Death By Numbers 2021

[Toast 16,157]

Here's mine so I can update it myself as well.

 

George Alagiah

Clive Barker

Jason Becker

Stan Bowles

Michael Caine

Lee Child

Phil Collins

Robbie Coltrane

David Crosby

Tim Curry

Gerard Depardieu

Greg Gilbert (joker) 

Julie Goodyear

Jimmy Greaves 

David Gulpilil 

Richard Hadlee

Prince Ernst August of Hanover

Sarah Harding 

David Hockney

Tony Iommi

David Jason

Ray Kennedy 

Val Kilmer

Meat Loaf

Shane MacGowan

Joni Mitchell

Gerd Muller  

Olivia Newton-John

Linda Nolan

Bill Oddie

Paul O'Grady

Yoko Ono

Tom Parker

Pele

Chris Rea

Nile Rodgers

Linda Ronstadt

Kenny Sansom

Prunella Scales

Michael Schumacher

Tom Smith (rugby player)

Leon Spinks 

Bernard Tapie 

Jimmy Tarbuck

Peter Tobin

Bill Turnbull

Hannah Wants

James Whale

Yoo Sang-Chul 

Michael York

[gcreptile 10,980]

On 30/12/2020 at 20:04, gcreptile said:

You may choose a joker that gives you double points.

Time's up for mr. whit. The joker will be the first name on the list, Adam Ant.

[gcreptile 10,980]

Alright, the massive masterlist is up. I am still waiting for one joker decision, but here you go.

[Pedro67 232]

Damn it. Knew there was one I’d forgotten to enter. Grrr

[Salmon Mousse 473]

Michael McKevitt a hit for me here.  First hit of my forum career.

[Charles De Gaulle 484]

The death of Michael McKevitt puts Gcreptile, msc, DDT, Banana, An Fear Beag, theoldlady, and Salmon Mousse in a joint lead with 47 points. 

 

Everyone else is at zero.

[gcreptile 10,980]

I will give a first update after I close the 2020 competition. So in a couple of days, I hope you can wait.

[Charles De Gaulle 484]

Ok. So in just the two hours two more picks have been declated dead.

 

GCreptile with 138 points (All three).

 

Book with 92 points (Little, Westiphal)

 

Salmon Mousse with 138 points (All three) .

 

An fear beag with 97 points (McKevitt, Westiphal).

 

Drol with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

MSC with 138 points (all three).

 

Wormfarmer with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

JoeyRuss with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

Captain Chorizo with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

Death Impends with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

Kenny with 50 points (Westiphal).

 

Lynchian with 92 points (Little, Westiphal).

 

Banana with 138 points (all three).

 

DDT with 89 points (McKevitt, Little). 

 

 

[gcreptile 10,980]

Thanks! DDT also has that cleric though.

[msc 18,489]

At this rate this years DbN will be, to quote DDT once, "positively dripping in blood"!

[Kenny 283]

I mistakenly thought that McKevitt had carked last year. 

 

If we had real justice, the murdering bar steward would have been hanged years ago.

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

I also had Floyd Little. Joker too. 

[Annami 85]

My first sub Alexi Laiho, a vocalist of Finnish metal band Children of Bodom, has died. No points for me though since he's only one of my subs and I'm not sure if he even gets QO (I didn't find anything about this in English yet, but it's all over the Finnish newspapers).

[gcreptile 10,980]

Alright, get ready for a first scoreboard...

Now, all the names are not yet in my long-term memory, so I hope not to miss anyone.

 

But it seems to me that so far, we've had "The DDP triple", i.e. Floyd Little, Michael McKevitt, Paul Westphal.

Plus, we've had two unique hits: that cleric picked by DDT, Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, plus Gerry Marsden, a unique hit for Bibliogryphon.

 

However, only one person scores joker points, and that is An Fear Beag for Floyd Little, so he's the first leader of the scoreboard:

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	An Fear Beag	183
2	gcreptile	141
2	Salmon Mousse	141
2	msc	141
2	Banana	141
6	DevonDeathTrip	126
7	Book	92
7	drol	92
7	Wormfarmer	92
7	JoeyRuss	92
7	Cpt. Chorizo	92
7	Death Impends	92
7	Lynchian	92
14	The Unknown Man	50
14	Kenny	50
16	theoldlady	49
17	Bibliogryphon	42
18	markb4	0
18	chilean way	0
18	Charles De Gaulle	0
18	Yorkshire Banker	0
18	Joe Moneypenny	0
18	etib80	0
18	Grand Uncle Bulgaria	0
18	Gooseberry Crumble	0
18	Etushipushingupdaisies	0
18	Toast	0
18	mr.whit	0
18	The Old Crem	0
18	Guyfromfuture	0
18	The Daredevil	0
18	Annami	0
18	Baby Blue	0
18	Sean	0
18	The Quim Reaper	0

 

If I forgot anything, tell me. The committee is busy with setting up the DDP, but I can always add scores here.

[Charles De Gaulle 484]

Tommy Lasorda is a first hit for me.

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

11 days in, and I am up to 7 hits, but only 3 with QOs so far. Nawi, Shaidle, Strain and Hitchon all awaiting obits. I suspect that I will set a blistering pace, then run out of gas by the midpoint and watch multiple teams overtake me, 

[CaptainChorizo 1,990]

QO for Stacy Title

https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/12/stacy-title-dead-the-last-supper-director-dies-due-aged-56-13887301/

[Annami 85]

I got my first hit with the guitarist of New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/15/sylvain-sylvain-guitarist-of-new-york-dolls-dies

[gcreptile 10,980]

Second update:

We have Julie Strain, Stacy Title, Tommy Lasorda and Sylvain Sylvain.

Ezra Nawi is looking for an obit. Will the broadsheets save him (or actually, those who picked him?)?

And Kathy Shaidle didn't even get a "real" article anywhere. Most likely a miss - but we have to whole year to look.

 

Anyway, the result is a scoreboard that has Cpt. Chorizo leading. After I had looked at all the teams, I actually thought, that's the most solid one.

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Cpt. Chorizo	302
2	An Fear Beag	245
3	JoeyRuss	213
4	Salmon Mousse	203
5	Wormfarmer	170
6	gcreptile	168
6	Banana	168
8	Death Impends	162
9	drol	154
10	msc	141
11	DevonDeathTrip	126
12	Book	92
12	Lynchian	92
14	Annami	51
15	The Unknown Man	50
15	Kenny	50
17	theoldlady	49
18	Bibliogryphon	42
19	Charles De Gaulle	27
20	markb4	0
20	chilean way	0
20	Yorkshire Banker	0
20	Joe Moneypenny	0
20	etib80	0
20	Grand Uncle Bulgaria	0
20	Gooseberry Crumble	0
20	Etushipushingupdaisies	0
20	Toast	0
20	mr.whit	0
20	The Old Crem	0
20	Guyfromfuture	0
20	The Daredevil	0
20	Baby Blue	0
20	Sean	0
20	The Quim Reaper	0

[Annami 85]

The second hit for me with Phil Spector's death:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/17/phil-spector-pop-producer-convicted-of-dies-aged-81

[theoldlady 2,314]

Larry King is a hit  for me here. 

[markb4 902]

Cloris Leachman is a hit for me and @mr.whit .

[gcreptile 10,980]

3rd update...

Mr. Whit scores the unique Cloris Leachman/Cicely Tyson double, as the latter is a unique hit for him. Plus, there are the already mentioned Larry King, and Phil Spector - bringing us the four hits I usually look for in an update. Ezra Nawi...well either tomorrow or never...

Curiously, Larry King was a widely predicted death this year, and frequently picked in the DDP, but not so much here, the scoreboard remains more unchanged than one might have thought:

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Cpt. Chorizo	302
2	An Fear Beag	245
3	Salmon Mousse	236
4	JoeyRuss	213
5	Wormfarmer	203
6	gcreptile	201
7	Banana	168
8	Death Impends	162
9	Book	161
10	drol	154
11	msc	141
12	DevonDeathTrip	126
13	Annami	123
14	Lynchian	92
15	mr.whit	84
16	The Unknown Man	83
17	theoldlady	82
18	markb4	59
19	Kenny	50
20	Bibliogryphon	42
21	Gooseberry Crumble	39
22	chilean way	33
22	etib80	33
22	Grand Uncle Bulgaria	33
22	The Old Crem	33
22	Guyfromfuture	33
22	The Daredevil	33
22	The Quim Reaper	33
29	Charles De Gaulle	27
30	Yorkshire Banker	0
30	Joe Moneypenny	0
30	Etushipushingupdaisies	0
30	Toast	0
30	Baby Blue	0
30	Sean	0

[markb4 902]

Hal Holbrook is a hit for me and @theoldlady

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/tarzan-star-former-nfl-player-mike-henry-dies-aged-84-230408514.html

 

Tarzan actor Mike Henry   is a 'hit' for me in this pool.