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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 -

Just hit on a great site dealing with popular music deaths. Enjoy!

That's a statement, specifically saying "don't fucking come near me!"

For the busy DL'er facing too many choices in too little time, this is the thread to provide advance warning of media coverage of those we might like to 'research.' Studs Terkel - 94 year old author, still chucking them out - is on The Culture Show, BBC2, next Saturday, repeated Sunday.

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.

Going to the inauguration, apparently - given that she "campaigned" at a decidedly c-list event and only got the briefest of handshakes with JD Vance (not a sniff of the Donald) I'm assuming her holiday snaps this time around will be underwhelming too.

My bad but also a major case of life getting in the way of dead pooling over the last week. Anyway, in traditional style of almost all previous winners Summer in Transyvania has generously suggested a charitable donation as a prize and nominated the William Templeton Foundation for Your People's Mental Health as the recipients. Finally done and dusted, evidence below, link to his chosen charity at the end of this message, and - thankfully - I'm spared anymore totting up of the points (Yarrow, Black Bart and Nolan were all mightily fancied choices hereabouts). That charity: https://www.ypmh.org/about-us/

It's fast, it's furious it's f***in' good fun. Teams of 20 topplers posted on this thread or PM'd to MPFC will be collected into a masterlist to provide a carnival of carnage, the counting of which goes live in the first second of 2025. Points aplenty pour into the scoreboard until someone snags the stupendous total of 2024, at which point the event that used to be the fastest deadpool in common useage (until MPFC started something faster!) slams on the brakes and the lucky winner is duly given metaphorical back-slaps and allowed to claim a prize worth about a tenner (though tradition thus far dictates this turns into a charitable donation). Closing date for entries is midnight on 30 December 2024. All ably MC'd by a nonagenarian knocking on 95 (20 January) who has stoutly resisted the pressures applied by the Deathlist committee to cash in his chips. Will he offer Deathlist points, or disappointment? Either way, nice teeth Buzz! In it to win it this year are... An Fear Beag - af arghton - ar Bibliogryphon - bg Bobytomi - by Book - bk CalebH - cl CaptainChorizo - cc DeathByArsenic - db Death Impends - di Diego - dg Drol - dr Etushispushingupdaisies - et ladyfiona - lf gcreptile - gr Captain Hemlock - ch Gooseberry Crumble - gc GuyFromFuture - gf Joltin Joe - jj TheKillingTime - kt livingbygrace - lg LizLemon - ll Lord Insomnia - li MalePoster - mp Maryportfuncity - mc JoeMoneypenny - jm msc - ms The Old Crem - oc theoldlady - to RadGuy - rg Sean - sn Steve - st Summer in Transylvania - su Thatcher - th Toast - ts Trome - tr The Unknown Man - tu wannamaker - wm WEP - wp YorkshireBanker - yb Top talent aplenty in our list of previous champions: 2009 - Raskolnikov 2010 - Nobody, I mean f***in' nobody, reached the winning points total 2011 - DDT 2012 - Spade Cooley 2013 - DDT 2014 - Death Impends 2015 - MSC 2016 - DDT 2017 - Death Impends 2018 - MSC 2019 - Phantom of the Midway 2020 - RadGuy 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Banana 2023 - Banana 2024 - Banana Small print - I'm buried in work currently and seriously considered canning this responsibility, but we'll give it one more go at least. That said, tardy entries, rule transgressions and the like might well be less tolerated this year. In other words, if you post a team with no joker, I might not chase I'll just put the first place pick in as joker etc.

By 2011 we'll be running short of notable veterans of the Spanish Civil War, I've got points riding on: Santiago Carrillo Amedeo Guillet Lou Kenton and Bernard Knox dying by the end of the current CPDP, but if they stumble into 2011, they'll be doing very well to stumble out of the other end of it.

Yeah, similar feeling - she's second on my sub's bench after Kanya King (who's in play since Johnnie Walker didn't make the start). I'm guessing she's a Drop 40 bonus too.

Always useful to see yourself the way others do. Last week's episode of the estimable Skeptoid podcast (which cites peer reviewed sources most of the time and takes a skeptical look at popular culture, claims of the paranormal etc.) dealt with economic nationalism. Clearly inspired to do so by the incoming Trump administration, not that they discussed that. Instead they lined up three high profile and recent examples of this kind of popular protectionism in action and outlined where it had gone to shit in practice. Here, in its totality, is example two: 2. Brexit Perhaps the most famous case of populist-driven economic nationalism in recent years is Brexit, the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union in 2020. For 27 years, the UK's membership in the EU provided seamless access to the entire European market. Exports were tariff-free, trade was streamlined. There were no customs duties or controls between nations, trucks could just deliver the goods from one nation to another. If you wanted to do business, there was no easier and more profitable way. Democratic values and the rule of law are upheld within the EU, and the standard of living is higher from shared consumer protection, healthcare, and environmental standards. Economically, membership in the EU is a no-brainer. But membership also provides for unrestricted access to live, work, and study in any member nation; and the UK is a pretty attractive place to live. By the time of the referendum in 2016, over half a million non-citizens were immigrating to the UK each year. Some British populists saw them as lawless, unwilling to adopt British culture, and a drain on national resources. Many wanted stronger borders. Also many Britons felt the UK contributed too much to the EU without other nations ponying up their fair share. Many saw EU officials as elitists who were out of touch with ordinary British people. Overall, the voters who passed Brexit saw it as an issue of reclaiming control over their own laws, finances, and borders — leaving the EU was the ultimate act of nationalism. The UK did indeed regain control over their ability to negotiate trade independently and to establish their own immigration rules. They did so. The result was that sectors like agriculture, hospitality, and healthcare suddenly faced severe labor shortages. Britons wishing to travel internationally found it difficult and complicated. Small businesses faced enormous new paperwork and customs delays. Many had to give up doing business internationally, whether they were trying to import or export. Processes that used to be seamless became unmanageable. Even here at Skeptoid, for several years we were forced to stop shipping USB drives and store merchandise to our members in the UK. To comply, we would have had to set up a VAT account with the UK government and file quarterly returns which were far too burdensome and expensive for our small team. The result was predictable. Soon after the referendum, polls have indicated that a growing majority of Britons feel leaving was the wrong choice; and today, a plurality think they should rejoin, with just under 50% favoring rejoining and around 35% favoring staying out. If they do rejoin, Brexit will have proven to be history's most wasteful experiment in populism-driven nationalism. Economists estimate that by 2035, the UK will have 3 million fewer jobs, 32% lower investment, 5% lower exports, 16% lower imports, and be £311 billion worse off than if they had remained in the EU.

Trump may be in third place on this poll, but he'll likely be the only one on that list in the DDP Drop 40, easily the most likely to come to a sudden and violent end amongst that company

A meme, but what a fucking meme!!

Tyson Fury quits for the third time, not much evidence anyone believes it, Eddie Hearn - for one - appears convinced he'll be back for more dosh https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c1wejqevx1wo

The Comedians was massive once over but it's strange that IMBD - normally a mecca for anorak who know their facts - doesn't post a birthdate for half the performers. Has anyone around the UK noticed the likes of Charlie Daze playing a local club? How many of this lot are still alive? Some of them will be well into their seventies now, late nights, loadsa fags and drink, stressful job. We could have us some future winners here.

Just reading about Marilyn Grabowski (in Bernie Taupin's autobiography). Woman who for many years masterminded Playboy content as photo editor. Born 1937 but appears to be alive and retired in California Link: https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-marilyn-grabowski-now/ Likely obitable, as and when

He's together enough in the interviews. Possible he was just a bit overcome, unlike Macca Ringo doesn't regularly see 20,000 paying punters at one gig.

DDP thread had a q/o (Daily Star) for Black Bart, total self-interest of course in posting this. That's my top two gone, albeit in the wrong order. But still, useful in this pool

Aye, swallowing too much of the stuff will only make you very ill!

Currently on Bernie Taupin's autobiography - mentioned elsewhere when I commented on the Ringo Starr thread about Taupin spilling the beans on Starr's party-hard lifestyle before rehab. Wouldn't recommend this half as much as Elton's gloriously indiscreet and self-depreciating tome. I'm no big fan of their work but both books are quite revealing about insiderdom at the top of the celebrity tree and - against all expectations - it's Elton who comes out as the most self-aware and humble.

I think that old thread I started about great books about death has - like - died! So, read any good books lately? Like Thomas Lynch's stuff, or Sherwin Nuland's 'How We Die.'

Hmm, Ringo's in incredible shape for a recovering alcoholic, also prone to a few party drugs who was so ill as a child he missed a massive chunk of schooling. Currently reading Bernie Taupin's autobiography which has quite a lot to say regarding hard partying rock stars of the 70's and 80's, in particular the times Ringo and Keith Moon were a double whammy at parties. Amazing he's still with us, frankly.

Shame he didn't get it, they could have saved on an interpreter

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?