The Dead Cow

Total bastard. Alright, I'll award points for Snuka but what shall I do about subsequent entries? It seems harsh to give them a load of points but it would be unfair to let them start with nothing. How about making them choose 26 instead of 25? If that's the case, I'll add Jerry Lewis to my squad No, I mean those who enter from now on. Everyone who has already entered is fine and will receive points for Snuka very soon.

Total bastard. Alright, I'll award points for Snuka but what shall I do about subsequent entries? It seems harsh to give them a load of points but it would be unfair to let them start with nothing. How about making them choose 26 instead of 25?

Dan Haggerty couldn't bear life any longer as he reached his grizzly end a year ago on this day.

It's started, although the deadline for entries is 21st January. Previous winning scores are as follows 2016 - 21 points 2015 - 15 points 2014 - 10 points 2012 - 10 points 2011 - 15 points Does that mean that it will possible to sub anyone who dies before January 21? If someone dies before the deadline then I will award points to the teams that had them. Any teams that are entered after such a death will still be required to pick 25 names and will be given a handful of points. You can probably tell that I'm making these rules up as I go along. To be honest, I don't expect anyone to die before the 21st.

It's started, although the deadline for entries is 21st January. Previous winning scores are as follows 2016 - 21 points 2015 - 15 points 2014 - 10 points 2012 - 10 points 2011 - 15 points

I think I see what she's done. Are they the surviving unique picks of the top 40 from last year? Edit: They were all unique picks last year, but not necessarily from the top 40. In that case, I've no idea what's happened to the remainders of her team.

Go for it, if you wish.

Here's my team. 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Helen Fawkes 3. Val Kilmer 4. Paul Gascoigne 5. Daisy Berkowitz 6. Hugh Hefner 7. Bruce Forsyth 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Prunella Scales 10. Ian Brady 11. Jimmy Carter 12. Gordon Banks 13. Chuck Berry 14. Greg Gilbert 15. Angela Lansbury 16. Stan Lee 17. Robert Mugabe 18. Queen Elizabeth II 19. George H.W Bush 20. Shannen Doherty 21. Jimmy Snuka 22. Prince Philip 23. Doris Day 24. Stefan Karl Stefansson 25. Donald Trump

And we're off. Top 50 are in the OP as intended. You've got a week to enter. Good luck.

Death Impends is now just one hit away from reclaiming the title. http://english.cri.cn/12394/2017/01/14/2743s949709.htm Two teams score joker points.

Zhou Youguang has died according to some tweets. He turned 111 just yesterday. https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/820139612962050049

Far too tired to work out 41-50 right now, so I'll get to that in the morning and will update the original post then.

Ah, my 18th birthday - love it! I'm up for it. Sounds like bloody good fun.

September 8th 2019.

Can I take fourth place?

Galileo Galilei died on this day whilst under house arrest, 375 years ago.

Same as last time. Paula Tilbrook

I echo the sentiments expressed by the previous posters. Morbidkid, you're obviously not mature enough to understand the consequences of what you're posting, but one day you'll look back on posts like these and you'll be horrified. You may have meant it as a joke but we don't find that stuff funny here, despite what The Lad Bible may think. I hope you're alright Creep.

Here's a list of people who are listed on the Wikipedia 'Deaths in 2017' page who have received a qualifying obit. January 1st Tony Atkinson - Financial Times obit Bill Marshall - Times obit Therese MacGowan - BBC obit Memo Morales - BBC obit Emmanuel Niyonkuru - BBC obit Derek Parfit - Times obit Abis Rizvi - Telegraph obit Brian Widlake - BBC obit Alfonso Wong - BBC obit January 2nd John Berger - Guardian obit Richard Gee - Daily Mail obit Jean Vuarnet - BBC obit January 3rd Rolf Noskwith - Telegraph obit January 4th Sandra Landy - Telegraph obit Georges Pretre - Daily Mail obit Milt Schmidt - Daily Mail obit Douglas Wass - Financial Times obit Wayne Westner - Daily Mirror obit January 5h Graham Atkinson - Daily Mirror obit Frank Murphy - BBC obit Jill Saward - BBC obit January 6th Om Puri - BBC obit Francine York - Daily Mail obit January 7th Mario Soares - Daily Mail obit Nat Hentoff - Daily Mail obit January 8th James Mancham - Telegraph obit Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - BBC obit Peter Sarstedt - BBC obit January 9th Zygmunt Bauman - Daily Mail obit Roberto Cabanas - Daily Mail obit Michael Chamberlain - BBC obit T.K. Whitaker - BBC obit January 10th Buddy Greco - Telegraph obit Roman Herzog - Daily Mail obit Clare Hollingworth - BBC obit Steven McDonald - Daily Mail obit Oliver Smithies - Daily Mail obit January 11th Tommy Allsup - BBC obit Tony Booth - BBC obit Brian Fletcher - Guardian obit Victor Lownes - BBC obit January 12th William Peter Blatty - Sun obit Anthony King - BBC obit Graham Taylor - BBC obit January 13th John Jacobs - BBC obit Lord Snowdon - BBC obit I'll try and keep this updated until the first DDP update, but if I've missed anyone significant then please let me know.

I'm really quite shocked at the lack of obits. He was a huge name in 20th/21st century moral philosophy and I would have thought he was guaranteed an obit from either The Guardian or the Financial Times. At least he's got 362 days of the year left to get a QO, so it's not another Huston Smith situation. However I'm now starting to doubt the rest of my theme team. IF your on twitter maybe take the liberty of politely querying the lack of obituary for him by tweeting the Telegraph Obituaries, Guardian Obituaries etc twitter accounts. You never know you may just nudge them into it! That's not my style, but I'll sign up and do it anyway. Edit: Ah, never mind. Huzzah!

Yes, folks. Anyone you know you've picked (or guess have been picked by others) please put on here so I know they've croaked while I'm putting on the teams/celebs in the next week or so... Derek Parfit Awaiting obit Edit: Times obit

I'm really quite shocked at the lack of obits. He was a huge name in 20th/21st century moral philosophy and I would have thought he was guaranteed an obit from either The Guardian or the Financial Times. At least he's got 362 days of the year left to get a QO, so it's not another Huston Smith situation. However I'm now starting to doubt the rest of my theme team.

Huston Smith, Derek Parfit, Tony Atkinson and John Berger Quite the few days for academics, huh?

Booker prize winning writer and art critic John Berger has died. https://twitter.com/VersoBooks/status/815985945707167744 That's a hit for Heef's 'The Heeflich Manouevre' team when he gets a QO. Edit: Guardian obit

Green Party candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral election, Dayika Nzeribe, has died at the age of 50. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38488659