Derby Dead Pool 2016

[Joey Russ 7,229]

Florence Henderson for the list of the missed:

Obit: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38102188

Other year: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2014/celebs_H.html

[Death Impends 8,002]

That marks the first death from my retired Muppet Show theme team since 2013.

[Joey Russ 7,229]

When the entries are finally open, I have a theme team planned and ready to send to you as soon as the entries open up. My main team will wait until the end.

All entries for the theme team are locked and ready to send to you as soon as possible. Some aren't surprises once you see the theme of the team, but I promise a few obscure names on the list.

[Joey Russ 7,229]

 

When the entries are finally open, I have a theme team planned and ready to send to you as soon as the entries open up. My main team will wait until the end.

All entries for the theme team are locked and ready to send to you as soon as possible. Some aren't surprises once you see the theme of the team, but I promise a few obscure names on the list.

I now have the title of both my main team and theme team set. While I can confirm that my main team name is a day in the death (in honor of the Beatles a day in the life), my theme team name will have to wait longer to be announced.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

We'll piss it. 250+ I reckon. I think that will stand for a while too. 2017 will be a trickier year for hits, I reckon...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"You said "reckon" twice".

"I like "reckon"...

On the contrary I think there's many reasons to reckon that in 2017 the Derby Dead Pool and the Deathlist will have a"bumper" year boosted in part by lots of "overdue" long termers finally departing.

[themaninblack 2,112]

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

[Deathray 2,941]

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

 

Maybe, but it's worth remembering the underlying cause is a lot of celebrities ageing. Celebrities aren't going to suddenly stop ageing. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2019 one high profile death a day is considered normal with even the likes of McCartney and Mick Jagger being consigned to the end of news bulletins.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

 

Maybe, but it's worth remembering the underlying cause is a lot of celebrities ageing. Celebrities aren't going to suddenly stop ageing. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2019 one high profile death a day is considered normal with even the likes of McCartney and Mick Jagger being consigned to the end of news bulletins.

Did you just post 'ageing'? Twice? If that's ok to the British, it's fucked.

SC

[time 8,624]

 

 

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

Maybe, but it's worth remembering the underlying cause is a lot of celebrities ageing. Celebrities aren't going to suddenly stop ageing. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2019 one high profile death a day is considered normal with even the likes of McCartney and Mick Jagger being consigned to the end of news bulletins.

Did you just post 'ageing'? Twice? If that's ok to the British, it's fucked.

SC

 

Do you have a problem with 'ageism' too?

[Deathray 2,941]

 

 

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

Maybe, but it's worth remembering the underlying cause is a lot of celebrities ageing. Celebrities aren't going to suddenly stop ageing. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2019 one high profile death a day is considered normal with even the likes of McCartney and Mick Jagger being consigned to the end of news bulletins.

Did you just post 'ageing'? Twice? If that's ok to the British, it's fucked.

SC

 

 

Wait you have an issue with a normal, common word such as ageing? It makes far more sense than aging, what even is an ag anyway?

[Joey Russ 7,229]

 

 

 

We'll see. One thing is for for sure, in deadpooling and general celebrity death terms, 2016 will be a tough act to follow...

 

Maybe, but it's worth remembering the underlying cause is a lot of celebrities ageing. Celebrities aren't going to suddenly stop ageing. I wouldn't be surprised if by 2019 one high profile death a day is considered normal with even the likes of McCartney and Mick Jagger being consigned to the end of news bulletins.

Did you just post 'ageing'? Twice? If that's ok to the British, it's fucked.

SC

Wait you have an issue with a normal, common word such as ageing? It makes far more sense than aging, what even is an ag anyway?

An Ag is an initial for agriculture. It's also the symbol for silver according to the periodic table.

[Toast 16,155]

'Ageing' is in the OED.

 

[YoungWillz 21,067]

'Ageing' is in the OED.

 

 

So is aging.

 

Aging: n., sl. - a red haired person.

 

I may have just made that up, of course.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Brought Forward:

 

Round Up #31 (non-stop at the mo):

 

Ilse Aichinger: https://forums.death...e-but/?p=280890 (Carried Over)

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Luigi Caccia Dominioni: https://forums.death...-life/?p=281077 (Carried Over)

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Jay Wright Forrester: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7689-scientists-inventors-and-techno-wizards/?p=281431

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Ruth Gruber: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7817-journalists/?p=281448

 

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3948128/Journalist-author-Ruth-Gruber-dies-NY-age-105.html

 

Denton Cooley: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8722-doctor-doctor/?p=281509

 

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3950758/Famed-Texas-heart-surgeon-Denton-Cooley-died-96.html

 

Sharon Jones: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/2389-dead-pop-stars/?p=281556

 

Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/19/soul-star-sharon-jones-dies-aged-60

 

Jannes Eiselen: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8613-derby-dead-pool-2016/?p=281725

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Fidel Castro: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/944-30-fidel-castro/?p=282220 (BBC Obit In Link)

 

Fritz Weaver: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8629-the-dead-of-2016/?p=282639

 

Daily Express Obit: http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/737300/Fritz-Weaver-dead-aged-90-actor-Holocaust-Fail-Safe-The-Thomas-Crown-Affair

 

Mark Taimanov: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7708-checkmate/?p=282669

 

Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/nov/29/mark-taimanov-obituary

 

Luis Alberto Monge: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8677-political-frailty/?p=282947

 

Awaiting Obit.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Whilst I'm in no particular rush, I wonder if TMIB could give us an idea of when entries can be submitted for 2017.

 

No presh, but I see we are about to enter that time of year.

 

No doubt some indication of any major changes to the rules would be appreciated too.

 

Keep taking the tablets for your stress levels!

[drunkasaskunk 194]

 

 

No doubt some indication of any major changes to the rules would be appreciated too.

 

 

That is exactly why I logged in today - to see if there are any updates on any new or tweeked rules

[themaninblack 2,112]

Well, the main change is that the unlucky 13 bonus is ditched in favour of the Drop 40 bonus. Any obit death which features in the top 40 picks of 2017 will get a 3 point bonus.

 

Other bits and pieces: The Independent is dropped as a source as it is online with no print version (apart from the "I" of course) - very few obits come from there anyway.

 

MIAs: Anyone that is declared missing at the time of the nomination period/beginning of DDP 2017 are excluded from the competition. That's to avoid a repeat of the Strickler controversy...

 

It should all kick off sometime next week (7th-10th most likely). The (minor) problem is that it sits awkwardly time-wise with the regular updates. The "new" month of blog updates tends to start mid-month (when I also update the TTL and declare the Player of the Month). What I'm going to do is to let it run into December without archiving so we get two months worth of updates on the index page by the end of the year. I shall retrospectively make a division in January when consigning 2016 to the history books...

[themaninblack 2,112]

Whilst doing some background database updating in readiness for next year, I went all Wisden and compiled a list of teams with the best hit rate (i.e. most hits per year of competing). Here's the top 50 1996-2015:

 

 

9.50 The Living End
9.00 Meet Your Maker
8.83 David Quantick's Showbiz Pals
8.67 New Years And Drinks All Night!
7.88 The Misers
7.80 Golden Slumbers
7.67 Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet
7.67 Canadian Paul
7.55 Octopus of Odstock
7.33 Deceased Hose
7.33 Already Dead
7.17 Star Dust
7.17 Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom
7.14 We Spin Terror
7.13 Ethnic Cleansing
7.00 STAB in the DARK
6.89 The Waiting List
6.78 Wormer, He's A Dead Man! Niedermier Dead! Marmalard Dead!
6.43 The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order
6.11 Carkers Convention 2016
6.10 Dead Ends
6.08 Deathlist.net
6.00 They're Dead, Y'Know!
5.91 Eejit
5.90 Madonna's Hand of Bod
5.88 I'm Sorry For Your Trouble
5.88 Shovelful Of Dirt
5.80 Windsor The Troll
5.70 This Mortal Coil
5.67 Inquilinekea/Simfish
5.64 The Newstreet Boys Death Squad
5.50 Going Underground
5.45 Grobler's Stiff Ones
5.44 Stiff & the Tears
5.22 Lord Football's Usual List of Ill People
5.13 JoeRam
5.10 Eternity Tours
5.00 Crazycarl
4.91 Puzlman's Passing Picks
4.90 Brown Bread
4.89 The End of the World As We Know It
4.70 Noah Reason And The Youth In Asia
4.65 Drunkasaskunk
4.60 The Conqueror Worm
4.35 Mr C
4.20 It's Grim Up North
4.09 Bazzilliant
3.90 Going Green
3.37 Jesus Jones

 

No doubt there'll be some changes once 2016 has finished...

[themaninblack 2,112]

Latest update...

[Sir Creep 7,070]

So with a month to go who would be your vote for biggest shock on List of the Lost?

I will still say Kitty Kallen's absence in the U.K. media outlets remains a mystery. Piet de Jong gets a tip o the cap as well, I mean he was only a neighbouring PM after all. Total disrespect. Those are my top 2.

SC

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Well, the main change is that the unlucky 13 bonus is ditched in favour of the Drop 40 bonus. Any obit death which features in the top 40 picks of 2017 will get a 3 point bonus.

 

Other bits and pieces: The Independent is dropped as a source as it is online with no print version (apart from the "I" of course) - very few obits come from there anyway.

 

MIAs: Anyone that is declared missing at the time of the nomination period/beginning of DDP 2017 are excluded from the competition. That's to avoid a repeat of the Strickler controversy...

 

It should all kick off sometime next week (7th-10th most likely). The (minor) problem is that it sits awkwardly time-wise with the regular updates. The "new" month of blog updates tends to start mid-month (when I also update the TTL and declare the Player of the Month). What I'm going to do is to let it run into December without archiving so we get two months worth of updates on the index page by the end of the year. I shall retrospectively make a division in January when consigning 2016 to the history books...

So basically no changes then. Looks like we will all be picking a bunch more nobodies and cancer mums so long as death awaits them. It's kinda sad you let the list of sources dictate 'fame' instead of common sense. And if there is no element of fame involved, why are we doing this? My team will start off with whatever is left from Shameless and build from there.

SC

[Spade_Cooley 9,540]

You picked Hassan Asif as your captain.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

You picked Hassan Asif as your captain.

Precisely. Do we want a repeat or to nip that in the bud?

[msc 18,480]

The very first DDP had a successful hit with a ten year old child. I like to think TMIB and OoO have moved us on considerably since then.

 

A popular 50 year old is now worth the same joker points as a obscure (but not unique) under-30, which is a clear way of trying to address things without bringing the ban-hammer into play. Let's see how that changes things, psychologically, if at all.

[CaptainChorizo 1,985]

So with a month to go who would be your vote for biggest shock on List of the Lost?

I will still say Kitty Kallen's absence in the U.K. media outlets remains a mystery. Piet de Jong gets a tip o the cap as well, I mean he was only a neighbouring PM after all. Total disrespect. Those are my top 2.

SC

I'd go with Isao Tomita one of the Pioneers of Electronic Music not getting a UK Obit, particularly as in the Us anyway he got mentioned in most mainstream music sites and got full writes in the 2 biggest papers(NT and LA Times). The closure of the Independent probably cost him and a few other's mentions.