Didn’t have him here, but did have Jean Marie Le Pen in my other 2 pools.
The bad news is that the money pool runs 1/16 to 12/31, so I didn’t get any points. The good news is that I already won that pool, and this year it runs 1/16-1/15.
Haven’t finalized my entry yet.
Thanks for the tip. Starting strong in DDP
Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86 | Music | The Guardian?
Last Friday was the Folk Music Shabbat at my Temple.
The lead singer said he sent the service link to Peter Yarrow (they do know each other)
No idea if he was any state to listen in or if he was did so.
One of my picks here is pretty obscure nationally: Steve McCoy. He was a local radio guy, and is in hospice. I figured nobody would pick him.
I was browsing one of the DDP forums, and one of the big DDP players there mentioned him on 1/1. It made me wonder if he is browsing our forum, as that’s a pretty obscure name to get noticed by someone in a UK based pool. He didn’t use him due to fear of no qualifying obit there, and I didn’t either for the same reason.
I’ve gotta find feeds that give me more of these
Still interested in opinions if anyone wants to volunteer any. Others I am considering including but debating on the QO:
Jonathan Clements, finance writer (not eligible here due to no wiki). I feel pretty certain WSJ and Yahoo will pick him up, but those don’t qualify. He might get picked up elsewhere.
Mary Schmucker, Breaking Amish. I think she will get picked up by a celebrity site for a QO
My picks are now not showing
Looks like your entry may have been replaced with a second entry for me showing last year’s picks.
Black Bart: DEAD!
Black Bart, born Richard Harris, also known as Man Mountain Harris and “Hangman” Ricky Harris, was a professional wrestler. He competed in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Mid South Wrestling, Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, Southeastern Championship Wrestling and All-Japan Pro Wrestling, Championship Wrestling from Florida, World Class Championship Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation and Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and several other wrestling federations. He wresteld with colon cancer since 2022 and died January 9 at age 76.
Hotkarl, ArthurItas and Ted_Hoffman are on the board with their top hit.
Standings:
| contestant | Normal Deaths | Tragic Deaths | Unique Deaths | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LastExamDone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| ArthurItas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ted_Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Hotkarl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Maphistos_Sidekick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekial_Cumberland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| frummie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PatientZombie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macroman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| traina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keep watching those obits!
I am hoping now all the lists are correct. Let me know if they are not.
Black Bart did not get a QO in my money pool that starts 1/15
Cecile Richards was on my short list but didn’t make the cut here. I’d include her here now if I could. She will be on my other pool list.
I did include Jose Mujica. He might be my top pick now.
My entry in my other dead pool
Jose Mujica
Jose Rodela
Lem Barney
Joanne Woodward
Cecile Richards
Noam Chomsky
Mike Peters
Steve McMichael
Randy Moss
Harvey Weinstein
Ananda Lewis
Michael Tilson Thomas
Khaleda Zia
Mike Ditka
Mary Schmucker
Sophie Kinsella
Roberta Flack
Brian Wilson
Ted Turner
Virginia Harris McCaskey
U40 picks: Wade MacLeod, Eugenia Cooney, 6ix9ine
Scoring goes from top to bottom: 10,10,9,9…
U40 are worth 10
Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65 | Music | The Guardian?
That’s 4 hits for me in DDP. They don’t have the 2025 board up yet, but I have to be among the leaders.
Linda Nolan: DEAD!
Ms. Nolan was an Irish singer, actress and television personality. She attained fame as a member of the girl group The Nolans in 1974, along with her sisters Anne, Denise, Maureen, Bernie and Coleen. As a member of the Nolans, Linda toured with Frank Sinatra in 1975, won the Tokyo Music Festival in 1981, and had seven UK top 20 hits between 1979 and 1982.
She supported Gene Pitney on his 1984 UK tour. She then went on to perform in theatre, including an eight-season residency as Maggie May on Blackpool’s Central Pier (1986–1993), performing over 1,000 performances, followed by two seasons as Rosie O’Grady on Blackpool’s South Pier (1994–1995). She reunited with The Nolans for the 2009 I’m in the Mood Again album and tour, and in 2014, she took part in the 13th series of Celebrity Big Brother. In 2018, she was a recurring guest panelist on Loose Women. She died January 15 at the age of 65.
Ted_Hoffman moves into first place with a second hit. Hotkarl also has a second hit to take sole position of second place. PatientZombie, Macroman, Ezekial_Cumberland and Maphistos_Sidekick also score.
Standings:
| contestant | Normal Deaths | Tragic Deaths | Unique Deaths | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted_Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Hotkarl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| LastExamDone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| ArthurItas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Ezekial_Cumberland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| PatientZombie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Maphistos_Sidekick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Macroman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| frummie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| traina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keep watching those obits!
There’s a new picture of Steve McMichael floating around on social media. He looks awful, but frankly no worse than what they rolled out for his HOF ceremony last year.
I was going to put him on my 2025 list, but I had him on my 2024 list figuring he’d drop after the HOF induction. When he didn’t go shortly after, then I was OK, he’s going to hang on for a while and took him off completely.
On the other hand, we’re only 15 days in and it seems like it’s been a pretty active celebrity death list. This is starting to get 2016-type potential.
Like those photos of Jimmy Carter in the last year, they both look like cadavers.