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...
COME ON VIRGINIA, SHOW ME A SIGN Kindly old lady Virginia McLaurin has died aged 113 according to her obituaries, though she was probably actually 105. Imagine being 105 and feeling that’s not impressive enough. A longtime community volunteer, she danced with the Obamas in 2016 and it was enough for a QO six years […]
WHO NEEDS TO THINK WHEN YOUR FEET JUST GO? Talk radio host Jim Bohannon Bohannon Bohannon Bohannon has signed off aged 78. Active in radio since the early 60s, reporting on a Barry Goldwater campaign event for which Mr. Conservative was an hour late finessed his ability to minimize dead air. After working the ranks […]
DAY OF HIS DEATH Actor and Jennifer’s dad, John Aniston, has died aged 89. Greek-born Aniston shortened his name from Anastassakis, and was a soaps regular in the 70s onward before landing his most prominent role in Days of Our Lives as suave on-and-off mobster Victor Kiriakis. He continued to play the character until his […]
NO LONGER A SURVIVOR: PART 2 The tribe has spoken for Survivor contestant Roger Sexton Dan Lembo, who has died of Lewy body dementia aged 76 75. He participated in the Amazon Nicaragua-situated sixth twenty-first season, and was the 7th 14th contestant to be voted out. The Elders of Reality TV, a theme team of […]
DING DONG AT HEAVEN’S DOOR! Goodbyaeee… Reliable cad and premier immortal Leslie Phillips has ding donged his last aged 98. After the 2011 death of his wife Angela Scoular, there were fears feeble Leslie would not be long for this world. By 2017, he had made his last public appearance, but kept carrying on, and […]
FOWLER FLEW THE COOP Early EastEnders staple Bill Treacher has died aged 92, continuing a rough year for Walford. Treacher was the first to be cast for the soap, ably portraying working-class garden lover Arthur Fowler in a role the series creators described as “ordinary but not dull”. The lovable loser Fowler was often beleaguered […]
SWING AND A MISS Fittingly on the same day the US went to vote in its midterms, the dean of election gurus failed to hit the necessary benchmarks to keep breathing, aged 98. Psephologist (or fancy word for election scientist) David Butler was a maths geek who loved to parse cricket stats before the WWII […]
THAT’S HOW I BEAT SHAQ (TO THE GRAVE) Aughties popster/hip hopper Aaron Carter has met the fate of many a child star aged 34. The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, he rode his big bro’s coattails into a career of his own, becoming a kiddy favourite through Nickelodeon-friendly fare including a cover of […]
SMURF MAN TURNS BLUE Singer Pierre Kantner, best known as Father Abraham, has smurfed his last smurf at the age of smurf. He developed his “Father Abraham” persona, with its distinctive bowl cap and silver beard, after writing the carnival song “Father Abraham had seven sons”. The biggest hit however came through the quirky “The […]
NANANANANANANANA DEAD MAN! Longtime voice of Batman Kevin Conroy has gone the way of his parents aged 66. Previously a bit-part actor on 80s TV, he struck gold when selected to play the Caped Crusader in Batman: The Animated Series. The film noir-inspired cartoon is considered by many to be the best portrayal of the […]
