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First time I've seen that article. Ouch. I even got a rare post from Bert out of it too! I admit to even looking for a Delpech obit that day, despite it being not in my own interest.

Well, she'll be on 20-30 teams now!

Sad, but a good innings.

Joey Feek being an example of someone clearly only known by 99% of those who picked her for being ill, but had some fame to her name. Shameless proved why going for these picks isn't the most sensible route to the title, and the most contentious picks have been outlawed by OoO and TMIB already.

I get what you mean, it is quite satisfying to see The Honourable Member for DDP North doing better than about 100 non-theme teams! I admit I'm a complete hypocrite in the matters, disliking the cancer mums but still picking certain people.

This will sound like Armchair Quarterback/Drunk Man in Pub talk, but genuinely if I'd seen the Blackstar music video before I'd put my DDP team in last Hogmanay, Bowie would have been on my team. We watched the BBC Memorial video later that night and it's got Steve Strange being in the Ashes to Ashes video. My wife's said "Fuck, I thought they were going to add Bowie, he looks hellish in that video." The lesson here is always listen to the better half's deadpool tips. I'm ignoring her Yoko Ono suggestion for 2017 too...

With all due respect to Palmer, how's Rick Wakeman these days?

It amuses me that this thread is nearly ten years old, and yet Menotti, Zagallo and all bar Robson mentioned as contenders in the opening post are still with us! The vagaries of life for you.

Aye, Person A still hasn't revealed the results of their tests in November. Terribly unsporting, really... I know who your talking about, but I haven't put him on my shortlist because I don't think he's that ill. The person I did put wasn't showing to his job, but I removed him because I wasn't sure how ill he was and he was pretty old anyways and wouldn't make the drop 40 nor would it probably be unique. 1) Ah, you mean a lupine chap? Not him. 2) The Drop 40 bonus is certainly adding an interesting dimension to things.

Aye, Person A still hasn't revealed the results of their tests in November. Terribly unsporting, really...

Genuinely, someone needs to start an Ask Cat thread.

Also, the tumor in his head is in his brain, by sounds of it. I think we all figured that, but the difference is crucial.

The folk I've got left as potential uniques not mentioned on here are probably on other people's shortlists, I'd guess. The least well known of the four (though still a proper celeb, in my book) is keeping off radar but still had their health mentioned in a major QO within the last twelve months. Also, one of my own tips is no longer on my short list as there's a whiff of fraud about them. This isn't the same person Gcreptile mentioned. I think both of them might still make the Drop 40 though.

British Beatlemania could refer to Any One Beatle, too, in a way. Chubby Checker's still going. As is Dylan.

Blimey! There's an epitaph. That's the only King Crimson reference I can make.

You could turn that into a game. ie: Aha, so that's why Terri Roberts went off the grid! Aha, so that's why DI picked a movie character! Aha, so that's why Doc Sims keeps getting these new experimental drugs! And so on. All part of the great DQSP network! Heh.

Easily done with stuff from IKEA.

Is it still two theme teams per player? "There is a maximum number of 3 teams per individual (can be any combination of normal and theme teams) although there are some cases that certain emails will contain many teams as part of a "syndicate" of different teams."

Ah, that's a shame, but good luck!

They'll outlast Buell, gcreptile! 2011 - Dr Sree Sree Swaniji, Johan Van Hulst, Clare Hollingworth, Mary Carlisle, (4/50) 2012 - Penny Marshall, Harper Lee, Peregrine Worsthorne, Manuel Noriega, Clive James, Mary Wilson, Leslie Philips, (7/20) 2013 - Robert Mugabe,Judy Blume, Nicholas Edwards, Danny Kirwan, Bob Dole, Michael Jopling, Mark Eden, Ryan Buell, Freddie Starr (9/20) 2014 - Ryan Buell, Liz Dawn, Helen Fawkes, Valerie Harper, Wilko Johnson, Chris Moncrieff, Pat Rice, Joost, Ian Watkins, 9/20 2015 - Helen Fawkes, Joost, Seumas Milne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Glen Campbell, Jacques Villenueve Sr, Vojislav Seselj, Mary Wilson,Peter Sallis, Peter Sutcliffe, 10/20 2016 - 5/20 as it stands.

In hospital for over a week, and being treated at a cancer hospital. Making a December play for a Deathlist spot.

Where'd he go? Other than Nottinghamshire.

Nah, I'm nothing like Biblio. He's a list making deadpooler who tends to underachieve beyond his likely abilities in the DDP, is a big Doctor Who fan, and publicly declared support for at least one losing side in a major referendum within the last two and a bit years. Whereas I... More drink!

Looking around, he had a Vesicointestinal fistula and e-coli, and has had to have part of his colon removed.

One of the deaths of the year was David Gest, as it was apparently unexpected. I knew fuck all about him, but finding out that he was preparing his "David Gest is Not Dead" tour damn near killed me laughing. I admit that first sentence exists solely to mention the second one.