Death happens. Why not make it interesting?
The online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year. If they're elderly, ill, or just live a high-risk lifestyle, stick 'em in your team, and for each one whose death you correctly predict, you'll score points. DDP was dreamt up in Derby, England (hence the name...) by Big Iain back in 1996. Other hosts: Siegfried Baboon and Rude Kid (2003-7), Octopus of Odstock (2008-9), The Man in Black (2010-17), Spade Cooley (2018-19), msc (2020-21), Grim Up North (2020-22), and Reptile (2020-23). Now the Committee of DI (2022), time (2024), and Banana (2023) oversee the biggest deadpool going...
DING DONG AT HEAVEN’S DOOR! Goodbyaeee… Reliable cad and premier immortal Leslie Phillips has ding donged his last aged 98. After the 2011 death of his wife Angela Scoular, there were fears feeble Leslie would not be long for this world. By 2017, he had made his last public appearance, but kept carrying on, and […]
FOWLER FLEW THE COOP Early EastEnders staple Bill Treacher has died aged 92, continuing a rough year for Walford. Treacher was the first to be cast for the soap, ably portraying working-class garden lover Arthur Fowler in a role the series creators described as “ordinary but not dull”. The lovable loser Fowler was often beleaguered […]
SWING AND A MISS Fittingly on the same day the US went to vote in its midterms, the dean of election gurus failed to hit the necessary benchmarks to keep breathing, aged 98. Psephologist (or fancy word for election scientist) David Butler was a maths geek who loved to parse cricket stats before the WWII […]
THAT’S HOW I BEAT SHAQ (TO THE GRAVE) Aughties popster/hip hopper Aaron Carter has met the fate of many a child star aged 34. The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, he rode his big bro’s coattails into a career of his own, becoming a kiddy favourite through Nickelodeon-friendly fare including a cover of […]
SMURF MAN TURNS BLUE Singer Pierre Kantner, best known as Father Abraham, has smurfed his last smurf at the age of smurf. He developed his “Father Abraham” persona, with its distinctive bowl cap and silver beard, after writing the carnival song “Father Abraham had seven sons”. The biggest hit however came through the quirky “The […]
NANANANANANANANA DEAD MAN! Longtime voice of Batman Kevin Conroy has gone the way of his parents aged 66. Previously a bit-part actor on 80s TV, he struck gold when selected to play the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series. The film noir-inspired cartoon is considered by many to be the best portrayal of the […]
COMPO’S SON NOW COMPOST Last of the Summer Wine actor Tom Owen has died aged 73. The son of LotSW stalwart Bill Owen, the younger Owen’s character Tom Simmonite was the long-lost son of “Compo” Simmonite and was introduced to the fold after the elder Owen’s death. Initial plans to have Tom Simmonite fill in […]
ELA VA PICK Indian activist Ela Bhatt has died aged 89. Heavily inspired by Gandhi, she founded the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1972 with the goal of building up women in the workforce. She accomplished that and then some, with SEWA membership hovering around 2 million and Bhatt receiving numerous awards for her […]
NO LONGER A SURVIVOR The tribe has spoken for Survivor contestant Roger Sexton, who has died of Lewy body dementia aged 76. He participated in the Amazon-situated sixth season, and was the 7th contestant to be voted out. The Elders of Reality TV, a theme team of the OAPs from these types of shows, gets […]
HERMAN SQUIRMS IT Economist Herman Daly has died aged 84. A senior economist with the World Bank, he was noted for his policies pertaining to sustainable development and developing the idea of uneconomic growth. His death marks a second unique hit for Alternative in Death – The Right Deadlihood Award in this update. Herman Daly21 […]
