Death Impends 8,043 Posted December 24, 2020 J Bell's dead on Christmas Eve? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted December 25, 2020 12 hours ago, Death Impends said: J Bell's dead on Christmas Eve? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,242 Posted January 6, 2021 On 07/08/2017 at 18:27, gcreptile said: Shameless update, if you care (I'm basically emptying my vault - not planning on submitting it a third time): Aundrea Bannatyne - tweeted that she's lying dying, listening to Ed Sheeran Gemma Nuttall - went to Hallwang Clinic and they healed her, miraculously, very interesting to see if this actually works Bobby Zarin - miraculously recovering, indeed the Monty Brinson of 2018, probably dying in January as well Emma Houlston - still nothing Cheyann Shaw/Clark/Tunt - posting cute dog videos on YouTube. Healed Heidi Loughlin - doing chemo, cancer under control, ok for now Leanne Hock - was last seen getting an award for Best Mom and raising money for alternative treatment in Mexico Sophie Sabbage - bad news last week, going down in a couple of months Juan Pedro Franco - has lost 218 kilos of weight, good for him! Still on oxygen, though. The organs were tortured pretty badly. Laura Saull - heavy chemo, in pain, going down eventually There's 1-2 more hits coming, I guess. Change Cheyann Shaw etc - Dead: https://heavy.com/entertainment/cheyann-shaw-death/ Ah, those shameless days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,638 Posted January 6, 2021 8 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Change Cheyann Shaw etc - Dead: https://heavy.com/entertainment/cheyann-shaw-death/ Ah, those shameless days... Mirror Written like a celeb obit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted February 27, 2021 I'm stretching the term 'famous' here, but Brian Fraser, the technical producer of the morning show at Ottawa's top news/talk radio station, whose two year battle with blood cancer was documented on that show, has died. He was 26. Fraser had received well wishes from the likes of Mario Lemieux and Drew Brees while battling leukemia. His death was acknowledged by Ottawa mayor Jim Watson and several sports organizations and broadcasters. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/cfra-s-brian-fraser-1994-2021-1.5325330?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvottawa%3Atwitterpost&taid=603a0a247459310001cdeb04&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,237 Posted February 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: I'm stretching the term 'famous' here Not for the first time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,556 Posted February 27, 2021 At the risk of going all Sir Creep on everyone, if there was any thread I'd supported being locked on this forum it is this one. It's existence is futile. Why do we need to post unfamous people? Anyone who truly fits in here is now no longer accepted in any of the important deadpools (barring Deathrace) so it's not "helpful" in that regard. It is just posting sob stories of the unknown for no reason other than, tbh, grief porn. Also, and this is the bit that fucks me off even more, it is increasingly misused. The person above was a radio producer, apparently. Never heard of him. None of us likely had. So, if you are going to post about his untimely death, there's the Canadians thread. The radio thread. All kinds of places to put that news properly if we must hear it. Because if he was the main producer on the main radio show in Quebec, to the point of getting obits in Quebec, he did have some local "fame" even if you wouldn't expect anyone in the UK to have ever heard of the poor sod. In the past, this has been the go to thread for journalists, TV extras, and writers - again, if you think they are notable enough to mention on the forum for that, use those fucking threads. Just because the press and media are ignorant fuckwits most of the time now does not mean we should be. Basically, people either shouldn't be posted in this thread, or should. If they shouldn't, find the right fucking thread to post them in. And those who should be posted in here really do have no place being noted on forum. This is a relic of a free for all age in deadpooling which is thankfully part of the past now, and as such should be consigned to the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,134 Posted February 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, msc said: At the risk of going all Sir Creep on everyone, if there was any thread I'd supported being locked on this forum it is this one. It's existence is futile. Why do we need to post unfamous people? Because too many fucktards were opening non famous people threads. So this thread was created just for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,556 Posted February 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said: Because too many fucktards were opening non famous people threads. So this thread was created just for them. The question was somewhat rhetorical, Paul! Point being those people aren't DL forum worthy of mention in their own threads or in here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,894 Posted February 27, 2021 To make an entirely pointless non-statement, I agree with both of you. Detest this thread with a passion @msc but I also see PB’s point... if you don’t allow a space for people to occupy their urge to post crap then it just gets spread out elsewhere. Nobody needs to know/cares that Lady Gaga’s dogsitter was shot and wounded, but if FFBI or Family of the Famous didn’t exist, it would just get spread out elsewhere. I much prefer clicking “Mark Forum as read” on the main Forum navigation upon seeing someone has posted in here rather than clicking on to pages of interest to me eg “Dead of 2022” and having to read it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,894 Posted February 27, 2021 I feel it’s also worth mentioning, the use of this thread and the general Forum reporting of updates on “make a wish/cancer mum” types is way down thanks to you guys banning their candidacy over at the DDP. It was clearly the right decision. Discussion of them is both uncomfortable and dull. It’s only February and there’s been a noticeable drop in users posting about them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,556 Posted February 27, 2021 46 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: I feel it’s also worth mentioning, the use of this thread and the general Forum reporting of updates on “make a wish/cancer mum” types is way down thanks to you guys banning their candidacy over at the DDP. It was clearly the right decision. Discussion of them is both uncomfortable and dull. It’s only February and there’s been a noticeable drop in users posting about them. And justly so, imo. It was only reason I took on the role, so FFBI picks could be got rid of. Although my main grump was that if radio producers, or writers, or actors should be posted on the forum, they should be posted in the radio, or writing, or acting threads, not in here. That we've cut down on FFBI picks doesn't meant folk should try and find names to put in this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted February 27, 2021 Alt obits post was the first since January 6th and as Msc says shouldve been put in the radio thread, if indeed it even needed posting. So this thread will just drop off naturally as those mentioned in previous posts die. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 865 Posted February 27, 2021 As long as this thread is open, it’s gonna be used. Tbf I had him in Deathrace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,686 Posted February 27, 2021 7 hours ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Alt obits post was the first since January 6th and as Msc says shouldve been put in the radio thread, if indeed it even needed posting. So this thread will just drop off naturally as those mentioned in previous posts die. Dickie O's done nowt much since his stroke so he's famous for being ill. We could, like, merge his thread with this one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,134 Posted February 27, 2021 28 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said: Dickie O's done nowt much since his stroke so he's famous for being ill. We could, like, merge his thread with this one! NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted March 2, 2021 Andy Hoffman, cancer dad to cancer child, dead at 42: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30987054/andy-hoffman-father-nebraska-football-fan-jack-hoffman-dies-brain-cancer-42?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true Would have been, quite possibly, THE ffbi pick this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted March 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Andy Hoffman, cancer dad to cancer child, dead at 42: https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30987054/andy-hoffman-father-nebraska-football-fan-jack-hoffman-dies-brain-cancer-42?platform=amp&__twitter_impression=true Would have been, quite possibly, THE ffbi pick this year. Thank fuck that wasn’t the case this year (or anyone else FFBI) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted April 10, 2021 As I am checking on my personal survivors and find some news on Yoo Sang-Chul and the like... Sophie Sabbage had her 5th round of radiotherapy: https://www.cancerwhispering.com/blog/more-myself-by-being-less-myself Her situation is "stable" with four brain tumours. Well, she's had 60-70 brain tumours so far (!!!!). It impairs her brain functions, but far less than the doctors thought it would. I think it's acutally quite incredible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted April 24, 2021 Damn, one of the few living people on my list I gave a 100% probability of dying in the next year was cancer mum Megan Scotcher: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/young-mum-two-small-kids-4386355 But then, thin month, she has been charged with fraud for receiving charitable donations, meaning, she probably faked her terminal cancer: https://www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk/news/crime/derbyshire-woman-charged-with-fraud-offence-3198127 Now, while I need to update the probabilities of my longlist eventually, right now, I only have three people with that 100% left. Bob Dole, Kat Bjelland, and another cancer mum, Lauren Coyle, from Australia, who might actually be dead already. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted April 26, 2021 Deborah James's cancer, is back, back, back again: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9512565/BBC-podcast-presenter-Deborah-James-39-reveals-cancer-back.html Her treatment is getting more experimental. Her timeline seems like about 6 months behind Vicky Phelan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted May 29, 2021 Lara Casalotti, who made international news and longlists through her cancer diagnosis in 2016, has now died 5 years later at 30: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/28/lara-casalotti-obituary Back then, she needed a stem-cell transplant and rare blood donation, and she got it. Taht gave her a few more years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted June 10, 2021 Jessica Morris, founder of Our Brain Bank, after her own glioblastoma diagnosis in 2016, dead at 44: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/health/jessica-morris-dead.html Jana Bennett was one of her cooperators in that organization. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,242 Posted June 18, 2021 On 05/05/2018 at 12:16, maryportfuncity said: Deadpool stalwart right to die campaigner Paul Lamb has his own page on the British Humanists' website: https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/paul-lamb/ Paul Lamb has died: I seem to recall he might have been a DDP pick at some point, but I may be misremembering.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,242 Posted June 18, 2021 Paul Lamb is indeed a List of the Missed, from 2015, 2018 and 2020: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2015/celebs_L.html#lambp Edit: Got a Beeb Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-57516431 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites