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2026 Celebrity Death Pool

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  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    Len Deighton has died. Or is it just a clever ploy?
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    That's another name whose 70 year post mortem copyright period I'd unthinkingly assumed had long since already commenced.

  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    As a youngster I hated "Bomber" as it was so unpleasant but as age has mellowed me I've realised that it's probably one of the truest-to-life portrayals of the bomber war from both sides there is. There's a lot of shit you don't realise as a naive teenager.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Wasn't on anyone's list, but worth noting the passing of Chuck Norris at the age of 86.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Did anyone have Scottish rugby international Scott Hastings?
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    Or former England cticket skipper MJK Smith?
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    Piglet wrote: »
    Did anyone have Scottish rugby international Scott Hastings?

    Too young, and too much tragedy for one life 💔
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Indeed.
  • Schroedingers CatSchroedingers Cat Shipmate
    Half of the Gold Blend couple has died:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo

    A sad loss - he was so good every time I saw him.
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    Yes. That loss hurts. He had such a great way of presenting devastating lines in a calm matter-of-fact way.
  • Schroedingers CatSchroedingers Cat Shipmate
    RIP David Hockney - a great artist. Not sure if anyone had him.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    No. Have looked through my spreadsheet and double checked the thread. Between the 150 individuals nominated, we've only seen two departures so far this year, and they were a day apart from one another, back in February.

    Several people did have an elderly gay Yorkshireman who worked in the arts, but they all thought Alan Bennett would go first.
  • Amanda B ReckondwythAmanda B Reckondwyth Shipmate
    Alan Greenspan is now serving God instead of mammon.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Amanda B Reckondwyth wrote: »
    Alan Greenspan is now serving God instead of mammon.

    Hopefully serving God, anyway. He was a Rand fan…
  • JapesJapes Shipmate
    edited July 10
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced47jqyg1eo

    Anne Widdecombe has died aged 78. 22 points to me! I think she's been on my list ever since I started doing this.
  • Schroedingers CatSchroedingers Cat Shipmate
    Also Bonnie Tyler died on Wednesday. RIP.

    Unexpected - so probably not on anyones list.
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    Damn! My kiss-of-life guess of Patricia Greene wasn't a kiss-of-life. :disappointed:
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    It has now emerged that Ann Widdecombe's death was murder.
  • JapesJapes Shipmate
    TheOrganist wrote: »
    It has now emerged that Ann Widdecombe's death was murder.

    So I now realise! I posted early yesterday, then had no access to news for about 15 hours aftewards!

    I am more than happy not to claim points until there is clarity - it seems to be fast moving news at the moment.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    AIUI you can claim points as long as it wasn't you who did it.
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    Dafyd wrote: »
    AIUI you can claim points as long as it wasn't you who did it.

    Correct.

    Given the news, I feel it appropriate to re-emphasise the following from the opening blurb, handed down for many years now:
    This is only a game. The Ship, its management and their associated minions do not necessarily endorse the death any human being. This is not in any way a "wish list". Reviewing past years will show that truly evil and nasty dictators seem to have a habit of lingering while those figures we truly respect and admire often don't. The Circus is a place for games, not discussion of the rights or wrongs of those games. If you want to discuss the ethics of this one there are other places you can do that.
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