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...
DICKIE DAVIES DIES Longtime World of Sport presenter Dickie Davies has died aged 94. Recognisable by his dapper suits, mustachioed visage, and white-tufted bouffant, he helmed the ITV programme for 20 years and covered everything from the mainstream (Olympics, golf, horseracing) to quirkier material (cliff diving, barrel rolling – basically crumbs ITV had to rely […]
NO RESISTING THE INEVITABLE French Resistance fighter Simone Segouin has died aged 97. Taught how to use a submachine gun in her teens, she donned the nom de guerre Nicole Minet and stole a Nazi bike she used to relay messages. In collaboration with eventual lover Lieutenant Roland Boursier, her responsibilities increased to capturing German […]
GALAXY EXPRESS DESTINATION STARDUST Mangaka Leiji Matsumoto has died aged 85. Inspired by the works of Astro Boy maestro Osamu Tezuka, he married the creator of Japan’s Barbie equivalent before breaking into the industry proper. His first success was in the early 70s with a slice-of-life comic about a student preparing for university exams, but […]
WELCH GOES TITS UP! Iconic Hollywood sex symbol Raquel Welch has died aged 82, affirming a prewritten obituary from The Mary Tyler Moore Show that states she didn’t drown. Born Jo Raquel Tejada, she initially worked as a weather presenter before turning to entertainment. She married Patrick Curtis, a Hollywood producer whose own career began […]
THERE’S GOT TO BE A MOURNING AFTER… Actress and perennial Alzheimer’s pick Stella Stevens has died aged 84. Her film career started with promise, winning a Golden Globe for her role in Bing Crosby musical Say One for Me. She followed suit as leading lady to Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls!, by-the-numbers Elvis fare […]
LOBINGER WON’T LINGER Pole vaulting champ Tim Lobinger has died after a long bout with blood cancer, aged 50. He racked up multiple medals in the World Indoor Championships, European Championships, and European Indoor Championships, but underwhelmed at the Olympics. What could’ve been a canon cert with better Olympic fortunes instead left deadpoolers questioning if […]
TOYODA FACES DISASSEMBLY LINE Former Toyota boss Shoichiro Toyoda has died aged 97. The son of founder Kiichiro, he presided over the company’s expansion into North America and promoted the Lexus and Prius brands. In case you’re wondering why the family surname is “Toyoda” rather than “Toyota”, the brand was originally marketed as “Toyoda”. The […]
TWO RIVERS DRIED UP Pro wrestler and Native American activist Billy Two Rivers has entered the happy hunting ground aged 87. Trained by (and an occasional tag team partner to) Heavyweight Champion Chief Don Eagle, he became a recognisable figure in the 50s-70s wrestling scene with his unrelenting playstyle and his distinct Mohawk. After retiring […]
HANS MORT-ROW Latter-day East German communist leader Hans Modrow has died aged 95. His tenure began days after the Berlin Wall fell, and he saw where the winds were blowing with a conciliatory premiership that shared power with the opposition and paved the way for reunification. He oversaw the only free elections in East Germany […]
LOTIS POSITION NOW SUPINE Yesteryear crooner Dennis Lotis has hit his last note aged 97. One of the last pre-rock crooners still standing, he prospered under the tutelage of bandleader Ted Heath before going solo in the mid-50s. He rounded off the decade as a variety circuit regular with the occasional film appearance, but his […]
