msc 17,760 Posted August 21, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,051 Posted August 21, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. Morgan Tsvangirai and Shannen Doherty will be popular picks for DDP 2017. They are not dead certs but at least they are ill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 21, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. I thought there was a thread for Stats and stuff I could reply in depth to you on this point. Can't find it. Anyhow... It really is too early to say. The other year I started to keep tabs on when "dead certs" (or people who 99.9% will likely die soon) were first announced on the forum, after missing out on one too many of them. About a year ago, I was looking at what seemed like the carnage of 2015 and wondering where on earth a 2016 DDP team would find people. The rest of 2015, and history in general suggests that you worry too much. Proof in point... Here is a list of DDP "dead certs" and hits in the year, alongside the date in the previous year they were mentioned on this forum as being on the way out. 2006 Rachel Squire, 3rd June 2005, stroke/cancer Lou Rawls, 16th Dec, metastatic cancer Shelley Winters, 20th October, nasty heart attack, prior health problems Ibrahim Rugova, 5th September Wendy Wasserstein, 2nd December Jack Wild, 17th Nov (ish, but a well publicised case) Dana Reeve, 19th December Jinky Johnstone (not mentioned on the forum, but very public about his ill health) Charles Haughey - 22nd July Ma)(1ne Edg1nt0n - difficult to search due to the obvious. Paul Hunter - 7th April 2005 Ross Davidson - 6th July Ferenc Puskas - Nov 2005, thread started by DDT. 2007 Michael Brecker, 1st August 2005 The Iraq hangings, 26th December George Melly, cancer, 2nd Jan 2006 Tammy Faye Messner, 4th June Lee Hazlewood, 20th August Jane Tomlinson, long publicised Luciano Pavarotti, publicly announced pancreatic cancer late summer 2006 Dan Fogelberg, 6th dec 2005 Those who took a punt on Magnus Magnusson having pancreatic cancer (which he did) found out about on 13th Oct. 2008 Yo-Sam Choi, had his fatal fight on December 25th. Princess Vadhana, 27th October George Moore, 1st December Archbishop Christodoulos, 12th December Roy Scheider, terminal diagnosis, 22nd July 2005 Janes Drnovsek, 28th September Jeff Healey, 27th September Mikey Dread, 2nd November Danny Federici, 21st November Sydney Pollack, December Randy Pausch, 26th September Eddie Thompson, 5th March Nigel Plews, 19th November 2009 Lei Clijsters, 30th May Sir Dai Llewellyn, 23rd Nov Tony Hart, 30th Sept (though this stretches dead cert territory) Paul birch, 6th May Wendy Richard, 6th October Jade Goody, 24th Sept Ian Cundy, 17th October Sir Bobby Robson, 15th May Corazon Aquino, 24th March Robert Novak, 4th August Edward Kennedy, 20th May Dominick Dunne, 19th December Patrick Swayze, 5th March Mary Travers - oft mentioned but can't find it Susan Atkins - 13th June 2010 Paul Quarrington, 3rd July Zelda Rubinstein, 29th Dec Winston Churchill, 7th Dec Dennis Hopper, 15th Nov Laurent Fignon, 13th June Moss Keane, 9th March Simon MacCorkindale, 8th Nov Elizabeth Edwards - long term terminal illness case 2011 Mick Karn, 5th June Gerry Rafferty, 10th Nov Tom Lubbock, 7th Nov Nat Lofthouse, 22nd Dec Charlie Louvin, 8th July Neil Young, late December Nicholas Courtney, 30th Dec (by yours truly) Ferlin Husky, 1st Nov Diana Wynne Jones, 19th May Jose Alencar, 28th Dec Rob Daley, 12th Oct Brian Lenihan, 28th Dec 2009 Brian Haw, 24th Nov Eleanor Mondale, 15th March Vasily Aleksanyan, 25th Oct Christopher Hitchens, 30th June 2012 Gary Ablett, 2nd August Malam Bacai Sanha, 3rd December Lesley Strathie, 9th Nov Etta James, 16th Dec Gary Carter, 31st Dec Frank Carson, 28th August Jim Stynes, 4th August Adam Yauch, 9th January Vidal Sassoon, 14th June Al-Megrahi - 2009. Robin Gibb, 20th Nov Cassandra Jardine, 12th Jan 2011 Sid Waddell, 21st Sept 2013 John Nkomo, 9th December Michael Winner, 4th October Reg Presley, 24th January GSE Lee, 9th Oct Damon Harris, 9th December Van Cliburn, 27th August Bonnie Franklin, 25th September Hugo Chavez, December Lisa Lynch, 26th September (also, DQSP's 2012 team) Dr Karen Muir, can't find her, but was one of my 2013 reserves Jack Pardee, 28th December Henry Cecil, 20th October Stefano Borgonovo, 2009ish Bernie Nolan, 28th Oct Masao Yoshida, 2nd August Bruno Metsu, 27th October Steve Prescott, 14th October Mikhail Kalashnikov, 20th December 2014 Terry Biddlecombe, 30th Nov Paul Goggins, 31st Dec Joe McGinniss, 30th Jan Sandy Jardine - 19th Nov 2012 Tito Vilanova, 3rd August Katherine Crowe, 12th June (Also Felix Glenny, Steve Evans, Derek Martinus, Jack Ramsay, Kristina Fetters, James Alexander Gordon, Xolile Mngeni, Debbie Purdy - dates unknown) 2015 Mario Cuomo, hospital stay in newspapers November 2014 Little Jimmy Dickens, 29th Dec Stuart Scott, 15th Jan Ahmad real Givens, 22nd October Sam Simon, 2013 Mike Porcaro, 9th September 2013 Richie Benaud, 10th Nov Lauren hill, 4th December Percy Sledge, 16th Feb Francis George, 7th March Colin Bloomfield, 17th May Dave Benton, 14th Sept Jim Ed Brown, 3rd October Chris Woodhead, long term case Jules Bianchi, 7th October 2016 Pat Harrington Jr, 30th Nov Andrew Smith, 3rd Nov Rene Angelil, 27th Nov John Jay Hooker, 1st Dec Monty Brinson, 29th July Mark Farren, 3rd May Eric Lubbock, 2014 Ali Brownlee, 27th Nov Louise Plowright, 22nd August Martin Crowe, 2014 Joey Feek, 23rd October Ross Hannaford, 7th Nov Peter Maxwell Davies, 21st October Sandy McDonald, February Bob Ellis, 26th July Howard Marks, February Jock Scott, DQSP team announcement Jan 1st Thomas Fekete, 21st April Paul Cox, 17th Nov peter Esterhazy, 2nd october bonnie Brown, 28th Sept Steve LaTourette, 4th July Kate Granger, Jenny Diski, Kris Travis - long running cases Roughly 90% of the big hitters are announced in the last four months of the previous year. And that's not including people like Benmosche who were never mentioned on here but were public. In short, in the words of Douglas Adams, Don't Panic! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted August 22, 2016 So, if he's available for selection who isn't going to pick Gord Downie Busy news day might just make his obit marginal for DDP, but surely he's a shoo-in if the Beeb think him coverable at his last gig: Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37147588 Not only Auntie Beeb, but ITV and Sky now too. And his illness has been covered in the Guardian and Independent according to Google. However, the last four months of the year are a killing field for DDP hopefuls... One example is Brian Rix. We hoped he would make it, and then he died 2 and a half weeks later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted August 22, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. I thought there was a thread for Stats and stuff I could reply in depth to you on this point. Can't find it. Anyhow... It really is too early to say. The other year I started to keep tabs on when "dead certs" (or people who 99.9% will likely die soon) were first announced on the forum, after missing out on one too many of them. About a year ago, I was looking at what seemed like the carnage of 2015 and wondering where on earth a 2016 DDP team would find people. The rest of 2015, and history in general suggests that you worry too much. Proof in point... Here is a list of DDP "dead certs" and hits in the year, alongside the date in the previous year they were mentioned on this forum as being on the way out. 2006 Rachel Squire, 3rd June 2005, stroke/cancer Lou Rawls, 16th Dec, metastatic cancer Shelley Winters, 20th October, nasty heart attack, prior health problems Ibrahim Rugova, 5th September Wendy Wasserstein, 2nd December Jack Wild, 17th Nov (ish, but a well publicised case) Dana Reeve, 19th December Jinky Johnstone (not mentioned on the forum, but very public about his ill health) Charles Haughey - 22nd July Ma)(1ne Edg1nt0n - difficult to search due to the obvious. Paul Hunter - 7th April 2005 Ross Davidson - 6th July Ferenc Puskas - Nov 2005, thread started by DDT. 2007 Michael Brecker, 1st August 2005 The Iraq hangings, 26th December George Melly, cancer, 2nd Jan 2006 Tammy Faye Messner, 4th June Lee Hazlewood, 20th August Jane Tomlinson, long publicised Luciano Pavarotti, publicly announced pancreatic cancer late summer 2006 Dan Fogelberg, 6th dec 2005 Those who took a punt on Magnus Magnusson having pancreatic cancer (which he did) found out about on 13th Oct. 2008 Yo-Sam Choi, had his fatal fight on December 25th. Princess Vadhana, 27th October George Moore, 1st December Archbishop Christodoulos, 12th December Roy Scheider, terminal diagnosis, 22nd July 2005 Janes Drnovsek, 28th September Jeff Healey, 27th September Mikey Dread, 2nd November Danny Federici, 21st November Sydney Pollack, December Randy Pausch, 26th September Eddie Thompson, 5th March Nigel Plews, 19th November 2009 Lei Clijsters, 30th May Sir Dai Llewellyn, 23rd Nov Tony Hart, 30th Sept (though this stretches dead cert territory) Paul birch, 6th May Wendy Richard, 6th October Jade Goody, 24th Sept Ian Cundy, 17th October Sir Bobby Robson, 15th May Corazon Aquino, 24th March Robert Novak, 4th August Edward Kennedy, 20th May Dominick Dunne, 19th December Patrick Swayze, 5th March Mary Travers - oft mentioned but can't find it Susan Atkins - 13th June 2010 Paul Quarrington, 3rd July Zelda Rubinstein, 29th Dec Winston Churchill, 7th Dec Dennis Hopper, 15th Nov Laurent Fignon, 13th June Moss Keane, 9th March Simon MacCorkindale, 8th Nov Elizabeth Edwards - long term terminal illness case 2011 Mick Karn, 5th June Gerry Rafferty, 10th Nov Tom Lubbock, 7th Nov Nat Lofthouse, 22nd Dec Charlie Louvin, 8th July Neil Young, late December Nicholas Courtney, 30th Dec (by yours truly) Ferlin Husky, 1st Nov Diana Wynne Jones, 19th May Jose Alencar, 28th Dec Rob Daley, 12th Oct Brian Lenihan, 28th Dec 2009 Brian Haw, 24th Nov Eleanor Mondale, 15th March Vasily Aleksanyan, 25th Oct Christopher Hitchens, 30th June 2012 Gary Ablett, 2nd August Malam Bacai Sanha, 3rd December Lesley Strathie, 9th Nov Etta James, 16th Dec Gary Carter, 31st Dec Frank Carson, 28th August Jim Stynes, 4th August Adam Yauch, 9th January Vidal Sassoon, 14th June Al-Megrahi - 2009. Robin Gibb, 20th Nov Cassandra Jardine, 12th Jan 2011 Sid Waddell, 21st Sept 2013 John Nkomo, 9th December Michael Winner, 4th October Reg Presley, 24th January GSE Lee, 9th Oct Damon Harris, 9th December Van Cliburn, 27th August Bonnie Franklin, 25th September Hugo Chavez, December Lisa Lynch, 26th September (also, DQSP's 2012 team) Dr Karen Muir, can't find her, but was one of my 2013 reserves Jack Pardee, 28th December Henry Cecil, 20th October Stefano Borgonovo, 2009ish Bernie Nolan, 28th Oct Masao Yoshida, 2nd August Bruno Metsu, 27th October Steve Prescott, 14th October Mikhail Kalashnikov, 20th December 2014 Terry Biddlecombe, 30th Nov Paul Goggins, 31st Dec Joe McGinniss, 30th Jan Sandy Jardine - 19th Nov 2012 Tito Vilanova, 3rd August Katherine Crowe, 12th June (Also Felix Glenny, Steve Evans, Derek Martinus, Jack Ramsay, Kristina Fetters, James Alexander Gordon, Xolile Mngeni, Debbie Purdy - dates unknown) 2015 Mario Cuomo, hospital stay in newspapers November 2014 Little Jimmy Dickens, 29th Dec Stuart Scott, 15th Jan Ahmad real Givens, 22nd October Sam Simon, 2013 Mike Porcaro, 9th September 2013 Richie Benaud, 10th Nov Lauren hill, 4th December Percy Sledge, 16th Feb Francis George, 7th March Colin Bloomfield, 17th May Dave Benton, 14th Sept Jim Ed Brown, 3rd October Chris Woodhead, long term case Jules Bianchi, 7th October 2016 Pat Harrington Jr, 30th Nov Andrew Smith, 3rd Nov Rene Angelil, 27th Nov John Jay Hooker, 1st Dec Monty Brinson, 29th July Mark Farren, 3rd May Eric Lubbock, 2014 Ali Brownlee, 27th Nov Louise Plowright, 22nd August Martin Crowe, 2014 Joey Feek, 23rd October Ross Hannaford, 7th Nov Peter Maxwell Davies, 21st October Sandy McDonald, February Bob Ellis, 26th July Howard Marks, February Jock Scott, DQSP team announcement Jan 1st Thomas Fekete, 21st April Paul Cox, 17th Nov peter Esterhazy, 2nd october bonnie Brown, 28th Sept Steve LaTourette, 4th July Kate Granger, Jenny Diski, Kris Travis - long running cases Roughly 90% of the big hitters are announced in the last four months of the previous year. And that's not including people like Benmosche who were never mentioned on here but were public. In short, in the words of Douglas Adams, Don't Panic! For 2014 Fetters and Evans were undiscussed on this forum before they carked it irl, although both were mentioned by QO organisations (Fetters in the Mail, Evans in the Times as well as the BBC obviously) in December of the previous year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 22, 2016 Aye, I was sure Fetters had been mentioned at some point, but it could have been the Mail I was thinking of. Likewise, I was convinced Karen Muir had to have been mentioned on the forum, as she was one of my unused subs in 2013, yet there is no mention prior to 2013 found via the search engine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,228 Posted August 22, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. I think I know which people you are speaking of. True, I forgot about the "chap", But he's an unusual case and lots of things may still happen. I've heard that one of those two TV people (if I guess correctly) may be a fraud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted August 22, 2016 I have an ALS pick I've been sitting on for five years ready to deploy next DDP, get on my level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,367 Posted August 22, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. I think I know which people you are speaking of. True, I forgot about the "chap", But he's an unusual case and lots of things may still happen. I've heard that one of those two TV people (if I guess correctly) may be a fraud. The pessimist in me does wonder if the mad doctor will constantly delay the chap's operation, in some sort of attempt to back out of his bold proclamation without causing someone's death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted August 22, 2016 Correctly calling Mark Sims is, as it stands, probably the most important decision ahead of the DDP17 right now. Get it right and you could have a 24-point joker, get it wrong and you've wasted a pick on a 28-year-old man who has a lot of drugs currently rolling around his system that seem to be doing their best to keep him alive and active. I mean recent blog posts show that the guy is still going to the gym and can do 10-mile hikes out in the Dales, I can't do that and I'm stage 0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 22, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. I think I know which people you are speaking of. True, I forgot about the "chap", But he's an unusual case and lots of things may still happen. I've heard that one of those two TV people (if I guess correctly) may be a fraud. The pessimist in me does wonder if the mad doctor will constantly delay the chap's operation, in some sort of attempt to back out of his bold proclamation without causing someone's death. The chap has late stage illness, iirc, so might snuff it before the operation. He reminds me of the Dutch killer from 2015: a risk, but short of cancellation, certain points, and a qualifying obit. I've currently got a shortlist of about 40 names, of which 17 would most likely go on a DDP team, but of which I expect around a half dozen to die before January 1st. Anytime I think I might have a sneak unique pick, someone names them on the forum, but that's life for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,051 Posted August 22, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. I think I know which people you are speaking of. True, I forgot about the "chap", But he's an unusual case and lots of things may still happen. I've heard that one of those two TV people (if I guess correctly) may be a fraud. The pessimist in me does wonder if the mad doctor will constantly delay the chap's operation, in some sort of attempt to back out of his bold proclamation without causing someone's death. The chap has late stage illness, iirc, so might snuff it before the operation. He reminds me of the Dutch killer from 2015: a risk, but short of cancellation, certain points, and a qualifying obit. I've currently got a shortlist of about 40 names, of which 17 would most likely go on a DDP team, but of which I expect around a half dozen to die before January 1st. Anytime I think I might have a sneak unique pick, someone names them on the forum, but that's life for you. You are right. He won't probably make it to the operation and if he makes it he would probably die one or two days later, after being in coma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 25, 2016 Days of Our Life/One life to Live actress Kassie Wesley DePaiva diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,132 Posted August 27, 2016 I had no idea that Stig of the Dump author Clive King was still alive. At the ripe old age of 92 he must come under scrutiny for next year, purely because he is 92 and some people ( like the DL committee ) like to pick easy targets that cant fight back or summat. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted August 27, 2016 This year, the "canon" of must-haves is relatively small as compared to last year. Of course, everyone has their potential uniques, but the common-knowledge dead-certs are few, a consequence of this year's armageddon. Basically Gord Downie and Piers Sellers. Plus the possible survivors of this year, Errol Christie and Vera Caslavska. Maybe Mark Sims? A couple of them will still die this year. Next year will be interesting. I can think of 2 TV related people and one chap who needs to get a-head in life, all oft-mentioned on here, who will be in several of the top 20 next year providing they are breathing on January 1st. Also, its only August. "Dead certs" tend to show up in October-December time more than earlier. The earlier ones tend to die before new year. Morgan Tsvangirai and Shannen Doherty will be popular picks for DDP 2017. They are not dead certs but at least they are ill. My personal fave at the moment is Michael (Mihai) I of Romania. Poor chap has recently been widowed at the ripe age of 95, suffering from chronic leukaemia AND metastatic skin cancer. And since he is the doyen of all European monarchs, first being crowned 90 years ago (way before Bhumibol and Lizzy) he's surely obitable as well. Too bad it's only August so he might not make the starting line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 28, 2016 Random long termers to keep an eye on. Tony Mendez of real life Argo fame, showed up on Channel 5's Greatest Spy Films. They prefaced his talking head bits with the news that he has Parkinsons, and had his wife by his side to help him speak/recall things. Wendy Williams, TV actress, was a talking head in a Dr Who thing - for Ark in Space - from 2013 and looking both old for her then late 70s, and possessing the stuttered voice of someone who'd suffered a stroke at some point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 28, 2016 Mark Chapman up for parole next week. He obviously wont get it, but if he ever did, with the number of Beatles devotees about the place, he'd go right in my DDP top 20 as an unnatural death bonus dead cert. Again? He seems to come up for parole once a month. Turned down, to the shock of no one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,287 Posted August 28, 2016 Mark Chapman up for parole next week. He obviously wont get it, but if he ever did, with the number of Beatles devotees about the place, he'd go right in my DDP top 20 as an unnatural death bonus dead cert. Again? He seems to come up for parole once a month. Turned down, to the shock of no one. They won't let him out 'til Yoko's box is open no more. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,760 Posted August 28, 2016 Watching a BBC Scotland documentary on Gordon Aikman. Apparently doctors gave him a life expectancy of November 2016. He can still speak as of last month with his own voice, though, so that seems like a highly pessimistic doctor. It is, however, a highly aggressive strain of MND. I didn't know there was different types. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,652 Posted August 29, 2016 I had no idea that Stig of the Dump author Clive King was still alive. At the ripe old age of 92 he must come under scrutiny for next year, purely because he is 92 and some people ( like the DL committee ) like to pick easy targets that cant fight back or summat. Wow thanks for that he is the sort of pick I like. Someone from my school days now that Nicholas Fisk is no more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,012 Posted August 30, 2016 Jerry Allison, drummer for (Buddy Holly &) The Crickets turns 77 tomorrow, and with rockers not getting to 72, he's a huge outlier. Someone to consider.SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted August 30, 2016 Jerry Allison, drummer for (Buddy Holly &) The Crickets turns 77 tomorrow, and with rockers not getting to 72, he's a huge outlier. Someone to consider. SC How did Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry make it past 85??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,046 Posted August 30, 2016 Jerry Allison, drummer for (Buddy Holly &) The Crickets turns 77 tomorrow, and with rockers not getting to 72, he's a huge outlier. Someone to consider. SC How did Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry make it past 85??? Years of consuming preservatives. (Ah, the 1970s!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted August 30, 2016 Not going to come anywhere close to a DDP QO, but good low-hanging fruit for other dead pools: Nancy Hunter, ranked 103rd in the world when it comes to female professional rodeo, has pancreatic cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,013 Posted August 30, 2016 Jerry Allison, drummer for (Buddy Holly &) The Crickets turns 77 tomorrow, and with rockers not getting to 72, he's a huge outlier. Someone to consider. SC How did Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry make it past 85??? Hard to say with Allison, fairly clean living by muso standards and not exactly short of a few quid since his co-writing credits include Peggy Sue and That'll be the Day. The convoluted story of what he wrote and what he's credited with writing is quite well known (and summarised in his Wiki entry). Also Allison has banked a few quid from being the mainstay of The Crickets line up that have stayed on the road for years. No particular reason to stick him in with the likes of Keef and Lemmy; he's more a Richard Carpenter sort Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
