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...
WHISTLE BLOWS FOR THISTLE MAN Footballer and manager Gerry Collins has died aged 69. He was best known for a long career playing with and managing Partick Thistle, and also managed Falkirk. He was picked by They think it’s all over. Gerry Collins12 March 1955 – 20 May 2024, aged 69💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 12 […]
DEATH PLAYS CATCH-UP WITH HEINZ HONCHO Rugby player and businessman Tony O’Reilly has died aged 88. As a rugby player he played for Ireland and the Lions and his 37 tries for the latter were a team record. He then built himself to billions assuming ownership of Heinz and the bulk of Irish newspapers before […]
CHICO AND THE BAN Footballer Ian “Chico” Hamilton has died aged 73. He played as a midfielder for Chelsea, Aston Villa, and Sheffield United and his early career invited comparisons to Jimmy Greaves. He was unique for Waiting for Ugo. Ian “Chico” Hamilton31 October 1950 – May 2024, aged 73💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 11 POINTS
NIPPED IN THE BUD WWII triple ace Clarence “Bud” Anderson has died aged 102. He downed 16 Nazi planes during his service, and was longtime friends with Chuck motherfucking Yeager. Fiona’s 1922 shoots down another unique hit. Bud Anderson13 January 1922 – 17 May 2024, aged 102💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 8 POINTS
PLANT FOOD King of the B Movies Roger Corman has died aged 98. Disdainful towards Hollywood meddling after they bungled one of his earliest scripts, he took it to release his products under his own watch and churned out in rapid fire low-budget monster horrors (The Little Shop of Horrors), Vincent Price-flaunted Poe adaptations (House […]
IT’S NO WAY TO MAKE A LIVIN! So after a pleasantly-long drought of them dying, I get to write about a Columbo killer. Alas for Dabney Coleman, I can’t remember much about his 90s episode bar the Little Richard cameo. Which is saying far more about the episode than Coleman, as he knew how to […]
SHE HAD A GUD RUN Is there anything that she cannae do? Breathe, apparently. Gudrun Ure was long respected for her Shakespearean roles, but it was mistakenly being hit by a magic ray that granted her pop culture immortality as Super Gran. As her mighty OAP fended off Scunner Campbell and other baddies with her […]
FORTY MILES OF DEAD ROAD If Jerry Lee Lewis was the last surviving star of 50s rock n roll, guitarist Duane Eddy was the biggest stander of its remaining practitioners. Eddy disliked his singing voice, but with his echoey twang nevertheless gave each of his instrumentals an Eddy trademark. The rowdy “Rebel-‘Rouser”, replete with claps […]
IT’S A TERRIBLE THING TO LOSE Turned to stone? Mr. Blue Skin? Some bands give you one song to work with, others give you a whole platter of classics. Richard Tandy tagged along with his schoolmate Bev Bevan to play harpsichord on The Move’s “Blackberry Way”. His presence with The Move was on-and-off, and when […]
CÉSAR SALAD The third World Cup-winning footy manager to die this year, César Luis Menotti took Argentina to glory in the 1978 edition. As a player in the 60s “El Flaco” (“The Slim One”) was teammates with Pelé, and his Cup victory came despite his controversial refusal to use teen prodigy Diego Maradona. He won […]
