The Old Crem 3,634 Posted January 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Jana B's death was reported in a BBC press release, which thankfully doesn't have to be a "does this count?" question due to QOs elsewhere. I think if that was the only source it would count. It would be like Sophie Sabbage getting a mention on Radio 2’s website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,368 Posted January 21, 2022 Still joint first.Not used to seeing my name at the top. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted January 21, 2022 Quick 4 hits. I wonder why I decided to drop Bennett. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,368 Posted January 21, 2022 7 hours ago, gcreptile said: I've been updating like crazy, 3 times within 24 hours or so. 4 DDP deaths on January 20th (for now). 27 deaths in 20 days is a record rate, though the all-time monthly record of 36 deaths is still a bit away. But January still has 11 days, and there's Frank Field, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, also Isabel Torres, and some more who might just be on a clock. A very hyperactive impressive start to the year for the DDP. I thought you were in for a very busy time this year and so far my hunch is coming true so buckle up , put on your seatbelt it's going to be a bumpy and lumpy ride! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sideik 236 Posted January 21, 2022 How many hits today? Must be some kind of record... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Sideik said: How many hits today? Must be some kind of record... Too many Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,543 Posted January 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Too many All fear Voodoo Crumbles! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 490 Posted January 22, 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh QO: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/22/thich-nhat-hanh-revered-zen-buddhist-monk-and-peace-activist-dies-at-95 Jan 2022 (and 2022 in general) hit count at 29 at the moment. 7 more hits needed to tie the all-time monthly record, and 9 more days to do it in. Given the speed this month has gone at, looks doable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 626 Posted January 22, 2022 Learning the hard way that the media will always obit their own, regardless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 854 Posted January 22, 2022 Always weirdly excited to check out who is and isn't a unique pick on my teams when the DDP goes up. ^ Nice to have a unique joker, disappointing to only have 3 uniques in total. 5 names were picked on only one other team each, including John Gorman and Billy J. Kramer on (I think) their DDP debut year. 97-year-old #1 Hits mainstay Jane Morgan, who has been unique all 5 previous times I've picked her, has suddenly popped up on 3 other teams! Not the first of my picks I'd recommend snaffling, to be honest – after the Great Kitty Kallen Snub of 2016, can we really take her obit for granted? I'm surprised Willie Nelson still hasn't cracked the Drop 40. Are you all holding out for his 90th birthday? Fuck my team, I hope he makes it. ^ 10 uniques is a decent haul, most of them expected. Thought some of the antivaxxier names would be more widespread. ^ Blimey! Only Simone Segouin (on one other team) away from an all-unique sweep. It is a fairly obscure bunch. I thought Mr Poots would be on another team or two, though I'm not sure which other names I could reasonably have expected to share. Superstar Billy Graham nemesis Ivan Putski was bound to show up sooner or later, right? (I doubt anyone's looking to me for serious tips, but Astiz and Zuckerman, in particular, are reportedly ailing enough to warrant being picked by more than just a single theme team...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted January 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, machotrouts said: Superstar Billy Graham nemesis Ivan Putski was bound to show up sooner or later, right? With the obits being written by another Superstar nemesis, Putski will be sure to have warm words if he goes... "DDP hosts who know wrestling/DDP hosts who don't know wrestling" and "hating Superstar Billy Graham" handshake meme goes here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim News 16 Posted January 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Death Impends said: With the obits being written by another Superstar nemesis, Putski will be sure to have warm words if he goes... "DDP hosts who know wrestling/DDP hosts who don't know wrestling" and "hating Superstar Billy Graham" handshake meme goes here.. The other one was almost a centenarian 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,078 Posted January 23, 2022 The first new photos for our first time picks of 2022 are up! You can check the letters A, Y and Z for them. If you would like to try a letter yourself, pm me. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted January 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Grim News said: 14 hours ago, Death Impends said: The other one was almost a centenarian That does remind me. In the early 2010s, there was a "Which Billy Graham dies first? Reverend or Superstar?" poll. The wrestling aficionados who truly knew what Superstar was like, ie msc and Spade, were about the only ones to correctly vote for the Reverend at the time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,543 Posted January 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, Death Impends said: That does remind me. In the early 2010s, there was a "Which Billy Graham dies first? Reverend or Superstar?" poll. The wrestling aficionados who truly knew what Superstar was like, ie msc and Spade, were about the only ones to correctly vote for the Reverend at the time! Not that I don't trust him, but if I saw Superstar's actual obit on here, I'd still want a second source. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,771 Posted January 23, 2022 15 hours ago, machotrouts said: ^ Blimey! Only Simone Segouin (on one other team) away from an all-unique sweep. It is a fairly obscure bunch. I thought Mr Poots would be on another team or two, though I'm not sure which other names I could reasonably have expected to share. Superstar Billy Graham nemesis Ivan Putski was bound to show up sooner or later, right? (I doubt anyone's looking to me for serious tips, but Astiz and Zuckerman, in particular, are reportedly ailing enough to warrant being picked by more than just a single theme team...) @machotrouts I have to say that I don't really like this 'theme' team. I've never discussed it because by the time I've got over my annoyance at having to create all the new celebrity records I've forgotten that I don't really think it's an acceptable theme team. Whilst in this case it's obviously exactly what it says it is ( and why you'd want to do that I have no idea) but if one year you submitted the team and it was theoretically done the same way but had a whole bunch of drop 40 hits by lucky coincidence how are the Committee supposed to know? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 865 Posted January 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Grim Up North said: @machotrouts I have to say that I don't really like this 'theme' team. I've never discussed it because by the time I've got over my annoyance at having to create all the new celebrity records I've forgotten that I don't really think it's an acceptable theme team. Whilst in this case it's obviously exactly what it says it is ( and why you'd want to do that I have no idea) but if one year you submitted the team and it was theoretically done the same way but had a whole bunch of drop 40 hits by lucky coincidence how are the Committee supposed to know? (THEME) I went through every Wikipedia page for living people and decided to pick the top 20 people I thought would die this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 24, 2022 On 21/01/2022 at 12:45, maryportfuncity said: He's two of my jokers (main team and the Kiddyfiddler Harriers theme team), oh aye and he's #1 on my HPDP line up. Cheers Russell Surely it's Sidney Cooke's year too? Unless the old nonce is immortal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,684 Posted January 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Going Underground said: Surely it's Sidney Cooke's year too? Unless the old nonce is immortal. Fuckin' hope it's Cooke's year - those Kiddyfiddler Harriers in full: Prince Andrew Barry Bennell Russell Bishop Sidney Cooke Chris Denning Alan Dershowitz Joseph Fritzl David Fuller Gary Glitter Stuart Hall Rolf Harris Ian Huntley Robert "R." Kelly Jonathan King Ghislaine Maxwell Graham Ovenden Geoffrey Prime Fred Talbot Ian Watkins Bill Wyman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted January 25, 2022 On 20/01/2022 at 07:51, Youth in Asia said: I didn't even realise Jana Bennett had died until I just checked DDP. How is it possible she doesn't have an obit from the BBC, where she worked for ages, or from any of the major papers. Did she end up as persona non grata in the industry for some reason? It took nearly two weeks but she finally gets a worthy obit from one of the UK publications, in this case the Guardian 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethnic cleansing 26 Posted January 26, 2022 Jana Bennett gets her first obit in the states from The NY Times .https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries?action=click&contentCollection=Obituaries&module=SectionsNav&pgtype=Homepage&region=TopBar&version=BrowseTree 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 749 Posted January 29, 2022 You need to change Igor Bogdanoff's death date from November 3, 2022 to January 3, 2022. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted January 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said: You need to change Igor Bogdanoff's death date from November 3, 2022 to January 3, 2022. What, you telling me we can’t see deaths from the future yet? Darn. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 749 Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: What, you telling me we can’t see deaths from the future yet? Darn. Well, my opponent in the Deathlist Cup is named @GuyFromFuture, so you will have to ask them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,543 Posted January 29, 2022 On 25/01/2022 at 16:42, Joey Russ said: It took nearly two weeks but she finally gets a worthy obit from one of the UK publications, in this case the Guardian Jana Bennett got a big bit on Last Word yesterday. So she'd got a BBC obit which counted in the end. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
