Sean 6,309 Posted December 23, 2014 Thought I would predict the Drop 40 layout for next year`s DDP as well as predictions about who on it will die and when.Feel free to post your own guesses. 1)Zsa Zsa Gabor -9th February 2)Billy Graham-15th January 3)Sam Simon-1st March 4)Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 5) Kirk Douglas -18th December 6)Muhammad Ali -25th December 7)Clive James 8)Vera Lynn -25th May 9)Bhumibol Aduladej -1st January 10)George H.W Bush 11)Fidel Castro 12)Denis Healey -23rd October 13)Nancy Reagan-August 19th 14)Dr Kate Granger-March 17th 15)Joao Havelange-June 15th 16)Paul Gascoigne-29th December 17)Joost Van Der Westhuizen 18)Kristin Hallenga 19)Olivia De Havilland 20)Valerie Harper 21)Helen Fawkes -1st July 22)Robert Mugabe 23)Rob Ford 24)Peter Sallis -30th March 25)Amanda Bynes 26)Hosni Mubarak 27)Mary Tyler Moore-January 26th 28)Caroline Aherne 29)Liz Dawn 30)Jimmy Hill 31)Peter Sutcliffe -14th November 32)Daisy Berkowitz--6th May 33)Leonard Nimoy 34)Terry Pratchett 35)Ian Brady 36)Morrissey 37)Shane Macgowan 38)Glen Campbell 39)Christopher Lee 40)Bruce Forsyth 17/40 Total 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted December 23, 2014 Here are my predictions for the drop 40 and who will expire and when: 1: Zsa Zsa Gabor - 1 March 2: Billy Graham - 17 January 3: Sam Simon - 5 March 4: Prince Philip 5: Kirk Douglas - 25 June 6: Muhummad Ali - 10 July 7: Fidel Castro 8: Clive James 9: George H. W. Bush 10: Bhumibol Adulyadej - 12 April 11: Denis Healey - 20 October 12: Nancy Reagan - 8 August 13: Kate Granger 14: Valerie Harper 15: Olivia De Havilland - 26 May 16: Leonard Nimoy - 12 June 17: Caroline Aherne - 4 July 18: Tony Booth - 4 April 19: Ian Brady 20: Liz Dawn 21: Vera Lynn - 26 July 22: Rob Ford 23: Paul Gascoigne 24: Joao Havelange 25: Robert Mugabe 26: Hosni Mubarak 27: Amanda Bynes 28: Mary Tyler Moore - 10 February 29: Daisy Berkowitz - 15 May 30: Terry Pratchett 31: Scott MacIntyre 32: Bruce Forsyth 33: Maureen O'Hara - 6 February 34: Luise Rainer - 23 March 35: Robert H. Schuller 36: Jimmy Hill 37: Glen Campbell 38: Christopher Lee 39: Bruce Forsyth 40: Morrissey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted December 26, 2014 25)Amanda Bynes 27: Amanda BynesDon't be silly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted December 26, 2014 High suicide risk ?Clearly very unstable and on the same road as Dana Plato!Let`s not forget Lindsay Lohan made the Drop 40 a few years back. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted December 28, 2014 Dana Plato had drug addiction problems, not mental issues. I doubt Amanda would commit suicide, she’ll calm down sooner or later. Btw, I’d like to make a few comments about your signature. In Dutch/Afrikaans, the beginning letters in the words ”de” and ”van” are never capitalized. So it’s Joost van der Westhuizen. This is because they are prepositions and not actually part of the name itself. Similarly, the ”de” part of Olivia de Havilland doesn’t have a capital letter either. The name Joao Havelange has an ”a-tilde” in it, so it’s João Havelange. Reinhard Hardegan ---> Reinhard Hardegen. Aside from spelling errors, I’d like to point out that the Chands are only notable combinedly, not individually. That is, if one of the spouses die and get an obit, the surviving widow will probably not get media attention when he/she dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted December 28, 2014 Are you kidding the girl is completely insane and hanging around with numerous drug addicts so it is only a matter of time unless she gets serious psychological help which she has rejected in the past. It is the DDP Drop 40 and Ian Watkins made it on last year so the public opinion clearly doesn`t always correspond with Death list standards. Cheers for pointing out the various spelling errors. They are now all amended accordingly. Most where accidental apart from de Havilland and van der Westhuizen.de Haviland incidentally is spelled incorrectly on the DL front page which is probably what started that confusion. The Chands ah yes. I grappled with that one and it is risky. If their claim is verified and one dies the second may well get a obituary in some form. If Katari dies first then Karam might well get an obituary as he is one of the oldest men in Britain. At their age also they could die within a short time frame of each other and get a joint obituary. It is all ifs and buts however that is all part of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,121 Posted December 28, 2014 Cheers for pointing out the various spelling errors. They are now all amended accordingly. Most where accidental apart from de Havilland and van der Westhuizen. de Haviland incidentally is spelled incorrectly on the DL front page which is probably what started that confusion. It's correct to use a capital letter for your de and van names when they are the first word of a sentence, as above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,976 Posted January 3, 2015 Based on the teams posted in the ddp 2015 thread looks like Lauren Hill has an outside shot at the drop 40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,565 Posted January 15, 2015 What I don't want to see in the Drop 40 are a series of "inspirational" bloggers whose only claim to fame is their impending death. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 18, 2015 Are you kidding the girl is completely insane and hanging around with numerous drug addicts so it is only a matter of time unless she gets serious psychological help which she has rejected in the past. It is the DDP Drop 40 and Ian Watkins made it on last year so the public opinion clearly doesn`t always correspond with Death list standards. She was 20 teams away from making it to the Drop 40 list... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted January 18, 2015 Oh well I predicted 33/40 right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 18, 2015 Here are my predictions for the drop 40 and who will expire and when: 32: Bruce Forsyth 39: Bruce Forsyth You only live twice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,513 Posted January 18, 2015 Nothing in this game for a pair. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted December 27, 2015 My predictions for the DDP drop 40 2016: 1)Zsa Zsa Gabor 2)Billy Graham 3)Clive James 4)Billy Graham 5)Howard Marks 6)João Havelange 7)Kirk Douglas 8)Prince Phillip 9)Peter Sallis 10)Olivia de Havilland 11)Joey Feek 12)Vera Lynn 13)Martin Crowe 14)Stephen Hawking 15)Fidel Castro 16)Jimmy Carter 17)John Hurt 18)George H.W Bush 19)Paul Gascoigne 20)Rob Ford 21)Leslie Phillips 22)Denis Norden 23)René Angélil 24)Val Kilmer 25)Muhammad Ali 26)Bhumibol Adulyadej 27)Antony Booth 28)Ian St John 29)Liz Dawn 30)Bruce Forsyth 31)Helmut Kohl 32)John Noakes 33)Henry Kissinger 34)June Brown 35)Doris Day 36)Liz Smith (Actress) 37)Rolf Harris 38)Joni Mitchell 39)Gordon Banks 40)Jimmy Greaves Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 27, 2015 A better hit rate than in 2015... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted December 28, 2015 A better hit rate than in 2015... Yeah I am astounded only 4 of the drop 40 have snuffed it! Most were fairly strong picks i.e either extremely ill or very old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted December 28, 2015 The 2015 Drop Forty looking into 2016: the Play Your Cards Right attempt. (By higher, I expect more teams to have the person. By lower, fewer...) 1 Zsa Zsa Gabor 195. HIGHER3 Muhammad Ali 152 HIGHER4 Rev Billy Graham 147 HIGHER5 Kirk Douglas 146 HIGHER6 George H. W. Bush, Sr 139 HIGHER7 Clive James 134 LOWER8 Fidel Castro 127 HIGHER9 Valerie Harper 118 LOWER10 Prince Philip 113 HIGHER=11 Nancy Reagan 82 HIGHER=11 Olivia de Havilland 82 HIGHER13 Joost van der Westhuizen 80 HIGHER, CONSIDERABLY14 Kate Granger 71 LOWER15 Helen Fawkes 66 GONE=16 Paul Gascoigne 64 LOWER=16 Vera Lynn 64 HIGHER18 Caroline Aherne 61 GONE20 Daisy Berkowitz 55 GONE21 King Bhumibol Adulyadej 54 LOWER22 Doris Day 51 HIGHER23 Ian Brady 50 HIGHER24 Liz Dawn 49 GONE26 Mary Tyler Moore 46 SAME27 Wilko Johnson 45 GONE=28 Rob Ford 43 MUCH HIGHER=28 Jerry Lewis 43 LOWER=28 Peter Sallis 43 HIGHER31 João Havelange 40 HIGHER=32 Robert Mugabe 38 HIGHER=32 Glen Campbell 38 HIGHER=34 Bruce Forsyth 37 HIGHER=34 Martin Crowe 37 HIGHER (by about 100 teams)37 Lynne Stewart 35 GONE38 Stephen Hawking 35 HIGHER=39 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 33 HIGHER=39 Hosni Mubarak 33 hIGHER Which would give me ten new names. I'd guess at them being: Rene Angelil (around 40th), Jimmy Carter, Joey Feek, Howard Marks, Johan Cruyff, Vanessa Redgrave, Desmond Tutu, Sepp Blatter, Stuart hall and Dick Van Dyke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted December 28, 2015 Here are my predictions for the Drop 40 for DDP 2016: 1. Zsa Zsa Gabor 2. Martin Crowe 3. Billy Graham 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Clive James 7. Fidel Castro 8. George H. W. Bush 9. Valerie Harper 10. Vera Lynn 11. Rob Ford 12. Howard Marks 13. King Bhumibol Adulyadej 14. Jimmy Carter 15. Joao Havelange 16. Rene Angelil 17. Jerry Lewis 18. Kate Granger 19. Joost van der Westhuizen 20. Glen Campbell 21. Dick Van Dyke 22. Olivia de Havilland 23. Bruce Forsyth 24. Mary Tyler Moore 25. Peter Sallis 26. Hosni Mubarak 27. Robert Mugabe 28. Doris Day 29. Ian Brady 30. Justin Bieber 31. Desmond Tutu 32. Stuart Hall 33. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 34. Carol Channing 35. Joey Feek 36. Kate Granger 37. Peter Carrington 38. Javier Perez de Cuellar 39. Helmut Kohl 40. Liz Dawn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,976 Posted January 9, 2016 The 2015 Drop Forty looking into 2016: the Play Your Cards Right attempt. (By higher, I expect more teams to have the person. By lower, fewer...) 1 Zsa Zsa Gabor 195. HIGHER 3 Muhammad Ali 152 HIGHER 4 Rev Billy Graham 147 HIGHER 5 Kirk Douglas 146 HIGHER 6 George H. W. Bush, Sr 139 HIGHER 7 Clive James 134 LOWER 8 Fidel Castro 127 HIGHER 9 Valerie Harper 118 LOWER 10 Prince Philip 113 HIGHER =11 Nancy Reagan 82 HIGHER =11 Olivia de Havilland 82 HIGHER 13 Joost van der Westhuizen 80 HIGHER, CONSIDERABLY 14 Kate Granger 71 LOWER 15 Helen Fawkes 66 GONE =16 Paul Gascoigne 64 LOWER =16 Vera Lynn 64 HIGHER 18 Caroline Aherne 61 GONE 20 Daisy Berkowitz 55 GONE 21 King Bhumibol Adulyadej 54 LOWER 22 Doris Day 51 HIGHER 23 Ian Brady 50 HIGHER 24 Liz Dawn 49 GONE 26 Mary Tyler Moore 46 SAME 27 Wilko Johnson 45 GONE =28 Rob Ford 43 MUCH HIGHER =28 Jerry Lewis 43 LOWER =28 Peter Sallis 43 HIGHER 31 João Havelange 40 HIGHER =32 Robert Mugabe 38 HIGHER =32 Glen Campbell 38 HIGHER =34 Bruce Forsyth 37 HIGHER =34 Martin Crowe 37 HIGHER (by about 100 teams) 37 Lynne Stewart 35 GONE 38 Stephen Hawking 35 HIGHER =39 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 33 HIGHER =39 Hosni Mubarak 33 hIGHER Which would give me ten new names. I'd guess at them being: Rene Angelil (around 40th), Jimmy Carter, Joey Feek, Howard Marks, Johan Cruyff, Vanessa Redgrave, Desmond Tutu, Sepp Blatter, Stuart hall and Dick Van Dyke. With more theme teams and players of an ambulance chasey/shark nature I think the only way we see situations of players getting picked by 200+ the way Thatcher and Mandela were is like this years Jimmy Carter scenario where someone old and well known gets a Brain/Pancreatic Cancer diagnosis in the news in Oct/Nov and its highly publicized for even the most casual of player to pick up on . Even then I think Carter will not be picked by that many because he claimed to be in remission during Dec and a lot of the sharks dropped him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,121 Posted January 9, 2016 The 2015 Drop Forty looking into 2016: the Play Your Cards Right attempt. (By higher, I expect more teams to have the person. By lower, fewer...) 1 Zsa Zsa Gabor 195. HIGHER 3 Muhammad Ali 152 HIGHER 4 Rev Billy Graham 147 HIGHER 5 Kirk Douglas 146 HIGHER 6 George H. W. Bush, Sr 139 HIGHER 7 Clive James 134 LOWER 8 Fidel Castro 127 HIGHER 9 Valerie Harper 118 LOWER 10 Prince Philip 113 HIGHER =11 Nancy Reagan 82 HIGHER =11 Olivia de Havilland 82 HIGHER 13 Joost van der Westhuizen 80 HIGHER, CONSIDERABLY 14 Kate Granger 71 LOWER 15 Helen Fawkes 66 GONE =16 Paul Gascoigne 64 LOWER =16 Vera Lynn 64 HIGHER 18 Caroline Aherne 61 GONE 20 Daisy Berkowitz 55 GONE 21 King Bhumibol Adulyadej 54 LOWER 22 Doris Day 51 HIGHER 23 Ian Brady 50 HIGHER 24 Liz Dawn 49 GONE 26 Mary Tyler Moore 46 SAME 27 Wilko Johnson 45 GONE =28 Rob Ford 43 MUCH HIGHER =28 Jerry Lewis 43 LOWER =28 Peter Sallis 43 HIGHER 31 João Havelange 40 HIGHER =32 Robert Mugabe 38 HIGHER =32 Glen Campbell 38 HIGHER =34 Bruce Forsyth 37 HIGHER =34 Martin Crowe 37 HIGHER (by about 100 teams) 37 Lynne Stewart 35 GONE 38 Stephen Hawking 35 HIGHER =39 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 33 HIGHER =39 Hosni Mubarak 33 hIGHER Which would give me ten new names. I'd guess at them being: Rene Angelil (around 40th), Jimmy Carter, Joey Feek, Howard Marks, Johan Cruyff, Vanessa Redgrave, Desmond Tutu, Sepp Blatter, Stuart hall and Dick Van Dyke. Blimey, I was thinking I must have missed a lot I think I would have said OUT rather than GONE ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,309 Posted November 9, 2016 What I think the 2017 drop 40 will look like: 1)Zsa Zsa Gabor 2)Billy Graham 3)Kirk Douglas 4)Clive James 5)Fidel Castro 6)George H W Bush 7)Prince Philip 8)Bruce Forsyth 9)Leah Bracknell 10)Vera Lynn 11)Olivia de Havilland 12)Jimmy Carter 13)Peter Sallis 14)Nobby Stiles 15)Joost van der Westhuizen 16Tony Booth 17)Glen Campbell 18)Denis Norden 19)Colin Meads 20)Mar Tyler Moore 21)Prunella Scales 22)Liz Dawn 23) Paul Gascoigne 24)Piers Sellers 25)Jerry Lewis 26)Leslie Phillips 27) Robert Mugabe 28)King Michael of Romania 29)Richard Adams 30)Stephen Hawking 31)Ray Wilson 32)Errol Christie 33)Daisy Berkowitz 34)Helen Fawkes 35)Helmut Kohl 36)Gordon Banks 37)Jimmy Greaves 38)John Noakes 39)Martin Peters 40)Desmond Tutu 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 2, 2017 So many possible candidates. Who will actually make the drop 40? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,121 Posted January 2, 2017 Peter Falk is an obvious choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 2, 2017 Peter Falk is an obvious choice. True. We all know Zsa Zsa will be number one though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted January 2, 2017 So many possible candidates. Who will actually make the drop 40? In no particular order: Kirk Douglas Clive James Rev Billy Graham George Bush Sr Prince Philip Valerie Harper Joost van der Westhuizen Jimmy Carter Olivia de Haviland Vera Lynn Bruce Forsyth Paul Gascoigne Doris Day Peter Sallis Glen Campbell Jerry Lewis Robert Mugabe Ian Brady Gordon Banks Tony Booth Denis Norden Mary Tyler Moore Dick Van Dyke Stephen Hawking Chuck Berry Gord Downie (hopefully) Leah Bracknell Stefan Karl Sara Coward Queen Elizabeth II Steve Hewlett (making a worse drop for some) King Michael of Romania Leslie Philips Former Pope Benedict XVI Jacques Chirac John Noakes Sean Connery Sidney Poitier Clint Eastwood Terry Jones 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
