Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted August 8, 2023 New Jersey media outlet Thirteen PBS seem to have jumped the gun earlier today and accidentally announced DJ Casper had died. As many of you know, he's long been a popular pick on DL across various pools after being diagnosed with both kidney and neuroendocrine cancers in 2016. In 2018, he announced that he had been spared by the mercy of God and that he was a changed man etc. etc. but apparently not... A quick look on Facebook reveals several posts from family and friends, requesting prayers, claiming he's "gravely ill" and in his last days. Here, here, and here. If true, a sad DDP miss as he isn't picked. I believe I'm right in saying last picked in 2020? No doubt someone will moan but I think he's big enough to merit his own thread. Plus 1) he doesn't really fit nicely into any others and 2) I never create any bloody threads round here so lay off the hate 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 244 Posted August 8, 2023 One of the family members seems to indicate his passing. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,429 Posted August 8, 2023 Quickest dead tag ever if true perhaps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted August 8, 2023 Ah cock. I was just about to suggest a sweepstake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,845 Posted August 8, 2023 CBS News confirmation. Ah well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,429 Posted August 8, 2023 Ta-ra now y'all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,074 Posted August 8, 2023 It was stage 4 cancer back then. It never really goes away. But to pick him this year would have been divine inspiration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,640 Posted August 8, 2023 Well. I can think of a few new threads that need to be made if they all have this luck @Ulitzer95 New curse? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,770 Posted August 8, 2023 Cha cha sliding off this mortal coil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,630 Posted August 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Ah cock. I was just about to suggest a sweepstake. Take it back now y'all. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 916 Posted August 8, 2023 Casper the ghost* *said for completedness sake 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted August 8, 2023 How low can you go? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deadboy999 177 Posted August 8, 2023 He dead lolz 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jd24fan 78 Posted August 8, 2023 What a shock to me. If you've been at any dance or wedding for over the past 20 years, you've no doubt heard the Cha Cha Slide numerous times. I knew he was sick, but didn't know he was that sick. In an interview in May, Casper when discussing his battle said that if "you're struggling with cancer, keep on doing the Cha Cha Slide. I had no idea he was 58. May he R.I.P. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,704 Posted August 8, 2023 At the risk of sounding like Paul Bearer’s uncool brother, I genuinely had not heard of the chap, the song or the dance. I was probably asleep through all of 2004 and I’ve not been to a wedding, or indeed a function, since long before that. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted August 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: At the risk of sounding like Paul Bearer’s uncool brother, I genuinely had not heard of the chap, the song or the dance. I was probably asleep through all of 2004 and I’ve not been to a wedding, or indeed a function, since long before that. Me and you too bro. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: Me and you too bro. Me three. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 640 Posted August 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, Handrejka said: Me three. Make that four with me 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,429 Posted August 8, 2023 And I'm sure that if younger members enjoyed announcing they had no idea who celebrities are as much as older members, the threads of Georgie Fame and Alan Price would be several pages long. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,677 Posted August 8, 2023 I'm an old git and I know it/him! Slide to the left... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 916 Posted August 8, 2023 It was 2004, there were probably 40+ number 1s then. Unlike now in which Ladbaby is followed by Drake and then by Ed Sheeran, then by Harry Styles, then by Ladbaby again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted August 8, 2023 26 minutes ago, time said: I'm an old git and I know it/him! Slide to the left... Oh, that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,130 Posted August 8, 2023 42 minutes ago, Perhaps said: And I'm sure that if younger members enjoyed announcing they had no idea who celebrities are as much as older members, the threads of Georgie Fame and Alan Price would be several pages long. Perhaps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genfærd 452 Posted August 8, 2023 Thank god i wasn't the only one thinking "Who???". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,755 Posted August 9, 2023 As a millennial, this was the centrepiece of nearly every school disco I went to. And it an a definite floor filler at parties. He was a big fan of this guy I think. Rest in Peace, thanks for the memories. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
