Derby Dead Pool 2016

[msc 18,439]

I get what you mean, it is quite satisfying to see The Honourable Member for DDP North doing better than about 100 non-theme teams!

 

I admit I'm a complete hypocrite in the matters, disliking the cancer mums but still picking certain people.

[Toast 16,136]

How difficult would it be to exclude anyone who is "only famous for being ill" ? If you also disqualified claims to "fame" which relate directly to their illness, eg charity fundraising, blogging etc.

[Death Impends 7,964]

I do like how well I've performed this year given my choice to play "morally". But at the same time, all the teams ahead of me right now had the benefit of a 12-pointer iffy pick in their squads, so I realize I can't really keep with that decision if one seriously wants to win it. As nice as it would be otherwise... but I fully acknowledge how much a pain it would be to exclude FFBIs, or even penalizing them - given both the sheer amount of names that go in the DDP database and that there's not a clear, indisputable boundary for whether this pick is iffy or not.

[msc 18,439]

I do like how well I've performed this year given my choice to play "morally". But at the same time, all the teams ahead of me right now had the benefit of a 12-pointer iffy pick in their squads, so I realize I can't really keep with that decision if one seriously wants to win it. As nice as it would be otherwise... but I fully acknowledge how much a pain it would be to exclude FFBIs, or even penalizing them - given both the sheer amount of names that go in the DDP database and that there's not a clear, indisputable boundary for whether this pick is iffy or not.

 

Joey Feek being an example of someone clearly only known by 99% of those who picked her for being ill, but had some fame to her name.

 

Shameless proved why going for these picks isn't the most sensible route to the title, and the most contentious picks have been outlawed by OoO and TMIB already.

[gcreptile 10,967]

 

I do like how well I've performed this year given my choice to play "morally". But at the same time, all the teams ahead of me right now had the benefit of a 12-pointer iffy pick in their squads, so I realize I can't really keep with that decision if one seriously wants to win it. As nice as it would be otherwise... but I fully acknowledge how much a pain it would be to exclude FFBIs, or even penalizing them - given both the sheer amount of names that go in the DDP database and that there's not a clear, indisputable boundary for whether this pick is iffy or not.

 

Joey Feek being an example of someone clearly only known by 99% of those who picked her for being ill, but had some fame to her name.

 

Shameless proved why going for these picks isn't the most sensible route to the title, and the most contentious picks have been outlawed by OoO and TMIB already.

 

I had the feeling that the media coverage of these people, or to be more precise, coverage of their death, notably declined after the deaths of Joey Feek and Charlotte Eades. These two cases were a bit too much, I guess.

[Spade_Cooley 9,519]

Just found a "lost" obituary for Chus Lampreave, mentioned in this interview with Pedro Almodovar from August.

[themaninblack 2,112]

This has prompted me to have a look at some of the "losties" to see if we can smuggle in a couple of obits.

 

I'm not sure whether this counts but actor Cory Feldman dedicated his much annihilated TV performance to Majestik Magnificent but the article

doesn't explicitly mention that he died!

[msc 18,439]

 

 

I was having a wee trawl of the List of the Lost, to see if I could find anything. While I couldn't, I thought this was very unlucky for Bert: the Daily Mail implying but not stating that the Majestik magician chap is dead. I mean, the album is about loss, and it's dedicated to four dead people, but the word "dead" is never used.

 

First time I've seen that article. Ouch.

 

 

I even got a rare post from Bert out of it too!

 

I admit to even looking for a Delpech obit that day, despite it being not in my own interest.

[YoungWillz 21,037]

According to the rules, there must be mention of a death.

 

Watching to see how TMIB flips the coin.

[Death Impends 7,964]

Re LotL names, I do like how me dropping Ralph Whitworth like a hot potato ended up giving a goose egg pick to this year's Diana Rots. Makes me feel unintentionally crafty.

[Book 3,556]

Hoping for a proper UK obit: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German FDP politician,dead at 95.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hildegard-hamm-bruecher-ist-tot-a-1125139.html

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Hoping for a proper UK obit: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German FDP politician,dead at 95.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hildegard-hamm-bruecher-ist-tot-a-1125139.html

 

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4016912/Hamm-Bruecher-Grand-Dame-Germanys-FDP-dies-95.html

[gcreptile 10,967]

 

 

Hoping for a proper UK obit: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German FDP politician,dead at 95.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hildegard-hamm-bruecher-ist-tot-a-1125139.html

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4016912/Hamm-Bruecher-Grand-Dame-Germanys-FDP-dies-95.html

Congratulations! I did not think she'd obit.

[Book 3,556]

 

 

Hoping for a proper UK obit: Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German FDP politician,dead at 95.

 

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hildegard-hamm-bruecher-ist-tot-a-1125139.html

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4016912/Hamm-Bruecher-Grand-Dame-Germanys-FDP-dies-95.html

Congratulations! I did not think she'd obit.

 

That's what I thought!

Yippieh, unique points!

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Possibly already known about, but DDP pick Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari died in December 2015. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/noted-islamic-scholar-passes-away/article7963449.ece

[themaninblack 2,112]

Latest update.

 

Have to keep on top of these things, you know...

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Round Up #34 (Christmas Special - Part 2 of Omnibus Edition):

 

John Moffat: https://forums.death...pedia/?p=284460 (Carried Over)

 

Times Obit: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scots-pilot-who-helped-to-sink-bismarck-dies-at-97-t020kb38f

 

E. R. Braithwaite: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/857-authors-last-a-long-time-but/?p=284627 (Daily Mail Obit In Link)

 

Thomas Schelling: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/6603-people-who-are-dead-according-to-wikipedia/?p=284667

 

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4034540/Nobel-winning-economist-Thomas-Schelling-dies-95.html

 

Bernard Fox: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/1240-bernard-fox/?p=284777

 

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4035114/Bernard-Fox-Dr-Bombay-Bewitched-dies-89.html

 

Craig Lyons: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?p=284813

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Craig Sager: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8629-the-dead-of-2016/?p=284898

 

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4038562/Legendary-NBA-sideline-reporter-Craig-Sager-dies-aged-65-two-year-battle-leukemia.html

 

Sheila Quinn: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8722-doctor-doctor/?p=285039 (Times Death Notice In Link)

 

Henry Heimlich: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/2436-henry-heimlich/?p=285095

 

BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38351903

 

Zsa Zsa Gabor: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/1152-2-zsa-zsa-gabor/?p=285268

 

BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10678271

 

Rabbi Lionel Blue: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8629-the-dead-of-2016/?p=285432 (BBC Obit In Link)

 

Leo Marjane: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8294-the-100-club/?p=285447

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Steven Monks: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?p=285450

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Brockway McMillan: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8613-derby-dead-pool-2016/?p=285530

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Michele Morgan: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7873-foreign-personalities-from-stage-screen-politics-and-life/?p=285660

 

Awaiting Obit.

 

Channan Petrides: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?p=285699

 

Awaiting Obit.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

I decided to put together a list of the top ten and see if the drop 40 bonuses were inputted for this year, who would be on top (and subtracting unlucky 13 bonuses as well):

David Quantick Showbiz Pals: 173

Heading Nowhere: 171

The Living End:166

Thomas Jefferson Survives: 163

Pan Breed: 163

Crossing The Styx: 157

Golden Slumbers: 148

Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet: 141

Cancerous Hatred: 137

The Love Boat:132

 

So basically the only changes I see is that TJS and Pan Breed would be joint 4th and Poochie's team and Cancerous Hatred would overtake The Love Boat. Spade still wins (and that's without Joey Feek as joker). That's my observation.

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Last ever Unlucky 13 Bonus day.

 

Exciting, isn't it?

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Last ever Unlucky 13 Bonus day.

 

Exciting, isn't it?

Someone big is going to die on the 13th. I can feel it

[Bibliogryphon 9,572]

TMIB is off the blocks like a rocket with Prior I get my twelve points and am now =77th for my Unusual Suspects team.

[msc 18,439]

TMIB is off the blocks like a rocket with Prior I get my twelve points and am now =77th for my Unusual Suspects team.

 

Moving you clear of the actual Deathlist team!

 

Am I the only person who, anytime they see the team name Sir Candy's All Stars, has their brain change it to Sir Creep?

[JiroemonKimura 95]

What happens if more than 3 of my picks die between now and December 31? I feel it is a real possibility now.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

What happens if more than 3 of my picks die between now and December 31? I feel it is a real possibility now.

Which teams? (Also, you should update John Glenn on your list).

[JiroemonKimura 95]

 

What happens if more than 3 of my picks die between now and December 31? I feel it is a real possibility now.

Which teams? (Also, you should update John Glenn on your list).

 

Sorry, I meant for DDP 2017.