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...
GIMME ALL YOUR DYING, ALL YOUR SNUG CREMATIONS TOO ZZ Top frontman Dusty Hill has somewhat surprisingly died aged 72. Hill had part of a Zombies tribute act in 1969 when he formed ZZ Top with Frank Beard (who doesn’t have a beard) and Billy Gibbons. They worked together for the next 52 years, and […]
I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THE DEATH OF A GREAT COMEDIAN Influential American comic Jackie Mason has died aged 93, three years older than he’d claimed (and eight more than a typo on the DDP website) and so given his last middle finger. He gave the signal to Ed Sullivan on live TV in […]
WARDS OFF Australian actress Mary Ward has died aged 106. The first female reporter on ABC Radio, she was dubbed Australia’s Forces Sweetheart during World War 2. In an acting career she was best known for the soap Sons and Daughters, and for her role as memorable convict Mum in the cult classic drama Prisoner […]
TOM’S A GONNER English comic Tom O’Connor has died aged 81. The stand up comedian was a regular on TV after winning Opportunity Knocks, and became a game show host with Name That Tune and CrossWits. One of his favourite characters was terrible entertainer Happy Harry Wainwright Jr and he was oft compared to Bob […]
PILAR OF THE DDP Spanish film actress Pilar Bardem has died aged 82. The mother of Javier Bardem, she was a Goya Award winning actress for the Spanish film Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead. Which we just have. She was a unique pick for Si Team. Pilar Bardem14 March 1939 – 17 […]
DEATH IS A LONELY BIZ-NESS Rapper Biz Markie has died aged 57. He was best known for his song Just a Friend, which reached 9th place in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989. The song frequently made VH1’s interminably long lists of the 1980s. Markie inadvertently changed music history when 70s misery crooner Gilbert O’Sullivan […]
VIKING FUNERAL Former darts player Andy Fordham has died aged 59 after years of ill health. Nicknamed The Viking, Fordham won the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, and gained the spotlight when he was signed up for a Sky Sports showdown with PDO perennial champ of the time, Phil “The Power” Taylor. However, trailing 5-2 […]
ON THE TAKE TED SNUFFS Former US politician Edwin Edwards has died aged 93. The three time Governor of Louisiana was elected to the most years of anyone in that office, 16 years. This ended when he was found guilty of corruption and racketeering, and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Edwards cast himself […]
MOSS OFF Footballer Ernie Moss has died aged 71, the latest victim of the plague of dementia style diseases in ex-footballers. The forward scored over 150 goals for Chesterfield in over 400 games for The Spireites. Moss also played for Peterborough United, Doncaster Rovers, and Lincoln City, and was a non-league manager for over a […]
MORTE LAKE French actress Renee Simonot has died aged 109. The mother of Catherine and Francoise Deneuve, Simonot was a stage actress whose debut took place in 1918 during World War One! She found a niche dubbing into French in the 1930s and was the French voice of Olivia de Havilland. Her acclaimed role was […]
