Derby Dead Pool 2018

[TheFunkyPhantom 53]

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[time 8,602]

Here are my contributions to this year's DDP. No chance of winning (nor do I aspire to really); there's probably a name or two  in there that won't even get the requisite obituary, even if the do die this year.

 

Main Team (time's-up team)

Dick Churchill (Last Great Escaper)

Tony Butler (Broadcaster)

Dennis Farnon (Composer)

Maggie Fitzgibbon (Actor)

Daphne Fowler (Egghead)

Richard Franklin (Capt. Mike Yates)

Jimmy Greaves (Footballer)

Bernard Haitink; (Conductor)

Gerald Harper; (Actor)

Buck Henry (Actor, writer, director)

Colin Jeavons (Actor)

George Johnson (Last British Dambuster)

Sheila Mercier (Actor)

Pete Murray (DJ)

Robin Parkinson (Actor)

I.M. Pei (Architect)

Clifford Rose (Actor)

Don Smith (Cricketer)

Nobby Stiles (Footballer)

Peter Wyngarde (Actor)

 

Subs:     Mary Quant (Designer) Doris Day (Actor, singer)               Clint Eastwood (Actor, director)

 

Theme Team (...and it's goodnight from him)

Ronald Atkins (ex MP)

Ronald Blythe (Writer)

Ronald Brown (Bishop)

Ronnie Campbell (MP Blyth Valley)

Ronald Chesney (TV Writer)

Walter Cunningham (Astronaut)

Ronnie Dawson (Rugger Bugger)

Ron Ely (Tarzan Actor)

Ronald Fearn (Baron)

Ron Flowers (Footballer)

Ronald Harwood (Author)

Ronald Isley (Brother)

Ronnie Milsap (Country Singer)

Ronnie Moore  (Speedway Rider)

Ronald Pickup (Actor)

Ron Saunders (Football Manager)

Ron Smith (Judge Dredd Artist)

Ronnie Taylor (Cinematographer)

Ronald Venetiaan (President)

Ron Yeats (Liverpool FC & Scotland)

[Joey Russ 7,227]

I think I really like gcreptile's risky team. He certainly has a lot of interesting names, and I think he might be able to dominate everyone else. Of course, we haven't seen The Living End's team, so I can't necessarily predict a winner yet...

[msc 18,472]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Random comments and clarifications: 

The Les Mutrie of 2018: Derek Dudley ("history doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes"). Sadly, already dead in 2017.

The Mao Kobayashi of 2018 - Thuy Thanh Truong, however her BBC profile is from 2015.

My biggest gamble, such a DDT pick: Shalom Ouanounou.

"My few remaining possible uniques are probably shared with DDT": Hector Timerman

And I thought John Cocksy Cocks might have been unique...

Marieke Vervoort: 26pts joker or 32pts?

 

Also, I have three lesbians on my team. Abigail Kawananakoa could have been the fourth.

 

I thought the Les Mutrie would be Overton or Latham Grant, though they were more non-leaguers. Latham Grant is fucked, he'd have been a lock for me if BBC local pages were still allowed.

 

I think Truong was one of those people I saw for 2 seconds before dismissing their obit chances, but fortune favours the brave.

 

My biggest gamble - keeping Catherine Nevin. Oh, and not main teaming Vervoort.

 

Uniques - none of them.

 

There's always someone I miss in my research categories and this year it appears to be Anna Pavord and John Cocks. Also I missed out that Tiffany Youngs cancer had got worse, but so it goes.

[Predictor 1,018]

After only getting 3 points last year, I decided to go with mostly 'mainstream' picks (with a few exceptions). In alphabetical order:
 

Spoiler

 

1.  Mick Abrahams (1943): Jethro Tull guitarist. Not that he's terminally ill or anything, but he's had a few health issues in the past and several Baby Boomers musicians have died in the past few years or so. A gamble.

 

2. Eddie Alderson (1994): American actor who has lymphoma cancer since November 2016. He was in that Clint Eastwood movie Changeling a decade ago. Never been mentioned on this site before.

 

3. Buzz Aldrin (1930): Old age, worldwide famous, a typical Deathlist-y pick. Had some health problems a while back in Antarctica of all places.

 

4. Wilford Brimley (1934): For the fifth time in a row, this overweight, diabetes icon and actor makes the cut.

 

5. Bessie Camm (1904): Oldest person in United Kingdom at 113.

 

6. Rhonda Fleming (1923): I like to have at least one actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and she's more likely to go than someone like Lansbury, Saint or Havilland. Was on my theme team a few years ago.

 

7. Graeme Gibson (1934): Canadian novelist who supposedly has early-stage dementia. Hopefully he is "dementic" enough to forget that it's in the early stages, heh. His wife is the worldwide famous author Margaret Atwood, which should increase his obitability. Never been mentioned on this site before.

 

8. Artur Lekbello (1966): Former Albanian footballer who has something called muscle scarcity. Played mostly for Aris Thessaloniki, the Greek Euro 2004 team played a charity game for him earlier this year. British media likes all football-related stuff. Never been mentioned on this site before.

 

9. Kelly LeMieux (1967): American bass player who has AML. Probably the least likely to obit out of all my picks, but who knows, maybe some BBC journalist happens to be a fan or summat? Never been mentioned on this site before.

 

10. Barbara Lewis (1943): American r'n'b singer who recently retired from performing. Didn't look that well in one video.

 

11. Sacheen Littlefeather (1946): The Native American who read Brando's "Oscar-winning" speech in '74. I gave her her DDP debut by picking her a few years ago, but since she's added another cancer since then, she's back again.

 

12. Princess Christina Magnuson (1943): This Swedish royal is one of two returnees from last year. She's also one of two token Swedes on this year's squad.

 

13. John McCain (1936): A safe bet and a probable Drop 40 Bonus pick.

 

14. Hosni Mubarak (1928): The same type of category as Aldrin & McCain.

 

15. Olivia Newton-John (1948) JOKER: I don't think I've ever had a joker die in the DDP; if that tradition will continue or not remains to be seen...

 

16. Jonny Nilsson (1943): Swedish speed skater who won a gold medal in the 1964 Winter Olympics. Has incurable cancer that's spread to the skeleton, and with Winter Olympics coming up soon, I'm sure British newspapers will pick up on it if he goes this year. Never been mentioned on this site before.

 

17. Charlotte Rae (1926): Had her a few years ago, just like Littlefeather, and returns due to new information coming in during 2017.

 

18. Otis Rush (1935): There's this one team that tends to pick this guy, so it won't be a unique for anyone probably. He's a famous guitarist with some reported health issues.

 

19. Stefan Karl Stefansson (1975): Another one with Drop 40 Bonus potential. Probably the only chance of getting an Icelandic hit in a long time, cuz famous people don't exactly grow on trees up there.

 

20. Atal Vajpayee (1920): Former Indian prime minister. Reading through his health issues through the years, I'm surprised he's made it this far.

 

 

tl;dr

 

1. Mick Abrahams

2. Eddie Alderson

3. Buzz Aldrin

4. Wilford Brimley

5. Bessie Camm

6. Rhonda Fleming

7. Graeme Gibson

8. Artur Lekbello

9. Kelly LeMieux

10. Barbara Lewis

11. Sacheen Littlefeather

12. Princess Christina Magnuson

13. John McCain

14. Hosni Mubarak

15. Olivia Newton-John JOKER

16. Jonny Nilsson

17. Charlotte Rae

18. Otis Rush

19. Stefan Karl Stefansson

20. Atal Vajpayee

[Book 3,556]

Here are my DDP teams for 2018.

I nearly kept my teams as they were, only replaced the hits with some new picks

and maybe include the one or the other who seemed to be more "worthy" than others. 

I'm curious which Germans will get a proper UK obit. Always a problem

 

 

Main Team:

2019? – No thank you! I’ll leave before.

 

01. Marieke Vervoort JOKER

02. Iris Apfel

03. Leah Bracknell

04. Richard Buckley

05. Matt Cappotelli

06. Carol Channing

07. Kirk Douglas

08. Rayya Elias

09. Billy Graham

10. Valerie Harper

11. Olivia de Havilland

12. Devin Lima

13. John McCain

14. Liam Miller

15. Olivia Newton-John

16. Estelle Parsons

17. Jacqueline “Jackie” Stallone

18. Stefan Karl Stefansson

19. Jerry Stiller

20. Betty White

 

 

 

 

Theme Team 1:

Deutschland verabschiedet sich!

Germans or German speaking celebrities

 

01. Wolfgang Bosbach JOKER

02. Mario Adorf

03. Rudi Assauer

04. Lys Assia

05. Benedict XVI

06. Helmut Berger

07. Gottfried Böhm

08. Egidius Braun

09. Artur Brauner

10. Oskar Gröning

11. Jürgen Habermas

12. Gunther von Hagens

13. Reinhard Hardegen

14. Armin Mueller-Stahl

15. Gudrun Pausewang

16. Liselotte Pulver

17. Uta Ranke-Heinemann

18. Manfred Stolpe

19. Caterina Valente

20. Hans-Jochen Vogel

 

 

 

Teme Team 2:

Vive la France...et la mort!

The Frecnch Team

 

01. Jean-Louis Trintignant JOKER

02. Charles Aznavour

03. Paul Bocuse

04. Pierre Cardin

05. Leslie Caron

06. Jacques Chirac

07. Suzy Delair

08. Jacques Delors

09. Roland Dumas

10. Valéry Giscard d`Estaing

11. Hubert de Givenchy

12. Jean-Luc Godard

13. Juliette Gréco

14. Zizi Jeanmaire

15. Jean-Marie LePen

16. Michael Lonsdale

17. Renée Simonot

18. Bernard Tapie

19. Albert Uderzo

20. Agnès Varda

 

 

[Book 3,556]

2 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Theme Team: Going Down in Down Under (Australia and New Zealand)

 

The B-Team

 

The Love Boat

 

 

Always reading your listings with eyes wide open! Where did you get those people from? Ok, that's what I ask you every week, haha!

As ever, I do keep my conservative picks!

[Joey Russ 7,227]

My only potential unique, Jacqui Forster, was a name that did fascinate me when I found her. Founder of the Woman At The Game, her goal is to try to get more women to go to football matches, and she's currently suffering from terminal cancer. Got a Guardian mention back in October, so I decided to punt on her. I think the bigger issue is the lack of age, but from the photo, she looks like someone in her mid 40's, and I suspect an age will come up at some point. Of course, her unique potential will probably be taken away by the Pelican or someone like that, so I might not even be successful on that front even if she does die and obit and an age shows up. 

[Death Impends 7,975]

I had Forster on my shortlist but didn't pick her. She's in her mid 50s.

[msc 18,472]

27 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

My only potential unique, Jacqui Forster, was a name that did fascinate me when I found her. Founder of the Woman At The Game, her goal is to try to get more women to go to football matches, and she's currently suffering from terminal cancer. Got a Guardian mention back in October, so I decided to punt on her. I think the bigger issue is the lack of age, but from the photo, she looks like someone in her mid 40's, and I suspect an age will come up at some point. Of course, her unique potential will probably be taken away by the Pelican or someone like that, so I might not even be successful on that front even if she does die and obit and an age shows up. 

 

Another person not considered due to my getting burned on Lakovic. (I was convinced someone I'd actually seen on British TV would get a QO...)

[Joey Russ 7,227]

@Death Impends Was Clegg the one you mentioned that you haven't thought of but some other info makes them a serious contender, or was that someone else?

[Death Impends 7,975]

Funny story, that was actually Vervoort! I saw some "much more bad days" type articles in Dutch from November that signaled euthanasia would be very likely in coming months, since she already mentioned she'd use that as a benchmark. And then that late December interview made her an obvious no brainer for everyone.

 

(I actually prefer it that she's super common knowledge, though, as I wasn't quite sure who to joker before)

 

Clegg I mostly picked because it didn't feel right having only one musician on my team.

[The Dead Cow 620]

Flip sake, who knew Cas Willow had died?

 

https://twitter.com/PeterMacCC/status/947294506528804864

 

Morgan Tsvangirai joins the team.

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Yay, another fraudster joins the B Team, this time Rose West...

[Sean 6,327]

My main Ddp.Shaun of the Dead 69

1)Marieke Vervoot (Joker)

2)Liam Miller

3)Matt Cappotelli

4) Greg Gilbert

5) Devin Lima

6) Val Kilmer

7)Olivia Newton _John

8)John McCain

9)Linda Nolan

10)Dean Francis

11)Pete Frates

12)Noel Conway

13)Bobby Zarin

14)Paul Gascoigne

15)Morgan Tsvangirai

16)Fernando Ricksen

17)Rayya Elias

18)Patrick Cryne

19)Stefan Karl Stefannson

20)Ami Brown

[gcreptile 10,972]

4 minutes ago, The Dead Cow said:

Flip sake, who knew Cas Willow had died?

 

https://twitter.com/PeterMacCC/status/947294506528804864

 

Morgan Tsvangirai joins the team.

Oh wow...

[msc 18,472]

3 minutes ago, The Dead Cow said:

Flip sake, who knew Cas Willow had died?

 

https://twitter.com/PeterMacCC/status/947294506528804864

 

Morgan Tsvangirai comes joins the team.

 

FFS I double checked Twitter yesterday and there was nothing!

[gcreptile 10,972]

Sumner Redstone for my main team.

Grant Goldman for my theme team.

Meh.

[msc 18,472]

Pete Stokes is now in my main team. Oh my giddy aunt!

[Death Impends 7,975]

Times like these I'm relieved I steer clear of deathbed marriages... even if they have a "hook" to them like being the first same-sex marriage in Australia.

[Joey Russ 7,227]

Of course, DDT is probably watching all these people who have died, and he probably laughing cause he has some picks that have not been mentioned yet that will continue his unique streak.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,344]

41 minutes ago, Death Impends said:

Times like these I'm relieved I steer clear of deathbed marriages... even if they have a "hook" to them like being the first same-sex marriage in Australia.

Who on earth would want to get married to a deathbed?! 

[Eesti 151]

Hoping for a top 10 spot with this list.

DDP Tofoa

1. Marieke Vervoort 38 (2018)
2. John McCain 81 (2018)
3. Leah Bracknell 53 (2017-2018) 
4. Rayya Elias 57 (2018)
5. Stefan Karl Stefansson 42 (2018)
6. Devin Lima 40 (2018)
7. Tessa Jowell 70 (2018)
8. Valerie Harper 78 (2014, 2017-2018) 
9. Fernando Ricksen 41 (2018)
10. Gay Byrne 83 (2017-2018) 
11. Olivia Newton-John 69 (2018)
12. Linda Nolan 58 (2018)
13. Clive James 78 (2013-2018) 
14. Nobby Stiles 75 (2017-2018) 
15. John Hume 80 (2018)
16. Alberto Fujimori 79 (2018)
17. Liam Miller 36 (2018)
18. Morgan Tsvangirai 65 (2018)
19. Charlotte Rae 91 (2018)
20. Jose Jose 69 (2018)
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21. Vanessa Goodwin 48 
22. Greg Gilbert 55
23. Val Kilmer 58 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,344]

Here are my three Crumble teams. 

 

 

Gooseberry Crumble 

 

Donald Rumsfeld (former US defence Secretary) (JOKER) 

Ronnie Knight 

Mary Wilson (widow of Harold) 

Franco Zeffirelli 

Montserrat Caballe 

Murray Walker 

Yoko Ono 

James D Watson 

Loretta Lynn 

Stirling Moss 

Cissy Houston 

King Albert the second of Belgium 

Bonnie Pointer (pointer sisters) 

Roger Corman 

Clarissa Eden 

James Lovelock 

The Dowager Duchess of Grafton 

Little Richard 

Sheila Mercier 

Sidney Poitier 

PS Donald Rumsfeld was my first sub who replaces Carmen Franco who was also my joker. 

 

 

 

 

Now for a taste of 

 

Blueberry Crumble 

 

Rosamunde Pilcher (joker) 

Sean Connery 

Joanna Woodward 

Bob Falkenburg (US tennis player) 

Rhonda Fleming 

Freddie Foreman 

Joni Mitchell 

Lord Hutton 

Mary Cecilla Bowes Lyon Colman (the queen's cousin from her mothers side ie non royal) 

Mikhail Gorbachev 

Christina Crawford (daughter of Joan Crawford and author of famous novel Mommie Dearest) 

Richard Baker 

Barbara Walters 

King of Bahrain 

Cindy Adams 

David Dinkins (former mayor of New York) 

Faye McKenzie (Old Hollywood actress) 

Sir William Heseltine (former private Secretary to the Queen) 

Elizabeth Kelly (aunt Nellie actress EastEnders) 

Hubert De Givenchy 

 

And finally perhaps a slice  of Apricot Crumble would suit your deadpool palate best! 

 

 

 

Apricot Crumble 

 

 

Jane Withers (Joker) 

John McCain 

Barbara Bush 

Michael Martin (former speaker of house of commons) 

Mary Carlisle 

Prince Henrik of Denmark 

Maria Riva (actress and daughter of Marlene Dietrich) 

George Bush SNR 

Julie Goodyear 

Dale Winton 

Bernadette Chirac 

Henry Kissinger 

Baroness Falkender (Labour peer and former private secretary to Harold Wilson) 

Mark Eden (corrie actor) 

Doreen Mantle (one foot in the grave actress the noisy neighbour ) 

Jimmy Greaves 

Eilleen Derbyshire 

Bill Wyman 

Jean Lodge (British actress) 

Ramsey Clark (attorney General under US President Lyndon B Johnson) 

 

May the best crumble win! 

 

 

 

 

[FixedBusiness 407]

Teams in spoilers.

Spoiler

Here's my three teams including a theme team.
Team Name: Life Flies By So Fast

Joker (Pick 1): Leah Bracknell
Pick 2: Johnny Clegg
Pick 3: Kris Hallenga
Pick 4: Devin Lima (LFO singer)
Pick 5: Fernando Ricksen
Pick 6: Valerie Harper
Pick 7: Paul O'Grady
Pick 8: Nobby Stiles
Pick 9: Stefan Karl Stefansson
Pick 10: Linda Nolan
Pick 11: Shane MacGowan
Pick 12: Clive James (critic/author/etc)
Pick 13: Greg Gilbert (singer of Delays)
Pick 14: Catherine Nevin
Pick 15: Paul Gascoigne
Pick 16: Marieke Vervoort
Pick 17: Liam Miller (footballer with pancreatic cancer)
Pick 18: Sinead O'Connor
Pick 19: Tessa Jowell
Pick 20: Johnny Ruffo (Australian singer)
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Team Name: I Hope You Had The Time Of Your Life

Joker (Pick 1): Patrick Cryne
Pick 2: Morgan Tsvangirai
Pick 3: Jeanne Little
Pick 4: Jill Gascoine
Pick 5: Ray Kennedy (footballer with Parkinson's)
Pick 6: Ami Brown (part of the Alaskan Bush People)
Pick 7: Vanessa Goodwin (Australian politician)
Pick 8: Kassie DePaiva
Pick 9: OJ Brigance
Pick 10: Rose West (serial killer)
Pick 11: Keith Richards
Pick 12: Jacques Chirac
Pick 13: Billy McNeill (footballer with dementia)
Pick 14: Gerd Muller (footballer with Alzheimers)
Pick 15: Ray Wilson (footballer with Alzheimers)
Pick 16: Jason Becker (former guitarist with motor neuron disease)
Pick 17: Ronnie Wood
Pick 18: Charlie Sheen
Pick 19: Artie Lange (comedian)
Pick 20: Eric Clapton
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Team Name: Dead Skin on Trial

Theme: People banned for something/in something

Joker (Pick 1): Harvey Weinstein
Pick 2: Pete Rose (former baseballer)
Pick 3: Richard Dumas (former basketball player, born 1969)
Pick 4: Jian Gomeshi (Canadian radio host)
Pick 5: Jeffrey Webb (former president of CONCACAF)
Pick 6: Sepp Blatter (former president of FIFA)
Pick 7: Andy Moeller (American football coach/player)
Pick 8: Don Black (white supremacist)
Pick 9: David Duke (white supremacist)
Pick 10: Lily Allen (pop singer)
Pick 11: Roman Polanski (French/Polish film director)
Pick 12: Willie Mays (former baseballer)
Pick 13: Robert Mugabe (former president of Zimbabwe)
Pick 14: Martha Stewart (American tv personality)
Pick 15: Michael Savage (American radio host, born 1942)
Pick 16: Shirley Phelps Roper (political activist. former spokesperson of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka)
Pick 17: Chris Brown (rap artist)
Pick 18: Donald Trump (current president of the USA)
Pick 19: Dalai Lama (spiritual leader of the Tibetan people)
Pick 20: Mike Tyson (former boxer)