Derby Dead Pool 2023

[gcreptile 10,243]

Sad... I dropped him.

[YoungWillz 19,134]

9 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Well, well, well.

Johnny Johnson, who was long rumoured to have died from cancer in the 1970s, was alive all this time.

He discovered god by the looks of it and led a quiet life shunning any publicity, but he died in March aged 80. Legacy obit here.

Johnny Johnson last picked in 2021 so List of the Missed @Death Impends: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_J.html#johnsoj020

 

Of course, the DDP committee seemed at that time to have ruled him out for future picking, suggesting he was probably already dead.

 

Cue anger from Gris Gris team - you know it is coming. 

 

Not that he seems to have QO-ed anyway...

[YoungWillz 19,134]

Unique pick Paul Reubens QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12357583/Pee-wee-Herman-actor-Paul-Reubens-dies-age-70-battling-cancer-private.html

[Sly Ronnie 619]

43 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Unique pick Paul Reubens QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12357583/Pee-wee-Herman-actor-Paul-Reubens-dies-age-70-battling-cancer-private.html

 

That Song to the Siren team looks a bit theme-y with all those "disgraced" celebrities on it.

[YoungWillz 19,134]

Robbie Shepherd is for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, last picked in 2015 afaik: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2015/celebs_S.html#shepor

 

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6006370/robbie-shepherd-died/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66382482

[Lafaucheuse 3,663]

De Fontenay yahoo obit. A unique DDP hit for my Drop Dead Diva theme team. 

Still baffled that Claude Sarraute didn't get one

[YoungWillz 19,134]

3 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:

De Fontenay yahoo obit. A unique DDP hit for my Drop Dead Diva theme team. 

Still baffled that Claude Sarraute didn't get one

Au nom de petit homme, Rodney, au nom de petit homme.

[YoungWillz 19,134]

Carl Davis for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, last picked by @Bibliogryphon in 2020: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_D.html#davis9c020

 

https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/03/carl-davis-dead-pride-and-prejudice-composer-dies-aged-86-19251691/

[YoungWillz 19,134]

So, who we waiting on for obits?

 

I make that Roy Swetman, Martin Walser and Jango Edwards.

 

Edit: Oops and Carl-Erik Eriksson.

[Steve 426]

28 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

So, who we waiting on for obits?

 

I make that Roy Swetman, Martin Walser and Jango Edwards.

 

Edit: Oops and Carl-Erik Eriksson.

Plus the ISIS terrorist geezer

[YoungWillz 19,134]

8 minutes ago, Steve said:

Plus the ISIS terrorist geezer

Technically I'd say yes, because we don't even have an approximate date of death for him, a requirement of the DDP. At the moment we have the West saying he was dead in April-ish, and IS saying he was killed in clashes with no date.

 

Why do folk insist on picking these people?

[msc 17,769]

5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Technically I'd say yes, because we don't even have an approximate date of death for him, a requirement of the DDP. At the moment we have the West saying he was dead in April-ish, and IS saying he was killed in clashes with no date.

 

Why do folk insist on picking these people?

 

The old "pick a shithead, cheer if the gamble works" gambit? I like to have at least one irredeemable cunt on my teams, though I got burned by the IS wankers in 2017. 

 

By the way, knew about Jango (unchained), didn't pick him in the DDP as QO seemed highly unlikely. If he gets one, you will hear a lot of swearing in the Clyde Valley...

[gcreptile 10,243]

Haris Ibrahim QO:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/activist-haris-ibrahim-dies-bout-092902358.html

 

Yeah, he died....

Hit for Sir Creep and my B-team.

[Commtech Sio Bibble 1,375]

For the DDP Stats Zone page, according to my calculations Don January who died in May was the milestone 4000th ever DDP hit.

[Summer in Transylvania 1,624]

On the topic of the DDP Stats Zone, I spotted this typo on having a read through it. "88 times" should say "88 years". 

[maryportfuncity 10,022]

Shameless self-interest, obviously but...Reuters confirm that ISIS is now on it's fifth leader and - therefore - three of the current DDP teams have a hit: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/islamic-state-confirms-death-its-leader-names-his-replacement-2023-08-03/

 

No details of age - though almost certainly in the 30-49 category and confirmed died in a gun battle - whether that's unnatural causes given his chosen job is up to DDP management. 

 

[YoungWillz 19,134]

On 05/08/2023 at 14:27, YoungWillz said:

So, who we waiting on for obits?

 

I make that Roy Swetman, Martin Walser and Jango Edwards.

 

Edit: Oops and Carl-Erik Eriksson.

Roy Swetman QO: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/roy-swetman-obituary-7nm5stpgr

 

One down.

[YoungWillz 19,134]

William Friedkin QO: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/william-friedkin-dies-age-87-director-the-exorcist

[YoungWillz 19,134]

Nick Hitchon for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, picked by 4 teams last year, all dropped him: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2022/celebs_H.html#hitchon020

 

https://www.ryanfuneralservice.com/obituaries/professor-william-nicholas-guy-hitchon/

[maryportfuncity 10,022]

22 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Nick Hitchon for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, picked by 4 teams last year, all dropped him: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2022/celebs_H.html#hitchon020

 

https://www.ryanfuneralservice.com/obituaries/professor-william-nicholas-guy-hitchon/

 

 

2nd of the 14 strong Up mob to die - Lynn was already dead a few years by the time of 63 Up in 2019

[gcreptile 10,243]

Hmm, is there some kind of annual meet-up?

[The Old Crem 3,182]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Hmm, is there some kind of annual meet-up?

No. 
 

Nobdoy even knows if 70 UP will happen

[maryportfuncity 10,022]

8 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

No. 
 

Nobdoy even knows if 70 UP will happen

 

 

Yeah, debateable whether reality television has long rendered it past its sell-by and Michael Apted who started the whole thing has died since 63 Up.

[The Old Crem 3,182]

1 minute ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Yeah, debateable whether reality television has long rendered it past its sell-by and Michael Apted who started the whole thing has died since 63 Up.

The last one in 2021 rated ok through and 70 feels a nice number to end it on as tribute to Apted 

[Lafaucheuse 3,663]

and a yahoo obit for Bahamontes : https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/bahamontes-first-spanish-winner-tour-082806664.html

 

 

obits : the guardian, reuters and eurosport