Derby Dead Pool 2021

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

26 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Being a published author should be an automatic yes. 

 

Anyone can publish a book! I have, and so has my neighbour, and one of my best mates. None of us are notable.

[msc 18,437]

Depends on the book, the author and the publisher!

 

Anyhow, this is no longer my problem.

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Surely it just depends on the book's reception, its pick up and circulation, and subsequent media coverage/recognition?

[msc 18,437]

6 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Surely it just depends on the book's reception, its pick up and circulation, and subsequent media coverage/recognition?

That'd KO many academic books! But we are in basic agreement here.

[gcreptile 10,964]

My example of how difficult the "published" author criterion is: Katie Smith, author of one book:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7528281/Childrens-author-terminal-cancer-feared-won-writing-competition-brain-tumour.html

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

On 19/11/2021 at 14:22, gcreptile said:

My example of how difficult the "published" author criterion is: Katie Smith, author of one book:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7528281/Childrens-author-terminal-cancer-feared-won-writing-competition-brain-tumour.html

 

 

Seriously, there are places in this country you can throw a stick down the high street and near enough guarantee hitting a published author. 20 years ago it would have been a ranking dead pool critieria, not now. I don't think I'd allow it in the Deathrace and I fuckin' love barrel scrapings by way of any local newspaper obit.

[gcreptile 10,964]

Alright, as the year draws to a close, I'm starting to tidy up the database here and there. So here are the missing LOTL and LOTM names that are not yet written down on the site:

Obviously a work in progress. I think it will be much less than in the previous year, because we've been keeping some good eyes on it.

 

List of the Lost:

- Ernst Fasan

- Aino Kaarik

- Jessie Lichauco

- Pave Maijanen

- Luis de Pablo

- Lars-Göran Petrov

- Morris Perry (sorry msc, it's got to happen)

- Sarah Lilian Priest

- Uta Ranke-Heinemann

- Ken Mahood

- Richard Repp

- Sumiko Sakamoto

- Alfonso Sastre

- Belinda Sykes (?)

- Vance Trimble

- Ralph Watson

 

 

List of the Missed:

 

[Dying Probably 578]

On 01/12/2020 at 22:41, Dying Probably said:

 

Got bored, said fuck it.

 

The occasional vast regrets catch up to me.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

18 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Alright, as the year draws to a close, I'm starting to tidy up the database here and there. So here are the missing LOTL and LOTM names that are not yet written down on the site:

Obviously a work in progress. I think it will be much less than in the previous year, because we've been keeping some good eyes on it.

 

List of the Lost:

- Ruth Apilado

- Franco Battiato

- Gunilla Bergström

- Yan Yanakiev

 

 

List of the Missed:

 

I see Bob Fass still hasn’t been noted as LOTL

[msc 18,437]

4 hours ago, Joey Russ said:

I see Bob Fass still hasn’t been noted as LOTL

 

He's been added. Others will in time. Despite Wordpress crashing repeatedly, the LOTM is updated (who knew there was a Blue Peter theme team once?), the LOTL has more names on it, and we're up to date on the front page stuff like obits. (The theme team league update can wait though.)

 

Last time we were all up to date on DDP obits, the Reaper started up like he was suffering a Gooseberry Crumble enema...

[The Old Crem 3,582]

Also why is it called FFBI only when it was a family of the famous case that was the final straw for @msc and arguably covers more picks as the family of the famous are more reliable Obit chances in many cases.

[En Passant 3,741]

1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

Also why

 

Are you back again after saying you were leaving for good, again?

[The Old Crem 3,582]

8 hours ago, En Passant said:

 

Are you back again after saying you were leaving for good, again?

 Never said I was leaving for good.

[time 8,592]

I notice that George "Johnny" Johnson is still shown as 'Date and place of birth unknown'; being 100 years old today makes the DoB 25-11-1921. His place of birth is staed as being Hameringham, Lincolnshire (Source: The Last British Dambuster, by George "Johnny" Johnson, Ebury Press, 2014).

[gcreptile 10,964]

On 20/11/2021 at 22:06, gcreptile said:

Alright, as the year draws to a close, I'm starting to tidy up the database here and there. So here are the missing LOTL and LOTM names that are not yet written down on the site:

Obviously a work in progress. I think it will be much less than in the previous year, because we've been keeping some good eyes on it.

 

List of the Lost:

- Ernst Fasan

- Aino Kaarik

- Jessie Lichauco

- Pave Maijanen

- Luis de Pablo

- Lars-Göran Petrov

- Morris Perry (sorry msc, it's got to happen)

- Sarah Lilian Priest

- Uta Ranke-Heinemann

- Ken Mahood

- Richard Repp

- Sumiko Sakamoto

- Alfonso Sastre

- Belinda Sykes (?)

- Vance Trimble

- Ralph Watson

 

 

List of the Missed:

 

Alright, it seems these people are still missing from the List of the Lost - as of today - the year isn't over.

I am doubting very much that I will manage to go through the whole database to check for the List of the Missed. I did it last year, and msc had a good look at it just a bit ago. We should be okay here.

[msc 18,437]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Alright, it seems these people are still missing from the List of the Lost - as of today - the year isn't over.

I am doubting very much that I will manage to go through the whole database to check for the List of the Missed. I did it last year, and msc had a good look at it just a bit ago. We should be okay here.

I had a good look over the notable deaths and if someone missed a 900 year old Uzbekistani poet, well, frankly, feck 'em.

 

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Doyle Lee Hamm, US survivor of botched execution dies of cancer: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10253103/Alabama-inmate-Doyle-Hamm-survived-botched-execution-2018-dies-natural-causes.html

 

Picked in 2018, so List of the Missed: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2018/celebs_H.html#hamm99d018

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Lee Elder QO: https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12482471/lee-elder-first-african-american-to-play-at-the-masters-dies-aged-87

[gcreptile 10,964]

This current storm had to be expected I guess, after the fairly quiet two weeks.

In addition to Elder, Gulpilil and WIlliams, other people still waiting for obits are Andrew Romanoff, Wilf Oldham and Mustafa Cengiz, just in the past two days.

 

We need 35 more hits to break the record. It's going to be very close.

[The Old Crem 3,582]

42 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

This current storm had to be expected I guess, after the fairly quiet two weeks.

In addition to Elder, Gulpilil and WIlliams, other people still waiting for obits are Andrew Romanoff, Wilf Oldham and Mustafa Cengiz, just in the past two days.

 

We need 35 more hits to break the record. It's going to be very close.

It is remarkable we have got that close as this as felt quieter than last year for deaths. 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

This current storm had to be expected I guess, after the fairly quiet two weeks.

In addition to Elder, Gulpilil and WIlliams, other people still waiting for obits are Andrew Romanoff, Wilf Oldham and Mustafa Cengiz, just in the past two days.

 

We need 35 more hits to break the record. It's going to be very close.

Im rooting for this. I've absolutely  got my butt clenched for this until New Years eve!!

[Salmon Mousse 473]

4 hours ago, gcreptile said:

This current storm had to be expected I guess, after the fairly quiet two weeks.

In addition to Elder, Gulpilil and WIlliams, other people still waiting for obits are Andrew Romanoff, Wilf Oldham and Mustafa Cengiz, just in the past two days.

 

We need 35 more hits to break the record. It's going to be very close.

 

I, for one, wouldn't mind the rest of the year passing quietly

[Grim Up North 3,725]

Just a minor point of interest (major for me ).

 

The death of Doug Cowie on 27th November meant that my team of K2 mountaineers drop off the summit of the theme league to be replaced by Sudden Death.

 

As K2 is the second highest mountain in the world it would seem an appropriate achievement.

[msc 18,437]

35 minutes ago, Grim Up North said:

Just a minor point of interest (major for me ).

 

The death of Doug Cowie on 27th November meant that my team of K2 mountaineers drop off the summit of the theme league to be replaced by Sudden Death.

 

As K2 is the second highest mountain in the world it would seem an appropriate achievement.

 

Weirdly apt that you gave the other theme teams a hell of a summit to climb!

[YoungWillz 21,026]

Wilf Oldham QO: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-11-30/arnhem-veteran-wilf-oldham-dies-aged-101