Octopus of Odstock

Presuming (probably wrongly) that Haughey's demise will start a chain of OoO DDP hits in rapid succession, I've plumped for Brooke Astor.

Yep. Some programme about bananas. She looked fine for her age.

Andrew W. "Nicky" Barr, Australian flying ace during World War 2 & also a pretty good rugby union player, dies, aged 90. He was awarded the OBE, DFC & MC, which is no mean feat.

Godot has been playing with his boxes for some time, but it may interest him to learn that Pierre Clerdent, prominent & respected Belgian politican, is "décédé" As an old man, he would've been a potential ripe candidate for Godot's Belgian DL push. However this passing has been comprehensively ignored by the non-Belgian press. How rude of them...

With the demise of Charles Haughey, 18 teams score points on the DDP, including teams from DL regular's, Windsor the Troll, Meet Your Maker, Godot's Waiting List, Stab In The Dark and er.. Octopus of Odstock - whoever he/she might be... Indeed, Windsor's second hit within a matter of days. Both last years champion, Fallen Sparrow and this year's champion-elect, Go Fish score points. It means Go Fish extends their lead - they have 38 points, but Meet Your Maker is now second, with 27. Many of the higher middle-ranking teams missed out, so a few high-risers, including They're Dead You Know & Morbid United, who with their joker, goes equal 4th with Tempus. I have no idea where I now lie on the scoreboard, but anything upwards is a good sign.

BBC Obit Huzzah!!! Well, this has made my day and South Korea-Togo is still yet to come!

and just happened to both be media tycoons, too.

The end IS in sight - from the Irish Independent... Arrangements for a full State funeral are already in place FORMER Taoiseach Charles Haughey is near death after his health took a serious turn for the worse. Close family members kept a bedside vigil at Mr Haughey's Abbeville mansion in Kinsealy last night after his condition deteriorated rapidly in recent days. Sources close to the family said they were just trying to make the ailing former Taoiseach as comfortable as possible during his final days . Family and friends are now said to be resigned to the fact that Mr Haughey is unlikely to survive his latest illness. "There is a feeling that it is now just a matter of time and doctors have done all they can," a family friend said. "Things are not good. The situation got much more serious over the weekend. The next few days will be vital. This is the worst he has been since he first became ill." The Irish Independent has also learned that arrangements have been made for a State funeral for the former Taoiseach. Mr Haughey approved the arrangements last year. It is understood he asked for a Requiem Mass to be held in Our Lady of Consolation Church in Donnycarney, in the heart of the Dublin North Central constituency he served rather than in the Pro-Cathedral, as might have been expected for holding a State funeral. Mr Haughey has chosen St Fintan's churchyard overlooking the sea in Sutton, Co Dublin - just a couple of miles from his Abbeville home - as his final resting place. Speakers for the Requiem Mass were being contacted yesterday. Staffords, a company with close ties to Mr Haughey and which has links with Fianna Fail dating back to the foundation of the party, are to be the undertakers. Mr Haughey approved the arrangements after he recovered from another bout of his recurring illness last year. Preparations for his State funeral are already at an advanced stage, with the same officials from the Department of the Taoiseach and senior Army officers who planned the recent Easter 1916 commemorations. Mr Haughey and his family decided he would have a State funeral, a privilege automatically available to all former Taoisigh. It is understood Mr Haughey wanted to have his Requiem Mass in his former constituency rather than the Pro-Cathedral in central Dublin because of his family ties to the area for three generations. Mr Haughey has recovered from a number of health scares over the past five years. He is suffering from prostate cancer and other complicating factors, including secondary tumours and a heart condition. In March 2001, some weeks after giving evidence to the Moriarty Tribunal, he was rushed from his home by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital with a life-threatening heart condition. During that episode, doctors had to use a defibrillator to provide electrical pulses to Mr Haughey's heart after it stopped twice. He remained in Beaumont Hospital for a few weeks. But as he did on several subsequent occasions, Mr Haughey recovered. However, a succession of illnesses have weakened him. Last September, there were renewed concerns about the ex-Taoiseach's serious medical condition. But he recovered again and was able to spend Christmas at home with his family and friends. Prior to the current crisis, Mr Haughey's most recent illness came in late March when he was admitted to the Mater Private Hospital after being unwell over the previous weekend. On that occasion, he was said not to have been eating well, sleeping a lot and appeared confused and agitated, resulting in him being taken to hospital. It had emerged in March that Mr Haughey was abroad for four days of treatment at a time when his son, Sean, was in the public spotlight after losing out for the junior ministerial vacancy caused by the resignation of Ivor Callely. Gene McKenna, Fionnan Sheahan and Sam Smyth So, number 6 for the Deathlist, and more importantly, at long, long last, hit number two for my DDP team!!!

Already covered on "Not Famous.. But" thread, Iain.

Well, we've been here before but is the end in sight? Concern over 'Deteriorating' Haughey

and also the "de facto" boss of my old company.

One was a tap-in from a free-kick. Are you really saying that the 1st goal was a better one than the third, Naelson's wonderful header from a creative passing movement?

The former President of North Yemen, Qadi Abdul Karim Abdullah Al-Arashi has died, aged 72.

Oh well, whatever. It's just when I clicked on the article Iain's link went to, it still had him alive, 7 hours on, so I did wonder, especially with no citation, no news or no blog mentions. Can't say I've ever heard of him, or recognise him, so I can't say I really care very much anyway.

First, Tempus already posted this in another thread before you. Secondly, this might be another Wiki fake as there doesn't seem to be much evidence so far.

Wow. 4 in a day. Bet Richard Clayderman's glad he's made it through the day.

Ah, good, I was thinking about doing an Ecevit thread myself. MPFC, my patience is starting to wane with some of the sh*t you're posting lately. You do post some valuable stuff about DL candidates or suggestions, but it's hidden in the mire of some right nonsense. F**k knows how a picture of Maryport is worthy of a thread on a site supposedly about death & illness. Is there really any need for nearly EVERY thread to have either a mention of Maryport or Carlisle in it? Being proud is one thing, but you seem a little obessed? It seems that a DL'r who is gone for more than one day gets a "oh no what's happened to them" thread. I went for a week, and was somewhat surprised, even insulted, not to get a "OOO dead?" thread. EDIT Thanks, CP. I'm with SC & CP on this one. If BB, or Iain, or TF, or myself, or Bennett Cerf want to come or want to go, or die, or just don't post any more, than so be it.

Not only that, but some 3 hours late too. That's Iain, always last with the news, especially when it's news of no importance. Iain, this is why your posts are being removed or deleted, as you so drama queenly pointed out in a thread. Would it really hurt you to breathe a little & have a quick search or even glance at the other topics before you post here in this thread?

Not sure yet, I'm checking. What is bizarre is that the 6/6/06 has been a bad day for the pianist world. Preston, that fellow in the Comets, and a pianist for the Long Island Philharmonic Orchestra all announced (but not died) dead today.

He's dead, folks. "Fifth Beatle" dies, aged 59.

Johnny Grande, one of the original members of Bill Haley's Comets, dies, aged 75.

Either I've finally gone blind or there is no picture on the above post?? NOTE: This was posted at 16.04 on 5/6/06, therefore if a picture comes up after this time, I would prefer if smart-alecs (you know who you are) did not say "must be blind then."

I was reading today that one of the suggestions when/if they do rename Heathrow Airport is Margaret Thatcher International Airport. I make no further comments or jokes, I shall leave that for others.

Thanks for your musings, FF. However, I still think TFM is risky from a UK obit point of view. Am I right in thinking this, or is Messner generally well-known? In other words, do most people know of her prior to be a DL/DP possibility? If she's more well known than I give her credit for, it'll change my DDP top 20 for sure. Thanks in advance.

Yep. Petruska Baboosked