alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 28, 2020 Sent in my team last night (December 27th). Two rejections, both expected, and replaced without issue. Specific names will be revealed New Year's Day or shortly thereafter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lynchian 19 Posted December 30, 2020 Sent a team. Only had one name rejected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted December 31, 2020 I entered this pool for the first time. Hey, someone has to come in near the bottom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2021 Geoffrey Robinson (Australian Bishop) is a miss for me. I had him a couple of times over the years, most recently in 2019. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2021 Right then, my alt obits rejections: Jungle Grrrl Hideki Hosoka Jesse Matthew Jr Gared O’Donnell Stacy Title Miguel Van Damme Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 1, 2021 Here's my team. Somewhat tilted towards the older, more likely hits. I want to get the number of hits up (famous last words) and maybe get a daily triple: Alt Obituaries Deadpool 2021 1 David Gulpilil 26 Carlos Menem 2 Tom Smith 27 Luiz Henrique 3 Michael McKevitt 28 Carmen Sevilla 4 Rodion Rosca 29 Rush Limbaugh 5 Floyd Little 30 Ezra Nawi 6 Ivan Julian 31 Josh Evans 7 Gerd Müller 32 Jon Hassell 8 Phyllida Law 33 Jake The Snake Roberts 9 Yu Mo-Lin 34 Roberto Paternostro 10 Rainer Langhans 35 Tom Weiskopf 11 Julia Reichert 36 Alvaro Colom 12 Ronnie Atkins 37 Pave Maijanen 13 Tim Keller 38 Mila Ximenez 14 Heinz Kluetmeier 39 Lars Göran Petrov 15 Fritz Pleitgen 40 Paul Westphal 16 Ottaviano Del Turco 17 Antonio Inoki 18 Dai Davies 19 Pat Martino 20 Tom Parker 21 Hamilton Smith 22 Bernard Tapie 23 Bill Turnbull 24 James Whale 25 Guy LaFleur 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 1, 2021 rejected – Zeenat Barkatullah, Sven Habermann, Hideki Hosaka, Kathy Shaidle, Miguel van Damme Arno (Belgian singer) Bennett, Jana (TV executive, BBC and A+E) Burrow, Rob (8-time League winning England international rugby player) Butcher, Necro (pro-wrestler) Davies, Dai (footballer, Everton, Welsh international team) Draper, Derek (author, political commentator and lobbyist) Foskett, Jeffrey (former member of the Beach Boys) Foster, Alan Dean (SF author) Gulpilil, David (Australian actor from my 2020 team) Gwynne, John (British sports commentator) Harding, Sarah (Girls Aloud singer) Harvey, John (author of the Charlie Resnick novels) Hastings, Alcee (Florida congressman) Keller, Tim (best-selling non-fiction author and evangelist) Latour, Bruno (French philosopher and sociologist) Limbaugh, Rush (American political commentator) Lipponen, Paavo (former Prime Minister of Finland) Little, Floyd (Hall of Fame American footballer) Maijanen, Pave (Finnish musician/rock star) McKevitt, Michael (terrorist/Omagh bomber on my 2020 team) Menem, Carlos (former President of Argentina) Mughal, Tahir (Pakistani cricketer) Nolan, Linda (singer, The Nolans) Parker, Tom (singer, member of The Wanted) Pleitgen, Fritz (German TV broadcaster, journalist and author) Robertson, Gavin (cricketer from my 2020 team) Rosca, Rodion (popular Romanian musician) Shamsuzzaman, ATM (Bangladeshi film star) Sivan, Sangeeth (Indian film director) Smith, Tom (Scottish rugby international from my 2020 team) Spinks, Leon (boxer) Vincent, Fay (former Commissioner of MLB) Weiskopf, Tom (American golfer) Westphal, Paul (NBA coach) Whale, James (British radio and TV presenter) Karen Lewis (trade unionist) George Alagiah (BBC newsreader) Shanen Doherty (actress, Heathers, Charmed) John Nord (The Berzerker) Uwe Seeler (German football legend) My team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,137 Posted January 1, 2021 My list, rather boring, no rejections. Alagiah, George (British newsreader & journalist) Black, Jet (drummer, The Stranglers) Briggs, Raymond (English author & illustrator) Coltrane, Robbie (Scottish actor) Curry, Tim (English actor & singer) Gilbert, Greg (English artist & rock musician - The Delays) Godard, Jean-Luc (French film director) Gorbachev, Mikhail (former Russian President) Greaves, Jimmy (English soccer player) Gulpilil, David (Australian actor and dancer) Hadlee, Richard (New Zealand cricketer) Harding, Sarah (English pop singer - Girls Aloud) Ingrams, Richard (English journalist, founder of 'Private Eye') Iommi, Tony (English rock musician – Black Sabbath) Kent: Katharine, Duchess of Kent Kent: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Limbaugh, Rush (American radio & TV presenter) MacGowan, Shane (Irish musician – The Pogues) Maijanen, Pave (Finnish musician) Müller, Gerd (German soccer player) Nelson, Willie (American musician) Newton-John, Olivia (Australian-English singer & actress) Ono, Yoko (Japanese artist) Parker, Tom (English pop singer -The Wanted) Peacock, Trevor (English character actor) Phillips, Leslie (English comedy actor) Quant, Mary (English fashion designer) Rea, Chris (English rock musician & songwriter) Ronstadt, Linda (American singer) Scales, Prunella (English actress) Smith, Tom (British rugby international) Spinks, Leon (boxer) Trintignant, Jean-Louis (French actor & director) Turnbull, Bill (English TV presenter & journalist) Vialli, Gianluca (Italian soccer player and manager) Wants, Hannah (English DJ & music producer, ex-footballer) Whale, James (English radio & TV presenter) Williams, Frank (Williams Formula One team, motor sport) Woodward, Joanne (American actress) Yoo Sang-Chul (South Korean soccer player & manager) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted January 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Toast said: My list, rather boring, no rejections. Quant, Mary (English fashion designer) Oh damn, I completely forgot about her for my teams! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted January 1, 2021 Alex Katz Benedict XVI Betty White Bill Turnbull Carlos Menem 14.02.2021 Dai Davies 10.02.2021 David Gulpilil Derek Draper Dingko Singh 10.06.2021 Doddie Weir Edmund White Floyd Little 01.01.2021 Gavin Robertson Gerd Müller 15.08.2021 Jake “The Snake” Roberts James Whale Josh Evans 04.02.2021 Karen Lewis 07.02.2021 Kenward Elmslie Leon Spinks 05.02.2021 Linda Nolan Loretta Lynn Michael Cullen 19.08.2021 Mikhail Gorbachev Norm Coleman Olivia Newton-John Paul Westphal 02.01.2021 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 09.04.2021 Rainer Langhans Renée Taylor Rob Bolland Rush Limbaugh 17.02.2021 Sarah Harding 05.09.2021 Shannen Doherty 6ix9ine Stan Bowles Tom Parker Tom Smith Tom Weiskopf Yoo Sang-Chul 07.06.2021 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2021 Rejected picks for 2021: Philipp Mickenbecker Kathy Shaidle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,300 Posted January 1, 2021 Rejected picks for 2021 Ethel Kennedy, OK though! Replaced with Carlos Menem. (and one of my subs: the boxer Lee Noble) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JiroemonKimura 95 Posted January 1, 2021 Original: 1. Bennett, Jana (British media consultant) 2. Bhattacharjee, Buddhadeb (Former Chief Minister of West Bengal) 3. Cullen, Sir Michael (Former NZ Deputy PM) 4. Dartell, Cilly (Dutch media presenter and actress) 5. Doherty, Shannen (American actress) 6. Ducklo, TJ (Strategist for Joe Biden) 7. Dureau, Scott (Australian rugby league player) 8. Emrizal, Elyana (Malaysian singer) 9. Gulpilil, David (Australian Yolngu actor) 10. Hebrang, Andrija (Former Defense and Health Minister of Croatia) 11. Henriksen, René (Danish footballer) 12. Hintjens, Arno (Belgian artist) 13. Hogh, Lars (Danish football goalkeeper) 14. Keller, Tim (American Christian theologian) 15. Lafleur, Guy (Canadian NHL Hall of Famer) 16. Langhans, Rainer (German writer and filmmaker) 17. Latour, Bruno (French social scientist) 18. Limbaugh, Rush (American radio host) 19. Little, Floyd (NFL Hall of Famer) 20. Murphy, Peta (Australian MP) 21. Musa, Said (Former PM of Belize) 22. Ouyahia, Ahmed (Former PM of Algeria) 23. Parker, Tom (English singer for The Wanted) 24. Petrov, Lars Goran (Swedish singer) 25. Pleitgen, Fritz (German TV journalist and author, Order of Merit winner) 26. Rao, Varavara (Indian poet and freedom fighter) 27. Robertson, Gavin (Australian cricketer) 28. Sang-Chul, Yoo (Footballer for South Korea in 2002 World Cup) 29. Schindelholz, Nicolas (Swiss footballer for FC Aarau) 30. Smith, Tom (Former Scotland and Lions prop) 31. Street, Milton (American entrepreneur) 32. Tapie, Bernard (French business tycoon) 33. Terekhova, Margarita (Russian film actress, People's Artist of Russia) 34. Tinkov, Oleg (Russian businessman) 35. Torres, Isabel (Canary Island TV presenter) 36. van Merwijk, Jeroen (Dutch painter) 37. Varsha, Bob (American sports broadcaster) 38. Weiskopf, Tom (American golfer, former British Open winner) 39. Wright, Ron (Representative from Texas) 40. Ximénez, Mila (Spanish TV personality) Rejected: Ducklo, Emrizal, Schindelholz, Street, Torres Replaced by: Ronnie Atkins, Johnny Ruffo, John "The Berzerker" Nord, Uwe Rahn, Antti Tormanen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, theoldlady said: Rejected picks for 2021 Ethel Kennedy, OK though! Replaced with Carlos Menem. (and one of my subs: the boxer Lee Noble) I"m surprised Ethel Kennedy would be rejected. She will absolutely make news cycles when she dies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 742 Posted January 1, 2021 This is the first year I'm playing this game: 1. Altobelli, Joe (MLB Manager) 2. Arkin, Alan (Actor) 3. Brown, Hubie (NBA Coach/broadcaster) 4. Burrell, Kenny (Jazz Guitarist) 5. Carew, Rod (MLB Player) 6. Carter, Jimmy (POTUS-1977-1981) 7. Carter, Rosalynn (FLOTUS-1977-1981) 8. Cooper, Pat (Comedian) 9. Doherty, Shannon (Actress) 10. Donaldson, Sam (ABC News reporter/commentator) 11. Echeverria, Luis (Mexican president) 12. Feiffer, Jules (Cartoonist/Author) 13. Fitch, Bill (NBA Coach) 14. Gossett, Louis (Actor) 15. Guthrie, Arlo (Musician) 16. Harding, Sarah (Singer-Girls Aloud) 17. Hartman, David (Good Morning America host) 18. Holliday, Polly (Actress) 19. Holliman, Earl (Actor) 20. Ilkin, Tunch (NFL Player/broadcaster) 21. Johnston, J. Bennett (US Senator from Louisiana) 22. King, Larry (Talk Show Host) 23. Lasorda, Tommy (MLB Manager) 24. Lightfoot, Gordon (Musician) 25. Lindblom, Oskar (NHL Player) 26. Lunden, Joan (Good Morning America host) 27. Macneil, Robert (News Anchor-Macneil-Lehrer Newshour) 28. Mancini, Trey (MLB Player) 29. Mondale, Walter (VPOTUS-1977-1981) 30. Morgan, Jaye P. (Singer-game show panelist) 31. Mudd, Roger (News anchorman) 32. Oh, Sadaharu (Japanese Baseball Legend) 33. Ono, Yoko (Beatles Breaker Upper) 34. Perry, William (NFL Player-the Refrigerator) 35. Redford, Robert (Actor) 36. Shaw, Bernard (CNN Anchorman) 37. Shue, Gene (NBA Coach) 38. Storch, Larry (Actor) 39. Virdon, Bill (MLB Manager) 40. Westphal, Paul (NBA player/coach) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted January 1, 2021 @Captain Hemlock, This is my fourth year. My list is also very US/European-centric. I have no idea who half the people are most people post, but that's okay. I agree with a lot of your folks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mischief Girl 44 Posted January 1, 2021 Never posted my list before, but here goes. Barker, Bob Brooks, Mel Busey, Gary Carter, Aaron Cleary, Beverly Curry, Tim Daly, Tim Doherty, Shannen Dole, Bob Farrakhan, Louis Gomez, Selena Gorbachev, Mikhail Greenspan, Alan Harding, Sarah Hunt, Linda Jackson, Jesse Kissinger, Henry Lasorda, Tommy Limbaugh, Rush Lloyd, Norman Lovato, Demi Lynn, Loretta Madden, John Maxwell, Ghislaine McConnell, Mitch Nicholson, Jack O'Connor, Sandra Day Ono, Yoko Osbourne, Ozzy Parker, Tom Philip, Prince Ronstadt, Linda Schultz, George Smith, Tom Spence, Gerry Spence, Jonathan Spinks, Leon Turnbill, Bill Walters, Barbara Wayne, Lil 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted January 1, 2021 Brave. Good effort. BTW mods/admins, in 2021 hatchet man, as an appellation for, in this instance, mischief girl.....maybe hatchet person? :P. (me, I don't give a rats arse, those more attuned to gender stereotypes? I don't know). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2021 8 hours ago, Book said: Alex Katz Benedict XVI Betty White Bill Turnbull Carlos Menem Dai Davies David Gulpilil Derek Draper Dingko Singh Doddie Weir Edmund White Floyd Little Gavin Robertson Gerd Müller Jake “The Snake” Roberts James Whale Josh Evans Karen Lewis Kenward Elmslie Leon Spinks Linda Nolan Loretta Lynn Michael Cullen Mikhail Gorbachev Norm Coleman Olivia Newton-John Paul Westphal Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Rainer Langhans Renée Taylor Rob Bolland Rush Limbaugh Sarah Harding Shannen Doherty 6ix9ine Stan Bowles Tom Parker Tom Smith Tom Weiskopf Yoo Sang-Chul You got Dingko Singh through. He was rejected a couple of years ago. Noted, in case he makes it to 2022. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 1, 2021 Rejected picks: (some are obvious but you never know) Gary Burgess Sunday Burquest Mike Carter Travis Dopp Elyana Emrizal Jungle Grrrl Kim Chul-min Barry Marshall Philipp Mickenbecker Kazuya Sawaki Nicolas Schindelholz Kathy Shaidle Miguel van Damme Paul Varelans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted January 2, 2021 1.Alagiah,George(Uk tv journalist) 2.Atkins,Ronnie(Danish Rock N Roll star) 3.Bennett,Jana(UK Journalist) 4.Bertello,Giuseppe(Roman catholic cardinal) *5.Brown,Johnny(Bookman on Good Times) 6.Cullen,Sir Michael(Deputy Prime Minister of NZ) 7.Davies,Dai(Former Wales International GK) 8.Doherty,Shannon(Beverly Hills 90210 star) 9.Draper,Derek(UK politican/lobbyist involved in the Lobbygate scandal) 10.Flanagan,.Caitlin(Pulitzer nominated NY Times/Atlantic/ Journalist) 11.Foster,Alan Dean(star wars/star trek writer ) 12.Freehan,Bill(Detroit Tiger Legend) 13.Gilbert,Greg(Chart topping uk performer) 14.Gleason,Steve(New Orleans saints retired player) 15.Gulpilil,David(Award winning aussie actor) 16.Hall,Scott(wwe hall of fame) *17.Harding,Sarah(Girls Aloud singer) 18.Hogh,Lars(Danish International Goalkeeper) 19.Limbaugh,Rush(Right wing radio star in the usa) 20.Little,Floyd(NFL Hall of famer) 21.Littlefeather,Sacheen(Native american actress) *22.Lorimer,Peter(Leeds United /Scotland National team ) 23.Martino,Pat(award winning jazz guitarist) 24.Muller,Gerd(West Germany International striker) 25.Nolan,Linda(Popular UK singer from the Nolan sisters) *26.O'Neal,Ryan(Hollywood Usa actor) 27.Parker,Tom(chart topping uk pop star) 28.Roberts,Jake (wwe hall of famer) 28.Robertson,Gavin(australian intl cricketer) 30.Rosca,Radian(Romanian prog/experimental musician) 31.Ruffo,Johnny(Platinum certified Australian singer/songwriter) 32.Sang-Chul,Yoo (South Korean world cup star) 33.Smith,Tom(scotland intl rugby star) 34.Spinks,Leon(Boxing Legend) 35.Sylvain,Sylvain(Guitarist for usa rock n roll band ny dolls) *36.Tapie,Bernard(french businessman/politician) *37.Terekhova,Margarita(Award winning Russian actress) 38.Westphal,Paul(Basketball hall of famer) 39.Whale,James(right wing wing radio star in the uk) 40.Williams,Sir Frank (F1 Legend) *replacement picks rejections Ady Barkan Dominic DeNucci Bobby Fulton Andrew MacDonald Lee Noble Julie Strain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 2, 2021 Already 2 days in Alt Obits and one of my dropped picks (Michael McKevitt) have already died. This is going well... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted January 2, 2021 And first 2 hits of the year are daily doubles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 2, 2021 Dropping McKevitt definitely looks stupid in hindsight (already 2 days into the year), but at least I do get points for Paul Westphal. Already shaping up to be quite the contest... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 2, 2021 Insane start to deadpools. I had Westphal and Little, but not McKevitt. The AO Deadpool is up-to-date on the three hits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
