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, first tenure), The Man in Black (2010-17), Spade Cooley (2018-19), msc (2020-21), Grim Up North (2020-22), Reptile (2020-23), and Death Impends (2022-2025). Now the Committee of Banana (2023), time (2024), the returning Octopus of Odstock (2026) and the deadpooling equivalent of a gap year temp Marlfox (2026) oversee the biggest deadpool going...
THE SPANISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT FELL DOWN A MOUNTAIN Mountaineer and former politician Sergi Mingote has died aged 49. He was part of the K2 mission which planned to reach the summit of the notorious mountain in Winter – and has achieved the fact since. He retired as the Socialist Mayor of […]
NEW YORK PALL (BEARER) New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has died aged 69. He worked with them from 1971 to 1977, and has an anxiety inducing difficult name to spell. After this he worked on some solo albums, and performed with Glen Matlock. The guitarist was picked by 6 teams, including Grave Danger, Gris […]
GONNA HANG OUT THE OBITS ON SIEGFRIED’S DECLINE The unmauled half of Siegfried and Roy has quickly joined the other one in departing the stage for the last time aged 81. The magician duo were known for their Las Vegas live shows, which often included tigers. One such tiger decided to maul Roy Horn in […]
NASA MAUSOLEUM Astronaut William Thornton has died aged 91. He was the space physician (the real life Bones – and he worked on bones too!) on four Skylab missions, and conducted cardio testing on two Challenger missions. No, not the one that immediately springs to your mind, obviously. Although on his second flight in 1985, […]
KINGMAKER MEETS MAKER Republican favourite billionaire Sheldon Adelson has gone downstairs to spend more time with his friends aged 87. Adelson owned several large newspapers, and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, so had a few pennies (33.5 billion) by time of death. He was heavily involved in politics, funding the anti-cannabis lobby, being a hawk […]
SMITH OUT FOR 97 English cricketer Don Smith has died aged 97. The cricketer, who played for Sussex, played three times for England in 1957. At time of his death, he was the oldest living English cricket international. He was also coach of the Sri Lanka team in the 1960s. Ian Thomson (born 1929) is […]
DOWN THE STRAIN Actress Julie Strain has died after a battle with dementia aged 58. A former Penthouse star, Strain became a cult B-movie actress in the 1990s, with appearances in Double Impact, Beverly Hills Cops III and Heavy Metal 2000. A fall horse riding in her twenties had wiped her childhood memories and given […]
HOW TO SURVIVE: DEATH Trailblazing journalist Katharine Whitehorn has met her final deadline, dying aged 92. Whitehorn had been sub-editor for Womans Own, before she moved to The Picture Post (where she met husband Gavin Lyall the crime novelist), The Spectator and The Observer. She started her Observer column in 1963, becoming the first British […]
LASORDA NO LONGER DODGERS DEATH American baseball legend Tommy Lasorda has died aged 93. Lasorda had a long journeyman stint as a baseball player culminating with two seasons playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid 1950s. However, it was his 20 year stint as manager of the Dodgers, now moved to Los Angeles, which […]
INTO THE BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT Journalist Neil Sheehan has died aged 84 after a battle with Parkinsons. Sheehan was a reporter in the Vietnam War, helping to uncover the truth of both sides claims on the front line, before he moved to cover Pentagon matters n 1966. IN 1971, he got his hands on Pentagon […]
