Deathwatch 2017

[Gavin Chipper]

Dick Fosbury, who coincidentally featured in today's Only Connect final. Yeah, yeah, spoilers, but it's not much to go on. I'm not resigning for that.

[Gavin Chipper]

It's actually pretty mental how they used to do the high jump. This video has a good evolution of it.

[Mark Deeks]

Will never understand how the high jump is possible. How can you jump higher than you are?

[Marc Meakin]

Dick Fosbury, who coincidentally featured in today's Only Connect final. Yeah, yeah, spoilers, but it's not much to go on. I'm not resigning for that.

I got 5 points in that round (a rare occassion)

[Marc Meakin]

Will never understand how the high jump is possible. How can you jump higher than you are?

I've often wondered how high you could "jump" using gymnastic skills

[Marc Meakin]

It probably deserves its own thread but I cannot think of another sportsman who was more influential in changing their sport than Dick Fosbury

[Gavin Chipper]

I was surprised he was only 76.

[Marc Meakin]

It probably deserves its own thread but I cannot think of another sportsman who was more influential in changing their sport than Dick Fosbury

According to wiki the Fosbury flop technique was used as early as 1908 but they used sandpits so it sounds dangerous

[Gavin Chipper]

It probably deserves its own thread but I cannot think of another sportsman who was more influential in changing their sport than Dick Fosbury

According to wiki the Fosbury flop technique was used as early as 1908 but they used sandpits so it sounds dangerous

I did think watching the video that it might have been a bit difficult for the guys to do a Fosbury Flop into the sand. So maybe that was it all along. Not an innovation at all - just the obvious method waiting for proper mats.

[Andres Sanchez]

Bobby Caldwell.

Playing the classic song of his rn

[Ian Volante]

Bobby Caldwell.

Playing the classic song of his rn

Not sure he made it to these shores. I think I may have heard the name, but knew nothing about him.

[Marc Meakin]

Paul O Grady

[Gavin Chipper]

Nigel Lawson. Famous for naming his daughter after himself in a rather bizarre manner.

[Marc Meakin]

Isn't Nigella a plant?

[Ian Volante]

Isn't Nigella a plant?

Maybe for the Russians.

[Gavin Chipper]

Paul Cattermole from S Club 7.

[Jon O'Neill]

This thread is so shit. Do we really need an update for every celebrity death?

[Marc Meakin]

This thread is so shit. Do we really need an update for every celebrity death?

You are welcome to kill the thread.
It started out as a follow up to a dead pool anyway.

[Gavin Chipper]

This thread is so shit. Do we really need an update for every celebrity death?

We do. It's good to keep a list.

[Gavin Chipper]

Paul Cattermole from S Club 7.

I was amazed at how completely different he looked in recent years compared to the S Club 7 days. Others have barely changed.

[Marc Meakin]

Mary Quant

[Marc Meakin]

Barry Humphries/Dame Edna

[Gavin Chipper]

That's one for the coincidences thread with Paul O'Grady/Lily Savage dying recently.

[Marc Meakin]

Len Goodman died this morning.
Presumably at SEVEN!!

[Ryan Lam]

Shocking given how his last appearance was barely 1.5 years ago when Anne Robinson was still the host. May he RIP, so many celebrities just dying days apart

[Ian Volante]

That's one for the coincidences thread with Paul O'Grady/Lily Savage dying recently.

I'd have been impressed if Barry and Dame Edna hadn't gone at the same time.

[Elliott Mellor]

Len Goodman died this morning.
Presumably at SEVEN!!

Actually died two days ago, it was just reported today!

[Gavin Chipper]

That's one for the coincidences thread with Paul O'Grady/Lily Savage dying recently.

I'd have been impressed if Barry and Dame Edna hadn't gone at the same time.

Severus Snape died before Alan Rickman.

Edit - Sorry, spoilers.

[Marc Meakin]

Len Goodman died this morning.
Presumably at SEVEN!!

Actually died two days ago, it was just reported today!

Saturday at SEVEN then.
Now he is in HEAVEN

[Gavin Chipper]

Sidney Potter.

Any relation of Harry?

No, because it's Harry Poitier.

And now it really is Harry Belafonte.

[Marc Meakin]

Jerry Springer

[Johnny Canuck]

Jerry Springer

Remember when he was on Countdown?

[Gavin Chipper]

Terrence Hardiman (Demon Headmaster).

[Marc Meakin]

Andy Rourke.
Base player for The Smiths RIP
https://youtu.be/peh6JCBoznk

[Gavin Chipper]

I turned on the news this morning and thought Morrissey had died for a minute.

[Marc Meakin]

I turned on the news this morning and thought Morrissey had died for a minute.

Yeah, bass players generally shun the limelight.
I am huge Smiths fan and couldn't pick Rourke up from a line up.(maybe now as he'd probably be the only corpse in the line up).
Would be a good Pointless picture question to name the bass players of various bands

[Gavin Chipper]

Martin Amis.

[Gavin Chipper]

Rolf Harris.

[Marc Meakin]

Rolf Harris.

"Serial abuser and ex entertainer" is how the BBC called it

[Mark Deeks]

I realise 2016 had so many heavy hitters in the world of entertainment that its lead at the top will be tough to beat, but, 2023 is serving up some real names in the death game this year. Rolf Harris, Jerry Springer, Martin Amis, Jim Brown, Len Goodman, Harry Bellafonte, Barry Humphries, Dick Fosbury, Tom Sizemore, Raquel Welch, Burt Bacharach, Fay Weldon, Dickie Davis, Bernard Ingham, Jeff Beck, Paco Rabanne, Betty Boothroyd, Gianluca Vialli, Nigel Lawson, John Motson, Lisa Marie Presley, Doyle Brunson (hadn't even noticed this one!), Paul Cattermole, Paul O'Grady, Ken Block, David Crosby, Falcon from Gladiators, Wee Willie Harris, Mary Quant, Terrence Hardiman, Bill Tidy, Mystic Meg....we'll need a big second-half performance still, but the three points are there for the taking.

[Marc Meakin]

I realise 2016 had so many heavy hitters in the world of entertainment that its lead at the top will be tough to beat, but, 2023 is serving up some real names in the death game this year. Rolf Harris, Jerry Springer, Martin Amis, Jim Brown, Len Goodman, Harry Bellafonte, Barry Humphries, Dick Fosbury, Tom Sizemore, Raquel Welch, Burt Bacharach, Fay Weldon, Dickie Davis, Bernard Ingham, Jeff Beck, Paco Rabanne, Betty Boothroyd, Gianluca Vialli, Nigel Lawson, John Motson, Lisa Marie Presley, Doyle Brunson (hadn't even noticed this one!), Paul Cattermole, Paul O'Grady, Ken Block, David Crosby, Falcon from Gladiators, Wee Willie Harris, Mary Quant, Terrence Hardiman, Bill Tidy, Mystic Meg....we'll need a big second-half performance still, but the three points are there for the taking.

You can add Ray Stevenson to that list.
A recognizable face if no name in the movie industry

[Thomas Cappleman]

I realise 2016 had so many heavy hitters in the world of entertainment that its lead at the top will be tough to beat, but, 2023 is serving up some real names in the death game this year. Rolf Harris, Jerry Springer, Martin Amis, Jim Brown, Len Goodman, Harry Bellafonte, Barry Humphries, Dick Fosbury, Tom Sizemore, Raquel Welch, Burt Bacharach, Fay Weldon, Dickie Davis, Bernard Ingham, Jeff Beck, Paco Rabanne, Betty Boothroyd, Gianluca Vialli, Nigel Lawson, John Motson, Lisa Marie Presley, Doyle Brunson (hadn't even noticed this one!), Paul Cattermole, Paul O'Grady, Ken Block, David Crosby, Falcon from Gladiators, Wee Willie Harris, Mary Quant, Terrence Hardiman, Bill Tidy, Mystic Meg....we'll need a big second-half performance still, but the three points are there for the taking.

What did you go and say that for? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65669653

[Mark Deeks]

Hey man, that's just what I do. I kill celebrities for internet clout. We've all got hobbies, don't judge me.

[Mark James]

And Aaron Ramsey hasn't even scored this year.

[Marc Meakin]

Tina Turner
A true music legend.
Amazingly, she never had a UK no 1

[Gavin Chipper]

Silvio Berlusconi obviously.

And the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.

[Mark Deeks]

Cormac McCarthy, too. 2023 continues to put up numbers. I'm telling you, there's still a chance. Just needs one Bono-esque surprise big name and then we'll bring on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and push for the win.

[Marc Meakin]

John Hollins, Chelsea Legend

[Marc Meakin]

Glenda Jackson

[Marc Meakin]

Gordon McQueen Leeds United and Man U legend

[Mark Deeks]

A lull in star names recently, but a double whammy of George Alagiah and Trevor Francis today. Also recently - Vince Hill, Tony Bennett, Cedric Roussel.

[Paul Worsley]

Sinead O'Connor. Just 56yo

[Johnny Canuck]

Pee-Wee Herman. This year is getting real now.

[Gavin Chipper]

DJ Casper.

[Marc Meakin]

William Friedkin, one of the best directors of the 1970s

[Gavin Chipper]

Michael Parkinson!

[Mark Deeks]

I'm saying. 2023. It's up there.

[Marc Meakin]

Michael Parkinson!

When this came on my timeline I was convinced it was old news.
Presumably he didn't die of Parkinsons?

[Mark Deeks]

Might not mean anything to anyone here, but, Magoo the rapper just died.

[Marc Meakin]

Might not mean anything to anyone here, but, Magoo the rapper just died.

Correct, that blindsided me