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  2. Posted

    according to this Philip Whitehead did indeed pass away in 2006.bad omen for Tony Blair that the first recorded death of 2006 was a Labour politician ;)

    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

  4. Posted

    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....

  5. Posted

    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.

  6. Posted

    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.

  11. Posted

    Having been woken early :o 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

  12. Posted

    ...if someone dies at the end of the year, but it is not announced until the following year?

    Examples include Sir Anthony Meyer, who died on Christmas Eve 2004, but was not announced by the family until the 8th January 2005, or to use a New Year's Eve/Day example, Elliot Richardson, whose death, IIRC, was announced about the 2nd Jan 2000, but he died on the 31st December. Eileen Heckart was another one recently.

     

    Do deathpools & the DL credit them as a death in the current year or do they amend their previous years results?? I.E. if someone carks it tomorrow (NYE) & it's announced 1st Jan, what is the decision? A fresh hit or a last hit for the old year??

     

    This has puzzled me for years, as there hasn't been, so far, an example of it actually happening in a DP.

  13. Posted

    Who did you select for your joker?

    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. :ph34r: 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.

  14. Posted

    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.

  15. Posted

    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 :P

     

    Maybe Brooke Astor could be persuaded to sip from the same champagne bottle.... ;)

  17. Posted

    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.

  18. Posted

    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.

  19. Posted

    Therefore, not to be caught out twice, DWB's "serious" contender for next year (without very much to go on) is Carroll Shelby - the Mustang muscle car bloke.

    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.

  20. Posted

    Because my first DDP entry contained loads of Octogenarians. Trying to think of other Octo words I failed miserably & could only think of Octopus. I added Odstock as 1) It starts with O

    2) I was born there

    3) Odstock needs the publicity. :D

     

    I would very much like to change my name but I can't be arsed. Decided I might as well stick with it for this forum as well rather than be clever.

     

    Thing is I have lots of :D Nonagenarians & Centerians (sp.) in the DDP 2006 entry, so maybe I think about a change in 2007.... :P

  21. Posted

    Well, he's got a point, look at Rick Parfitt. On my possible list then cancer-free so off. Good thing I held back. :D

     

    I am Octopus of Odstock (obviously). Doing pretty well this year but have seen myself slide from 2nd down to about equal 17th where I am now. :P

     

    Super-strong DDP team in 2006 I think. My joker is a gamble but one that might just pay off dividends. Should be an interesting competition - I alwys look forward to seeing who people have chosen at the start of the year.

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