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Death Impends is looking ominous, isn't he? Awaiting a QO for the former manager of T: Rex too. Gcreptile is a fine deadpooler but a 10 point gap with 12 days left might be a bridge too far even for them. If his soldier gets an obit, it's 2 points. Meanwhile RadChap is trying to run down the clock on what would be one of the biggest deadpooling shocks in recent history, imo. Elsewhere, Deadsox is only losing to Spade on "average age difference" and the final Quarterfinal could swing either way. A Rev Billy G or Colin Meads death in April would really set the cat among the pigeons, both being Deadsox uniques.

Damn, was hoping you'd say "oh anything under 40". I no longer qualify as young then... Although, my grandfather got my mum a library card when she was very young (before she could read), my mum got me one when I was the same, and we got my own the same when they were very young. Get them surrounded by books and reading from an early age, I say, and it sticks. Mind you, I saw a super nanny TV show thing a few years back, and on it, the parents, when their kid was acting up, punished them by making them read! So their child associated books with punishment. I nearly blew a gasket watching. I like books. Especially those by Agatha Christie.

That's a shame. I was only reading about him last week, as he shows up in Jeremy Hutchinson's biography due to the Romans in Britain trial.

Ahem, Davey Boy Smith! Tastier than koala burger, I'm sure.

Moffat's gone at the end of this year. It'll be Chris Chibnall in charge from 2018 when the new Doctor shows up.

Well, as they involved Bob Hope and Zsa Zsa, I'm glad it's not what you're thinking! Basically, lots of people get drunk on (live?) TV and make light hearted fun of a chosen celebrity, who sits at the head of a table and is "roasted". Apparently they happen a lot.

He's in that horror film Mary Poppins too. Alas, not as good as the Mrs Doubtfire one which only changes the incidental music...

There's a corner of Glasgow that'd like to see him replaced by someone like...Brian Laws or Russell Slade, or someone else reassuringly dreadful.

Bit irrelevant, though, being DQ'd and all that.

. EDIT - Now that's something I've never seen before - the forum crashing and duplicating a post when sent.

Define "young".

Hmm, thinking about Phyllis Diller earlier got me to thinking about those Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. Can't be many folk still around from them, I thought, as the big names were folk like John Wayne and Sinatra and co. Well, most of the people have died, true, but there's still 99 "roasters" still with us today. Some better known than others, but here's an updated list of those from them still around... Doc Severinsen (b. 1927) Ruth Buzzi (b. 1936) Bob Newhart (b. 1929) Louisa Mortiz (b. 1946) Dionne Warwick (b. 1940) Rich Little (b. 1938) Kent McCord (b. 1942) Petula Clark (b. 1932) Marty Allen (b. 1922) Norm Crosby (b. 1927) Ken Berry (b. 1933) Mark Spitz (b. 1950) Hugh Hefner (b. 1926) Charo (b. 1941) Barbara Heller (b. 1936) Mark Russell (b. 1932) Donald Rice (b. 1939) Kirk Douglas (b. 1916) Jack Burns (b. 1933) Mort Sahl (b. 1927) Lowell P Weicker Jr (b. 1931) Monty Hall (b. 1921) Birch Bayh (b. 1928) Gary Burghoff (b. 1943) Loretta Lynn (b. 1932) Doug Kershaw (b. 1936) Laffit Pincay Jr (b. 1946) Demond Wilson (b. 1946) John Barbour (b. 1933) Maury Wills (b. 1932) Gladys Knight (b. 1944) Joseph Wambaugh (b. 1937) Ralph Nader (b. 1934) James Brolin (b. 1940) Jane Withers (b. 1926) Donna Fargo (b. 1945) Zubin Mehta (b. 1936) Wayne Newton (b. 1942) Steve Lawrence (b. 1935) Arte Johnson (b. 1929) Hank Aaron (b. 1934) Rodney Allen Rippy (b. 1968) Joe Namath (b. 1943) Dick Butkus (b. 1942) Jim Plunkett (b. 1947) Angie Dickinson (b. 1931) Carol Channing (b. 1921) Rosemary Casal (b. 1948) Me Tillis (b. 1932) Johnny Bench (b. 1947) Richard Roundtree (b. 1942) Gabe Kaplan (b. 1945) Glen Campbell (b. 1936) Georgia Engel (b. 1948) Valerie Harper (b. 1939) Ed Asner (b. 1929) Julie Kavner (b. 1950) Tony Orlando (b. 1944) Billy Crystal (b. 1948) Luis Tiant (b. 1940) Willie Mays (b. 1931) Shirley Jones (b. 1934) Jimmie Walker (b. 1947) Liz Torres (b. 1947) Dena Dietrich (b. 1928) Gavin MacLeod (b. 1931) Paul Williams (b. 1940) Kelly Monteith (b. 1942) Willie Tyler (b. 1940) Julie McWhirter (b. 1947) Marilyn Michaels (b. 1943) Tom Dreesen (b. 1939) Peter Marshall (b. 1926) Rose Marie (b. 1923) Rip Taylor (b. 1935) Karen Valentine (b. 1947) Earl Holliman (b. 1928) Cindy Williams (b. 1947) Cathy Rigby (b. 1952) Rex Reed (b. 1938) Katherine Helmond (b. 1929) Abbe Lane (b. 1932) Robert Guillaume (b. 1927) Connie Stevens (b. 1938) Frank Welker (b. 1946) Betty White (b. 1922) Barbara Sinatra/Marx (b. 1927) Suzanne Somers (b. 1946) Lee Meriwether (b. 1935) Bernie Kopell (b. 1933) Paul Anka (b. 1941) Alan Hamel (b. 1936) Caitlyn Jenner (b. 1949) Joan Collins (b. 1933) Mr T (b. 1952) Ann Jillian (b. 1950) Ricky Schoder (b. 1970) Maureen Murphy Melissa Gilbert (b. 1964) A fair few theme teams in there.

He must be quite ill. He hasn't posted on the forum for a while.

As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "The problem with the internet is that you're never sure if quotes by famous people on Twitter or internet forums are just made up."

40 points separating 6 teams, tight! Well done, Shaun, when I saw Ms Morano had died, I had images of you swearing under your breath!

He was diagnosed with it after seizures in 2005. Only 2/3rds of the tumour is operable, and has been removed. He is undergoing what sounds like permanent chemo to keep the rest under control (and has had chemo so long he's acclimatized to it and no longer gets sick). He postponed chemo last year for a bit to climb Kilimanjaro, but is back on it. He still works full time.

To pick up on an older point, its a sobering thought to realise we're not that far off haing modern young celebrities where we can go and check what Deathlist forum posts were made on the day of their birth. (There''s footballers born 2000/2001 now, so, only a few years to go...)

Wont be the first suspicious death in Paisley.

Ever seen Love Actually? He's the guy who goes to America to get shagged in it.

No.

Tbh, Rev Billy G always reminds me of Phyllis DIller's line about him: "He made me what I am today - alcoholic".

Another three points for DI then, as and when we get the QO!

She'll be a unique on the DDP if she goes this year, thanks to some nameless Scottish idiot leaving her out of his reserve side.

Potentially even more helpful for you: The Times are on the case. Grumble, grumble, grumble, etc...

Ian St John says all the (living) big name footballers of the 50s and 60s alive have dementia of some sort, but in particular, Ron Yeats does.