themaninblack

If that's 9 inches, I'm a Dutchman...

Horse trainer Helen Johnson-Houghton has died aged 102. That's a hit for Toast of the Turf on the DDP...

I'm not sure this is quite the self-publicity he was hoping for He needs to get a good PR man and quick...

Except no one knows who he the hell he is. Yothu Yindi must have some international recognition, surely, as the first Aboriginal band to have mainstream hits? I do love that in your world Geoffrey Hughes is some obscure never-before-head of minor z-lister and yet "Mandawuy Yunupingu" is fucking Elvis or Micheal Jackson. Well we have to have our priorities in order mate. To be fair though, I had heard of Geoffrey Hughes before he was on the Deathlist. Keeping up appearences does air in Australia from time to time (like when the Fawlty Towers reruns are exhausted). Onslow is an unforgettable character. Mandawuy Yunupingu and Yothu Yindi are significant to Australia as the band first burst onto the music scene with the song "Treaty" which proved to be the first real time the tensions between indigenous communities and the Australian government were put into words and the message spread across the country. Kind of like if a band from Cornwall produced a song relating to its persecutions by the UK government. Hmmm...somehow I don't think that Cornish people were the original Britons though...

Now, the accused lives in Berkshire. As does 86 year old, former star in the 70's.. Stanley Baxter.... Does Stuart Hall live in Berkshire? No, very much the northerner, Hall is. Besides, this arrest has nothing to do with the Savile investigation...

Yes, and it's time for me to look blankly at a list of names and think "who the fuck are they?" Wrestlers or terminally ill mothers, usually. I can't get enough of them...

Yes, and it's time for me to look blankly at a list of names and think "who the fuck are they?"

Well he's well enough to vote in the Senate...

I shall hold my nose when entering that into the database, but a legit obit's a legit obit...

Did he hit himself with bricks? regards, Hein Maybe it was writer's block...

I think you've been unlucky there, I'm surprised she hasn't been mentioned anywhere given the amount of controversy surrounding it...I guess now the press have hounded Cook out there not interested... It seems that according to some sections of the press, if you're dying it's news and unless you're famous, if you're dead it isn't. And some people think that our respected death-related sites are callous...

Thems the breaks my son. Onwards and upwards...

Though it seems to have been confirmed here. Of course, nothing even approaching points-worthy obituary status, but there we are. Keep your mince pies on the BBC's "Been and Gone" monthly roundup of stiffs. It may turn up there...

Yes.

I could still get up there with one hit...as long as that hit involves a rocket blowing one of my unique terrorists into a thousand pieces. There are all sorts of permutations that could be played, including possible hits on the 13th and Christmas Day...

The rules are here: http://www.derbydead...nd_scoring.html Good luck everybody! Hi TMIB ''Picks that are on trial or are put on trial and are found guilty and executed are not disqualified but will not claim the unnatural points bonus''. So for example if I picked saif Gaddafi would the line above cover him? I will get the standard points for him? Yes, he's not been sentenced (indeed I don't think he's even been on trial yet!). Should he go on trial, get convicted and then executed, you will get standard points for the death, as it is deemed "natural" through justice. If he tops himself (the Goering option), then you have a points bonanza.

Now, the accused lives in Berkshire. As does 86 year old, former star in the 70's.. Stanley Baxter.... Now what is interesting about Baxter was he was on ITV in his peak years... Didn't he do Christmas specials on the beeb? He did but that was later in his career. It would be incredibly, Murdoch-meltingly specious to suggest that he turned paedo as soon as he went to TVC...

Now, the accused lives in Berkshire. As does 86 year old, former star in the 70's.. Stanley Baxter.... Now what is interesting about Baxter was he was on ITV in his peak years...

Yes, the gals done good. I'll drop the "another disappointing year" caption for 2013!

Wenger really ought to stop doing his seasonal party trick of letting the rest of the Premier League think they're not going to qualify for the Champions League before doing their customary late run. It's not good for the hearts of his opponents...or his own club!

Well the DDP record is 13, recorded by several teams. 15 is possible with a bit of luck...

One less one to worry about when the entries come in...

I think Fabrice Muamba ought to think twice before competing in Strictly Come Dancing...

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I've decided not to go for Huffington. The BBC music page seems to be series of links to other sites, but if for example it had a picture of a musician and the caption said "Thingy, who died this year/in 2013", then I suppose that would count...