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 DI (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...
BYE BYE BIRDIE Ex RTE presenter Charlie Bird has died aged 74. He was widely respected for a 40-year career that covered 9/11 and the Rwandan genocide, and was a key witness to the Northern Ireland peace process as RTE’s only point of contact with the Provisional IRA. An 2021 ALS diagnosis made him a […]
ROTTEN APFEL Fashion icon Iris Apfel has died aged 102. A longtime respected textiles designer with a philosophy of “more is more and less is a bore”, her clients included Greta Garbo, Esteé Lauder, and nine US presidents. Unmistakable with her large rimmed glasses and her eye-catching outfits, her popularity transferred into museum exhibits, Barbie […]
IN URN! Darts commentator Tony Green has died aged 85. He was long one of the Beeb’s voices of darts, commentating alongside Sid Waddell for decades. However it was on the game show board of darts he landed his most lasting fame, memorably co-hosting Bullseye with Jim Bowen. As Bowen stock such as own “you […]
MUL AND VOID Former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney has died aged 84. Among the prominent conservative heads of state of the 80s, he was swept into power in 1983 on a record landslide where his party nabbed nearly 75% of the seats. His diplomacy to the US memorably included duetting “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” […]
WHEN IS HE GOING TO DIE? Curb Your Enthusiasm mainstay Richard Lewis has died aged 76. Nicknamed “the Prince of Pain” for his routine of going on self-depreciation routs while dressed in all black, his performances invited comparisons to Lenny Bruce, Jimi Hendrix, and Franz Kafka. After years on the stand-up circuit, numerous appearances on […]
PHILIPPE A FILIP French admiral Philippe de Gaulle has died aged 102. The last surviving child of Charles (who recently unveiled his hitherto-unknown Irish roots on the DeathList forums), he fought in North Atlantic campaigns and the liberation of France. He later served as a senator, and was picked by two teams. Philippe de Gaulle28 […]
RYAN’S NOPE Though outflanked in fame by his brother, Angela’s Ashes scribe Frank, Malachy McCourt nevertheless claimed a diverse range of celebrity. He acted in soaps such as Ryan’s Hope and and All My Children, wrote memoirs detailing his life in Ireland and America, and staged a futile third-party bid for governor of New York. […]
MRS POODLE SKIRT GONE TO THE DOGS As with malt shops, drive-ins, and segregation, poodle skirts were a cornerstone of the innocent culture of 50s America. Its creator, Juli Lynne Charlot, was a popular entertainer in the 40s who performed with Xavier Cugat and the Marx Brothers. She was in need of an outfit for […]
ELEANOR COLLINS DIED AT THE CHURCH AND WAS BURIED ALONG WITH HER NAME Canadian jazz pioneer Eleanor Collins was known as “Canada’s First Lady of Jazz” for her trailblazing career. She worked with Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson, became the first woman and person of colour to host a national TV programme in 1955, and […]
TRULY DEAD Ex astronaut and NASA administrator Richard H. Truly has died aged 86. He was one of the final astronauts to be hired under the Apollo programme and one of the first to fly on a space shuttle. His missions proved the Columbia shuttle was reusable and pioneered usage of robot arms, but all […]
