Leaderboard

Charlotte Kretschmann turned 114 and celebrated her birthday in a restaurant. She is still in very good condition. Charlotte is the first validated supercentenarian who has reached the age of 114 in Germany. There are now 13 living114+-year-olds.

Wrong again.

Slade really did not deserve to be binned this early. But there we go. I'm not gonna demand that people stop playing or anything like that. I'm just gonna tut, as I am doing at you now, and move on.

November ahoy. Right. Actress and Brando co-star Miiko Taka was one of the very first Sayonaras of the year but went notably under the radar. When her Hollywood Reporter obit didn't translate to Yahoo, and she didn't scrape by in any of the proper QOs, I thought that was that. But doing a triple check before the year's end uncovered the above and so it is a very belated 25 sub points for JoeMoneypenny. Fast forwarding to more recent cadavers. Johnny Ruffo was a moderately popular selection in light of the downward swing in his brain cancer battle. Those feeling on top include MariNisia and The Old Crem with 35 points, msc and Perhaps with 30 points, Etushispushingupdaisies and Sean with 25 points, and BuffaloPhil the first sub likewise for 25. Mrs. Peanut herself, Rosalynn Carter was considerably less popular than her husband but was still on a few teams. All three also picked Jimmy - more on that soon? 25 points for TheDumbReaper, 10 for arghton, and a second sub hit worth 50 points ThereWillBeDeaths7. Charles Peters, the founder of US politics magazine Washington Monthly, was another John "요한" Sulu pulled straight from his elderly celebrity bible. Hot off the press are 42 points (30 base + 12 unique). Henry Kissinger needs no introduction. Paving the way for Pol Pot alone would merit the crimes against humanity bonus. Let alone installing Pinochet too. Let alone all the other countries whose innocents he decimated in the name of America being the greatest. Tuber Mirum himself gave blessing to a heftier crimes against humanity bonus specifically for Kissinger. So for ole Beelzebub here I am according a +6 crimes against humanity bonus typically reserved for war criminal US presidents. So those who gave the crane game a whirl and claw out a worthy reward are as follows: My Nixon theme team is the biggest winner with 45 + 54 = 99 points. LizLemon and Murdoc 40 + 48 = 88 points. CaptainChorizo and TheKilingTime 35 + 42 = 77 points. chilean way, Clarence, diego, and nantonian2013 30 + 36 = 66 points. and Lord Fellatio Nelson, markb4, TheDumbReaper, and Young One 25 + 30 = 55 points. Yin and yang goes, a much greater loss to the world followed Kissinger by mere hours in Shane MacGowan. The hard-living, gravity-defying Pogue grew in DP popularity recent years but remained a cult pick here, only being on one main team plus a subs bench. TheDumbReaper gains 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus) and The Unknown Man 50 for his second sub hit. In an unanimous 9-0 decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that their former justice Sandra Day O'Connor is dead. The verdict's ramifications have reverberated throughout the HPDP, with LizLemon successfully arguing the case of Reaper v. O'Connor to a total of 42 points (30 base + 12 bonus). Rounding off this update is MEP and Neil's wife Glenys Kinnock. She was a unique pick for ThereWillBeDeaths7 worth 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus). And so it's an update! DDT's eclectic ecclesiasticals are the only team left on nil points. Kissinger could well set up a riveting finale, with him boosting CaptainChorizo to second and the Kissinger+O'Connor combo taking LizLemon from midtable to fourth. At a brief glance, the chasing pack still need multiple hits to catch Reptile, but if we have a crazy December, or if a long-lost tape of Jimmy Carter Morris dancing on Hollywood Squares is uncovered, things could get spicy. 1. gcreptile 567.95 2. CaptainChorizo 473 3. Perhaps 472.95 4. LizLemon 437.7 5. markb4 432.95 6. An Fear Beag 422.95 =7. MariNisia 420 =7. Pedro67 420 9. Banana 411 10. TheDumbReaper 400.95 11. ThereWillBeDeaths7 360.82 12. msc 348.77 13. maryportfuncity 343 14. Murdoc 335.82 15. RadGuy 333.7 16. Sean 327.82 17. John Key 326.95 18. Thatcher 325 19. wannamaker 316.95 20. chilean way 309.82 21. Hell 308 22. diego 293.82 23. DeathBecomesThem 293.77 24. Great Uncle Bulgaria 286.77 25. YoungWillz 273 26. Funeralopolis 271.95 27. nantonian2013 268.27 28. Charles De Gaulle 262.77 29. Lord Fellatio Nelson 262 30. Toast 251.95 31. theoldlady 244 32. Young One 241 33. The Old Crem 233.95 34. John "요한" Sulu 231 35. The Unknown Man 225.82 36. drol 222.77 37. DeathByArsenic 189 38. Clarence 177.77 39. Book 174 40. Joey Russ 172.82 =41. BuffaloPhil 139.95 =41. justonecornetto 139.95 43. WEP 133 44. TheKillingTime 124 45. Famous6Eva 120 46. Etushispushingupdaisies 116.4 47. Death Impends 99 48. BabyBlue 95.95 49. Gooseberry Crumble 86 50. JoeMoneypenny 75 51. YorkshireBanker 61.77 =52. time 56 =52. Torva Messor 56 54. GuyFromFuture 46.82 55. CalebH 25.82 56. arghton 10 57. DevonDeathTrip 0

There is a very clear difference between Prince Philip at 98 and Dick Van Dyke at (almost) 98, though. Whilst it is true that heart disease is a large killer of old men, it's also true that those in the best shape tend to last longer. Dick Van Dyke's internal health is clearly pretty good to be able to have the level of functioning that he enjoys. Prince Philip was hospitalised several times in his later years, and looked like a zombie - he was only walking because he was too stubborn to submit to mobility support he clearly needed, and there'd have been no question of him dancing. Betty White certainly still retained all her marbles right to the end, but from what I've seen she was certainly ailing a bit physically in her latter years and I don't think it was a huge shock that she died. It's just that everyone was so hyped about her possibly reaching 100. I'd happily see DVD dropped. It would be good to see people chosen on account of their health as opposed to just their age.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora reached 41827 days surpassing Yukichi Chuganji (41826 days). Juan is now 5th oldest man ever.

Yes, deadpoolers, it’s this time again. 2023 has had departures from as sad as Tina Turner to as welcomed as Henry Kissinger, but there’s still two constants in this world: The Derby Dead Pool, and us laughing at whichever poor souls fall for Superstar Billy Graham again. Erm, okay, one constant. For 2024, @Banana and I are continuing in our previous posts. As for @gcreptile's announced retirement. We all can agree he has done a bang up job for the past four years entering the celeb deaths and sorting out bugs while never losing his trademark zen. As it stands he is still in talks with a potential successor and will remain on the committee for at least another month or so to assure a smooth transition, and we will keep you updated as that progresses. Dear Jimmy - either die in the next week, or go all the way to 2024 - love, Banana THE RULES remain the same as they have for the past few years. Be warned – Ruth Langsford mother falls afoul of our FFBI criteria. IMPORTANT REMINDER: The spreadsheet method of entry that began in 2021 remains in service. The 2024 spreadsheet, identical to the 2023 one in all but filename, can be found here. It is heavily recommended to use the spreadsheet as means of entry to reduce Banana's workload as much as possible. If you are absolutely unable to work with the Excel spreadsheet, still make sure to recheck GUN's DDP entry guide thread from 2020 to make the formatting of your email as smooth as possible.

Australian Labour politician Peta Murphy has died of breast cancer at 50: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/04/late-mp-peta-murphy-remembered-as-brave-and-loved-by-anthony-albanese-in-emotional-tribute We noted the return of breast cancer in 2019.

American rower Dick Murphy, Olympic Champion at the 1952 Games, died on 8 August aged 91.

On this day 1 year ago, American tennis coach Nick Bollettieri passes away at the age of 91.

Vincent Ball is still Carrying On and is 100 today.

Jeff Bridges is 74.

December 4th, 2023 37 Blur — Song 2 +4 25 James — Sit Down 24 Haddaway — What Is Love 24 Pulp — Common People 23 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 23 The Cardigans — Lovefool 22 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 22 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz 20 Ace Of Base — The Sign 20 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 17 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 16 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 15 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 14 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 10 Madonna — Ray Of Light 00 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake -6

December 4th 2023 32 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 30 Bing Crosby — White Christmas +4 28 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 28 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 28 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 27 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 26 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 26 Wham! — Last Christmas 26 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 25 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 25 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End  24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 24 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 24 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 24 John & Yoko etc. — Happy Xmas War is Over 23 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 23 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 23 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 23 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 23 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 22 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 22 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 22 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 22 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 21 George Michael — December Song 21 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 21 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 John & Yoko etc — Happy Xmas War is Over 20 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 20 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 19 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 19 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad 19 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews — Baby It’s Cold Outside 19 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 17 Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 17 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 17 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 16 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 15 Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas? 14 Jethro Tull — Ring Out Solstice Bells 14 Stevie Wonder — What Christmas Means To Me 11 Leona Lewis — One More Sleep 10 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 10 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 10 Kelly Clarkson — Underneath The Tree 00 Bob Dylan — Must Be Santa -6

4/Dec/2023 32 Blur — Song 2 +4 26 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 24 James — Sit Down 23 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 23 Pulp — Common People 22 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 22 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 22 The Cardigans — Lovefool 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz 20 Ace Of Base — The Sign 20 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Haddaway — What Is Love 17 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 16 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 15 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 14 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 10 Madonna — Ray Of Light 06 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake -4 06 Kris Kross — Jump -2

Don McLean thought 3rd Feb 1959 was the day the music died. Tragic though the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and Big Bopper was, this simply can't be the case; the majority of good music was made after that date. But whilst sorting through the UK 00s charts for a future KoS game, I stumbled across the actual day the music died, after realising a very sudden and as yet irrecoverable dearth of talent at a certain point. Guys, music died on 30th May 2007. It wasn't an air disaster that did it, no, it was much worse: it was the day Lee Mead off of a short lived Andrew Lloyd Webber "talent show" got to number 2 with Any Dream Will Do, dressed up in Joseph's fucking technicolour coat. Since that exact point, music has been comparably wank. It's Lloyd Webber's fault.

Mon 4 Dec 32 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 28 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 28 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 28 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 26 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 26 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 26 Wham! — Last Christmas 26 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 25 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 25 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 24 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 24 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 24 John & Yoko etc. — Happy Xmas War is Over 23 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 23 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 23 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 23 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 23 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 23 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 22 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 22 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 22 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 21 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 21 George Michael — December Song 21 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 21 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas? 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 John & Yoko etc — Happy Xmas War is Over 20 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 20 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 19 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad +4 19 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews — Baby It’s Cold Outside 19 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 18 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 17 Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 17 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 17 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 16 Kelly Clarkson — Underneath The Tree 16 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 14 Stevie Wonder — What Christmas Means To Me 11 Leona Lewis — One More Sleep 10 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 10 Jethro Tull — Ring Out Solstice Bells 10 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 6 Bob Dylan — Must Be Santa 4 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody 0 Mud — Lonely This Christmas -6 Do I spy a couple more presents under the tree?

I'm 30 and I know BB since forever. She is like a milestone of beauty and I don't know any movie she did. She's like Marilyn Monroe but not dead yet so people don't use her pics as much. I've seen girls use her as inspiration. She's just known. Deneuve is not as famous outside France and UK. She's an actress, not a symbol of something. No hate, just beaing real. My dad who loves French cinema had to think twice to remember her. BB beats CD in fame. Deneuve is like Belmondo. Famous but not a FAMOUS. Loren is a legend.

And the DL's headline could be "TV host is a ghost".

3/Dec/2023 24 Blur — Song 2 +4 22 James — Sit Down 22 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 21 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz 20 Ace Of Base — The Sign 20 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 20 The Cardigans — Lovefool 20 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 20 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 20 Pulp — Common People 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 20 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Haddaway — What Is Love 20 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 18 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 18 Kris Kross — Jump 17 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 17 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake -3 15 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping -3 14 Madonna — Ray Of Light

I think some of you are forgetting one of the forum's most famous mottos: Not everyone makes it to 100 or is beyond 100.

His music left a lasting sign of the gypsy queen in many hearts.