DevonDeathTrip

I've always thought that dressage, which appears to comprise of sitting on a horse and making it walk in circles around a sandpit, a pretty strange sport.

Tea Cosy Pete, aka Teabag, possibly Swansea's most famous vagrant, has died of a stroke at an unspecified, but quite advanced age. http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Swansea-homeless-man-Tea-Cosy-Pete-dies-following/story-25929552-detail/story.html

Thread locked on account of being pointless, useless and a duplicate of a pre-existing pointless, useless thread which asks exactly same question. DDT (Older than he once was, but younger than he will be soon)

Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream, aged 70.

There was a mention in the week's Popbitch missive that Tom Watkins, former manager for East 17 and the Pet Shop Boys, is unwell. A bit of googling brings up this article from last June, confirming he in fact has liver cancer. Despite this, no one has picked him on the DDP... Will we get another chance next year?

Even if he gets found not guilty, the lyrics to his song The Black Cloud of Islam - conspicuous by it's absence from youtube - may ruffle some extremist feathers. Hopefully Harper's new found prominence won't mean his back catalogue comes to the attention of ISIS....although I suppose it isn't entirely likely that a bunch of crazed jihadists will sit around the campfire in Syria listening to McGoohans Blues.

George Dickerson, who played a detective in Blue Velvet, investigating the circumstances around a severed ear, has died aged 81.

Can a person remain standing after their time is up? I assumed that anyone who happened to die on their feet would just drop to the floor. But in my dream of Hannah Hauxwell freezing to death at night, she was found in a standing position, albeit propped up by a walking frame. This has made me wonder. Apparently there was the "Standing Death of Benkei", but other than that, there does't seem to be much precedent. Someone on Yahoo answers reckons a lightning strike might do the trick, but I'm not sure.

Extra legs must come in handy as, this desert fox has managed it http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=900_1421242142 I still think it might be possible with a walking frame.

Chuck Berry hasn't played a gig for three months. He says he's "taking a break for winter".

I like the llama scene in Twin Peaks, mainly because of Michael Ontkean's efforts to keep a straight face.

Time triallist Gary Dighton, who took part in the team event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, has committed suicide, aged 46.

So this thread isn't about the schism in the Church of Scotland?

I suppose it was just a crazy dream. Branwell Bronte stood up to die, but no doubt toppled shortly afterwards.

Fear not, Atuthi Prasad - a unique for Death Impends - has answered the call.

Ah good lad, I knew he was just itching to find the back of the net. My first DDP points of the year Did anyone else pick him?

There are some very strong teams this year and I predict carnage on a major scale. Herewith this year's effort. I'm hoping to do better than =16th place in 2014, my worst finish since 2007. The Living End Colin Bloomfield (joker) Lee Kun Hee Sam Simon Francis Cardinal George Martin Crowe Clive James Chuck Blazer Michael Gross (Producer/Cartoonist) Bob Benmosche Leo Scullion Jim Ed Brown Clive Derby-Lewis Christy Dignam Edwin Drummond (Climber/Poet) Ion Trewin Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai (aka Abu Anas al-Libi) Jacques Villeneuve Sr Denise Marshall Frank Van Den Bleeken Lauren Hill (Basketball player) SUB: Percy Sledge

I'm in for the tenth consecutive year. I believe myself and Rotten Ali are the only ever-presents. Do we get a bonus point for that? DevonDeathTrip Sister Wendy Beckett Clive James Abu Bakr al Baghdadi Rabbi Lionel Blue Jean Ritchie Percy Sledge Chris Woodhead Hannah Hauxwell Leonard Nimoy June Spencer Sub 1: Kenneth Anger Sub 2: Kim Fowley

Who the Dickens is that? Dunno, but I'd have great expectations of success if I picked him... Hmm I posted him as a possible a while ago hereabouts. His current health problems might just explain a trend I spotted on the last Deathrace entries. Little Jimmy Dickens is "recovering"....

Yes! Sorry to be difficult, but (if I understand you correctly) I don't want my potential DDP unique picks compromised before midnight. That's why I think having the deadline on 30th causes problems. I think I'd prefer to withdraw my entry if you want to go ahead with this. Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick.

Let them in. What's with the 30th Dec deadline anyway?

I'd been planning to include Hannah Hauxwell on my list, for no other reason than I had this really vivid dream several months ago that she walked out of her house one night, got lost and froze to death in the snow. Upon further reflection, I've decided to drop her from the squad, but thought I would mention it here, just in case she's in the headlines in the next couple of months having been found encased in ice on a snowy hillside, up in the Dales.

An obituary and a Christmas Day bonus.

I caught a bit of The Invisible Age, a documentary about society's perception of the elderly, on R4 today. Two nonogenarian English philosophers, Mary Midgley (95) and Mary (Baroness) Warnock (90) were wheeled out to give their views. It's hard to assess their health based on a radio interview, but both sounded very mentally alert and their appearance also reminds us that they are still alive. Mary Midgely commented on how she couldn't help thinking that everyone was wondering when she would die. It's shame there wasn't a post-show radio phone in where a R4 listener of a deadpooling persuasion may have been given her the opportunity to question her further on this point.

Am I okay to PM you my teams this year? Yeah, sure... I'd quite like to submit my team by fax, but I can't find a number on the site.