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That's yer lot for this year. I thought there could be one more, but all of them are doing better than usual. This year has been a cosmic joke. Never had so many picks staggering on the brink of death and almost none of them oblige. Jimmy is Jimmy. DVD went from unsinkable to extremely frail in a minute. Laine is rotting. Chomsky was dead for a night. Woodward...is she even alive? Whale, Nolan have been dying for decades now. Hackman looked like he was taken from the coffin in March. Law has disappeared from the face of Earth. JMLP is still in hospital. Brokaw is wheelchair bound and decrepit. So is Tebbit. Eastwood and Scales buried their partners. Marcos got in ICU with pneumonia. Castro was rumoured dead for days. Makes no sense at all.

Hi everyone - wasn’t sure where to post this but here seems as good a place as any. After a few false alarms I am finally being made redundant on 31st December and at 56 and a half I plan to try and eke out a fun existence on what I have so unless I get bored my redundancy will double as my retirement. With incredible bad timing whilst I was planning to spend the next 10 years hiking all the Wainwrights and having a jolly good time my wife has been busy developing a heart condition - still awaiting a final diagnosis but she’ll be on meds forever by the sounds of it (she’s not obitable before @maryportfuncity asks). Anyway I’ve decided to also retire from Deadpooling and being a member on this site - get on living rather than monitoring who might be dying. I don’t think the two are mutually exclusive, I’ve had some great fun reading and posting on here but I also want to try and reduce the time I spend staring at a computer/phone and this site is definitely something that pulls me in. Somewhere on here there is a post by @Spade_Cooley that says something like ‘it won’t be the last one’ when I won the Hares Pool. In actual fact as it turned out it was my one and only. Thank you to everyone for all the wonderful posts, less so to those of you who are obsessed with old and obscure people, and also to those of you who have run the Dead Pools on here that I have very much enjoyed taking part in. I wish you all many happy years living and deadpooling until, like me, you have tired of it (deadpooling) and wish to fill your lives with something new. I’ll still be around until 19th but I won’t be entering a team in this year’s DDP - I think that site and the people who maintain it is amazing and a real labour of love. Take care you wonderful bunch of strangers! Cheers, GUN

You read that right. 30 years of the DDP. A mighty milestone few could've envisioned when it was a local 90s affair that had its own trophy. 2024, despite an overall hits tally on track to break the record, felt fairly arid on the headliner and competitive fronts, perhaps portending a mighty 2025 enema. Whatever happens, @time, @Banana and I are once again here to guide you through it... Dear Jimmy - either die in the next week, or go all the way to- wait, I wrote this before... THE RULES are near exactly what they were last time, with the only edits done being updating all instances of 2023/2024 to 2024/2025, and changing The Times' URL from .co.uk to .com. IMPORTANT REMINDER: The spreadsheet method of entry that began in 2021 remains in service. The 2025 spreadsheet, identical to the 2024 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.

5-Dec 52 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +4 38 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream -6 35 Bastille — Pompeii 30 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 27 Emeli Sande — Heaven 22 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 18 George Ezra — Paradise 16 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 12 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 06 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 

This feels like something that would find an audience here...

My own theory for the low score thus far is that Jimmy staying alive has cockblocked the List.

5-Dec 60 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 50 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 48 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 40 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 37 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman +4 36 TLC - No Scrubs 34 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 29 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully  29 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 26 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 25 U2 - Sweetest Thing 24 2Pac - Changes  24 The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl -6 21 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 21 The Corrs - What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out 20 Britney Spears - Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 20 ATB - Don’t Stop! 18 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C. - When You’re Gone 18 A1 - Everytime/Ready or Not 18 Sash! - La Primavera  16 Blockster - You Should Be

Legacy obit for American actor Bradford English (wiki), aged 82. Perhaps best known for playing John Strode in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Has an amusing death in that film.

I feel really sad. You're a very notable member, @Grim Up North, and I'll miss you a lot. Thank you for everything. I wish you and your wife the absolute very best for the future.

Always sad to see someone go, especially one who stood up for the DDP when it was needed. Take care of your loved ones, I spent a long time doing that, so with nothing to do, staring at a computer all day is all I have!! Remember, you are allowed to drop by at those quiet times and maybe give us a laugh or two. I will miss ya.

Nooooooooo! I'll miss you. But good luck, have fun and all the best to your wife.

Adieu GUN and all the best to you and your family!

Wish you all the very best, GUN. Sad to see you go.

You will be missed @Grim Up North.

All the best to you @Grim Up North You can never regret going out there and making wonderful memories with your loved ones.

@Grim Up North very very sad to see a fellow deadpooler leave. I genuinely wish you and your wife all the very best for your futures. Also I hope your wife's heart condition is nothing too serious.

Take care, Grim, best wishes to your better half and thanks for all the help.

Presque mort ! John Prescott is a hit for Commtech Sio Bibble : James Whale in and Le Pen on the sub bench LizLemon : Larry Pressler in and Isabel Peron as third sub Toast : Esther Rantzen in and Ted Turner waiting for his turn -------------------------- Carted out ! Rico Carty is a solo hit for Captain Hemlock : Gay Talese in and Dennis Prager as third sub -------------------------- Helen's Hopeless ! Helen Gallagher is a solo hit for Bobytomi : Alan Greenspan in and Charles Dolan as new sub -------------------------- Griffiths last shot ! Terry Griffiths is a solo hit for DeathBecomesThem : Mary Morello in and Ian Smith on the sub bench -------------------------- First immortal down ! Silvia Pinal is a solo hit for Captain Chorizo : Jody Gormley in and Harvey Weinstein on the sub list

Welcome to this fine competition to predict the frontpage of this site: The DeathList Prediction Game 2025! But what is it all about? It's not that hard: What do you think the official DeathList 2025 will look like? Which celebrities will be chosen by the Committee in which order? Please tell us by picking 50 celebrities listing them from No.1 to No. 50. This is the scoring system: +10 points for the exact position +5 points if the person is on the DL 2025 but 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions away from the original position +4 points if the person is on the DL 2025 but 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 positions away from the original position +3 extra points for every newcomer who also entered the DL 2025 +2 extra points for every returnee who entered the DL again +1 point if the person is on the DL 2025 but more than 10 positions away from the original position 0 points for unique picks -3 points for every pick who is not listed at the DL 2025 Please name 3 extra names/subs in order of priority. Just in case that the replacement is taken, please tell me in which (any) place the sub should be placed. The other places automatically move up or down and close the gap if necessary. The player with the most points will win the DL Prediction Game. Please send me your DL Prediction Top 50 plus 3 subs through a new PM until 30.12.2024 at 22:59 CET (mainland Europe time 21:59 GMT). All entries are welcome if they include 50 different people in a chosen order from No. 1 to No. 50 and 3 subs. Thanks for joining (again)! Hall of Fame: 2016: Book 2017: Book 2018: John Key 2019: Vaagheid 2020: TomTomTelekom 2021: Vaagheid 2022: msc 2023: The Daredevil 2024: wannamaker

28-Nov 28 The Tamperer featuring Maya- If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) 24 Stereophonics- The Bartender and the Thief +4 24 Lauryn Hill- Doo Wop (That Thing) 22 The Chemical Brothers- Hey Boy Hey Girl 22 Shania Twain- Man! I Feel Like a Woman 22 Bran Van 300- Drinking in L.A. 21 TLC- No Scrubs 21 Shania Twain- That Don’t Impress Me Much 20 Catatonia- Mulder and Scully 20 Will Smith- Gettin’ Jiggy wit It 20 Robbie Williams- Let Me Entertain You 20 Sash!- La Primavera 20 Kula Shaker- Sound of Drums 20 Lutricia McNeal- Stranded 20 Savage Garden- To the Moon and Back 20 The Corrs- What Can I Do (Tin Tin Out Remix) 20 Fatboy Slim- Gangster Trippin 20 U2- Sweetest Thing 20 Touch and Go- Would You…? 20 Bryan Adams ft. Melanie C.- When You’re Gone 20 Billie- She Wants You 20 Denise & Johnny- Especially for You 20 Blockster- You Should Be… 20 Tatyana Ali ft. Will Smith- Boy You Knock Me Out 20 2Pac- Changes 20 Whitney Houston- It’s Not Right but It’s Okay 20 Billie- Honey to the Bee 20 911- Private Number 20 Britney Spears- Sometimes 20 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe- Sun Is Shining 20 ATB- Don’t Stop! 20 A1- Everytime/Ready or Not 20 Boyzone- Every Day I Love You 20 Vengaboys- Kiss (When the Sun Don’t Shine) 17 Celine Dion & R. Kelly- I’m Your Angel 17 Will Smith- Miami 14 Five- Got The Feelin’ 14 Cleopatra- Cleopatra’s Theme 14 Vengaboys- We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) 14 Wyclef Jean- Gone till November 14 Wildchild- Renegade Master ‘98 -6

@Ulitzer95 Thank You for calling him out. I knew it had to be a bunch of bull, and whenever he would post another hit I could not roll my eyes hard enough. From what I can see it looks like he has legit 13 hits which is pretty good. So why think you have to lie about it all thinking we are dumb enough to think he has 41 out of 50 hits.

1. Maria Branyas 2. Fauja Singh 3. June Spencer 4. Joe Caroff 5. Lou Conter 6. Bud Anderson 7. Gerald Holton 8. Yang Chen-Ning 9. Jean Malaurie 10. David H. Murdock 11. Vic Seixas 12. William H. Webster 13. Lee Adams 14. Russell M. Nelson 15. Roy Haynes 16. Jirō Ono 17. Alexander Butterfield 18. Lou Donaldson 19. Arthur Cohn 20. Martial Solal 21. Bill Crow 22. Byron Janis 23. Elias James Corey 24. Ray Marshall 25. Frank Gehry 26. X. J. Kennedy 27. Jerry Hardin 28. Selim Hoss 29. Ion Iliescu 30. Thomas Stafford 31. Johan Galtung 32. Jack McKeon 33. Armin Mueller-Stahl 34. Tu Youyou 35. Dominic Chianese 36. Raúl Castro 37. Malachy McCourt 38. Whitey Herzog 39. Jean-Paul Rappeneau 40. Dudley R. Herschbach 41. Ned Jarrett 42. Jacques Roubard 43. Bob Pettit 44. Jack Hill 45. Dickie Bird 46. Parnelli Jones 47. Michael Frayn 48. Hubie Brown 49. Jane Elliott 50. Allen J. Bard Here is the list you posted before the start of the year. Many of the names you've scored thus far are not on your original list. Cheating in deadpools is really poor.

What is going on with my account?? Clearly im not banned by the forum orherwise this could not be posted via my phone but my account on my tablet gets the vannwd window displayed. What is going on and how do i correct this? Any tech help?