Death Impends 7,971 Posted May 17 Short of a rapid deluge in the next day or so, it looks like May 15 was the last day where our rate was at least one per day. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,225 Posted May 17 4 hours ago, time said: Right.... Signing off for my weekend away. Nobody die! You just signed Dabney Coleman’s death warrant mate! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 17 6 hours ago, Joey Russ said: You just signed Dabney Coleman’s death warrant mate! Dabney Coleman QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13431447/Dabney-Coleman-dead-92-Yellowstone-9-5-acting-legend.html (Probably better Qobits by the time @time gets back). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 18 Awaiting Qobits so far for Bud Anderson and Yael Dayan. Ah, one long weekend and the bodies start to pile high. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 18 22 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Dabney Coleman QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13431447/Dabney-Coleman-dead-92-Yellowstone-9-5-acting-legend.html (Probably better Qobits by the time @time gets back). Add Tony O'Reilly QO: https://news.sky.com/story/tony-oreilly-former-irish-international-rugby-player-and-leading-businessman-dies-13139015 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted May 18 1/4 Contenders I know these posts could very well go in the 2023 DDP thread, but the history is relevant and hopefully will be enjoyed. It has been a year since Martin Amis died and claimed the title for the longest span from pick to List of the Missed, at 25 years (1998 to 2023). When @YoungWillz pointed this out, I wondered if there were other contenders... and there are. I also have it in my memory that @Gooseberry Crumble said something that instigated this research, so please take that credit too! This is the TL;DR summary. See spoilers for full analysis. There will be a few posts! Beck sarcoidosis Karen Duffy Melissa "Prom Mom" Drexler alaniss morisset ru paul Saul Hudson Slash (Guns 'N Roses) footballer; bomber one L? (2014) Terry Nicholls Carlos Sainz (Sr) All of the above have not been picked since 1998 and would capture the title from Amis if they die before being picked in the DDP again. Spoiler As it is the one year mark since Martin Amis’ death, he still holds the title of longest span entry on the LotM. It is 25 years, with his selection for the 1998 list to his death on 18 May 2023. I was curious if there are other contenders for the title, so I looked into the picks of the 1998 list. And there are contenders! And oh my goodness, I have every respect for all the people who have run the DDP. The spelling is atrocious and leads to some unclear names and judgment calls. Please use the forms that have been brought in to submit your teams. I’ve left the spelling as they occur on the 1998 list and accept that any error on identification of the picks are mine. The italics indicate a corrected spelling of a name. First, the 1998 list is a zeitgeist of the 90s. The 8 contenders below do highlight this. Please note there is a formatting issue with copy/paste from Google docs, hence the bold. Beck sarcoidosis Karen Duffy Melissa "Prom Mom" Drexler alaniss morisset ru paul Saul Hudson Slash (Guns 'N Roses) footballer; bomber one L? (2014) Terry Nicholls Carlos Sainz (Sr) All of the above have not been picked since 1998. With three musicians (Beck, Morissette, Slash), actress Duffy with a long history of neurosarcoidosis diagnosed in 1995 (active interviews in 2022), American drag queen RuPaul on the heels of ‘90s exposure, Drexler after the previous year's notoriety and Sainz Sr a rally driver (more to follow on this!). The name I’m nearly certain of is Terry Nichols, the Oklahoma City bombing. His federal trial was in 1997 and since his trial was still ongoing in December 1997, I would imagine the punter was making a wager on a death sentence. Recall this is early DDP years before rule changes. If it is Nichols, then he does not come close to qualifying, as he was picked again for the DDP most recently in 2014. I’m not entirely sure as there is a Terry Nicholl (b 1952), an English footballer. Footballers are popular picks in the DDP, hence my hedging. As I said above I’m nearly certain it is Terry Nichols (bomber), but open to and welcome the forum’s analysis. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted May 18 2/4 Statistics of the 1998 DDP Total number of teams: 31 Potential number of picks (all unique): 620 Total number of picks: 268 Top picks: Pope John Paul II (21), Ronald Reagan (19), Boris Yeltsin (18), Bob Hope (13), Barbara Cartland (12), Spike Milligan (12), Nelson Mandela (10), Thora Hird (8), Elizabeth Taylor (7), Fidel Castro (6), Kirk Douglas (6), John Gielgud (6), Margaret Thatcher (6) Number of picks dead up to Amis (18 May 2023): 176 Number of picks living after Amis (18 May 2023): 92 Number of picks living as of today (18 May 2024): 91, (dead - Jacob Rothschild) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted May 18 3/4 The Living from the 1998 DDP Below is the list of the 92 picks that were living as of 18 May 2023. The only death that has occurred since was Jacob Rothschild. The sheer number of survivors from the 1998 DDP just shows how much the game has evolved from the early days. I doubt that 34% (92/268) of the picks from a recent DDP year will have a third of the picks surviving 25 years later. This is a who’s who of the ‘90s. It is ranked by the years the picks have been in the DDP. I started this back in May 2023, and updated it for 2024. It has been on and off, but with the death of Rothschild and the one year anniversary, it was time to get it finished. I’ve left my notes on identification or correct spelling of picks names - ‘show your work’ as they say. The colour code is a follows: pink - LotM, black -living, green - 1998 contenders Enjoy! Spoiler @Octopus of Odstock - any particular reason why in the late 90s that rally/racing drivers were popular picks? Check the names from 2007 and further back. Pick # picks 2024 update Last DDP Tom Baker 2024 2023 Jimmy Carter 2024 2023 THE EMPOROR OF JAPAN 2024 2023 Prince Andrew 2024 2023 Christopher Biggins 2024 2023 Dickie Bird 2024 2023 strongman JEFF CAPES (Geoff Capes) 2024 2023 Matthew Corbett 2024 2023 Paul Gascoigne 2024 2023 Arthur Scargill 2024 2023 BENJIMIN NETANYAHU 2024 2022 Sarah Ferguson Duchess of Pork (sorry York) 2024 2012 Jacob Rothschild - 2023 fraudster Ernest Saunders 2024 2023 Clint Eastwood 2024 2023 Snoop Doggy Dogg 4 2024 2023 Rupert Murdoch 2024 2023 robert downey jr 4 - 2023 bob dylan 2024 2023 geraldo rivera 2024 2023 Dick van dyke 2 2024 2023 BBC journo Kate Adie 2024 2023 Iggy Pop 2024 2023 Jimmy Page 2024 2023 Keith Richards 3 2024 2023 Gary Glitter 2024 2023 Woody Allen 2024 2023 Steven Tyler 2 2024 2023 Paul Simon 2024 2023 Barry Manilow 2024 2023 Michael Caine 2024 2023 Jack Nicholson 2024 2023 Gyatso Dalai Lama 2024 2023 Richard Wilson (actor) 2024 2023 David Attenborough 2024 2023 Richard Branson 3 2024 2023 Arnold Schwarzenegger 2 2024 2023 Richard Simmons 2024 2023 John Travolta - 2023 Tenor Jose Carreras 2024 2023 snooker Ray Reardon 2024 2023 Salman Rushdie - 2023 Frank Ifield 2024 2023 Tatum O' Neal 2024 2023 Tureaud Mr T. 2 2024 2023 @Hollywood Holly Johnson 3 2024 2023 Michael Schumacher 3 2024 2023 Robbie Williams - 2023 astrologer Russell Grant - 2023 Mike Tyson 2024 2023 Michael Barrymore 2 2024 2023 photographer David Bailey 2024 2023 Al Pacino 2024 2023 jockey Willie Carson 2024 2023 singer, Cobain courtney love - 2022 Drew Barrymore - 2022 Trent Reznor - 2022 Louganis Greg Lugainis (diver) (sp) 2024 2022 Bill Gates - 2022 Bonington Chris Bonnington - 2022 woopy golberg - 2022 Liam Gallagher 3 - 2021 AIDS Julian Clary - 2021 Gerry Adams 7 2024 2020 Jo Brand - 2020 Fiona Apple - 2020 Kate Moss 2 - 2019 Kathy Lee Gifford - 2019 John Goodman 2 - 2019 Earl Spencer - 2018 Anne Robinson - 2017 Demi Moore - 2015 Julia Roberts - 2014 Wesley Snipes - 2013 Tori Spelling - 2012 Prince' boxer Naseem Hamed 2 - 2011 Eddie Izzard - 2010 Sean Combs, P Diddy Puff Daddy - 2009 Noel Gallagher - 2009 Jerry Kelley (Sinn Feinn) (Gerry Kelly) - 2008 Nic Cage - 2007 Ralf Ralph Schumacher 2 - 2007 Somerville Jimmy Summerville (sp) - 2001 Paul Tracy (indy car driver) - 2000 1999 list missing! Beck - sarcoidosis Karen Duffy - Melissa "Prom Mom" Drexler - alaniss morisset - ru paul - Saul Hudson Slash (Guns 'N Roses) - footballer; bomber one L? (2014) Terry Nicholls - Carlos Sainz (Sr) - 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted May 18 4/4 The Dead, the List of the Missed, Bad Choices & Research and the Unknowns Again, this is a big list, so check the spoilers. The Dead You’ll see the usual suspects, with the late ‘90s and early ‘00 being products of their time. The List of the Missed The most recent is Jacob Rothschild. These are again in pink. DI has identified many of them as listed in the archive section. The issue that I’ve seen is that without the 1999 DDP list, there could be more. And there are several who appear to be new additions. These are the red ones on the list. footballer? rugby? Eric Davis 2007 2007 or 2001 Note 22 August Eric Hall (3) 2020 2000 Reginald Kray (RONNIE CRAY) 2000 2000, 1998? Charles Bronson (2) 2003 2002 (5 teams) John Sessions 2020 1998? aka John Marshall widely mentioned on Forums Raine - Countess Spencer 2016 1998? has Guardian QO @Death Impends mentioned Eric Hall before having found out his status when the early '00s lists came to light. The one that shocked me was Charles Bronson - there is a ‘Death Wish’ joke there I am sure! Countess Spencer seems out of place too, as it took no time to locate the QO. Bad Choices & Research These names were dead before the 1998 contest started. George Burns is a bizarre choice as it was a hit two years previous. Chris Farley is understandable as he died only two weeks before the start - a reason there are now subs? And how on earth did you not know Ed Sullivan was dead!?!? Ed Sullivan 1974 Lorne Greene 1987 Doris Speed 1994 George Burns 1996 was a hit in '96 Chris Farley 1997 died 18/12/1997 The Unknowns Ann West and some poor spelling/naming of her would have been listed here too, but as she was a hit in 1999 she appears there. The above name was a pick for @drunkasaskunk and I’m hoping that someone from the era can identify the following names. Cheetah Cheeta Peter O' Sullivan KEVIN CHIN Janette Pink (mentioned in 2010) The first two are probably the same person, again the spelling issue. The next two are a generic nightmare. I can find Janette Pink - she would be a FFBI pick these days. The list has a few HIV/AIDS picks - little did they know about the era of antiretroviral drugs! Okay, that's it. Check the spoilers below for the full list of the Dead from the 1998 DDP. Spoiler Below is the list of the dead. The colour coding stands as above. The number next to a name is the number of picks. My crude classification was to give some order during research. Pick Year of Death Last DDP religion Immanuel Jakobovits 1999 1998? Basil Hume 1999 1999 Robert Runcie 2000 2000 Pope JP II (21) 2005 2005 Oral Roberts 2009 2009 Billy Graham (3) 2018 2018 UK Monarchy Princess Margaret 2002 2002 Queen Mother 2002 2002 Prince Philip 2021 2021 QE2 2022 2022 Monarchies Rainer III, Monaco (1) 2005 2005 Sports Jerry Quarry 1999 1998? died 3 Jan 1999 Dennis Viollet 1999 1998? Stanley Matthews (4) 2000 2000 Brian Clough (4) 2004 2004 footballer? rugby? Eric Davis 2007 2007 or 2001 Evil Kneivel 2007 2007 Edmund Hilliary 2008 2008 Nat Lofthouse 2011 2011 Tom Finney (2) 2014 2014 Muhammad Ali (5) 2016 2016 Johann Cruyff 2016 2016 Note 22 August Eric Hall (3) 2020 2000 Peter Allis 2020 2020 Business Reginald Kray (RONNIE CRAY) 2000 2000, 1998? Steve Fossett 2007 2006 Peter Stringfellow 2018 2012 UK notable Ann West 1999 1999 Mrs Anne Downeyie (Leslie's Mom) confusion with Anne Downie (Scottish actress) Pick Year of Death Last DDP UK Politics Lord Denning 1999 1999 Dennis Thatcher (2) 2003 2003 Edward Heath (3) 2005 2005 James Callaghan (2) 2005 2005 Mo Mowlam 2005 2000 Michael Foot (5) 2010 2010 Cyril Smith 2010 2010 Margaret Thatcher (6) 2013 2013 Ian Paisley (3) 2014 2014 Jeremy Thorpe 2014 2014 Martin McGuinness 2017 2017 US Politics Harry Blackmun 1999 1999 Strom Thurmond (2) 2003 2003 Ronald Reagan (19) 2004 2004 Chief Justice Reinquist 2005 2005 Gerald Ford 2006 2006 Nancy Reagan (3) 2016 2016 George Bush Sr (2) 2018 2018 Rush Limbaugh 2021 2021 EU Politics Helmut Kohl (2) 2017 2017 World Politics Leni Refeilstain 2003 2003 Yasser Arafat (3) 2004 2004 Sheik Yasim (Hammas) (Ahmed Yassin) 2004 1998? Saddam Hussein (5) 2006 2006 Boris Yeltsin (18) 2007 2007 Muammar Gaddafi (3) 2011 2011 Nelson Mandela (10) 2013 2013 Fidel Castro (6) 2016 2016 AYATOLLA Rafsanjani 2017 2017 Winnie Mandela 2018 2018 Desmond Tutu 2021 2021 Mikhail Gorbachev (4) 2022 2022 Pick Year of Death Last DDP Actors Ed Sullivan 1974 Lorne Greene 1987 Doris Speed 1994 Bryan Mosely (4) 1999 1999 Johnny Morris (prez,2) 1999 1999 DeForest Kelly 1999 1999 Dirk Bogarde 1999 1998? Bill Owen (2) 1999 1999 Oliver Reed 1999 1999 Anne Haddy 1999 1998? John Gielgud (6) 2000 2000 Alec Guiness (3) 2000 2000 Joan Sims 2001 2001, 2000,1998? Peggy Mount (2) 2001 2001 John Thaw 2002 2002 Milton Berle (2) 2002 2002 Robert Ulrich 2002 2001 James Coburn 2002 2002 Thora Hird (8) 2003 2003 Buddy Ebsen 2003 2003 Katherine Hepburn (5) 2003 2003 Charles Bronson (2) 2003 2002 (5 teams) Gregory Peck 2003 2003 Fay Wray 2004 2004 Bob Keeshan 2004 2003 Tony Randall 2004 2002 Marlon Brando (2) 2004 2004 Christopher Reeve 2004 2004 John Mills (2) 2005 2005 Raymond Baxter 2006 2006 Ronald Magill 2007 1998? Charlton Heston (5) 2008 2008 Estelle Getty 2008 2008 Paul Newman 2008 2008 Brian Wilde 2008 2008 Mollie Sugden (2) 2009 2009 Wendy Richard 2009 2009 Beatrice Arthur 2009 2009 Dom DeLuise 2009 2009 Norman Wisdom (5) 2010 2010 Dennis Hopper 2010 2010 Art Linkletter 2010 2010 Elizabeth Taylor (7) 2011 2011 Jack Klugman (3) 2012 2012 Eric Sykes (3) 2012 2012 Clive Dunn 2012 2012 Annette Funicello (4) 2013 2013 Richard Griffiths 2013 2013 Jean Stapleton 2013 2013 Mickey Rooney 2014 2014 Leonard Nimoy (2) 2015 2015 Warren Mitchell 2015 2015 Jean Alexander 2016 2016 Zsa Zsa Gabor 2016 2016 Colin Dexter 2017 2017 Mary Tyler Moore (3) 2017 2017 Roger Moore 2017 2017 Peter Sallis 2017 2017 Sean Connery 2020 2020 Kirk Douglas (6) 2020 2020 Barbara Windsor (2) 2020 2020 John Sessions 2020 1998? aka John Marshall widely mentioned on Forums Pick Year of Death Last DDP Comedians George Burns 1996 was a hit in '96 Chris Farley 1997 died 18/12/1997 Harry Secombe (3) 2001 2001 Spike Milligan (12) 2002 2002 Bob Hope (13) 2003 2003 Richard Pryor (3) 2005 2005 Ronnie Barker 2005 2005 Charlie Drake 2006 2006 Bernard Manning 2007 2007 Phyllis Diller 2012 2012 Musicians Boxcar Willie 1999 1999 Yehudi Menuhin 1999 1998? John Lee Hooker (2) 2001 2001 Lane Staley 2002 1998? Sasha Distel 2004 1998? Luther Vandross (1) 2005 2005 James Brown 2006 2006 Luciano Pavarotti (3) 2007 2007 George Melly 2007 2007 Michael Jackson (5) 2009 2009 Lena Horne (2) 2010 2010 Captain Beefheart 2010 2010 Scott Weiland 2015 2015 Chuck Berry (1) 2017 2017 Peter Tork 2019 2019 Vera Lynn (3) 2020 2020 Lisa Marie Presley 2023 2021 Writers Barbara Cartland (12) 2000 2000 Eudora Welty 2001 2001, 2000 1998? Alistair Cooke 2004 2004 Arthur Hailey 2004 1998? Arthur Miller (2) 2005 2005 Hunter S Thompson 2005 1998? Betty Friedan 2006 1998? Arthur C Clarke 2008 2008 Martin Amis 2023 1998? Social Quentin Crisp (1) 1999 1998? Paula Yates (3) 2000 2000 has Guardian QO Raine - Countess Spencer 2016 1998? Entertainment Helen Rollason 1999 1999 Victor Borge 2000 2000, 1998? Billy Wilder 2002 2002 Johnny Carson 2005 2005 Alan Fluff Freeman 2006 2006 Michaelangelo Antonioni 2007 2007 Ned Sherrin 2007 1998? Tony Hart 2009 2009 Jimmy Saville (4) 2011 2011 Max Bygraves 2012 2012 David Coleman (2) 2013 2013 Antique Roadshow Hugh Scully 2015 2008 Bruce Forsyth (2) 2017 2017 Barry Humphries 2023 2023 Science Patrick Moore 2012 2012 Stephen Hawking (2) 2018 2018 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,195 Posted May 18 Honest answer? Racing drivers were still dying in the late 1990's. Not in F1, but around that time, we lost Gonzalo Rodriguez, Greg Moore, Jeff Krosnoff in Indycar and an host of others in other racing. Wasn't beyond the realms of possibility that the rather aggressive on-track Schumacher brothers might have had a similar fate (Of course Schumacher senior broke his leg in 1999) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,181 Posted May 18 33 minutes ago, Evil Grimace said: Peter O' Sullivan KEVIN CHIN Janette Pink (mentioned in 2010) "Peter O'Sullivan" would be Sir Peter O'Sullevan (later a DL hit), would it not? That's how I interpreted it during my own trawl through the DDP archives not too long ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted May 18 On 18/05/2024 at 22:08, Summer in Transylvania said: "Peter O'Sullivan" would be Sir Peter O'Sullevan (later a DL hit), would it not? That's how I interpreted it during my own trawl through the DDP archives not too long ago. That's what I though too. Cheeta could be the chimp from the Tarzan films before it was known the whole thing was a hoax. Were animal picks allowed back then? Cheeta - Wikipedia The only Kevin Chin I can find is a pub/restaurant manager in North Wales so not sure what the story was there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,580 Posted May 19 Bud Anderson hit for me in my 1922 team. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/us/bud-anderson-dead.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 19 11 minutes ago, ladyfiona said: Bud Anderson hit for me in my 1922 team. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/18/us/bud-anderson-dead.html Not a QO for this pool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 19 On 18/05/2024 at 21:25, YoungWillz said: On 17/05/2024 at 22:36, YoungWillz said: Dabney Coleman QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13431447/Dabney-Coleman-dead-92-Yellowstone-9-5-acting-legend.html (Probably better Qobits by the time @time gets back). Add Tony O'Reilly QO: https://news.sky.com/story/tony-oreilly-former-irish-international-rugby-player-and-leading-businessman-dies-13139015 Add Ian Chico Hamilton QO: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/28012258/ian-chico-hamilton-dead-chelsea/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,980 Posted May 20 On 18/05/2024 at 13:39, Evil Grimace said: footballer? rugby? Eric Davis 2007 2007 or 2001 \ Reveal hidden contents Below is the list of the dead. The colour coding stands as above. The number next to a name is the number of picks. My crude classification was to give some order during research. Pick Year of Death Last DDP religion Immanuel Jakobovits 1999 1998? Basil Hume 1999 1999 Robert Runcie 2000 2000 Pope JP II (21) 2005 2005 Oral Roberts 2009 2009 Billy Graham (3) 2018 2018 UK Monarchy Princess Margaret 2002 2002 Queen Mother 2002 2002 Prince Philip 2021 2021 QE2 2022 2022 Monarchies Rainer III, Monaco (1) 2005 2005 Sports Jerry Quarry 1999 1998? died 3 Jan 1999 Dennis Viollet 1999 1998? Stanley Matthews (4) 2000 2000 Brian Clough (4) 2004 2004 footballer? rugby? Eric Davis 2007 2007 or 2001 Evil Kneivel 2007 2007 Edmund Hilliary 2008 2008 Nat Lofthouse 2011 2011 Tom Finney (2) 2014 2014 Muhammad Ali (5) 2016 2016 Johann Cruyff 2016 2016 Note 22 August Eric Hall (3) 2020 2000 Peter Allis 2020 2020 Business Reginald Kray (RONNIE CRAY) 2000 2000, 1998? Steve Fossett 2007 2006 Peter Stringfellow 2018 2012 UK notable Ann West 1999 1999 Mrs Anne Downeyie (Leslie's Mom) confusion with Anne Downie (Scottish actress) Pick Year of Death Last DDP UK Politics Lord Denning 1999 1999 Dennis Thatcher (2) 2003 2003 Edward Heath (3) 2005 2005 James Callaghan (2) 2005 2005 Mo Mowlam 2005 2000 Michael Foot (5) 2010 2010 Cyril Smith 2010 2010 Margaret Thatcher (6) 2013 2013 Ian Paisley (3) 2014 2014 Jeremy Thorpe 2014 2014 Martin McGuinness 2017 2017 US Politics Harry Blackmun 1999 1999 Strom Thurmond (2) 2003 2003 Ronald Reagan (19) 2004 2004 Chief Justice Reinquist 2005 2005 Gerald Ford 2006 2006 Nancy Reagan (3) 2016 2016 George Bush Sr (2) 2018 2018 Rush Limbaugh 2021 2021 EU Politics Helmut Kohl (2) 2017 2017 World Politics Leni Refeilstain 2003 2003 Yasser Arafat (3) 2004 2004 Sheik Yasim (Hammas) (Ahmed Yassin) 2004 1998? Saddam Hussein (5) 2006 2006 Boris Yeltsin (18) 2007 2007 Muammar Gaddafi (3) 2011 2011 Nelson Mandela (10) 2013 2013 Fidel Castro (6) 2016 2016 AYATOLLA Rafsanjani 2017 2017 Winnie Mandela 2018 2018 Desmond Tutu 2021 2021 Mikhail Gorbachev (4) 2022 2022 Pick Year of Death Last DDP Actors Ed Sullivan 1974 Lorne Greene 1987 Doris Speed 1994 Bryan Mosely (4) 1999 1999 Johnny Morris (prez,2) 1999 1999 DeForest Kelly 1999 1999 Dirk Bogarde 1999 1998? Bill Owen (2) 1999 1999 Oliver Reed 1999 1999 Anne Haddy 1999 1998? John Gielgud (6) 2000 2000 Alec Guiness (3) 2000 2000 Joan Sims 2001 2001, 2000,1998? Peggy Mount (2) 2001 2001 John Thaw 2002 2002 Milton Berle (2) 2002 2002 Robert Ulrich 2002 2001 James Coburn 2002 2002 Thora Hird (8) 2003 2003 Buddy Ebsen 2003 2003 Katherine Hepburn (5) 2003 2003 Charles Bronson (2) 2003 2002 (5 teams) Gregory Peck 2003 2003 Fay Wray 2004 2004 Bob Keeshan 2004 2003 Tony Randall 2004 2002 Marlon Brando (2) 2004 2004 Christopher Reeve 2004 2004 John Mills (2) 2005 2005 Raymond Baxter 2006 2006 Ronald Magill 2007 1998? Charlton Heston (5) 2008 2008 Estelle Getty 2008 2008 Paul Newman 2008 2008 Brian Wilde 2008 2008 Mollie Sugden (2) 2009 2009 Wendy Richard 2009 2009 Beatrice Arthur 2009 2009 Dom DeLuise 2009 2009 Norman Wisdom (5) 2010 2010 Dennis Hopper 2010 2010 Art Linkletter 2010 2010 Elizabeth Taylor (7) 2011 2011 Jack Klugman (3) 2012 2012 Eric Sykes (3) 2012 2012 Clive Dunn 2012 2012 Annette Funicello (4) 2013 2013 Richard Griffiths 2013 2013 Jean Stapleton 2013 2013 Mickey Rooney 2014 2014 Leonard Nimoy (2) 2015 2015 Warren Mitchell 2015 2015 Jean Alexander 2016 2016 Zsa Zsa Gabor 2016 2016 Colin Dexter 2017 2017 Mary Tyler Moore (3) 2017 2017 Roger Moore 2017 2017 Peter Sallis 2017 2017 Sean Connery 2020 2020 Kirk Douglas (6) 2020 2020 Barbara Windsor (2) 2020 2020 John Sessions 2020 1998? aka John Marshall widely mentioned on Forums Pick Year of Death Last DDP Comedians George Burns 1996 was a hit in '96 Chris Farley 1997 died 18/12/1997 Harry Secombe (3) 2001 2001 Spike Milligan (12) 2002 2002 Bob Hope (13) 2003 2003 Richard Pryor (3) 2005 2005 Ronnie Barker 2005 2005 Charlie Drake 2006 2006 Bernard Manning 2007 2007 Phyllis Diller 2012 2012 Musicians Boxcar Willie 1999 1999 Yehudi Menuhin 1999 1998? John Lee Hooker (2) 2001 2001 Lane Staley 2002 1998? Sasha Distel 2004 1998? Luther Vandross (1) 2005 2005 James Brown 2006 2006 Luciano Pavarotti (3) 2007 2007 George Melly 2007 2007 Michael Jackson (5) 2009 2009 Lena Horne (2) 2010 2010 Captain Beefheart 2010 2010 Scott Weiland 2015 2015 Chuck Berry (1) 2017 2017 Peter Tork 2019 2019 Vera Lynn (3) 2020 2020 Lisa Marie Presley 2023 2021 Writers Barbara Cartland (12) 2000 2000 Eudora Welty 2001 2001, 2000 1998? Alistair Cooke 2004 2004 Arthur Hailey 2004 1998? Arthur Miller (2) 2005 2005 Hunter S Thompson 2005 1998? Betty Friedan 2006 1998? Arthur C Clarke 2008 2008 Martin Amis 2023 1998? Social Quentin Crisp (1) 1999 1998? Paula Yates (3) 2000 2000 has Guardian QO Raine - Countess Spencer 2016 1998? Entertainment Helen Rollason 1999 1999 Victor Borge 2000 2000, 1998? Billy Wilder 2002 2002 Johnny Carson 2005 2005 Alan Fluff Freeman 2006 2006 Michaelangelo Antonioni 2007 2007 Ned Sherrin 2007 1998? Tony Hart 2009 2009 Jimmy Saville (4) 2011 2011 Max Bygraves 2012 2012 David Coleman (2) 2013 2013 Antique Roadshow Hugh Scully 2015 2008 Bruce Forsyth (2) 2017 2017 Barry Humphries 2023 2023 Science Patrick Moore 2012 2012 Stephen Hawking (2) 2018 2018 It is possible that this was the Eric Davis picked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Davis_(baseball) He was an MLB all star Baseball player who in 1997 was Diagnosed with Colon Cancer,definitely was one of the biggest news story in Us sport when he was diagnosed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Grimace 359 Posted May 20 Frank Ifield gets multiple QOs: Frank Ifield, legendary singer, dead aged 86 | Metro News Frank Ifield dead at 86: Music legend who helped give The Beatles their start passes away | The Sun Australian music legend Frank Ifield, a household name in Britain who was once supported by The Beatles, dies aged 86 | Daily Mail Online Date of death given as 18 May. That's another pick gone from the 1998 DDP, and on the day of the update. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 20 On 17/05/2024 at 12:03, Death Impends said: Short of a rapid deluge in the next day or so, it looks like May 15 was the last day where our rate was at least one per day. Quite the deluge over the weekend. Now wait. I'm player of the month for April? A first for me. I'll take it. I'd like to thank everybody who made this possible. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 20 17 hours ago, YoungWillz said: On 18/05/2024 at 21:25, YoungWillz said: On 17/05/2024 at 22:36, YoungWillz said: Dabney Coleman QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13431447/Dabney-Coleman-dead-92-Yellowstone-9-5-acting-legend.html (Probably better Qobits by the time @time gets back). Add Tony O'Reilly QO: https://news.sky.com/story/tony-oreilly-former-irish-international-rugby-player-and-leading-businessman-dies-13139015 Add Ian Chico Hamilton QO: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/28012258/ian-chico-hamilton-dead-chelsea/ 5 hours ago, Evil Grimace said: Frank Ifield gets multiple QOs: Frank Ifield, legendary singer, dead aged 86 | Metro News Frank Ifield dead at 86: Music legend who helped give The Beatles their start passes away | The Sun Australian music legend Frank Ifield, a household name in Britain who was once supported by The Beatles, dies aged 86 | Daily Mail Online Date of death given as 18 May. That's another pick gone from the 1998 DDP, and on the day of the update. Add Gerry Collins QO: https://news.stv.tv/sport/partick-thistle-announce-death-of-ex-player-and-manager-gerry-collins-aged-69 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,195 Posted May 21 Karl Heinz Schnellinger QO https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-karl-heinz-schnellinger-dead-32855245 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted May 21 I'm back. Have I missed anything? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 21 9 minutes ago, time said: I'm back. Have I missed anything? Kelly Holmes on Brighton Beach surrounded by poo and poo campaigners. You've been missed. Also, if you could tell us when your next break is so we know when to expect a reaping from Death like no other. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 21 The Bud Anderson military magazine obits are also just coming in: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/bud-anderson-america-last-world-204708859.html Guess we're back above >1 hit/day. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted May 21 1 minute ago, gcreptile said: The Bud Anderson military magazine obits are also just coming in: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/bud-anderson-america-last-world-204708859.html Guess we're back above >1 hit/day. So just Yael Dayan from the last few days outstanding? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted May 21 Somewhat surprised that Jim Otto wasn’t picked. There are a lot more obscure NFL players who were picked. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
