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    Widow(er) Shopping

    Well, it's over 24 hours since I started a thread so... The death of Mrs Ralph Vaughan-Williams was a timely reminder of the existence of widows much younger than their more famous husbands and wives. I think it's time we pooled our knowledge on those obit-worthy if low-profile survivors. The likes of Imelda Marcos, Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan are already on the DL radar. Let's limit this collection to those out of the headlines but still obit-worthy to DDP standards and beyond. I'd wager the following brace would score, even by the exacting standards of the CPDP. Step forward, Bing's bed-steady: Kathryn Crosby and Prime Minister's poetess partner: Mary Wilson.
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    Widow(er) Shopping

    So, who gets the most famous comedian's widow title now I'm thinking that's a question that depends on whether you think Paul Daniels was funny, as well as a magician
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    Suicidal Celebs

    I think it might be a good idea to pool our information on high profile hari kari contenders. If you google celeb suicide there's such a wealth of information you have to wade through loads to find the likeliest contenders. Obviously some criminals - Huntley for one - are key contenders but there are loads of others with a history of attempts and/or depression. Some of whom have already come close. Stephen Fry confessed as much on TV last week, others - like Vinnie Jones - have also come withing touching distance of the void. How many DL contenders do we know who've attempted it and/or confessed to comin' close?
  4. I'll leave it to the crew in charge to decide if we should subsume the Nobel laureate thread into this but I was struggling to see where else to post the fact that I've just read a remarkably chipper interview with Carl Djerassi 87 years old yesterday. The length and quality of his remarkable life doubtlessy improved by his involvement in the development of the birth control pill. He'd probably have been competing more strongly for resources, a seat on the bus, space in a supermarket aisle etc if every one-night stand in the last fifty years had resulted in a sprog, or summat. There are probably many other obit-worthy 'Tomorrow's World' types we should be listing here, before we list them in search of points.
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    A good point I've discussed with one or two people I know, i.e., whether the present Tories have been so blind to encroaching danger that they could go the way of 1920s Liberals. Personally, I think they'll have a rabid internal fight after being demolished electorally, and turn it round. But very hard to call.
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    40. Josef Fritzl

    A gift to the government, frankly - the second he lands in Rwanda the gap in the polls closes by ten points!
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    Two more ministers gone - the sense of a car with a misfiring engine and barely functional steering is very strong - in the not too distant future the Tories will be obliged to look united and try and convince us they're the future! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68669507
  8. I'm guessing the DDP and HPDP will throw up loads of candidates fit for a paragraph and unfit for a busy thread or proper obit. Mebbe a good idea to collect such creatures on one thread so's those of us with an - ahem - sporting interest can keep tabs on 'em. I'll cop for having such an interest in Rachil Jonze, who might just be this year's Ms Groves. Similarly Ian McNicol may afford us that combination of brief media coverage and ongoing ranter fire we've come to know and love over the years. and Dawn Hughes' illness was the subject of television coverage as part of Channel 4's 'Mummy Diaries.' She's also made appearances on BBC television and the BBC web site, her husband works for the Beeb. Then there's everyone's favourite pin up: Winnie Langley. I took a long-shot punt on her for the DDP mainly because I thought if she went the various papers who'd covered her 100th birthday wouldn't be able to resist running that great picture again. Anyone else gonna cop for long shot picks before OoO and NAP do their duty and reveal all?
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    By -Election Bingo 2019-2024

    Aye, bit harsh on the average penis to have to endure such a comparison, eh?
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    20. Derek Draper

    She has huge debts from his care - summat she'll discuss in the documentary https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68656222
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    By -Election Bingo 2019-2024

    Or we discover Liz Truss is so-named because of a fondness for bondage
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    By -Election Bingo 2019-2024

    Labour gain either way, surely - it took Corbyn to lose the place, so doable to restore the Red Wall, IMHO anyway.
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    Passed-Punks & No-Wavers

    Aye, exactly that - stand off with the record company who had the right to stop them using the name. Not that anyone in the UK was in any doubt the Revillos were an offshoot of The Rezillos Saw them both, though haven't seen the reformed line up.
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    Article in today's Sunday Times about the extent of cyber-interference from China in our politics (hacking, jamming, disinformation etc.) Reassuring in a way, so we do still matter a bit, then!
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    Missing In Action

    There's a load of people whose whereabouts remain unknown, but may be worth a punt and points if selected on a deadpool. A few obvious - Lucan, Bin Laden etc - get mentioned. But if we pool our collective brains we might hit on a few more. Like Bambi Woods age, whereabouts, real name uncertain. I'd say alive and willing the world to leave her alone, but you never know. C'mon guys, who else is missing in action?
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    Disc Jockeys

    Indeed, but I was more thinking of UK obit chances, a shoo-in on the back of his record storming our charts a couple of times
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    Disc Jockeys

    Just saw this online - taken two years back. They're all still alive, actor James Darren, Wink Martindale and Frankie Avalon. Martindale was 90 in December, best known as a radio DJ in the states but obitable if only because his own version of Deck of Cards was a world wide hit
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    General Non School Massacre Thread

    Mass confusion, mind Can't trust half the claims online and Putin's already indicating Ukraine had a "window" of safety for the attackers to flee - current newsfeed at the Beeb doing their best to sort the gems from the shite: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68642036
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    Stairway To Heaven/ Highway To Hell

    Brain aneuryism a decade ago, no sign of the problem now. Also had a neck problem from years of crouching over his drums, dunno if the intervention was surgical or just manipulative. But he was as good as the other tub thumpers on show last night and Saxon, second on the bill, didn't slow down once.
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    Stairway To Heaven/ Highway To Hell

    Form studying opportunity last night, was close enough to get a good look at three bands with over 150 years of hard rockin' between them Uriah Heep - predictably professional and Mick Box (77 this summer) on impressive form, clearly loving every second of their short set. Saxon - or to be more precise Biff Byford (73) and Nigel Glockler (71), hard and fast for an hour. Byford is still in command of the stage and Glockler handled a kit with double bass drums impressively Judas Priest - specifically 72-year-old Rob Halford, hard rockin', stunning visuals but Halford (who's a recovering addict with a fondness for marching powder and alcohol behind him) did himself no favours following Byford. It was all a bit dad-dancing, wandering round in circles waving the mic, and a lot of forward leaning (assuming he was reading a monitor for the lyrics of more recent songs). Oh aye, and multiple changes of coat, jacket and shades (on and off) meant he vanished between most songs, my mate and I wondering whether the oxygen tank was stood next to the clothes rack. Not thinking he's close to death. Definitely wishing we'd seen them 15 years back.
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    Donald J Trump

    Superficially looks great, Trump could get a massive windfall selling 42% of his social media company (and therefore fund his legal bond), however it's worth noting the auditor who looked at this company about a year back said that it's at risk of failure> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68609007
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    I'm going to see Jerry Sadowitz...

    Take the points above I'm thinking in dead pooling terms the man's as sick as fuck but there's no evidence he's ill!
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    I'm going to see Jerry Sadowitz...

    Yeah, well I've been a fan of Jerry longer than I've been on here. Seriously, the gist of me seeing him live is that I keep thinking what he does is highly offensive, but I'm too busy laughing to give a shit. Not for the faint hearted, if you wrote his act down and read it out in a public place it's arrestable. But I've seen others so offended the walked out on him.
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Some authors seem to go on for ages and they don't appear on boards like this because they often stay out of the public eye. Many people simply assume they're dead. However the following are unlikely to be setting sprint world records or clocking up high sales figures for pin up calenders these days. J.D 'Catcher in the Rye' Salinger, 1919 - Harper 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Lee, 1926 - Robert M 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence' Pirsig, 1928 -
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    Deadio Times

    Aye, the thread's become what it's become - but the original intention almost two decades ago was as a kind of dead poolers' Radio Times, with us all tipping each other form studying opportunities ahead of time
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