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...
EBBERS HOSTS DEATHCON2020 Former businessman and criminal Bernard Ebbers has died aged 78. From Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, like Chris Benoit, Ebbers promising career ended in revulsion and disgrace, like Chris Benoit. He also won the WWE World Heavyweight title, like Chris Ben… no, sorry, wrong Wiki page. Ebbers was the CEO of America’s version of […]
WILD GOOSE COOKED World War Two veteran turned mercenary for hire, and a one time charted accountant, Mad Mike Hoare has died aged 100. An Irishman born in Calcutta, he served in Burma under the British in the 1940s and was promoted to Major for his role on the front line. In the 1960s he […]
QUEEN OF SUSPENSE FACES FINAL CLIFFHANGER Popular mystery novelist Mary Higgins Clark has revealed her final whodunnit aged 92. A former Pan Am air stewardess, Clark took to writing short stories for the magazine markets when her husband became seriously ill in the late 1950s. After he died in 1964 (on the same day as […]
ANDRETTI PUTS CONTENDERS IN POLE POSITION NASCAR racing driver John Andretti has died aged 56. A member of the famous Andretti racing family, he won two NASCAR Cup Series races in the late 90s at the Daytona circuit, but struggled to drive out of the shadow of more successful family members. He had been […]
CHRIS IN A HOLE, MAN NFL Hall of Famer Chris Doleman has died aged 58 after a long battle with the dreaded glioblastoma. He lasted 24 months with the condition, a rarity. Doleman spent the vast majority of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, before stints at the 49ers and the Falcons during the mid-90s. […]
A FEW LESS GOOD MEN Battle of Britain pilot Paul Farnes has died aged 101. One of The Few (now the considerably endangered) as they were named after Churchill’s famous speech, Farnes shot down 5 enemy planes during the battle. He also served during the Battle of France, and during the North African campaign during […]
COMEBACK SHANE Folk musician and singer Bob Shane has died aged 85. The last surviving member of The Kingston Trio, Shane was credited with popularising folk music in the United States through the 1950s. The band had 5 number one albums on the Billboard charts, and nineteen albums in all that made the list itself. […]
TAKE OUT NICHOLAS BLOODY PARSONS With apologies to I’m Sorry For Your Trouble, Nicholas Parsons has SADLY died aged 96. The esteemed comedian hosted Just a Minute from 1967 until its most recent broadcasted episodes in 1969. Fans of Parsons popular show enjoyed his repartee with many guests, including Kenneth Williams, Paul Merton and […]
DEAD IN DETROIT Jay Allen was the announcer for the Detroit Tigers. Apparently. He only became their PA announcer in 2019, but held it as a lifetime position. He was a unique hit for Sir Creep’s Made in Detroit theme team, with a positive result soon after Jack Van Impe’s complete lack of any obituary […]
ONZE D’MORT Robbie Rensenbrink was one of the finest footballers of his generation, a freescoring assist creating link between the midfield and front pair 40 years before Jurgen Klopp invented the role. A vital cog in the Dutch team that thrilled fans on the way to 2 World Cup finals (1974 and 1978), Rensenbrink is […]
