Deathwatch 2017

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:53 pm

Max Clifford.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:53 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:12 pm Charles Manson and Jana Novotna.

Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2017 12:03 am Couple of days late but Jana Novotna.

Yeah, you were.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Dec 11, 2017 2:58 pm

Rip Keith Chegwin.
Cheggers plays pops his clogs

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:26 pm

Heinz Wolfe has passed away

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:34 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 1:26 pm Heinz Wolfe has passed away

Wolff though isn't it?

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 16, 2017 7:50 pm

Yeah.....been off the telly a long time and kinda forgot how he spelled his name.
Did like the Great Egg Race though

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:12 pm

Leon Bernicoff of Leon and June fame on Gogglebox has sadly passed away.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:33 pm

Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:12 pm Leon Bernicoff of Leon and June fame on Gogglebox has sadly passed away.

Scraping the barrel now.

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 9:39 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 7:33 pm
Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:12 pm Leon Bernicoff of Leon and June fame on Gogglebox has sadly passed away.
Scraping the barrel now.

Well a tad, but it's probably the one I'm most sad about from this year tbh.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:28 pm

Quite a good list here.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Dec 29, 2017 2:33 pm

Not long now for the final table

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 3:05 pm

We'll need a new thread for 2018 soon as well. I'm not sure any of mine have died, so I could just submit the same entry again.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:13 pm

Are we gonna rollover until they all rollover or make a fresh list ?

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:21 am

I am listing my 10 names for 2018 also requesting all lists to not have duplicates of others.
1. James Bolam
2. Pele
3. Nigel Lawson
4. Sir Ian McKellen
5. Dame Maggie Smith
6. William Roche
7. Donald Trump
8. Prince Philip
9. Jimmy Tarbuck
10. Ken Dodd.
Obviously this needs to be moved to correct new thread

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 2:54 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2018 10:21 amalso requesting all lists to not have duplicates of others.

Really? Bit sneaky to get your list in before the rule exists and then make it a rule!

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:22 pm

Only a suggestion and it's not as if I'm picking people already at death's door

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:29 pm

OK, as per the other thread, it's the all-new Deathwatch 2017 Unlimited!

Turns out I had missed a couple of deaths from last year, oddly enough both picked by Sean D. (Gord Downie and Jalal Talabani) - sorry Sean.

Current standings:

1. Mark Deeks - 263 points - 4 hits
2. Sean D - 256 points - 4 hits
3. Jim Bentley - 203 points - 3 hits
4. James Laverty - 159 points - 3 hits
5. Thomas Carey - 109 points - 2 hits
6. Andy McGurn - 80 points - 2 hits
7. Marc Meakin - 56 points - 1 hit
8. Ben Wilson - 53 points - 2 hits
9. Euan Slatter - 28 points - 1 hit
10. Gavin Chipper - 0 points - 0 hits
11. Mark James - 0 points - 0 hits
12. Jennifer Steadman - 0 points - 0 hits

As a result of Sean getting three late on last year (and the first of this year), he rockets from nowhere straight into 2nd place. Watch out, Kerry Katona!

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:36 am

Finally Gavin gets one! Surprising, as I thought his list was pretty good (except Cher, who is now mainly made of plastic and will probably never die).

Current standings:

1. Mark Deeks - 263 points - 4 hits
2. Sean D - 256 points - 4 hits
3. Jim Bentley - 203 points - 3 hits
4. James Laverty - 159 points - 3 hits
5. Thomas Carey - 109 points - 2 hits
6. Andy McGurn - 80 points - 2 hits
7. Gavin Chipper - 70 points - 1 hit
8. Marc Meakin - 56 points - 2 hits
9. Ben Wilson - 53 points - 2 hits
10. Euan Slatter - 28 points - 1 hit
11. Mark James - 0 points - 0 hits
12. Jennifer Steadman - 0 points - 0 hits

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:36 pm

I really didn't envisage me posting again on this topic so soon, but Jim Bowen makes it two for today: current updated standings:

1. Mark Deeks - 263 points - 4 hits
2. Sean D - 256 points - 4 hits
3. James Laverty - 224 points - 4 hits
4. Jim Bentley - 203 points - 3 hits
5. Thomas Carey - 109 points - 2 hits
6. Andy McGurn - 80 points - 2 hits
7. Gavin Chipper - 70 points - 1 hit
8. Marc Meakin - 56 points - 1 hit
9. Ben Wilson - 53 points - 2 hits
10. Euan Slatter - 28 points - 1 hit
11. Mark James - 0 points - 0 hits
12. Jennifer Steadman - 0 points - 0 hits

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:49 pm

Bill Maynard RIP.
Think that's one of Gevins

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:59 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:49 pm Bill Maynard RIP.
Think that's one of Gevins

Yeah he is. For both years.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:58 pm

1. Mark Deeks - 263 points - 4 hits
2. Sean D - 256 points - 4 hits
3. James Laverty - 224 points - 4 hits
4. Jim Bentley - 203 points - 3 hits
5. Gavin Chipper - 126 points - 2 hits
6. Thomas Carey - 109 points - 2 hits
7. Andy McGurn - 80 points - 2 hits
8. Marc Meakin - 56 points - 1 hit
9. Ben Wilson - 53 points - 2 hits
10. Euan Slatter - 28 points - 1 hit
11. Mark James - 0 points - 0 hits
12. Jennifer Steadman - 0 points - 0 hits

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:25 pm

I don't know why the 2018 thread is even running, this is where the action is.

Latest standings:

1. Mark Deeks - 263 points - 4 hits
2. Sean D - 256 points - 4 hits
3. James Laverty - 224 points - 4 hits
4. Jim Bentley - 203 points - 3 hits
5. Thomas Carey - 162 points - 3 hits
6. Gavin Chipper - 126 points - 2 hits
7. Andy McGurn - 80 points - 2 hits
8. Marc Meakin - 56 points - 1 hit
9. Ben Wilson - 53 points - 2 hits
10. Euan Slatter - 28 points - 1 hit
11. Mark James - 0 points - 0 hits
12. Jennifer Steadman - 0 points - 0 hits

Tom S · Post by **Tom S** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:43 pm

Dale Winton to add (rather shockingly) to the list. RIP.

Christy Cooper · Post by **Christy Cooper** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:45 pm

I think Des O'Connor might be next, or possibly David Attenborough, as much as I'd hate anything bad to happen to either of them. The Chuckle Brothers are also quite old now, sadly I wouldn't be surprised to see them go.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:29 pm

Saying the Chuckle brothers might die is very upsetting idea to me.....to you

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:31 am

David Kelly and Freddie Jones both died this week.
Mandela effect in action as I thought they died 2 years ago

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:55 am

David Kelly died in 2003.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:13 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:55 am David Kelly died in 2003.

You are right and wrong at the same time.
The David Kelly I'm thinking of from Fawlty Towers died in 2012 it was his birthday this week that's where my confusion lie.
To add to my confusion I've now forgotten if it's Kelly or Kelley

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:06 pm

I'm not killing them off or anything, but the deaths of Fernando Ricksen and Robert Mugabe have made my lead here surely unassailable.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:29 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:06 pm I'm not killing them off or anything, but the deaths of Fernando Ricksen and Robert Mugabe have made my lead here surely unassailable.

I'd kind of forgotten about this to be honest, I'll need to check all the lists before updating. I know I've got at least one more too, it's probably going to be me and you at the top. Give me a couple of hours/days.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:04 pm

Surely everyone's going to die eventually so carrying this on beyond 2017 renders this meaningless.

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:29 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:53 pm Robert Mugabe
Ginger Baker
Jake LaMotta
David Attenborough
Paul Gascoigne
Prunella Scales
Peter Sallis
Joost van der Westhuizen
Glen Campbell
Fernando Ricksen

Baker today makes 7 for 10, a dominant performance

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:47 am

How many years will this rollover ?

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:52 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:29 pm
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2016 6:53 pm Robert Mugabe
Ginger Baker
Jake LaMotta
David Attenborough
Paul Gascoigne
Prunella Scales
Peter Sallis
Joost van der Westhuizen
Glen Campbell
Fernando Ricksen

Baker today makes 7 for 10, a dominant performance

Didn't die in 2017 though.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:54 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:47 am How many years will this rollover ?

None. It makes no sense for it to. It would need to be specified in advance for it to have any validity as a competition, but even then it would be completely pointless and you'd have to wait for decades to declare a winner.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 3:02 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:54 pm I've gone for an eclectic bunch of people, and I don't think any of them are over 90.

Michael Schumacher
Cher
Stephen Hawking
Frank Williams (F1)
Bill Maynard
Daniel Dennett
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Mark Serwotka
Brian Blessed
Nigel Farage

The Bag-Daddy has been reported dead. Pity I don't get any points as it's NOT 2017 ANY MORE.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:38 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:54 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:47 am How many years will this rollover ?
None. It makes no sense for it to. It would need to be specified in advance for it to have any validity as a competition, but even then it would be completely pointless and you'd have to wait for decades to declare a winner.

As I declared above, this is Deathwatch 2017 Unlimited and it will end once somebody gets ten hits. Yes, that may take decades and it's quite likely that I will die before it happens but hey, I don't make the rules. OK, maybe I do make the rules but hey. THOSE ARE THE RULES.

Mark's winning so far.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am

RIP Garry Rhodes

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:14 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am RIP Garry Rhodes

RIP Sir Jonathan Miller and Clive James too...

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:44 pm

James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:14 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am RIP Garry Rhodes
RIP Sir Jonathan Miller and Clive James too...

Sad day

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:47 pm

Like buses. I was thinking that no-one had died recently.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 6:02 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:44 pm
James Robinson wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 4:14 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am RIP Garry Rhodes
RIP Sir Jonathan Miller and Clive James too...
Sad day

I think the lesson we can learn from this post is that non-forum emojis look horrible on here.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:51 pm

I was going to post a Coronavirus watch.
Listing ten people to contract it , not necessarily die from it
Anyone interested ?

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:21 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:51 pm I was going to post a Coronavirus watch.
Listing ten people to contract it , not necessarily die from it
Anyone interested ?

Yeah, do a thread though.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:55 pm

James Randi has died. Didn't hear it on the news though. Bloody BBC bias.

Conor · Post by **Conor** » Sun Oct 25, 2020 9:38 pm

Been a rather quiet year, all things considering. Bit suspicious really.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:41 am

RIP Bobby Ball.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:04 am

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:41 am RIP Bobby Ball.

Didn't he already die?

Pretend edit - Oh, that was Eddie Large.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 4:18 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:04 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:41 am RIP Bobby Ball.
Didn't he already die?

Pretend edit - Oh, that was Eddie Large.

Tommy Cannon could fill the vacancy with Sid Little or maybe become a Chuckle Brother

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:35 pm

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Dishes.

Dishes who?

Dishes the ghost of Sean Connery.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 6:00 pm

Mark James wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:35 pm Knock knock.

Who's there?

Dishes.

Dishes who?

Dishes the ghost of Sean Connery.

Good Wifey McBeaty joke there.

Prior to yesterday.
When was the best time to meet Sean Connery for Wimbledon.?
Tennish

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:11 am

RIP Des O' Connor, entertainer, quiz show host and former Countdown Presenter

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:32 pm

Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:16 pm Go on then.

Donald Trump
Robert Mugabe
Hugh Hefner
Vera Lynn
George HW Bush
Prince Philip
Diego Maradona
Jake the Snake Roberts
Betty White
Peter Sallis

Sneaky-good performance from Wilson here - Mugabe, Henfer, Lynn, Brush, Maradona and Sallis have all died.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:57 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:32 pm
Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:16 pm Go on then.

Donald Trump
Robert Mugabe
Hugh Hefner
Vera Lynn
George HW Bush
Prince Philip
Diego Maradona
Jake the Snake Roberts
Betty White
Peter Sallis
Sneaky-good performance from Wilson here - Mugabe, Henfer, Lynn, Brush, Maradona and Sallis have all died.

I got worried then when I saw 'Brush'. Basil's fine, surely?!

JackHurst · Post by **JackHurst** » Wed Nov 25, 2020 7:06 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 4:32 pm
Ben Wilson wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2016 9:16 pm Go on then.

Donald Trump
Robert Mugabe
Hugh Hefner
Vera Lynn
George HW Bush
Prince Philip
Diego Maradona
Jake the Snake Roberts
Betty White
Peter Sallis
Sneaky-good performance from Wilson here - Mugabe, Henfer, Lynn, Brush, Maradona and Sallis have all died.

I have some sort of morbid admiration for the fact that your first instinct on hearing about the death of Maradona was to come to this thread.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:13 am

At least he can give God his hand back now

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:09 pm

The biggest death of the lot - Murray Walker has died!

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:08 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:09 pm The biggest death of the lot - Murray Walker has died!

Maybe not
Biggest death I mean.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:19 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 1:08 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:09 pm The biggest death of the lot - Murray Walker has died!
Maybe not

Murray Walker > Prince Philip.