Death Impends

Strangely I did update the Fordham thread title as well but I kept him as the star attraction, looming large over the other darts players with his mass for all eternity...

Ask and you shall receive (legit thought all this time that "boofhead" was a rugby-specific slang, rather than more general "idiot" one...)

Five teams score with Jimmy Greaves. Fittingly the only team to have both Saint and Greavsie also gets the most points as Pedro67 gets 45 points. Great Uncle Bulgaria 30. chilean way and Exu 20. The Old Crem 15.

Hahaha, ya killed the hopes of many teams, Greavsie. Sir Creep and Pedro now take the joint lead in this funny old game, though Creep is technically ahead in the tie as he alone has the most recent hit. =1. Sir Creep 8 =1. Pedro67 8 =3. deadsox 10 =3. The Quim Reaper 10 5. Book 13 6. BuffaloPhil 15 7. Bibliogryphon 17 =8. Perhaps 18 =8. BabyBlue 18 =8. machotrouts 18 =11. JoeMoneypenny 20 =11. drol 20 =11. gcreptile 20 =14. YorkshireBanker 21 =14. Banana 21 =14. The Old Crem 21 =17. An Fear Beag 22 =17. Great Uncle Bulgaria 22 19. Sideik 23 =20. Charles De Gaulle 24 =20. Annami 24 =20. Funeralopolis 24 23. Spade_Cooley 25 24. CaptainChorizo 27 =25. Grim Up North 28 =25. Toast 28 27. Death Impends 30 =28. Joey Russ 31 =28. Newjack 31 30. theoldlady 32 31. maryportfuncity 33 32. ThereWillBeDeaths7 35 33. En Passant 38 34. YoungWillz 39 35. Salmon Mousse 41 36. msc 49 =37. LizLemon 53 =37. machotrouts' mum 53 39. chilean way 55 =40. The Unknown Man 71 =40. GuyFromFuture 71

Interesting to note only 8 people picked at all during the aughts are still alive (Farrakhan, Tutu, Minnelli, Musharraf, Karzai, Tim Johnson, Russell Watson, Charles Taylor). The 90s still has 18 left, illustrating how much easier it got to Google old and ill celebs at the turn of the century...

See Abdelaziz in old Algiers, That ex-leader is no longer here What for maryport shall soon appear? Points belong to him... Longtime Algerian president Abelaziz Bouteflika has been flicked off. maryportfuncity gets 25 sub points, a rather humble score when you consider it's coming from a world leader who typically won his elections by 502%.

Well done to Ripley, arghton, Altroieri, Thatcher, and soapywater who all guessed correct. Thread closed.

1921 - Al Jaffee, Francoise Gilot 1922 - Ray Anthony, Jacqueline White 1923 - David Oreck, Judith Hemmendinger 1924 - Wally Fawkes, Joyce Randolph 1925 - Bill Hayes, Sue Thompson 1926 - Robert Clary, Betty Lynn 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - CW McCall, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles 1930 - Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold

Hewish QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/16/professor-antony-hewish-astronomer-jointly-won-nobel-prize-discovery/ A little surprising he's unique for my space team, but I guess the amount of NQO laureates in recent years has meant less Nobel theme teams.

Here is an indepth analysis of the contenders emailed to us by forum lurker and DDP contestant Evil Grimace. He had originally written it before the death of Sarah Harding, then revised it after her death, hence the briefer summaries of teams that entered the top 5 off her death, as well as the inclusion of OldLady and Spade despite them no longer being in the top 5 (and tbh, if any team merits an analysis while outside the top 10, it's Spade...):

1921 - Al Jaffee, Francoise Gilot 1922 - Ray Anthony, Jacqueline White 1923 - David Oreck, Judith Hemmendinger 1924 - Wally Fawkes, Joyce Randolph 1925 - Bill Hayes, Sue Thompson 1926 - Robert Clary, Betty Lynn 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - CW McCall, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles 1930 - Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold

A (New) Wave of points for DeathByArsenic hot off the heels of Sarah Harding, with the news that Jean-Paul Belmondo is Breathless. Belmondo had long defied the odds - from enjoying a successful career in spite of his acting school's lack of faith in him, to living 20 years after suffering a stroke, but even those made of the sternest stuff die eventually. With his death, DBA gains 40 base points plus 16 extra for uniqueness, for 56 total.

Finally getting around to listening to some Girls Aloud in light of Sarah Harding's sad death. Quite catchy. Her death pushes higher the following teams: 45 points for CalebH and Torva Messor. 40 for DeathByArsenic. 30 for Exu. 20 for The Quim Reaper. 15 for The Unknown Man and the_engineer. and 50 sub points for Funeralopolis. That sub bonus proves to be the most crucial for the next scoreboard as it is enough for Funeralopolis to regain the lead: 1. Funeralopolis 279 2. Perhaps 239 3. CaptainChorizo 215.32 4. Book 215 5. Eesti 210 6. Sean 208 7. markb4 201 8. gcreptile 191.32 9. msc 190.32 10. Dying Probably 183.19 11. GuyFromFuture 182 12. Annami 170 13. Pedro67 165.19 14. An Fear Beag 160 15. maryportfuncity 156 16. drol 152 17. Torva Messor 150 =18. En Passant 140 =18. LizLemon 140 20. chilean way 138 21. Exu 130 22. the_engineer 123 23. The Quim Reaper 120 24. Death Impends 119 25. theoldlady 110 26. Great Uncle Bulgaria 105.19 27. JoeMoneypenny 105 28. The Daredevil 104 29. YoungWillz 101.19 30. DeathByArsenic 96 =31. Lynchian 90 =31. The Old Crem 90 33. Charles De Gaulle 87 34. CalebH 80 =35. Joey Russ 45 =35. time 45 =35. YorkshireBanker 45 38. DevonDeathTrip 35 38. The Unknown Man 35 40. sheldondinkleberg 15 41. BabyBlue 10 42. Bibliogryphon 3.9 43. Toast 0

27 teams are running in the wrong direction with the death of Sarah Harding. The final two clean sheets Book and Sir Creep are among them, though both placed her very low and thus remain among the serious contenders. 1. Book 1 =2. deadsox 3 =2. Sir Creep 3 4. The Quim Reaper 6 5. Sideik 7 =6. Charles De Gaulle 8 =6. JoeMoneypenny 8 =6. Pedro67 8 9. Perhaps 13 10. BuffaloPhil 15 11. Bibliogryphon 17 =12. BabyBlue 18 =12. machotrouts 18 =12. YorkshireBanker 18 15. Grim Up North 19 =16. drol 20 =16. gcreptile 20 =16. Spade_Cooley 20 =19. Annami 21 =19. Banana 21 =19. The Old Crem 21 =22. An Fear Beag 22 =22. Great Uncle Bulgaria 22 24. Funeralopolis 24 25. CaptainChorizo 25 =26. maryportfuncity 26 =26. Salmon Mousse 26 28. Toast 28 29. Death Impends 30 =30. Joey Russ 31 =30. Newjack 31 =32. LizLemon 32 =32. theoldlady 32 34. ThereWillBeDeaths7 35 35. En Passant 38 36. YoungWillz 39 37. msc 46 38. machotrouts' mum 49 39. chilean way 55 40. The Unknown Man 68 41. GuyFromFuture 71

The Tunch hunch pays off for you with a QO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-9958181/Former-Steelers-player-broadcaster-Tunch-Ilkin-dies-63.html

He was among the DDP images I did this year. Most names I do, I like to spend around 5-10 minutes looking for a picture that tells a story almost, shows a bit of the pick's personality. For the umpteen Ayatollah picks I just plucked from their Wiki pages and called it a day...

You're not giving off the best first impression thus far. Please tone it down on the "Die!" spam if you dont want any account restrictions.

1921 - Al Jaffee, Francoise Gilot 1922 - Ray Anthony, Jacqueline White 1923 - David Oreck, Judith Hemmendinger 1924 - Wally Fawkes, Joyce Randolph 1925 - Bill Hayes, Sue Thompson 1926 - Robert Clary, Betty Lynn 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - CW McCall, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles 1930 - Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold

Susie Steiner Alan Igglesden Bob Dole Abdul Qadeer Khan Greg Gilbert David Gulpilil

Might as well jump to the Van Halen thread for your David Lee Roth discussion purposes -

Two ailing MTM alum in a row: Ed Asner in hospital for exhaustion. Hope he turns out fine; it seems that'll be the case.

Another Squares unique is Granted to GuyFromFuture. Ed Asner is Down, despite most of us thinking his prickly constitution would carry him for several years yet. 20 base points along with 24 for combined uniqueness and Squares bonus mean a total of 44 heads GFF's way.

And, like with the Golden Girls, she holds this distinction while being the earliest-born cast member!