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In other news, my pick Colin Butts (writer) appears to be crowdfunding for the old fashioned "cure Stage IV metastatic pancreatic cancer in one fell swoop" surgery everyone wants these days.

Oh let Ferrer have that moment, John Hurt's legacy stands by itself.

There's also more DDP teams though! We're really talking about 7% of hits in 2016, and...somewhere around 0.8% of all picks that year.

Picks like her have been around since before I were deadpooling. Bit late to say they destroy the game now, 21 years after Baby P, 18 years since the first Famous for Dying/Fringes of Fames cases, 17 years since the first "tragic young woman with a modicum of fame" (the Joey Feek if you will), 10 years since No Noose and 16 year olds, and 9 years since coma victims. Anyhow, will there be a "next year" in the DDP anyway?

So, the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said he would transfer his vote (STV system) to the SDLP in the N Ireland election. Apparently a fair few Ulster Unionists followed his advice. Result? The SDLP have nabbed some shock results from the Unionist parties, the UUP are down to 10 MLAs, their leader has had to resign, and the main Unionist parties (the DUP/UUP/etc) have lost the overall Stormont majority... Not entirely sure he thought this idea through, to be honest!

Err, to be honest, I only joined because I used to post as a guest and one of the regulars suggested guests should sign up or else! A search suggests it was The Man in Black, and that my first post wasn't a list! I know, I must have been under the weather... Also don't take my snark as a put down - as a fan of the Adams, I appreciate that this forum can contain life, the universe and everything...

Deathlist Forums - come for the dead celebs, stay for the philosophy discussions...

I'd just like to note given the above that if Labour lose Glasgow in 2 months, it'll have nothing to do with Mr Corbyn, and everything to do with the city council.

Sallis, I'd be surprised if we hear another thing about till an obit. Retired, 96, not in the best of health, doesn't do public appearances now, etc.

That guess would be correct to the tune of 100%. Kaufman, naturally.

Completely forgot to make a prediction this week. Would have been 1/5 anyhow!

I wish him a speedy recovery, however... (He's on Bert's DDP team.)

O dear? Plenty of time left. You make up for not many uniques with a number of tottering terminals, and March does have a reputation for being a fairly active DDP month.

That's one of my thoughts, but it would be unfair to change the rules mid-competition. That, and a Jimmy Hill style re-jigging of the points system. Still, we live and learn. Or not, in the case of Mr Simmons.

Chase Simmons, a soldier famous for being in a coma, has died. Certainly famous only for dying, yet also a unique pick, so gets 2 points for Gcreptile. Something I am rapidly realising isn't much of a disincentive to pick Famous for Being Ill picks! I'll fix that if there's a 2nd Deathlist Cup... Rad’s Die-monds in the Sky (Rad Guy) vs Bibliogryphon 0-0 The Dead Cow vs Tommy J’s Eleven to Heaven – Or Elsewhere for Nevin (Death Impends) 2-2 Heef vs Death Comes to Wembley (Garn2) 2-0 Maryportfuncity vs 101 Great Practical Jokes with Luciano Re Cecconi (Spade Cooley) 0-2 Captain Chorizo vs The GUN’11 (Grim Up North) 0-0 The Cooler Name (Switch) vs DDT 0-2 Deadsox vs Pedro67 0-0 Rover’s Rovers (Roverandout) vs “O” (gcreptile) 0-4

That doesn't, as there's no reference to him being dead written down. Yeah, I know, it's fairly obvious but you know, the QO restrictions ARE fairly lenient. As shown by this being a QO! It also notes, at time of reading, that he died on 2nd March. Points to be updated imminently...

That'd have worked better imo: Vader being a normal bank clerk looking chap who wore the mask to inspire fear.

Well that's two big European footballers in 2 days. The aged in football who believe in the Rule of Three will be getting nervous.

Many of these follow the same pattern. Thread started when person is active and fine, one big health issue, radio silence or no public appearances for ages, then lots of small health issues building to a crescendo. Forsyth's in the latter part, and he never struck me as someone who'd last all that long without TV audiences, or knowing said audiences were definitely gone for good.

I thought he hadn't posted for a while.

Had an idea for a deadpool, but I don't have the time to run it. (The Deathlist Cup and updating TCD are my limit.) So in the spirit of sharing, I'll mention how it'd work here, and if anyone else likes it enough to want to run it at some point, they have my full blessing The Chase Concept: deadpoolers start on 0 points, and chase down a Control Figure which starts on 100 points. The first deadpooler to overtake the Control wins. Rules: 20 celebs to a team, DDP rules for scoring and obits count with 2 differences: Differences from the DDP: A successful hit can be replaced by a living person, 24 hours after they appear on the scoreboard as a successful hit. A miss (ie a death sans Qualifying Obit) can be replaced after a week. Therefore each Chasing Team should have 20 people on their team most of the time. A change from the DDP would see Only Famous for Dying Cases (to be determined by the Game Organiser) only scoring 3 points maximum, instead of whatever they would for their age under DDP rules. They'd also be banned as joker material. Each Sunday evening, the Control moves 10 points further ahead. So it is a chase rather than hunt the static target. I did think 50 points, but most folk on here could smash that inside a month these days, seemingly.

I was wondering if this would be worth it's own thread for casual checking/bragging rights, but I'm rather phobic of starting threads, so I'll just put it here. The Deathlist Forum Deadpool Hall of Fame Hartlepool Deadlypool 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - ? 2009 – Why Not? (whoever they were) 2010 – MaryportFuncity 2011 – MaryportFunCity 2012 – The Unknown Man 2013 – Bert Trautman 2014 - Estuarian Float 2015 – Captain Chorizo 2016 - Maryportfuncity I once led the Hartlepool Deadlypool for 5 whole days – 9th Jan to 14th Jan 2012 – between the deaths of Malam Bacai Sanha and Dame Lesley Strathie. DDP (since forum opened) 2004 – The Deathlist Committee (Grim Reaper/Statto/Welshman/others) 2005 – (Fallen Sparrow) 2006 – Football Fan 2007 – Football Fan 2008 - DDT 2009 – (Tonight Matthew, I’m Going to be Badly-torn Boy) 2010 – Octopus of Odstock 2011 – DDT 2012 – DDT 2013 – Spade Cooley 2014 – Spade Cooley 2015 – Spade Cooley 2016 – Spade Cooley Scavenger Hunt Deadpool I(2016/17) – TBD Windy City Deadpool 2016/17 – TBD Hare’s Death Pool 2014 – Rotten Ali 2015 – Toast 2016 – Gcreptile Deathrace 2009 – Raskolnikov 2010 – N/A due to lack of death 2011 – DDT 2012 – Spade Cooley 2013 – DDT 2014 – Death Impends 2015 – msc 2016 – DDT 2017 – Death Impends Shaun’s Death by Numbers 2015 – Sir Creep 2016 – DDT By Election Bingo 2015-2020 Parliament – TBD Advent Avalanche 2016: Death Impends The Midsummer Dead Pool 2016: Spade Cooley Inverse Dead Pool 2011 – Garn2 2012 – Estuarian Float 2013 – N/A (didn’t happen due to change of host) 2014 – Bibliogryphon 2015 – Death Impends 2016 – Pedro67 Half Year Deadpool 2010 – Windsor Kentucky Derby Dead Pool 2014 – Dr Zorders Predict the Paper 2012 – Paul Bearer Others can fill in the sizeable gaps but I thought something like this might be useful, so it's a start.

I believe I've mentioned it before? Last Tory MP to die in office was Eric Forth in 2006. This is a by-product of the 1997 landslide, it wiped out a whole lot of the old Tory guard and they've been replaced by Blairite/Thatcherite 40 year old clones.

Missed this a few days ago, but glad to see it: rapidly becoming one of the forum deadpoolers who adds to the quality of any given deadpool game, imo. I wish you well in the hunt for 2nd place.

Ah of course, how could I forget the man with more European Cups to his name than Manchester United?