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...
Hello all, it is the beginning of my era as co-host as we enter another year of the DDP. The obits will start rolling in shortly, hopefully tomorrow. Most of the quicker ones have already been written and just need some finishing touches. But already a few heavyweights have died this year who deserve more […]
Yes, 2021 said adios to Captain Tom, in the same year we got rid of James Bond and the latest Doctor Who. What’s next, a new host of Mastermind? You may pick me in 2022 but immortals never die… So, how about Jodie Whittaker as the next James Bond, right? No, hang […]
NOT HOGHING THE LIMELIGHT Danish international goalkeeper Lars Hogh has died, aged 62, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Hogh was the Danish goalkeeper at the 1986 World Cup, as they won fans across the world with swashbuckling play and a win over West Germany (before crashing in the knockout stages). In a twenty-three […]
ASH TO ASHES Cricketer Eileen Ash has died aged 110. Ash was a female cricketer for Middlesex during the 1930s, and played Test cricket after World War Two. A bowler, her fans included Don Bradman. She attributed her old age to her love of yoga. She was picked by 6 teams including Carkers Convention, Gray […]
FUNERAL OF BERN German World Cup winner Horst Eckel has died aged 89, the last surviving member of the 1954 World Cup winners. In 1954, the West German side managed to come from 2-0 down to beat the highly fancied Hungary team to win the World Cup. The Miracle of Bern revitalised German football after […]
NO MORE WALKABOUTS Aboriginal Australian actor David Gulpilil has died after a long battle with lung cancer. Gulpilil made his breakthrough as a 16 year old actor in the film Walkabout, often played by teachers to quiet classrooms near the holidays. This success led to films like The Last Wave and Crocodile Dundee, in which […]
Fortune Fitzroy, the Duchess of Grafton, has died aged 101. The senior lady on the Queens team for over fifty years, she was also one of the Queens closest friends. A former Great Ormond Street nurse, she became the youngest female magistrate in England in 1949, and spent 70 years as a loyal lieutenant to […]
DEAD KENNEDY Former Liverpool football star Ray Kennedy has died aged 70, having survived over 35 years with Parkinsons disease. Kennedy had already won the league and cup double with Arsenal before he moved to Liverpool in 1974. There, he added another five league titles to his resume, and also won three European Cups. That […]
JAMES AND THE GIANT MORGUE Actress Arlene Dahl has died aged 96. One of the final surviving stars of the Classic Hollywood era, Dahl appeared in films such as Ambush, Watch the Birdie and Jamaica Run. Her popularity peaked in the 1950s, with roles opposite Bob Hope, theatre runs and a weekly beauty column. By […]
THE CHILLIEST ILLEIST Bob Dole has died at the age of 98, after many months of suffering from lung cancer. Bob Dole had an interesting and storied life that Bob Dole was proud of. Bob Dole served Bob Dole’s country in WWII, but almost died from gunfire on the battlefield and largely lost usage of […]
