DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted June 19, 2007 Vilma Espin Guillois, Raul Castro's wife, has died at the age of 77. On the world fame meter, the highest would be something along the lines of: "Pope" (although can anyone off the top of their heads come up with the real first and last names of any pope?) "US President" "Highest paid film star" "Paris Hilton" "World's best footballer" and the lowest would be: "The only time you'll ever hear this person's name is when he/she dies" Nonetheless, many congrats on the expert work by MPFC with a unique DDP pick. Well....going by Google news, she's already got four times as many obits as Bernard Manning. Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted June 19, 2007 "Pope" (although can anyone off the top of their heads come up with the real first and last names of any pope?) Joseph Ratzinger is the current pope. Not sure of the surname's spelling but Pope JPII was Karol Wotjcha or something like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madame Defarge 21 Posted June 19, 2007 "Pope" (although can anyone off the top of their heads come up with the real first and last names of any pope?) Joseph Ratzinger is the current pope. Not sure of the surname's spelling but Pope JPII was Karol Wotjcha or something like that. I know one...but only because I was considering Lucrezia Borgia as a screen name. Her father was Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI. They supposedly threw huge parties for their political enemies and them poisoned them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted June 19, 2007 Richard “Kush” Griffith, trumpet player with Parliament, Funkadelic and James Brown's band, has died of a heart attack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 584 Posted June 19, 2007 For all you fans of badly-dubbed German soap opera 'Black Forest Clinic' (Schwarzwaldklinik), which was shown on Channel 4 in the Eighties, Klausjürgen Wussow (Dr Klaus Brinkmann) has died aged 78. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 19, 2007 Cardiff-born Karl Brooks, current European water-ski racing champion and number three in the world rankings, has been killed in an accident in Las Vegas at the age of 25. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 20, 2007 Piara Khabra, Labour MP for Ealing Southall, and the oldest sitting MP, has died aged 82: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/10594/...abra+dies+at+82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 20, 2007 Ed Friendly, "veteran TV executive, co-creator of the 1960s comic sensation Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and producer of the frontier family drama Little House on the Prairie" has died: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/227309 You might say the two examples of his output above represent a pretty broad church! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,017 Posted June 20, 2007 Bashir Ahmad. Kashmiri police say it was suicide! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 20, 2007 Scarborough FC: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport?articleid=2968819 I'm sure someone will reference this in the footy thread (if they haven't done so already - can't be arsed checking), but as they were only recently a member of the football league proper, I think it is worth noting here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted June 21, 2007 Often famed US businessman die & I just go "Who?" but today was announced the death of one I've actually heard of - restauranteur Bob Evans, who has died, aged 89. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jeremy poxman Posted June 21, 2007 John Humphreys is dead at 64 http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives/story...2107913,00.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted June 21, 2007 John Humphreys is dead at 64 http://www.guardian.co.uk/otherlives/story...2107913,00.html Ha ha very funny, not THE John Humphrys of course.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted June 21, 2007 Piara Khabra, Labour MP for Ealing Southall, and the oldest sitting MP, has died aged 82: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/10594/...abra+dies+at+82 that means Gordon Brown will have to face a by-election just a few weeks after taking over as PM.Bit of a disaster if he loses ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted June 22, 2007 Doo-wop singer, Hank Medress, who sang lead vocals on the 1961 US number one hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" has died of lung cancer aged 68. YouTube video of the song (although possibly not the original video ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,017 Posted June 22, 2007 Rik Gunnell there or thereabouts before there were too many proper gigs. Basically, one of the people who took British rock out of coffee bars and past 9-00 pm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,464 Posted June 24, 2007 Former Wolves forward Derek Dougan has died. Although his prime came in the 1960s, I always think of him as a classic 70s man, along with the Keegans, Marshes, Bowleses and Worthingtons of the era. Can't think why. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 26, 2007 "Charles W. Lindberg, one of the U.S. Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 86": http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4917809.html "Lindberg spent decades explaining that it was his patrol, not the one captured in the famous Associated Press photograph by Joe Rosenthal, that raised the first flag as U.S. forces fought to take the Japanese island." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted June 26, 2007 Former [West] Germany football coach Jupp Derwall, who took his team to the 1982 World Cup final, has died at the age of 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted June 26, 2007 Seth Cook, the poor lad who suffered from progeria, a condition which causes accelerated aging, and who was sometimes mentioned here (and chosen on previous DDP's) as one of the prime examples of a sicker, darker choice for death pools, has died, from a heart-attack caused by his condition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,840 Posted June 27, 2007 Liz Claiborne has died http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/fashion/...aiborne.html?hp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted June 27, 2007 Ashraf Marwan an Egyptian billionaire, who once owned a stake in Chelsea football club and who feared for his life after been accused of spying for the Israelis, has been found dead beneath the window of his fourth floor flat. He was the son in law of former President Nasser. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted June 28, 2007 Kiichi Miyazawa, former Japanese PM, has died, at the age of 87. Those with longer recollections may remember George Bush Sr. was sick all over Miyazawa's trousers in the early 90's. Not Bush Sr's finest hour.... Congratulations to Canadian Paul on an unique hit on the DDP - it could be his 1st of two in one day if Melly's condition is as bad as believed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,017 Posted June 28, 2007 Gordon Golstelow, yeah I was struggling to remember the name myself, but when they did The Railway Children for telly, he was the station porter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 77 Posted June 28, 2007 Liz Claiborne has died http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/fashion/...aiborne.html?hp Wow, one of the few famous Belgians has died. Except true to form she wasn't actually Belgian, she was just born there, to American parents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
