YoungWillz

you'll be pleased to know that it appears that reports of Richard Davies's death was greatly exaggerated. There is no reports of it anywhere online and references to it has now been removed from Wikipedia. Check your sources more carefully next time ! Richard Davies' death gets a mention here: http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/richard-davies-welsh-character-actor-rip-1926-2015/. Wouldn't surprise me if a Guardian obit follows.

Gary Rossington suffers heart attack: http://theboot.com/gary-rossington-heart-attack/

Aha Sir C, I'm glad you asked. By no means is it supposed to be a full list. It has been compiled from a previous list posted on this site, then I added in references from other posts on this thread and further additions were made as and when they were reported upon in the press, etc. Interesting to note the number who have died this year already. Simply forms a base for discussion and for those interested in adding to their deadpools in the future (some are already in the DDP this year, for example). Any further additions are welcome, if you know of names that can be added in.

List Updated for Siert Bruins (Edit and Josef Scheungraber and Joachim Boosfeld; Edit 2: To include Jakiw Palij, Jakob Denzinger and Hubert Zafke): Reinhard Hardegen (1913- ) Hans Sommer (1914- ) Günther Schwägermann (1915- ) Fritz Jauss (1917- ) Josef Scheungraber (1918-2015) Michael Karkoc (1919- ) Hans Lipschis (1919- ) Ernst Pistor (1920- ) Walter Schuck (1920-2015) Hubert Zafke (1920- ) Rudolf von Ribbentrop (1921- ) Oskar Gröning (1921- ) Algimantas Dailidé (1921- ) Heinrich Boere (1921-2013) Sören Kam (1921-2015) Charles Zentai (1921- ) Gerhard Sommer (1921- ) Herta Bothe (1921- ) Siert Bruins (1921-2015) Reinhold Hanning (1922- ) Vladimir Katriuk (1921-2015) Otto Carius (1922-2015) Joachim Boosfeld (1922-2015) Jakiw Palij (1923- ) Johann Robert Riss (1923- ) Alfred Stoerk (Stark/Stork) (1923- ) Jakob Denzinger (1924- ) Helmut Oberlander (1924- ) Helmuth Leif Rasmussen or Rasboel (1924- ) Theodor Szehinskyj (1924- )

I think you have him in Shaun's Deadpool too.

You're History? Hmm, part of me says Thelma Houston, the other part says Moody Blues. Guess I'm just Stealers Wheel.

Both the Buzzcocks and the Clash were formed the year after the last UK referendum on the EEC, though I doubt it was as a specific reaction to the result. Maybe this EU referendum will lead to a resurgence in quality UK music?

Thanks, time, I should never have minded the Buzzcocks, he he. Fixed the initial post.

Zimbabwe says Palmer's papers were in order and abandons its request for his extradition: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-12/zimbabwe-abandons-extradition-bid-for-cecil-the-lion-s-killer

Latest George 'Johnny' Johnson interview: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3268579/Last-surviving-British-Dambuster-93-reveals-mourns-loss-fellow-crewmen-never-returned-famous-raids.html

Coleridge Goode finally dead at 100. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/13829-great-brit-jazz-bassist-coleridge-goode-dies-aged-100 and http://garycrosbybass.com/2015/10/04/rip-coleridge-goode-1914-2015/ Unique DDP hit if and when there's an obit which qualifies. Edit: Check Deathrace and Sean's Deadpool too. Oh Goode, one of mine! Oh shit, another day minus a qualifying obit, or did I miss summat? Guardian Obit especially for you MPFC: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/11/coleridge-goode?CMP=share_btn_tw Oh, and the DDP team who had him.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's convoy hit by air strike: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34500402 His fate is unknown. Edit: Update - BBC now report it is believed he wasn't in the convoy. *sigh*

Could have been any number of threads but I prefer here. The widow of Forrest Bird whose death was announced here http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7689&p=233206 has died in a plane crash. Dr Pamela Bird was 59. http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/bonner-county/2015/10/09/widow-sagle-inventor-dies-plane-crash-2-others/73687548/

Geoffrey Howe now dead: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3839&p=238636

Dead of a heart attack at 88. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34495827 7 DDP Teams have been wondering Howe long, Howe long...

Joint 2010 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner Richard F Heck has died at 84. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/nobel-laureate-chemist-richard-heck-84-dies-manila-100512268.html#EE6rTBz

Betty Tisdale, who helped airlift 219 orphans from Vietnam after the fall of Saigon and who set up the non-profit Helping and Loving Orphans, has died at 92. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/betty-tisdale-angel-of-saigon-orphan-airlift-dies-in-seattle/ Shirley Jones played Tisdale in the TV movie The Children Of An Lac, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/lhV24KVrCTw

FTFY.

Gene Allen, winner for Best Art Direction on My Fair Lady and a former President of the Film Academy, 97. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gene-allen-dead-academy-president-831108

Jeez, two big misses for the DDP this year. Gawd bless 'em. In particular Honeycombe was my favourite newsreader when I was wee. (That is "young" in Scots, not the streak of wee I grew up to be).

I have no hair to pull out anymore, in case Cat O'Falk needs to know. 13 minute head start on this, ha ha.

First Humanist funeral today (I'm having one myself) - lovely service and a good send off to a dear friend. Going to get changed and head out to a place I swore I would never set foot in again, just because the last time I saw my friend he said I should go. Loads of faces I knew who treated me like an old friend and who I have missed terribly, hopefully I will be welcomed back if just for one night, for that is what my pal would have wanted. If not, casino and (hopefully) grieving sex with someone who cares.

Hugh Scully, presenter of Antiques Roadshow and Nationwide, 72. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34488729

Could this be the beginning of the end? unlikely as all the tests appear to be fine and he has been released from hospital but it is never a good sign when old people start falling over. I wouldn't be surprised if the old man made it to be 100 to be honest as he seems to be the type who will go on forever but one to keep an eye on all the same. The prospect of an all-mourning dance episode of "Strictly" could be an enticing prospect though. "And now, Peter Andre and Janette Manrara dance the Paso Doble to 'I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down!"

Looks the picture of health on BBC News at the moment. Made a full recovery. Surprisingly, she wont be returning to Africa anytime soon............ Now Pauline Cafferkey is back in hospital: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34483584