Death By Numbers 2023

[Summer in Transylvania 2,190]

Andrés García Yahoo QO.

 

That's three hits for me in as many days. 

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,290]

On 03/04/2023 at 21:20, YoungWillz said:

And just like that, Nigel Lawson is my fourth hit here.

and with Mr Lawson's demise I amble beyond the starting line.....more dead Tories needed....

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Mary Quant my 5th hit here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65265531

[gcreptile 10,979]

Update will come this weekend....I've been a little occupied with a thousand things lately and this might last until June or so.

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4 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Mary Quant my 5th hit here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65265531

Mary Quant is my 7th in this pool! This seems to be the pool where I am doing  best so far this year!

[gcreptile 10,979]

Alright, update time!

Let's walk back in time.

First up, fashion designer Mary Quant, a hit for a couple for people. Followed by,... no Ben Ferencz, no Al Jaffee... okay, it's Andres Garcia. A Mexican actor from "The Golden Age of Mexican cinema", but in later years better known as an actor in telenovelas. A unique hit for Summer in Transylvania, well done.

Next up, deathlist hits Nigel Lawson and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Lots of points for everyone! Joe Moneypenny gets joker points for the Japanese composer.

Then Bill Butler, the Oscar-winning cinematographer is a unique hit for Diego.

Cpt. Hemlock gets a unique hit with Mark Russell. The American satirist is a typical left-field unique hit for him and the rare New York Times QO (though I see now that he also got Yahoo).

Then Death Impends gets the unique hit with one-hit wonder Napoleon XIV. Otis Taylor is a good catch for Wormfarmer.

 

LadyFiona is currently waiting for an obit for Kenneth McAlpine. It should arrive eventually.

 

As I admire Gooseberry's 7 hits so far, the with the most hits is Funeralopolis with 9 of them. Unfortunately though there's also a Kate Keltie joker. Maybe an angry donor to her gofundme can make things right?

Scoreboard is here:

Rank	Team	Score
1	Banana	538
2	Perhaps	515
3	Funeralopolis	435
4	Salmon Mousse	403
5	JoeyRuss	373
6	Cpt. Chorizo	371
7	Toast	326
8	Summer in Transylvania	320
9	Death Impends	312
10	ThereWillBeDeaths7	308
11	RadGuy	300
12	gcreptile	297
13	wannamaker	290
14	Book	287
15	Wormfarmer	285
16	An Fear Beag	278
17	Grim Up North	271
18	msc	254
19	The Spinosaurus	253
20	GuyFromFuture	251
21	Gooseberry Crumble	241
22	DeathBecomesThem	234
23	Sean	228
24	Drol	223
25	Predictor	215
26	Joltin Joe	210
26	YoungWillz	210
28	TheOldLady	209
29	Diego	207
30	tracy	205
31	Etushipushingupdaisies	204
32	The Daredevil	203
32	DevonDeathTrip	203
34	Mr. Wonderful	197
35	Hell	194
36	Buffalo Phil	183
36	Thatcher	183
38	Nick	182
39	Torva Messor	177
40	TheUnknownMan	171
41	The Old Crem	170
42	chilean way	157
43	Charles De Gaulle	156
44	JoeMoneypenny	147
45	MortalCaso	136
46	Famous6Eva	120
47	CalebH	116
48	TheQuimReaper	96
49	etib80	92
49	Mr. Custard	92
51	Cpt. Hemlock	75
52	John Key	69
53	Annami	68
54	Bibliogryphon	67
55	Liz Lemon	66
56	MariNisia	64
56	Pedro67	64
58	Lady Fiona	54
59	Great Uncle Bulgaria	32
60	Ghostofchristmaspast	29
61	sam081	0

 

Edit: Yes, I missed Bobby Caldwell. He wasnt a DDP hit, so he slipped through the cracks. Score is updated.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

8 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

34	YoungWillz	182

Bacharach - 28

Vialli - 64

Sakamoto - 52

Lawson - 32

Quant - 30

 

That makes my total 206 I believe?

[gcreptile 10,979]

Yes, error in the database, adjusted.

[ladyfiona 2,598]

Apparently there was a death notice in Daily Telegraph.

 

[Perhaps 1,425]

Frank McGarvey - 56

Gianluca Vialli (joker) 128

Constantine II - 40

Tim Lobinger - 72

Pervez Musharraf - 43

Chaim Topol - 35

Stella Stevens - 38

Bobby Caldwell - 51

Ryuichi Sakamoto - 52

 

= 515? 9/50

 

Edit: Ah! I think Bobby Caldwell has been missed from my score.

[Banana 859]

6 hours ago, ladyfiona said:

Apparently there was a death notice in Daily Telegraph.

 

 

Can't be from their announcements according to DDP

[ladyfiona 2,598]

motorsportmagazine has an obit for Kenneth McAlpine.

[gcreptile 10,979]

He'll get something that counts here. Maybe only at the BBC year-end list, but it will come. Obits that count here are everything that counts for the DDP + New York Times.

[Sam081 4]

I know that this is my first year doing this and it shows.  None of mine have passed.  It must be a great relief to all my nominees to be on my list - it appears to be a very safe place!!

[Captain Hemlock 745]

15 minutes ago, Sam081 said:

I know that this is my first year doing this and it shows.  None of mine have passed.  It must be a great relief to all my nominees to be on my list - it appears to be a very safe place!!

Don’t give up @Sam081. I didn’t get a hit in this pool until July last year.

[Captain Hemlock 745]

Richard Riordan is a hit for me

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/richard-riordan-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[ladyfiona 2,598]

 

 Kenneth McAlpine has an obit from The Guardian.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

Barry Humphries is my 8th 'hit'  in this pool.

[Captain Hemlock 745]

Gordon Lightfoot is a hit for me here.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Rolf Harris is my sixth hit here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393842

[ladyfiona 2,598]

I don't know how many people put Rolf Harris but he's a hit for me too.

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5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Rolf Harris is my sixth hit here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393842

My 9th hit in this pool! Never thought  I'd see the day when I had  this many more more hits in a deadpool than a forum legend and  deadpooling extraordinaire  like you @YoungWillz  !!

[YoungWillz 21,067]

1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

My 9th hot in this pool! Never thought  I'd see the day when I had  this many more more hits in a deadpool than a forum legend and  deadpooling extraordinaire  like you @YoungWillz  !!

Well, I'm definitely bad at deadpooling.

 

I measure my success by survival, generally.... I'm normally at least a couple of years too early with my picks, then I forget about them. 

 

Long live my teams.  (except this year, this year's my year for something, right?).

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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Well, I'm definitely bad at deadpooling.

 

I measure my success by survival, generally.... I'm normally at least a couple of years too early with my picks, then I forget about them. 

 

Long live my teams.  (except this year, this year's my year for something, right?).

You are a seasoned gold standard professional compared to me!!

Still waiting for a decent number of my DDP picks to die in the year I pick them and not a year or two aftee I've dropped them!

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 23/05/2023 at 13:47, YoungWillz said:

Rolf Harris is my sixth hit here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60393842

And just like that, Tina Turner is my 7th hit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65669653