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To my mind, one of the great underrated wrestling commentary calls comes from the cursed WrestleMania VII at the end of the Undertaker/Snuka squash match. "I don't believe that! That is Superfly Jimmy Snuka!" Villainous commentator and all-round GOAT Bobby Heenan seems legit gobsmacked at the most protected murderer in 80s wrestling being treated by a newcomer like a complete redshirt. And I ain't saying he's a murderer, but he's certainly a Deadpool Veteran, so I feel much the same staring at the scoreline between 2017 Cup winner Deadsox and young Mr Clorox. Paul Severs gets his QO here. Hopefully by the time you see it, they'll have fixed the formatting crash, but it is what it is. Four points for Clorox, Deadsox gets to feel sever-ed, and I am properly gobsmacked in a way I rarely am... Round 3 1. The Mad Hatter vs Boudicca 0-0 2. Rad vs Banana 9-6 3. John Key vs Death Impends 0-14 4. The Quim Reaper vs Book 3-0 5. Gcreptile vs Pedro 6-0 6. Chorizo vs Torva Messor 3-3 7. Bibliogryphon vs Spade Cooley 0-14 8. Deadsox vs Clorox 0-16 Btw, Boudicca's clean sheet is now 68 days. She'd equal Willz's record on Thursday - can she make it? Keep tuned.

A new name to add to the list: 107-year-old Hollyoaks actor Jack Reynolds!

So my 2018-19 effort was really rather amateurish. And this...is probably about the same. RUNNING TOTAL: 2,155 Lee Kerslake Leah Bracknell (+450) ??-09-2019 Greg Gilbert Sam Lloyd Fernando Ricksen (+300) 18-09-2019 Sprent Dabwido (+275) 08-05-2019 Bob Hawke (+250) 16-05-2019 Tim Conway (+225) 14-05-2019 Kathleen Blanco (+200) 18-08-2019 Alex Trebek Terry Jones (+160) 21-01-2020 George Alagiah John McCririck (+120) 05-07-2019 Pope Benedict XVI Jean-Louis Trintignant Herman Wouk (+70) 17-05-2019 Kirk Douglas (+55) 05-02-2020 Javier Perez de Cuéllar (+50) 04-03-2020 Bill Turnbull Danniella Westbrook Lindsay Sandiford SUB1) Loretta Lynn SUB2) Barbara Windsor SUB3) Prince Philip

hi everyone. long time lurker of the page but brand new to the forum. hope to be active since i haven't been in a forum since 2003 maybe and miss the experience very much lolz. im from peru and i can't believe only one person from the list has died so far!

Ah, April. As the weather gets warmer, the DDP hits get fewer. But - not to fret - as the Windy City Deadpool is here to save us all from a summer of deadpooling boredom! Basics: Pick a team of 21 people. The higher their rank, the more points they get when they die and obit. Submit it to me via PM or on this thread, by the end of April. Scoring System: 1st pick: 500 points 2nd pick: 450 points 3rd pick: 400 points 4th pick: 350 points 5th pick: 300 points 6th pick: 275 points 7th pick: 250 points 8th pick: 225 points 9th pick: 200 points 10th pick: 180 points 11th pick: 160 points 12th pick: 140 points 13th pick: 120 points 14th pick: 100 points 15th pick: 85 points 16th pick: 70 points 17th pick: 55 points 18th pick: 50 points 19th pick: 45 points 20th pick: 40 points 21st pick: 21 points As you can see the margin slowly decreases from 50 to 25 to 20 to 15 to 5 until the 21st pick. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by whoever has the most unique hits. Bonus Points The Good Die Young Bonus-The Youngest Celeb Picked who dies is a 100 Point Bonus Lucky 7 Bonus- 77 Points Bonus for anyone who dies in the last 7 days of the game April 24-30 Luck Of The Irish Bonus-Anyone who dies March 17 is worth a bonus 50 points Día de Muertos aka Day Of The Dead Bonus-Anyone who dies btwn Oct 31 and Nov 2 is worth 31 points Belsnickel Bonus-Anyone who dies on Dec 25th/Christmas Day get's a 25 point bonus Festivus Miracle-Anyone who dies on Dec 23 get's a 23 point bonus You're Tearing Me Apart Bonus-Anyone who dies on Dec 8 the birthday of "Juliette Danielle" aka Lisa from The Room,get's an 8 point bonus Auld Lang Syne -Anyone who dies on New Year's day get's a whopping 1 point bonus Acceptable Obits: Anything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool, plus The Independent. Plus the following national American news sources: - New York Times - LA Times - CBS News - Fox News -TMZ -MSN Plus the following International news sources: http://www.cbc.ca/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/ https://www.univision.com/ * Cancer Mum's/Athlete's Wives(IE Tiffany Youngs) and other Famous For Being Ill Types will not be accepted even if they get a qualifying Obit *Some name's may appear like a gray area(ie Roz Patterson).Notable in her Native Country as a reporter and would easily get a QO with a plane crash or auto accident type death.However if none of her QO obits mention her journalistic career and is just an angle about her being a Cancer Mum then no points will be awarded. Duration: The competition lasts from May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020. Get your team in before Big Ben welcomes the month of May.

Guess I'll just do it now 1. Alex Trebek 2. Leah Bracknell 3. Sam Lloyd 4. Johnny Clegg 5. Lee Kerslake 6. Greg Gilbert 7. Kathleen Blanco 8. Stuart Fraser 9. Sprent Dabwido 10. Kirk Douglas 11. Fernando Ricksen 12. Bob Hawke 13. Genesis P-orridge 14. John Mcririck 15. Bob Dole 16. Abdelaziz Bouteflika 17. Tim Conway 18. I.M. Pei 19. Clive James 20. Le Duc Anh 21. Nobby Stiles subs: Jimmy Spicer Prince Philip DoE Bart Starr

Reminds me of a funny onion article:

Last surviving Doolittle Raider Richard E. Cole passes away at 103 years: https://www.tdn-net.com/news/60988/last-surviving-doolittle-raider-passes-away

Am afraid I've become far too safe and predictable a DPer, and my gut feeling picks tend to farm off to the theme teams (see McIllvanney). Sandy was considered for my "Spade Cooley obits" team but I had - wrongly - assumed a likely Eastenders theme team would have her!

Indeed I remember you messaging me in January saying my choice of Sandy Ratcliff could be a genius pick. Not only am I genuinely surprised that she was a unique pick for me in DDP but given your post I am surprised even more that you never choose her yourself?

Rumba box and maraca player of mento group The Jolly Boys since 1956, Derrick 'Jonny' Henry (or Derrick "Johnny" Henry, or Henry Derrick, depending on what site you're looking at) died last month at the age of 79. The last surviving member of what is often considered their "original" line-up (though they date back to 1945 in some form or another), and, I suppose, the longest-serving Jolly Boy. Here's a report of his funeral in the Jamaica Observer a couple of days ago: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/jolly-boy-jonny-s-funeral-today_161526 Bandmate Joseph "Powda" Bennett, who died in 2014, got what would have been a qualifying obit for Derby Dead Pool purposes at the time, but no sign of that for Derrick. This would make him my second DDP pick this year to join the List of the Lost after The Floaters' Larry Cunningham. I like to think it's sort of an achievement in itself that I manage to repeatedly pick overly obscure people for a strict theme team of UK #1 hitmakers. (The Jolly Boys were part of the "Commonwealth Band", of "Gary Barlow and the Commonwealth Band – Sing" notoriety.)

It's always sad to see a talent - which she was - overcome by personal demons imo. RIP In retrospect, this was an unexpectedly accurate post by me 6 months ago:

Here is the list of actors from the first episode of EastEnders: Anna Wing b. 1914, d. 2013 Wendy Richard b. 1943, d. 2009 Bill Treacher b. 1930, d. 2022 Susan Tully b. 1967 David Scarboro b. 1968, d. 1988 Peter Dean b. 1939 Gillian Taylforth b. 1955 Adam Woodyatt b. 1968 Leslie Grantham b. 1947, d. 2018 Anita Dobson b. 1949 Letitia Dean b. 1967 Gretchen Franklin b. 1911, d. 2005 Leonard Fenton b. 1926, d. 2022 John Altman b. 1952 Sandy Ratcliff b. 1950, d. 2019 Nej Adamson b. 1958 Andrew Johnson b. 1955 Shreela Ghosh b. 1962 Johnnie Clayton b. ?????, d. 1992? Harry Fielder b. 1940, d. 2021 Jane Slaughter b.1961? Updated for Treacher, 2022.

Chalk up another hit with Sandy Ratcliff

AGAIN, it looks like we picked the wrong 'Goldfinger' Bond girl: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47854805

Charles Sanna, developer of Swiss Miss instant hot chocolate died 13th March, aged 101 (which is, coincidentally, the room number to which hot chocolate drinks should be consigned.).

Sweet home Alabama

Rex Garrod died last night.