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    Ariel Sharon

    Is this year a leap year? No, 2008.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    Jack Lemmon's another, like Keeshan, who has died but is still on there and Robert Carr is listed twice, Martin Landau spelt wrong. There's a bit of info I can help with, but I'm holding off to let things settle down first.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    I was hoping Clarence Ray Allen would be a unique pick, but at least I put my joker on him, as opposed to the other two. Otherwise, I expected Rolt & Pym would be unique. Can't wait to see how this all develops!
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    The Hartlepool Deadlypool

    That's not Harry Patch in that picture, it's Arthur Halestrap who died a few years ago. Other that, very good effort indeed.
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Vittorio Brambilla, a racing driver (famous for crashing his car as he took his only Grand Prix win), survived many a crash, including a serious head injury in 1978, only to die, whilst trimming his hedges in the garden. Dangerous places these gardens. I had a science teacher who died in the middle of a paper aeroplane competition. Now that's unusual one. Universially hated by all students he was. None of this has anything to do with dead pop stars has it?!
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    Near misses 2006

    Oh, yes it is.
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    Near misses 2006

    Well, I edited it. I'm a stickler for accuracy. After I did it the first time, someone put him back up, but I seem to have "won" this time.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    I didn't put Harry Patch in on those grounds but it does look like I'm the only one that hasn't got Lou Rawls in.
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    Near misses 2006

    The Guardian Obituary says it's the 31st December 2005. I'd be more inclined to believe that (especially as that paper has Labour links) than Wikipedia as people often plonk them in on the day they die. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story...1676345,00.html Sir John Peel died late 2005 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...1/02/db0201.xml
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    What Happens...?

    DDP has a possible case today: Sir John Peel Doesn't change the winner, but it does provide an interesting precedent in case they were chosen in 2006 DDP.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    A few thoughts... 233 teams Nearly 1,000 'celebrities' - that the site will be up in a "few days" is nothing short of a miracle. Hopefully DDP has been helped by people, who when entering new people, put as many details as possible down. Then DL'rs won't have to list many mistakes, as hopefully there won't be so many. Unique picks may make all the difference, I guess. On two other points: IMDB is not great for British TV actors. The TV Tome page is better, IMDB is extremely US-biased. Davidson ahs done more than his IMDB page suggests. Norman Kember... if he was killed in 2005 - IF - what are the rules with that one? very interesting....
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    Bolden's only hope is outliving Capovilla, IMHO. Lansana Conte, I had on my possibles list but for someone with a "terminal illness" he seems to be doing rather well. Too much politicalization in that one to plump for him.
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    Abdelaziz Bouteflika

    As ill as he has been, this is the one that surprises me most. The man has survived at least two assassination attempts & looked, at least robust, upon his return to Algeria the other day. But, hey what do I know? He may drop dead tomorrow. Rather hope he doesn't, he's done quite a good job there & I don't want to see him go before his time. Algeria was lovely when I went a few years ago & I hope it stays that way.
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    Near misses 2006

    guess we'll have to see for the obit to be 100% sure. Two others, Richard de Angelis, actor, has died aged 73 - date of death unknown & Maurice Dodd - Perishers Creator died late 31st December.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    Well, google brought up a few "famous"** Peter Coes, that's why I asked... **Famous allegedly, but I've never heard of any of them
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    TO which Peter Coe do you refer? Actor, musician or Seb's dad??
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    Near misses 2006

    Whitehead died in 2005 (NYEve), so Iain still has time to mark the first of 2006....
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    Having been woken early to be wished Happy New Year (from someone who'd just got in I present to you my DDP 2006 list: 1 Henry Allingham 2 Gerald Ford 3 Maurice Papon 4 Ross Davidson 5 John Spencer 6 W. Mark Felt 7 Gloria Stuart 8 R.Sargent Shriver 9 Phil Taylor (Footballer) 10Charles Haughey 11Clarence Ray Allen (who is my joker-could be 12 points for one hit, that's why I wanted to keep quiet) 12Francis Pym 13Emiliano Mercado del Toro 14Ference Puskas 15Michael Foot 16Brooke Astor 17Alfredo Stroessner 18Tony Rolt (late entry caused by Harold Lawton dying on Xmas Eve) 19Yifthak Shamir 20Mohammad Zahir Shah Equal 17th was a real achievement last year, but this team I consider my strongest yet in 3 years of entering. Good luck to all
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    Derby Dead Pool 2006

    If, you don't mind, I'm going to hold off naming him until the entries are in -just in case someone else chooses him. 1st Jan, I promise I will tell all - hell, if it isn't up on DDP already by then, I'll post me whole list.
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    Near Misses for 2005

    Crpl. Prof Harold Lawton died on Christmas Eve, aged 106. One of the last remaining WWI veterans, he was also an academic & was on Hitler's shortlist of people to kill if Hitler had won the war due to Lawton's outspoken criticism of Hitler. Lawton was on my DDP 2006 list & I must admit my substitute isn't as strong, so I'm hoping another one will go so I can try & bump in someone really strong. Former England & Spurs keeper Ted Ditchburn is also dead, at 84, by the way. Ooh, it also appears guitarist Derek Bailey died on Christmas Day.
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    Near Misses for 2005

    Lajos Baroti, 91, Hungarian football coach, who had sneaked in as an outsider for 2006 when I found out he was still alive only a week ago. Obviously no longer. Hungarian Coach dies When reading the Wikipedia entry for Norman Vaughan, it's clear what caused his swift downfall - he celebrated his 100th birthday on the 18th with a drink of champagne, his first ever drink. Just five days later... dead. Just like George Best, drink killed him Maybe Brooke Astor could be persuaded to sip from the same champagne bottle....
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    Serious Contenders for Next Years List

    Well, he was born Herman Brix & after checking www.ancestry.com it says that he was born circa 1907. But then look at Eddie Albert, two years older all that time & until he died, no-one (no-one being the casual observer) really knew.
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    Members' User Names

    Thanks I'm taking ol' VJ out for next year. The reason I chose him is as he was a major star, you don't hear anything about him any more (always a major sign - hence my choosing of Ron Greenwood, the football manager in 2004), but when researching a little further, he doesn't appear to be particulary frail or ill. He's on my list of possibles for 2007, but not next year. I try to go with people obviously famous enough at the time, but somehow not so famous now that people will automatically pick them. Having Halliwell's Whos Who really helps with famous but forgotten actors & actresses - Simone Simon being trumps this year.
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    Serious Contenders for Next Years List

    Peter Sallis will be 85 next year, not 95. I've removed Ronnie Biggs from my list as Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary said he wasn't suffering from a terminal illness, despite Biggs' pleas. I do take a lot of what Michael Biggs says with a pinch of salt. He's not a well man, I admit, but I think he'll go on, or that's what I'm risking. Also taking out Michael Gough. He's old, frail, but still active. Worth thinking about that haven't been suggested anywhere else (I think): Eric Tindill, oldest test cricketer & international rugby player, 95 Al Molinaro, star of Happy Days, 87 Malcolm Allison, football manager & now very ill Ma><ine Edington, the terminally ill woman who sang that song with Billy Bragg recently Bruce Bennett, the actor, now 96, I think.
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    Serious Contenders for Next Years List

    Caroll Shelby is a good choice. Suffered with heart problems for aeons until he had a heart transplant back in 1990 (ish). Since then, it has given him a new lease of life, but now in his 80's, with previous heart problems and being overweight, I wouldn't be surprised to see him go. Another car related person that is possible would be Toulo de Graffenried, now 91 & winner of the 1949 British GP.
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