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...
ACUTE ENGLE Astronaut Joe Engle has died aged 92. The last surviving X-15 pilot was also poised to walk on the Moon before he was swapped for Harrison Schmitt in the push to fly a scientist. He later flew on the Space Shuttle with fellow DDP24 graduate Richard Truly. He was a twin pick for […]
GRACE UNDER FIRE Archers actress Ysanne Churchman has died aged 99. She joined the radio mainstay in 1951 as the second actress to play Grace Archer, it would prove a brief-yet-pivotal tenure as Grace’s shocking death in a stable fire drew an audience of 20 million and deliberately overshadowed the launch of ITV on the […]
THE MUMMY Shortly after Anouk Aimée goes another La dolce vita alum. Yvonne Furneaux played Emma in the Fellini classic, and was considered one of the most fleshed out of the girlfriends if overshadowed by the more enigmatic Anita Ekberg and Nadia Gray. She also did Hammer horror with The Mummy and was sister to […]
GOODNIGHT IRENE Actress Roberta Taylor has died aged 76. Active over a half-century, she was best known for a duo of strong-willed roles in the new-age fad loving Irene Raymond in EastEnders and hard-drinking Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill. She was picked by The Final Bill. Roberta Taylor26 February 1948 – 6 July 2024, […]
NO HOEP Photographer Thomas Hoepker has died aged 88. He took iconic snaps of Muhammad Ali and the Berlin Wall, but was best known for a controversial picture of 9/11 in which New Yorkers were going about their day while smoke from the wreckage could be seen in the distance. Tombstone Ticklers never forgot him. […]
WHAT IS MCALEVEY? Niche Jeopardy in joke time? Niche Jeopardy in joke time. Jane McAlevey was a leading US labour activist who achieved notable victories regarding health care and pensions. She was 59 and announced a long-term cancer battle was coming to a close late last year. She was picked by Skibidi Toilet, The B-Team, […]
DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH Pioneer in intersex research Milton Diamond has died aged 90. He was best known for his involvement in the David Reimer case. Reimer himself wasn’t intersex – a botched circumcision left him without a penis – and his parents went to John Money for guidance. Money was known for his advocacy, […]
ALTERED IMOGENS Irish sculptor Imogen Stuart has died aged 96. She was known for invoking a blend of Expressionism and early Irish Christian art in mostly religious pieces all over the Emerald Isle, such as depictions of Pope John Paul II and St. Brendan the Navigator. Her style was heavily influenced by a displaced upbringing […]
ORLANDO WILT Baseballer Orlando Cepeda has died aged 87. “The Baby Bull” was one of the first Puerto Rican players to make a major imprint on the MLB, playing for the Giants (timely enough a teammate of Willie Mays) and notching 11 All Stars and a World Series championship. His stature was derailed in the […]
AUDREY LACK Painter Audrey Flack has died aged 93. She was the most prominent woman in the rise of photorealism, where she preferred to emphasis glamorous items like jewelry rather than the mundane world of pencils. Her planned statue of Queen Catherine of Braganza was poised to be the second tallest statue in NYC after […]
