maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted August 23, 2017 10 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Yeah, good luck for the 6 teams who picked him. I have my doubts on her obitality. HIM? FFS - sex-change surgery in the final weeks of life; that's hardcore! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted August 24, 2017 On 8/22/2017 at 16:32, Joey Russ said: Yeah, good luck for the 6 teams who picked him. I have my doubts on her obitality. She had articles about her in the guardian in 2015-2016,I would be shocked if she didn't get a write up from them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted August 25, 2017 1 hour ago, CaptainChorizo said: She had articles about her in the guardian in 2015-2016,I would be shocked if she didn't get a write up from them. Had it been 1 or 2 months ago, I probably would've agreed with you. But it's been 10 months since her last QO mention. I think she (probably) died too late for a QO mention. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,977 Posted August 25, 2017 Think she's a 30% obit chance; both of her Guardian mentions were circumstantial - the first was because she just had a book published, the second because it was the 10th anniversary of the Amish school shooting. Not unthinkable one of the authors of those pieces does a follow up after her death but I wouldn't count on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted August 29, 2017 Bernard Pomerance, an American playwright and poet who won a Tony Award for his play The Elephant Man in 1979, has died aged 76. Edit: The Guardian obituary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted September 1, 2017 British playwright Ann Jellicoe has died: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/sep/01/ann-jellicoe-obituary Most famous for writing The Knack. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Jellicoe IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420590/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 1, 2017 Elaine Ford, who wrote spare, elegant novels about quiet lives and thwarted aspirations, died on Sunday at her home in Topsham, Me. She was 78. The cause was a brain tumor, her husband, Arthur Boatin, said. Among her novels were 'Monkey Bay' and 'The Playhouse'. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted September 4, 2017 John Byrne Cooke, an American author, has died aged 76. He wrote several western fiction novels, as well as book reviews for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. He is perhaps best known for being Janis Joplin's road manager and authoring On The Road with Janis Joplin, which was featured by the BBC. Additionally, he played with the bluegrass group Charles River Valley Boys in the 1960s, and was the son of Alistair Cooke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted September 5, 2017 Elizabeth Gilbert posted a new pick of Rayya Elias.Looks very ill but not at death's door. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 15:47, Sean said: Elizabeth Gilbert posted a new pick of Rayya Elias.Looks very ill but not at death's door. I went and counted..... 408 of the 412 comments were along the line of 'please die I have you in my death pool'; the other 4 comments were rude. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted September 8, 2017 Jerry Pournelle, US science fiction author, has died aged 84. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 10, 2017 Nabeel Qureshi has revealed that doctors have given up on treating him. Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 10, 2017 I suspect his death will be the end of my time in the lead in the hare's dead pool. But I still have my doubts on his DDP obitality. If he somehow gets one, that was a really good gamble by Sir Creep. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted September 11, 2017 On 09/09/2017 at 00:29, Thatcher said: Jerry Pournelle, US science fiction author, has died aged 84. He was on my (very) long list. Have read a few of his collaborations with Larry Niven. I think Pournelle added readability some of Niven's stand alone efforts are really hard going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 13, 2017 J P Donleavy is dead at 91. DDP pick. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted September 13, 2017 10 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: J P Donleavy is dead at 91. DDP pick. "Mr. Donleavy found himself in the news in 2011 when his second wife, Mary Wilson Price, an actress, revealed that the two grown children she had given birth to during their 19-year marriage, which ended in divorce in 1989, were not Mr. Donleavy’s." Fucking hell, that must have made medical history. As well as being extremely painful. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted September 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Joey Russ said: J P Donleavy is dead at 91. DDP pick. My theme team joker and a joker in the Jokers Deadpool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted September 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: My theme team joker and a joker in the Jokers Deadpool. Ah, I was going to say "someone smart must have picked him after Biblio pointed out he'd not been picked in the previous X years". Doesn't really count if you picked him yourself, though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted September 14, 2017 5 hours ago, msc said: Ah, I was going to say "someone smart must have picked him after Biblio pointed out he'd not been picked in the previous X years". Doesn't really count if you picked him yourself, though. Why do you think I compile those lists? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted September 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Why do you think I compile those lists? I often wonder if I should unleash my stupidly long list on people, but it's i) unfinished ii) has lots of doublers, due to rather laze-fair construction over many years Case in point, was removing Donleavy from the 1926 section, the doc jumped a few pages and I realised there was five Ken Livingstones on it. What's the point in Five Ken Livingstones? I mean, what's the point of one Ken Livingstone, but never mind that... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted September 14, 2017 My 1000 name long list is essentially a memo pad not everyone on it is circling the drain but they have been of interest at some point. I am using it to also track unusual (non DDP) picks but I put them out in the public domain and still get a unique joker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted September 15, 2017 Did anyone see Will Self on QT last night? He didn't look so great, wonder if he's on the smack again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,417 Posted September 16, 2017 On 10/09/2017 at 20:04, Joey Russ said: Nabeel Qureshi has revealed that doctors have given up on treating him. Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock... Dead aged 34 apparently - a DDP pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted September 16, 2017 Just now, Thatcher said: Dead apparently. Actually had a feeling he was going to die today. But let's see if he gets that DDP obit. I'm still skeptical about that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted September 16, 2017 If he gets the obit, Sir Creep deserves all the praise in the world, for sticking with him when others went double jeopardy: thinking he were a fraud and not thinking he'd get the QO... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
