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...
STARBRIGHT EXIT Musician Pat Martino has died aged 77, after a long period of ill health. Martino was a jazz guitarist who worked with a variety of performers, before he suffered a near fatal seizure in 1980. Suffering amnesia, he had to teach himself from scratch how to play the guitar again, with no short […]
SPRINT RUN British sprinter Dorothy Manley has died aged 94. Manley won a silver medal in the 1948 London Olympic Games in the 100 metres, which was the first British female medal in the sport. She also won the gold in the European Championships in 1950 as part of the 4 x 100 relay team. […]
Bert Newton Australian TV personality Bert Newton has died aged 83. He hosted the Bert Newton Show and Good Morning Australia for many years, but also appeared on stage as The Wizard of Oz. He was picked by two teams: Dick Smith’s OzeEDEath List and Perhaps Pointless Punts. Bert Newton23 July 1938 – 30 October […]
ROH TAE TOO Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died aged 88. He was President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993, during which he signed the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula joint declaration. Despite this he was later jailed for bribery, corruption, plotting a coup and orchestrating a massacre. Well, this went downhill […]
ROSES ARE BLUE Country singer Rose Lee Maphis has died aged 98. The widow of singer Joe Maphis, they performed as TV regulars in the 1950s, and released several albums together. She retired from music after her husbands death in 1986. She was a unique pick for Phantom’s Pick n Mix Rose Lee Maphis29 December […]
MORTE SAHL Canadian comedian Mort Sahl has died aged 94. Sahl’s career started in the 1950s when he toured American nightclubs focusing on political humour and satire. This is the sort of thing which gets you three Netflix specials in 2021 but was considered iconoclast and maverick in the 1950s. By 1960, he had the […]
BERNARD’S THRENODY Acclaimed conductor Bernard Haitink has died after a long illness aged 92. The Dutch born Haitink survived the Nazi occupation of his homeland, before becoming conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1950s. From there he rose to the Concertgebouw and became one of the most in demand orchestra conductors in […]
ONE HIT DDP WONDER American musician Robin McNamara has died aged 74. As a songwriter, he worked with Jim Cretecos to write Lay a Little Lovin on Me, which charted internationally in 1970. He was a unique pick for Dead and Dusted 2. Robin McNamara5 May 1947 – 21 October 2021unique
POWELLS DEATH DOCTRINE Former US military leader and politician Colin Powell has died aged 84, after a battle with blood cancer was complicated by covid. Powell, who was refused service under segregation in Georgia while an active soldier, rose from cadet level to the rank of four-star General, and saw action in Vietnam. It was […]
TERRAHAWCKED Actress Denise Bryer has died aged 93. Bryer appeared in shows such as Maigret and was the voice of The Junk Lady in Bowie fantasy fest Labyrinth. She had a long connection with Gerry Anderson and kids TV, being one of the voice actors for Four Feather Falls, one of the Anderson puppet shows […]
