Derby Dead Pool 2017

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Jagraj Singh - I have him in the Deathrace. A QO will surprise me.

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I would have agreed with you, or at least made him 30/70 on chances of a QO, but a little extra research would have revealed he is Sunny Hundal's brother. If you don't think the Guardian will commission SH to write a "my extremist brother..." piece when he goes...

[Joey Russ 7,220]

I really thought Julia Perez would be on your team Spade.

[msc 18,436]

So here's my official line up (and my joker haven't been mentioned yet):

Suisala, Ben (joker)

 

He's on my team, posted above!

[Joey Russ 7,220]

 

So here's my official line up (and my joker haven't been mentioned yet):

Suisala, Ben (joker)

 

He's on my team, posted above!

Just gotten up. No uniques for me. Oh well.

[Death Impends 7,955]

In goes TJS:

 

1. Errol Christie (J)
2. Wayne Barrett
3. Tony Booth
4. Leah Bracknell
5. Charles Bradley
6. Paul Briggs
7. Sara Coward
8. Gord Downie
9. Rayya Elias
10. Steve Hewlett
11. Colin Meads
12. Michael of Romania
13. Catherine Nevin
14. Julia Perez
15. Simon Ricketts
16. Mark Sims
17. Peter Skellern
18. Stefan Karl Stefansson
19. Joost van der Westhuizen
20. Paul Van-Zandvliet

[Garn2 34]

Top 20 at best...

 

John Bain

Leah Bracknell (Joker)

Errol Christie

Sara Coward

Gord Downie

Rayya Elias

Greg Gilbert

Steve Hewlett
Quincy Jones (comedian) - possibly faking or more long-term anyway but worth a shot

Bruce Langhorne

Sir Colin Meads

Tracy McGiffin
King Michael I of Romania

Simon Ricketts

Peter Skellern

Stefan Karl Stefansson

Ian St. John

Steve Sumner

Joost van der Westhuizen

John Wetton

[Death Impends 7,955]

And the two solutions to my allusions:

 

The person I had inside knowledge of, about his cancer fight going well but who I expected to be picked by quite a few deadpoolers was.... Charles Bradley. But stomach cancer is tricky, we'll see...

 

The person I wasn't sure if he's unique, because his age was a little high and who was a member of a one-hit-wonder group was Gary De Carlo.

I pushed him to my second team. He looks like a DQSP pick, and the 7 base points were too few.

 

I knew about Gary DeCarlo as well, and eventually suspected that he might be who you were talking about. But I decided against him long ago, because another Steam member died a few years ago with nowhere near a qualifying obit. But that was also in the pre-Mail days, so could be a solid punt on your end.

 

Bradley, I get a Ronnie James Dio vibe from. Same cancer, same optimistic talk, same cancelling of tours... same conclusion? (plus, I felt it was fitting to honor Sharon Jones's success for me last year by picking another from her label...)

[gcreptile 10,963]

Hm, unique potential for me for Connie Johnson, Sharon Laws, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and possibly DJ Casper?

 

This time, I had to pick Hvorostovsky. I didn't want to miss the "Pearl Washington of 2017".

I'm surprised Sir Creep didn't pick Connie Johnson.

 

@SpadeCooley: Aah, clever!

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

DJ Casper was my sub, literally was a case of "person with the least recent health updates gets dropped".

 

Also, I like Laurie Brokenshire as a pick, interesting character. Former commodore of the HMS Raleigh, a CBE and apparently the owner of the world's largest private puzzle collection.Has also fostered 68 children in his days as well. If that combined doesn't get him a Telegraph obit, we may as well pack up and go home.

[Bert Trautmann 58]

There's always at least one obvious pick who completely evades me every year; it's Rayya Elias this time.

 

Mark Sims (j)

Joost

Jerome Golmard

Steve Sumner

Steve Hewlett

Simon Ricketts

Tracy McGiffin

Lisa Magill

Bruce Forsyth

Mario Soares

King Michael

Catherine Nevin

Leah Bracknell

Errol Christie

Paul van zandvliet

Gord downie

Sara coward

Patrick cryne

John wetton

Peter skellern

 

Not my best effort by any means but I said that last year so here's hoping...

 

Ditched Meads at the last minute but might come to regret that, the miracle water stuff is certain bollocks

 

And well done Spade and yet another win!

[Toast 16,129]

Here are my pretty uninspired line-ups:

 

I'm Sorry For Your Trouble

 

Leah Bracknell (joker)

Geoffrey Bayldon

Nick Boles

Tony Booth

Glen Campbell

Erroll Christie

Sara Coward

Gord Downie

Bruce Forsyth

Jill Gascoine

Greg Gilbert

King Michael of Romania

Jeanne Mockford

Joseph Ratzinger

Fernando Ricksen

Peter Sarstedt

Peter Skellern

Nobby Stiles

Joost van der Westhuizen

John Wetton

Losing the Plot (People with dementia)

Liliane Bettencourt

Tony Booth

Glen Campbell

Jill Gascoine

Sir Peter Hall

Luke Halpin

Clare Hollingworth

Terry Jones

Gerd Muller

John Noakes

Irene Papas

Martin Peters

Peter Sarstedt

Prunella Scales

Helen Stewart (wife of Sir Jackie)

Nobby Stiles

Monica Vitti

Ray Wilson

Joanne Woodward

Malcolm Young

I try to avoid people whose "fame" originates only from their illness.

Celebrity test is whether anybody I know would have heard of them, albeit only with a few words of explanation (eg L. Bettencourt "owner of L'Oreal")

[msc 18,436]

Told you Bert would be back with a better team. Good to see you around.

 

The idea of everyone keeping the same names quiet for their teams amuses me greatly.

[Death Impends 7,955]

I know it's weird to go "I thought X would've picked X", but I'm surprised DDT didn't go for Catherine Nevin. Surely an Irish criminal would be right up his alley?

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

Reet - my performances hereabouts have been woeful of late

 

Can this bunch bring about change in 2017?

 

 

DDP TEAM

 

 

 

Sara Coward jk

Colin Baddiel

Tony Booth

Leah Bracknell

Pauline Cafferkey

Glen Campbell

Errol Christie

Shannen Doherty

Gord Downie

Paul Gascoigne

Anne Hamilton-Byrne

Emma Morano

John Noakes

Martin Peters

Brian Reader

Kenny Sansome

Peter Sarstedt

Peter Skellern

Mario Soares

John Wetton

 

 

Subs bench

Nobby Stiles

Terry Jones

Colin Baddiel, great call 👍

[msc 18,436]

The other two teams then:

 

Here's Who You Could Have Won (Pan Breed Reserves)

1. Tony Booth (joker)
2. Charles Bradley
3. Jason Busby
4. Geoff Fox
5. Dorris Francis
6. Smith Hart
7. Steve Hewlett
8. Matt Hirst
9. Bishop Eddie Long
10. Lisa Magill
11. Colin Meads
12. Craig Macgregor
13. Paul McGill
14. Rena Salmon
15. Darren Sawchuk
16. Valerie Spiridinov
17. Peter Skellern
18. Bart Starr
19. John Wetton
20. Pan Breed favourite Mary Wilson

A mix of folk who wont obit, folk who were too 50/50 for the main team, folk who were too old, etc. Originally going to be a theme team called "Are You Sure You're Alright?" after the Bowie/Rickman/Wogan type deaths in 2016, but most of that shortlist died! Bart Starr is the only original team player from that one in the squad.

 

 

Not the List of the Missed

 

 

A THEME team, but one I expect TMIB to reject as a theme team for sheer cheek. The theme is: people who have been on the DDP, but haven't appeared in years. In the hope that some might both be saved from the List of the Missed, and that it might have an amusing number of unique picks.

1. April Ashley (joker)
2. Biddy Baxter
3. Aaron Beck
4. Richard Easton
5. Sir Harold Evans
6. Peter Firman
7. Alberto Fujimori
8. Brian Glanville
9. James Ivory
10. Lennart Johansson
11. Sir Anerood Jugnauth
12. Norman Kember
13. Sir Ken Morrison
14. Roger Sainsbury
15. Dean Stockwell
16. Mikis Theodorakis
17. Alexander Thynn (born 1932)
18. Brian Walden
19. Harry Whittington
20. John Woodvine

[time 8,589]

Here's my team of Rons to do one, ...and its goodnight from him); much the same as last year as I only lost Ronnie Corbett, so Ronnie Milsap comes in.

Ronald Baron Fearn (Joker)
Ronald Atkins
Ronald Blythe
Ron Brown
Ronald Chesney
Ronnie Walter Cunningham
Ronnie Dawson
Ron Ely
Ron Flowers
Ronald Harwood
Ronald Hines
Ron Isley
Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Moore
Ronnie Moran
Ronald Pickup
Ron Saunders
Ron Smith
Ronnie Taylor
Ronald Venetiaan

 

I'm not sure TMIB received my Time's-up team as I also cc'd to an alternative account of mine and it didn't appear, so if that's the case it'll just be a 'shadow DDP' team.

[Handrejka 1,903]

 

The other two teams then:

 

Here's Who You Could Have Won (Pan Breed Reserves)

 

1. Tony Booth (joker)
2. Charles Bradley
3. Jason Busby
4. Geoff Fox
5. Dorris Francis
6. Smith Hart
7. Steve Hewlett
8. Matt Hirst
9. Bishop Eddie Long
10. Lisa Magill
11. Colin Meads
12. Craig Macgregor
13. Paul McGill
14. Rena Salmon
15. Darren Sawchuk
16. Valerie Spiridinov
17. Peter Skellern
18. Bart Starr
19. John Wetton
20. Pan Breed favourite Mary Wilson

A mix of folk who wont obit, folk who were too 50/50 for the main team, folk who were too old, etc. Originally going to be a theme team called "Are You Sure You're Alright?" after the Bowie/Rickman/Wogan type deaths in 2016, but most of that shortlist died! Bart Starr is the only original team player from that one in the squad.

 

 

 

Not the List of the Missed

 

 

A THEME team, but one I expect TMIB to reject as a theme team for sheer cheek. The theme is: people who have been on the DDP, but haven't appeared in years. In the hope that some might both be saved from the List of the Missed, and that it might have an amusing number of unique picks.

 

1. April Ashley (joker)
2. Biddy Baxter
3. Aaron Beck
4. Richard Easton
5. Sir Harold Evans
6. Peter Firman
7. Alberto Fujimori
8. Brian Glanville
9. James Ivory
10. Lennart Johansson
11. Sir Anerood Jugnauth
12. Norman Kember
13. Sir Ken Morrison
14. Roger Sainsbury
15. Dean Stockwell
16. Mikis Theodorakis
17. Alexander Thynn (born 1932)
18. Brian Walden
19. Harry Whittington
20. John Woodvine

 

 

April will probably die this year as I've dropped her from my list for this year.

[Predictor 1,018]

Predictor's Predictions DDP 2017

1. Wilford Brimley (Sep 1934) (6 p)

Health: Old age + diabetes + overweight.

Notability: American character actor and diabetes spokesman.


2. Algimantas Dailide (Mar 1921) (5 p)

Health: Old age.

Notability: Lithuanian Nazi.


3. Ewa Fröling (Aug 1952) (8 p)

Health: Has cancer since Summer. Dec 2016

Notability: Lead actress in 4-time Academy Award-winning film Fanny & Alexander.


4. Kurt Hamrin (Nov 1934) (6 p)

Health: "Hamrin drabbad av stroke." Oct 2016

Notability: Swedish football legend.


5. Thor Hansen (Jun 1947) (7/8 p)

Health: Has terminal cancer.

Notability: Norwegian poker player. Been picked by DDP teams before, so probably obitable.


6. Stephen Hawking (Jan 1942) (7 p)

Health: ALS

Notability: No explanation needed.


7. Pat Hitchcock (Jul 1928) (6 p)

Health: "Her health is extremely poor and no longer makes public appearances and is living a very quiet retirement." Oct 2013

Notability: Alfred Hitchcock's actress daughter.


8. Israel Kristal (Sep 1903) (3 p)

Health: Really old age.

Notability: World's oldest living man.


9. Sue Lyon (Jul 1946) (7 p)

Health: Has been bipolar for years and is rarely seen in public these days.

Notability: Played Lolita in the Kubrick movie Lolita. An out-of-the-blue death prediction.


10. Princess Christina Magnuson (Aug 1943) (7 p) (Joker)

Health: "Princess Christina, the King of Sweden's sister, has been diagnosed with chronic leukemia." Oct 2016

Notability: Carl XVl Gustaf's older sister.


11. Dorothy Malone (Jan 1925) (5 p)

Health: "Her family have stated that her health isn't that great anymore." Jul 2013

Notability: Academy Award-winning actress.


12. Catherine Nevin (Oct 1950) (8 p)

Health: "Catherine Nevin has just months to live after being diagnosed with brain tumour." Nov 2016

Notability: Irish murderer. Been reported in British media before.


13. Baby Peggy (Oct 1918) (5 p)

Health: "Cary has been in hospital twice since Christmas, with pneumonia. I havent really got much time left." May 2015

"There have been recent health issues (including two minor strokes) as well as continuing financial difficulties." Mar 2016

Notability: Last surviving silent film star.


14. Regis Philbin (Aug 1931) (6 p)

Health: "Pals fear the 117-pound TV star has only months to live! In 1993, he underwent emergency angioplasty to unblock a heart vessel; and in 2007, Philbin went under the knife for triple-bypass heart surgery. Then in 2009, he had a hip replaced, and the following year, he had a potentially fatal calf blood clot removed.

Philbin is also continuously fighting battles against high cholesterol, high blood pressure and skin cancer.

Five years ago, he had a procedure to determine the cause of his severe acid reflux, which is a risk factor for esophageal cancer, says Dr. Fischer. Usually, people are just given a medicine for acid reflux." Dec 2016

Notability: American television personality.


15. Larry Pickering (1942) (7 p)

Health: "Larry Pickering has only months to live." Aug 2016

Notability: Australian cartoonist. Obitability unclear but I'll gamble.


16. Robert D. Raiford (Dec 1927) (5/6 p)

Health: "A stroke in August has cost the veteran broadcaster his mobility, all sensation on his right side and the source of his livelihood: his voice." June 2016

Notability: Covered JFK's funeral on CBS radio.


17. Candy Samples (Apr 1928) (6 p)

Health: "At this point I should say that Candy has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's." Oct 2015

Notability: Pioneer porn actress. Obitability unclear.


18. Leo Sharp (May 1924) (5 p)

Health: "91-year-old Leo Sharp has been released early from federal prison because he is said to be terminally ill." Aug 2015

Notability: Drug dealer. Been reported in British media before.


19. Dean Stockwell (Mar 1936) (6 p)

Health: "Dean suffered a fall and minor stroke in May, which has caused him to suffer memory loss. The doctors who examined him over the summer have given him only a few years of life left in his current condition." Nov 2015

Notability: Veteran American actor.


20. Baron Waqa (Dec 1959) (9 p)

Health: Obese, could have a heart attack at any moment.

Notability: The president of Nauru.

 

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Calculated my points, and if I got every hit, my total points would be 213 (including drop 40 predictions). Surprisingly (to me) the one person who have yet to be mentioned on this thread was Rick Davies of Supertramp, so it's my last shot to an unlikely unique.

[Toast 16,129]

Here's my team of Rons to do one, ...and its goodnight from him)

 

I was tempted at the last minute (but too late) to try a team of Peters

 

I could have put Peter Falk in.

[gcreptile 10,963]

I really like DI's Space Theme Team, especially because someone picked Catherine Johnson. Her story is interesting.

 

@Charles Bradley: My husband was supposed to attend his concert in Berlin in the fall (as legally requiered First Aid personnel). It was cancelled then with the diagnosis. At the next concert at the same location, the concert organizer said that the treatment is going well and they plan to come to Berlin in 2017. So that can be observed. If however the cancer returns, similar to that uk wrestler last year (I forgot the name), he'll die.

[machotrouts 828]

Hm, unique potential for me for Connie Johnson, Sharon Laws, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and possibly DJ Casper?

 

This is an embarrassing oversight for my #1 Hits team. Please hang on in there, DJ named ominously after a ghost

[Death Impends 7,955]

I really like DI's Space Theme Team, especially because someone picked Catherine Johnson. Her story is interesting.

 

Katherine Johnson was a no brainer for the theme team, I feel. An impressive pioneer who deserves the acknowledgment. Plus really, really, old, and while the obit was always guaranteed, that movie coming out about her life only assures it further.

 

I also found Eugene Cernan a solid find, as he was unable to attend an event due to poor health. Though of course, I decided to pick every Moon man in the end, so he'd have made the cut even if I didn't know that. Oh, and the joker pick of Ronald Drever, whose work was crucial to the detection of gravitational waves, has dementia, which received press attention as it prevented him from attending an award ceremony. There's even whispers he could get a Nobel Prize this year, should he last that long.

[msc 18,436]

Someone did submit DJ Casper for TCD17, quite high on their list, which did raise an eyebrow at the time. Even if I'd googled their health, which I didn't, I'd have ignored that anyhow, due to Deadpool Host Ethics.

[Death Impends 7,955]

A small part of me wishes I knew of his cancer before the Bingo deadpool started, due to the #1 Hit category, but it'd be too tempting to keep it secret even then.