Your DDP Salvage Lot 2025

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Ludek Miklosko - Not sure if he is done for sure this year

Mike Peters - Experimental treatment seems to be working?

Kanya King

Mari Grug

Lord Nicholas Monson - 4 months or 4 years?

Mo-Lin Yu 

Miguel Pinera - Likely unobitable 

Danny Estrin

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Steve Gaines - Obitable?

Eddie Jordan 

Chris Hoy - 2026 or later perhaps

Victoria Jackson - ^

John MacArthur - Obitable?

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Jim Lovell and Pat Saiki were my two subs for the main team, and Pat Buchanan and Hal Rogers for the electoral team.

 

Solid "d'oh" on my part for Asma al-Assad, who I just thought was a bit ill and crossed off quite quickly. 

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Some picks were pushed from main team to B- and C-team, as I had my doubts:

 

Joe Thompson: Had to make room for Ludek Miklosko. Leukemia always makes people look terrible, and it seems to be fairly aggressive. But he had to make room, and final updates seemed to imply that he got better.

Ben Rathbun: 90 day fiancé-guy (no wonder I posted about a different 90 day fiancé guy a couple of days ago). Some say he is dying of liver cancer, but he's also a shady person. I felt like I couldn't afford both Aaron Shattock and Ben Rathbun.

Jorge Nuno Pinta da Costa: On the main team draft until drol posted about him. If he dies, he'll get a QO in the football coverage. He seems to have retreated from the brinks of death for now.

Chuwit Kamovlisit - couldn't pick him in the main team, after my disappointment with Jamal Yunos. How sick is he really? He's still involved in politics too, as of a couple of days ago.

Robert Fisk (Daily Express reporter) - I think he made room for Kathy Brown. His health goes up and down, it seems. I was unsure.

Mike Peters - now freshly diagnosed with Richter's syndrome, which makes leukemia worse. But he is still in treatment, so he isn't on the clock.

Nigel St-Sm., and MTT: No main team for you guys anymore.

Esther Rantzen: Yes, these recent news made me push her to the B-team. Her drug seems effective according to statistics, which, by the way, is NOT true for Theo Burrell's last line of treatment

Jason Hawk: Of reality TV show Mountain Men. While the Amish reality TV show was covered by the necessary media outlets, I didn't find the same thing true for "Mountain Men".

 

Picks I ignored - there were a ton:

Victoria Jackson - too early, too cooky - we'll meet again, though

Chris Hoy: Too early by his own admission, no reason to doubt that

Randy Moss: Surgery gives him time, but no guarantee he survives 2026

Kanya King: She might be in danger, but I want to be VERY certain when it comes to Decembre diagnoses.

Brian Dayett: Was in hospice, but only for Parkinson's? Meaning, it's like last year's dud Steve McCoy.

Oh yeah, Steve McCoy, Sean Wallace, and other yahoo picks: Not under consideration because of Yahoo. No more local coverage - Reuters still works, though

William Wise III: I posted about him on the forum. He's now really exploiting his illness for awareness campaigns - can't be doing that badly.

Toni Hilland: Seems stable? Breast cancer moves slowly.

Sophie Kinsella: I was a little in doubt about her latest Instagram pictures. She uses distortions, so maybe her face is actually a little puffy, which would be a warning sign. However, glioblastoma is not the danger it once was.

 

Some people went hard for foreign picks like Eleonora Giorgi or Georg Koch. I don't believe thesy QO, but I was wrong about Tim Lobinger.

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So many great names that I was less than 50% on them getting a QO, even though I'm 90% they go this year.

 

Theologian Richard B. Hays, traditionalist biblical scholar who made some headlines last year for deciding that gay marriage was actually A-OK with God.

"Voice of the Huskers" Greg Sharpe, whatever that means

Paralympic gold medallist Margaret Gibbs - in hospice, but paralympic medallists from the 60s are nowhere near guaranteed point-scorers.

Jimmie Tweel Carder, owner of Jim's Steak and Spaghetti House, a James Beard "America's Classic" winner.

Gran Hamada - wrestling legend, the man who created lucharesu, but a lack of time in the big American leagues made me think he wasn't going to get written up by Metro when he goes

"Fat Bloke" Paul Sawyer - was my last drop - former editor of White Dwarf magazine and a big name in Warhammer-type circles. Just didn't see a route for him QO-ing.

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Here's my top 10 who didn't make it:

 

1.      Christina Paszitzky (Comedienne/podcaster)- cancer is very early stage

2.      Michael H. Kenyon (Illinois Enema Bandit)-played him in 2024. UK obit doubts and @Gooseberry Crumble could possibly pick him negating unique points

3.      Jose E. Serrano (New York congressman) retired from congress a few years back  due to Parkinson’s but I can’t get a read on how sick he really is

4.      Vito Perillo (100 year old New Jersey mayor)-UK obit doubts

5.      Elzie Odom (95 year old former Arlington, Texas mayor) same as above

6.      John Sterling (MLB Broadcaster)-health issues look to have been overhyped

7.      Christopher Worrell (January 6^th prisoner)-UK obit doubts and not sure how sick he is.

8.      General Booty (College football QB)-Almost picked for his name alone. He’s not  only an obit risk but incredibly unlikely to die.

9.      Richard Scolyer (Pathologist)-Apparently cancer free

10. Dianna Cowern (Physics Girl)-uncertain about her “Long Covid” diagnosis.

[Death Impends 8,181]

10 minutes ago, Captain Hemlock said:

Here's my top 10 who didn't make it:

 

1.      Christina Paszitzky (Comedienne/podcaster)- cancer is very early stage

2.      Michael H. Kenyon (Illinois Enema Bandit)-played him in 2024. UK obit doubts and @Gooseberry Crumble could possibly pick him negating unique points

3.      Jose E. Serrano (New York congressman) retired from congress a few years back  due to Parkinson’s but I can’t get a read on how sick he really is

4.      Vito Perillo (100 year old New Jersey mayor)-UK obit doubts

5.      Elzie Odom (95 year old former Arlington, Texas mayor) same as above

6.      John Sterling (MLB Broadcaster)-health issues look to have been overhyped

7.      Christopher Worrell (January 6^th prisoner)-UK obit doubts and not sure how sick he is.

8.      General Booty (College football QB)-Almost picked for his name alone. He’s not  only an obit risk but incredibly unlikely to die.

9.      Richard Scolyer (Pathologist)-Apparently cancer free

10. Dianna Cowern (Physics Girl)-uncertain about her “Long Covid” diagnosis.

 

Laugh react for the enema quip.

[Death Impends 8,181]

The biggest drop for me is the King, as that "couldn't think of enough other names" casual pick he was on my rough draft for a long time. But enough names came up that it pushed him out.

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After last year I said I wasn't going to drop 3 people on the last day again, and I didn't. I dropped 4.

 

Patrick Murray - His story goes up and down so often I lack trust in the pick.

Nigel McCrery - Very wary of late year terminal announcements that don't tell us what they actually have wrong with them.

Bobby Fulton - Survived cancer, sepsis and a heart attack during surgery, but his recent updates were him talking about 2022 so he's clearly survived them.

Someone I've decided should make 2026 and I'll keep to myself for now.

 

Elsewhere:

Linda Nolan/James Whale - fed up, can't be bothered, etc. Also seem fairly stable

Linda Tirado - Seems to be exaggerating her health woes?

Brian Dayett - End stage Parkinsons tricky to narrow down

Johnny Rep - Huge gut feeling about him but no room on the team.

Joe Thompson - originally a lock, but far too active.

Luděk Mikloško - If he is rejecting six months of chemo to extend his life so he can keep working, surely his prognosis is longer than 12 months? Otherwise that makes no sense to me.

Kanya King - I came close to picking her because she said she hoped she was still alive for the MOBOs which are only in February, but surely a year too early. 

Raul Malo - Frankly he looked like shit in the 90s when he didn't have cancer, but he seems too optimistic.

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Chuwit Kamolvisit - actually on my sub's list, but dropped as I don't think he's as ill as stated. I mean, he goes from hospice in Scotland to flying over to Thailand. Hmmmmmmm

 

Raphael - very likely to die but didn't think he would be drop 40
Mehmet Ali Agca, Alexey Soldatov- similar to Kamolvisit
Lady Antonia Fraser, Sam Nujoma - age reasons only, Aldrin was one more 90+ than I wanted
Danny Estrin - came very close to putting him in but info is still vague
Bryant Lin, Shirley Chung- not interesting enough
Nicholas Monson, Bruce Willis, David Lynch - feels like 2026
Patrick Murray, James Whale - BORED OF THEM
James Baker, Lucasz Kulas, Georg Koch - QO worries
Bridgette Wilson Sampras - no info
Imran Sherwani - he was the closest to the main team in the end. QO guaranteed, very ill, but just couldn't fit him in. He's in the theme team though.
 

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In this spoiler box is #1 Hits, my 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. (new)	Johnny Tillotson
2. (new)	Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
3. (1)	Eddie 'Tan Tan' Thornton (The Blue Flames)
4. (3)	Jane Morgan
5. (4)	Mike Sarne
6. (new)	Mike Peters (Ferry Aid)
7. (7)	Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)
8. (new)	Andy Scott (Sweet)
9. (re)	J.J. Barrie
10. (12)	Walter Parazaider (Chicago)
11. (re)	Lena Martell
12. (11)	Trevor Oakes (Showaddywaddy)
13. (9)	Willie Nelson (USA for Africa)
14. (19)	Plas Johnson (B. Bumble and the Stingers)
15. (re)	Terry Jacks
16. (16)	Chris Farlowe
17. (new)	John McVie (Fleetwood Mac)
18. (new)	John Hall (The Equals)
19. (new)	Sean 'Diddy' Combs
20. (new)	Ariana Grande

SUBSTITUTES:

21.	Ernest Ranglin (The Commonwealth Band)
22.	Bruce Foxton (The Jam)
23.	Craig Douglas

 

24.	Marlon Jackson (The Jacksons)	#6 last year
25.	Noddy Holder (Slade)	#8 last year
26.	Petula Clark
27.	Rachel Hylton (The X Factor Finalists)
28.	Akelle Charles (Artists for Grenfell)
29.	Alan Silson (The Crowd)
30.	Alesso
31.	John Gorman (The Scaffold)
32.	Tony Di Bart	#5 last year
33.	Brian May (Queen)
34.	Julie Covington
35.	Neville Staple (The Specials)
36.	Ken Boothe
37.	Clem Burke (Blondie)
38.	James Smith (The Stylistics)
39.	Indira Joshi (The Kumars)
40.	Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons)	 

 

Two people I posted in the 2024 salvage lot thread proved to be misses for the #1 Hits team: David Soul (21) and Andrew Davis (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. (1)	Linda Nolan
2. (2)	James Whale
3. (3)	Julie Goodyear
4. (4)	Chris Ellison
5. (re)	Alexander O'Neal
6. (10)	Germaine Greer
7. (6)	Gary Busey
8. (7)	Ron Atkinson
9. (12)	Ken Morley
10. (new)	Bobby Davro
11. (8)	Amanda Barrie
12. (13)	Dirk Benedict
13. (re)	Bruce Jones
14. (new)	Denise Welch
15. (16)	Kim Woodburn
16. (new)	Katie Price
17. (new)	La Toya Jackson
18. (new)	Louis Walsh
19. (new)	Angel McKenzie
20. (20)	Lauren Harries

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21.	George Galloway
22.	Wayne Sleep
23.	Stephanie Beacham
24.	Marco Pierre White Jr.
25.	Michael Madsen
26.	Cheryl Fergison	#14 last year
27.	Anne Diamond	#8 last year
28.	Paddy Doherty
29.	Charlie Doherty
30.	Christopher Biggins
31.	Brandi Glanville
32.	Paul Danan
33.	Jenna Jameson	#11 last year
34.	Renee Graziano
35.	James Cosmo
36.	Leo Sayer	#9 last year
37.	Ann Widdecombe
38.	Rula Lenska
39.	Lisa Jeynes
40.	Samantha Fox

 

None of the people I posted in the 2024 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.

 

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

 

Spoiler

1.	Felicity Green	Swinging Sixties fashion journalist
2.	Maksym Zhorin	Ukrainian soldier
3.	Chris Evert	Tennis player
4.	Tommy Hunt	Flamingo
5.	Katharine, Duchess of Kent	Evidently a duchess
6.	Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton	Former EHRC commissioner
7.	Liver King	Raw meat devourer
8.	Jake Lloyd	Young Anakin Skywalker
9.	Maggi Hambling	British sculptor and painter
10.	Marilyn Maye	American cabaret singer
11.	Sheikh Sajjad Gul	Kashmiri militant
12.	Sihem Bensedrine	Incarcerated Tunisian journalist
13.	Omer Sarfraz Cheema	Incarcerated ex-Governor of Punjab
14.	George Nigh	17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma
15.	George Khabbaz	Lebanese actor, 'Under the Bombs'
16.	Diabão Praddo	Extreme body modifier; holds Guinness World Record for "most horns"
17.	Micah Bowie	Baseball player/botched spinal surgery victim
18.	Elyana	Malaysian singer
19.	Carmen Vazquez Rivera	World War II nurse
20.	L.A. Reid	American record label boss

 

SUBSTITUTES:

21.	Erika Stone	 Centenarian photographer/no-hoper obit
22.	Cristy Lane	 American country singer, did 'One Day at a Time' before Lena Martell
23.	Charles Curran (theologian)	 Vatican-censured liberal theologian
24.	Kenneth Copeland	 American televangelist who plans on living to 120
25.	Brian Hayes (broadcaster)	 British radio presenter
26.	Coleman Barks	 American poet, Rumi "interpreter"
27.	Gillian Tindall	 British writer and historian
28.	Danny Fields	 Ramones manager
29.	Winston Pinder	 British-Barbadian communist
30.	Jane Gaskell	 British fantasy writer
31.	Teresa de Lauretis	 Italian feminist, coined the term "queer theory"
32.	John Sentamu	 Archbishop of York 2005-2020
33.	Harriet Williamson	 Journalist who's written about her BPD, history of self-harm, suicide attempts, drug use, bulimia...
34.	Jaswant Singh Chail	 Would-be Queen assassin
35.	Allegra Versace	 Donatella's daughter
36.	Heather Sutherland (historian)	 Miriam Margolyes' squeeze
37.	Faisal Al-Fayez	 Ex-Prime Minister of Jordan
38.	Malek Hassoun	 Lebanese football manager
39.	Gregory Buchakjian	 Lebanese photographer
40.	Elie Mitri	 Lebanese comedian

 

One person I posted in the 2024 salvage lot thread proved to be a miss for the Living_people team: Pete Rose (31).

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Written here so that I can complain later about my poor decisions.

 

Drops from 2024

Jeanette Lee (52) - despite terminal ovarian cancer, due to taking Lynparza suggest she has a hereditary/mutation variant that can be managed; late December pictures show she's looking good; one to keep watching...

Yoko Ono (91) -  only room for one 90-something with D40 points to justify their inclusion (it was Chomsky)

Michael Bibi (33?) - had show dates in 2024 and more lined up for 2025, in remission

Nigel Starmer-Smith (80) - despite D40 points, hit 80, so -1 pt; again limiting 80-something picks (retained Tilson-Thomas) and I'm leary of dementia picks

Gavin Robertson (58) - has a postive outlook and looks great; yearly habit of end December interviews - and he looked great as of 28th

Rebecca Schull (95) - my failed attempt at a Unique last year; no new acting credits since 2022, so an easy drop

 

No room and my likely regrets

Jose Mujica (89) - I wanted to find room, but as he's likely to hit 90 and drop in pts, I couldn't have another 90-something; my most likely error

Frank Caprio (88) - hard not to include a pan can pick, but age and he seems to be doing well

Julian Glover (89) - again likely to reach 90; his hit-and-miss attendence at events/comic cons makes me wonder, plus slowing down on acting credits (many in 2023), one I figured could make the main DL

Judith Viorst (93) - writer, widow since 2022; I have a cryptic note from Sept '24 that seems important but can't make sense of it now!  Well into 90s anyway.

 

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On 01/01/2025 at 12:35, Spade_Cooley said:

So many great names that I was less than 50% on them getting a QO, even though I'm 90% they go this year.

 

Theologian Richard B. Hays, traditionalist biblical scholar who made some headlines last year for deciding that gay marriage was actually A-OK with God.

 

First one down.