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Fucking fuming. I've done Whammageddon totally organically this year, not taken any precautions and left it up to chance. I've been in supermarkets, I've heard bits on the radio, I've run the gauntlet of the Christmas megamix on the parkrun boombox for the past 2 weeks and the gods have smiled on me. And how do I lose it on December 16th? Listening to commentary of Rovers match at Southampton on the radio and during the half time analysis it's playing on the PA system in the f-ing stadium!

For anyone who didn't watch Strictly final. Olly Alexander is going to represent UK in Eurovision next year.

Hello Everyone, here we are again. Time for a new round, are you up for it? Do you think we can ever surpass the score record of 1838 by DevonDeathTrip in the Death By Numbers of 2016? Well, I guess it's time you try! The general rules: Send me 50 main team names by pm or just post them in this thread, if you want, from now on until Dec 31st 2023, 23:59 GMT. You can choose one joker who gives you double points. Submission form: Just give them in the normal "First name", "Last name" format Please don't number them, don't give any added data, like birthdays. And only note their claim to fame if there might be confusion, for example: Simon Cowell (plastic surgery victim) Simon Cowell (wildlife conservator) The scoring is [year of birth] - 1900 = score. So someone born in 2001 will get 101 points in case of death You may submit the following people: living, not knowing their precise date of death (by execution, dignitas, or whatever), at least 18 years old on January 1st, 2023, and being somewhat notable. "Somewhat notable" means: they should at least be notable for something else aside from being terminally ill. "Something else" being something that has an effect on society. Terminally ill activists are okay if they've done at least something generally beneficial, a nationwide campaign, a more than just self-published book, or a notable court case. If they're only in the news because of their tragedy or because they need our sympathy I will not accept them. So no "cancer mums with cancer kids", no "terminally ill fans", no "ordinary person in a coma because of a car crash". This also counts for brothers/sisters/children of notable people - unless they are so notable that every relative is also notable by default, like the House of Windsor, or maybe the Bush family. Unfortunately, it is me who will decide if the person is famous enough. Previous BBC coverage will usually convince me. Also, please, no football player in a non-professional league, who is totally obiting only because of tragedy, and not because the club just so happens to also have a wikipedia page - or any other name that kind of exploits the rules, like Dave Marsh. Anybody that gets rejected in the DDP would also be rejected here! Sometimes maybe after the game even starts. However: "Oldest Person of XYZ" will always be allowed - even a completely irrelevant person (in the grand scheme of things) will be accepted if they are the oldest person of their country, or last survivor of World War II, Korean War, etc... Usually those people do not give many points, but maybe 5 pts is better than zero? Often, they are also of a certain "historic relevance", you know President Tyler's grandson, and such. Anyway, I will allow them. You can submit up to 10 substitutes. It was a little stressful for me to ask for substitutions in case of disqualifications. So, if you think that some of your names stretch the fame definition, just put in some more subs. I will make use of them automatically. Once you have submitted your team, it's the final submission. Substitution phase: Up until the beginning of the 1st of July 2024 GMT you may switch 5 old people still alive for 5 new ones for whom all the above rules also apply. You can make use of the 5 substitutions whenever you like, until July starts. But once you decide to switch out picks, they cannot score anymore. And the new names cant score before 1st of July, so ideally you'd want to keep that window as small as possible, but we know that life sometimes gets in the way. When is a hit a hit: If the person permanently dies in 2024 (GMT!) and their death gets noticed in written form by qualifying media outlets within 2024 or the first seven days of 2025. The QO rules are: Everything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool 2024 plus The New York Times. Your host: I will also submit a team and will do so below before Christmas and hide the names with "XXXXX XXXXX" and reveal them on January 1st. Main reason for not already submitting right now is that I want to avoid the situation of 2019, when I ran out of subs and then filled the gaps with "new" names. I will also make use of the substitution window, but only use 2 names. After all, there's always a pretty broad consensus of a couple of names (example 2019: Ivan Milat, Michael Sleggs, Tom Long), so I wouldn't steal anyone's names by picking those who are universally known anyway. Also, I will substitute comfortably before the end of the deadline, so you can see my two names. I will not read your submission emails until January 1st (I think you can check that) to prevent the impression that I might take a name from your posts for other deadpools. So if I'm unsure about a name of yours, I will talk to you in the first week of January. If you post your team right in this thread, you save me some work but also give away names. If you pm me, please make sure that I know what the mail is about in the header "Death By Numbers", "Team submission" or something like that. If you have other questions, you can also ask in this thread! Players: gcreptile Baby Blue Lady Fiona Caleb H The Immortal ThereWillBeDeaths7 Yorkshire Banker Diego DeathBecomesThem Imelda The Unknown Man Hell The old lady John Key Charles De Gaulle TQR arghton Cpt. Hemlock Bibliogryphon Great Uncle Bulgaria Thatcher Death Impends Gooseberry Crumble Young Willz Liz Lemon RadGuy Book The Old Crem Predictor msc Etushipushingupdaisies Toast Sod's Law Torva Messor The Daredevil Mr. Wonderful MariNisia chileanway Salmon Mousse Banana Perhaps Cpt. Chorizo An Fear Beag wannamaker Buffalo Phil Sean Funeralopolis Wormfarmer Pedro67 tracy Summer in Transilvania Annami

Mod preview is a bastard, innit?

Lead singer of a band popular with young people, m'lord. Also toured Europe and had chart success elsewhere on the continent which is unusual for a 20th century UK Eurovision pick.

16/12/23 19:08 hrs 28 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 24 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York  23 Wizzard — I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day +4 22 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 20 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 19 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 18 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 13 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride  11 Bing Crosby — White Christmas -6 11 Wham! — Last Christmas 

Of course he is, because I didn't pick him either

12/16/2023 37 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John  33 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ -2 30 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me +3 29 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man 27 The Allisons — Are You Sure 25 John Leyton — Wild Wind +1 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 18 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 16 Billy Fury — Jealousy 15 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe 14 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — A Voice In The Wilderness -4 13 Johnny Preston — Cradle Of Love

Actually Hollywood Reporter typically gets covered by Yahoo.

Emir Nawaf of Kuwait has died aged 86. Obituaries: BBC, Metro, Daily Mail, Guardian

Previous post: Following post: 20 + 1 = 21 Corrected list (with my points): 16/Dec/2023 38 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 33 Percy Faith — Theme From ‘A Summer Place’ -3 32 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 28 John Leyton — Wild Wind 26 The Allisons — Are You Sure 22 Ricky Nelson — Hello Mary Lou / Travellin’ Man +2 21 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Because They’re Young 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — A Voice In The Wilderness 17 Johnny Preston — Cradle Of Love 16 Bobby Darin — Lazy River +2 16 Duane Eddy & The Rebels — Pepe 15 Billy Fury — Jealousy 12 Elvis Presley — A Mess Of Blues 00 Adam Faith — Someone Else’s Baby -3

Various high strength Christmas themed guest beers in a local pub - can't remember their names, and can't be bothered to head back to the bar to find out. Incidentally one of my former DDP joker picks in in here too. Still very much alive, but he has crashed out of the Isle Of Man TT twice, so it's only by luck that he's still here at all!

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I considered her a couple of years ago. It seems she was a couple of years older than her Wiki suggested.

Joss Ackland was a first hit for @Youth in Asia but puts @Handrejka only needing Clive Revill to win from One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing

We're talking about the nickname of some old dude. Bit strong?

Actress Anne Orwin (IMDb) most well known for playing Lou Gallagher on Byker Grove reported dead on October 8th.

I can't read 'liver cancer' without hearing it in the voice of Al Pacino as Roy Cohn in Angels in America.

His last drag.

Hitler was outraged to learn of the death of Bruno Ganz on this day last year, aged 77.

No more smiles for Nat King Cole on this day 55 years ago, aged 45.

René Descartes stopped thinking on this day 370 years ago, aged 53.

Actir Bryan Mosley who played shopkeeper Alf Roberts in Coronation Street died on this day in 1999 aged 67 just six weeks after his long serving character left the tv soap.

On this day 18 years ago in 2002 Princess Margaret, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth the second, died aged 71.