drunkasaskunk 194 Posted October 8 4 hours ago, msc said: Well, the question is: ARE there sources out there who would provide QOs which are otherwise missing? It depends what you mean by missing. Boston 25 News, Deadline (even just for the name alone !!) Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Niagara Gazette, Pensacola News Journal, Rolling Stone, Texas Tribune, The News-Gazette, The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va. and vibe have all provided obits for people that have been picked this year. If you look at the list of the lost - how do we know they have died? Because some obscure publication has said so. But they do not count - not because they are not dead, but possibly because UK Yahoo has not copied and pasted from one of the publications that are NOT allowed. For me part of the game is not just identifying who is going to cark it in a particular year but whether they are going to croak AND get a mention in one of the qualifying publications. When UK (aye, that is a joke!!!) Yahoo copies and pastes an article from the Lhasa Evening Post in Tibet it somehow counts as a QO but the Lhasa Evening Post does not. It is called the Derby Deadpool for a reason. In my humble opinion points being awarded because of QO's from articles copied and pasted from some of the ones I mentioned above detracts from the main ethos of a UK centred game. Apologies to those from further afield but this is just my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,035 Posted October 9 Lily Ebert QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13941065/Auschwitz-survivor-Lily-Ebert-dies-aged-100-Family-say-light-shone-brightly-today-gone-dark-mourn-matriarch-story-touched-millions-worldwide.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted October 11 For the list of the missed,picked in 2021 Leif Segerstam https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/teams.html#DDPTeamikeade https://slippedisc.com/2024/10/just-in-leif-segerstam-has-died/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 11 Its another one of those 'nobody die' weekends, as I'm away; if someone can keep an eye on things I'll update when I get back. Ta very much. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,035 Posted October 11 11 minutes ago, time said: Its another one of those 'nobody die' weekends, as I'm away; if someone can keep an eye on things I'll update when I get back. Ta very much. Slip Peter Cormack in before you go and enjoy: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/31011031/peter-cormack-dead-liverpool-bill-shankly-tributes/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 11 Cormack's in (might have to update date of death later). Now I'm going before I miss my train. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,035 Posted October 13 George Herd finally gets his obit: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24647023.tough-footballer-took-bus-home-scotland-games/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted October 13 Tylee Craft: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-college-football-player-tylee-020545885.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 949 Posted October 13 4 hours ago, YoungWillz said: George Herd finally gets his obit: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24647023.tough-footballer-took-bus-home-scotland-games/ Thanks, strange that Edinburgh based The Scotsman picked it up weeks before The Herald as he was born in West of Scotland and played for 2 Glasgow clubs before moving to Sunderland. Anyway more points for my theme team of Scottish footballers. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 13 Ronnie Dawson QO https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c3dvyrx08j1o 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted October 14 Hey, hope everyone's doing well here. Just want to say that Alison Carey should be added to the list of the missed. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2yd454nzvo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted October 16 On 13/10/2024 at 09:16, gcreptile said: Tylee Craft: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-college-football-player-tylee-020545885.html Here is a PROPER, not People magazine (????) obituary https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-football/article-13954125/North-Carolina-Tylee-Craft-dies-23-cancer.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,585 Posted October 17 Just now, drunkasaskunk said: Here is a PROPER, not People magazine (????) obituary https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-football/article-13954125/North-Carolina-Tylee-Craft-dies-23-cancer.html Ok, we get it, you don’t like the Yahoo UK rule. Can you end your pointless campaign? It’s already been established that you hold the minority view on this, so it’s unlikely the rule is going to change, no matter how much you scream and shout and stomp your feet. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,035 Posted October 17 As if by magic. Alvin Rakoff QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/alvin-rakoff-dies-veteran-canadian-123340980.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 17 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: As if by magic. Alvin Rakoff QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/alvin-rakoff-dies-veteran-canadian-123340980.html I would expect full broadsheet obits to be along shortly. eta: like this one (Guardian, not a broadsheet these days, granted, but not People Magazine either). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 17 Serious question here, do DDP points still depend on the IDF confirming this one, it's not like there's a shortage of reliable and consistent reports, or a notably gruesome bit of photographic evidence. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy94zdd0nxlt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted October 17 Mitzi Gaynor QO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13971805/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-business-passes-away.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,314 Posted October 17 9 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Mitzi Gaynor QO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13971805/mitzi-gaynor-dead-south-pacific-business-passes-away.html I honestly thought she died a couple of years back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted October 17 6 minutes ago, Sean said: I honestly thought she died a couple of years back. I'd not worry about it, your finger is on the pulse compared to mine, I thought she sang 'I will survive'. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 17 According to her DDP bio, Mitzi Gaynor was the second musical guest on the night The Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show. I can't find any evidence of this - anyone have any details/link to anything? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 17 17 minutes ago, Sean said: I honestly thought she died a couple of years back. Few weeks ago @Death Impends told me Mitzi McCall had died and I said I used to mix her up with Mitzi Gaynor who was also dead only to be corrected. I was a few weeks early, clearly! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 17 4 minutes ago, msc said: Few weeks ago @Death Impends told me Mitzi McCall had died and I said I used to mix her up with Mitzi Gaynor who was also dead only to be corrected. I was a few weeks early, clearly! Ah, now Mitzi McCall was on the Beatles debut Ed Sullivan show - I wonder if someone got the two Mitzis mixed up. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 17 5 minutes ago, time said: Ah, now Mitzi McCall was on the Beatles debut Ed Sullivan show - I wonder if someone got the two Mitzis mixed up. I was concerned that was actually me again but luckily that DDP bio predates my time doing them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted October 17 The Telegraph obituary of Mitzi Gaynor says she was on their second USA television appearance- was that the week after? Their obituary of Mitzi McCall a few weeks ago is all about her being on their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,597 Posted October 17 6 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: The Telegraph obituary of Mitzi Gaynor says she was on their second USA television appearance- was that the week after? Their obituary of Mitzi McCall a few weeks ago is all about her being on their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Yes, the following week. Gaynor's Wikipedia entry also says the second appearance, 16 February 1964. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
