DDP 1998

Lord Soper
In the stream-driven early days of the internet, there would be a patient wait for the right obit for some, such as Lord Soper.

More teams but less hits as the DDP starts taking its faltering first steps. For the first time, the title changes hands as Glaswegian Drunkasaskunk wins his first title…

DDP 1998 – Teams: 31 Hits: 11

Pos Team Hits Points
1 Drunkasaskunk 5 23
2 Rice man 3 13
=3 Hoppo 2 10
=3 Estaskon 2 10
=5 Morian 2 9
=5 Andy S 2 9
=7 Farmbrough 2 8
=7 Big-Iain 2 8
=7 Fury VSU 2 8
=7 Impala 2 8
=7 Just Another Death 2 8
=7 Mao Tse Tung 2 8
=7 Juicy Janny 2 8
=7 Jesus Jones 2 8
15 Dave J 1 6
=16 Sabryna 1 4
=16 Mothra 1 4
=16 Woolley 1 4
=16 Catherine W 1 4
=16 Wally 1 4
=16 Richard M 1 4
=16 Smiley 1 4
=16 Marcus H 1 4
=16 Big Steve 1 4
=16 Erm & Nidge 1 4
=26 Finbar Saunders 0 0
=26 Yura F 0 0
=26 Steph B 0 0
=26 Sandy F 0 0
=26 The Halls 0 0
=26 Mad Maureen 0 0
 
Dates of Death Celebrity Picture
21st January 1998 Jack Lord
Booked, Danno		 [Picture of Jack Lord]
6th February 1998 Carl Wilson
Beach Boy with Bad Vibrations
 [Picture of Carl Wilson]
8th February 1998 Enoch Powell
Racist
 [Picture of Enoch Powell]
10th March 1998 Lloyd Bridges
Adventure star-turned-funnyman
 [Picture of Lloyd Bridges]
15th April 1998 Pol Pot
Lovable scamp
 [Picture of Pol Pot]
17th April 1998 Linda McCartney
Mrs. Macca
 [Picture of Linda McCartney]
23rd April 1998 James Earl Ray
The FBI’s wet dream
 [Picture of James Earl Ray]
14th May 1998 Frank Sinatra
Ol’ Blue Eyes and legendary deadpool tease
 [Picture of Frank Sinatra]
11th June 1998 Catherine Cookson
Novelist
 [Picture of Catherine Cookson]
6th July 1998 Roy Rogers
Old-timey cowboy
 [Picture of Roy Rogers]
14th December 1998 Norman Fell
Mr. Roper		 [Picture of Norman Fell]
22nd December 1998 Lord Soper
Mr. Soper (and peace activist)		 [Picture of Lord Soper]

This was the first DDP for regulars Finbarr Saunders, Mad Maureen, Juicy Janny, Dave J (later Dorset Jury) and the aforementioned Drunkasaskunk.

The King Tut of its deadpool era, this was the only 90s iteration to have an archived record of everyone’s picks. Big Iain still believed Tom Finney was dead at this point, however began to realise his mistake upon the football great getting knighted that very year.

 

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