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...
HEY, WOOD Actress Pat Heywood has died aged 92. She made her film debut as the nurse to Olivia Hussey’s Juliet in the Zeffirelli Romeo & Juliet, and for the next thirty years was a regular supporter in many auntie roles and more darkly as the wife (and one of several victims) to serial killer […]
FORGET IT JAKE, IT’S THE DDP New Hollywood screenwriter Robert Towne has died aged 89. He was most acclaimed for Chinatown and also had Shampoo and The Last Detail on his CV. He was an apt unique for Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown. Robert Towne23 November 1934 – 1 July 2024, aged 89💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 👻 […]
LOVE Tennis player Vic Seixas was the oldest living Hall of Famer, with Wimbledon and US Open wins under his belt. Noted for his durability – he was still playing the US Championships into his 40s – he similarly deployed a hardiness on the dead pool court, making it to 100 despite being under round-the-clock […]
JIM INHOLE Ex US Senator Jim Inhofe has died aged 89. The by-the-numbers Oklahoma Republican was probably best known for his staunch climate change denialism, once bringing a snowball to the Senate floor to back up his thesis. Now he’s testing the “snowball’s chance in Hell” adage. He was picked by OAPs (Old American Politicians) […]
KEN EMBALMER Somerset cricketer Ken Palmer was 87 and a unique for Ashes to Ashes XI. Ken Palmer22 April 1937 – 23 July 2024, aged 87💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 10 POINTS
OH MUIR HURTING GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has died aged 93. He became known as the “voice of Gaelic games” over the course of a 60-year career which won him acclaim for his excitement and love of the game. He was picked by The Sick-Bed of Cuchulainn. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh20 August 1931 – 28 […]
KIND OF A DRAG Street Outlaws drag racer Lizzy Musi has died aged 33. She had stage 4 breast cancer and was picked by Pan Breed and Bennington & Speight’s Aerial Silk Workshop. Lizzy Musi1 January 1981 – 27 June 2024, aged 332 TEAMS (💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 10 POINTS)
DOOMAS French cabinet minister Roland Dumas has died aged 101. He was part of the Mitterand cabinet as the Foreign Minister before his political career ended due to the Elf affair. He was a pick for two French theme teams. Roland Dumas23 August 1922 – 3 July 2024, aged 1012 TEAMS (💀💀💀💀 4 POINTS)
POST FATAL Neonatalist Mildred T. Stahlman has died aged 101. She started the first first newborn intensive care unit in the world, and a rare Last Word-exclusive QO brings a fourth unique to Fiona’s 1922. Mildred T. Stahlman31 July 1922 – 29 June 2024, aged 101💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 8 POINTS
M*A*S*HED Acting great Donald Sutherland has died aged 88. Our lanky Canuck was a regular in Hammer Horror films and British TV such as The Avengers and The Saint before a trinity of war films put him on the map – dopey felon Vernon Pinkley in The Dirty Dozen, the OG Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H, […]
