Sean

Scoreboard: Death Impends:101 Shaun of the Dead:65 Drol:48 Radguy:48 msc:48 rockhopperpenguin:41 Grim up North:24 Morbidkid:24 Updated for Snuka and Long.

In my family people have held on for, certain things then died.Relatives visiting babies being born Birthdays that sort of thing.

I reckon they would go ahead regardless.If the news was announced during the coverage my guess would be the news networks would just put a flash up line at the bottom of the screen.Having said that the family would probably delay an announcement for a few hours.

Was thinking about this idea that isn`t officially a pool but might be interesting.Imagine you have been given a job as an obituary writer/programmer at a mainstream national news network and you are responsible for updating and adding obituaries to the news networks files to be used when someone notable conks out.Then imagine you have the capacity to oversee 25 obituaries a week.If you were in that situation who would you choose?You can post the names on this thread each week.Bear in mind that you can only pick names your hypothetical boss wouldn`t question.You can pick whoever you like each week but of course, it is embarrassing the more high profile they are.If someone falls ill list your changes but if someone dies not on your list then you would have to write it up there and then.Not a pool as I say but a good way to be smug if you get timings right.Could be good to share ideas with a twist that wouldn`t give unique picks away.Here would be the ones I would be working on this week: George H W Bush Barbara Bush The Queen Prince Philip Donald Trump Charles Manson Jimmy Carter Pope Benedict Pope Francis King Michael of Romania Nobby Stiles Billy Graham Tony Booth Vera Lynn Theresa May Douglas Hurd Peter Sallis Leslie Phillips Denis Norden Desmond Tutu Jacques Chirac Helmut Kohl Gord Downie Leah Bracknell Stephen Hawking

He is going to die as are we all.95 is a great age for a man.

I wonder if anyone will clap after Jebs eulogy.

When goes should the headline be "Read my lips no death taxes"

Talk about stating the bleeding obvious.You dont go to intensive care unless it is serious.

Yeah, big respect to him for fucking up Trumps inauguration if he goes in the next couple of days ! I am sick of all the hate for Trump to be honest. Give him a chance and see what happens. Yeah, I know a lot of people will hate me for saying this but I don't care. I agree weebl.Trump is far from the perfect candidate for president but if I was in the US I would have voted for him over the others. I mean he is a dick but arent most leaders?At least he doesnt hide his faults.

An old work colleague of mine who has terminal cancer would be top of the list followed by an old schoolfriend and crush of mines mother.My great aunt who has alzheimers would be on there as would my late uncles partner who is 91 but still fairly sprightly as well as my Godmothers mother who is in bad shape.I would also put a notable neighbour of mine who has alzheimers and before everyone asks he isnt on my DDP as I figured he would only get a local obit.He may get a QO but it was a gamble not worth taking.Also it would have felt wrong somehow to put someone I know personally on a list

NBC reporting he has "shortness of breath.Emphysema?

I bet the news reporters are thinking please don`t die on Friday.Would be a nightmare for them.

June 3rd 2017

Yeah it made me feel very sad.Dentures?

Yep, dementia is a thing which goes up and down in waves and during moments where the sufferer is perhaps a bit more lucid, they can get angry or scared and highly distressed at times. They are not beyond twatting you with their walking stick as I discovered personally! Yes, it was the recent steep decline that caught my eye though. Especially when you consider that his son described him as being very very poorly in August.Clearly he is in a new phase altogether.

Possibly. One of my great uncles basically spent the last three years of his life either having strokes or recovering from them, and eventually they killed him but he was a shell of a man by then. Yeah it is a cruel way to die.

If he has final stage alzheimers and vascular dementia isnt it likely he will just keep suffering strokes until he dies?

1)Mark Sims Joker 2)Sara Coward Joker 3)Peter Skellern Joker 4)Errol Christie Joker 5)Gord Downie Joker 6)Leah Bracknell 7)Ian Brady 8)Nick Boles 9)Jacques Chirac 10)Clive James 11)Terry Jones 12)Tracy McGiffin 13)King Michael of Romania 14)Sean Connery 15)Billy Connolly 16)Buzz Aldrin 17)Willie Nelson 18)Prince Philip 19)Leslie Phillips 20)Joni Mitchell 21)Colin Meads 22)Peter Sallis 23)David Rockefeller 24)Fernando Ricksen 25)Jimmy Snuka 26)Steve Sumner 27)Marieke Vervoot 28)Joost van der Westhuizen 29)Glen Campbell 30)Bernadette Chirac 31)Eileen Derbyshire 32)Doris Day 33)Colin Dexter 34)Kirk Douglas 35)Robert Duvall 36)Jill Gascoine 37)Gene Hackman 38)Hugh Hefner 39)Stephen Hawking 40)Valerie Harper 41)Rolf Harris 42)Glynis Johns 43)Helmut Kohl 44)Vera Lynn 45)Sophia Loren 46)Robert Mugabe 47)Emma Morano 48)Denis Norden 49)Jerry Maren 50)Stefan Karl Stefannsson

Sure

Would the age range apply for when the baby is due born when the pregnancy is announced or conception?

That is another interesting pool and like the inverse pool is a little less dark.

1)Donald Trump 2)Queen Elizabeth II 3)Dick Van Dyke 4)Stan Lee 5)Prince Philip 6)Chuck Berry 7)Angela Lansbury 8)Shannen Doherty 9)Jimmy Carter 10)Doris Day 11)Robert Mugabe 12)Prunella Scales 13)Vera Lynn 14)Olivia de Havilland 15)Jimmy Snuka 16)Valerie Harper 17)Paul Gascoigne 18)Val Kilmer 19)Clive James 20)Bruce Forsyth 21)Peter Sallis 22)Denis Norden 23)Pope Benedict 24)Jerry Lewis 25)Leah Bracknell

Well maybe a lot of people just chose Wetton in the heat of the moment.

Splendid new look TMIB.Your mastery of this arduous task always astounds me!

Can anyone else not see the new update?