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1. Sister Wendy 2. The one in the US 3. Whoopi Goldberg 4. The nun in Father Ted 5. Mother Theresa That's probably about it on a Western scale.

I apologise if I have made Maryport sound far more exciting than it is there.

This was the first thread I found on this site. I had this "whatever happened to Richard O'Sullivan" moment, and while trying to search for news articles, this site came up in the search. So two hours later... "What did happen to Richard O'Sullivan then?" *reads* "I think he's living in Maryport..." LIVING and MARYPORT in the same sentence - post of the fucking decade!! I'd never heard of Maryport before this forum (as I've mentioned before, geography was never my strong point) but somehow over the last several years, I've built a picture of it in my mind. Sort of Royston Vasey crossed with one of those abandoned ghost towns you'd find in a zombie flick.

This was the first thread I found on this site. I had this "whatever happened to Richard O'Sullivan" moment, and while trying to search for news articles, this site came up in the search. So two hours later... "What did happen to Richard O'Sullivan then?" *reads* "I think he's living in Maryport..."

No worries, TMIB. There's still one stats update to come, but as one batch of it takes several hours, it maybe a while yet. I hadn't quite appreciated how much work was involved. (Still, I've reached 2009, so no point quiting now...) On another note, Hippoposthumous, The Doffin Codgers, and Impaled on the Antlers of Doom are team names I love, which I'd missed before. Sadly, the last two no longer seem to take part.

I can't mind how I found the forum. Someone famous dying in the summer of 2008. Looking it up, it might well have been when I was using google to try and find out who Randy Pausch was.

Five years ago, a sad day for Dr Who fans with the passing of Nick Courtney. "Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid" and all that.

So you'd say you're a rambling man, MPFC? Think on the bright side. When O'Sullivan actually dies, someone somewhere is going to read through this entire thread from the start. Hello to annoyed guest posters and new forumites from the future - bet you're fed up right about now. Don't worry, only another few dozen pages to go now...

RIP to one of the great British film legends. 103's no a bad age.

Spade - you total fucking hero! Who says dead poolers are uncaring sick closet cases? Alleged Deadpool player David Quantick?

True story. When I first saw this thread (nearly a decade ago) I had never heard of the actor in question, so my first thoughts were: "Blimey, the horse racing guy is very popular here".

I'd guess around 90% plus of the major DDP hits are mentioned on this forum before the year they die. I did some research last year after I realised how much my game sucked, and found I was missing "slam dunks", as you'd put it, because I wasn't paying attention to the basketball thread, for example, or because they were in, say, the Ideas and Possibilities thread for two or three years previously. There is a minority of picks which people keep hidden because they're hoping for the 3 points a unique pick will bring, which is understandable given the margins at the top. Though I'm of the opinion the unique bonus is somewhat overated, as people tend to be unique because they're not ill, unless you have deadpooling sniffer dog skills like DDT or Spade, and even then, they've got a combined 2/40 unique picks this year. Instead of trying to think about uniques this year, I just went for seriously ill folk, and consequently look like having my most successful year ever.

Joss Acklund going on the 29th would be the punchline to a long running DDP biography gag, but I'm not sure he'd see it that way. 26th October has to fall some day, especially with nearly 300 hits a year these days. The last nine categories require going back to the very beginning and counting. I'm at 2001 and taking a break before my eyes see nothing but DDP stats and stars. Though if anyone would like to tell me who John Baker who died 5th December 2000 was, he's not showing up on Google and he's buggering everything up at the moment.

Given I had Prudhomme done as a "Day of No Death record breaker" that's just forgetting to tick it off despite that. Edited.

Most years in competition (correct to 2016) Mr C 18 Drunkasaskunk 18 Jesus Jones 18 Finbarr Returns from the Dead 16 JoeRam 16 Juicy Janny 16 Dates of No Death 29th Feb, 26th Oct, Days Previous Ones Were Shattered 30th October 2014 – Renee Asherson 21st December 2014 – Billie Whitelaw 28th December 2015 – Lemmy 8th October 2015 – Paul Prudhomme The other ones will take rather more work. I'm not even going to try the "average age of hit" though.

A few more Most hits in a month 1. January 2014 (35) 2. January 2015 (32) 3. March 2014 (30) 4. April 2015 (28) 5. July 2014 (26) Which blows out all previous records. Most Hits on one Day FOUR 10th April 2015 – Lauren Hill, Judith Malina, Jin Youzhi, Richie Benaud 14th February 2015 – Michele Ferrero, Louis Jourdan, Wim Ruska, Pamela Cundell 6th May 2014 – Cornelius Gurlitt, Maria Lassnig, Farley Mowat, Roger Dimmock FIVE (!) 7th July 2014 – Alfredo di Stefano, Dickie Jones, Anthony Smith, Michael Scuadmore, Eduard Shevardnadze 16th January 2014 – Dave Madden, Ruth Duccini, Steve Evans, Hiroo Onoda, Russell Johnson Number of hits, all time (to 31 Dec 2015) - 2010

I didn't count 2016 as it's still ongoing. It would be a pain with remembering the cut off point for, say, the points totals, otherwise.

First stats update (to 31 December 2015) 2014 Winner - David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals Points – 108 Hits – 11 Total Teams – 575 Total Hits - 247 Most Popular Pick – Zsa Zsa Gabor Most Popular Hit – General Jaruzelski 2015 Winner – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals Points – 98 Hits – 10 Total Teams – 501 Total Hits – 239 Most Popular Pick – Zsa Zsa Gabor Most Popular Hit – Sam Simon Most Points (New System since 2007) The Living End 779 Master Mind 605 Wormer, He’s a Dead Man! Niedermeir Dead! Marmalard Dead! 551 Deceased Hose 545 Octopus of Odstock 527 Misers 523 Stab in the Dark 515 Waiting List 493 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 457 Ethnic Cleansing 446 Going Underground 445 Carkers Convention 439 =This Mortal Coil 439 Eejit 425 Dead Ends 425 Drunkasaskunk 419 They’re Dead Y’Know! 409 Poochie Died on the Way Back to his Home Planet 407 Windsor the Troll 402 The Newstreet Boys Death Squad 402 The Beatles Are Dying in the Wrong Order 402 I’m Sorry for Your Trouble/If I’m Spared Myself 398 Stiff and the Tears 396 Star Dust 384 Shovelful of Dirt 376 Madonna’s Hand of Bod 368 The Endo f the World as We Know It 350 Groblers Still Ones 346 Golden Slumbers 342 CrazyCarl 340 Canadian Paul 336 Inquilinekea/Simfish 328 JoeRam 321 Going Green 313 Eternity Tours 310 People I think Might Die in (year) United 308 Lard Bazaar 306 Guild of Master Reapers 303 It’s Grim Up North 302 Deathlist.net 301 Tomb It May Concern 301 Teams on the Up Conqueror Worm 281 Dead Certs 257 Very Ill Turned Very Dead 278 Norfolk and Good – 283 Mr C 255 Bazziliant 289 Biologically Dead 268 Crossing the Styx 250 Die now...die now...show us you’ve pegged 257 Thomas Jefferson Survives 249 Inigo, I Hope We Win 291 I took every team who'd been in 5 years or more and did a quick count up of their tallies. Could have missed someone out in 500 but that's in the ball park. Most Points in a Year (since 2007) David Quantick Showbiz Pals (2014) 108 slips into the list Most Popular Pick to Not Die Zsa Zsa Gabor (2015) - 195 Latest Deaths 31st December 2014 - Duke of Wellington 31st December 2014 - Michael Kennedy 31st December 2015 - Wayne Rogers Earliest Deaths 1st January 2014 - Juanita Moore 1st January 2014 - Dorothy Baldwin 1st January 2015 - Mario Cuomo Christmas Day 2015 - Sadhana Shivdasani 2014 - Kate Gross, Alberta Adams Unnatural Causes Ann B Davis Fall (2014) Debbie Purdy Suicide (2014) James Brady Homicide (2014) Christopher Barry Fall (2014) Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah Killed (2014) Philip Seymour Hoffman Overdose (2014) Robin Williams Suicide (2014) Assad Uzzaman Killed (2015) John F Nash Car Crash (2015) Alicia Nash Car Crash (2015) Adam Yahiye Gadahn Killed (2015) Scott Weiland Overdose (2015) Cilla Black Fall (2015) Milestones 1600th - Adolfo Suarez, 23 March 2014 1700th - Kathy Craven, 18th August 2014 1800th - Kel Nagle, 29th January 2015 1900th - Marguerite Patten, 4 June 2015 2000th - Nicholas Smih, 6 December 2015 (Though given my maths issues, someone might want to double check that one...) Youngest Deaths Lauren Hill (2015, 19) Well, there's a start on them anyhow.

Allegedly, it'll be the Dimblebot. Which would be good, as Huw Edwards just lacks that x factor in his presenting.

Tie breaker - George Galloway is a cunt and wants to get out.

On less obsessive compulsive territory, 5th place, 5 hits and 10 points off Spade in February? I'm going to pretend I'm in a title race here.. while I can.

If my maths is correct, Lord Avebury is 99th, not 100. I did a count up of 2006-2013 to make sure it hit 79, which it did. He's then had 20 hits since January 1st 2014 Which takes him to 99.

In DDP terms, you'll like this. Not a lot, but you'll like this.

Pierre Boulez, Alan Rickman, Frank Finlay and, I suppose, Cecil Parkinson (despite his outright git nature) would add to your list too, certainly.

That's always been my view. Someone, say Bibliogryphon or RadGuy or a guest, will post it one sleepy Thursday afternoon, and it'll take people entirely by surprise. There will be the usual "its a hoax", links to fecking Mediamass, and then the old "end of an deadpooling era" posts.