DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 6, 2007 Jazz Legend Alvin Batiste has died. If anyone reading this has purchased tickets for his performance today at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, I'm sorry to tell you that Alvin will not be appearing. Don't know how Iain missed this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 6, 2007 Jazz Legend Alvin Batiste has died. If anyone reading this has purchased tickets for his performance today at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, I'm sorry to tell you that Alvin will not be appearing. Don't know how Iain missed this one. Not the first time that the folk of New Orleans have been blown out by circumstance.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 6, 2007 Ira Hoos is dead at 94.Now before you complain that Im reporting nobodies again I have to point out that I think she played an historical role in the development of economic philosophy uppon which the global economic and political system is based. Zzzzzzzzzzzz... Can we have a "yawn" smiley made available please? Obviuosly you didn't know her personally, or you might have got her name right. It is (was) IDA not IRA! sorry-I was thinking about Northern Ireland when I posted it ps no deaths to report today I'm afraid-well not since I missed reporting Alvin Batistes demise anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted May 6, 2007 ps no deaths to report today I'm afraid Well, I'll post one to make up for it. Pat Terry, former Charlton, Reading, Gillingham & Millwall favourite, one of those forwards who used the shoulder-charge on goalkeepers to great effect, has died after a long battle with illness & complications with pneumonia. He was 73. (Bottom of Page) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 7, 2007 Excuse me if you think I'm being a bit "dave", but this guy was a king: Tomasi Kulimoetoke, King of Wallis has died aged 88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 7, 2007 Excuse me if you think I'm being a bit "dave", but this guy was a king: Tomasi Kulimoetoke, King of Wallis has died aged 88 It is perfectly in order to note his death - he was suggested on the ideas thread last year. R.I.P It Up And Start Again (Anubis?) will get a unique hit on the DDP if our man gets the right obits. And I'll score on the HDP and Pool Of Death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted May 7, 2007 Yes, well - good luck with that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 7, 2007 Yes, well - good luck with that... I'm on the phone to The Telegraph right now! Would you like a sour grape with your lunch, Windsor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,532 Posted May 7, 2007 Yes, well - good luck with that... I'm on the phone to The Telegraph right now! Would you like a sour grape with your lunch, Windsor? Ermmm isn't that a little bit in the way of cheating by phoning to a newspaper requesting an obit? Oh well, I get a point anyway in our family dead pool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 7, 2007 Yes, well - good luck with that... I'm on the phone to The Telegraph right now! Would you like a sour grape with your lunch, Windsor? Ermmm isn't that a little bit in the way of cheating by phoning to a newspaper requesting an obit? Oh well, I get a point anyway in our family dead pool Would you like a pinch of salt with your lunch, Phantom !? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,532 Posted May 7, 2007 Yes, well - good luck with that... I'm on the phone to The Telegraph right now! Would you like a sour grape with your lunch, Windsor? Ermmm isn't that a little bit in the way of cheating by phoning to a newspaper requesting an obit? Oh well, I get a point anyway in our family dead pool Would you like a pinch of salt with your lunch, Phantom !? I'd like to shift this headcold. Coffee is having no effect on me this morning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted May 7, 2007 The BBC is reporting that former House of Commons speaker Lord Bernard Weatherill has died, at the age of 86. Yet another name, that had I had more bravery, I would've put on my DDP team of 20 this year, but C'est la Vie. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 7, 2007 The BBC is reporting that former House of Commons speaker Lord Bernard Weatherill has died. Yet another name, that had I had more bravery, I would've put on my DDP list this year, but C'est la Vie damn it Pipped to the post again ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,532 Posted May 7, 2007 The BBC is reporting that former House of Commons speaker Lord Bernard Weatherill has died. Yet another name, that had I had more bravery, I would've put on my DDP list this year, but C'est la Vie oh well, that's one possiblity I had for next year gone Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 7, 2007 the 3 times Brazilian presidential candidate Eneas Carneiro has died at 69 ps since we're on a political note,if you want to see the death of a major political party,the BBC Parliament channel are showing coverage of the 1997 general election results all day today-Tony Blair and Gordon Brown take note! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted May 7, 2007 Way to go, Big Fella from Wallis. Now come on obit writers (Yes, I'm talking to you...) Write the bugger up! I need the points, because "What do points make...?" Excuse me if you think I'm being a bit "dave", but this guy was a king: Tomasi Kulimoetoke, King of Wallis has died aged 88 It is perfectly in order to note his death - he was suggested on the ideas thread last year. R.I.P It Up And Start Again (Anubis?) will get a unique hit on the DDP if our man gets the right obits. And I'll score on the HDP and Pool Of Death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 7, 2007 harmonica playing legend Carey Bell is dead at 70 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 7, 2007 Horror movie director Curtis Harrington has died. Strangely, his IMDB entry also confirms that he directed some episodes of "The Colbys", "Dynasty" and "Wonder Woman" The first link also reports the death of Sir Graves Ghastly, “Detroit’s only living vampire” aged 94 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted May 7, 2007 harmonica playing legend Carey Bell is dead at 70 My granda is 70 and owns a harmonica. Would you report his death? (Rhetorical) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 7, 2007 eccentric fashion journalist Isabela Blow has died at 49. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 8, 2007 Diego Corrales, former World Boxing champion at Super Featherweight and Lightweight has died aged 29 in a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas: http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition...3&cset=true Love the name of one of the police spokesmen named in the above article: "Blake Quackenbush" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twelvetrees 10 Posted May 8, 2007 Way to go, Big Fella from Wallis. Now come on obit writers (Yes, I'm talking to you...) Write the bugger up! I need the points, because "What do points make...? Prizes....? Obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Posted May 8, 2007 not the best start to the new Northern Ireland assembly- one of the new members from Ian Paisleys party has dropped dead at 45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted May 8, 2007 Ah, You've got to love a slow news day...! Thanks 12trees Way to go, Big Fella from Wallis. Now come on obit writers (Yes, I'm talking to you...) Write the bugger up! I need the points, because "What do points make...? Prizes....? Obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,684 Posted May 8, 2007 hasn't dave posted this yet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
