Joey Russ

Meh, I’ll take the point.

At least Raymond Hewlett will be in effect if she does turn out to be dead with an obit...

Leah Bracknell Pope Benedict Lucia Hiriart Sumner Redstone Al Jaffee Norman Lear Pierre Cardin Henry Kissinger Beverly Cleary Sacheen Littlefeather Sorry for the lateness of this entry

Why are people still posting in this thread? The 2019 has already been revealed, no need to make suggestions in here anymore...

Steve Ripley of the Tractors is dead at 69.

Kevin McIntyre is a duet for me and drol which is worth 17 points each. As for Syed Ashraful Islam, 11 points will go to Allen Kirshner, Cancerous Hatred (yes, he’s back), drol, and msc. This competition is going underway now...

Drol is Morlock and Lafauchuse is just Fauchuse. Also, pretty sure that Grim Reaper doesn’t plays alt Obits...

Kevin McIntyre also dead.

A lot of dead pooling deadlines have past, however there are still a few you can join later this month. Inverse pool and jokers should be up after the DDP begins, while registration for the Deathlist cup is happening now. Hope to see you compete in those pools.

Unfortunately the deadline to enter the 2019 DDP has already passed. Sorry about that.

At least I get a two in one hit for Islam and McIntyre, meaning that I won’t be fading into obscurity before the competition ends...

Well, this year’s Alt Obits competition starts out with a bang, as Kevin McIntyre becomes my first hit here. I noticed some people picked Syed Ashraful Islam too, but I can confirm I didn’t pick him here. Interesting competition up ahead...

Er, you do realize that it’s not 2018 anymore, right?

Oops, forgot I was in this. Let me get something later today

The first scoreboard is up with Team Bubba leading with the first hit after being the only team to not score in 2018. What’s intriguing is that Cancerous Hatred is back this year, so may be another tough year for us. Good luck all...

So now it's time to tally up the final score for this year. Here is a brief list of who died, and what bonuses they all received: John McCain (drop 40, joker bonus for Book, Cast Away, Chorizo, Cow, DI, FixedBusiness, Heef, msc, Rad, Toast, Torva, Unknown Man) Charles Aznavour Montserrat Caballe Stan Lee (drop 40) Fernando del Paso (unique in DDP and joker’s) Devin Lima (drop 40, joker bonus for FixedBusiness) George Bush Sr (drop 40, world leader, joker bonus for Book and DI) Albert Frere (unique in DDP) Simon Ricketts (drop 40) Additionally, there is some end of the year bonuses. First, I get some excitement because since I was dead last at 18 points, I get 10 extra points to boost up my score a bit. However, I am still dead last in the end. The next two aren't so lucky bonuses. The first bonus is the unlucky 13 bonus, and it's none other than drol who loses 5 points. He retains his position however. The last bonus is for the person with the most hits, and Chorizo won that bonus, making him go down from being 2nd alone to being in a 3 way tie for 2nd alongside DI and msc. As such, I would like to officially confirm that Torva Messor won the pool for 2018 with a grand total of 78 points. Here are the final scores! 1st - Torva Messor - 78 points 2nd= - CaptainChorizo - 68 points 2nd= - Death Impends - 68 points 2nd= - msc - 68 points 5th - Pedro67 - 64 points 6th= - The Dead Cow - 63 points 6th= - RadGuy - 63 points 8th - CastAway - 62 points 9th= - Book - 60 points 9th= - Heef - 60 points 11th - The Unknown Man - 58 12th - Toast - 57 points 13th - drol - 49 points 14th- FixedBusiness - 48 points 15th - Bibliogryphon - 38 points 16th= - Gooseberry Crumble - 29 points 16th= - YoungWilz - 29 points Last place - Joey Russ - 28 points Now it's time for me to enjoy my retirement as host of this pool. I would like to confirm that Clorox Bleachman is planning on taking this over starting in 2019, meaning that this pool will live on for another year. Have a great year everyone.

Once again, a new year has arrived, and that means a new year has come. Here are the rules you get know to know about. Come up with 50 names total for this year. They can come from the list of people in the spoiler (warning: the list is not complete right now as I need to either wait for the first update to occur or hope for Spade to send me the complete list). You can go for 25, but you get to start out with negative points. They can either be put on this thread or PM'd personally to me. You can come up with up to 5 subs Each person is worth one point. Nominate five of them as your jokers. Those people will gain double points. So for people who are wondering how they could possibly win, they are heavily reliant on bonus points. However, the vast majority of the bonus points are in fact hidden, and will be revealed as people score those bonuses. Many of them are different from the Hartlepool, so that'll be where the fun will be. (Hint: If you do want to try to get ahead, look at the scores from last year, as those rules won't be changed. I will add a few bonuses this year though). I will reveal six of those bonus points besides the joker bonus for those five since it's required to compete. Those bonuses are: 1. If those people who are jokers are also unique DDP picks, they'll gain an extra 3 points 2. If those people who are jokers made the drop 40, they'll gain an extra 3 points 3. If those people who are jokers die unnaturally, they'll gain an additional 3 points 4. If those people die on the 13th of the month, they gain an extra 2 points 5. If they die on their birthday, 5 more bonus points will be given to them 6. There are random number of spots that have a total of two bonus points instead of one. Which numbers they are, however, will have to be hidden until they are scored. Because I know the hidden bonus points and you don't, I'm going to be fair and make a completely randomized list of individuals so I don't gain a lot of points. I'll probably join the second time when the vast majority of those points should be revealed. You have until two weeks after the first DDP update to enter. Anyways, enjoy. Or not... Oh, and here are this year's jokers: Let's have a look at who picked who: And here are the picks for this year alphabetized: Hank Aaron - dc, ms Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi - dc, hf, jr*, pd, pm Joss Ackland - bg, cc, dc, to Paul Alcock - ca, cc, dc, dr, ms, pm, to Kate Adie - dc Buzz Aldrin - bg Peter Alliss - bg, dc, dr, pd Ray Anthony - bk, jr Satoru Anzaki - cc, dc, di, dr, ms, pm Diana Athill - bg, bk, dc, di, dr, gc, ms, to Ronald Atkins - ca*, di, hf, jr, pd*, yw David Attenborough - bk, ca, jr Alan Ayckbourn - jr, ms, pd Charles Aznavour - ca, pd, pm, yw Ginger Baker - dc, gc, ms, to Gordon Banks - bg, ca, hf, um, yw Roger Bannister - bg, di, dr, gc, ms, to Bridget Bardot - ca, gc Thelma Barlow - ms M.C. Beatton - bg, ms Johnnie Beattie - ms Dickey Betts - ca Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - bk, cc, di, dr, gc, pm, yw Tori Black - ca, um Honor Blackman - ca, tv, yw Caroline Blakiston - ca Noel Blanc - gc Sepp Blatter - gc, pd, yw Wolfgang Bosbach - bk, dr, fb, pm Jim Bowen - bg, jr Stan Bowles - fb, um Leah Bracknell - bg, bk*, ca, cc*, dc*, di*, dr*, fb*, gc, hf, jr, ms*, pd*, pm*, to, tv*, um*, yw Sydney Brenner - ca, ms Johnny Briggs - gc, jr, to Ami Brown - pm June Brown - fb, jr Muhammadu Buhari - dr George Bush Sr - bg, bk*, ca, cc, di*, dr, fb, hf, ms, pd, pm, yo, tv, um, yw Gay Byrne - bg, ca, cc, jr, pd Montserrat Caballe - bg, ca, cc, dr, fb, hf, pd, to Earl Cameron - bg, bk, dc, di, fb, hf, jr, to, um Charles Campion - jr Matt Cappotelli - bk, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, hf, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um Clark Carlisle - cc Peter Carrington - bg, di, jr, pd, pm, to, um, yw Sara Chivers - dr, ms, pm Dick Churchill - di, dr, ms Roy Clarke - to John Cocks - bk, cc, dc, di, dr, ms, pm Richard Cole - di, dr, gc, jr Noel Conway - ca, dc, dr, jr, ms, pm Tim Conway - jr Bernard Cribbins - jr, yw Bill Crider - dr, ms Patrick Cryne - bk, cc*, di*, fb, gc, jr, ms*, pd*, pm*, um* DNS due to death Paul Darrow - bg Rick Davies - dr, yw Doris Day - bk, ca, hf, pd, tv, um Olivia de Havilland - bk, ca, cc, dr, fb, hf, jr, ms, pd, tv, um Fernando del Paso - cc Ken Dodd - bg, cc, dr, gc, hf, tv* Kirk Douglas - bg, bk*, ca, dr, fb, hf, ms, pd, pm, tv, um, yw Dr John - dc Robert Duvall - jr, to, um Barbara Eden - jr, pd Nanette Fabray - di, dr, pm, to, tv, um James C Floyd - bk, jr*, ms Doug Ford - cc, di, gc, jr, ms, tv Michael J Fox - fb, gc, jr, yw Dean Francis - bk, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, ms, pm, to, tv William Frankland - cc, dc, di, dr, fb, jr, pd, pm Aretha Franklin - bg, cc, gc, jr, pd, pm, tv, um, yw, Albert Frere - bk, jr, ms Jill Gascoine - bg, bk, ca, dc, di, dr, fb, hf, pd, pm, to, tv, um Paul Gascoigne - tv Greg Gilbert - bg, bk, ca, cc, dc, di, dr*, fb, hf, ms, pd, pm*, to, tv, um Vanessa Goodwin - bk, cc, dc, dr, hf, ms, pm, to Rev Billy Graham - bg, bk, ca, cc, dc, di, dr, hf, ms, pd*, to, tv, um, yw Jimmy Greaves - bg, cc, di, dr, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um Kristin Hallenga - fb Luke Halpin - dr, gc, tv Valerie Harper - bk, dr, fb, hf, jr*, pd, pm, tv, um*, yw* Anita Harris - ca Rolf Harris - gc Bob Hawke - di, gc, hf, yw Stephen Hawking - ca, fb, hf, pd, tv, yw Peter Higgs - bg, dc, jr Thelma Houston - bk, jr Clive James - bg, ca, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, gc, hf, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um, yw Glynis Johns - bg, dc, di, fb, to, um Freddie Jones - cc, jr, yw Terry Jones - hf, jr, tv, yw Jose Jose - bk, ca, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, hf, ms, pm, tv, um Tessa Jowell - bg, bk, ca*, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, hf, ms, pd, pm*, to*, tv, um* Ingvar Kamprad - bg, bk, cc, dc, di, tv - DNS due to death Ritchii Kara - ms Kenneth Kaunda - cc, gc, hf, pd, to Elizabeth Kelly - bg, bk, gc*, hf, jr Val Kilmer - bg, bk, to, tv, um, yw Clive King - bg*, gc, ms Barys Kit - ca, cc, dc, di, fb, gc, pm, to Joseph Kony - gc Christopher Kraft Jr - di Saul Kripke - dc, jr Dilip Kumar - ca*, cc, dc, dr, fb, hf, ms, pm, to, tv, yw Angela Lansbury - ca, pd, um, yw Louise Latham - bk, gc, ms Stan Lee - dc, di, fb, gc, pd, tv, um, yw Devin Lima - bk, cc, dc, di, dr, fb*, hf, pd, pm, tv, um Ted Lindsay - cc, di Norman Lloyd - di, fb, gc, to, tv, um Meat Loaf - yw Des Lynam - jr Vera Lynn - bg, ca, di, fb, gc, hf, pd, tv, um Shane MacGowan - bg, fb, to, tv, yw Bill Macy - bk, di, gc, pm, tv Paul Maloney - gc Jerry Maren - bg, bk, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, gc, yw Hugh Masekela - bk, gc, jr, ms, yw* DNS due to death John McCain - bk*, ca*, cc*, dc*, di*, dr, fb*, hf*, ms*, pd, pm*, to*, tv*, um* David McNee - bg, fb, gc, ms* Liam Miller - bk, ca, cc, dc, di, dr, hf, ms, pm, to, tv, um Liza Minnelli - fb Joni Mitchell - bg, bk, hf, jr, to, um, yw Sara Jane Moore - jr Patricia Morison - cc, di, gc Ennio Morricone - bg, ca, yw* Stirling Moss - bg, bk, ca, cc, dc, dr, fb, gc, hf*, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um, yw Robert Mugabe - ca, cc, hf, jr, pd, tv, um Catherine Nevin - ca, dc, dr, gc, hf*, jr, ms, pd*, tv* Olivia Newton-John - bk, fb, jr, pd, um Linda Nolan - bk, cc, fb, hf, pd, tv, um, yw* Richard O’Sullivan - bg Ozzy Osbourne - fb, jr Geoffrey Palmer - jr, to, yw Nicholas Parsons - fb Javier Perez de Cuellar - ca, di, dr, gc, hf, pd, pm, um Isabel Peron - ca, um, yw Prince Philip - bk, cc, pd, pm, to, um, yw Sian Phillips - jr, ms Rosamunde Pilcher - bg*, bk, to Sidney Poitier - bg, cc, dc, fb, hf, jr, ms, to, um, yw* Roman Polanski - ca, gc Andre Previn - jr*, yw Amy Price - dc, jr, pm Charlotte Rae - bk, cc, dc, di, dr, fb, gc, ms*, pm, to, tv, um, yw James Randi - di, gc*, tv Chris Rea - ca, to, tv Carl Reiner - dc, um Little Richard - pd, yw Simon Ricketts - ca, dc, hf, pd, pm, to, tv Fernando Ricksen - bg, bk, cc, dc*, di, dr, hf, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um, yw Linda Ronstadt - bg, yw Prunella Scales - ca, fb, hf, pd, um, yw Bobby Shantz - dc William Shatner - jr Mitzi Shore - bk, cc, fb, gc, to Dennis Skinner - gc*, hf Jen C Skou - ca, di, gc, pm Nicholas Soames - to Stephen Sondheim - bk, jr Stefan Karl Stefansson - bg, bk, ca, cc, dc, hf, ms, pd, pm, tv, um Nobby Stiles - bg, bk, ca, cc, dc*, di*, dr*, fb, gc, hf*, ms, pd, pm, to, tv, um, yw Jerry Stiller - bk, fb, um Mel Stottlemyre Sr - tv Nabi Tajima - bg, ca, cc*, dc, di, fb, pm Bobby Tambling - gc Jean Louis Trintignant - bk, di, dr, gc, hf, ms, pm, to Donald Trump - tv Morgan Tsvangirai - bg, dc, di, dr, fb, hf, pm, tv, yw Desmond Tutu - bg*, pd, um, yw Gudrun Ure - bg, pd, to Marieke Vervoort - bg, bk*, ca*, cc*, dc*, di*, dr*, fb, hf*, ms, pd*, pm*, to*, tv, um Max von Sydow - gc, hf, yw Murray Walker - fb, gc, yw Eileen Whelan - bk, cc, di, gc, pm Jenna Welch - gc Shirley Williams - hf, jr, yw Robert Worcester - ca, gc* Herman Wouk - bg*, bk, ca, cc*, dc, di, fb, hf, pd, pm, to, tv*, um, yw Franco Zeffirelli - bg*, bk, cc, dc, dr, fb, gc, hf, jr, ms, pd, pm, to, yw

Was waiting until after the new year in order to switch the dead names out with new names so some off forum names wouldn’t be mentioned before the new year. Dead: Maartin Allcock (unique) Rachel Bland Colin Butts (NQO) Stephen Hillenburg Ian Lariba (NQO) Conway Savage Hector Timerman (unique) Claire Wineland (unique) To be replaced with: Gerard Basset Susan Bayh Chris Doleman Andrew Fairlie Andrew McGahan Sutopo Purwo Nugroho Ronald Shurer Jimmy Spicer

The Democratic nomination for 2020 will probably be massive. So far, Julian Castro, Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Inslee has already formed an exploratory committee while John Delaney, Richard Ojeda, and Andrew Yang has officially entered the race. And I’m certain that it’s far from the last people running for president in 2020...

Here's what I personally think of my team this year: Fatima Ali - Given under a year to live in September. Small chance she sees 2020, but more likely a goner this year (plus too big of a risk to omit her) Samu Anoa'i - Not a lock by any means, but still could be a good pick if the liver transplant he gets failed. Definitely on of the weakest pick on my team though Gerard Basset - Cancer is terminal, and already has the option of palliative care set up when needed. Matter of when rather than if imo Susan Bayh - Glioblastoma, wife of a previously well known senator, vice president prays for her. Had to be Kathleen Blanco - Still somewhat active, though she looks extremely frail. Also a likely drop 40 candidate Edmund Capon - Gravely ill and can't return him home because of his illness. When I first saw him I thought he would be slightly risky, then I discovered that he has an OBE. Cert to die, Guardian obit likely Johnny Clegg - Says he recovering, though his interview suggests otherwise. Lasted quite long with pancreatic cancer though Tim Conway - When I first saw his story, it gave me some Casey Kasem vibes. That, along with forum support helped him make the final cut, but really what helped him make my team in the end was some childhood nostalgia, and I wanted to continue that streak of childhood fondness on my team (Stefan Karl made it the past two years partly on that too) Barry Du Bois - Likely to see 2020 since his cancer is likely a year's thing than month. However, this is a cancer recurrence rather than him battling it for the first time, and he had this since 2017, so not a completely bad pick like Linda Nolan was last year... Andrew Fairlie - No treatment for over 6 month, and such a classy pick. Had to be Bob Hawke - Similar to Conway, Hawke is largely on my team cause the lack of foreign leader on my team didn't feel right. Indeed, he was Hector Timerman's replacement after he died. However, he's not likely to see the next election in Australia. Attempt at a low point name if you guarantee them going. Lee Kerslake - 8 months to live, and it really does sound grim. Plus, with Ozzy being my big name that I pick for shadowlist every, he kind of had to make it on Andrew McGahan - Have weeks to live with pancreatic cancer. Have small obit worries for him, however the fact that the guardian had an article on him last month that wasn't cause of cancer makes me think he should get one no problem Michael Murphy - Will admit I didn't think of the potential of being another Raymond Hewlett figure when I picked him. But even if it turned out he did die before the starting line before teams showed up, my first sub isn't really good anyhow as it's John Andretti. However, if it turns out he dies in 2019, could be important and crucial points Sutopo Purwo Nugroho - Classic 50/50 case. Given 1 to 3 years to live in January, and going through some alternative treatment, so wouldn't surprise me if he sees out 2019 or 2020 Genesis P-Orridge - Another classic 50/50 case. Stable now, but said it will likely be terminal in 2019/2020. Decided to go with 2019 because "me pick" Fernando Ricksen (joker) - He's practically bedridden at this point. Poor guy. Makes you want him to go sooner rather than later cause he seems to be in a lot of pain Arash Sadeghi - The big high risk high reward pick for. Iran's government isn't giving him the treatment that he needs, so he will likely die in prison. But what cancer does he have? Also a slight obit risk, though I think UK press will pick up on him when he goes Jimmy Spicer - Another slight obit risk, though he is in a genre that almost always get the obit in the end. He certainly seems fucked. And seems like a name Spade would pick too Jean Louis Trintignant - No treatment since July, and will likely make the drop 40. Had to be Still not confident on my chances of winning since I didn't consider Clayton that much even though I should've and completely forgot to put Doleman down on the shortlist despite seeing his article of glioblastoma. However, I do think I will have another solid performance overall...

As reported elsewhere, only has months to live apparently...

Maybe not, her rep denies that she’s dying of cancer.

1. Herman Wouk 2. Robert Mugabe 3. Bob Dole 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Betty White 6. June Brown 7. Bob Hawke (joker) 8. Alan Greenspan 9. Jacques Chirac 10. Sidney Poitier 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 12. Clive James 13. Shane MacGowan 14. Ginger Baker 15. Johnny Clegg Well, that’s my guess anyhow, 15 total...

Sorry to hear that man. Hope things get better.

Genesis P-Orridge if they make it to 2020.