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...
DARLING, YOU CAN’T HEAR ME, SOS We recently wrapped up the great Frank Field v. Frank Field rap battle (ft. guest vocalist Frank Ifield), maybe we can get a Simon Cowell ball rolling. If the name Simon Cowell instantly conjures up the uncanny valley music vampire, in a just world the conservationist would be the […]
DROP ANOUK French cinema star Anouk Aimée has died aged 92. Her role as Maddalena in La dolce vita catapaulted her onto the scene, and she followed up on the Fellini front as the protagonist’s estranged wife in 8½. Other roles of note included Lola, Justine, and Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man, but her crowning […]
NO CHANCE No Wave saxophonist James Chance has died aged 71. He was a key figure of the brash genre as member of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, James White and the Blacks, and most notably James Chance and the Contortions. His cacophonous sax-playing was a trademark, as was a boisterous stage presence that staged […]
CARNAVAL DE PERISH 90s dance phenom Paul Spencer AKA Dario G has died aged 53. Paul Spencer was one third of the Dario G trio who had chart success with Dream Academy-sampling “Sunchyme” (a UK #2 assured to plateau there by dint of facing “Candle in the Wind 1997”) and footy anthem “Carnaval de Paris”. […]
IRVING SLOOP James K. Irving’s younger brother, Arthur, died last month a DDP miss, but second time’s the charm. The Irving brothers (James, Arthur, and long-deceased John) were a longtime business force in Canada with their ownership of numerous forestry and oil companies under the Irving Group. And as he often went by his initials, […]
HE’S THE WANDERER, THEY CALL HIM THE WANDERER, HE GOES ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND Footballer Tommy Banks has died aged 94. He was a staple of the Bolton Wanderers and was part of the England national team for their 1958 World Cup run. The oldest surviving England international […]
ALL BLACK FUNERAL Rugby player Ralph Caulton has died aged 87. He played 50 games for the All Blacks and was picked by Kiwi fruit sundae. Ralph Caulton10 January 1937 – 9 June 2024, aged 87💀💀💀💀💀💀 + 👻 = 10 POINTS
IAN FESTERS TONNES One of the grand elder statesmen of Doctor Who, William Russell was a debut companion who helped get the ball rolling for the pop culture juggernaut. In first-ever episode An Unearthly Child, his science teacher Ian Chesterton, alongside history teacher Barbara Wright, were perplexed by the idiosyncrasies of their pupil Susan Foreman. […]
JANIS TOPPLIN’ Scene-stealing actress Janis Paige has died aged 101. She kicked off her career in the 40s as a Hollywood ingenue in Bob Hope and Doris Day comedies, and hoofed with Fred Astaire. After Warner Bros. panickily ditched her contract during the rise of television, she found a second venue in Broadway including the […]
THE DDP REMEMBERS HIM! Knock knock. Who’s there? Little old lady. Little old lady who? Get the fuck out of my house, Frank Ifield. Yep, Frank Field the centenarian weatherman died last year, Frank Field the Labour contrarian died weeks ago, but for there to be a third Frank Field death we had to […]
