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Well, that's that. The 2019 HPDP has officially closed, and it was a rousing victory for @theoldlady. Order is everything in the HPDP. A lot of canon names last year either died much earlier or much later than most teams were expecting them to. Thus whereas a lot of teams disrupted their victory plans by picking Fatima Ali super low while placing Ricksen or Blanco in pole position, theoldlady proved lucky in avoiding many of these names. Instead she cobbled a victory through Shivakumara Swami (has it really been nearly a year since he died? It feels like just yesterday we were all marvelling at his indestructibility...), Peter Tork, Le Duc Anh, Tim Conway, Robert Mugabe, Jose Jose, and Leah Bracknell. All these hits carried at least 35 base points, and four of them had bonuses attached. Early on Lord Fellatio Nelson dominated the scoreboard with the jackpot hit of Carol Channing. However he would only have one further hit with Mugabe much later in the year. The early wipeout of Kaye Ballard and some canon names (the foodie trio and McGahan) swept msc into the lead, which he held on to until Tim Conway saw theoldlady scrape the top. For several months yet, it looked like either one could win, with msc getting his lead back after the July deaths of Arte Johnson and Johnny Clegg. But theoldlady returned to the lead for keeps with Robert Mugabe's death, and fortified her position with Jose Jose and Leah Bracknell. The 13th place boost of 50 points is delivered to markb4. For the unusual team bonus, Joemoneypenny gets 30 points with his intriguing assemblage of decrepit moguls, fashion designers, and Nicole Kidman. Congratulations to theoldlady! 1. theoldlady 363 2. John Key 277 3. RadGuy 264.5 4. msc 262 5. the_engineer 253.5 6. CaptainChorizo 240 7. markb4 239.05 8. maryportfuncity 234 9. drol 222.5 10. Lord Fellatio Nelson 217 11. Sir Creep 216 12. gcreptile 202 13. Wormfarmer 201 14. The Old Crem 183 =15. FixedBusiness 177 =15. Pedro67 177 17. Book 169 18. Prophet 148.58 19. Sean 147 20. The Unknown Man 143 21. Toast 137 22. Skinny kiltrunner 132 23. The Mad Hatter 131 24. time 126 25. Clorox Bleachman 125 26. YorkshireBanker 118.12 27. WidowsPeak 108 28. Exu 105 29. YoungWillz 90 30. Death Impends 84 31. JoeMoneypenny 78 =32. Bibliogryphon 35 =32. nantonian2013 35 34. Torva Messor 12 =35. Deathray 0 =35. DevonDeathTrip 0 =35. Joey Russ 0

I have done the paperwork, placed those pictures in the frames and am about to close the Casino doors on 2019. Before we all leave to journey on to the Deathlist Cup however, we have some announcements. I have been unable to find any outstanding obits for the non-obiting personnel on the teams, and I haven't found any new deaths up to and including 31 December 2019 that have since been announced. You may recall that 2018 was a low scoring year. I am pleased to say that all changed in 2019, with record scores being posted. Those of us who may have scored similarly in points to last year find ourselves well down the list. That is not to say that scores could have been higher, had different choices been made. It's all very well to know someone is about to pop their clogs (or in this case, their stirrups!), but the obit requirements will find you out! Overall, play was better and of course, bonuses followed for those lucky ones whose cards were dealt by the unfortunate demise of the relevant team member. So here is the result. If you entered in 2018, your placing (out of 21 entrants from 2018) is in brackets, along with 2018's score. 1st - Captain Chorizo - 2000 Points (2nd, 980 Points) 2nd - Joey Russ - 1712 Points (7th, 647 Points) 3rd - Grim Up North - 1485 Points 4th - gcreptile - 1443 Points (13th, 500 Points) =5th - Clorox Bleachman - 1435 Points (6th, 705 Points) =5th - Death Impends - 1435 Points (1st, 1080 Points) 7th - Banana - 1069 Points =8th - msc - 930 Points (3rd, 840 Points) =8th - Sir Creep - 930 Points (8th, 631 Points) 10th - The Old Crem - 835 Points 11th - Fixed Business - 779 Points (17th, 400 Points) 12th - RadGuy -718 Points (4th, 818 Points) =13th - Sean - 710 Points (14th, 428 Points) =13th - Skinny Kiltrunner - 710 Points (18th, 225 Points) 15th - Torva Messor - 705 Points (11th, 514 Points) 16th - Yorkshire Banker - 674 Points (16th, 404 Points) 17th - YoungWillz - 613 Points (12th, 503 Points) 18th - The Old Lady - 600 Points (=9th, 515 Points) 19th - Jiroemon Kimura - 508 Points 20th - Toast - 436 Points (15th, 413 Points) 21st - Death By Arsenic - 406 Points 22nd - Great Uncle Bulgaria - 332 Points 23rd - Gooseberry Crumble - 305 Points (19th, 205 Points) 24th - Bibliogryphon - 100 Points (=9th, 515 Points) Congratulations to Captain Chorizo, so confident of victory he didn't even convert his Joker for more points. He joins two time previous winner Death Impends in the Cavalcade Hall of Fame. Our two time toilet hanging picture Joey Russ takes the silver. I'm guessing taking folk out of your subs and putting them on your team worked this year? Grim Up North who didn't even enter last year takes the bronze. In a game like this to have so many ties for positions is extraordinary. Special mention for Banana reaching a top ten position in a rookie year, and pat on the back to gcreptile as most improved. Now normally the picture in the casino toilets is decided by the foolishness of misplacing personnel on your subs bench and cutting your own throat. However, what cannot be ignored is the fact that one player had FIVE main team members who did not obit, more than anyone else, and by jingo, if they had it would have been a damn close run thing. So, Sir Creep's picture is placed above cubicle three in the gents, thus relieving Joey (see what I did there?) of an undeserved hat-trick. If you can all join and I'm willing, see you when the Casino 2020 opens later in the year. It's been fun!

No more final twists and turns in this game. Death Impends wins the Death By Numbers 2019, congratulations!!

The musical icon that is Dame Shirley Bassey celebrates her 83rd birthday today!

Daily Mirror have run with it. https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-upstairs-downstairs-star-christopher-21236647

17-year-old on your Derby Dead Pool team? Disgusting. Depraved. Consider psychiatric help you fucking freak. Absolutely no place for that kind of sick fucking shit here. 18-year-old on your Derby Dead Pool team? MAXIMUM POINTS, BABY! YEAH! WORTH FOUR SUPERCENTENARIANS! SNATCH THOSE 12 POINTS OUT OF THAT DEAD TEEN ASS! CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THESE HOT YOUNG TUMOURS! ALL GROWN UP!

Re 2021 deaths - on their current disappointing form I think we should consider ALL the low hanging barrel scraper picks languishing on the under-performing Deathrace. I can only apologise to sponsors and avid television viewers for this appalling failure to deliver fucking good fun! We're on it, or summat

Addendum while I'm locking up. I'm rather proud that this pool has never had a player end up with a zero, every player who has entered has scored every year. Well done!

Side note: As the admins haven't bounced this thread out, I'm assuming that this may be considered as a bonafide pool, meaning it could be the ripest plum out there to get your name in the HOF! There are only 8 mourners ( again, using the local vernacular) registered. How hard could it be to pull off a win in the inaugural running?

Whoa, there's a 13th place bonus? Thanks @Death Impends!

Apparently I made an account years back and have a team I don’t remember making at all. Anyways, count me in (I think I found your pool, but if not always good to send an invite).

Think I'll give this a whirl, will try to set up an account by the weekend

Ugly Betty Creator Silvio Horta found dead in an apparent suicide.

So is Jerry Lawler or Prince Andrew a secret DDP Player?

I can tell you that Vera Miles is not unique. She's on my Hitchcock theme team.

So - continued random Googling has drawn a second day blank regarding point-scoring death. Or am I wrong? Here's a pleasant photo of Beverley Cleary (b. 1916 and still breathing)

Prozac Nation is quite possibly the most insufferable book I've ever read. Still, sad news. Didn't know she was ill.

Joan Eileen Hocquard along with Bob Weighton are now the joint oldest living people in the UK at 111 years and 284 days

MEPs famous for stuff other than MEPing? Reinhold Messner was an MEP for the Italian Green party in the 90s.

I bet no one knew him when he was an MEP.Most people cant even name their current MEP.If pointless did a MEP question at the moment only Nigel Farage Ann Widdecombe Richard Tice and Annunzuara Rees Mogg wouldn't be pointless answers I reckon..MostMEPs wouldn't get recognised in the street even nowadays let alone before the Referendum

Reynhard Sinaga: 'Evil sexual predator' jailed for life for 136 rapes The CPS described him as the most prolific rapist in British legal history" and possibly "in the world". Only 36, but could be another Richard Huckle. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50987823

Too late, the DeathList Wiki request has already been sent to be approved. https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RequestWikiQueue/10341

Three men died on Christmas Eve and were met by Saint Peter at the pearly gates. "In honor of this holy season," Saint Peter said, "You must each possess something that symbolizes Christmas to get into heaven." The first man fumbled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter. He flicked it on. "It represents a candle", he said. "Very well, you may pass through the pearly gates," Saint Peter said. The second man reached into his pocket and pulled out a set of keys. He shook them and said, "They're bells." Saint Peter said, "You may also pass through the pearly gates." The third man started searching desperately through his pockets and finally pulled out a pair of women's panties. St. Peter looked at the man with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And just what do those symbolize?" The man replied, "These are Carol's."

I think Piper's a good shout. I'd be tempted to continue Margaret Thatcher's inclusion too.

"It's three years since musician Chris Rea defied one-in-five odds by surviving surgery to remove his pancreas and duodenum (leaving him with diabetes in the process), partially cut his stomach, re-attach his intestines, draw four new bile ducts from his liver and re-site his lungs." This is a quote from a website I found.... 3 years with the insides like Frankensteins monster, he then went on to claim he has never felt better in his life... Down to 11 stone from 15 stone .... (that will be the very heavy pancreas & duodenum). I think he's a brave chappy but I do think he's living on borrowed time.... VIENNA xxxxx