Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted August 10, 2016 Late Summer 2001 would be busy too. The death of Aliyaah, the 9/11 attacks, and most importantly - the death of the Yellow Power Ranger! Not to mention the lead singer of Big Country, the old guy from Three Ninjas and Brian Moore. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted August 10, 2016 The soapstar thread would have been busy in 183-85 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,592 Posted August 10, 2016 Marilyn's hospital trips would get her a popular thread and in death the thread would break the record for the most conspiracy theories...ok, Elvis could be a good rival, too. I don't know if Marie Curie's illness was public or not but it would get her a decent popularity here. I think Elvis would have been a good one. I think there would have been much debate om his size, health and lifestyle and he may just have got himself on the list. The fact that this thread is getting so much attention is indicative that despite the early promise we are heading into a death drought. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted August 10, 2016 I'm guessing Socrates would be the earliest death whose DL thread would make for a fascinating read. I also think a hypothetical 1945 DDP would be a classic, with a theme team of Nazis or world leaders probably winning outright. 1945 DDP: if a pick was a PoW on January 1 and is executed during the year, you get no points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted August 10, 2016 I'm guessing Socrates would be the earliest death whose DL thread would make for a fascinating read. I also think a hypothetical 1945 DDP would be a classic, with a theme team of Nazis or world leaders probably winning outright. 1945 DDP: if a pick was a PoW on January 1 and is executed during the year, you get no points. A Nuremberg trials poll could have run from 1945-49, who's for the drop? We could have had endless fun arguing over whether Goering topping himself counted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted August 29, 2016 Says msc elsewhere: (Random thought - a unique joker who dies in a car crash on their birthday, the 13th of a month, under 30, would bring up 50 points for a single hit.) So can we find anyone in history who did die on their birthday, the 13th of a month, unnaturally and under the age of 30? Best I've found so far is someone who meets three of those requirements, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Moose, who died in a car crash on his 29th birthday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,904 Posted August 29, 2016 Says msc elsewhere: (Random thought - a unique joker who dies in a car crash on their birthday, the 13th of a month, under 30, would bring up 50 points for a single hit.) So can we find anyone in history who did die on their birthday, the 13th of a month, unnaturally and under the age of 30? Best I've found so far is someone who meets three of those requirements, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Moose, who died in a car crash on his 29th birthday. Sam Bass, died on his 27th birthday a couple of days after being shot is the nearest I could find. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bass_(outlaw) For some reason I thought Pascale Ogier died of a drug overdose on her 26th birthday but it was actually the day before. Neither of these happened on the 13th of the month though so not relevant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted August 29, 2016 The AIDS thread in the early 80s would have been... interesting. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarolAnn 926 Posted August 31, 2016 Says msc elsewhere: (Random thought - a unique joker who dies in a car crash on their birthday, the 13th of a month, under 30, would bring up 50 points for a single hit.) So can we find anyone in history who did die on their birthday, the 13th of a month, unnaturally and under the age of 30? Best I've found so far is someone who meets three of those requirements, former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Moose, who died in a car crash on his 29th birthday. Make it Friday the 13th and you win the internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,660 Posted August 31, 2016 Ah, the 1945 DDP - providing it was under 2007 rules, you could have a team with: Bogdan Filov Eric Liddell Lord Alfred Douglas David Lloyd George Wilhelm Canaris Franklin Roosevelt Ernie Pyle Benito Mussolin Clara Petacci Adolf Hitler Eva Braun Joseph Geobbels Martin Borman Heinrich Himmler Margot Asquith Bela Bartok Pierre Laval Vidkun Quisling Cosmo Lang And still lose out because some sod knew the name of the Japanese Navy commanders, or had taken a punt on Patten, or knew Benchley was unwell, etc. Aye, good point - a top Nazi theme team entered on the DDP in January 1945 could've stormed to a good score; followed by bitter arguments about the points for Martin Borman. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 13, 2017 I looked in the DeathList forum archive and found this gem of a thread from 1913... 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 13, 2017 How could you edit Future_Teller's post though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,995 Posted January 13, 2017 I looked in the DeathList forum archive and found this gem of a thread from 1913... Can't we ban InsaneTwain already? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 15, 2017 How could you edit Future_Teller's post though? I don't know what you're talking about, Joey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted August 28, 2017 I didn't know Mao had died of ALS until today, tbh. He'd have been a great DL thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted December 13, 2017 Leslie Crowther would have been a nice slow-burning thread: between his admission to alcohol rehab in 1989 and his death in 1996, you had hosting three series of Stars In Their Eyes ("oooh he looks a bit shaky there, is he back on the bottle?"), his 1992 car crash and subsequent spell in a coma ("Come on, just need him to hold on for the start line of the 1993 DDP"), his retirement from showbiz in 1994 ("Can't believe the Committee didn't put him on the list this year"), his fleeting appearances on TV in the following few years ("Anyone catch him on June Whitfield's This Is Your Life? Also, we need to start a thread for June, she'll be gone soon"), and his eventual death in 1996. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted January 28, 2018 Last week, I read a book on Howard Hughes, one of my top 5 favourite historical celebrities. His thread would have been spectacular. Also, I've been thinking about a Howard Hughes-related theme team, but most interesting people have died. His cousin, William Lummis, died last year. Senator Bob Bennett, who apparently was a double agent at one point, was a DDP pick and died 2 years ago. Clifford Irving just died... Some of the survivors are former wives/girlfriends/rumoured girlfriends: Olivia De Havilland and Terry Moore. Or his former attorney Frank Morse. Or maybe some of the people who played him on film, especially Dean Stockwell (and Warren Beatty?). Possibly also Stan Lee who modeled Tony Stark/Iron Man after Hughes. But I think it's hard to get more than 10 names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 28, 2018 DeathList 1980 would have been topped by Marshal Tito for sure... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,547 Posted January 28, 2018 Mae West, Jimmy Durante and Colonel Sanders are all 1980 hits in their late 80s/early 90s who seem deathlisty as well. Maybe Mosley as well actually, although he was only 84. Possible captains in DDP-winning teams for 1980 (under 60, guaranteed obits and had some sort of public cancer battle) Wilhelmina Cooper and...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 28, 2018 No doubt in 1978 that John Cazale would've been all the major contenders jokers. Likely would've been a deathlist hit as well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,156 Posted January 28, 2018 I wonder how many people would have picked John Lennon. He would have been a valuable joker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted January 28, 2018 Actually, this does make me wonder in the years before jokers were a thing in the DDP, which people would be on many contenders team... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,487 Posted January 28, 2018 Someone might have got a sneaky unique joker on that TV personality who did the shoplifting and did for herself. Isobel Barnett? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
