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Billy Graham, and then him and Woodhead will put together a faith school in the afterlife

T-Mib, please classify: If a death is reported during an event on Sky Sports (not Sky Sports News), does this count as an obituary?

Kidney is basically some schmuck who wrote into his local newspaper and told them he was a "British wrestling legend" and they believed him. He then lucked into a couple of BBC appearances off the back of that. He is very, very odd to look at and is basically as much of a wrestler as I am a footballer because I played for a Sunday league team twice. Of that list of "oldest pro-wrestlers"... top two still living are both commentators, although Lance Russell would get a mention on Raw if he died which, I believe, would classify as a DDP-qualified obit as it airs on Sky Sports. Lord Littlebrook is one who is always on the outskirts of my DDP sides, for a midget to get to 86 is impressive, for him to survive about four years after having his legs amputated due to diabetes is stunning. Would get a proper obit as well because he's English and was a big (ish) name in the 60s over here, as well as being one of the few British people to have wrestled at WrestleMania. Looking at other wrestlers over the age of 80 and their DDP potentials... Don Leo Jonathan was Bret Hart's favourite wrestler ever, which might just sneak him a Raw mention. Danny Hodge and Gene LeBell have enough to their careers outside of wrestling to get small British broadsheet obituaries maybe two or three weeks after they die. Rene Goulet is a former WWE road agent so would get the Raw obit. Raw obits would be a slamdunk for Mr Fuji, Nick Bockwinkel and Mr Wrestling II as well. Gypsy Joe is a bit of a wildcard but the fact that a guy had a wrestling career that spread from 1951 to 2009, including being willing to be bladed at the age of 78, might see him get a Daily Mail filler obit. Lost a foot to rickets the other year as well.

Placed in special measures.

Romania's manager in 1970, Angelo Niculescu, dead at 93. This leaves just Raul Cardenas (Mexico), Hernan Carrasco Vivanco (El Salvador) and the aforementioned Mario Zagallo (Brazil) as the final three gaffers from that tournament still with us.

Good times, great memories.

tbh if nobody in the US has managed to get a clean shot on Barry or his predecessor considering the rage both of them inspire in 50% of the US populace, I think we're probably never going to see an American assassination ever again.

"[H]e can't use his mouth". I've used that excuse with my girlfriend on many occasions.

Yeah he certainly isn`t the greatest actor of all time.He relied in his image in many films as opposed to genuine acting talent. Yeah, but that just means he was a great "movie star". Movie stars >>> actors.

Gonna be problematic as fuck in 2015 and enter a DDP theme team of people who are transgendered.

Was hoping that news would bubble under most people's radars but the Mail's put a stop to that.

Dave's not here, man. And by "Dave" I mean "white blood cells".

Turd Ferguson getting flushed?

Actually, while I'm here and knowing that this forum includes many fine gentlemen of an advanced age: was "Soap" any good? I've read about it over the years and it seems like it could be a great show to binge watch, but its never been shown in repeats on UK TV to the best of my knowledge. I can torrent the hell out of it... was it a great show or was it just a memey zeitgeist thing of the late 70s?

That classic sitcom "As The World Turns".

Roald Dahl's death was mentioned on Going Live a few days after he carked it, which I can clearly remember, but the first death I was aware of when it actually happened was Rajiv Gandhi, because they interrupted whatever was on TV at time with a newsflash for him.

Think the last two stiffs had pretty much nobody rooting for them in these threads, so I'll continue that trend and plump for Ken Kercheval

Ah, the Premier Inn strategy

Sumner would be a great addition to the DL imho, got enough of a backstory to be interesting, rumours of him being basically a doddering dementia ridden shell despite claims by his family that he's still as sharp as a tack and running his businesses, survived being in a damn fire and guaranteed a front page obituary from the FT.

British mayors don't get UK media obituaries when they die, don't expect Canadian ones to bag one instantly either. He might luck out with a Reuters obit at some point, the Daily Mail website doing a Canadian hits grab or a third obituary on the page on a quiet day in the Guardian within a few weeks.

Does this leave Tempest Storm as the last notable Irving Klaw performer still living?

Dusty Rhodes on meeting the grim reaper: "He got a thickle!"

It's ridiculous and hurtful to wish death on a 3-year-old child, but considering what a cunt George Lineker turned out to be, strangely prescient.

Really? I only know him from his days in the WWF (late 80s I think) and he wasn't really that impressive to watch. But then, what do I know about wrestling? Bujt I'm sure that people like him wouldn't have a chance to step into the ring with the current fad of pretty boys and bodybuilders in the ring. His late 80s WWF run was basically him collecting a paycheck (he said that he earned more money dressing up in polka dots and dancing with large black women in WWF than he ever did working on top in the southern territories, so fair play). But when it comes to pure charisma and the ability to sell a wrestling match on the mic, there was never anybody better. Just google "dusty rhodes hard times" to see the finest spoken-word performance in American performing arts history.

Big Bill Maynard