DDP Stats Zone

FULLY UPDATED UP TO 31/12/2022

UPDATE FOR 2023 ONGOING

Roll of Honour

 

Year Winner Points Hits Total Teams Total Hits Most Popular Pick Most Popular hit
2023 Banana’s Peel Slippers
 130 12 519 312 James Whale George Alagiah
2022 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 180 16 497 280 George Alagiah Pelé
2021 Salmon Mousse 144 15 515 275 Prince Philip Prince Philip
2020 The Love Boat 155 14 488 278 Prince Philip Kirk Douglas
2019 Thomas Jefferson Survives
 165 14 517 253 Leah Bracknell Leah Bracknell
2018 Pity Da Foolz
 149 12 488 247 Leah Bracknell George Bush Sr
2017 Golden Slumbers 168 16 543 254 Kirk Douglas Bruce Forsyth
2016 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 155 17 483 275 Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor
2015 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 98 10 501 239 Zsa Zsa Gabor Sam Simon
2014 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 108 11 575 247 Zsa Zsa Gabor General Wojciech Jaruzelski
2013 David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 111 15 588 219 Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela
2012 The Living End 104 12 547 187 Margaret Thatcher Abdelbast al Megrahi
2011 The Living End 112 12 477 177 Margaret Thatcher Kim Jong-Il
2010 Octopus of Odstock 71 9 480 161 Margaret Thatcher Sir Norman Wisdom
2009 Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be Badly-Torn Boy 107 12 480 146 Margaret Thatcher Patrick Swayze
2008 The Living End 108 13 461 145 Fidel Castro Charlton Heston
2007 Meet Your Maker 109 12 418 126 Fidel Castro Brooke Astor
2006 Meet Your Maker 53 10 239 96 Ronnie Biggs Gerald Ford
2005 Fallen Sparrow 60 12 124 63 Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
2004 Deathlist.net 38 9 43 37 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan
2003 Otis, You Want A Treat? 43 7 24 30 Ronald Reagan Bob Hope
2002 JoeRam 33 6 42 29 Ronald Reagan Queen Mother
2001 Whittaker’s Choice 18 4 42 25 Queen Mother Sir Harry Secombe
2000 M.T. Graves 30 6 44 23 Queen Mother/Ronald Reagan John Gielgud
1999 Drunkasaskunk 39 8 35 25 Pope John Paul II/Queen Mother Derek Nimmo/Joe DiMaggio
1998 Drunkasaskunk 23 5 31 12 Pope John Paul II/Frank Sinatra/Queen Mother Frank Sinatra
1997 Nick J 43 9 20 15 Unknown Mother Theresa
1996 Nick J 30 5 18 8 Unknown George Burns

Most Successful Teams

 
Most Points (Old System 1996-2006)
Pos Team Points
1st Jesus Jones 187
2nd Mr C 182
3rd One Foot In The Grave 174
4th Drunkasaskunk 166
5th Big-Iain 151
6th JoeRam 148
7th Tim R 122
8th Whittaker’s Choice 117
9th Rude Kid 116
10th The Vyrdolak 112
11th Above Average For Norfolk 110
12th The Raven 108
13th Deathlist.net 105
14th Fallen Sparrow 95
15th The Long Awaited Return Of The Dorset Jury 94
16th Juicy Janny 92
17th Otis, You Want A Treat? 87
18th Already Dead 84
19th Meet Your Maker 82
=20th Hoppo 79

Most Points (Combined Totals 1996-2021)

  1. The Living End 1632
  2. Deceased Hose 1394
  3. Dead Ends 1258
  4. Heading Nowhere 1248
  5. Thomas Jefferson Survives 1235
  6. Misers 1233
  7. Wormer, He’s a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer… 1218
  8. David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 1201
  9. Ethnic Cleansing 1189
  10. Carkers’ Convention 1171
  11. Going Underground 1165
  12. This Mortal Coil 1139
  13. Drunkasaskunk 1084
  14. Pan Breed 1078
  15. Daniel Faraday’s Notebook 1076
  16. The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order 1053
  17. Plowing The Deep 1018
  18. DDP Tofoa 1007
  19. The End of the World As We Know It 1002
  20. I’m Sorry For Your Trouble 995
  21. The Love Boat 968
  22. Eejit 922
  23. People I Think Might Die In 2009 United 913
  24. Shovelful Of Dirt 906
  25. Inigo, I Hope We Win 897
  26. Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots 887
  27. JoeRam 877
  28. Windsor The Troll 864
  29. Bucket of Blood 848
  30. Madonna’s Hand of Bod 841
  31. Guild Of Master Reapers 840
  32. Today’s The Day The Maggots Have Their Picnic 829
  33. Sweeney Todd’s Nutritional Information 802
  34. Shaun Of The Dead 69 802
  35. Stab In The Dark 795
  36. Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia 790
  37. Very Ill Turned Very Dead 783
  38. Stone Dead Cert 778
  39. Octopus of Odstock 773
  40. Day In The Death 767

Most Hits All time

 

  1. The Living End 177
  2. Deceased Hose 149
  3. Dead Ends 145
  4. Misers 134
  5. Carkers’ Convention 133
  6. Drunkasaskunk 131
  7. Ethnic Cleansing 130
  8. Fuck A 40oz, You’ll Be Dumping Out Whole Kegs Of Brew 129
  9. JoeRam 129
  10. Heading Nowhere 126
  11. Wormer, He’s a Dead Man! Marmalard, Dead! Niedermeyer… 125
  12. Going Underground 124
  13. Deathlist.net 122
  14. Gray Panthers 122
  15. Thomas Jefferson Survives 121
  16. This Mortal Coil 121
  17. Madonna’s Hand of Bod 118
  18. Eejit 117
  19. Daniel Faraday’s Notebook 112
  20. The Beatles Are Dying In The Wrong Order 110
  21. Pan Breed 109
  22. The End of the World As We Know It 108
  23. I’m Sorry For Your Trouble 107
  24. DDP Tofoa 106
  25. Stephen Hawking’s Football Boots 106
  26. Puzlman’s Passing Picks 106
  27. Plowing The Deep 105
  28. Windsor The Troll 105
  29. Octopus of Odstock 101
  30. Eternity Tours 101
  31. Guild Of Master Reapers 99
  32. Stab In The Dark 99
  33. Mr C 98
  34. Shovelful Of Dirt 97
  35. New Years and Drinks All Night 95
  36. People I Think Might Die In 2009 United 94
  37. Inigo, I Hope We Win 94
  38. Noah Reason & the Youth in Asia 94
  39. The Love Boat 93
  40. Grobler’s Stiff Ones 93

Most Hits in a Year

David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 17 (2016)
Heading Nowhere 16 (2016)
The Living End 16 (2016)
Thomas Jefferson Survives 16 (2016)
Golden Slumbers 16 (2017)
Still Life 16 (2017)
David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 16 (2022)
David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 15 (2013)
Pan Breed 15 (2016)
Crossing The Styx 15 (2016)
David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 15 (2017)
Thomas Jefferson Survives 15 (2017)
Salmon Mousse 15 (2021)

Most Appearances

 

  1. Drunkasaskunk 26
  2. Finbar Saunders 25
  3. JoeRam 24
  4. Mr & Mrs Drummerboy 24
  5. Mr C 23
  6. Naked Florida Gravediggers 22
  7. Dave’s Dead, Aye Dead Drunk 21
  8. Deathlist.net 21
  9. c. a. daver 20
  10. The Conqueror Worm 20
  11. Jesus Jones 19

 

Most Points in a Year (2007-present system)

  1. David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals 180 (2022)
  2. Golden Slumbers 168 (2017)
  3. Thomas Jefferson Survives 165 (2019)
  4. Still Life 164  (2017)
  5. Thomas Jefferson Survives 162 (2017)

Most Points in a Year (1996-2006)

Fallen Sparrow 60 (2005)
Meet Your Maker 53 (2006)
I Smell Dead People 51 (2005)
STAB_In_The_DARK 50 (2006)
Go Fish 50 (2006)

Milestones

Milestone Who When
1st François Mitterrand 8th January 1996
100th Viktor Hamburger 12th June 2001
500th Georgia Frontiere 18th January 2008
1000th Ted Lowe 1st May 2011
1500th Frederick Sanger 19th November 2013
2000th Holly Woodlawn 6th Dec 2015
2500th Derek Robinson 31st October 2017
3000th Elijah Cummings  17th October 2019
3500th Elizabeth Blackadder 23rd August 2021
4000th Jeremy Clarke 20 May 2023

 

Biggest Hit

Nelson Mandela 267 (2013)
Margaret Thatcher 264 (2013)
Abdelbaset Al Megrahi 230 (2012)
Patrick Swayze 203 (2009)
Sir Bobby Robson 202 (2009)

Most Popular Pick not to have died

Margaret Thatcher 251 (2012)
Fidel Castro 242 (2007)
Zsa Zsa Gabor 240 (2012)
Zsa Zsa Gabor 239 (2013)
Ronnie Biggs 227 (2010)
Michael Douglas 195 (2011)
Zsa Zsa Gabor 195 (2015)

Earliest Deaths

A. I. Bezzerides 1st January 2007
Claiborne Pell 1st January 2009
Gary Ablett 1st January 2012
Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1st January 2013
Patti Page 1st January 2013
Juanita Moore 1st January 2014
Dorothy Baldwin 1st January 2014
Mario Cuomo 1st January 2015
Sarah Jones 1st January 2016
Derek Parfit 1st January 2017
Tyler Trent 1st January 2019
Don Larsen 1st January 2020
David Stern 1st January 2020
Mark Eden 1st January 2021
Floyd Little 1st January 2021
Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi 1st January 2021
Gary Burgess 1st January 2022
Frank McGarvey 1st January 2023

Latest Deaths

Sir John Peel 31st December 2005
Cardinal Cahal Daly 31st December 2009
The Duke of Wellington 31st December 2014
Michael Kennedy 31st December 2014
Wayne Rogers 31st December 2015
Dick Thornburgh 31st December 2020
Tommy Docherty 31st December 2020
Betty White 31st December 2021
Pope Benedict XVI 31st December 2022
Anita Pointer 31st December 2022
Shecky Greene 31st December 2023
Eddie Bernice Johnson 31st December 2023
Ana Ofelia Murguia 31st December 2023

Died on their birthday

Bunny Austin (94th birthday) 26th August 2000
Larry James (61st birthday) 6th November 2008
John Reed (94th birthday) 13th February 2010
Merle Haggard (79th birthday) 6th April 2016
Kath Osmond (41st birthday) 18th April 2017
Tom “Dynamite Kid” Billington (60th birthday) 5th December 2018
James Lovelock (103rd birthday) 26th July 2022
David Brewer (83rd birthday) 28th May 2023

Died on Christmas Day

Derek Bailey (2005)
James Brown (2006)
Eartha Kitt (2008)
George Robb (2011)
Alberta Adams (2014)
Kate Gross (2014)
Salhana Shivdasani (2015)
George Michael (2016)
Nancy Roman (2018)
K.C. Jones (2020)
Ray Illingworth (2021)
Wayne Thiebaud (2021)
Jim Breaks (2023)
Richard Franklin (2023)
Henry Sandon (2023)

 

Youngest Deaths

Jaymee Bowen 11 yrs (1996)*
Josie Grove 16 yrs (2007)*
Jordan Dawes 18 yrs (2019)
Rosie Kilburn 19 yrs (2011)
Lauren Hill 19 yrs (2015)
Charlotte Eades 19 yrs (2016)
Jordan Lotter 19 yrs (2016)

* Subsequent rule changes prohibit any picks under the age of 18.

Additionally, most if not all of the above picks would now be disqualified under current rules that ban “Famous For Being Ill” picks.

Oldest Deaths (officially verified ages)

Jeanne Calment 122 yrs (1997)
Kane Tanaka 119 yrs (2002)
Sarah Knauss 119 yrs (1999)
Misawo Okawa 117 yrs (2015)
Emma Morano 117 yrs (2017)
Violet Brown 117 yrs (2017)
Nabi Tajima 117 yrs (2018)
Chiyo Miyako 117 yrs (2018)

As an addendum, pediatrician Leila Denmark, who died in 2012 aged 114, was the oldest DDP hit with a claim to fame independent of her extreme age.

Most hits in a month

  1. 39 – Jan 2021
  2. 38 – Jan 2018
  3. 37 – Jan 2017
  4. 36 – Jan 2016
  5. 36 – Jan 2022
  6. 35 – Jan 2014
  7. 32 – Jan 2015
  8. 32 – Feb 2019
  9. 31 – Jan 2019
  10. 31 – April 2020
  11. 31 – Jan 2020

Most Hits in a Day

6 – 5th February 2021 (Bayh, Plummer, Skatov, Sigurjonsson*, Sadpara*, Spinks)
5 – 16th January 2014 (Evans, Duccini, Johnson, Madden, Onoda)
5 – 7th July 2014 (Di Stefano, Jones, Smith, Scudamore, Shevardnadze)
4 – 30th July 2007 (Meshkini, Walsh, Bergman, Antonioni)
4 – 2nd January 2011 (Postlewaite, Seegar, Francis, Winters)
4 – 6th May 2014 (Gurlitt, Lassnig, Mowat, Dimmock)
4 – 14th February 2015 (Ruska, Cundell, Jourdan, Ferrero)
4 – 10th April 2015 (Benaud, Malina, Hill, Youzhi)
4 – 6th January 2016 (Asif, King, Harrington Jr, Armenteros)
4 – 8th July 2016 (Michelson, Dickens, Edhi, Lucas)
4 – 24th December 2016 (Parfitt, Reinecke, Smith, Adams)
4 – 8th August 2017 (Campbell, Cook, Haydock, Zorreguieta)
4 – 3rd March 2018 (Bannister, Campbell, Goodwin, Hannigan)
4 – 24th May 2018 (Bain, Himmler, Maren, Shutts)
4 – 11th January 2019                                     (Adam, Boone, Lewis, Atiyah)
4 – 21st February 2019                                    (Murphy, Zadek, Tork, Donen)
4 – 23rd April 2019                                   (Haigh, Witteveen, Kelsey, Grand   Duke Jean of Luxembourg)
4 – 24th February 2020                                (Johnson, Thunberg, Cary, Cussler)
4 – 18th March 2020                                (Hamlin, Tooley, Griffin, Worden)
4 – 12th April 2020                      (Brooke-Taylor, Bonetti, Sanders, Moss)
4 – 21st September 2020                           (Wilson, Lonsdale, Stallone, Devito)
4 – 14th October 2020                        (Reid, Fleming, Pendergast, Kretzmer)
4 – 2nd January 2021 (Dann, McKevitt, Urquhart, Westphal)
4 – 16th October 2021 (Bryer, tSaoi, Chater, Lynn)
4 – 26th October 2021 (Maphis, Tae-Woo, Smith, Sahl)
4 – 10th January 2022 (Durst, Jackson, Shelley, Waldhorn)
4 – 15th April 2022 (Newton, Plumb, Rupe, Sheridan)
4 – 27th April 2023 (Groat, Harris, Springer, Young)
4 – 8th August 2023 (Bahamontes, Reid, Rodriguez, Squires)
4 – 13th September 2023 (Gage, Mans, Whittaker, Yolande)
4 – 31st October 2023 (Mattingly, Protopopov, Rees, Wyllie)

* Though 5 February is only 100% certain to be their date of disappearance, it is assumed that they died on the same day.

Celebs on Most DDPs*

Holly Johnson, Keith Richards 26
Hulk Hogan, Liza Minnelli 25
John Astin, Michael Barrymore, Jimmy Carter, Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2022), Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 2022), Imelda Marcos, Rupert Murdoch, Mike Tyson 24
Woody Allen, Michael J. Fox, Angela Lansbury (d. 2022), Desmond Tutu (d. 2021) 23
Emperor Akihito of Japan, George W. Bush, Kirk Douglas (d. 2020), Henry Kissinger (d. 2023), Ozzy Osbourne, Prince Philip (d. 2021) 22

*Where records are fully known – this excludes 1996, 1997, and 1999

Days on top of the Derby Dead Pool

  1. The Living End – 1205 days
  2. David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – 871
  3. Drunkasaskunk – 844 days
  4. Thomas Jefferson Survives – 660 days
  5. NickJ – 579 days (circa, 1996 records lost)
  6. Otis – 544
  7. Octopus of Odstock – 357
  8. Golden Slumbers – 328
  9. Go Fish – 277
  10. JoeRam – 255
  11. Whittaker’s Choice – 237
  12. Fallen Sparrow – 230
  13. Heaven Knows They’re Miserable Now – 226
  14. Meet Your Maker/Heading Nowhere – 207 
  15. MT Graves – 206
  16. The Love Boat – 170
  17. Day in the Death – 157
  18. Groblers Stiff Ones – 152
  19. Ed K  – 143
  20. To Kill a Gabor Sister – 139
  21. Salmon Mousse – 138
  22. Tonight Matthew I’m Going to be Badly-Torn Boy – 135
  23. One Foot in the Grave – 127
  24. Tim R – 120
  25. I Smell Dead People – 118
  26. Drollercoaster – 108
  27. Deathlist.net – 92
  28. Going Underground – 78
  29. No Noose is Good Noose – 74
  30. Hoppo – 68
  31. Godot – 67
  32. Pan Breed – 64
  33. GUN Away – 59
  34. Crazycarl – 58
  35. Dead Men Walking/Eejit – tie at 57
  36. Finnbarr – 55
  37. Smart Beta – 54
  38. Rude Kid – 48
  39. They’re Dead, Y’Know – 47
  40. Stab in the Dark – 45
  41. Pity Da Foolz -40
  42. Steve L – 39
  43. Ghoulish Guesses – 36
  44. I’m Sorry for your Trouble – 35
  45. Rot in Hell John/Prophet’s Prophecy – tied at 34
  46. Mortal Wombat/Only Fools and Corpses/Caulkhead – tie at 28
  47. Death from Above/Taking the Michael/Ethnic Cleansing – tie at 27
  48. Dave J/Big Iain – tie at 26
  49. ‘arry-kiri/Gawn/Haben die Spaten – tie at 23
  50. Shameless – 21
  51. Faster Pussycat Kill Kill – 20
  52. The Final Showodwn – 19
  53. Dead Ends – 16
  54. This Mortal Coil – 15
  55. Better You Than Me/The Don/George Lass/Girlfriend in a Coma/Romancing the Headstone/Umish/Unspiritualist/You Could be a Little Street Sweeper/Fade to Black – tied at 14
  56. Doffin Codgers – 12
  57. Shaun of the Dead 69 – 9
  58. Puzlmans Picks/Noz4news/Already Dead/Shake Rattle Roll Over/DDP Tofoa – tied at 8
  59. Canadian Paul/Destination Eschaton/Carkers Convention/Jackie Treehorn/Pretty Noose – tied at 7
  60. Misers/Poochie – tied at 6
  61. Miss Chief/Juicy Janny/Ingio I Hope We Win/Stardust/Chemo Sabee/They’re Loving Angels Instead – tied at 5
  62. Captain Hemlock/Dead Last/Eternity Tours/Francis of Arse-Easy/Grim McGraw/Last of the Summer Winos – tied at 4
  63. Sumo/Jesus Jones/Robbinsdale High School Memorial/YOUREOUT/House of Soon to be with the Lord/Roasting Bodies in Redcar – tied at 2
  64. They Died…/Good Bad and Cliff Richard/Researched to Death/I’m a Celeb/Toast of the Turf/Paint the Town Dead/Tentoesup/The Cobbles To a Coffin/Shovelful of Dirt – tied at 1 day.

 

Every DDP Lead…

 

(1996)

1.       Nick J in 1996 – all records lost

 


(1997)

2.       12th January 1997 – Nick J – Jill Summers

3.       10th February 1997 – Steve  L – Brian Connolly

4.       21st March 1997 – Nick J – Rev Awdrey – WINNER

 


(1998)

5.       21st January 1998 – Drunkasaskunk – Jack Lord

6.       6th February 1998 – Drunkasaskunk/Hoppo – Carl Wilson

7.       15th April 1998 – Drunkasaskunk – Pol Pot – WINNER

 


(1999)

8.       7th February 1999  – Dave J/Sumo/Jesus Jones  – King Hussein of Jordan

9.       9th February 1999 – Dave J/Drunkasaskunk – Bryan Mosley and Anne West

10.   24th February 1999 – Dave J – Derek Nimmo

11.   2nd March 1999 – Dave J/Drunkasaskunk – Dusty Springfield

12.   5th March 1999 – Drunkasaskunk – Lord Denning WINNER

 


(2000)

13.   19th January 2000 – MT Graves – Bettino Craxi

14.   21st May 2000 – Finnbarr – John Gielgud

15.   1st July 2000 – MT Graves – Walter Matthau WINNER

 


(2001)

16.   11th January 2001 – Miss Chief and Juicy Janny – Michael Williams

17.   16th January 2001 – Ed K – Auberon Waugh

18.   23rd April 2001 – Whittakers Choice – Charles Madden

19.   21st June 2001 – Joe Ram – Carrol O’Connor

20.   3rd August 2001 – Whittakers Choice – Lord Longford WINNER

 

 

(2002)

21.   3rd January 2002 – One Foot in the Grave – Antonio Todde

22.   31st January 2002 – Drunkasaskunk – Jonathan Wilson

23.   9th February 2002 – Tim R – Princess Margaret

24.   5th May 2002 – Tim R/Ghoulish Guesses – Hugo Banzer

25.   10th June 2002 – Joe Ram – John Gotti WINNER

 


(2003)

26.   3rd January 2003 – Ed K – Nap Botterell

27.   18th February 2003 – Otis you want a treat? – Lee Kriendler  WINNER

 


(2004)

28.   14th January 2004 – Otis You Want a Treat? – Tom Hurndall

29.   5th March 2004 – One Foot in the Grave – Joan Moll

30.   28th March 2004 – One Foot in the Grave/Whittakers Choice – Peter Ustinov

31.   30th March 2004 – OfitG/Whittakers/Big Iain/Deathlist.net – Alistair Cooke

32.   April 25th 2004 – Deathlist.net – Estee Lauder

33.   May 6th 2004 – Otis – Barney Kessel

34.   May 14th 2004 – One Foot in the Grave – Charlotte Benkner

35.   May 29th 2004 – Otis – Jack Rosenthal

36.   August 9th 2004 – Deathlist.net – Fay Wray

37.   September 24th 2004 – Otis – Francoise Sagan

38.   December 30th 2004 – Deathlist.net – Artie Shaw – WINNER

 


(2005)

39.   January 2nd 2005 – Rude Kid – Cyril Fletcher

40.   Juanuary 17th 2005 – Fallen Sparrow – Charlie Bell

41.   July 20th 2005 – I Smell Dead People – James Doohan

42.   November 15th 2005 – Fallen Sparrow – Robert Tisch WINNER

 


(2006)

43.   3rd January 2006 – Go Fish – William Skate

44.   6th January 2006 – 20 teams – Lou Rawls

45.   14th January 2006 – Faster Pussycat – Shelley Winters

46.   17th January 2006 – Doffin Codgers – Clarence Ray Allen

47.   21st January 2006 – Faster Pussycat – Ibrahim Rugova

48.   30th January 2006 – Go Fish – Wendy Wasserstein

49.   17th October 2006 – Meet your Maker – Ross Davidson WINNER

 


(2007)

50.   2nd January 2007 – Death from Above/Go Fish – Charles Betty

51.   16th January 2007 – Godot/Mortal Wombat/Only Fools and Corpses/Caulkhead Coffin Kickers – tahe 2 dead Iraqis

52.   13th February 2007 – Death from Above – Ada Mason

53.   26th February 2007 – Dead Men Walkng/Eejit – Josie Grove

54.   24th April 2007 – No Noose is Good Noose – James Flliaggi

55.   7th July 2007 – Meet your maker – George fn Melly

56.   10th September 2007 – Stab in the Dark – Jane Wyman

57.   25th October 2007 – Meet your Maker – Mehmed Uzun WINNER

 


(2008)

58.   2nd January 2008 – One Foot in the Grave – Yo-Sam Choi

59.   27th January 2008 – They Died and Left me in Charge – Suharto

60.   28th January 2008 – They’re Dead, Y’Know – Archbishop Christodoulos

61.   2nd March 2008 – Godots Waiting List/They’re Dead Y’Know/The Living End – Jeff Healey/Norm O’neill

62.   7th March 2008 – Godots Waiting List/They’re Dead Y’Know – Francis Pym

63.   15th March 2008 – The Living End – Mikey Dread

64.   24th March 2008 – Godot’s Waiting List – Richard Widmark

65.   17th April 2008 – The Living End – Danny Federici WINNER

 


(2009)

66.   1st January 2009 – Going Underground – Claiborne Pell

67.   3rd January 2009 – Octopus of Odstock – Pat Hingle

68.   4th January 2009 – Heaven Knows Thy’re Miserable Now – Lei Clijsters

69.   18th August 2009 – Tonight matthew… – Robert Novak WINNER

 


(2010)

70.   4th January 2010 – Rude Kid – Tsutomu Yamaguchi

71.   18th January 2010 – The Living End – Kate McGarrigle

72.   21st January 2010 – Misers – Paul Quarrington

73.   27th January 2010 – Rude Kid – Zelda Rubinstein

74.   7th February 2010 – Canadian Paul – Willam Tenn

75.   14th February 2010 – Groblers Stiff Ones – Dick Francis

76.   2nd March 2010 – If I’m Spared… – Winston Churchill

77.   6th April 2010 – Groblers Stiff Ones – Corin Redgrave

78.   19th August 2010 – Octopus of Odstock – Edwin Morgan

79.   31st August 2010 – Octopus of Odstock/Rot in Hell John – Laurent Fignon

80.   4th October 2010 – Octopus of Odstock – Norman Wisdom WINNER

 

 


(2011)

81.   2nd January 2011 – Old Ma G’s Gravy Mix – Pete Postlethwaite

82.   4th January 2011 – Inigo I hope we win – Gerry Rafferty

83.   9th January 2011 – Daniel Faradays Notebook – Tom Lubbock
(NOTE – This team is now known as Poochie Died on the Way Back to his Home Planet…)

84.   15th January 2011 – The Final Showdown – Nat Lofthousee

85.   3rd February 2011 – The Living End – John Higgins Sr WINNER

 


(2012)

86.   1st January 2012 – Better You Than Me/The Don/Finbarr/Gawn/George Lass/Girlfriend in a Coma/Romancing the Headstone/Importance of Being Umish/Unspiritualist/This Mortal Coil – Gary Ablett

87.   14th  January 2012 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals/The Living End – Lesley Strathie

88.   20th January 2012 – Gawn dead Planted/David Quanticks Showbiz Pals/The Living End– Etta James

89.   22nd January 2012 – ‘arry kiri – Joe Paterno

90.   31st January 2012 – ‘arry kiri/Octopus of Odstock – Bevalicqua

91.   9th February 2012 – Gawn dead Planted – Gifford

92.   16th February 2012 – Stardust – Gary Carter

93.   21st February 2012 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Rosoman

94.   20th March 2012 – ‘arry Kiri/The Living End – Jim Stynes

95.   25th March 2012 – The Living End – Bert Sugar  WINNER

 


(2013)

96.   1st January 2013 – Octopus of Odstock – Christopher Martin-Jenkins 

97.   9th January 2013 – Romancing the Headstone – Owen Brennan

98.   21st January 2013 – Octopus of Odstock – Michael Winner

99.   11th March 2013 – The Living End – Lisa Lynch

100.                        8th April 2013 – Octopus of Odstock – Annette Funicello

101.                        4th July 2013 – Thomas Jefferson Survives – Bernie Nolan

102.                        21st September 2013 – Octopus of Odstock – Jack Pardee qualifying obit found down back of sofa

103.                        16th December 2013 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Ray Price WINNER

 


(2014)

104.                        1st January 2014 – The Good, the Bad and Cliff Richard – Dorothy Baldwin

105.                        2nd January 2014 – Researched to Death/I’m a Celeb/This Mortal Coil/Toast of the Turf – Terry Biddlecombe

106.                        3rd January 2014 –Shake, Rattle, Rll over – Phil Evrely

107.                        11th January 2014 – Star Dust/Chemo Sabee/They’re Loving Angels Instead – Felix Glenny

108.                        16th January 2014 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals- Steve Evans

109.                        7th May 2014 – Drunkasaskunk – Katherine Crowe

110.                        21st October 2014 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Chen Ziming WINNER

(Some swaps in October have been lost)

 


(2015)

111.                        1st January 2015 – Paint the Town Dead/Tentoesup – Mario Cuomo.

112.                        2nd January 2015 – The Living End – Anas al-Liby

113.                        4th January 2015 – Thomas Jefferson Survives/David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Stuart Scott

114.                        13th January 2015 – Taking the Michael – Mike Marqusee

115.                        9th February 2015 – Crazycarl – Ed Sabol

116.                        27th February 2015 – Crazycarl and Thomas Jefferson Survives – Bob Benmosche

117.                        8th April 2015 – Thomas Jefferson Survives – Ion Trewin

118.                        2nd September 2015 – The Living End – Denise Marshall obit

119.                        25th December 2015 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Sadhana Shivdasani WINNER

 

 


(2016)

120.                        1st January 2016 – Shameless – S@r@h J0ne5

121.                        15th January 2016 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Dan Haggry

122.                        25th February 2016 – Shameless – Ch@rl0tte3 E@de5

123.                        3rd March 2016 – Heading Nowhere – Martin Crowe

124.                        14th March 2016 – The Living End  – Peter Maxwell Davies

125.                        24th March 2016 –  Thomas Jefferson Survives – Johan Cruyff

126.                        4th April 2016 – The Living End – Ronald Mulkearns

127.                        8th July 2016 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pal/The Living End – Abdul Sattar Edhi

128.                        16th July 2016 – -The Living End – Bonnie Brown

129.                        23rd July 2016 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Kate Granger

130.                        30th August 2016 – Heading Nowhere – Vera Caslavska

131.                        2nd September 2016 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Rowena Kincaid

 

 


(2017)

132.                        1st January 2017 – Destination Eschaton – Derek Parfitt

133.                        8th January 2017 – Carkers Convention – Peter Sarstedt

134.                        15th January 2017 – Captain Hemlock’20/Dead Last?/Eternity Tours/Francis of Arse-Easy/Grim McGraw – Jimmy Snuka

135.                        19th January 2017 – To Kill a Gabor Sister – Mark Sims

136.                        6th February 2017 – Golden Slumbers – Joost van der Westhuizen

137.                        17th October 2017 – Golden Slumbers and David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Gord Downie

138.                        5th December 2017 – Golden Slumbers – King Michael of Romania WINNER

 

 


(2018)

139.                        2nd January 2018 – Robbinsdale High School Memorial Deathsquad – Emily Dole

140.                        4th January 2018 – Heading Nowhere and Drollercoaster – Rayya Elias

141.                        17th January 2018 – Drollercoaster – Jessica Falkholt

142.                        22nd April 2018 – Day in the Death –  Jacqui Forster

143.                        5th August 2018 – Thomas Jefferson Survives – Charlotte Rae

144. 21st November 2018 – Pity da Foolz – Devin Lima  WINNER

 

(2019)

145. 1st January 2019 – GUN Away – Tyler Trent

146. 25th January 2019 – Going Underground/Ethnic Cleansing – Fatima Ali

147. 1st February 2019 –  Ethnic Cleansing – Andrew McGahan

148. 21st February 2019 – The Living End – Peter Tork

149. 3rd April 2019 – Going Underground – Bill Heine

150. 11th June 2019 – GUN Away – Gabriele Grunewald

151. 16th July 2019 – Thomas Jefferson Survives/Pan Breed – Johnny Clegg

152. 20th August 2019 – TJS/Pan Breed/Heading Nowhere – Fred Rister

153. 18th September 2019 – Thomas Jefferson Survives – Fernando Ricksen WINNER

 

(2020)

154. 1st January 2020 – YOUREOUT – Don Larsen

155. 3rd January 2020 – Last of the Summer Winos – Christopher Beeny

156. 7th January 2020 – You Could Be A King or a Little Street Sweeper – Elizabeth Wurtzel

157. 10th January 2002 – House of Soon to be with the Lord – Qaboos al Said

158. 12th January 2020 – You Could be A King or a Little Street Sweeper – Roger Scruton

159. 19th January 2020 – Roasting Bodies in Redcar – Shin Kyuk-ho

160. 21st January 2020 – You Could Be a King or a Little Street Sweeper – Terry Jones

161. 25th January 2020 – Love Boat – Sonia Kinsella

162. 30th January 2020 – Day in the Death/Heading Nowhere – John Andretti

163. 14th March 2020 – The Love Boat – Genesis Porridge

164. 18th March 2020 – To Kill a Gabor Sister

165. 17th July 2020 – Day in the Death – John Lewis

166. 24th  July 2020 – Love Boat – David Hagen WINNER

 

(2021)

167. 1st January 2021 – Grobler’s Stiff Ones/The Cobbles To a Coffin – Mark Eden

168. 1st January 2021 – The Living End – Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi

169. 1st January 2021 – The Living End/Prophet’s Prophecy/Shovelful of Dirt – Floyd Little

170. 2nd January 2021 – Prophet’s Prophecy – Paul Westphal

171. 22nd January 2021 – Prophet’s Prophecy/Fade to Black – Luton Shelton

172. 5th February 2021 – Jackie Treehorn – Leon Spinks

173. 12th February 2021 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Milford Graves

174. 17th February 2021 – Heading Nowhere – Rush Limbaugh

175. 21st March 2021 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Lee Noble

176. 9th April 2021 – Haben die Spaten – Prince Philip

177. 2nd May 2021 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Litsa Menounous

178. 7th June 2021 – Heading Nowhere – Yoo Sang-chul

179. 15th August 2021 – Salmon Mousse – Gerd Muller WINNER

 

(2022)

180. 1st January 2022 – 29 teams – Gary Burgess

181. 3rd January 2022 – Smart Beta/DDP Tofoa/Dead Ends/Pretty Noose – Igor Bogdanoff

182. 10th January 2022 – DDP Tofoa – Robert Durst

183. 11th January 2022 – Smart Beta/Dead Ends/Shaun of the Dead 69 – Jana Bennett

184. 20th January 2022 – Smart Beta/Shaun of the Dead 69 – Russell Bishop

185. 25th January 2022 – Smart Beta – Mustafa Kayirici

186. 27th February 2022 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Sister Catherine Wybourne QO WINNER

 

(2023)

187. 1st January 2023 – They think it’s all over – Frank McGarvey

188. 6th January 2023 – Day in the Death – Bill Campbell/Gianluca Vialli

189. 8th January 2023 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals/Banana’s Peel Slippers – Roberto Dinamite

190. 25th January 2023 – To Kill A Gabor Sister – Randy Gonzalez

191. 16th February 2023 – Banana’s Peel Slippers – Tim Lobinger

192. 2nd April 2023 – To Kill A Gabor Sister – Ryuichi Sakamoto death announcement

193. 27th April 2023 – Day in the Death – Carolyn Bryant Donham

194. 9th May 2023 – David Quantick’s Showbiz Pals – Denny Crum

195. 23rd May 2023 – Banana’s Peel Slippers – Robert Zimmer WINNER

 

(2024)

196. 2nd January 2024 – Morrigan – Saleh al-Arouri

197. 3rd January 2024 – 11 teams – Derek Draper

198. 5th January 2024 – Plan B From Outer Space – Mario Zagallo

199. 15th January 2024 – Day in the Death – Brian Barczyk

 

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