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Looks like a clear lead from the permissive party. So I'll add the late-comers to the list.

 

Aye, alreet: (toast, death impends, msc, deadsox, Capt Chorizo) = 5

 

Rules is rules: Rotten Ali = 1

 

All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. To save me PM'ing a few people who keep asking: I won't put up the masterlist until tomorrow so all those picks you want to keep safe are indeed safe with me and I can see your points, a few picks look really inspired and hadn't occured to me, or been discussed hereabouts to any significant degree..

 

No more entries, no last-minute negotiations, battle commences at the stroke of midnight. Let's make it a Deathrace to remember!

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All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner.

 

So Im not one of them... :(

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All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner.

 

So Im not one of them... :(

 

'Fraid not

 

 

Devon Death Trip

1) Lisa Lynch (Joker)

2) Ian Farmer

3) Francis Cardinal George

4) Van Cliburn

5) John Nkomo

6) Jamie Daniel

7) Michael Winner

8) Reg Presley

9) Henry Cecil

10) Ray Price

11 Wojciech Jaruzelski

12) Hugo Chavez

13) Dr Kate Granger

14) Sandy Jardine

15) Zhuang Zedong

16) Rochus Misch

17) Katherine Crowe

18) Bairbre de Brun

19 Damon Harris

20) Nelson Mandela

SUB: Ryan Buell

Spade Cooley

Alice Munro

Andrew Millwall

Anne Williams

Bonnie Franklin

Bruno Metsu

Giulio Andreotti

Henry Cecil

Jack Pardee

James R Young

John Glover

Lisa Lynch

Mark Crispin

Mickey Duff

Mikhail Kalashnikov (joker)

Pran

Ray Price

Reg Presley

Ryan Buell

Sandy Jardine

Van Cliburn

MPFC

Ronnie Biggs

David Bond (last surviving British gold medallist from 1948 Olympics)

Felicia Boots (post natal fuck-up)

George HW Bush

Sir Henry Cecil – JOKER

Van Cliburn

Katherine Crowe

Felix Dennis

Barbara Gibb – bee gee mum

Dr Kate Granger

Clive James

Grace Jones – the old British one

Jiromen Kimura

John Nkomo

Bernie Nolan

Christine Ray (claims to have had Jimmy Savile’s daughter)

Margaret Thatcher

Mary Tyler-Moore

Ann Williams (Hillsborough mum)

Michael Winner

Sub

Nelson Mandela

Bert Trautmann

Ryan Buell (J)

Bonnie Franklin

Anne Williams

Dr. Kate Granger

Lisa Lynch

Rubin Carter

Jack Pardee

Henry Cecil

Van Cliburn

Damon Harris

Katherine Crowe

Hugo Chavez

Stefano Borgonovo

Chick Willis

Jackie Selebi

Dennis James

Margaret Mackintosh

Chen Xitong

T-Model Ford

Bashar al-Assad

Msc

1. Sandy Jardine, joker

2. Robert Mugabe

3 Jack Vance

4. Gen. Jaruzelski

5. Judy Blume

6 Roy Mason

7. Nicholas Edwards

8. Danny Kirwan

9. Frederick Sanger

10 Bob Dole

11 Van Cliburn

12 Joao Havelange

13 Muhammad Ali

14 Bill Pertwee

15 Michael Jopling

16 Mark Eden

17 Ryan Buell

18 Derek Martinus

19 Bruno Metsu

20. Freddie Starr

is the 2013 Pan Breed DDP team.

And the utterly conservative (pick) Gough Whitlam is the sub in case one of those men snuff it in the next 28 hours or so.

Deadsox

1.Van Cliburn (Joker)

2.Bonnie Franklin

3.Penny Marshall

4.Katherine Crowe

5.Clive James

6.Mary Tyler Moore

7.Guy Innes-Ker

8.Bernie Nolan

9.Zsa Zsa Gabor

10.Buddy Ryan

11.Norman Spinrad

12.Jack Pardee

13.Michael Weiner

14.Hugo Chavez

15.Sir Henry Cecil

Sub #1 Annette Funicello

Sub #2 Salvatore Iaconesi

Rotten Ali

Muhammad Ali

George HW Bush ( if a joker is required)

Henry Cecil

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Damon Harris

Clive James

Jiroemon Kimura

Ed Koch

Nelson Mandela

Penny Marshall

Jack Pardee

Erich Priebk

Nancy Reagan

Ariel Sharon

Jalal Talabani

Sub if needed:

Giulio Andreotti.

Teams

Pick 1: Nelson Mandela

Pick 2: Herman Wouk

Pick 3: Billy Graham

Pick 4: Michael Winner

Pick 5: Henry Cecil

Pick 6: Asif Ali Zardari

Pick 7: Joost van der Westhuizen (Joker)

Pick 8: Harper Lee

Pick 9: Vera Lynn

Pick 10: Joao Havelange

Pick 11: Hosni Mubarak

Pick 12: King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Pick 13: Abdul Halim of Kedah

Pick 14: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Pick 15: Hugo Chavez

Sub: Betty Cuthbert

Time

1. Glen Campbell

2. Henry Kissinger

3. George Shultz (Joker)

4. Fidel Castro

5. Stan Lee

6. Helmut Schmidt

7. Nelson Mandela

8. Jerry Lewis

9. Sidney Poitier

10. Maximilian Schell

11. Fats Domino

12. BB King

13. Ray Harryhausen

14. Pierre Cardin

15. Jiroemon Kimura

Lardy

Joker (Pick 1): Marc Marquez (Spanish MotoGP rider)

Pick 2: Patty Andrews

Pick 3: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Pick 4: Billy Graham

Pick 5: Joao Havelange

Pick 6: Carla Laemmle

Pick 7: Nelson Mandela

Pick 8: Margaret Thatcher

Pick 9: Nancy Reagan

Pick 10: Anna Wing

Pick 11: Michael Winner

Pick 12: Pete Murray (DJ)

Pick 13: Damon Harris (The Temptations)

Pick 14: Clive James

Pick 15: Rihanna

Pick 16: Prince Phillip

Pick 17: Richard Attenborough

Pick 18: Bernie Nolan

Pick 19: Freddie Starr

Pick 20: Carol Lee Scott (Grotbags)

Reserve Pick(s): Priscilla Pointer (actress), Ross Higgins (Australian actor), Bill Treacher (actor)

Eesti

1. Michael Winner JOKER

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Wojciech Jaruzelski

4. Hugo Chavez

5. Penny Marshall

6. Ronnie Biggs

7. Zsa Zsa Gabor

8. Sir Henry Cecil

9. Clive James

10. Nancy Reagan

11. George H.W. Bush

12. Robert Mugabe

13. Billy Graham

14. Bob Dole

15. Van Cliburn

Death Impends

Van Cliburn *JOKER*

Hugo Chavez

Henry Cecil

Clive James

Jiroemon Kimura

Nelson Mandela

Sid Caesar

John Nkomo

Damon Harris

Jalal Talabani

Bob Dole

Gough Whitlam

Vo Nguyen Giap

Superstar Billy Graham

Rochus Misch

If I may........

Ped's perishing pensioners.

1. Nelson Mandela JOKER

2. Queen Fabiola of Belgium

3. Jake La motta

4. Peter O'Sullevan

5, George H Bush

6, John Horsley

7. Zsa Zsa Gabor

8. Kirk Douglas

9. Duke of Wellington

10. Peter Carrington

11. Lord Alan Campbell

12. Donald Sindon

13 Helmut Schmidt

14 Jackie Stallone

15 Maggie Thatcher.

I thank yee.

Youwantricewiththat

1. Ian Paisley

2. Zsa Zsa Gabor

3. Nelson Mandela

4. Billy Connolly

5. Sean Connery

6. Ariel Sharon (Joker)

7. Ian Brady

8. Fidel Castro

9. Doris Lessing

10. Patrick Macnee

11. Robert Stigwood

12. Bobby Brown

13. Ronnie Biggs

14. Clive James

15. HRH The Duke of Edinborough

Angry Greatness

1) Nelson Mandela

2) Bonnie Franklin

3) George H.W. Bush

4) Van Cliburn

5) Jack Pardee

6) Clive James

7) Ed Koch

8) Hugo Chavez

9) Bob Dole

10) Wojciech Jaruzelski

11) Sir Henry Cecil

12) Zsa Zsa Gabor

13) Sir Christopher Lee

14) Rev. Billy Graham

15) Michael Winner

Grobler

Henry Cecil (joker)

Nelson Mandela

Hugo Chavez

Nancy Reagan

Bob Dole

Zsa Zsa Gabor

George H W Bush

Arthur Wellesley

Eli Wallach

Anna Wing

Douglas Slocombe

Ronald Coase

Van Cliburn

Luise Rainer

Ronnie Biggs

Super sub is Tony Grieg

The Dead Cow

1. Frank Lucas - Joker

2. Nelson Mandela

3. June Brown

4. Bruce Forsyth

5. Engelbert Humperdinck

6. Patrick Stewart

7. Glen Campbell

8. Brian Blessed

9. Ronnie Wood

10. Ian Mckellen

11. Ian Brady

12. Margaret Thatcher

13. Edna O'Brien

14. Sally Field

15. Bernie Nolan

Red Flag

Team Name: I Shall Need To Get The Black Out

Nelson Mandela

Bob Dole *JOKER*

Margaret Thatcher

Stephen Lewis

Clive James

Liz Dawn

Jimmy Greaves

Reg Presley

Roger Ebert

Henry Cecil

Sandy Jardine

Hugo Chavez

Stefano Borgonovo

Steven Adler

Bashar al-Assad

Toast

Hugo Chavez (joker)

Patty Andrews

George H.W. Bush

Henry Cecil

Bob Dole

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Jiroemon Kimura

Nelson Mandela

Rochus Misch

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Luise Rainer

Nancy Reagan

Run Run Shaw

Zach Sobiech

The Unknown Man

Bonnie Franklin (joker)

Clive James

Michael Winner

Van Cliburn

Prince Phillip

Harold Camping

Fidel Castro

Annette Funicello

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Ray Price

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Penny Marshall

Rev. Billy Graham

Isabel Peron

Ariel Sharon

Margaret Thatcher

Maureen O'Hara

Ronnie Biggs

Helmut Schmidt

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Captain Chorizo

1. Nelson Mandela*joker

2. Jiromen Kimura

3. Nicholas Winton

4. Grace Jones(not the singer)

5. Lupita Tovar

6. Bob Dole

7. Carla Laemmle

8. Luise Rainer

9. Sir Run Run Shaw

10.Magda Olivero

11.Irving Kahn

12. Tyrus Wong

13. George Beverly Shea

14. Ida Pollack

15. Alexander Imich

Biblogryphon

1. Richard Adams (joker)

2. Nelson Mandela

3. Hugo Chavez

4. Nancy Reagan

5. Zsa Zsa Gabor

6. Bob Dole

7. Liz Dawn

8. Clive James

9. Abdullah al-said

10. Rodney Bewes

11. Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

12. Vera Lynne

13. Kirk Douglas

14. George H W Bush

15. Henry Cecil

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Reet gang, we're up and on our way, Complete masterlist now live (all jealously guarded picks revealed for everyone to see), and my BIG POST above THROBBING WITH THE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED CREAM that makes up the masterlist. The serious point of which is that it'll act as a reality check if I've made a mistake compiling the masterlist. I've already corrected the mistake in which I added Steve Lewis as a pick for Time, when it should have been Jerry Lewis. Let's get dying, let's get scoring, let's do this Deathrace, BABY!!

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Correction to my team above, I swapped Ebert in for Montalcini. Masterlist seems OK though.

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Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others

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Hmm, 9 unique picks. Come on the unexpected deaths I guess !

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Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others

 

I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit.

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Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others

 

I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit.

 

The fact she was potentially unique and terminally ill was enough to sway me, but she's definitely not a banker...fairly confident on the obit-front because of her articles for the Guardian but could be proved wrong...

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Another one I thought might be a unique pick, Kate Granger, gone...clinging on to the others

 

I cut Grainger in the final draft... she's still wandering around wards blithely helping others, plus she's not guaranteed an obit.

 

The fact she was potentially unique and terminally ill was enough to sway me, but she's definitely not a banker...fairly confident on the obit-front because of her articles for the Guardian but could be proved wrong...

 

Obit wise, she's surely gonna get coverage of some kind. I had her marked down for serious consideration from October when the Daily Mail did a big piece on her spurning treatment to ensure a better quality of the life that remained.

 

My marginal bit of press coverage is Christine Ray (haven't even seen a picture of her and it was hard enough to establish that she had the same surname as her (divorced) daughter. But they're likely to continue to get some press coverage because they're the reason Jimmy Saville's estate was frozen in the first place.

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Tell me I'm in, Mary.

 

When did you enter? You didn't post a team on the thread and didn't PM me with one.

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I'll edit this and add my team by sometime tonight or tomorrow.

 

Hugo Chavez

Jiroemon Kimura

Van Cliburn

Henry Cecil

Clive James

Jack Pardee

Ray Price

Abigail Van Buren

David Rockefellar

Rochus Misch

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Reg Presley

Chris Woodhead

Penny Marshall

General Wojciech Jaruzelski

Tell me I'm in, Mary.

 

When did you enter? You didn't post a team on the thread and didn't PM me with one.

 

On page 2

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Looks like a clear lead from the permissive party. So I'll add the late-comers to the list.

 

Aye, alreet: (toast, death impends, msc, deadsox, Capt Chorizo) = 5

 

Rules is rules: Rotten Ali = 1

 

All of which is probably good news since the two late-comers are the defending champion and the 2011 winner. To save me PM'ing a few people who keep asking: I won't put up the masterlist until tomorrow so all those picks you want to keep safe are indeed safe with me and I can see your points, a few picks look really inspired and hadn't occured to me, or been discussed hereabouts to any significant degree..

 

No more entries, no last-minute negotiations, battle commences at the stroke of midnight. Let's make it a Deathrace to remember!

 

 

Just PM'd you Banshees. Saw the edited team but that edit was well over three hours after I posted the above, and also after I'd PM'd others to point out we were closed for business. Apologies and all that, but I'd say the final line above is fairly clear.

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Am I missing summat or is the entire masterlist still breathing almost one week into the competition? I can only apologise for the lack of action in what looks to be a gripping contest (eventually). Seriously gang, if someone whose name I barely recognise on that list has carked and got a local paper obit, post the link, let's get started!

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Its a case of many low hangers being too shy to be the one who goes first, surely. Once one falls, many others will fall in their wake. (Or at their wake)

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Neither Lisa Lynch nor her husband have tweeted since Christmas Eve, so I get the feeling DDT might be enjoying a points rush very very soon.

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Amazingly, my avatar - carked today - will accrue no Deathrace points. He's in sixth position on my HPDP team, summat of a mixed blessing, really. Etta James did me limited favours last year, being the first HPDP member to go and lying in ninth place on my line-up.

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Key rules below:

 

10 – ‘Obit’ in the context of the Deathrace means any report from a reliable news source in English. In this context the following are admissable: ‘Newspaper obits, national newspaper reports, local newspaper reports, coverage in trade journals or similar specialist publications. In all cases evidence online from these sources is sufficient to count for an ‘obit’ for scoring purposes. In the event of a debate about a ‘reliable news source’ MPFC’s decision is final. But he is very reasonable and quite likely to award points to the lowest hanging fruit.

 

 

11a – In honour of everyone’s favourite Maddie-implicated paedo-scum the Deathrace operates a policy of awarding 365 points to any candidate widely believed to be alive on 1 January and subsequently discovered to have been deceased when the pool opened. To qualify for such a bonus said candidate must be reported dead in the year of the competition. In the event that an obit counting news report adhering to Deathrace qualification for points is subsequently discovered to have been published before the commencement of the Deathrace all points for the candidate are voided.

 

 

 

And this is clearly a test-case.

 

The way I see it the blog DOESN'T count as a news source and is probably even too low for Deathrace points awarding, but Wiki is reporting him dead and I'll go with that (and probs amend the rules accordingly for 2014). I checked the edit history of the Wiki page and it wasn't updated to record him dead until 7 January. Deffo the first case of the Raymond Hewlett injunction being used, and therefore a fitting tribute to everyone's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum.

 

The race is on!

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Well, put us right if I've got owt wrong but...

 

At the end of the second week the score is

 

Spade = 365

 

Rest of us = nowt

 

And unless we get a carking joker by close of business tomorrow we'll have no 700 pointers this year.

 

It's gonna really kick off soon, surely!

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Let me know if I've missed owt but...

 

TWO significant deaths so far, a few of the usual suspects making the early running and a contest yet to ignite. A joker going down in the next seven days might liven it up a little, eh?

 

Scoreboard

 

 

Spade Cooley - 365

Death Impends - 348

Devon Death Trip - 348

Maryport - 348

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