Tuber Mirum 125 Posted September 29, 2009 I predict the election will be won by a bunch of Neoliberal business consultants and their religious bigot friends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest D Icke Posted September 29, 2009 I predict the election will be won by a bunch of Neoliberal business consultants and their religious bigot friends. Not forgetting the tall, blood-drinking, shape-shifting reptilian humanoids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 30, 2009 Robert S Baker, producer of The Saint and The Persuaders, has died at the age of 93. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted October 2, 2009 Donal McLaughlin, designer of the United Nations Flag, is dead at 102. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 2, 2009 John Holmes, Rugby League international, dead at 57. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 3, 2009 Fatima Senussi, the last Queen of Libya, has died in exile in Cairo, aged 98. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminator 13 Posted October 4, 2009 'Drunk' Japan minister found dead A former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing to be drunk at an overseas news conference has been found dead at his home. Tokyo police said Shoichi Nakagawa's body was found by his wife in the bedroom of their home. Mr Nakagawa, 56, caused uproar when he appeared to be drunk at a news conference during a meeting of Group of Seven financial leaders in Rome in February. Later, at a Vatican museum, he touched exhibits and set off an alarm after entering an off-limits area. One nip too many???? .......I'll get me kimono. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 4, 2009 John Brady, high profile dissident Irish republican, died suddenly in a police station. Uh-oh......we haven't heard the last of this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 4, 2009 Looks like the BBC is reading this thread now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted October 6, 2009 Kevin McGee "Matt Lucas's former boyfriend, Kevin McGee, has hanged himself – 10 months after the Little Britain comedian divorced him ... Mr McGee, 32, who married Lucas in a civil ceremony in December 2006, was found dead at his flat in Edinburgh on Monday after leaving a suicide note on the social networking website Facebook" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 6, 2009 Kevin McGee "Matt Lucas's former boyfriend, Kevin McGee, has hanged himself – 10 months after the Little Britain comedian divorced him ... Mr McGee, 32, who married Lucas in a civil ceremony in December 2006, was found dead at his flat in Edinburgh on Monday after leaving a suicide note on the social networking website Facebook" Bloody hell... For Ethnic Cleansing though, what an inspired pick! That's 16 points heading his way....and into 5th place! "The star, who is currently starring in the West End play Prick Up Your Ears, told a newspaper last month that their break up had been difficult." Well it's a good thing for Lucas that he left him, otherwise McGee could have done a Halliwell on our routund star, and what news that would have been... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 6, 2009 Lucas + McGee = William Hague I couldn't help thinking, looking at that picture of the couple in happier times, that if you superimposed McGee's features on those of Matt Lucas you would get the picture above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 6, 2009 Kevin McGee "Matt Lucas's former boyfriend, Kevin McGee, has hanged himself – 10 months after the Little Britain comedian divorced him ... Mr McGee, 32, who married Lucas in a civil ceremony in December 2006, was found dead at his flat in Edinburgh on Monday after leaving a suicide note on the social networking website Facebook" Bloody hell... For Ethnic Cleansing though, what an inspired pick! That's 16 points heading his way....and into 5th place! "The star, who is currently starring in the West End play Prick Up Your Ears, told a newspaper last month that their break up had been difficult." Well it's a good thing for Lucas that he left him, otherwise McGee could have done a Halliwell on our routund star, and what news that would have been... Inspired! That's awesome deadpooling, did the guy have a track record of depression and threatening suicide......or is Ethnic Cleansing Kevin McGee? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted October 6, 2009 Pick of the year as far as I'm concerned. MPFC, I remember clarifying with Ethnic Cleansing which Kevin McGee he meant & EC came back & said "Matt Lucas' ex-partner. Bit of a gamble but I've read reports of depression & drugs. So you never know....." When I investigated McGee more for his profile, I did note that McGee had "depression" & said "he couldn't live without Lucas" but I put it down to celebrity media blurb rather than anything substantial. Seems I, and everyone other than EC, was wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 6, 2009 Pick of the year as far as I'm concerned. MPFC, I remember clarifying with Ethnic Cleansing which Kevin McGee he meant & EC came back & said "Matt Lucas' ex-partner. Bit of a gamble but I've read reports of depression & drugs. So you never know....." When I investigated McGee more for his profile, I did note that McGee had "depression" & said "he couldn't live without Lucas" but I put it down to celebrity media blurb rather than anything substantial. Seems I, and everyone other than EC, was wrong. Well done Ethnic Cleansing, top work. I wonder if he read the brain tumour report on DL last year? I do think that leaving a suicide note on Facebook is a tiny bit...tacky. [Mods, I reckon McGee deserves his own thread] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 6, 2009 Pick of the year as far as I'm concerned. MPFC, I remember clarifying with Ethnic Cleansing which Kevin McGee he meant & EC came back & said "Matt Lucas' ex-partner. Bit of a gamble but I've read reports of depression & drugs. So you never know....." When I investigated McGee more for his profile, I did note that McGee had "depression" & said "he couldn't live without Lucas" but I put it down to celebrity media blurb rather than anything substantial. Seems I, and everyone other than EC, was wrong. Well done Ethnic Cleansing, top work. I wonder if he read the brain tumour report on DL last year? I do think that leaving a suicide note on Facebook is a tiny bit...tacky. [Mods, I reckon McGee deserves his own thread] A bit late to change anything now, death is a one way ticket. I think it might be a more appropriate thread for Matt Lucas, seeing as he's still with us. I knew about the brain tumour but then heard nothing more about it. Then when I read that they got 'divorced', I speculated that it might have been a bit of porkies from McGee to save the marriage. He did seem a bit of an oddball I must admit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted October 7, 2009 German World War II ace Gunther Rall has died of a heart attack at the age of 91. Some decent points on the CPDP if he manages to get any English-language obituary from a proper news source. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted October 9, 2009 Barry Letts, Doctor Who producer from 1969-1974, has died aged 84. No exact details of what he died of but he had been battling cancer for quite a while, though had been in remission lately. Whilst very sad news, he was going to be on my 2010 list... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 9, 2009 Barry Letts, Doctor Who producer from 1969-1974, has died aged 84. No exact details of what he died of but he had been battling cancer for quite a while, though had been in remission lately. Whilst very sad news, he was going to be on my 2010 list... And mine too. I was watching a Dr Who DVD feature and he looked very ill. Shame, by all accounts he was a lovely man (my brother met him and can confirm that!) and a good producer. I think the Pertwee era has become the most underrated period in Dr Who history... Oh, and lets not forget that he made the greatest decision ever made a producer of the show. It was he who appointed Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor! RIP Barry.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted October 10, 2009 German World War II ace Gunther Rall has died of a heart attack at the age of 91. Some decent points on the CPDP if he manages to get any English-language obituary from a proper news source. Obituary from the Liverpool Daily Post. Can't say I've ever heard of them before, but looks good enough for Theme Team points, which means I'll update the CPDP later today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted October 10, 2009 Don't know if anybody saw the new episode of South Park that aired last night... very controversial but absolutely hilarious. The episode was titled "Dead Celebrities" and featured quite a few of celebrities who have died in the first nine months of 2009. For anybody that's interested in watching the episode, you can watch it in full here. Basically the deceased celebs can't get to the afterlife and are stuck in purgatory because one of the passengers on their plane (Michael Jackson) won't come to terms with the fact that he's died. Featured in the episode were: Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Ted Kennedy, Walter Cronkite, Ed McMahon, Patrick Swayze, Bea Arthur, Ricardo Montalban, John Hughes, Steve McNair, DJ AM, Les Paul, Oscar Mayer Jr, Billy Mays, David Carradine, Dom DeLuise, Natasha Richardson and Arturo Gatti. (Pity the only Brit featured was Richardson, would've loved to have seen South Park do Keith Floyd, Wendy Richard and Jade Goody but I guess they were all relatively minor names in the U.S.). Worth a watch if you didn't see it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted October 11, 2009 Apparently, Boyzone are now a quartet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted October 11, 2009 Apparently, Boyzone are now a quartet! What a shocker. Drugs is my guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted October 11, 2009 Apparently, Boyzone are now a quartet! What a shocker. Drugs is my guess. Who is Stephen Gately? Isn't this more significant, death by gingervitis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 11, 2009 Apparently, Boyzone are now a quartet! What a shocker. Drugs is my guess. Who is Stephen Gately? Isn't this more significant, death by gingervitis? He was the gay one.. Well, as Stalin might have said: One death from Boyzone is a tragedy, a death from Westlife is a statistic.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
