the list I see these obvious forum ones. (not paying much attention to theme teams) (not exhaustive - I may add B teams and theme teams when I can be arsed).... (12) Going Underground (14) deadsox (Deceased Hose) (16) Banana (Banana's Peel Slippers (16) Drol (Drollercoaster) (16) alt obits guy (Fade to Black) (20) The Dead Cow (Still Life) (21) gcreptile (The Love Boat) (22) GraveDanger (24) Book (2020.... No Thank You I'll Leave Before) (25)RadGuy (To Kill A Gabor Sister) (27) the engineer (Sovereign Reaper) (27) Clorox Bleachman (Bleaching the Bottom of the Barrel) (30) Cancel My Appointments (Sir Creep) (31) DevonDeathTrip (The Living End) (35) Skinny Kiltrunner (38) Eesti (DDP Tofoa) (36) FixedBusiness (Life Flies By So Fast) (42) charon (Charon's crew) (43) ethnic cleansing (Ethnic Cleansing) (52) The Unknown Man (The End of the World As We Know It) (54) Heef (The Heeflich Manouvre) (57) viGnoS (P@F Deathlist) (65) Dead Wait (67) Sean (Shaun of the Dead 69) (73) JiromeonKimura (Cancerous Hatred) (74) Wormfarmer (81) Pedro (Pedro's Catacomb Dwellers) (90) Captain Hemlock (Captain Hemlock's Twenty) (92) Toast (I'm sorry for your trouble) (100) Youth In Asia (Todays the Day the Maggots Have Their Picnic) (100) JQW (You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Dead Them) (109) Predictor (Predictor's Predictions) (113) YoungWillz (12-Lords A Leaving 8 Ladies A Dying) (116) The Old Lady (127) Windsor (Windsor the Troll) (127) The Old Crem (The A Team) (134) drunkasaskunk (146) The Mad Hatter (Twenty Little Roosters) (155) Deathray's Kervorkian Clinic (157) Blueberry Crumble (Gooseberry Crumble) (165) Phantom (Phantom's Pick and Mix) (165) Exu (Life's too short) (214) Larrd Bazaar (239) YorkshireBanker (Roasting Bodies in Redcar) (262) time (Time's up) (279) dean1991 (Curse of Fame) (299) nantonian2013 (Funeral Furore) (329) Spade Cooley (Passing) (343) Mr Whit (Mr Whit's wonders) (350) Bibliogryphon (Bibliogryphon's Bookworm Food) (380) Gooseberry Crumble (I've missed your primary team let me know....) And these look as though they might be forumers? Also looks like Crowdsourced Deathlist (105) beat the actual Deathlist (176)..... If I've missed you out let me know

What every weak leader potentially threatened with removal from office does - start a war. Get the plebs flag-waving, kill some of your military for the greater good, drag your allies along for the ride. However. Do the American people really want another involvement in a far off sandy land, possibly locked in to more terrorism on US soil? Given European leaders are at odds with Trump on the Iran deal, will they get involved? You know the blibbering numpty in Number 10 more likely to agree to anything the US does (hostage to Brexit/US trade deal), and the thought of the UK becoming a proxy battleground for this insane move is very worrying indeed. This is 10 times worse than Iraq. Maybe 100 times worse. Welcome to the 2020s.

I"m assuming that was a smarmy smart ass response. And assuming that, I like you John Key.

It would have ruined the 90's and 100's club they've got going on

I saw the special. Did not really say anything new about his illness (though for now, he still has days where he's well enough to do roof work), but the behind-the-scenes looks at Jeopardy itself were quite fascinating. It had some neat trivia, such as a look at the very first person to win on Trebek's Jeopardy, and that Merv Griffin composed the theme on a piano that once belonged to Marlon Brando.

Shadowy List for a Shadowy Planet 2020 or: hombres de sombra veinte veinte Alex Trebek Anton Coppola Barbara Walters Bert I. Gordon Betty White Beverly Cleary Bob Barker Bob Gibson Boris Pahor Chris Doleman Clarissa Eden David Gulpilil Diana Serra Cary Fay Vincent Genesis P-Orridge George Alagiah Gianluca Vialli Harry Reid Hugh Downs Jean-Louis Trintignant Jimmy Carter John Andretti John Lewis John Prine Joyce Randolph Kirk Douglas Kane Tanaka Larry King Lawrence Ferlinghetti Leon Spinks Mikhail Gorbachev Norman Lear Norman Lloyd Olivia de Havilland Peter Tobin Prince Philip Qaboos bin Said al Said Sultan of Oman Ray Anthony Reneé Simonot Robert Marchand Roger Angell Rosalynn Carter Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sumner Redstone Susan Bayh Terry Jones Toko Shinoda Vera Lynn Walter Mirisch Willie Nelson

If we go "by statistics" though she cannot die at the age of 118 because nobody in history ever did.

Also Rosalynn Carter should have been on the list.

No, he won't 1. He's almost 5 years older 2. He's been in the hospital far more often 3. Her mum made it to 101. 4. He's a man

McCartney has years left in him - I don't see him going this decade and I wouldn't be surprised if he makes 90. 2022 is ridiculous. (Hi this is my first post after lurking on here for about a decade and going down in my friends estimations when I tell them about my fondness for this site)

I checked again and apparently even Rose Kennedy didnt live to 105, she just didnt die the year she turned 104. Brooke astor is truly the only one to live till 105, with Oscar Niemeyer making it to 10 days short of his 105th. Since Douglas' is only turning 104 in December tho he might just barely make it.

The new series was preachy shit which spent more time tut tutting at the British Empires wrong doings ( like we didn't fucking know already) than doing what Dr Who used to do so well, entertain us with Daleks, Cybermen and that utterly filthy Camille Couduri. That's the Beeb all over, bunch of preachy left wing cunts that are so far off of the pace it is embarrassing. We just wanna be entertained FFS!!!!!!! The fact that there are so many bastard Star War films to choose from says that the owners of the franchise milked it considerably more than even you have done with your cock. I'd even go as far to say that you cock is probably more entertaining, well a sock told me it was.

Would you prefer we did some chatting about good old Doctor Who? The new series is an improvement after all, hang on i'll go and bump that thread the Who haters started.....

Provisionally @John Key gets another line in the hall of fame for the Hares Death Pool but as you'll well know by now we don't shut shop up for the late arrivals until 2359 on the 7th Jsniary - and things are very tight at the top this year.

TMZ refutes: https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/02/ozzy-osbourne-not-on-deathbed-health-rumors-sharon/

Bill Gates' old man? Weak.

Ok, it's my annual look at each person on the list that people seem to enjoy for some reason: Prince Philip: We all saw his recent hospitalisation, and then his photos after. Nosferatu was offering him health advice. His ability to bounce back is not in question, but he clearly is in the winter of his lifetime now, and I feel he’s going to struggle to get through this year intact. Kirk Douglas: Still alive, somehow. 104 now. Surely this is his year now? See what I said last 4 years… Olivia de Havilland: Healthiest 103 year old in list history? Vera Lynn: Somehow made it to 102 despite being frail for years. She rarely makes it out now (despite winning a gin legal case last year) but a rare appearance last summer had her looking like a sneeze could finish her off. Daniel Arap Moi: if Drol thinks a dictator is fucked, they must be really ill! Has been in hospital for months and even on life support, so likely not one to last too long on the DL. Dick Van Dyke – Super healthy, presumably the Cmme are huge fans. Javier Perez de Cuellar – Super dull, could go today or in 5 years. Akihito: Retired and ill but in no rush, think they dropped the wrong retired world leader tbh. Pierre Cardin: Super old designer is super old. Bob Dole: So in 2012, Inouye died and Bob Dole looked on his last legs. In 2018, Bush Sr died and Dole looked even more on his last legs. IN 2019 he got made an honorary Colonel and looked even worse. How is he still alive? This has to be his year. Murray Walker: OoO says hes starting to notable age, but Walker smashed cancer in his 90s, it’ll take a lot to get rid of this legend. Leon Spinks: I can understand the pick but with low level cancer, the hospital trip will end with him a hit by February or surviving the year. Betty White: On till she drops, she looked frailer in 2019, but that’s by Betty White standards, not normal humans. Angela Lansbury: Big fan of the great Angela returning. She still seems to be well, but we take many similar names for granted in recent years. Bob Barker: Seems to have bounced back from that hospital spell in 2018, but is getting up in age. And he had two falls in 2019 so is clearly getting up in frailty too. Alan Greenspan: The Deadly Doug of this year. So pick him in 2021 when they drop him. Henry Kissinger: Still jetsetting, still fat as hell, still opinionated, but 97 this year so time must surely be up eventually. Jimmy Carter: Been in hospital for a variety of worrying ailments in 2019 (the fall/brain bleed for example) – hes clearly starting to tire out and could well struggle to see out 2020. Also hes well past the expiry date for Presidents now. Valery d’Estaing: Old French leader, on till he drops, still out and about though. Honor Blackman: Aging actress, she made a bounce back from serious ill health a decade ago but now is quite quiet. Leslie Philips: Increasingly frail and quiet comic who has somehow made it to 95 despite looking on last legs most of the last decade. Tony Bennett: Cancelled some gigs last year due to ill health, the most interesting health update for Bennett in 60 years… Harry Belafonte: Frail and aging singer/civil rightd activist. Didn’t seem to say much publicly when some of his collaborators died in 2019? Nobby Stiles: Gravely ill with cancer and dementia in 2015. Still here in 2020 and has outlived Gordon fn Banks, Ray Wilson and Martin Peters since. Remember when there was talk of a close race between the two 1966 teams on the DDP, and it was 2-2? England are diving out in front and with the increased rapid exit strategy of the team, and Stiles long recorded terrible health, he seems good to go in 2020. Now watch Bobby Charlton die in his sleep instead for sods law. Hosni Mubarak: Dull and corrupt ex Egyptian President only on here because the Cmme would like him to die. Always room for wishful thinking but he doesn’t seem in any hurry. Genesis Porridge: Terminally ill singer since 2018, her health has shown severe decline in 2019, and she is likely on the Eric Lubbock Longevity path. A great pick by the Cmme. Stirling Moss: Still a good pick to have, said OoO last year, and he knows his stuff. Moss hasn’t been seen since forced retirement in 2018, and is said to be in very bad health. Prunella Scales: Her appearance in the last Canal Journeys was genuinely jaw dropping, especially when she didn’t recognise her own son, or didn’t know who Princess Diana was. But who knows with dementia, eh? Desmond Tutu: In and out of hospital and feels on the long road to heaven, but made of stern stuff clearly. Jacques Delors: Bit worrying most Brits only know him via a 30 year old Sun headline. Clearly famous, clearly old and the Europeans say this is a good pick, so I bow to their knowledge. Willie Nelson: Struggling to breathe at recent gigs, looking frailer than a frail thing, and is so ill he gave up weed. That last bit is the most worrying of the lot! Looks on the road out. Jerry Stiller: Had a stroke last year (?) but very little news since. John Edrich: No idea why a decade after remission from cancer, the Cmme went back to him. The stupid pick of the year? Nicholas Parsons was right there, guys! Bouteflika: Lots of rumours about ill health and he got forced out. Likely a good pick. Alex Trebek: What is Stage IV pancreatic cancer? He’s wombling on, but the diagnosis and the treatment failure means final Jeopardy is fast approaching. Shane MacGowan: mess ridden Pogues singer who somehow made it to 61. I’ll be gutted when he goes. Dick Cheney: Well he had a heart transplant a decade ago, and those things have about a decade on them? Could be a surprise smart pick. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: These two together is a rib, right? Relapsed pancreatic cancer, all those falls and other issues, she is in borrowed time. Hopefully not that less borrowed time, for fear of the alternative. Imelda Marcos: The “is she still alive” pick? She was meant to be frail and ill 20 years ago FFS! Maybe she wont last long… Carl Reiner: Avid tweeter and US tv legend who is now very old. He was literally on Twitter a few hours ago wishing everyone a merry new year! Lester Piggot: Dull pick, wont die. Joanne Woodward: I like this pick, her health has been rubbish for ages (end stage dementia since 2015), she doesn’t recognise her late husband – only Paul fn Newman, and the Cmme have a habit of picking folk right in the nick of time. This could well be her year. David Crosby: “In the next 2 years I’ll have a heart attack and they wont be able to save me” said Crosby in summer 2019. His heart issues are well documented, and 2020 takes up a lot of that timeline… Tom Smith: If you heard him slurring on the BBC a few weeks ago you’d think he had weeks left… Terry Jones: A sensible pick (his type of illness has a 5 year prognosis, this is year 5), but a sad pick too. Heard from folk who know him that people don’t know if its even weeks or months left for Terry now as he is on the road out. Jean Marie le Pen: Very DLy. Meant to be in frail health for years. Pervez Musharraf: Lots of ill health last year and the death sentence in his homeland wont help matters… Bill Gates Sr – Just old, but not that old, and not that famous? David Attenborough: Legend who says he hasn’t long left but hopefully was talking metaphorically. Peter Sutcliffe: So much ill health for years. Breathing issues, heart issues, diabetic complications, failing health and on a whole bunch of drugs to stay alive according to The Mirror. Could be a good call. So on the basis of that, I suggest the target for the list is 17/50 like the 2017 list. If some of the punts, and really old folk start to go, it could be a very good year indeed, but the quality of this list will out over the course of a whole year.

The Masterlist is up. We have 35 teams, which is 5 more than last time. I am still waiting for some replies to my queries, so I regard it as only 99% complete. Hopefully, there will be no more ambiguity among the submitted names. I already had some questions, there might be more incoming... But a big thanks to all for not making me veto any picks. They all look okay, or at least okay enough. Edit: Jokers are in bold. And my team is revealed name for name in the old XXXXX-ed post.

Old gal must be at least 80 now. She recently lost her husband of many years Peter MacArthur. And she looked frail on a Larry King appearance not long ago.