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SP Hinduja is in.

Next update not until Sunday evening, unless an A+++++ list name dies tonight. Again, I won't be at home. It's a busy month, I know. Next month will be better.

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Last summer I was trying to avoid responding to some grumpy work emails and checked the news tracker on my browser. "Bitter court battle over billionaire" or a headline like that. Curiosity piqued, it was about the Hinduja family and after several boring paragraphs about the rich, the telegraph article said it was heating up as Hinduja was now bedridden and in the final stages of dementia. 

 

I noted the info down, never saw it on the beeb, not mentioned here so decided to play him as a differential as "presumably Spade and Reptile know but are keeping it quiet just in case."

 

Much to my surprise he was unique.

 

Probably the best thing the telegraph have ever done imo...

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From what I can find from the DDP archive, the now deceased Martin Amis was last picked in 1998 @Death Impends and so joins the ranks of The List of the Missed.

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14 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

From what I can find from the DDP archive, the now deceased Martin Amis was last picked in 1998 @Death Impends and so joins the ranks of The List of the Missed.

 

Thanks @YoungWillz!

This has to be the longest time for a former pick to make The List of the Missed.  A quick glance shows other possibilities, but now I'm curious to figure it out...

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Not a biggie but I notice you have the wrong date of birth for Irma Thomas. It should be 18 February not 18 January.

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On 21/05/2023 at 21:00, YoungWillz said:

Dr Evadne Hinge QO: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/22432219/80s-comedian-george-logan-dies/

 

Edit: Date of death has been confirmed as 21st May by the official website manager. https://hingeandbracketofficial.co.uk/

 

Unhinged!

 

Dame Edna, Lily Savage and Danny La Rue were funny.

 

That pair of wankers were just boring fucking shite.

 

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10 hours ago, Kenny said:

 

Unhinged!

 

Dame Edna, Lily Savage and Danny La Rue were funny.

 

That pair of wankers were just boring fucking shite.

 

 

 

Highly popular with gay audiences at a time when acts with high appeal in that market struggled to get mainstream coverage. Loads of the onstage banter played well in gay clubs - they only "broke through" after playing the Edinburgh Fringe in 1974, after which they were always cultish rather than massive.

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Just out of interest how many DDP hits so far for 2023? 

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Shouldn't Ruth Adler Schnee be included in the DDP? 

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21 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

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Don't understand your point Spade_Cooley???

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1 hour ago, Steve said:

Shouldn't Ruth Adler Schnee be included in the DDP? 

Only if there is a qualifiyng obit, which there doesn't seem to be.

 

Spade_Cooley is trying to tell you that you should be able to answer your own questions easily. 

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I'm at Jonnie Irwin points away from the top :deathban: Go Jonnie Go!

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18 hours ago, Sideik said:

I'm at Jonnie Irwin points away from the top :deathban: Go Jonnie Go!


Yourself and the returning T-Mib are both interesting teams, having that Irwin joker still to play and both selecting Jimmy Carter. Should be a lot more twists and turns in the DDP this year.

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Nice to be at the top end of the table for now though Summer beckons. Looking at the current top 5's "differentials".

 

SPADE

 

Adrian Sutton, Chris Stone, Mark Stokes (obit), Bill Steel, Dikembe Mutombo, Jeanette Lee, Joe Doering

 

I'm not ruling out a "This Christmas, I remember my best mate Mark Stokes who totally died" Guardian article till 2024 happens. Three of these names (Sutton, Mutombo, Lee) were ones I thought would last till 2024. Jeannette Lee is sicker than I thought, so she might wind up crucial, but Chris Stone is a strong 8 points if he dies and obits. (I suspect he will obit, but have been burned on LOTL picks in the past.)

 

JOEY

John Ashton, Toni Hilland, Scott Nisbet, Teresa Taylor

 

Joey's kept faith with his musician Ashton though Stage IV prostate cancer is very much a slow burner. He went risky with Teresa Taylor (how is she still alive? but will she obit?) and picked Toni Hilland probably a year earlier, but if either of these gambles pay off, then he's in the drivers seat. I've no idea why Joey picked Nisbet, whose kidney cancer has been under control for over a year now! Maybe he knows something I don't?

 

RAD CHAP

Starmer-Smith, Larry Pressler, Linda Nolan, Randy Jackson.

 

Rad's that guy I can't shake off. We have 15 picks in common (stop using telepathy, Rad!), and of the 4 living differentials, 2 are on their way out and one is ridded with pancreatic cancer. This is the main reason I rank my own chances of winning below 10%, as the window of opportunity for overtaking Rad is very small. Almost impossible if Linda Nolan snuffs it. Why do I always ignore the Nolan Sisters?

 

Other than good taste, of course.

 

DROL

Rhod Gilbert, Toby Keith, Andy Taylor, Michael York

 

Michael York's an interesting one, he's hung for so long with a rotten diagnosis but you feel he's fighting gravity. (Surely a DL pick next year?) The other three seem too healthy at the moment, and to challenge Spade, Drol needs Toby Keith or Rhod Gilbert to decline quickly. But you have to be in it to win it.

 

DDT

Aston Barrett, Faye Fantarrow, Dickie Guy, Ilia II, Randy Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Tom Oliver, Mark Stokes (obit), Adrian Sutton

 

The Living End might not win the DDP for the 4th time but they've got the most interesting team in the top 5 places at the moment. Music, science, Neighbours, sports, religious figures, an obscure footballer! All the fun of fair here. Faye Fantarrow's 12 points, mostly snubbed by a DDP ambulance chasing horde who assumed she had twelve months in her, is one to watch. I suspect this is a top ten finishing side with a few successful gambles, rather than winners, though.

 

ME

Mutulu Shakur, Eric Lamaze, Graham Caveney, Ady Barkan, The Princess

 

In order - prisoner exaggeration case; person alleged to be faking their ill health on niche forums; how is he still alive and damn that Reptile; ALS gamble; brain dead but not dead dead. The first two are probably bad picks. Caveney ought to be any week now but we've been saying that since Christmas. Barkan I picked solely because I've missed a few ALS names who die around the time he's had the disease for. The Princess is gone, but if the state don't make it official it counts for nothing. 

 

My best chances for an unlikely win go through the trio of Caveney/Barkan/Princess B, and relying on the power of positivity to keep Lee/Stone/Nolan/Pressler/etc alive.

 

Ignoring me and my ego, Rad seems in a strong position in the top 5. 

 

Outside the top 5, I haven't had time to look though no doubt there are teams who can go on a good run. 

 

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54 minutes ago, msc said:

Outside the top 5, I haven't had time to look though no doubt there are teams who can go on a good run

 

Pazuzu United probably deserve to be in your review as highest team not to have cashed in their joker and a Jonnie Irwin death would leave them joint top I think.

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15 minutes ago, Grim Up North said:

 

Pazuzu United probably deserve to be in your review as highest team not to have cashed in their joker and a Jonnie Irwin death would leave them joint top I think.

Yeah, I only had time to glance at the top 5 as it were, but no one has really broken away from the pack yet. Pazuzu has David Linden too. (And Janey Godley, probably a duffer.)

 

I like how its up for grabs though and not someone rushing ahead of the pack.

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