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Die Skull Gonefideadtial Pardon me – I had to wait a few weeks to make sure Jerry Lee Lewis was dead for real this time. Rock and roll icon, boogie-woogier, wife collector, Killer, and killer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at the age of at-least-50-years-older-than-anyone-expected. His hits include 'High School Confidential', the apostrophe-laden 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On', and the church-rattling devil music of 'Great Balls of Fire' – very much the 'WAP' of its day. Lewis was a figure of controversy to 1950s sensibilities for playing his piano too hard, and remains a figure of controversy to modern sensibilities for marrying his cousin too young – which, to be fair, took place at an unenlightened time and place where marrying your teenage cousin was considered *less* morally outrageous than murdering a subsequent, adult wife to whom you are unrelated. These days, we know better. 15 players banked a collective 135 points on Mr Lewis Boogie, which means there's a moderate amount of shakin' goin' on. @The Unknown Man's hopes have been Killed by a nerve-shakin' and brain-rattlin' 23 points – he's hoppin' and boppin' all the way from 17th to 35th. Furthermore, @CastAway gets real low from 15th to 24th with 11 points, @Philip's days as a top 10 star are ended by a scandalous 13 – Jerry sympathises – and most devastatingly of all, @machotrouts falls from 2nd to 3rd, with 4 points making all the difference at such an elite level of play. Of course, what's Balls for them is Great for the rest of you. This thread's substitute mathematician @Sideik rises to the top 5, @Joey Russ becomes our new runner-up (well, insofar as anything in this update is "new") and, goodness gracious, great @YorkshireBanker holds steady in 1st – but that 6-point penalty makes it tighter than a Jerry Lee Lewis wedding night. GAINED TOTAL = 1. YorkshireBanker +6 20 ▲ 2. Joey Russ 23 ▼ 3. machotrouts +4 25 ▲ 3. Sean 25 ▲ 5. Sideik 28 ▲ 6. An Fear Beag 31 ▲ 7. BuffaloPhil +7 32 ▲ 8. gcreptile 33 ▲ 8. LizLemon 33 ▲ 10. ThereWillBeDeaths7 34 ▲ 11. Book 35 ▼ 12. Pedro67 +3 36 ▲ 13. Banana 37 ▲ 14. CaptainChorizo 40 ▲ 15. GuyFromFuture 41 ▲ 15. Toast 41 ▼ 17. Philip +13 42 ▲ 17. theoldlady 42 ▲ 19. Newjack 44 ▲ 20. MortalCaso +2 46 ▲ 20. MariNisia 46 ▲ 22. Funeralopolis 48 ▲ 22. drol 48 ▼ 24. CastAway +11 49 ▲ 24. Sir Creep +1 49 ▲ 26. YoungWillz 51 ▲ 26. wannamaker 51 ▼ 28. Nick +12 53 ▲ 28. The Old Crem 53 ▼ 30. deadsox +12 56 = 31. Spade_Cooley +7 59 ▲ 32. Bibliogryphon 60 ▲ 33. Death Impends 61 ▲ 34. BabyBlue 63 ▼ 35. The Unknown Man +23 64 ▲ 35. Predictor 64 ▲ 35. Perhaps 64 = 38. Grim Up North 65 = 38. TQR 65 = 40. Pedro67's wife 66 = 40. Great Uncle Bulgaria 66 = 42. machotrouts' mum 70 = 43. Annami 71 = 44. Hell 81 = 45. Doulton +17 103 = 46. msc +14 104 ▲ 46. Neobrakeon +3 104 = 48. chilean way 114 Leslie and Doddie updates coming imminently (before 2026).

Big thanks to @Grim Up North for all the work he's done. I look forward to this new challenge and undertaking. Hope everything is a bit patient with me as I get my footing. Best of luck to everyone this year!

Yes, deadpoolers, it’s that time of year again. Even in a world without the Queen, Gorbachev, and an old lady who danced with Obama, the Derby Dead Pool remains everpresent ahead of its 28th year running. After three Decembers of entering 500+ teams, @Grim Up North is retiring from his team entry duties and passing the baton to @Banana. @gcreptile and I retain our committee positions for the upcoming year. Libby and Gorby had 24 verified DDP appearances - now only Keith Richards and Holly Johnson are in contention for a 25th next year THE RULES (which also contain instructions on submitting a team) remain the same as before. Emails should be going out later tonight. IMPORTANT REMINDER: The spreadsheet method of entry that began in 2021 remains in service. The 2023 spreadsheet, identical to the 2022 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.

Recent interview with yer man himself here: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/david-mccallum-interview/ Interesting that he was sick after eating health food with health food nut Robert Vaughn (deceased) and also he has 2 shows left on his NCIS contract, which he will fulfil if he is able to travel. But anything can happen when you are 90+. I won't be picking him anyway, a hero of mine.

Welcome to this fine competition to predict the frontpage of this site: The DeathList Prediction Game 2023! But what is it all about? It's not that hard: What do you think the official DeathList 2023 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 2023 but 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 positions away from the original position +4 points if the person is on the DL 2023 but 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 positions away from the original position +3 points for every newcomer who also entered the DL 2023 +2 points for every returnee who entered the DL again +1 point if the person is on the DL 2023 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 2023 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 31.12.2022 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

Sheldon Lee Glashow, the excellent American theoretical physicist and notable professor who was awarded, with his colleagues Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg, the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics, is 90 today. Marcelo Zalayeta, the famed Uruguayan former professional footballer who began his career with Danubio before moving to Peñarol, for a season, and Italian club Juventus, where he remained for ten seasons, is 44 today. Zalayeta represented the Uruguay national team on 47 occasions, scoring ten goals.

Frankie Muniz (of Malcolm in the Middle fame) is 37.

I picked Meg Wynn Owen https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/02/meg-wynn-owen-obituary

Japan: 1 - Croatia: 3 Brazil: 4 - South Korea: 1 Yellow cards: 6

How about ex Chelsea and Leeds United Chairman and all round Mr Nice Guy, Ken Bates who was 91 today? If Doug Ellis can make the list why not Ken?

Japan 1-1 Croatia Brazil 4-1 South Korea 3 yellow cards

Musician Jamie Freeman has died from brain cancer: Martin Freeman's brother.

Thank you for your service @Grim Up North! I'm so glad we got to share the duties and it was such a huge contribution of you to cover that Decembre period in that critical time. I also expect to pass eventually into the DDP afterlife, but I'm still here to welcome @Banana and look forward to our mutual work on next year's competition. To All: Yes, the Excel spreadsheet helps a ton! Please use it, even if you've never used excel before. You really just have to write in names into the "box", or cell, as these spaces to be filled are called.

Wooooo! Enjoy retirement, @Grim Up North - you were an absolute star setting up the Cmme, dealing with the spreadsheets and data entry, telling me off when I got too Glaswegian with the punters. This whole thing would have died a death in 2019 without him. Good luck @Banana - you've been vetted by the best so I have full faith!

@gcreptile... We would be grateful if you could just give us a bit more time.

"I did not see it."

Julia Reichert was my joker IIRC. Hopefully, it gets me into the listed scores at least.

That doesn't appear to have sparked the outrage maybe they were expecting/hoping for.

The Daily Star strikes again... SICK DEATHLIST CELEBRATES QUEEN'S DEATH WITHIN MOMENTS OF PALACE ANNOUNCEMENT!! ... A disgusting website celebrating the deaths of celebrities in a quasi-hit list has announced the passing of Queen Elizabeth II just moments after Buckingham Palace issued a statement, describing the tragedy as "From Sceptre to Spectre" A sick website predicting the deaths of celebrities has celebrated the passing of Queen Elizabeth II just moments after her death was announced. ... The DeathList, at deathlist.net, has a list of 50 celebrities they expect to die in 2022 and proudly proclaims that her Majesty is now the seventh in the morbid list to have died. The sickening website read "From Sceptre to Spectre", adding that more details were to follow.

Agreed he’s a walking time bomb

Thanks msc. Jill Knight is the sort of relatively big name whose death would be immediately obvious to anyone in the UK who follows the news. However to anyone outside the UK (which I am), she would easily slip under the radar, were it not for this fine site. She definitely would not have stood out as a hit in a months time when I go to update the scores. So feel free to notify me of the Jill Knight's of this world, but you are ok for the really famous Pele's and Queens, and even for the "famous in deadpool circles for being on everyone's teams" Frank Field and George Perez types. However, since I mentioned Nehemiah Persoff two posts above yours, then

Just in case there wasn’t enough evidence already to suggest this man is a fucking moron, he’s taking something used to treat animal bum worms.

Rampers Sr duly reached his century today and even the Beeb recognised the occasion. Judging by this, the old fellow clearly believes he's Private Godfrey.

If I remember correctly Jesus walked on the water of the lake of Galilee. As to Mr Christ's fishing: I think this carpenter was rather keen on fishing for people. regards, Hein

I love Christmas!