Death Impends

He needs to get a requisite obit from one of our accepted sources first.

Both OMJ and Hermit use a shit ton of IPs. And one OMJ used on 4/4 has considerable overlap with one The Hermit used on the same day. Combined with Hermit never contributing anything of value, he's out.

I can't help but make a dumb smile at the Ifield songs, partially due to the forum mini-meme about him a few years back, partially due to the ridiculousness of the yodeling. Doesn't mean they're any good though.

5/11/2023 33 Frank Ifield – I Remember You 30 The Tornados – Telstar +2 29 Elvis Presley – Rock-A-Hula Baby/ Can´t Help Falling In Love 28 Elvis Presley – Return To Sender 24 Gerry & The Pacemakers – How Do You Do It 24 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones 23 Elvis Presley — She’s Not You 22 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Next Time/ Bachelor Boy 22 The Beatles – From Me To You 22 The Beatles – She Loves You +1 21 Elvis Presley – (You're The) Devil In Disguise 21 The Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand 21 Ray Charles – I Can´t Stop Loving You +1 20 The Shadows – Wonderful Land 20 B. Bumble & The Stingers – Nut Rocker 20 The Shadows – Dance On 20 The Shadows – Foot Tapper 20 The Searchers – Sweets For My Sweet 20 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – Bad To Me 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Summer Holiday 14 Mike Sarne & Wendy Richards – Come Outside -3 14 Frank Ifield – Confessin´ (That I Love You) 13 Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind 12 Elvis Presley – Good Luck Charm 11 Gerry & The Pacemakers – I Like It -3 10 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan – Diamonds

There was also obscure South Dakotan senator Tim Johnson on the 2007 Deathlist Anywho, I've merged the various Feinstein conversations from the politics thread into here.

5/10/2023 28 The Tornados — Telstar +4 25 Frank Ifield – I remember you 24 Cliff Richard & the Shadows – Summer Holiday 24 Gerry & the Pacemakers – How do you do it 24 Elvis Presley – Return to sender 21 The Beatles – She loves you 22 Cliff Richard & the Shadows – The next time/Bachelor Boy 21 Mike Sarne & Wendy Richards – Come outside 21 Elvis Presley – (You're the) Devil in disguise 21 Elvis Presley – Rock-a-hula baby/Can´t help falling in love 21 The Beatles – I want to hold your hand 21 Cliff Richard & the Shadows – The Young Ones 20 The Beatles — From me to you 20 The Shadows – Wonderful land 20 B. Bumble & the Stingers – Nut Rocker 20 Ray Charles – I can´t stop loving you 20 The Shadows – Dance on 20 The Shadows – Foot Tapper 20 Gerry & the Pacemakers – I like it 20 The Searchers – Sweets for my sweet 20 Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas – Bad to me 19 Elvis Presley – She´s not you 18 Gerry & the Pacemakers – You´ll never walk alone 16 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan – Diamonds  14 Frank Ifield – Confessin´ (that I love you) 14 Brian Poole & the Tremeloes – Do you love me 12 Elvis Presley — Good Luck Charm -2 8 Frank Ifield – The wayward wind -4

5/10/2023 88 Del Shannon – Runaway 80 The Shadows – Apache 71 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 62 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me +4 48 Petula Clark – Sailor 47 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 4 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion -6

5/9/2023 83 Del Shannon – Runaway 82 The Shadows – Apache 57 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 54 Petula Clark – Sailor 52 Roy Orbison — Only The Lonely +4 42 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 38 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 15 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 14 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 11 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain -6 Impressive that ole Don and Phil got to 11th while receiving only one upvote during their entire run. Probably the closest you can get to "Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing" in this game.

"Prepare for the worst" in Superstar terms means he'll die this century rather than next century.

5/7/2023 74 The Shadows – Apache 74 Del Shannon – Runaway 56 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me +4 52 Petula Clark – Sailor 50 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 44 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 42 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 24 Helen Shapiro – You Don’t Know -3 20 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 19 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ 18 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 17 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain -3 08 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over

I too thought Don January would die in January, I changed my name to February30th in hopes of gaining immortality

Of these UK #1s in the States: Running Bear, the Everly Bros songs bar Temptation, the Elvis songs bar Wooden Heart, Good Timin', Only the Lonely, Poetry In Motion, Blue Moon, On the Rebound, Runaway, and Michael were all hits (not necessarily #1s). Why, Apache, Tell Laura I Love Her, Sailor, Wooden Heart, Tower of Strength, and Moon River were hits, but not by the same artists - and in Sailor's case, it was in German. The others were not hits.

Finally. Took half a year but now there's a DDP obit I can use the "not everyone who sees 99..." line on.

64 The Shadows – Apache 63 Del Shannon – Runaway 48 Petula Clark – Sailor 47 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 43 Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ Back To Happiness 43 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me +2 41 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 34 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin’ +2 30 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 23 Helen Shapiro – You Don’t Know 22 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain -6 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 20 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates — Shakin’ All Over 15 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You 12 The Marcels — Blue Moon 09 Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never 08 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed 05 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight

Here's April. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer checks out. Nigel Lawson was no real loss(on), but very much a gain for nantonian2013, who cooks up 63 points (45 base + 18 bonus) with the death of Nigella's dad. Next, the cuckoo crumbles for cinematographer Bill Butler. Rumors that he knew he was about to die because he heard ominous music, but couldn't actually see the Reaper sneaking up, could not be confirmed. Grease is the word for two teams: diego gets 35 points and markb4 gets 15. What? He buried? Only Perhaps saw that pondering the demise of MAD Magazine's Al Jaffee wasn't a stupid question, and brings 25 sub points into his fold. Pedro67 had fashionista Mary Quant on the outskirts of his team, bobbing upwards with 25 sub points. Two teams jump in the line following calypso sensation Harry Belafonte's exit. Mostly a vocalist, there are also instances of him drumming out there, and tbh if you can stand toe-to-toe with Animal on the drums you probably deserve the bonus points. So it's a banana bunch of points for Murdoc with a fruitful 54 in total (30 base + 24 bonus), while ThereWillBeDeaths7 picks up 25 sub points. No competitive heavyweight deaths in the past month means the very summit of the scoreboard is unimpacted, but the meaty totals of some of the aforementioned hits sweep multiple teams past the century mark and into the top ten: 1. CaptainChorizo 147 2. gcreptile 145.95 3. Banana 140 4. justonecornetto 139.95 5. DeathBecomesThem 125.77 6. nantonian2013 114.27 7. msc 111.77 8. Perhaps 110.95 9. diego 110.82 10. Murdoc 108.82 11. drol 105.77 12. wannamaker 100.95 13. RadGuy 92.7 14. Etushispushingupdaisies 91.4 15. BuffaloPhil 84.95 16. ThereWillBeDeaths7 75.82 17. Toast 70.95 18. Sean 70.82 19. YoungWillz 66 20. BabyBlue 60.95 21. Pedro67 60 =22. John "요한" Sulu 56 =22. time 56 =22. Torva Messor 56 25. LizLemon 52.7 =26. An Fear Beag 50.95 =26. TheDumbReaper 50.95 28. chilean way 50.82 =29. Book 50 =29. Famous6Eva 50 =29. JoeMoneypenny 50 =29. MariNisia 50 =29. maryportfuncity 50 =29. Thatcher 50 35. WEP 49 36. Gooseberry Crumble 46 37. Funeralopolis 45.95 38. The Unknown Man 45.82 39. Hell 45 40. markb4 40.95 41. Charles De Gaulle 40.77 42. Clarence 36.77 43. theoldlady 35 44. The Old Crem 30.95 45. DeathByArsenic 28 46. Young One 10 =47. Great Uncle Bulgaria 1.77 =47. YorkshireBanker 1.77 49. John Key 0.95 =50. CalebH 0.82 =50. GuyFromFuture 0.82 =50. Joey Russ 0.82 =53. arghton 0 =53. Death Impends 0 =53. DevonDeathTrip 0 =53. Lord Fellatio Nelson 0 =53. TheKillingTime 0

New update coming soon. At a glance seems like Bill Butler, Al Jaffee, and Harry Belafonte have been the only hits since last time? EDIT: Oh, Nigel Lawson too. And Mary Quant.

5/6/2023 56 Del Shannon – Runaway 54 The Shadows – Apache 47 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 43 Petula Clark— Sailor 38 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 35 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 35 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ +4 32 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 32 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 30 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain -2 28 The Marcels – Blue Moon 25 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 23 Johnny Kidd & the Pirates — Shakin all over 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 19 Elvis Presley – It´s Now Or Never 16 Anthony Newley – Do You Mind -2 15 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed -2 15 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You 14 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight 09 Adam Faith – Poor Me  09 Johnny Preston – Running Bear  

5/5/2023 45 The Shadows – Apache 44 Del Shannon - Runaway 40 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 36 The Marcels — Blue Moon 35 Petula Clark – Sailor 33 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin’ +1 33 John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me +3 31 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 29 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight 28 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 28 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 26 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 24 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over 24 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 22 Elvis Presley – It´s Now Or Never 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 20 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed 20 Johnny Preston – Running Bear 20 Anthony Newley – Do You Mind 16 Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound 15 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You 14 Adam Faith - Poor Me 14 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – I Love You 13 The Temperance Seven – You´re Driving Me Crazy 09 Danny Williams – Moon River 07 Eddie Cochran – Three Steps To Heaven 01 The Highwaymen – Michael -6

60s death discs are fascinating as a phenomenon but all over the place in individual quality. Johnny Remember Me and the Shangri-Las on one end, gunk like Tell Laura I Love Her and Teen Angel on the other.

5/4/2023 34 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 30 The Shadows – Apache 30 The Marcels – Blue Moon +2 30 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin’ +2 28 Del Shannon — Runaway 27 Petula Clark – Sailor 26 Helen Shapiro – Walkin’ Back To Happiness 26 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight 25 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 24 Helen Shapiro — You Don’t Know 24 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 23 Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never 21 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 21 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 20 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed 20 Adam Faith – Poor Me 20 Johnny Preston – Running Bear 20 Anthony Newley – Do You Mind 20 Cliff Richard & The Shadows – I Love You 20 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 20 Everly Brothers – Walk Right Back/Ebony Eyes 18 The Temperance Seven – You’re Driving Me Crazy 18 Floyd Cramer – On The Rebound 18 Eden Kane - Well I Ask You 17 Elvis Presley – Surrender 16 The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown 15 Danny Williams – Moon River 14 The Highwaymen – Michael -3 14 Eddie Cochran – Three Steps To Heaven 14 The Shadows – Kon-Tiki 14 Frankie Vaughn – Tower Of Strength 10 Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I Love Her -3 06 Emile Ford & The Checkmates – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For

Well, capybaras are pretty much giant guinea pigs, so I heartily approve.

5/3/2023 25 Roy Orbison – Only the lonely +1 24 The Marcels – Blue Moon 24 Shirley Bassey – Reach for the stars/Climb ev'ry mountain 21 Del Shannon – Runaway +1 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation +1 21 John Leyton – Johnny remember me +1 20 Emile Ford & the Checkmates – What do you want to make those eyes at me for 20 Michael Holliday – Starry eyed 20 Adam Faith – Poor me 20 Johnny Preston – Running Bear 20 Anthony Newley – Do you mind 20 The Everly Brothers – Cathy´s clown 20 Jimmy Jones – Good timin´ 20 Johnny Kidd & the Pirates – Shakin´ all over 20 The Shadows – Apache 20 Ricky Valance – Tell Laura I love her 20 Elvis Presley – It´s now or never 20 Cliff Richard & the Shadows – I love you 20 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry in motion 20 Elvis Presley – Are you lonesome tonight 20 Petula Clark – Sailor 20 Everly Brothers – Walk right back/Ebony eyes 20 Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart 20 Floyd Cramer – On the rebound 20 The Temperace Seven – You´re driving me crazy 20 Elvis Presley – Surrender 20 Eden Kane – Well I ask you 20 Helen Shapiro – You don´t know 20 The Shadows – Kon-Tiki 20 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ back to happiness 20 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s the name of) His latest flame/Little sister 20 Frankie Vaughn – Tower of strength 20 Danny Williams – Moon River 17 Anthony Newley – Why -3 17 The Highwaymen – Michael -3 14 Eddie Cochran – Three steps to heaven 14 Cliff Richard & the Shadows – Please don’t tease 14 Lonnie Donegan – My old man´s a dustman

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I only pledge one allegiance every weekday at 7pm *Jeopardy theme starts playing*

One of those days where the obitwriting took up most my Saturday, haha, so glad to hear it's appreciated. Belafonte was my first obit of this length in some time, iirc longest since the Queen, so definitely crossing fingers whenever it's Carter's time that it's during a dry spell!