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...

Jimmy Lydon

HENRY ELDRITCH 1940s Hollywood actor Jimmy Lydon has died aged 98. Most noted for roles in his teens and early 20s, his best-received role was as the eldest son in 1947 comedy Life with Father. Also highly popular was a string of leading roles in the Henry Aldrich series of B movies, based off a […]

Lynda Baron

IT’S TIME TO FLY British TV mainstay Lynda Baron has died aged 82. A theatre dancer in her youth, she turned to acting and was already a recurring TV face when landing her biggest role as the buxom Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in popular BBC sitcom Open All Hours. Her character lived across the grocery owned […]

Traci Braxton

BRAXTON AXED Braxton sister Traci has died of oesophageal cancer aged 50. One of the five who comprised the Braxtons R&B group noted for catapulting Toni Braxton into 90s superstardom, Traci herself attempted a solo career in the 2010s, with her debut album Crash & Burn perhaps speaking as to how it panned out. Reality […]

Rupiah Banda

PERMA BANDA Levy Mwanawasa, president of Zambia during much of the aughts, garnered respect for his efforts against corruption. He suffered a stroke in the summer of 2008 that thrust VP Rupiah Banda to the acting presidency, which was off to a bumbling start with Banda routinely painting a vague picture of recovery for Mwanawasa. […]

Ron Pember

PEMBER TO EMBERS A familiar “you know the face” of British TV for decades, Ron Pember has died aged 87. His biggest role was as Alain Muny in WWII-set drama Secret Army, where he was the wireless operator and food supply for Lifeline. As a character actor, he typically portrayed a common man with street […]

Gordon Lee

GONE FOR EVERTON Former Everton manager Gordon Lee has died aged 87, likely of embarrassment after the club’s humiliating defeat the night before. A right-back with Aston Villa for a decade, his managerial career saw him helm Blackburn and Newcastle before his turn at Everton. His tenure was seen as pivotal to its dazzling 80s […]

Conrad Janis

CONRAD BANISHED US film and TV regular Conrad Janis has died aged 94. After a number of bit parts, his best-recognised role came as Mindy’s old-fashioned father Frederick McConnell on popular Robin Williams launchpad Mork & Mindy. Janis’s musical background – he was a trad jazz aficionado who played the trombone and led his own […]

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

TARAR-A BOOM-DE-AD Pakistani jurist and former president Muhammad Rafiq Tarar has died aged 92. A justice on the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the early 90s, he later was elected president in 1997 off the back of the endorsement of close friend and then-PM Nawaz Sharif. His presidency was marked by weakening the power of […]

Frank O’Farrell

FAREWELL O’FARRELL Irish footballer and Manchester United manager Frank O’Farrell has died at 94. He played as a wing half for Cork, West Ham, Preston, and Weymouth before an injury forced him into retirement and he shifted tack to managing. After leading Leicester to the 1969 FA Cup final, he was tapped to succeed Matt […]

Nicky Tesco

DISMEMBERED Punk musician Nicky Tesco has died aged 66. A founding member and longtime frontman of the Members, their biggest hit “The Sound of the Suburbs” captured youth frustrations with stifled lifestyles and was seen as a new wave anthem. After leaving the band in the early 80s, he took up music journalism and acting […]