Joey Russ 7,228 Posted July 25, 2020 That’s why I only said Noble was a slight obit risk. I still think he’s about 80 - 20 to receive the obit, but depending on timing of his death he definitely could be one that press could look over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted July 26, 2020 Look at that Pelican go! The Living End lurches into the top 50 and I'm actually quite hopeful of some more hits before the year is out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted July 27, 2020 On 25/07/2020 at 19:06, Spade_Cooley said: Mark Allen is a bust pick. However, Belinda Sykes' Twitter account has gone ominously quiet which makes me think I've got points coming thataway in the near future, and I saw a picture from Maria Menounous' Instagram account that seemed to suggest Litsa has got one of those "I've gone home to die" cancer beds. Well, during Covid the world and his dog has got one of those beds and they're likely being produced in such volume the unit price has dropped and they're the thrifty person's go-to bed of choice, or summat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted July 27, 2020 On 17/07/2020 at 12:07, Book said: Wow, my first unique hit this year with Zizi Jeanmaire. Merci beaucoup! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/07/17/zizi-jeanmaire-gamine-dancer-singer-seduced-france-flamboyance/ "You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire . Your clothes are all made by Balmain and there's diamonds and pearls in your hair" Get you money on Keith Richards or Mick next. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Going Underground said: "You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire . Your clothes are all made by Balmain and there's diamonds and pearls in your hair" Get you money on Keith Richards or Mick next. I think the Aga Khan is the only person mentioned in the song who is still alive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: I think the Aga Khan is the only person mentioned in the song who is still alive Aga Khan vs the 4 folk left live from We Didn't Start The Fire to be some sod's new poll thread imminently, no doubt. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted July 28, 2020 Brought Forward from 14 July: Bastille Day! Which of your DDP Bast...illes Are Gonna Die? Round Up #13 Milos Jakes: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-czech-jakes/last-czechoslovak-communist-era-ruling-party-chief-jakes-dies-idUKKCN24G1EU Paula Tilbrook: Died 2019. Fi Munro: Awaiting Obit. Ron Tauranac: Awaiting Obit. Zizi Jeanmaire: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/07/17/zizi-jeanmaire-gamine-dancer-singer-seduced-france-flamboyance/ Brian Hutton: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-hutton-obituary-v9kwctc85 John Lewis: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53454169 Ruth Morrissey: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53457385 Annie Ross: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53497774 Tim Smith: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/22/cardiacs-frontman-tim-smith-dies-aged-59-13022020/ David Hagen: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/former-rangers-star-david-hagen-22413584 Gemma Sisson: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/23/new-bride-shares-heartbreaking-facebook-message-beyond-grave-13030915/ Peter Green: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53539989 Regis Philbin: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/25/regis-philbin-dead-dies-aged-88-cause-death-tributes-pour-13038311/ Hans Jochen Vogel: Awaiting Obit. Olivia de Havilland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53546021 Bent Fabric: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8575855/Bent-Fabric-Danish-Grammy-winning-composer-dies-95.html Gisele Halimi: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/gisele-halimi-trailblazing-french-feminist-mp-and-lawyer-dies-aged-93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted July 28, 2020 18 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: I think the Aga Khan is the only person mentioned in the song who is still alive Well, it's a longshot but... That nameless racehorse would be into its sixth decade if it was still this side of a glue factory! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eesti 151 Posted July 29, 2020 Any health news Alagiah, Banali, N Conway, Gulpilil, Kerslake, Yoo Sang-Chul, Tom Smith, Leon Spinks, Nobby Stiles, Alex Trebek, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bill Turnbull and Van Halen? Any of them certain hit or miss for 2020? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,976 Posted July 29, 2020 33 minutes ago, Eesti said: Any health news Alagiah, Banali, N Conway, Gulpilil, Kerslake, Yoo Sang-Chul, Tom Smith, Leon Spinks, Nobby Stiles, Alex Trebek, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bill Turnbull and Van Halen? Any of them certain hit or miss for 2020? Lots of plausible names... ... and we are in the phase when we wonder if our "certain hits" at the end of 2019 are still "certain hits" in the remaining months of 2020. Well, if you ask me: Alagiah: To me, he seemed very, very stable in the past years - so that I think that even with the cancer in the lungs, he's going to last a few months into 2021 Banali: Was supposed to be a certain hit in 2020 - I still think he is. He's currently "hanging in there" and "fighting the good fight". "Doing well considering the circumstances". Lots of buts and ifs. N. Conway: Haven't heard much of him in a while, there'll be no suicide bonus points, but he could leave this earth any day Gulpilil: He was also supposed to be a lock in 2020 - and now that he's still alive, you wonder if he still is... Kerslake: He had a cancer recurrence in March and silence since then... I gave him 6 months, i.e. until September. Yoo Sang-Chul: Supposedly doing better, but I wouldn't underestimate pancreatic cancer. Still, not nearly as much of a lock as originally thought. Tom Smith: Hanging in there, could fall to a quick deterioration - or not. Everyone's joker in 2021 if he survives the year Leon Spinks: Very shaky health. Lots of different ailments that could fuse into something lethal.... or he might also hang for a while like Errol Christie. Nobby Stiles: He could be dead tomorrow - or linger on for years as some dementia folks do. Alex Trebek: Stable, and looking more and more likely to survive 2020. I wouldnt't pay attention to all the thousand things he said last week, during the PR-campaign of his book. Jean-Louis Trintignant: Should have been dead by now. Bill Turnbull: Probably not nearly as close to death as some people think - the cancer is rather slow. Van Halen: Might be doing worse than generally thought, but that's (mostly) just my feeling. But then, even if his throat cancer is really aggressive, he might yet beat it under heavy cost, like Val Kilmer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 29, 2020 Some will live into 2021 and become Drop 40 again, some will die before then. I am roughly in agreement with Reptile on who but these things often surprise in the exact moment. Which is why we keep coming back to the DDP. No matter how good folk become at scouring Google or reading up on cancer stats, no two DDP picks are identical. That's why this year there's more cancer picks than you can fit on a bus, and yet a crucial talking point for the rest of the year is if Jimmy Carter continues to live or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 29, 2020 There's absolutely no point drawing up lists just yet, many many dead certs will be dead by December. Just wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miracle Aligner 249 Posted July 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, msc said: Some will live into 2021 and become Drop 40 again, some will die before then. I am roughly in agreement with Reptile on who but these things often surprise in the exact moment. Which is why we keep coming back to the DDP. No matter how good folk become at scouring Google or reading up on cancer stats, no two DDP picks are identical. That's why this year there's more cancer picks than you can fit on a bus, and yet a crucial talking point for the rest of the year is if Jimmy Carter continues to live or not. To be fair half of that bus wouldn't be well known in their own street, let alone nationally and certainly won't score points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Miracle Aligner said: To be fair half of that bus wouldn't be well known in their own street, let alone nationally and certainly won't score points. Hah, yes, although I was thinking more of the likes of Kerslake and Trebek who at least have some notability, and not the folk who are in danger of having their bus tickets removed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 29, 2020 Eddie Van Halen is on short-to-medium lists? FFS ‘whoever thinks that‘ and Sir Creep are NOT on the same page. 100 pounds of coffee to anyone who puts Eddie Baby on their DDP list and gets a hit with him in 2021. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted July 29, 2020 Kerslake and Trintignant are in the Linda Nolan realm of boring picks now 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted July 29, 2020 Lee Kerslake has a Facebook page and is still kind of active on it. He looks ill, although he looks chubbier than the average cancer patient, so who knows when the cancer will finally kill him (I think prostate cancer cases usually need to have more than just the cancer to have a likely chance of scoring imo)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,976 Posted July 29, 2020 Gisele Halimi Guardian obit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/29/gisele-halimi-trailblazing-french-feminist-mp-and-lawyer-dies-aged-93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted July 29, 2020 Look I’m not being funny but this is the first time I might get a mention in despatches so can you hurry the fuck up with updating the home page please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, Lard Bazaar said: Look I’m not being funny but this is the first time I might get a mention in despatches so can you hurry the fuck up with updating the home page please It'll come this week at some point. But you got 2 mentions on the front page this year already! One during the Nicholas Parsons write up ("Nicholas Bloody Parsons (Mr Jolly reference) was picked by 17 teams, including veterans Lard Bazaar and Dave’s Dead Aye Dead Drunk.") and in the Terry Jones one ("and 14th year in the DDP regular Lard Bazaar! Well done.") Bah, nobody reads the fucking things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted July 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, msc said: It'll come this week at some point. But you got 2 mentions on the front page this year already! One during the Nicholas Parsons write up ("Nicholas Bloody Parsons (Mr Jolly reference) was picked by 17 teams, including veterans Lard Bazaar and Dave’s Dead Aye Dead Drunk.") and in the Terry Jones one ("and 14th year in the DDP regular Lard Bazaar! Well done.") Bah, nobody reads the fucking things. Thank you for my Lord Hutton mention! In the nicest most benign possible way I'm hoping that if more of my many unique picks die that will increase my chances of a front page mention on DDP! Christina Crawford, Duchess of Kent, Jacqueline White etc etc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted July 30, 2020 6 hours ago, msc said: It'll come this week at some point. But you got 2 mentions on the front page this year already! One during the Nicholas Parsons write up ("Nicholas Bloody Parsons (Mr Jolly reference) was picked by 17 teams, including veterans Lard Bazaar and Dave’s Dead Aye Dead Drunk.") and in the Terry Jones one ("and 14th year in the DDP regular Lard Bazaar! Well done.") Bah, nobody reads the fucking things. Well flippin eck! I shall wind my neck in then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,611 Posted July 30, 2020 9 hours ago, msc said: It'll come this week at some point. But you got 2 mentions on the front page this year already! One during the Nicholas Parsons write up ("Nicholas Bloody Parsons (Mr Jolly reference) was picked by 17 teams, including veterans Lard Bazaar and Dave’s Dead Aye Dead Drunk.") and in the Terry Jones one ("and 14th year in the DDP regular Lard Bazaar! Well done.") Bah, nobody reads the fucking things. I do, just on the off-chance that one of my picks has died. But then it doesn't get mentioned when one does Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted July 30, 2020 Sydney Lotterby Memorial Round Up #14 Sydney Lotterby: https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/30/porridge-open-hours-producer-sydney-lotterby-dies-aged-93-13060299/ Lee Teng-hui: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8576383/Taiwans-Mr-Democracy-Lee-Teng-hui-dies-aged-97-Taipei.html Karl Butler: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-53593023 Wilford Brimley: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-wilford-brimley-dead-cocoon-22456510 John Hume: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-44753271 Brett Sinclair: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8583519/Corrie-star-Sherrie-Hewson-believes-brother-Brett-coronavirus-died-brain-tumour.html Hamza Laden [sic]: Died between 2017-2019. Bobby Lewis: Died April 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Albert Memmi: Died May 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Phil Philips: Died March 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Mark Rocco: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/12277900/mark-rollerball-rocco-dead-wwe-tribute-black-tiger-njpw/ Freddie Sowrey: Died 2019. Tun Tin: Died May 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Oliver E Williamson: Died May 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Alf Wood: Died April 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Tom Belso: Died January 2020 with no QO. [Bio not updated] Anthony Epstein & Michael A Epstein: Same Person? Tom Christie: Died 2017. Brent Scowcroft: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8604715/Former-U-S-national-security-adviser-Scowcroft-dead-95.html Tran Ngoc Chau: Died June 2020 with no QO. James Harris (Kamala): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53720494 Terence Matthews: Died in 2019. Mike Tindall: Awaiting Obit. Sumner Redstone: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53754254 Helen Yate: Awaiting Obit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted July 30, 2020 4 hours ago, time said: I do, just on the off-chance that one of my picks has died. But then it doesn't get mentioned when one does Ah, I'm afraid I lost track of Maggie Fitzgibbon (as there was a fortnight delay between death and obit). I shall aim to mention here at next update (and can usually count on young Joey to pointout folk I forgot!). Your theme team did get mentioned when Ronan O'Rahilly died as he was a unique pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
