Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted April 28, 2016 Looks like a lot of those subs are going to have to be played. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted April 28, 2016 Substituting in John Bain for Jenny Diski. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,061 Posted April 28, 2016 I'd better think about getting a team in. Not that I'll trouble a leaderboard mind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,061 Posted April 29, 2016 Before the forum goes down again (it won't, I'm sure), here is my team. It's late in the day near the start date, maybe the people on the list will be late too. I dunno. I've decided that my work for Christmas shouldn't go to waste. So here is my team of Gotcha/Possible Gotcha recipients in: YoungWillz Windy City Gotcha Team: 01. Henry Sandon 02. June Whitfield 03. Jim Bowen 04. Lionel Blair 05. Valerie Singleton 06. Brian Blessed 07. Ron Atkinson 08. Ian St John 09. Barry Gibb 10. Nicholas Parsons 11. Wayne Sleep 12. Tom O'Connor 13. Barbara Windsor 14. Fred Talbot 15. Tommy Cannon 16. Eddie Large 17. Bobby Ball 18. Dave Lee Travis 19. Ian McCaskill (Died 10 December 2016) 20. Gordon Burns Subs: A. Tony Blackburn B. Willie Carson C. Noel Edmonds. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted April 30, 2016 Here's my attempt. Bob Bennett Bernie Worrell Kate Granger Michael I of Romania Piers Sellers Lady Susan Renouf Bruce Langhorne Sam Savage (author) Rowena Kincaid Errol Christie Craig Sager Suzanne Wright (Autism Speaks) Susannah Mushatt Jones Peter Esterhazy Paul Cox William H. Hudnut III Marge Champion Pierre Soulages Caroline Aherne Luke Halpin Subs Erich Rudorffer (died about a month before the pool started, but only a sub thankfully) Steve LaTourette Abbas Kiarostami 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormfarmer 427 Posted April 30, 2016 Wormfarmer is in: 1. Sharon Jones - DapKings 2. Bernie Worrell - PFunk 3. Lynne Stewart 4. Clive James 5. Kate Granger 6. William H Hudnut III 7. Peter Sallis 8. Bruce Forsythe 9. Daisy Berkowitz - M Manson 10. Zsa Zsa Gabor 11. Susannah Mushatt Jones 12. Barbara Barrie - Barney Miller 13. Barys Kit - rockets 14. Bobby 'the Brain" Heenan - WWF 15. King Bhumibol 16. Valerie Harper 17. Stan Mikita 18. Alex Spanos - SD Chargers 19. Muhammad Ali 20. Roberta McCain alt. Jake LaMotta alt. Lizzie Velasquez alt. John Bain - Totalbiscuit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 30, 2016 Thanks to everyone who entered, I think we have about 12 so far. It's not too late! You still have 20 hours and 18 minutes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted April 30, 2016 I feel my research is inadequate at the moment, but here it goes: 1. Bernie Worrell 2. Dilip Kumar 3. Lady Susan Renouf 4. King Michael of Romania 5. Piers Sellers 6. Bruce Langhorne 7. Heidi Loughlin 8. Kate Granger 9. Sumner Redstone 10. Gary Haggarty 11. Luke Halpin 12. Thomas Libous (no obit, yet) 13. Joao Havelange 14. Geoffrey Robinson 15. Errol Christie 16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 17. Sir Owen Glenn 18. Lord Henry Mountcharles 19. Quincy Jones (the comedian) 20. Gunther von Hagens Subs: Vera Caslvaska Javier Perez De Cuellar Muhammad Ali 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted April 30, 2016 As of 12 minutes the competition has started! I was going to post the master list but the site was down so I couldn't finish it. Expect it within 24 hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 1, 2016 1. Shaun of the Dead 1. Kate Granger 500 2. Anthony Booth 3. Zsa Zsa Gabor 200 4. Clare Hollingworth 150 5. King Michael I of Romania 6. Bernie Worrell 95 7. Mary Tyler Moore 90 8. Kirk Douglas 9. Peter Sallis 10. Helmut Kohl 11. Leslie Phillips 12. Joao Havelange 65 13. Bhumibol Adulyadej 60 14. Susannah Mushatt Jones 55 15. Gladys Hooper 50 16. Sir Peter Hall 17. Piers Sellers 40 18. Glen Campbell 19. Yisrael Kristal 20. Ray Wilson 2. CaptainChorizo 1. Sumner Redstone 2. Bernie Worrell 250 3. Craig Sager 200 4. Kate Granger 150 5. William Hudnut 100 6. Allison Carey 7. Piers Sellers 90 8. Emma Morano 85 9. Baby Peggy 10. Steve LaTourette 75 11. Vicky Askew 12. Lupita Tovar 65 13. Yisrael Kristal 14. Ken Watanabe 15. Abdullah the Butcher 16. Rowena Kincaid 45 17. Charlie Sheen 18. Robert Osborne 35 19. Tammy Lynn Sytch "Sunny" 20. Duke the Dumpster Droese 3. The Unknown Man 1. Kate Granger 500 2. Javier Perez de Cuellar 3. Valerie Harper 4. Clive James 5. Fidel Castro 100 6. Lord Peter Carrington 7. Bonnie Brown 90 8. Glen Campbell 9. Joao Havelange 80 10. Zsa Zsa Gabor 75 11. Reverend Billy Graham 12. Helmut Kohl 13. Mary Tyler Moore 60 14. Bhumibol Adulyadej 55 15. Yasuhiro Nakasone 16. Robert M. Pirsig 45 17. Prince Phillip 18. Carol Channing 19. Lawrence Ferlinghetti 20. Burt Reynolds 4. RadGuy 1. Kate Granger 500 2. King Michael I of Romania 3. George H. W. Bush 4. Susannah Mushatt Jones 150 5. Emma Morano 100 6. Zhou Youguang 95 7. Lupita Tovar 90 8. Roberta McCain 9. Robert Mugabe 10. Valerie Harper 11. Clive James 12. Oskar Groening 13. Yoshiro Nakamatsu 14. Ian St John 15. Joao Havelange 50 16. Billy Graham 17. Helmut Kohl 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 35 19. Bhumibol Adulyadej 30 20. Peter Sallis 5. ImNotHades 1. Lupita Tovar 500 2. Norman Lloyd 3. Olivia de Havilland 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Zsa Zsa Gabor 100 6. Danielle Darrieux 7. Michele Morgan 90 8. Carol Channing 9. Betty White 10. Carl Reiner 11. Rhonda Fleming 12. Doris Day 13. Eva Marie Saint 14. Hal Holbrook 15. Angela Lansbury 16. Dick van Dyke 17. Jerry Lewis 18. Cloris Leachman 19. Mel Brooks 20. Sidney Poitier 6. Davey Jones' Locker 1. Billy Graham 2. Brunhilde Pomsel 250 3. Zsa Zsa Gabor 200 4. Lilliane Bettecourt 5. Helmut Kohl 6. Clive James 7. Frank Lowy 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Lupita Tovar 80 10. William Russell 11. Glen Campbell 12. Renee Simonot 13. Sonje Ziemann 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Fidel Castro 50 16. Margot Honecker 45 17. Sumner Redstone 18. Henry Kissinger 19. Chuck Berry 30 20. Pope Benedict XVI 7. Bibliogryphon 1. Geoffrey Bayldon 2. Jeremy Hutchinson 3. Masamitsu Yoshida 4. Earl Cameron 5. Jill Gascoine 6. I. M. Pei 7. Jane Freeman 90 8. Diana Athill 9. Margaret Tebbit 10. Dudley Simpson 11. Gudrun Ure 12. James Ivory 13. Edna O'Brien 14. William Lucas 55 15. Freddie Jones 16. Patricia Routledge 17. Sylvia Kay 18. Walter Mondale 19. John Woodvine 20. Bob Newhart 8. Book 1. Bernie Worrell 500 2. Bhumibol Adulyadej 250 3. Walter Scheel 200 4. Zsa Zsa Gabor 150 5. Joao Havelange 100 6. Kate Granger 95 7. Shimon Peres 90 8. Lupita Tovar 85 9. Luke Halpin 10. Billy Graham 11. Sally Sweetland (recent snooping shows she likely died in 2015) 12. Gretel Bergmann 13. Piet de Jong 14. David Rockefeller 55 15. Helmut Kohl 16. King Michael I of Romania 17. Caroline Aherne 40 18. Bobbie Miller Heine 35 19. Glen Campbell 20. Kay Starr 25 9. JiroemonKimura 1. Yoshiro Nakamatsu 2. Kate Granger 250 3. Melissa Young 4. John Rigas 5. Bernie Worrell 100 6. William Hudnut 95 7. Craig Sager 90 8. Susan Renouf 85 9. Richard Arvine Overton 10. Huston Smith 75 11. Sigurd Wongraven 12. Luke Halpin 13. Tony Adamowicz 14. Peter Esterhazy 55 15. Errol Christie 16. Clive Derby-Lewis 45 17. Steven LaTourette 40 18. Susannah Mushatt Jones 35 19. Nobby Stiles 20. Zsa Zsa Gabor 25 10. msc 1. Bernie Worrell 500 2. Kate Granger 250 3. Piers Sellers 200 4. Bruce Forsyth 5. David Fisher 6. Craig Sager 95 7. Quincy Jones 8. Ian St John 9. Marie Frederikson 10. Susan Renouf 75 11. Ibrahim Babangida 12. King Michael I of Romania 13. Paul van Zandvliet 14. Rowena Kincaid 55 15. Anthony Booth 16. Jimmy Snuka 45 17. Errol Christie 18. Thomas Fekete 35 19. Gordon Aikman 30 20. John Bain 11. YoungWillz 1. Henry Sandon 2. June Whitfield 3. Jim Bowen 4. Lionel Blair 5. Valerie Singleton 6. Brian Blessed 7. Ron Atkinson 8. Ian St John 9. Barry Gibb 10. Nicholas Parsons 11. Wayne Sleep 12. Tom O'Connor 13. Barbara Windsor 14. Fred Talbot 15. Tommy Cannon 16. Eddie Large 17. Bobby Ball 18. Dave Lee Travis 19. Ian McCaskill 30 20. Gordon Burns 12. DeathImpends 1. Bob Bennett 500 2. Bernie Worrell 250 3. Kate Granger 200 4. King Michael I of Romania 5. Piers Sellers 100 6. Susan Renouf 95 7. Bruce Langhorne 90 8. Sam Savage 9. Rowena Kincaid 80 10. Errol Christie 11. Craig Sager 70 12. Suzanne Wright 65 13. Susannah Mushatt Jones 60 14. Peter Esterhazy 55 15. Paul Cox 50 16. William Hudnut 45 17. Marge Champion 18. Pierre Soulages 19. Caroline Aherne 30 20. Luke Halpin 13. Wormfarmer 1. Sharon Jones 500 2. Bernie Worrell 250 3. Lynne Stewart 200 4. Clive James 5. Kate Granger 100 6. William Hudnut 95 7. Peter Sallis 8. Bruce Forsyth 9. Daisy Berkowitz 10. Zsa Zsa Gabor 75 11. Susannah Mushatt Jones 70 12. Barbara Barrie 13. Barys Kitt 14. Bobby Heehan 15. Bhumibol Adulyadej 50 16. Valerie Harper 17. Stan Mikita 18. Alex Spanos 19. Muhammad Ali 30 20. Roberta McCain 14. gcreptile 1. Bernie Worrell 500 2. Dilip Kumar 3. Susan Renouf 200 4. King Michael I of Romania 5. Piers Sellers 100 6. Bruce Langhorne 95 7. Heidi Loughlin 8. Kate Granger 85 9. Sumner Redstone 10. Gary Haggarty 11. Luke Halpin 12. Thomas Libous 13. Joao Havelange 60 14. Geoffrey Robinson 15. Errol Christie 16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 17. Sir Owen Glenn 18. Lord Henry Mountcharles 19. Quincy Jones 20. Gunther von Hagens AND DONE! I won't be making a list of the top picks, or a list of all the picks in general, cause I am lazy. Asterisk (*) indicates I have no idea who the f**k that person is, and you should tell me soon. Since 14 teams have signed up, the competition is considered a success and will run until from May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017. Hopefully for years. I will update the scoreboard every 3 hits, every 2 if there is a huge one. GOOD LUCK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted May 1, 2016 Paul Cox is an Aussie filmmaker. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 1, 2016 Paul Cox is an Aussie filmmaker. Thanks, now it's just CaptainChorizo left to tell me who the heck Vicky Askew and "Sunny" are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted May 1, 2016 Vicky Askew looks to be Vince McMahon's mother, while I'm assuming Sunny is wrestler Tammy Lynn Sytch who used that as a ring name. Will leave it to CC himself to fully confirm though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted May 1, 2016 Yeah Sunny /Tammy Lynn Sytch and Vince McMahon's Mum are the people I was referring 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,479 Posted May 1, 2016 Yeah Sunny /Tammy Lynn Sytch and Vince McMahon's Mum are the people I was referring Vince's mum They have an interesting relationship, to say the least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wormfarmer 427 Posted June 6, 2016 Where will updates be posted? To the lists you posted on this forum, or will there be an official site for this contest? I figure there have been at least 3 hits, and Ali was a huge one, although surprisingly only for me. Just wondering where to look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted June 6, 2016 Ooh. I kind of forgot about this. But to be fair, so did everybody. Yours was the first post since the start date. I'll try to make an update within a few days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted June 10, 2016 I had finals this week. But I'm finally on summer vacation. So here's the scoreboard: Death Impends 560 Rad 150 Wormfamer 100 Shaun 55 DJL 45 Jiroemon 35 msc 35 Points for Bennett, Hanocker, Jones, Fekete, Ali. No-obit for Libous means No-points is a No-shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted June 10, 2016 Bob Bennett (for myself) and Margot Honecker (for DJL) were also hits. Thomas Libous is dead too but I can't find any qualifying obits for him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted June 25, 2016 As mentioned in some other places, Bernie Worrell is dead. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bernie-worrell-parliament-funkadelic-keyboardist-dead-at-72-20160624 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 25, 2016 Qualifying obit for Bernie: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/25/bernie-worrell-parliament-funkadelic-co-founder-dies-aged-72 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,979 Posted July 2, 2016 Having a good run in this pool, it seems. Aherne is my fifth hit in a little over two months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 2, 2016 Updated for Aherne, Cox, and Worrell (those were the only hits in the past 4 weeks, right?) Death Impends 650 Book 540 msc 535 gcreptile 500 Wormfarmer 350 Chorizo 250 Rad 150 Shaun 150 Jiromeon 135 Davy Jones 45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted July 3, 2016 Hi Rad, Caroline Aherne is at No. 17 in my team = 40 points, not 30. Thanks in advance. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted July 16, 2016 Updated for Esterhazy, Hooper, Renouf. Death Impends 800 gcreptile 700 msc 610 Book 540 Wormfarmer 350 Jiromeon 275 Chorizo 250 Shaun 195 Rad 150 Davy Jones 45 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites