Toast 16,242 Posted November 27, 2020 50 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Probably not. But when one reads through this thread, well, there is no Lisa Magill cancer blogging-award. Pete Felton at least had something to work with. Thing is, these people are only locally notable. When I lived in a city in the 80s/90s, there was a busker who occupied the same spot year in year out, and when he died of cancer he got a mention in the local paper because everyone who ever went shopping in the city centre would have recognised him. Going further back, in the town where I went to school there was a distinctive looking tramp (as parlance then had it) who was always seen around town. Eventually he was persuaded to be housed somewhere, and he went up in the world as a newspaper seller who had a pitch by the bus stop. His eventual demise was also reported in the local rag. Nowadays it's easier to achieve slightly wider awareness because of the internet. But they're not properly famous. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Toast said: Thing is, these people are only locally notable. When I lived in a city in the 80s/90s, there was a busker who occupied the same spot year in year out, and when he died of cancer he got a mention in the local paper because everyone who ever went shopping in the city centre would have recognised him. Going further back, in the town where I went to school there was a distinctive looking tramp (as parlance then had it) who was always seen around town. Eventually he was persuaded to be housed somewhere, and he went up in the world as a newspaper seller who had a pitch by the bus stop. His eventual demise was also reported in the local rag. Nowadays it's easier to achieve slightly wider awareness because of the internet. But they're not properly famous. I can agree there. But there are many people being picked who are not properly famous, obscure government officials, Dr. Who scriptwriters, "behind-the-scenes" cultural people like architects, publishers, Jana Bennetts and so on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,242 Posted November 27, 2020 23 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I can agree there. But there are many people being picked who are not properly famous, obscure government officials, Dr. Who scriptwriters, "behind-the-scenes" cultural people like architects, publishers, Jana Bennetts and so on. But they have achieved something, and something that is unconnected to their illness/death. (I would also exclude the bloggers and fundraisers.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,557 Posted November 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, Toast said: But they have achieved something, and something that is unconnected to their illness/death. (I would also exclude the bloggers and fundraisers.) tbf to Reptile (who is fully supportive of the FFBI ban - it was a unanimous decision) he legit thought this chap had far more notoreity than he actually did. It happens. With a ban on FFBI the name would have been looked into and turned down (unless he had some albums out but no one is rushing to correct me on that one). I know who my eyes are on to ban, and there'll be zero tolerance on those picks. For example: these types of stories are fucking off for good and anyone who tries to get them past the Cmme will be mercilessly mocked. (You don't need to click on that link, obviously, Toast - I know you know what we don't want. It's for anyone playing hard of thinking...) 47 minutes ago, gcreptile said: I can agree there. But there are many people being picked who are not properly famous, obscure government officials, Dr. Who scriptwriters, "behind-the-scenes" cultural people like architects, publishers, Jana Bennetts and so on. All of these people are obviously not going to be banned, or newspaper editors, Guardian rent-a-cynics, those no name royals everyone loves etc etc. Just saying before I get PMs. "I picked the former Education Secretary, is he still allowed?" 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted December 2, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 12:34, YoungWillz said: Deborah James in a cancer free place, apparently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51118585 Deborah James' cancer - now back: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9006427/BBCs-Big-C-podcast-star-Deborah-James-shares-candid-photograph-lies-pain.html Yes, she's also a BBC podcaster now, etc... but where else to post the news? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,639 Posted December 2, 2020 3 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Deborah James' cancer - now back: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9006427/BBCs-Big-C-podcast-star-Deborah-James-shares-candid-photograph-lies-pain.html Yes, she's also a BBC podcaster now, etc... but where else to post the news? Journalists? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,557 Posted December 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Journalists? Yeah, especially since she got the Sun gig *before* the cancer. (She also had a number of here, there and everywhere gigs ala Simon Ricketts but like Ricketts they've mostly disappeared from the internet by now...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,887 Posted December 4, 2020 Finnish reality tv star known mostly for being near death but not dying for the last year, Janita Lukkarinen dead at 27 after fighting cancer atleast one or two years. https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/ff1b9df1-17b4-43d2-b2e3-103bf32fead6 Wanted to live until christmas, but cancer's a bitch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted December 5, 2020 Cancer Mum Dawn Wilson, a B-team pick of mine in 2018, died a couple of weeks ago at only 38 - but itv remembers: https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-11-19/know-your-lemons-the-life-and-legacy-of-breast-cancer-campaigner-dawn-wilson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalLightBeam 3 Posted December 8, 2020 On 27/11/2020 at 18:45, gcreptile said: I can agree there. But there are many people being picked who are not properly famous, obscure government officials, Dr. Who scriptwriters, "behind-the-scenes" cultural people like architects, publishers, Jana Bennetts and so on. Anyone have any recent news on Jana Bennett, all I can find is her diagnosis from last December. Would like a bit of recent news that indicates she's alive before packing her onto my 2021 DDP minibus? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted December 8, 2020 Because it's your first year deadpooling (or at least on a big scale) I'll show some mercy: she's definitely alive and is delivering a talk for the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers latetr this week for any form-spotters. The rest of the advice you will get here will just be "pick 1960s runner Lee Evans and the bloke from Supertramp" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted December 8, 2020 Just now, Spade_Cooley said: Because it's your first year deadpooling (or at least on a big scale) I'll show some mercy: she's definitely alive and is delivering a talk for the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers latetr this week for any form-spotters. The rest of the advice you will get here will just be "pick 1960s runner Lee Evans and the bloke from Supertramp" I’m pretty sure this poster isn’t new here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalLightBeam 3 Posted December 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I’m pretty sure this poster isn’t new here... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalLightBeam 3 Posted December 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I’m pretty sure this poster isn’t new here... I feel honoured to get a tip off Spade though..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted December 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, MortalLightBeam said: So you’re gonna send me another obvious crowdsource submission then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalLightBeam 3 Posted December 8, 2020 Just now, Joey Russ said: So you’re gonna send me another obvious crowdsource submission then? Nope as you've made it quite clear you won't accept them. Don't see why you couldn't have accepted the last one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted December 8, 2020 7 minutes ago, MortalLightBeam said: Nope as you've made it quite clear you won't accept them. Don't see why you couldn't have accepted the last one? Maybe, and this might be the answer, is that you’re not supposed to be on the forums anymore. (And don’t take it from me, take it from the mods). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalLightBeam 3 Posted December 8, 2020 1 minute ago, Joey Russ said: Maybe, and this might be the answer, is that you’re not supposed to be on the forums anymore. (And don’t take it from me, take it from the mods). Neither are you to be fair, Zorders. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted December 10, 2020 Prominent FFBI girl Laura Nuttall is fine, and doesn't need the COVID vaccine right now: https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-55178837 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted December 10, 2020 There goes my chances of getting the last FFBI hit in DDP history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,268 Posted December 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: There goes my chances of getting the last FFBI hit in DDP history. My thoughts and prayers go with you and your family today for this sad loss. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted December 15, 2020 Another List of the Lost-er, thrice picked cancer mum Lynda Bailey already died in January: https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/bailey/4809388 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,638 Posted December 24, 2020 Willie Thomson, Scottish football fan in a hospice who would have been on some longlists if FFBI were still allowed, wouldn't have been an option regardless as he's dead aged 79. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,247 Posted December 24, 2020 Jennifer Bell, DDP Pick, dead: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scots-mum-jennifer-bell-23217222 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,091 Posted December 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Jennifer Bell, DDP Pick, dead: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/young-scots-mum-jennifer-bell-23217222 Ah yes, one of the potential FFBI hits I still saw possible. One of the other ones, by the way, is Hope Stringer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
