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Ya know, the last public update on Wilson was 5 weeks ago. For an 80 year old with a heart attack, angina and a head injury. No news doesn't exactly speak confidence in his well being. Now I've said that, he'll be announced tomorrow for Pointless Celebrities or whatever's having a Christmas special this year. Also, apologies to anyone who sees a bump and thinks "he's dead". This was on Page 6, which for a fairly big celeb with ongoing health concern, was a rarity.

I know, it's a shame that Desmond Tutu is such an obscure person that his death, were it to happen, wouldn't be, oh I don't know, the major breaking news story for every fucking news source in the Western world and most beyond. "Oh, is this a hoax?" I think you'll be able to tell quite quickly if it wasn't a fucking hoax!

So trying to poke about the Terry Funk thing a bit more, according to the Dave Meltzer, he spoke to Funk a month ago and nothing was up then, so whatever it is has transpired since then. Tommy Dreamer and a bunch of other folk of that ilk were said to be genuinely upset backstage (and Dreamer is a shit actor), and all the smoke is that something major is up. With that said, I tried to have a think about 20 names which might feature on a DDP pro-wrestling theme team. Skipped Superstar Billy because he's an exaggerating sod. Smith, Frenchy, Sunny and others who have been mentioned at length above. And folk who have no chances of obit - Black Bart and Dale Torborg are quite ill, but I'd be shocked if the KISS Demon got a bloody Qualifying Obit! (Spade can take all the info below in this post as read - it's trying to open up the noble game out of us geeks...) 1. George "The Animal" Steele (b. 1937) - Villain/heel in the 70s/80s, had a dreadful match with Randy Savage at WrestleMania II. Was in the Tim Burton film Ed Wood, so obit guaranteed. Had "serious health issues" as of May 2016, and an operation to fix them had to be halted due to him having sudden breathing difficulties. 2. Jimmy Snuka (b. 1943) - Famed wrestler/potential domestic abuser and murderer. Alleged to have stomach cancer, he's got another medical for court reasons due in December. 3. Dynamite Kid (b. 1958) - Former Tag Champion with The British Bulldog and famed British wrestler in his own right. Also a nutter, in a wheelchair, and has had multiple strokes in the past few years. 4. Marty Jannetty (b. 1962) - Former Tag Champion with Shawn Michaels (there's your obit), but nowadays a drugged up mess with dodgy knees. When, not if. 5/6. The Sandman (b. 1963), Sabu (b. 1964), Another Other ECWers - they're getting up in age, they look hideous, they hit each other for real with weapons, gleefully bled over each other, and took enough drugs to raise Jimi Hendrix from the grave - none of which is conducive to longevity, and we've started to see the former alumni drop this year with Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney. Speaking of hardcore wrestlers, there's no chance Masato Tanaka is seeing 60 in my book. 7. Tyson Kidd (b. 1980) - Survived the Christopher Reeve neckbreak in 2015, which has a 95% mortality rate, but those who survive don't tend to have a long and prosperous life. 8. Perro Aguayo Sr (b. 1946) - Mexican legend. Obit more likely because his son, Perro Aguayo Jr, died in a horrific accident in 2015 which made the Daily Mail. Said to be in very poor health now. 9. Butch Miller (b. 1944) - Survived a near fatal dose of septicemia in 2011, but has been in poor health since. 10. Adrian Street (b. 1940) - Well known British cross dressing act. Had a stroke about a decade ago, and is rumoured to be in fairly poor health again. 11. Ole Anderson (b. 1942) - Former member of The Four Horsemen, now has MS, full on memory issues, and a habit of falling and breaking things. 12. Vader (b. 1955) - Legendary big man, with a whole host of prior health issues, from heart problems to MRSA to being in a coma for a month in 2007 after system shutdown/collapse due to alcoholism. Seems to have recovered now, but all those vices and prior health issues in a big guy (350+ pounds) isn't great. 13. Jim Neidhart (b. 1955) - Overweight, Boozy, drugged up brother in law of Bret Hart. Another when, not if. 14. Angelo Mosca (b. 1938) - Has dementia. 15. Rosey (b. 1970) - Former tag champion suffering from kidney failure for a number of years. Obit certain as brother of current star Roman Reigns and cousin of Rikishi, "cousin" (Samoan thing) of The Rock. 16. Nigel McGuinness (b. 1976) - Former British wrestler with Hep B, and post-concussion issues. 17. Jim Cornete (b. 1961) - Cult manager who is my pick for having a massive coronary at some point in the ten years - all that hatred and Sprite addiction can't be good for his blood pressure. 18. Sam Houston (b. 1963) - Jake the Snake's brother, with a history of substance abuse, and jail time. 19. Rocky Johnson (b. 1944) - Aging father of The Rock, with a long history of alcoholism and looking frail. 20. Bruno Sammartino (b. 1935) - Will obit, as he held the world title for 12 years combined, and is one of the big names in wrestling. No known health issues, but 81 is practically 150 years old in wrestler years. There's also those who may hypothetically have used lots of substances which tend to be linked with pro-wrestling, like Scott Steiner (b. 1962) and The Warlord (b. 1962), but their hearts could go at any time.

David Bowie looks frail as fuck in the Blackstar video, he should have been on the Deathlist and every DDP team. Oh wait, no he wasn't, because we only have hindsight in retrospect.

Hang on, I didn't pick Cameron? What was on I when I came up with the list for this thing?

Shortly: goodbye my friend, it's hard to die?

Terry Funk said to be "seriously ill" Via PW Insider (but copied below as that site is bloody awful for pop ups) Also, Sunny's having her latest hospital stay. In hospital for over a week for unannounced reasons, possibly related to drama queenery.

Zagallo seems determined to try and outlive everyone else in his two finals.

Joost also won probably the most famous World Cup final in his sport, which has growing interest/influence throughout the world. Fergie Frederiksen was symptomatic of the 2011 list. I don't really know Downie's music - I aim to rectify that at some point soon - but he's known by many of my music loving friends, many of whom drew a blank on Fergie, so I dare say he's far better known. And should get a DDP QO. But I'd be stunned if he made the front page. Tends to be A list musicians they go for, bar the odd outlier.

South African singer Mandoza dead aged 38 from brain cancer. He was actually on my 2017 long list as he's been covered by the BBC in the past, so I had inklings he might nab a QO. Well, he wont get one in 2017 now, anyhow.

I don't really see any of the big DDP 2017 picks featuring on the 2017 Deathlist so far. I mean, sure they picked Chris Woodhead, but he had a degree of notoriety/public awareness in the UK. Piers Sellers (despite being from Sussex), Gord Downie, etc, don't.

Isn't he the chap who went on the radio and said he was totally not going to see his 80th birthday? And he's 86 now.

The death of Gabriele Amorth had me wondering how many survivors there were from my Deathrace teams. 2012 - Clive James, Penny Marshall, Manuel Noriega, Leslie Philips, Mary Wilson, Peregrine Worsthorne (6/20) 2013 - Ryan sodding Buell, Judy Blume, Bob Dole, Mark Eden, Nicholas Edwards, Michael Jopling, Danny Kirwan, Robert Mugabe, Freddie Starr (9/20) 2014 - Heinz Kessler*, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Freeman Dyson, Frank Bough, Clare Hollingworth (5/20) 2015 - Zhou Youguang, Zoltan Sarosy, Shivakumara Swanjii, Barys Kit, Gillo Dorfles, Clare Hollingworth (6/20) 2016 - Keith Farnham, Bishop Robinson, Joost van der Westhuizen, Mary Wilson, Nobby Stiles (5/20) I wonder which year will be first to face a full wipeout - 2015 is favourite given all of them are centenarians, but I've a feeling sods law will see one of them still kicking long after younger picks have gone. *He's still alive? FFS.

There is some great comic potential in those first two lines above. I must remember to steal it borrow it at some point.

Not to speak ill of the dead, but when Ron Bass is the Shawn Michaels of your tag team...

Amorth was a survivor from one of my early Deathrace teams.

Meth lab? Sadly not. Rubbish bag left outside flat.

Going by previous precedent, the death of Carlo Ciampi might have been announced with enough time for him to be on this weeks episode.

Yes, I saw it, I've already been thinking that he is going to doom my "Generation Game" team. Well, he is 65 and the game will probably go on a while...

Another Chris Mortensen update.

She appears to be using a hyperbaric chamber to try and deal with her cancer. Riiiiight...

I always thought Dr Nakamats is "carny as fuck", to put it one way. Of course, he'll drop dead tomorrow now out of spite.

No, its been around for a decade.

Points for Gcreptile should a QO ever appear.

There is a solution but it seems no one wants to follow it through. https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8967-warning-deathlist-downtime/page-2#entry275259 It can be changed by Admin, right? So that's three people: Paul, Magere (MIA) and Grim. As one of those is the on-site admin currently, and you posted that solution a while ago, and there has been no change, then one might surmise that the admin, as it were, are perfectly happy with the swear filter existing. The YouTube video thing is more annoying.