YoungWillz 21,028 Posted August 23, 2016 New Star Wars film due for release? That must mean it's time for another terminally ill nerd who wants to see the movie before they die. Step forward Ne!l H@nvey Oh Lord, Telegraph coverage: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/08/22/mark-hamill-lends-his-support-to-campaign-for-terminally-ill-sta/ Aaand reportedly dead: https://twitter.com/bbchw/status/768033590080860160 and http://herefordshirelive.co.uk/culture/film-tv/rogueonewish-dying-man-s-wish-to-see-star-wars-film-early 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 23, 2016 Guessing he didn't "live long and prosper", hey lads?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted August 23, 2016 Guessing he didn't "live long and prosper", hey lads?! Get your movies right... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted August 23, 2016 Guessing he didn't "live long and prosper", hey lads?! Boldly gone? ;-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 23, 2016 Guessing he didn't "live long and prosper", hey lads?! Boldly gone? ;-) It'll take more than the force to wake him, Jim. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted September 12, 2016 I picked Craig Lyons who made the news because he sued Thomas Cook for a missed 'last holiday' and won. Now he makes global news again, because his wife shaves her head for him... in support... http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bride-shaves-head-on-wedding-day-in-tribute-to-terminally-ill-husband/ I guess they're milking it for all it's worth... Shameless pick Craig Lyons now has a documentary out: He also gets visits from Liverpool player Lucas Leiva: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-midfielder-lucas-leiva-leaves-11877085 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted September 13, 2016 I picked Craig Lyons who made the news because he sued Thomas Cook for a missed 'last holiday' and won. Now he makes global news again, because his wife shaves her head for him... in support... http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bride-shaves-head-on-wedding-day-in-tribute-to-terminally-ill-husband/ I guess they're milking it for all it's worth... Shameless pick Craig Lyons now has a documentary out: He also gets visits from Liverpool player Lucas Leiva: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-midfielder-lucas-leiva-leaves-11877085 Don't knock it, he's hauled himself into DDP contention on this level of self-promotion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 17, 2016 Another inspirational cancer blogger fails to make the starting line for 2017: @nn@ Sw@bey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 17, 2016 And another name I'm sure the canniest of DDPers had this name pencilled in as a "please hold on": Ben Ellis, the cancer-stricken teacher who went viral recently due to a video of his students serenading him at his window, has died. Unsurprisingly, the Daily Mail come through with the QO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted September 19, 2016 Another inspirational cancer blogger fails to make the starting line for 2017: @nn@ Sw@bey. Hmm, had her on my long list, with the comment that she was given to live until Jan. 2018... Meanwhile, one half of a real life "Fault in our Stars" couple named Dalton Prager, has died of cystic fibrosis. Against the medical advice of their doctors, these two patients of the same illness got together. The widow is currently in hospice care. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/09/19/husband-real-life-fault-in-our-stars-couple-has-died.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted September 22, 2016 Another inspirational cancer blogger fails to make the starting line for 2017: @nn@ Sw@bey. Hmm, had her on my long list, with the comment that she was given to live until Jan. 2018... Meanwhile, one half of a real life "Fault in our Stars" couple named Dalton Prager, has died of cystic fibrosis. Against the medical advice of their doctors, these two patients of the same illness got together. The widow is currently in hospice care. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/09/19/husband-real-life-fault-in-our-stars-couple-has-died.html Dalton's wife has now died as well. http://www.fox47news.com/news/national/fault-in-our-stars-wife-dies-5-days-after-husband Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted October 1, 2016 Norma Jean Bauerschmidt, the grandmother who, after learning she had cancer, decided to eschew cancer treatment and instead went road trippin, has died. She was 91. SC http://www.fox5atlanta.com/health/208988898-story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted October 1, 2016 Kirsty Keep - one of those perenielly ill and locally celebrated types - who is mentioned earlier in this thread did manage to get £60,000 raised to send her to the States where she got a proper diagnosis. Basically really ill but not likely to be so spectacularly threatened as to make a tragic "last Christmas" story in the press and offer us points a few weeks later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted October 31, 2016 In more recent news on Kris Hallenga, her cancer started growing as liver and bone cancer this year and this is being treated with an unlicensed drug. This is on top of the repeat malignant brain tumours, prior treated liver cancer, and the whole terminal Stage IV breast cancer which she's survived for the last seven years. She's got more fight in her than an entire years scripts of Eastenders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted December 2, 2016 K!rstie T@ncock, a former pole dancer who had become a media spokesperson for the importance of organ donations in cystic fibrosis, dead at 27. More importantly, I now have to go and find a new captain for 2017. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted December 2, 2016 K!rstie T@ncock, a former pole dancer who had become a media spokesperson for the importance of organ donations in cystic fibrosis, dead at 27. More importantly, I now have to go and find a new captain for 2017. You could always go with Emma Morano if all else fail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 2, 2016 K!rstie T@ncock, a former pole dancer who had become a media spokesperson for the importance of organ donations in cystic fibrosis, dead at 27. More importantly, I now have to go and find a new captain for 2017. She was good friends with my sister and I met her a few times. An absolutely lovely person. RIP x 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted December 3, 2016 Shameless pick Sarah Swindells has died: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-features/8/news-headlines/101037/farewell-to-fighter-sarah A QO is... unlikely... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted December 3, 2016 Shameless pick Lisa Brown is in her very final days, but the obit is very unlikely as well: https://www.gofundme.com/LisaBrown Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted December 3, 2016 Shameless pick Lisa Brown is in her very final days, but the obit is very unlikely as well: https://www.gofundme.com/LisaBrown Seems good though for pools with minimal obit standards if she makes Jan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted December 12, 2016 DDP pick David Morsley has died aged 28. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/kingstanding-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-12305444 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tragic-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-9440152 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted December 12, 2016 Kia Lettice, who probably would have made a few of the less salubrious DDP teams in 2017 due to the Mail's Australian staff taking an interest in her, dead at 22. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted December 12, 2016 Shameless pick Lisa Brown is in her very final days, but the obit is very unlikely as well: https://www.gofundme.com/LisaBrown Seems good though for pools with minimal obit standards if she makes Jan Aye, so - reality check - reputable news source in English (qualifying for Deathrace) would include her local paper online. Just don't tell her that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 12, 2016 DDP pick David Morsley has died aged 28. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/kingstanding-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-12305444 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tragic-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-9440152 For some weird reason he's not on my master database... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted December 12, 2016 DDP pick David Morsley has died aged 28. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/kingstanding-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-12305444 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tragic-dad-who-celebrated-christmas-9440152 For some weird reason he's not on my master database... Hmm, he's definitely on the celeb list under Mor$1ey... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
