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...
DEATH IN TECHNICOLOUR Actress Rhonda Fleming has died aged 97. Fleming got her big break in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Spellbound, where she plays Mary, one of the patints at Green Manors mental hospital. A swift role as a doomed friend in early slasher The Spiral Suitcase followed, as Rhonda was cast in controversial (for […]
LAST DREAM Lyricist Herbert Kretzmer has died shortly after his 95th birthday. Kretzmer was most famous for providing the lyrics for smash hit musical Les Miserables, based on the Victor Hugo novel. Yes, you can direct the line of blame for Susan Boyle’s career directly to the Tony award winning writer. Les Mis earned Kretzmer […]
AWW DEAR Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya has died aged 91.While she mostly worked in Indian cinema, she won the Oscar for costume design for her work on Gandhi. In 2012, she handed her Oscar back to the Academy for safe keeping as she was gravely ill with brain cancer. She held on for eight years, […]
BOWLED OUT New Zealand cricketer John Richard Reid has died aged 92. He led New Zealand to their first international cricket victories in the 1950s (over the West Indies), and even once played cricket at the South Pole, presumably against the Penguin eleven. His test career lasted sixteen years. John Richard Reid3 June 1928 – […]
HAD HER CHIPS The mother of John McCain and widow of the other John McCain has died aged 108. Roberta McCain later campaigned with her son during his ill fated Presidential campaign in 2008, and went on to outlive two of her children. Roberta McCain7 February 1912 – 12 October 202016 teams
DEADLINE NEWS Former journalist Samuel Brittan has died after a long illness. Former economics editor for the Observer and Financial Times, he was an outspoken supporter of the government in which his brother was Home Secretary. A climate change skeptic, he was back in the news recently when a carer frauded him out of thousands. […]
NO BOYCOTTING DEATH Former Russian international Vasili Kulkov has died aged 54, after a battle with cancer. A dogged defender, Kulkov won league titles with Spartak Moscow, Benfica and Porto. He missed out on showcasing his talents at the 1994 World Cup finals as half the Russian team boycotted the tournament over the Federations choice […]
EDDIE’S RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL Eddie Van Halen, oft considered one of the greatest guitarists in rock history, has died aged 65. As part of 80s rock giants Van Halen, they had an international smash hit with Jump. Eddie Van Halen was also responsible for the guitar solo in Beat It. Van Halen were inducted […]
CHAIRMAN RETIRED Whitey Ford, baseball player, has died. In a 17 year career with the New York Yankees, he won the World Series six times, and was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. He was a pick for two teams. Whitey Ford21 October 1928 – 8 October 20202 teams
THIS PEREGRINE VERY ENDANGERED British journalist Peregrine Worsthorne has denounced rumours of owning the Philosopher’s Stone, by dying aged 96. Leaving the Times who were uncomfortable with his pro-McCarthy views, Worsthorne joined the Telegraph. From 1961 to 1991, he held the positions of Deputy Editor or Editor itself at The Sunday Telegraph, and with friends […]
