WEP 891 Posted March 30 Paraguayan lawyer and educationalist Martín Almada dead at 87: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2024/celebs_A.html#almadam021 https://oviedopress.com/fallece-este-sabado-a-sus-87-anos-martin-almada/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted March 30 24 minutes ago, WEP said: Paraguayan lawyer and educationalist Martín Almada dead at 87: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2024/celebs_A.html#almadam021 https://oviedopress.com/fallece-este-sabado-a-sus-87-anos-martin-almada/ Presumably your pick seeing as you’re hellbent on building teams that won’t get QOs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted March 30 The QO ratio for the "Alternative Nobel Prize" winners is not that bad, though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 1 Lou Conter QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13260775/Lou-Conter-survivor-USS-Arizona-Pearl-Harbor-attack-dies-102.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,046 Posted April 2 Maryse Condé obit : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/02/maryse-conde-guadelopean-grand-storyteller-dies-aged-90 third hit for my french theme team there, could have been more if I knew Brunhoff and Malaurie would have qo but they wouldn't have scored the same amount so… 25 points which makes me 4th in the theme team league, pretty good that far 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 2 Joe Flaherty QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13264141/Joe-Flaherty-dead-82-Freaks-Geeks-Happy-Gilmore.html (Unique DDP pick) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 3 Juan Vicente Perez QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-man-who-32498833 Brings us to 100 hits on the DDP. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,194 Posted April 3 John Barth QO https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/03/john-barth-death-american-novelist-dies-dead-aged-93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 7 You are certainly aware that every link for archival DDP teams takes you to the 2024 list of team names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted April 8 Clarence "Frogman" Henry a DDP pick for 2 teams. Ralph Puckett last picked in 2023. That's a bit of a surprise but oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 8 Clarence Frogman Henry QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13285547/Clarence-Frogman-Henry-New-Orleans-R-B-singer-1956-hit-Aint-Got-No-Home-dies.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 8 Walid Daqqa(h) QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-13285715/Amnesty-International-urges-Israel-return-body-ailing-Palestinian-died-custody.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 9 Sir Paul Fox QO: https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/09/bbc-legend-sir-paul-fox-launched-classic-tv-shows-dies-aged-98-20613496/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted April 9 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Peter Higgs Guardian straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-physicist-who-discovered-higgs-boson-dies-aged-94 From the Nobel thread, thanks to @YoungWillz Also a BBC QO:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68774195 , I'm sure more will follow. Hit for two teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perhaps 1,423 Posted April 11 Akebono Tarō is one for the LOTM, placed on my B team last year and dropped this year. D'oh! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 12 Robert MacNeil QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13302253/Robert-MacNeil-creator-anchor-PBS-NewsHour-nightly-newscast-dies-93.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted April 12 Though I'm sure it won't last, my B Team, Rigor Mort Us is about to crack the top 20. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,964 Posted April 14 Finally corralled up the update, just making sure no recent LotL/LotM names slipped through the cracks? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 14 15 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Finally corralled up the update, just making sure no recent LotL/LotM names slipped through the cracks? Faith Ringgold was last picked in 2022. You can probably now add Steve Smith (footballer) to the List of the Lost. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEP 891 Posted April 15 On 24/01/2024 at 19:04, WEP said: For the LoM: last year's nominee Nick Rescher dead: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_R.html#reschenx19 https://obituaries.post-gazette.com/obituary/nicholas-rescher-1089273510 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Key 747 Posted April 15 On 04/03/2024 at 16:58, YoungWillz said: Tony Green QO: https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/04/bullseye-star-tony-green-dies-aged-85-20397447/ Awaiting Eleanor Collins and Joe Shannon. Edit: And Maurice Bembridge. https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/joe-shannon-funeral-details-announced-32282866 I think only mirror.co.uk counts but here's his obit anyway 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 16 Whitey Herzog QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13315377/Baseball-legend-Whitey-Herzog-dies-aged-92.html 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted April 16 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Whitey Herzog QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13315377/Baseball-legend-Whitey-Herzog-dies-aged-92.html It was either going to be Yahoo or the Mail! Erskine's also a pick, probably be the same source if there's a QO in the offing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted April 16 1 hour ago, time said: It was either going to be Yahoo or the Mail! Erskine's also a pick, probably be the same source if there's a QO in the offing. Carl Erskine QO eventually arrives: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13316185/Carl-Erskine-Dodgers-pitcher-surviving-member-Boys-Summer-dies-97.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted April 16 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Carl Erskine QO eventually arrives: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13316185/Carl-Erskine-Dodgers-pitcher-surviving-member-Boys-Summer-dies-97.html I thinks that's what we call a double-play 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
