Dead Pool 2021

[SeasideEssexXile]

It's that time of year of the hear again,

Pick 20 names who you think, wil not make it through 2021.
Point for each, with the exception of your "Joker" which will be worth 2pts - this will be the first name on your list.

Entries to be in by 24.59 on Sunday 03 January 21.

 

[SeasideEssexXile]

Here's my list, Linda Nolan is my joker.

Linda Nolan
Susan Bayh
Bill Turnbull
June Brown
Harry Billinge
John Stossel
Rob Burrow
Tom Parker
Tom Bilton
Angela Lansbury
David Gulpilil
Yoo Sang Chul
Cruscilla Anderson
Dick Van Dyke
Emporer Akihito
Tom Smith (rugby player)
Olivia Newton John
Shannen Doherty
Murray Walker
Leon Spinks

 

[Bear1951]

Prince Phil the Greek...joker
Rob Burrows
Jimmy Greaves
Brian London
Henry Kissinger
Raul Castro
Jimmy Carter
Tommy Docherty
Bob Dole
Rupert Murdoch
Paul Gascoigne
Walter Mondale
Bob Dylan
June Brown
Bill Turnbull
Captain Sir Tom Moore The Bore of whom less would be more
Bobby Charlton
Pat Boone
Tony Bennett
Owen Oyston

Reserves Doddie Weir.....replaces Docherty.
Piers Corbyn

 

[SeasideEssexXile]

Unlucky with the doc there

 

[Bear1951]

Unlucky with the doc there

BUGGER...mind you I have quite a good score for 2020.

 

[Bear1951]

A quick check shows 7 hits for 2020. Has anyone beaten that?

Looks like Pete has at least 6.

 

[bfcpete]

A quick check shows 7 hits for 2020. Has anyone beaten that?

Looks like Pete has at least 6.

I got 7 as well. I did ask whether the prize was a year's subscription to Gravediggers Weekly?

 

[bfcpete]

I am rolling forward my unused 13 from 2020 and adding 7 new ones:

Owen Oyston
Prince Phillip
Norman Tebbitt
Johnny Johnson (ex Dambusters)
Paul Gascoigne
Pope Benedict
Jimmy Carter
Bill Cosby
Rolf Harris
Don King
Val Kilmer
Leslie Phillips
Bill Wyman
Glyn James
Eric Burdon
William Roache
Michael Schumacher
Harvey Weinstein
Joe Biden
Doreen Lofthouse

My Joker is Owen Oyston

 

[bfcpete]

I got 7 as well. I did ask whether the prize was a year's subscription to Gravediggers Weekly?

Sorry, I forgot you get 2 for your joker. That takes my score to 8

 

[Bear1951]

You cannot have Prince Phillip the Greek...he died a decade ago..

 

[BobHatton]

That's spooky. A couple of days before looking at this thread I was randomly looking at Tommy Dochertys bio on Wikipedia and then he almost instantly shuffles off this mortal coil!

Who should I look up next? I know! O....(typing)...

 

[SeasideEssexXile]

First one of 2021 - Alan Bradley, last seen running down the prom after Rita...
RIP

Mark Eden, who played Coronation Street villain Alan Bradley, has died at the age of 92.
The actor, who had been living with Alzheimer's disease "for some time", died early on New Year's Day, his agent confirmed in a statement.
Eden was married to fellow Coronation Street star Sue Nicholls, who plays Audrey Roberts.

 

[Premier 1]

Are you lads looking for customers for Undertakers,?

 

[SeasideEssexXile]

Gerry Marsden has died aged 78. He's not going to be walking alone again.
RIP

 

[Bear1951]

Gerry Marsden has died aged 78. He's not going to be walking alone again.
RIP

Boom boom. RIP or should it be YNWA.

 

[Bear1951]

I remember their kop singing You'll Never Walk Again after one of their hard men crunched an opponent.

 

[BobHatton]

Tommy Smith?

 

[Bear1951]

Tommy Smith?

How did you guess.

 

[bfcpete]

Actress Tanya Roberts, of Bond girl and Charlie's Angels fame has died, aged just 65

 

[BobHatton]

It's actually fake news and a horrendous mistake by her publicist - she's alive and kicking.