People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

Louis Harris was a fairly big name within psephology so if he has snuffed it, there'll be a notice before Christmas.

 

I confess that I had to look that up.

Seriously, its stretching the whole credibility ( if there is any ) of Death Listing.

What next? An expert in CorporateTax??

Come on, some of this shite is getting beyond a joke.

No offense but pull your head outta your UK-centric arse. There isn't a bigger name in polling than the Harris poll, perhaps Gallup polls but they are most certainly contemporaries.

This is why I say I don't stand a chance in DDP -- someone may be commonplace over there and literally 0.000001 % of Americans have heard of them. Not knowing a Harris poll is akin to never watching or listening to the news over hear.

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[NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies 4]

Wesley Pipes would be a much bigger name in Polling then Louis Harris

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218]

 

 

Louis Harris was a fairly big name within psephology so if he has snuffed it, there'll be a notice before Christmas.

I confess that I had to look that up.

Seriously, its stretching the whole credibility ( if there is any ) of Death Listing.

What next? An expert in CorporateTax??

Come on, some of this shite is getting beyond a joke.

No offense but pull your head outta your UK-centric arse. There isn't a bigger name in polling than the Harris poll, perhaps Gallup polls but they are most certainly contemporaries.

This is why I say I don't stand a chance in DDP -- someone may be commonplace over there and literally 0.000001 % of Americans have heard of them. Not knowing a Harris poll is akin to never watching or listening to the news over hear.

SC

 

How actually gives a fuck about your opinion?

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Kevin O'Morrison: https://www.yahoo.com/movies/kevin-omorrison-actor-set-sleepless-seattle-dies-100-224648181.html

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Update No. 2...

New addition:

Thomas Warburton, Finnish writer apparently died December 19th aged 98. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Warburton

Obits found:

Kevin O'Morrison, 100, American actor. Hollywood Reporter article. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-omorrison-dead-sleepless-seattle-set-up-actor-was-100-957985)

Still awaiting obit:

John C. Harkness, 100, American architect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Harkness

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Update No. 3...

New addition(s):

Sidney Drell, 90, American theoretical physicist who was awarded the National Medal of Science by Obama in 2013 apparently died yesterday (21st Dec).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Drell

Weston Noble, 94, American music educator/conductor also apparently died yesterday (21st Dec).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_Noble

Still awaiting obit(s):

John C. Harkness, 100, American architect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Harkness

Thomas Warburton, 98, Finnish writer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Warburton

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Sidney Drell: http://news.stanford.edu/2016/12/22/sidney-drell-theoretical-physicist-national-security-expert-stanford-dies-90/

 

Weston Noble: http://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2015/07/27/weston-noble-the-legacy-of-an-american-choral-giant

[Sir Creep 7,070]

OK I thought the purpose of this thread was for posting names of those Wiki has showing as dead when there is either little or no supporting evidence and/or the person is actually alive. That's definitely how it started out.

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[gcreptile 10,963]

I like how this is turning into a scientific endeavour...

[msc 18,436]

OK I thought the purpose of this thread was for posting names of those Wiki has showing as dead when there is either little or no supporting evidence and/or the person is actually alive. That's definitely how it started out.

SC

 

It's just that forum folk have got really good at tracking down news of someone dying if it exists.

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

OK I thought the purpose of this thread was for posting names of those Wiki has showing as dead when there is either little or no supporting evidence and/or the person is actually alive. That's definitely how it started out.

SC

 

Look at the timing between our posts. 12 hours ago when I posted those names, there were no obits for them. In fact, I even waited a while before posting their names on here. 12 hours later, obituaries started cropping up.

 

I could have posted their deaths elsewhere but I'd have to start with "According to Wikipedia..." with no supporting source, so the best place for them is in here.

 

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Pat Barrett of The Crew Cuts as of July 2016. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crew-Cuts#Band_members

 

Cannot find anything reported from a news source.

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Pat Barrett of The Crew Cuts as of July 2016. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crew-Cuts#Band_members

 

Cannot find anything reported from a news source.

 

Ah, I found this: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/obituaries/barrett-patrick/article_2febd0f8-1963-5d1c-aae5-530933884052.html

[drol 11,912]

Obit for Thomas Warburton:

https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2017/01/08/thomas-warburton-memoriam

[drol 11,912]

Italian aviator Cesare Di Bert's page was edited to say he died on January the 28th. Did not find any source though, but there's no reason to think it's false.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Di_Bert

[Ulitzer95 12,576]

Italian aviator Cesare Di Bert's page was edited to say he died on October the 28th. Did not find any source though, but there's no reason to think it's false.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Di_Bert

October 28th? It says January 28th on the page I'm reading.

[drol 11,912]

 

Italian aviator Cesare Di Bert's page was edited to say he died on October the 28th. Did not find any source though, but there's no reason to think it's false.

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Di_Bert

October 28th? It says January 28th on the page I'm reading.

 

Whoops

[YoungWillz 21,024]

Someone has amended Tom Baker's entry....

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Same source also helpfully added Bill Murray's death earlier this month, so I think you should be fine.

[YoungWillz 21,024]

I would certainly hope so!

[msc 18,436]

On the day Tom dies, the new isn't going to be broken on Wikifuckingpedia.

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

What's really weird is that the story is being peddled on Twitter by this guy: https://twitter.com/TheSharkNo1. Presumably he's also the Wiki hoaxer. He is also pushing Michael Jordan dying in a car accident as well, and the account claims to be a fan account for someone who was a contestant on The Chase once.

 

I feel like this is a rabbit hole I don't want to enter.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Seriously, why would someone edit his entry without evide... Oh...

[TeamDeath 10]

What's really weird is that the story is being peddled on Twitter by this guy: https://twitter.com/TheSharkNo1. Presumably he's also the Wiki hoaxer. He is also pushing Michael Jordan dying in a car accident as well, and the account claims to be a fan account for someone who was a contestant on The Chase once.

 

I feel like this is a rabbit hole I don't want to enter.

 

It's starts with a few fake digital deaths, and before you know it, you're cutting a man's face off, placing it over your own and being wheeled out on a stretcher like Hannibal Lector.

[CoffinLodger 1,248]

Doctor Who actor Tom Baker died on feb 14 according to his entry on wikipedia. This is a persistant entry so might just be true ! If so I am gutted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Baker