Toast 16,140 Posted January 19, 2016 The team name "Can I Join The Derby Dead Pool?" is rather sweet. Does anyone else think they just forgot to put in the team name? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 19, 2016 I work with the brother-in-law of Una Stubbs' son-in-law (all the big stars). After asking him if the urban legend about her was true, I then had to explain to him what the urban legend was. Apparently it's never come up on the rare occasions they've met. What urban legend? Seriously, I know loads of them stories and most of the wacky ones about dead rock stars, but she's passed me by. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 19, 2016 I work with the brother-in-law of Una Stubbs' son-in-law (all the big stars). After asking him if the urban legend about her was true, I then had to explain to him what the urban legend was. Apparently it's never come up on the rare occasions they've met. What urban legend? Seriously, I know loads of them stories and most of the wacky ones about dead rock stars, but she's passed me by. On second thoughts Glass topped coffee table, sex n' shit, Bollocks, surely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 19, 2016 And we're up again... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,466 Posted January 19, 2016 Tempted to take a screenshot of that joint 9th place and frame it for future generations. Biggest surprise, to me, in the Drop Forty is the number of people keeping faith with Helen Fawkes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 19, 2016 Tempted to take a screenshot of that joint 9th place and frame it for future generations. I did just that when I (briefly) led the table one year! Mind you, I stopped short of framing it ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bööö Posted January 19, 2016 Does Craig Strickland score for sure? According to Severin sources, he was dead before New Year's Eve... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted January 20, 2016 Does Craig Strickland score for sure? According to Severin sources, he was dead before New Year's Eve... This says he died "last month" "Craig Strickland's wife revealed that her husband was buried under a cedar tree - the same type of tree he was found under after he died last month" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3400398/A-fitting-resting-place-Craig-Strickland-s-widow-reveals-country-singer-buried-type-tree-body-nine-days-going-missing-hunting-trip.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted January 20, 2016 Would this article count as an obit for Delpech? http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/15/when-alan-rickman-was-a-star-at-the-bar Or this article for Galabru? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35256433 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2016 Does Craig Strickland score for sure? According to Severin sources, he was dead before New Year's Eve... No fucking way in hell.Edit: scoring not DOD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2016 My knickers were in a bunch SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies 4 Posted January 20, 2016 Creep don't get your knickers in a bunch his hit will be reversed. No sources have listed him alive on Jan 1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted January 20, 2016 https://twitter.com/susanarosa1981/status/689625593386815488 Mother Angelica "fading fast" apparently... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 20, 2016 This hit is the first to be affected by the rule changes regarding obits. Gordon Ross was the latest man to fight for the right to part- er to die but once again came up short against the Law Lords. He died aged 67. Last year he would have got his obit via the BBC, but as rule changes exclude pages from the isolated nations within the UK being used, it looked tough to get an obit. However The Times have come up with an obit, despite basically being the same sort of link. But I did not exclude the mainstream newspapers having this option, so it counts. Former champion Drunkasaskunk wipe their brow and collect a unique hit. There's always a work around! Make an absolute mockery of the rules.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 20, 2016 Round Up 2016 #2 (post-19 January) Yasutaro Koide: http://www.deathlist...ic=145&p=250066 (Carried Over) Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph...n-aged-112.html George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8629&p=250284 Independent Obit: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/lord-weidenfeld-dies-publisher-and-philanthropist-passes-away-aged-96-a6822476.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted January 20, 2016 9th place! Probably won't ever get this far again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,581 Posted January 20, 2016 With my estimated 8 points for George Weidenfeld I might get as high as joint 13th. Still a way off the leaders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted January 20, 2016 "Frey wrote the band's breakthrough hit 'Take it Easy' from 1972 and co-wrote with drummer Don Henley their definfing anthem, the reggae-tinged 'Hotel California' in 1976." Sorry to be a pedant MiB, but Take it Easy was written by Jackson Browne and given to Frey. Hotel California was written by Don Felder the guitarist, with lyrics added by Henley and Frey. Also, "reggae-tinged"?! However, as for the heat is on, he wrote that all by himself, and doesn't it show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 20, 2016 Brought forward for ease of reference. Round Up 2016 #2 (post-19 January) Yasutaro Koide: http://www.deathlist...ic=145&p=250066 (Carried Over) Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph...n-aged-112.html George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8629&p=250284 Independent Obit: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/lord-weidenfeld-dies-publisher-and-philanthropist-passes-away-aged-96-a6822476.html Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2384&p=250317 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/richard-attenboroughs-widow-sheila-sim-7213809 Bill Johnson: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7431&p=250548 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/35382786 John Jay Hooker Jr.: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3839&p=250783 Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3414541/Larger-life-Nashville-politician-Hooker-dead-85.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 20, 2016 "Frey wrote the band's breakthrough hit 'Take it Easy' from 1972 and co-wrote with drummer Don Henley their definfing anthem, the reggae-tinged 'Hotel California' in 1976." Sorry to be a pedant MiB, but Take it Easy was written by Jackson Browne and given to Frey. Hotel California was written by Don Felder the guitarist, with lyrics added by Henley and Frey. Also, "reggae-tinged"?! However, as for the heat is on, he wrote that all by himself, and doesn't it show. I stand corrected on the 'Take it Easy' part (only only going by what Wikipedia says and it also says that Frey did not write 'The Heat is on' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heat_Is_On_%28Glenn_Frey_song%29.) As for 'Hotel California', that shuffling beat is definitely reggaeish to me and I'm no expert. Indeed the working title for the song was 'Mexican Reggae'. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2016 "Frey wrote the band's breakthrough hit 'Take it Easy' from 1972 and co-wrote with drummer Don Henley their definfing anthem, the reggae-tinged 'Hotel California' in 1976." Sorry to be a pedant MiB, but Take it Easy was written by Jackson Browne and given to Frey. Hotel California was written by Don Felder the guitarist, with lyrics added by Henley and Frey. Also, "reggae-tinged"?! However, as for the heat is on, he wrote that all by himself, and doesn't it show. I stand corrected on the 'Take it Easy' part (only only going by what Wikipedia says and it also says that Frey did not write 'The Heat is on' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heat_Is_On_(Glenn_Frey_song).) As for 'Hotel California', that shuffling beat is definitely reggaeish to me and I'm no expert. Indeed the working title for the song was 'Mexican Reggae'. Welcome to the Mexican Reggae.....I dunno, not the same vibe SC 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted January 21, 2016 "Frey wrote the band's breakthrough hit 'Take it Easy' from 1972 and co-wrote with drummer Don Henley their definfing anthem, the reggae-tinged 'Hotel California' in 1976." Sorry to be a pedant MiB, but Take it Easy was written by Jackson Browne and given to Frey. Hotel California was written by Don Felder the guitarist, with lyrics added by Henley and Frey. Also, "reggae-tinged"?! However, as for the heat is on, he wrote that all by himself, and doesn't it show. Are we starting a pedant's corner for the DDP now? Because if so, I'd like to point out it was Hassan Asif's mother who was denied a visa, not Hassan himself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 21, 2016 Does Craig Strickland score for sure? According to Severin sources, he was dead before New Year's Eve... This says he died "last month" "Craig Strickland's wife revealed that her husband was buried under a cedar tree - the same type of tree he was found under after he died last month" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3400398/A-fitting-resting-place-Craig-Strickland-s-widow-reveals-country-singer-buried-type-tree-body-nine-days-going-missing-hunting-trip.html Yes, I was surprised to see that he was allowed. It always seemed highly unlikely that he survived his friend for long, if at all. ETA Blimey, his missus looks remarkably cheerful in that graveside photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,526 Posted January 21, 2016 Yeah, if it took a "week to find his body" he had to have been dead in 2015. Otherwise we could just have Richey Edwards and Glenn Miller as DDP picks. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted January 21, 2016 Yeah, if it took a "week to find his body" he had to have been dead in 2015. Otherwise we could just have Richey Edwards and Glenn Miller as DDP picks. No gravestone ! ! ! ! ! (yet) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
