Derby Dead Pool 2024

[WEP 884]

List of the Lost:

Udo Sopp, Priest and football Manager

 https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2024/celebs_S.html#soppu024

 

https://www.swr.de/sport/fussball/1-fc-kaiserslautern/ehemaliger-fck-praesident-udo-sopp-ist-tot-100.html

[YoungWillz 20,918]

No real need but Bob Newhart QO: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/29328446/elf-big-bang-theory-actor-bob-newhart-dead/

[Torva Messor 273]

Overlooked solo hit (not mine) Percy Adlon the filmmaker surely has a QO?

[polar duck 775]

8 minutes ago, Torva Messor said:

Overlooked solo hit (not mine) Percy Adlon the filmmaker surely has a QO?

I tried looking for one yesterday. Nothing.

[YoungWillz 20,918]

Ray Reardon QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/snooker/breaking-snooker-ray-reardon-dead-33287150

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By way of a diversion, when I came to update the database for Bob Newhart the other day, I got an error message saying "This app can't run on your PC".

Anyway, following much googling and head-scratching, I think I've fixed it. I shall find out next update!

 

(Newhart & Reardon were updated via laptop, so even if it turns out I haven't fixed it, there's another way, just takes so much longer!)

[YoungWillz 20,918]

On 18/06/2024 at 13:59, Octopus of Odstock said:

If my joker Beccy Barr dies (20 points) I only need that QO for Cavanagh to come through and tiebreak won't be an issue...

I also have Rantzen and Kamolvisit.

I think only 3 of the top 20 still have jokers in play.

Beccy Barr QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13659395/BBC-presenter-TV-career-firefighter-dies-battle-cancer.html

[Octopus of Odstock 2,180]

35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Beccy Barr QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13659395/BBC-presenter-TV-career-firefighter-dies-battle-cancer.html

 

I had the feeling that Beccy was near the end. Once a serial tweeter, she barely posted anything after the 1st July, just one small tweet re. US fire fighters.

 

She had said she was told she wouldn't make her birthday in September. 

 

Although I am now just a Chuwit Kamolvisit death away from taking the lead, like with Rob Burrow, I take no joy in this hit. Sorry to see her go.

 

 

[RoverAndOut 4,726]

3 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said:

I had the feeling that Beccy was near the end. Once a serial tweeter, she barely posted anything after the 1st July, just one small tweet re. US fire fighters.

She had said she was told she wouldn't make her birthday in September. 

Although I am now just a Chuwit Kamolvisit death away from taking the lead, like with Rob Burrow, I take no joy in this hit. Sorry to see her go.

 

I make a poor deathlister, I've only heard about this on North West Tonight just now. Really sad, Beccy was a really sunny personality on North West news bulletins, and clearly fit, healthy and active. Cancer really is a bastard sometimes. Rest in peace, Beccy. 

[YoungWillz 20,918]

Abdul Duke Fakir QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13660499/Four-Tops-singer-Duke-Fakir-dies-88-Motown-heart-failure.html

 

Never in doubt.

[YoungWillz 20,918]

Kenneth Grange QO: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary-death-cxbzt9286

[YoungWillz 20,918]

Yvonne Furneaux QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yvonne-furneaux-actress-fellini-la-190759703.html

[YoungWillz 20,918]

5 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Yvonne Furneaux QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yvonne-furneaux-actress-fellini-la-190759703.html

Add Roberta Taylor QO: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jul/23/roberta-taylor-obituary

[Captain Hemlock 729]

John Mayall QO: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-eric-clapton-john-mcvie-british-mick-fleetwood-b2584806.html

[YoungWillz 20,918]

On 28/06/2024 at 20:49, drunkasaskunk said:

I think we are going to have to consign DONALD SCOTT to the list of the lost
https://scottishrugby.org/obituary-donald-scott/

 

Annoyingly Donald Scott gets a Scotsman obit: https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-donald-scott-scottish-rugby-internationalist-and-pe-teacher-4712507

 

That doesn't count afaik, so we wait on The Herald playing catch up.

[YoungWillz 20,918]

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This sufficient for Ken Palmer? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tributes-paid-somerset-cricket-legend-145339854.html

 

If so, this should be sufficient for Yvonne Furneaux, no? Yvonne Furneaux QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yvonne-furneaux-actress-fellini-la-190759703.html

 

Edit: But this should be: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jul/24/yvonne-furneaux-obituary

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38 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

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This sufficient for Ken Palmer? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tributes-paid-somerset-cricket-legend-145339854.html

 

If so, this should be sufficient for Yvonne Furneaux, no? Yvonne Furneaux QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yvonne-furneaux-actress-fellini-la-190759703.html

 

Edit: But this should be: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jul/24/yvonne-furneaux-obituary

Sorry, I missed the Yvonne Furneaux yahoo link yesterday (but saw the Guardian link earlier), 

[The Old Crem 3,576]

13 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

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This sufficient for Ken Palmer? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tributes-paid-somerset-cricket-legend-145339854.html

 

If so, this should be sufficient for Yvonne Furneaux, no? Yvonne Furneaux QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yvonne-furneaux-actress-fellini-la-190759703.html

 

Edit: But this should be: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jul/24/yvonne-furneaux-obituary

Ken Palmer now also has the Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29459888/ken-palmer-dead-cricket-somerset-england-tributes/

[YoungWillz 20,918]

A QO for Mildred Stahlman, who died on 29th June courtesy of the BBC's Last Word, to be broadcast later today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021bh5

[YoungWillz 20,918]

With Mildred Stahlman above, QO for Pat Heywood: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pat-heywood-nurse-franco-zeffirelli-173004321.html

[YoungWillz 20,918]

Hit #199 is Ray Lawler QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13679103/Australian-trailblazer-playwright-Ray-Lawler-dies.html

 

Will we break 200 before July ends?

[Bibliogryphon 9,509]

1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

Hit #199 is Ray Lawler QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13679103/Australian-trailblazer-playwright-Ray-Lawler-dies.html

 

Will we break 200 before July ends?

 

This should help me in the Theme Team League and Ysanne Churchman is my first hit (and joker) for my Unusual Suspects team

[Octopus of Odstock 2,180]

Just checked the top 25 - both my maths and handwriting might be slightly out but these are the most picked of the top 25.

 

However, it's more likely it'll be the ones picked solely by one top team that might make the difference - so the likes of Matt James, Elmore Smith, James Carter Cathcart,  Steve Gaines, Eddie Annand, Charlotte Raven, Andy Taylor, Adrian Sutton et al could still be the difference.

Of course, the other, albeit unlikely factor, is an obit for Joe Shannon or Kieran Cavanagh.

 

McMichael	21
Rantzen	19
Tilson Thomas	18
Whale	18
Carter	17
Burrell	15
Murray	13
Nolan	10
Starmer Smith	7
Mutombo	6
Maxwell	6
Godley	6
Caveney	6
Jensen	6
Doering	6
Flack	6
Caprio	5
Bart	5
Darby	4
Wilis	4
Hilland	4
Kamolvisit	2
Wallace	2
Lundgren	2
Scolyer	2
Linden	2
Lee J	2
Neill	2
Baker T	2
Ashton	2

[Evil Grimace 359]

@Octopus of Odstock - the factor I'd considered to have the most weight was the jokers yet to be cashed in.... it is wide open as there are still 157 days left.

 

Jokers awarded – many Jonnie Irwin and Rob Burrow; one Derek Draper, one Becky Barr, one Shannen Doherty

 

None of the top three have Theo Burrell.

 

Jokers Outstanding

Rank runner (current points) – joker (points)

=8 Going Underground (101) – Craig Maxwell (20)

15 2025? No thank you! (97) – Theo Burrell (26)

18 I will not die… (95) - Theo Burrell (26)

=23 Droller Coaster (88) – Jimmy Carter (16)*

=23 The Love Boat (88) – Steve McMichael (22)

=23 Tombstone Ticklers (88) - Jimmy Carter (16)*

*caveat - falls to 14 if he makes 100 (insert joke)

 

Regarding low point D40 potentials.  A low score D40 (Carter, Chomsky) hit gives 8 points.  And another hit aged 30-69 and that’s another 10 to 8 points, so 16 to 18 points.

 

I’ll blame your handwriting for this one.  I thought it odd that he wouldn’t be picked by the top 25 runners.

Chomsky (4 picks) 4^th place It’s a Grim World After All (105), =20th place Day in the Death (91), 22th Carkers Convention 2024 (89), =23^rd The Love Boat (88)

[Octopus of Odstock 2,180]

14 hours ago, Evil Grimace said:

@Octopus of Odstock - the factor I'd considered to have the most weight was the jokers yet to be cashed in.... it is wide open as there are still 157 days left.

 

Jokers awarded – many Jonnie Irwin and Rob Burrow; one Derek Draper, one Becky Barr, one Shannen Doherty

 

None of the top three have Theo Burrell.

 

Jokers Outstanding

Rank runner (current points) – joker (points)

=8 Going Underground (101) – Craig Maxwell (20)

15 2025? No thank you! (97) – Theo Burrell (26)

18 I will not die… (95) - Theo Burrell (26)

=23 Droller Coaster (88) – Jimmy Carter (16)*

=23 The Love Boat (88) – Steve McMichael (22)

=23 Tombstone Ticklers (88) - Jimmy Carter (16)*

*caveat - falls to 14 if he makes 100 

 

 

 

True, although McMichael and Carter's jokers are negated somewhat by sheer numbers of people picking them, so they wont make the final difference.

 

Although Barr was worth less points than Burrow, Irwin, Draper and Doherty, arguably it was the biggest gain overall due to just 1 other of the top 25 picking her (20 point gain, compared to 13 for Burrow and 12 for the other three).... If this makes sense?