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3 hours ago, Going Underground said:

Right chalk me up for a Unique on Sonny West please TMIB

 

Sonny died in May but failed to get an obit but luckily for me his cousin Red who was also a member of the Memphis Mafia died a few weeks ago.

 

Sonny's death gets a mention in this Daily Mail article.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4715764/Actor-Red-West-longtime-Elvis-confidant-dies.html

Now we know what needs to happen to give Jagraj Singh an obit: Sunny Hundal must die!

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Was perusing the DDP today when I spotted the theme team; If he's so Smart how Come He's Dead?

 

Currently cruising under the radar on no hits - how many of these will see 2018

 

 

  1. Buzz ALDRIN
  2. Zhores ALFEROV Unique pick
  3. Jack COHEN Unique pick
  4. Martin COOPER Unique pick
  5. Brian Edward COX Unique pick
  6. Geena DAVIS Unique pick
  7. Richard DAWKINS Unique pick
  8. Bill GATES Unique pick
  9. Margaret HAMILTON Unique pick
  10. Stephen HAWKING Drop Forty bonus
  11. Garry KASPAROV Unique pick
  12. Richard LEDERER Unique pick
  13. I. M. PEI
  14. James RANDI Joker!
  15. Clive SINCLAIR Unique pick
  16. Simon SINGH Unique pick
  17. Robert SOLOW
  18. Marilyn VOS SAVANT Unique pick
  19. Dr James WATSON
  20. James WOODS Unique pick
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17 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

 

Was perusing the DDP today when I spotted the theme team; If he's so Smart how Come He's Dead?

 

Currently cruising under the radar on no hits - how many of these will see 2018

 

 

  1. Buzz ALDRIN
  2. Zhores ALFEROV Unique pick
  3. Jack COHEN Unique pick
  4. Martin COOPER Unique pick
  5. Brian Edward COX Unique pick
  6. Geena DAVIS Unique pick
  7. Richard DAWKINS Unique pick
  8. Bill GATES Unique pick
  9. Margaret HAMILTON Unique pick
  10. Stephen HAWKING Drop Forty bonus
  11. Garry KASPAROV Unique pick
  12. Richard LEDERER Unique pick
  13. I. M. PEI
  14. James RANDI Joker!
  15. Clive SINCLAIR Unique pick
  16. Simon SINGH Unique pick
  17. Robert SOLOW
  18. Marilyn VOS SAVANT Unique pick
  19. Dr James WATSON
  20. James WOODS Unique pick

Alferov invented the "heterotransistor". That's the machine that makes everybody gay, isn't it?

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Alferov invented the "heterotransistor". That's the machine that makes everybody gay, isn't it?

 

 

Dunno IS everybody gay?

 

That might be your answer right there!

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3 hours ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

 

Was perusing the DDP today when I spotted the theme team; If he's so Smart how Come He's Dead?

 

Currently cruising under the radar on no hits - how many of these will see 2018

 

 

  1. Buzz ALDRIN
  2. Zhores ALFEROV Unique pick
  3. Jack COHEN Unique pick
  4. Martin COOPER Unique pick
  5. Brian Edward COX Unique pick
  6. Geena DAVIS Unique pick
  7. Richard DAWKINS Unique pick
  8. Bill GATES Unique pick
  9. Margaret HAMILTON Unique pick
  10. Stephen HAWKING Drop Forty bonus
  11. Garry KASPAROV Unique pick
  12. Richard LEDERER Unique pick
  13. I. M. PEI
  14. James RANDI Joker!
  15. Clive SINCLAIR Unique pick
  16. Simon SINGH Unique pick
  17. Robert SOLOW
  18. Marilyn VOS SAVANT Unique pick
  19. Dr James WATSON
  20. James WOODS Unique pick

 

Margaret Hamilton... surprisingly she wasn't on my space theme team longlist. Well took care of that just now...

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Mate (obits 'r'us) was looking for some inspiration for his team ages ago,and I threw him some names I was toying with inc June Foray.

Lesson learned.

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On 7/26/2017 at 13:05, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

 

Was perusing the DDP today when I spotted the theme team; If he's so Smart how Come He's Dead?

 

Currently cruising under the radar on no hits - how many of these will see 2018

 

 

  1. Buzz ALDRIN
  2. Zhores ALFEROV Unique pick
  3. Jack COHEN Unique pick
  4. Martin COOPER Unique pick
  5. Brian Edward COX Unique pick
  6. Geena DAVIS Unique pick
  7. Richard DAWKINS Unique pick
  8. Bill GATES Unique pick
  9. Margaret HAMILTON Unique pick
  10. Stephen HAWKING Drop Forty bonus
  11. Garry KASPAROV Unique pick
  12. Richard LEDERER Unique pick
  13. I. M. PEI
  14. James RANDI Joker!
  15. Clive SINCLAIR Unique pick
  16. Simon SINGH Unique pick
  17. Robert SOLOW
  18. Marilyn VOS SAVANT Unique pick
  19. Dr James WATSON
  20. James WOODS Unique pick

Geena Davis and James Woods....  *drums fingers on table top*.....
Guess I don't get the 'theme' after all.  Which is why I'm not listed.

SC

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Next update is going to be huge....

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51 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Next update is going to be huge....

Parseghian will probably be pushed to the update afterwards because he's an August death, but even without him, it'll still be a massive update. 

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For the List of the Lost Luigi Baldan, Italian Resistance fighter who died on February the 3rd and did not obit.

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At long last, an update...

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Lol. Jagraj Singh is considered only for being ill and dying. :lol: 

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One never wants to upset Sikhs, a lesson I learned from Indira Gandhi...

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Ah, in tribute to the headliner: I remember Hywel Bennett best from the Endless Night adaptation from 72. Agatha Christie wasn't a fan, and I couldn't understand why as I was watching it: it was keeping fairly faithful to the book. (Especially compared to recent ITV offerings...)

 

Then, suddenly*, with 10 mins left, Britt Ekland takes all her clothes off!

 

Poor old Hywel Bennett was somewhat overshadowed.

 

 

*As suddenly as you can get for 70s film with Britt Ekland in it...

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Out of interest TMIB how many hits have there been in the DDP since its inception?

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From Stats: 2285 to end of 2016.

From Scoreboard: 156 in 2017 (not including August hits)

 

I'd say 2441 on that basis (with a couple to come).

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32 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

From Stats: 2285 to end of 2016.

From Scoreboard: 156 in 2017 (not including August hits)

 

I'd say 2441 on that basis (with a couple to come).

A couple would probably be an understatement lol...

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Round Up #19 (We're Having A Heatwave, A Tropical Heatwave Special)

 

Ara Parseghian: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/6479-hospitalised/?do=findComment&comment=318147 (Carried Over) Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4753566/Ara-Parseghian-won-2-titles-Notre-Dame-died-94.html 

 

Giovanni Benedetti: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/5605-from-cleric-to-relic/?do=findComment&comment=318249

(Carried Over) Awaiting Obit.

 

Robert Hardy: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8599-robert-hardy/?do=findComment&comment=318278 (BBC Obit In Link) (Carried Over)

 

Doug Insole: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7857-cricket-thread-only-mad-dogs-and-englishmen/?do=findComment&comment=318639

BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40844055

 

Betty Cuthbert: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/598-olympic-deathsdead-medallists/?do=findComment&comment=318718

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4766326/Australian-Olympic-gold-medallist-Betty-Cuthbert-dies.html

 

Darren Daulton: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/3726-baseball/?do=findComment&comment=318735

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4766806/Former-All-Star-catcher-Darren-Daulton-dies-55.html

 

Laurie Brokenshire: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?do=findComment&comment=318740

Times Death Notice: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=laurence-philip-brokenshire-laurie&pid=186341697

 

Barbara Cook: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8379-ooos-ddp-farewell-list/?do=findComment&comment=318882

The Sun Obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4199955/barbara-cook-dead-at-89-broadway-legend-dies-of-respiratory-failure/

 

Glen Campbell: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8150-43-glen-campbell/?do=findComment&comment=318953

BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40870474

 

Jorge Zorreguieta: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?do=findComment&comment=319074 (Express Obit In Link)

 

Kevin Murray: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9062-the-rolling-probabilistic-ddp-scoreboard/?do=findComment&comment=319234

Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/flatcap-suspect-in-regency-hotel-shooting-dies-at-home-wlkp3tlwr

 

Polly Haydock: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?do=findComment&comment=319389

Express Obit: http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/841371/Peter-Kay-care-share-fan-Polly-Haydock-cancer-death

 

Yisrael Kristal: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/145-worlds-oldest/?do=findComment&comment=319422

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-4782640/Worlds-oldest-man-dead-Israel-113-media.html

 

Bryan Murray: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7081-ice-hockey-players/?do=findComment&comment=319606

Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4785366/Longtime-NHL-coach-GM-Bryan-Murray-dies-74-cancer.html

 

Ronald Hines: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?do=findComment&comment=319877

Awaiting Obit.

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Catherine Nevin still going to supreme court to get her husbands estate. Article in Irish Business Post, behind paywall. No references to ill health in the public court documents.

 

Vojislav Seselj comes to mind.

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2 minutes ago, msc said:

Catherine Nevin still going to supreme court to get her husbands estate. Article in Irish Business Post, behind paywall. No references to ill health in the public court documents.

 

Vojislav Seselj comes to mind.

So does Gary Haggarty.

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8 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

So does Gary Haggarty.

 

Didn't pick him. B)

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Hmm, taking a look at my team, there's 4 people still living on there I'd give a 50%+ chance of dying this year: Bracknell, Downie, King Michael, and Stefan Karl.

That would put me at 150 points and 13/20 picks dead. Hopefully still in the top 10, likely not still in the top 5.

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It hasn't even been one week, and already it's looking like it's going to be another massive update. Wonder if we'll claw at the hits per year record again...

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I'm aware we've written off Cancel My Appointments, but as we hope against hopes for a top 20 finish, know that beyond a Campbell HIT and Elias being our joker, that unique pick Nabeel Qureshi has been in hospital three weeks now.

SC

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