Joey Russ

I direct you to YoungWilz post from the same comment on this same page... I admit I over did it, but this time I felt it was very appropriate. Though I suspect it's more bias and less on me actually doing it, cause you didn't have a problem when other people was doing it before...

I’m sorry, but Carrington is the last surviving major cabinet from Ted Heath’s time as prime minister, Jill Gascoine is an actress who is very well known in the UK, and King Michael is the last surviving world leaders in the interwar period and one of the last surviving leaders from WW2. Hm. All three of these plus Downie has an argument to be made of being notable...

No one gets the fabled 10 hits on that site then...

If last week you traveled back to 2016, sure...

What a terrible pun for a great singer...

Immediately Tony Adamowicz comes into mind when I see his Wikipedia page, so I’m not sure he’ll obit...

No we didn’t. They did it.

You’re going to win this again, aren’t you?

Leni Riefenstahl I believe.

I hope the pun is something like Dead by a Century, but knowing the committee, it’s going to be something like the Tragically Dead, isn’t it?

Prince Philip

The record of the amount of drop 40 hits per year is also broken as well, breaking to 14 deaths in a year...

Yeah, I thought not showing up to that film festival that had his documentary in it was a big sign. That’s why I thought he was on his way out. From what I heard, they were a great band anyhow, and it’s sad. RIP

I’m assuming not a lot of people had Gord Downie on their team. Anyhow, bad luck to the teams who thought he would survive the year out...

Well, we now know 14 deaths isn’t the max number of deaths a list can have. The bigger question is how far the list can go...

Knew he would be a hit. Record broken anyhow...

Doing some random research not relating to dead pooling, I was surprised to find out that the original drummer of The Who (ie before Keith Moon) is still alive. His name is Doug Sandom and he’s currently a whopping 87 years of age. Not sure if he’s obitable for the DDP, but he could potentially be a good pick on one of the dead pools that have more lenient obit rules...

Phillips has his fair share of health issues, so I would honestly keep him next year. That, and there’s nothing wrong with some British culture that I may not recognize immediately. That’s one of the better part for the deathlist imo.

I would assume Vera Lynn and Fats Domino are undroppable as well due to the amount of appearances, their level of fame, and, at least in the case of Vera Lynn, age...

ISIS capital has fallen...

In other news, his wife is apparently set to be Zimbabwe's second female vice president. Well, something major from Mugabe happened today...

I think until he cancel some future events, he'll make the starting line. Just my opinion of course...

Ah, but he had pancreatic cancer and he was diagnosed with cancer in January of that year I think? McCain was diagnosed in July, so he’s more likely to make the starting imo.