themaninblack

I don't think he looked too bad. The glint was back in his eyes, which they definitely were not a few months ago. I'm going to revise my '18 months tops!' prediction and reckon he'll hang on till 2009. At least...

Not a chance. Julia Carson will get minor coverage from CNN\The Washington post but as far as the DDP required obituary goes she is nothing more then a waste of space. It's a shame because she won't make spring time. Double shame. She'd be a cert for the Weatherman Dead Pool 08/09....

Julia Carson, Indianapolis' first African-American Congresswoman, has terminal lung cancer. Would she get an obit?

I'm disappointed by the lack of Christmas spirit in this thread... However I continue with a look at DDP deaths at Yuletide.... 1996 strangely has Tom Finney croaking, even though to my knowledge he's still alive! It was another two years before there was a festive hit. Lord Soper died although didn't get an obit according to DDP. I don't know when DDP accepted obits from the BBC website, but here is one...Lord Soper dies. Norman Fell was the other... (As a side point, with Finney the phantom death and the points-scored-after-all Soper, maybe its time for a retroactive reassessment of the early years. OoO as you are now the custodian, you have the power... With the gradual increase of competitors, the hits start trickling in. 1999 saw three: Desmond Llewlyn's Bond stuntman impersonation, Curtis Mayfield and Sarah Knaiss (I don't know who she is either) bringing the Millennium to an end in style. The new century saw more obscure picks popping off at Christmas. George Cross winner JT Baker and Werner Klemperer (AKA Hogan's Heroes Colonel Klink) joining in in the Christmas spirit, literally. Another three year gap (DDP has Anton Malloth dying on December 13th, but he actually died on October 31st) before Sir Bob of Monkhouse died (one of those 'Ah' deaths). 2004 saw the most dramatic finish in DDP history, with Artie Shaw propelling Deathlist itself into top spot quite literally at the death, with hours to go of the year and the competition... With the cult popularity of the DDP increasing exponentially, the death count grows and Christmas is a popular time. 2005 saw the only topping and tailing of deaths so far: Cyril Fletcher obliging on New Year's Day, Sir John Peel doing the honours 364 days later... 2006 has been arguably been the best DDP Christmas yet with 9 Deaths in December, 6 in the last two weeks of the year. The most dramatic of which of course, was Saddam Hussein. But let's not forget Augusto Pinochet, Joseph Barbera, Gerald Ford, Charlie Drake and James Brown, who went on the big day itself, who made Christmas a memorable one for the DDP... All of which leads us to this year and with the new points rule of an extra 5 points for a death on Christmas Day, DDP players will be hoping for an extra present in their stocking...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAWRO!

Boys and girls, I think we have a late contender for clip of the year.... That was pure Keystone Kops! I don't think so, isn't that a director giving instructions I can hear in the background? Looks like a movie set during filming to me. Keystone Kops were a film...

Yes the old trooper keeps going. I'll be very surprised if he doesn't make 2009...

You know, I thought about him the other night as a possible for DDP 2008.. One of the most influential musicians of the late 20th Century...

Boys and girls, I think we have a late contender for clip of the year.... That was pure Keystone Kops!

Working on mine now. 20 names is still tough!

Incidentally, will you be able to show numerically the number hits a team gets during the competition? cheers

In terms of people not 80+, I think Pollack (along with Christodoulos and Fawset) are my top picks. There doesn't seem to be enough evidence that he has got terminal cancer, unless someone can oblige overwise. Over to you DDT...

Oh Blimey! He reached December 31st then..... Coat!

Please sir, can I have one?

Perhaps the only decent thing Ian Smith has ever done is by dying and handing a 10th hit for the Deathlist! So who will be number 11? Maybe, if last year is anything to go by, Right-wingers start to drop like flies, so I'm going for Billy G...

Everton draw Oldham at home in the 3rd round of the FA Cup... surely we can win this one... I have a feeling Everton might do something in one of the cups this year and they're in three (FA, League, UEFA). At least get to the final...

Yes folks, it's that time of the year, where we put up the decorations way too early, buy the presents no-one needs and put on weight! But of course, death doesn't take a holiday, so here's a guide to yuletide's past which some esteemed people might forget, although by dying, they wouldn't have anything to remember... Since the Deathlist started, there have been 11 deathlist graduates at this time of year, with by far the most successful year being the most recent. Here's the roll call of the ghosts of Christmas past.... Ray Moore (1st December 1989) Dan Maskell (10th December 1992) Dean Martin (25th December 1995) Helen Wills Moody (1st January 1997 - according to Wikipedia anyway!) Lord Lew Grade (13th December 1997) Then a massive 7 year gap.... Lord Scarman (8th December 2004) Artie Shaw (30th December 2004 - One most celebrated by the Deathlist as it clinched the Derby Dead pool for 2004!) Richard Pryor (10th December 2005 - according to Wikipedia) And then last year's Christmas trilogy: General Pinochet (10th December) Joseph Barbera (18th December) Gerald Ford (27th December) I had a very good Christmas deadpool-wise, with Pinochet, Ford and of course Saddam propelling my team to 5th place in my rookie season (don't mention this year though....). So, will we be hearing the rattling of death's chains amongst the jingle bells this year?

Ooh-er missus!

Happy Birthday Mr Stats..........wherever he is!

Could be in for a grandstand finish. Perhaps I wrote you off too early Mr Ali.... But lets look to see who's left... Meet Your Maker: Janez Drnovsek Patricia C. Dunn Dr Jack Kevorkian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Jack Ramsey Yishak Shamir Ariel Sharon Eddie Thompson STAB_in_the_DARK: Ronnie Biggs Fidel Castro Lasana Conte Pete Doherty Larry Hagman Steve Jobs Greg Page Ariel Sharon Elizabeth Taylor Hmmmm...Most will make it into 2008. Maybe Shamir or Sharon (probably at Christmas) Your best hope RA is Steve Jobs in terms of points, but I've not heard or read anything about him being ill... FF will probably nick it, but you never know....

Has taken a turn for the worse.... Archbishop takes turn for worse with pain and breathing problems Question is, would he get a UK obit?

Iraqi cleric Aziz Abdul al-Hakim is apparently in remission, following treatment for lung cancer...

Well, with one 70s icon biting the dust (Knievel), she would probably be the next candidate....

Blimey, would you believe it! And there I was mulling on whether to have him graduate from my WDP to my DDP for 2008...

Happy Birthday Weatherman90.....17th birthday today! God I feel old...