YoungWillz 21,029 Posted February 9, 2017 Woo hoo, I made the lead story! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted February 9, 2017 Some good lines in that one, TMIB. And Not The List of the Missed fulfills its remit! Is this the biggest deficit Spade's been from the top since he won in 2013? I can't recall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted February 9, 2017 Since Wikipedia no longer accepts the Daily Mail as a reliable source, maybe it is time for DDP to do the same? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 9, 2017 Since Wikipedia no longer accepts the Daily Mail as a reliable source, maybe it is time for DDP to do the same? But that'll cut off a lot of people. Not just FFBI types... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted February 9, 2017 A screenshot to cherish 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 9, 2017 Woohoo. I'm in the top ten at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,957 Posted February 9, 2017 Looking like we could get to a team scoring 100 even more quickly than last year. Lots of the names in full vulture-circle mode (ie Coward, Nevin, Magill, Hewlett) are in the current lead's column. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted February 10, 2017 Since Wikipedia no longer accepts the Daily Mail as a reliable source, maybe it is time for DDP to do the same?But that'll cut off a lot of people. Not just FFBI types... Yes, a lot more nobodies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 10, 2017 I think we could lose the ability to choose some interesting people if we eliminate the daily mail. If it was to be banned, there would need to be an alternate... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted February 10, 2017 I think we could lose the ability to choose some interesting people if we eliminate the daily mail. If it was to be banned, there would need to be an alternate... Sick website wants to ban free speech, shocker. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted February 10, 2017 Incidentally, Alan Simpson was the 1,550th hit I have reported on since I became host... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted February 10, 2017 Since Wikipedia no longer accepts the Daily Mail as a reliable source, maybe it is time for DDP to do the same?But that'll cut off a lot of people. Not just FFBI types... Yes, a lot more nobodies. Most of the" famous" for being for being ill" types usually come as a package deal btwn The Mirror,Daily Mail and Express. Getting rid of Daily Mail might stop person "famous in the Us decades ago" aka an Irwin Corey or a geriatric Hall Of Fame Hockey player from netting an occasional obit or a trainwreck Us reality star someone takes a punt on. It would have no actual effect on the top of table teams vulturing with cancer mum hits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted February 10, 2017 Since Wikipedia no longer accepts the Daily Mail as a reliable source, maybe it is time for DDP to do the same?But that'll cut off a lot of people. Not just FFBI types... Yes, a lot more nobodies. Most of the" famous" for being for being ill" types usually come as a package deal btwn The Mirror,Daily Mail and Express. Getting rid of Daily Mail might stop person "famous in the Us decades ago" aka an Irwin Corey or a geriatric Hall Of Fame Hockey player from netting an occasional obit or a trainwreck Us reality star someone takes a punt on. It would have no actual effect on the top of table teams vulturing with cancer mum hits. But Captain, those are some real favorites, for geriatric Americans like me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted February 10, 2017 Well, I'm still in the top ten, but struggling to remain. Next update I will probably not be in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted February 10, 2017 I think the Droller Coaster will be contending for a top ten spot throughout the year, imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted February 10, 2017 Newspapers and the kind of unique obits they specialise in: Telegraph: Any good ol' fashioned British military spunk, some dude who fought off the entire Luftwaffe armed with only a pen knife and a picture of King George Mail: American sportsmen, American politicians, Australian sportsmen, Australian politicians, old people who didn't achieve anything in their life Mirror: Spiritual home of cancer mums Times: Authors/artists who were of note during the 1950s but haven't been heard of in the past 60 years Guardian: "Influential" musicians who didn't have mainstream chart success Express: Sometimes pulls some real wild cards in the names it obits The Sun: Anyone who worked in the WWF/WWE post-1990 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted February 10, 2017 So really it's the mirror that should be gotten rid of... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted February 10, 2017 No, none of them should be gotten rid of... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,923 Posted February 10, 2017 I think the Droller Coaster will be contending for a top ten spot throughout the year, imo. I said next update, not the end of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,029 Posted February 10, 2017 Round Up #5 (Shoplifters Of The World Unite Special): Alan Aspin: https://forums.death...dying/?p=297489 (Carried Over) Awaiting Obit. Nicolai Gedda: https://forums.death...opera/?p=297555 (Carried Over) Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/02/10/nicolai-gedda-all-time-great-tenor-obituary/ Adele Dunlap: https://forums.death...ldest/?p=297580 (Carried Over) Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail...es-age-114.html Natalie Daniells: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9009-derby-dead-pool-2017/?p=297906 Awaiting Obit. Sara Coward: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7772-the-archers/?p=298154 (BBC Obit In Link) Tony Davis: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/1607-old-folkies-home/?p=298280 Awaiting Obit. Peter Richardson: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7857-cricket-thread-only-mad-dogs-and-englishmen/?p=298623 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39004692 Peter Skellern: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8128-songwriters/?p=298633 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/peter-skellern-dead-pop-singer-9839220 Dick Bruna: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8399-dick-bruna/?p=298640 Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4234904/Dick-Bruna-creator-childrens-favourite-Miffy-dies.html George Steele: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/677-wrestlersactors/?p=298673 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/wrestling/george-the-animal-steele-dead-9840186 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viGnoS 18 Posted February 10, 2017 Rachid Kassim telegraph obit : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/10/top-french-isil-recruiter-linked-brussels-attack-killed-airstrike/ awaiting confirmation from isis now for a possible combo unique pick + unnatural cause 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethnic cleansing 26 Posted February 11, 2017 Mike Ilitch has died at 87. He was owner of the Detroit Red Wings and The Detroit Tigers. He will be missed by all of us in Detroit. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/sports/hockey/mike-ilitch-dead-detroit-tigers-red-wings.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted February 11, 2017 Shameless continues to populate the list of the Lost, now Natalie Daniells (plus Alan Aspin): http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/health/brave-natalie-dies-aged-20-after-courageous-battle-with-cancer-1-7765516 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted February 11, 2017 Re Ilitch - the convo about him wasn't in this thread, but the Salvage Lot one. He was on my DDP shortlist as there were rumors he was in a very bad way, but I decided not to pick him since Jeff Moss, the main source of these rumors, has been banging the "Ilitch is dying!" drum for a few years now - on top of Sir Creep's theme leading me to assume he wouldn't be unique. Only he would've been after all, for the theme team wasn't properly entered! Mind, I think shooting for uniques from 80+ names is a weak DDP strategy in this day and age anyway, between the improved research game among many of us and the Drop 40 bonus. He probably is unwell, but pretty much a "is he really at death's door or just old"? gamble. "Now do you believe I was Ilitch?" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted February 13, 2017 Sara Coward was my joker That'll help slightly with the trauma of a few years of under-performance in this list. Four of my 20 already outta here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
