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...
SLOVAN, JOZEF CZECHS OUT Football manager Dr Jozef Venglos has died, another victim of Half Man Half Biscuit, aged 84. He won the Czechoslovakian league twice with Slovan Bratislava before becoming the assistant coach for the Czechoslovaks famous Euro 1976 win. (The last time the Germans have lost an international penalty shootout, fact fans!) […]
Former Jamaican international striker Luton Shelton has become the latest victim of ALS, dying at the age of 35. Shelton played for Helsinborgs and Valeranga in the Scandinavian leagues, in between a short stay at Sheffield United. He played for the Blades at Old Trafford but was unable to keep them in the Premiership. Stays […]
HANK HAMMERED Hank Aaron, one of the most famous and popular American baseball stars of all time, has died a few weeks short of 87. With two decades play in the MLB, he won the World Series in 1957 with the Braves, and was an All-Star twenty five times in a row. He was […]
FADE TO GRAY Scottish comic actor Andy Gray has died aged 61. Gray made his name in iconic 1980s Scottish comedy sketch show Naked Video alongside Gregor Fisher, before moving onto sitcoms and latterly River City. He was best known for his partnership with the late Gerard Kelly. They were co-stars of sitcom City Lights, […]
JIMMIE DODGERED Pop singer Jimmie Rodgers has died aged 87. He had a number of top hits in the US charts in the 1950s, including the number 1 single Honeycomb, and saccharine top 10 hit Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. He was involved in a nasty incident in 1967 when his car was stopped by police […]
PHIL NOW A SPECTOR Music pioneer turned convicted murderer Phil Spector has died in prison aged 81. As creator of the Wall of Sound approach to record production, which revolutionised sound and led to him working with the hottest acts of the time from Dylan to the Beatles. He was also fond of eccentric behaviour, […]
THE SPANISHMAN WHO WENT UP A HILL BUT FELL DOWN A MOUNTAIN Mountaineer and former politician Sergi Mingote has died aged 49. He was part of the K2 mission which planned to reach the summit of the notorious mountain in Winter – and has achieved the fact since. He retired as the Socialist Mayor of […]
NEW YORK PALL (BEARER) New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain has died aged 69. He worked with them from 1971 to 1977, and has an anxiety inducing difficult name to spell. After this he worked on some solo albums, and performed with Glen Matlock. The guitarist was picked by 6 teams, including Grave Danger, Gris […]
GONNA HANG OUT THE OBITS ON SIEGFRIED’S DECLINE The unmauled half of Siegfried and Roy has quickly joined the other one in departing the stage for the last time aged 81. The magician duo were known for their Las Vegas live shows, which often included tigers. One such tiger decided to maul Roy Horn in […]
NASA MAUSOLEUM Astronaut William Thornton has died aged 91. He was the space physician (the real life Bones – and he worked on bones too!) on four Skylab missions, and conducted cardio testing on two Challenger missions. No, not the one that immediately springs to your mind, obviously. Although on his second flight in 1985, […]
