YoungWillz

Seven years ago today, the Reaper called Robert Robinson's bluff, aged 83.

Of course, if any playa would like the names of their own survivors by PM, ask away.

Been looking over the stats for this Pool. Now it appears to me that every single team submitted since the start of this on 1 January 2014 has survivors. It is also clear that I am by far and away the worst player of this game! So, if you are interested in this sort of thing at all, here's a breakdown by playa (Playa!). I'm not giving the names of the survivors so you can have a cheeky pick if they live to the end of the year, you can trawl through the thread for that! I'm also not including this year, as it hasn't finished yet. All numbers are out of 25 picks. Captain Chorizo: (2014) 9 Survivors; (2015) 7 Survivors; (2016) 7 Survivors; (2017) 14 Survivors. msc: (2014) 11 Survivors; (2015) 9 Survivors; (2016) 13 Survivors; (2017) 5 Survivors. Estuarian Float: (2014) 9 Survivors; (2015) 12 Survivors; (2016) and (2017) - Did Not Enter. The Unknown Man: (2014) 12 Survivors; (2015) 8 Survivors; (2016) 9 Survivors; (2017) 13 Survivors. Toast: (2014) 10 Survivors; (2015) 6 Survivors; (2016) 5 Survivors; (2017) 14 Survivors. Rotten Ali: (2014) 7 Survivors; (2015) 9 Survivors; (2016) 11 Survivors; (2017) 16 Survivors. Whoaml: (2014) 9 Survivors; (2015) 9 Survivors; (2016) 12 Survivors; (2017) 15 Survivors. Death Impends: (2014) 9 Survivors; (2015) 4 Survivors; (2016) 5 Survivors; (2017) 7 Survivors. Book: (2014) 12 Survivors; (2015) 11 Survivors; (2016) 10 Survivors; (2017) 15 Survivors. the_engineer: (2014) 10 Survivors; (2015) 7 Survivors; (2016) and (2017) - Did Not Enter. Maryportfuncity: (2014) 10 Survivors; (2015) 8 Survivors; (2016) 8 Survivors; (2017) - Did Not Enter. US Funeral Director: (2014) 10 Survivors; (2015), (2016) and (2017) - Did Not Enter. Bibliogryphon: (2014) - Did Not Enter; (2015) 18 Survivors; (2016) 18 Survivors; (2017) 18 Survivors. Sean: (2014) - Did Not Enter; (2015) 14 Survivors; (2016) 11 Survivors; (2017) 11 Survivors. gcreptile: (2014) - Did Not Enter; (2015) 13 Survivors; (2016) 5 Survivors; (2017) 11 Survivors. deadsox: (2014) - Did Not Enter; (2015) 3 Survivors; (2016) and (2017) - Did Not Enter. Eesti: (2014) - Did Not Enter; (2015) 3 Survivors; (2016) and (2017) - Did Not Enter. The Mad Hatter: (2014) and (2015) - Did Not Enter; (2016) 9 Survivors; (2017) - Did Not Enter. YoungWillz: (2014) and (2015) - Did Not Enter; (2016) 20 Survivors; (2017) 22 Survivors. Switch: (2014) and (2015) - Did Not Enter; (2016) 15 Survivors; (2017) - Did Not Enter Sir Creep: (2014) and (2015) - Did Not Enter; (2016) 7 Survivors; (2017) 11 Survivors. JiroemonKimura: (2014) and (2015) - Did Not Enter; (2016) 13 Survivors; (2017) 11 Survivors. Joey Russ: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 10 Survivors. ImNot Hades: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 17 Survivors. Phantom/Midway: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 15 Survivors. TheDeadCow: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 11 Survivors. RockhopperPenguin: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 19 Survivors. Deathray: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 16 Survivors. GrimUp North: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 9 Survivors. drol: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 14 Survivors Pedro67: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 18 Survivors. WidowsPeak: (2014), (2015) and (2016) - Did Not Enter; (2017) 22 Survivors.

VS Naipaul Literature winner in 2001, reportedly dead at 85: Sun Obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6995754/vs-naipaul-dead-nobel-prize-winning-british-author-dies-at-his-london-home-age-85/

@Spade_Cooley When I refer to the B Celebrities, all I'm getting is a blank page. http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2018/celebs_B.html Tried a few others and they seem fine, just this one.

Jaws is dead?

I'm claiming him for the Grange Hill thread. Tucker's Luck chappy.

The new leaderboard above. Death Impends maintains a lead despite no hits, due to his chunky Wildcard having been played some time ago. gcreptile is the biggest faller this time for not having Charlotte Rae in his team, most of the currently chasing pack did have her. Grigori and drol swap places. The Unknown Man, Torva Messor and Sir Creep move further up the field. Enjoy!

Sixteenth Leaderboard 2018: (*=Joker) 1st: Death Impends - 1408 Points [11/25] (Killen; Kit; Graham; Dorfles; Tajima; Maren; Francis; M. Wilson; T. Johnson; *Cappotelli; Carrington) 2nd: Captain Chorizo - 1159 Points [12/25] (Monson; Elias; Alcock; Kit; L. Gilbert; Goodwin; Shore; Jowell; Francis; Cappotelli; Carlisle; Rae) 3rd: msc - 1143 Points [13/25]  (*Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Stokes; Miller; Nevin; Lafaye; DeKoven; Jowell; Francis; M. Wilson; Cappotelli; Rae) 4th: The Dead Cow - 1091 Points [8/25] (Sawyer; Lafaye; B. Bush; Jowell; Francis; Loud; Dragojevic; Rae) 5th: Wormfarmer - 1076 Points [7/25] (Sawyer; Nevin; Maren; Clark; Duncan; *Vader; Rae) 6th: NiceGuyEddie - 1015 Points [8/25] (Cryne; Olivera; Miller; Shore; Tajima; Camm; *Projetto; Rae) 7th: Prophet - 983 Points [8/25] (Graham; Groening; Hawking; Tajima; R Wilson; Francis; Carrington; Rae) 8th: gcreptile: 926 Points [9/25] (Manikan; Olivera; J Cooper; Elvy; Tajima; Camm; Yancik; Francis; Duroe) 9th: Grim Up North - 714 Points [9/25] (Elias; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Goodwin; Jowell; Bain; Francis; Anzaki) 10th: drol - 686 Points [10/25] (Elias; Zarin; Cryne; Alcock; Miller; Tsvangirai; Nevin; Jowell; Francis; Rae) 11th: Grigori: 545 Points [4/25] (Kit; Hawking; Camm; *M. Wilson) 12th: The Unknown Man - 504 Points [7/25] (Elias; Cryne; Miller; Tsvangirai; Graham; Jowell; Rae) 13th: Torva Messor - 493 Points [4/25] (Elias; Jowell; Maren; Rae) 14th: Sir Creep - 446 Points [6/25] (Elias; Falkholt; Miller; Haag; Podermanski; Jowell) 15th: FujimoriNoMorey - 435 Points [5/25] (Cryne; Miller; Shore; B. Bush; P. Thomson) 16th: Book - 431 Points [4/25] (Le Guin; B. Bush; Coates; Jackson) 17th: Phantom of the Midway - 429 Points [5/25] (Smith; Tsvangirai; Fabray; Jowell; Cappotelli) 18th: the_engineer - 402 Points [6/25] (Falkholt; Sawyer; Miller; Graham; Jowell; Francis) 19th: Whoaml - 368 Points [5/25] (Malone; Graham; Bannister; Lucas; M. Wilson) 20th: Toast - 353 Points [5/25] (Elias; Miller; Bannister; B. Bush; Francis) 21st: John Key - 346 Points [3/25] (Graham; B. Bush; Carrington) 22nd: Sean - 338 Points [3/25] (Graham; Jowell; M. Wilson) 23rd: Bibliogryphon - 326 Points [3/25] (*Hauxwell; Bannister; Hepton) 24th: Joey Russ - 212 Points [4/25] (Smith; Olivera; Graham; Tajima) 25th: Pedro67 - 206 Points [2/25] (Hawking; R Wilson) 26th: mr whit - 157 Points [2/25] (Graham; B. Bush) 27th: Widows Peak - 123 Points [2/25] (Graham; Hawking) 28th: Fixed Business - 113 Points [3/25] (Monson; Graham; Goodwin) 29th: Deathray - 106 Points [1/25] (B. Bush) 30th: YoungWillz - 0 Points [0/25]

Report of the death of Elda Stilletto, (born Elda Gentile), one of the vocalists of 1970s US punk band Elda and The Stillettos: https://www.facebook.com/100013369667854/posts/521726648282986/ Noting it here as the band included Debbie Harry and Chris Stein.

Happy 65th birthday to Roberta Tovey! She played Susan in the two Cushing Who films.

Happy 78th birthday to Bernard Holley! Ah, also in a few Doctor Who things...

He was involved in some of the best British post-war movies ever. If he doesn't get a Times/Telegraph and Guardian Obit, there's no hope for the UK press.

Jarrod Lyle has died according to this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/golf/106133737/australian-golfer-jarrod-lyle-dies-of-cancer Guardian has it already: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/09/jarrod-lyle-australian-golfer-dies-cancer-aged-36

Ronnie Taylor, co-winner for Best Cinematography for Ghandi, reportedly died August 3: https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/ronald-taylor-bsc-ronnie-1924-2018/ He was 93. DDP Pick. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853111/

Irish Travellers' rights activist and failed Irish Parliamentary candidate Nan Joyce, reportedly dead:

Dunno. I googled and got this:

Apart from the DL Cup which is very well managed, I really can't enter these rolling deadpools. Fixed term pools suit me better, Sorry.

Meanwhile on this side of the pond, Boris compares women who wear the burka to "bank robbers" or "letterboxes". Maybe that's why he was resigned to losing his post....

Welome to the wonderful world of increased asbestos use. https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/ Just so happens Russia is the biggest supplier of asbestos... And you are still going to vote for him?

Obituary for former Tory member of the old GLC and failed Parliamentary candidate Bernard Brook Partridge: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/07/bernard-brook-partridge-politician-obituary/ Probably best known by the hoi polloi for his views on punk rock, particularly Vicious, Lydon, etc:

Cross-Posting to the more appropriate thread.

A Mikita we will never know..... (For those in doubt, see Elton John's back catalogue).

Robert Dix is dead. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-dix-dead-forbidden-planet-forty-guns-actor-son-richard-dix-dies-at-83-1132829

Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6035723/Former-Republican-Congresswoman-Margaret-Heckler-dies.html