Death Watch Beatle 41 Posted December 31, 2007 Let's hear about the latest coffin fillers. DWB "Jason", one of the five British hostages held in Iraq since May 2007, is reported to have committed suicide. [sorry - wrong thread] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 1, 2008 2007 ended badly for the Bhutto family, 2008 hasn't started too well either, Naheed Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto's sister in law has just been killed in a car crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 1, 2008 Taking a brief respite from the DDP (the first few days are the worst, but it's okay) and looking elsewhere, I see another death from 2007 like Ms. Bhutto above, but not mentioned in that year, is that of Ken Parry, erstwhile actor in many a TV show, including Coronation Street & Z-Cars. He died, aged 77, on the 12th December. (And no, he wasn't selected by anyone on the DDP either) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 1, 2008 Hot on the heels of Parry, another character actor of British (or Irish) TV has gone - Peter Caffrey, who played Padraig in Ballykissangel. News Report here. He also appeared in an episode of Father Ted, amongst others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted January 2, 2008 Seeing as how OoO has nothing to do, the Princes of Thailand, Gaylani Vadhana has gone and died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted January 2, 2008 Seeing as how OoO has nothing to do, the Princes of Thailand, Gaylani Vadhana has gone and died. UK obit from the Guardian. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,002 Posted January 2, 2008 Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno, mobster and son of Mafioso/2002 DL success Joseph Bonanno, is dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,657 Posted January 2, 2008 The credits roll for GP Sippy, I'm guessing somewhere in the 350 odd teams there will be DDP points awaiting this news. BBC report Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,657 Posted January 2, 2008 Maureen Nolan, matriach of the singing sisters, or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 2, 2008 Journalist and broadcaster Shelley Rohde has died aged 74 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 2, 2008 Seeing as how OoO has nothing to do, the Princes of Thailand, Gaylani Vadhana has gone and died. UK obit from the Guardian. Oh crap, she was the sub on my DDP team. Hmph. Anyway, just to avoid any of those "I had him/her on my shortlist" rows for the rest of the year, if any of the following people die during 2008, I would like it to be known that I considered them for my DDP team.... and maybe someone could tell me who John Turner is, because I've already forgotten. Bruce Langhorne Gary Kelly Debbie Nelson (Eminem's mother) Princess Galyani Vadhana Carmen Bousada Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Than Shwe Zeljko Sturanovic Phillip Jones Griffiths Major Berrington Mkoma Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Max Merritt Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Sam Galbraith Ali Shah Geelani Sir John Mortimer Abdelaziz Bouteflika Eddie Thompson Sonia Peres Jyoti Basu Robert Fagles Joseph Kony Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Colin Inglis Linda McGill Jack Poole Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria Cahal Cardinal Daly His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch Patriarch Alexius II David Giuliano Sun Myung Moon Jack van Impe John Turner George Blake Yves Saint Laurant Alexander Solzhenitsyn Juan María Bordaberry Girija Prasad Koirala Philip Chevron Ronald Isley Steven Adler Dr Charles E Friedgood Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Jack Cardiff Alain Robert Leon Febres Cordero Daniel Geiges Nusrat Bhutto Larry James Sheikh Fehmi Naji el-Imam Harold Pinter Archbishop Desmond Tutu Sœur Emmanuelle Lord Delamere Commodore Frank Bainimarama Princess Fawzia bint Fuad of Egypt Sister Wendy Beckett Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 2, 2008 The credits roll for GP Sippy, I'm guessing somewhere in the 350 odd teams there will be DDP points awaiting this news. BBC report No, mainly because he died in 2007 & it was very well reported in that year & hadn't been chosen anyway prior to his death. It was even mentioned in the 2007 dead thread if you check. Seeing as how OoO has nothing to do, the Princes of Thailand, Gaylani Vadhana has gone and died. Oh crap. Couldn't she have waited a few days?! I still have to process the last 50 teams, then send confirmation e-mails (about 150), then get the links together for the new competition (I know the links are dead right now - that's deliberate), then work out how the hell to work it out to update it when a celebrity dies and THEN... e-mail confirmation she's gone. ARRRRRRRGHHHHHH Typical Princess. Selfish, always thinking about themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 2, 2008 Just to make it even worse for me (though I will admit it's much, much worse for him!)- boxer Choi Yo-sam has died after being injured in a boxing match in December - BBC report. If anymore South East Asians could please wait a few more days before dying, it really would help. At the moment, Choi is an unique pick, whereas I think about 10-15 teams picked Valdhani but I'll confirm that soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 2, 2008 Finally, for now, a personal one. Some of you know that one of my sidelines (admittedly paid - though I do it for fun) is motor racing & its history. Well, one of my chief contributors & provider of valuable resources over the years died yesterday - Don Radbruch was his name & he was 83 years old. He had been ill for some years, so it was no surprise but it is with great sadness when I discovered he had passed away. He was also a noted author, so I hope there might be a local obit in the Idaho (where he lived) press. Don, you'll be very, very much missed. Right, must sort out this DDP mularkey. I'll surface again soon.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 2, 2008 Kenyan athlete Lucas Sang, who represented his country at the 1988 Olympics, has been hacked to death by a group of machete wielding political protestors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Miser 18 Posted January 2, 2008 Kenyan athlete Lucas Sang, who represented his country at the 1988 Olympics, has been hacked to death by a group of machete weilding political protestors. -------------------- "If men are men, there will be enough space for everyone who lives in Kosovo. But if men are not men, the entire planet will not be big enough for only two men, like it was in the times of Cain and Abel." ~ Patriarch Pavle of Serbia Guess this would qualify as an unnatual cause. Here's wishing that the source of your quote is next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redmega 0 Posted January 2, 2008 Climate scientist Bert Bolin dies at 82 Couldn't stomach what we're doing to the planet a minute longer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,109 Posted January 2, 2008 Journalist and author John O'sullivan (Another candidate for "Famous in your own back yard" award. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Miser 18 Posted January 2, 2008 Former WBC light flyweight champion Choi Yo-sam has died after collapsing during a fight on Christmas Day. Missed this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7167435.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,535 Posted January 2, 2008 Former WBC light flyweight champion Choi Yo-sam has died after collapsing during a fight on Christmas Day. Missed this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7167435.stm already mentioned here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted January 2, 2008 George McDonald Fraser, author of the "Flashman" novels, has died aged 82. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 2, 2008 Former WBC light flyweight champion Choi Yo-sam has died after collapsing during a fight on Christmas Day. Missed this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7167435.stm already mentioned here Not often that a boxer dies after winning a fight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 3, 2008 George McDonald Fraser, author of the "Flashman" novels, has died aged 82. Oh, that's a shame, I used to like reading his books, though I treated them as pure frothy escapism. Quite a lot of early deaths, I must admit.. Oh, by the way:- Only 4 teams picked Princess Galdhani - no jokers. 3 people picked Choi Yoo-Sam, including one joker, so we have a clear leader already... DDP website to be updated soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 3, 2008 Nient'altro pasta for you. Bill Bonanno, 75, who was a mob family member is dead at the result of a heart attack.. He was the son of former 'Deathlist Graduate' Joe Bonnano. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/nyregion...ml?ref=nyregion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,203 Posted January 3, 2008 Aleksandr Abdulov, top Russian actor is dead & was selected on the DDP, but no obits yet. Wiki Page Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
