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31 minutes ago, Comped said:

He'd get some coverage surely due to his hosting career in NZ with Lego Masters and the like, no?

 

Trust me as someone who is very familiar with Disney (I've known far too many Disney execs and have some insight at the company)... Iger won't be dead before the end of the decade. He's way too much of a health nut.

I can agree for the most part on Igor in that he is fairly young yet and if he has healthy habits great.. But the one thing that might get him and cause him issues might be Stress!  From lots of reports this past year I hear Disney is not doing all that well overall as a company.  Many problems it seems.  So that could play on ones health.

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37 minutes ago, Comped said:

Trust me as someone who is very familiar with Disney (I've known far too many Disney execs and have some insight at the company)... Iger won't be dead before the end of the decade. He's way too much of a health nut.

 

Oh, yeah - that team is nonsensical, as I said. It's just the first people I saw on my Twitter page (I fancied a silly team to see what it'd raise).

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Tom Stafford and Roy Battersby will almost certainly die in 2024 but wouldn't be drop 40 to make it worthwhile with too many other pick to choose.

 

Bobby Mailman and Steve Gaines, I wondered about QO. 

 

Terry Jon Martin I can see dying without any news reports.

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Last 11 out


James Whale -Seems reasonable to go this year,but was btwn him and Doherty and as coin-flip  decided her
Frank Field
Joe Doering-Still think he could see 2025
Amy Ettinger-Hard to tell if she is truly on the way or just 100% prepared to go
Kristen Hallenga-see above
Linda Nolan
Denis Law-Charlton carried on absent from public for a long time,think 2025 or 26 could be his year
Toni Hilland-Wasn't sure how severe her cancer  was
Tylee Craft -Seems to me they are finding options to shrink his tumors
Corey "Homicide" Williams-Not 100 certain of his obit chances.Guardian are the the only UK Outlet who seem to be reaching for Australia clicks,and they have skipped a few before if the sport was not popular in the UK.

Mika Immonen-Stage 4 cancer but seems hopeful

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It hasn't even been 48 hours and I've already got a miss with Zvi Zamir. I chose his nemesis Eli Zeira instead.

 

My subs were [UNIQUE], Denis Law, and Theodore McCarrick. 
 

Some other names I strongly considered were Alfredo Astiz, Chaka Khan, Jim Inhofe, Alan Greenspan, Gene Shalit, Willie Mays, Noam Chomsky, Michael Flatley, Tom Girardi, Dennis Hastert, Toby Keith, Sander Levin, Richard Lewis, Bob Packwood, Jim Sensenbrenner, Yahya Sinwar, Renee Taylor, and Eddie Vrdolyak. There are a few more names I might be able to use as uniques for next year. 

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Revealed more names now that teams are out

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14 minutes ago, polar duck said:

It hasn't even been 48 hours and I've already got a miss with Zvi Zamir. I chose his nemesis Eli Zeira instead.

 

My subs were Reuma Weizman, Denis Law, and Theodore McCarrick. 
 

Some other names I strongly considered were Alan Greenspan, Gene Shalit, Willie Mays, Noam Chomsky, Tom Girardi, and Eddie Vrdolyak.

Zamir missed the Yom Kippur anniversary in September, he was clearly on his way out.

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6 hours ago, drol said:

Zamir missed the Yom Kippur anniversary in September, he was clearly on his way out.

 

Ah, I was too focused on Kissinger at the time to realize this.

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In this spoiler box is #1 Hitsmy regular theme team of UK #1 hitmakers. Below it are 20 more people who were in consideration for the team.

 

Spoiler

Last year's position on the team is given in brackets, where applicable.

  

1. (re) Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton (The Blue Flames)
2. (9) David Graham (Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band)
3. (4) Jane Morgan
4. (new) Mike Sarne
5. (new) Tony Di Bart
6. (new) Marlon Jackson (The Jacksons)
7. (2) Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
8. (new) Noddy Holder (Slade)
9. (21) Willie Nelson (USA for Africa)
10. (new) Bruce Foxton (The Jam)
11. (8) Trevor Oakes (Showaddywaddy)
12. (new) Walter Parazaider (Chicago)
13. (new) Steve Harley
14. (new) Chris Stein (Blondie)
15. (17) Chris Rea (Band Aid II)
16. (16) Chris Farlowe
17. (new) Ray Walker (The Jordanaires)
18. (new) Grace Slick (Starship)
19. (re) Plas Johnson (B. Bumble and the Stingers)
20. (re) Ian McCredie (Middle of the Road)

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21.

David Soul

 

22. John Edwards (The Detroit Spinners)

  

23.

Connie Francis

 

     
24. James Dunn (The Stylistics) #13 last year
25. Len 'Chip' Hawkes (The Tremeloes)  
26. Lena Martell #12 last year
27. John Gorman (The Scaffold)  
28. Mike Peters (Ferry Aid)  
29. Ernest Ranglin (The Commonwealth Band)  
30. J.J. Barrie #15 last year
31. Craig Douglas  
32. Nick Carter (The Backstreet Boys)  
33. Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)  
34. Earl Falconer (UB40)  
35. Brian Bennett (The Shadows)  
36. Clem Cattini (The Pirates, The Tornados)  
37. Andrew Davis ("Various artists")  
38. Mick Jones (Foreigner)  
39. Sandra (Enigma)  
40. Tony Christie    

 

Two people I posted in the 2023 salvage lot thread proved to be misses for the #1 Hits team: Shane MacGowan (35) and Tina Turner (37).

 

 

In this spoiler box is Unpersons, my regular theme team of Big Brother housemates. Below it are 20 more people who were in consideration for the team.

 

Spoiler

Last year's position on the team is given in brackets, where applicable.

 

1. (2) Linda Nolan
2. (1) James Whale
3. (5) Julie Goodyear
4. (4) Chris Ellison
5. (6) Ron Atkinson
6. (7) Gary Busey
7. (8) Amanda Barrie
8. (new) Anne Diamond
9. (new) Leo Sayer
10. (9) Germaine Greer
11. (13) Jenna Jameson
12. (re) Ken Morley
13. (10) Dirk Benedict
14. (new) Cheryl Fergison
15. (new) Jess Impiazzi
16. (17) Kim Woodburn
17. (new) Jermaine Jackson
18. (new) Hardeep Singh Kohli
19. (new) India Willoughby
20. (20) Lauren Harries

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21. Bruce Jones  
22. Renee Graziano  
23. Christopher Biggins  
     
24. Wayne Sleep  
25. Michael Barrymore  
26. Kellie Maloney  
27. Jim Davidson  
28. Ann Widdecombe  
29. Paddy Doherty #11 last year
30. Carole Vincent  
31. Alexander O'Neal  
32. James Cosmo  
33. Winston McKenzie  
34. Angie Bowie #18 last year
35. Tara Reid  
36. Stephanie Beacham  
37. Andrew Tate #3 last year
38. Stephen Bear #15 last year
39. Lee Ryan  
40. Denise Welch  

 

None of the people I posted in the 2023 salvage lot thread proved to be misses for the Unpersons team.

 

 

In this spoiler box is Special:RandomInCategory/Living_people, my regular theme team of 20 people whittled down from 4000 random biographies on Wikipedia. Below it are 20 more people who were in consideration for the team.

 

Spoiler

Names are presented as they are in their Wikipedia article titles, bracketed segments included; nevertheless, given the broad range of claims to fame, I've included an extra column to clarify what they're known for.

  

1. Artem Chekh Ukrainian soldier
2. Mohammed al-Houthi Former Houthi leader of Yemen, Supreme Political Council member
3. Syed Salahuddin Head of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir
4. John Ashton (musician) Psychedelic Fur
5. John Laws Australian shock jock
6. John Farnham He's the Voice
7. Jon Blake (author) British children's author
8. Tom Brokaw American news anchor
9. Pat Buchanan American conservative figurehead
10. Charles Kay British actor (Amadeus, Fortunes of War)
11. 22Gz Brooklyn drill rapper
12. Sergio Brown American footballer/alleged murderer
13. Anne Dickson Unionist Party of Northern Ireland leader 1976-81
14. Claire Palley First female law professor in Britain, principal of St. Anne's College 1984-91
15. Gary Burton American jazz vibraphonist
16. Brian St. Clair American drummer (Triple Fast Action, Local H)
17. Vera Sharav Israel-based antivaxxer
18. Vardis Vardinogiannis Greek billionaire
19. Viktor Rashnikov Russian billionaire
20. Bedros Kirkorov

Russian singer/Russian singer's dad

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21. Cliff Lazarenko  British darts player
22. Pooh Shiesty  American rapper
23. Hu Jintao  President of China 2003-13
     
24. Stephen Trombley  British-American author, filmmaker, songwriter
25. George William Penrose, Lord Penrose  Scottish judge (The Penrose Inquiry, The Penrose Report)
26.
Sviatoslav Vakarchuk  
 Ukrainian rockstar
27. Viktor Yanukovych  President of Ukraine 2010-14, now in exile
28. Mykhailo Shpir  Ukrainian journalist turned Russian minister
29. Abdul-Hafez al-Saqqaf  Yemeni ex-general
30. Antonio Gasalla  Argentine comedian
31. Pete Rose  American baseball star
32. Ahmed Khalidi  Palestinian lawyer
33. Efraim Halevy  Former Mossad director
34. Robert C. Hastie  Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, 1995-2008
35. Marlo Thomas  American actress (That Girl)
36. Marlen Chow  Nicaraguan activist, critic of Ortega
37. Lin Liheng  Lin Biao's daughter, subject of CCP denunciation and rehabilitation
38. The Fabulous Sports Babe  American sports broadcaster
39. Paul Larudee  'Free Gaza' activist, subject of Facebook ads calling for his assassination
40. Daayiee Abdullah  America's first openly gay imam

 

Two of these were previous picks that coincidentally came up again in this year's random bios: Stephen Trombley (picked in 2023) and George William Penrose, Lord Penrose (picked in 2021).

 

None of the people I posted in the 2023 salvage lot thread proved to be misses for the Living_people team.

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Made the decision to drop Janey Godley, mainly as she strikes me as an absolutely shameless self-promoter who might well outlive Linda Nolan.

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I agree with @Spade_Cooley on the right to gripe later, so here they are.

 

Let's start with the DDP sub bench:

 

Denis Law - dementia picks always trouble me and seem to go the distance; then he's a returnee at #25 on the DL

Frankie Valli - I'm grateful to @lilham for the tour info, but as far as I can tell, no cancellations everything moving forwards

Pope Francis - still in the Chair of St Peter and packing the College of Cardinals; then he debuts at #5 (!!) on the DL

 

The December Miss

 

Every year I miss a bit news drop or health update (Sakamoto, Jeanette Lee).  I give you the 2023 entry...

 

Theo Burrell - I'm hoping for a Tom Parker repeat here given her age (37), otherwise the jokerage will be serious competition

 

Lack of info - a lot in this group, age was often a deterrent

 

Michael York - amyloidosis since 2012 but generalized? what organ(s)?  Contrast to Musharraf last year that was cardiac amyloidosis - and a dead cert.

Franz Beckenbauer - the first of the 'Kaiser' non-picks; likely heart issues and of course he debuts at #49 on the DL

Larry Pressler - bladder cancer in 2019 then pan can a year later; over 80 years old made for an easy drop

Daniel Barenboim - the 'circulatory problems' are vasculitis but again, what organs?  Couldn't make an informed choice, so consulted with wisdom of the masses (the 2023 DDP) and no one had picked him, despite information from late 2022.  Annnddd he debuts at #34 on the DL

 

The Scuppered Uniques

 

I chuckled at @YoungWillz dismay at 'the interminable search for a unique' that sees good names fall out of choice.  Guilty as charged, but these are out in the wild by others hands, one very recently.

 

Roddy Maudy-Roxby - was listed in @Perhaps entry on/as sub in the 'Telly II' pool; curious to see if he appears on the DDP (no appearances to date)

Denys Graham - the second 'Kaiser' non-pick; Welsh actor with about half a dozen mentions in the forum, majority in the British Character Actors thread; he was part of a potential war movies theme team (he's Kaiser Wilhelm II in the 1979 film 'All Quiet on the Western Front) that I couldn't formulate well, but he stayed on; age (97) didn't help; pleasantly surprised to see that he's in the Hartlepool Deadlypool on @justonecornetto's team!

 

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Evil Grimace said:

Roddy Maudy-Roxby - was listed in @Perhaps entry on/as sub in the 'Telly II' pool; curious to see if he appears on the DDP (no appearances to date)

 

He was on it last year.

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Who i dropped: (not including the ones who died) 
Keith Richards 
Buzz Aldrin (i totally forgot about him)
George Soros 
Ted Turner (surprised hes on the death list this year) 
Putin


Who i added: 
Iris Apfel 
Jonnie Irwin
Salman Al Saud

Francis Clifford Smith
Frank Field
Yoko Ono
Violeta Chamorro

Tom Baker 
Tim Bilton 
Chuck Grassley (risk pick)
Rob Burrow

Subs:
Prunella Scales
Dick Van Dyke
Joe Biden 
 

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1 hour ago, tracy said:

 

He was on it last year.

@tracy So he was!  Top notch research on my part...

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On 03/01/2024 at 01:10, machotrouts said:

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21.

David Soul

 

     

 

Unlucky.

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Just now, TQR said:

I wonder if anyone did pick him. He wasn’t selected last year but he was mentioned a couple of times on here recently. 

 

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On 01/01/2024 at 19:04, RadGuy said:

 

Sudarshan Maharaj - pancan sounds big and scary always, but reading between the lines, they seem confident it's treatable.

 

Sudarshan Maharaj might have pulled off the - almost - impossible, for now:

https://www.nhl.com/news/anaheim-goalie-coach-sudarshan-maharaj-announces-cancer-status

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On 01/01/2024 at 16:07, CaptainChorizo said:

Last 11 out


James Whale -Seems reasonable to go this year,but was btwn him and Doherty and as coin-flip  decided her
Frank Field
Joe Doering-Still think he could see 2025
Amy Ettinger-Hard to tell if she is truly on the way or just 100% prepared to go
Kristen Hallenga-see above
Linda Nolan
Denis Law-Charlton carried on absent from public for a long time,think 2025 or 26 could be his year
Toni Hilland-Wasn't sure how severe her cancer  was
Tylee Craft -Seems to me they are finding options to shrink his tumors
Corey "Homicide" Williams-Not 100 certain of his obit chances.Guardian are the the only UK Outlet who seem to be reaching for Australia clicks,and they have skipped a few before if the sport was not popular in the UK.

Mika Immonen-Stage 4 cancer but seems hopeful

Ouch. Two in one week.

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On 01/01/2024 at 14:12, msc said:

Duncan Campbell - Edinburgh Fringe comic/author, @Death Impends specifically convinced me it was a bad pick when I was checking for FFBI. ("A bit like that artist you picked the other year!" Harsh but true!)

Duncan Campbell Herald Obit: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/24564343.tributes-paid-charming-smiling-actor-poet-loved-rugby/

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