The Hartlepool Deadlypool

[Rotten Ali 599]

2016 masters list

 

Teams

1 YoungWillz = YW

2 Shaun of the Dead = SotD

3 Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies = NSPMD

4 Maryportfuncity = MPFC

5 The Unknown Man = TUM

6 MSC (Pan Breeds Team) = MSC

7 Death Impends = DI

8 The Dead Cow = TDC

9 Devon Death Trip = DDT

10 Deathray (Caskets Understand No Titles) = Dray

11 Uschi ihr sein Hartledingenskirchen = Usc

12 Switch = Sw

13 Lord Felacio Nelson (The w***ers Arms) = LFN

14 Captain Chorizo = CC

15 Sir Creep = SC

16 Book = Bk

17 gcreptile = gcr

18 Magere Hein = MH

19 Tick Tock = TT

20 Morbid Kid = MK

21 Toast = To

22 Time = GMT

23 Dr Zorders = DZ

24 Rotten Alis STAB-in-the-DARK team = RA

 

 

 

 

 

Dead

Pavel Srnicek 29-12-2015 - Sw

Michel Delpech 02-01-2016 - To

Pat Harrington Jr 06-01-2016 - CC, DI, gcr, SC

Andrew Smith (basketball) 12-01-2016 - SC

Rene Angelil 14-01-2016 - Bk, MPFC, Sw, TDC, TUM, Usc

Dale Griffin 17-01-2016 - To

Abe Vigoda 26-01-2016 - LFN

Eric Lubbock 14-02-2016 - DI, TDC

George Gaynes 15-02-2016 - MK, Usc

Boutros Boutros Ghali 16-02-2016 - MH

Eric Winkle Brown 21-02-2016 - GMT

Douglas Slocombe 22-02-2016 - CC, MSC

George Kennedy 28-02-2016 - RA

Martin Crowe - 03-03-2016 - Bk, CC, DI, Dray, MH, MK, MPFC, SotD, Sw, TDC, TUM, Usc

Joey Feek 04-03-2016 - Bk, CC, Dray, MH, MK, MPFC, NSPMD, SC, SotD, TDC, To, TUM

Nancy Reagan 06-03-2016 - Dray, gcr, NSPMD, Usc

Lloyd Shapley 12-03-2016 - gcr

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 14-03-2016 - DI, NSPMD

Cliff Michelmore 16-03-2016 - LFN

Rob Ford 22-03-2016 - DZ, MH, Sw

Johan Cruyff 24-03-2016 - DI, MSC, NSPMD

Jean Pierre Coffe 29-03-2016 - gcr

Ronnie Corbett 31-03-2016 - LFN

Kris Travis - 31-03-2016 - CC, MSC

Bob Ellis 03-04-2016 - SC

Hendrijke Fitz 08-04-2016 - gcr

Howard Marks 10-04-2016 - CC, Dray, gcr, SotD, TDC, TUM

Jenny Diski -28-04-2016 - MPFC

Muhammed Ali 03-06-2016 - GMT, MH, YW

Dr Kate Granger 23 -07-2016 - Dray, MPFC

Piet de Jong -27-07-2016 - NSPMD

Gloria DeHaven 30-07-2016 TUM

Bobbie Heine Miller -31-07-2016 - MPFC

Joao Havelange -16-08-2016 - gcr SotD

Tony Adamowicz -10-10-2016 - SC

King of Thailand -14-08-2016 - SotD, MK, MPFC, TDC & TUM

Jean Alexander -15-08-2016 - LFN

Prince Mikasa - 27-10-2016 CC

Lopita Tovar - 12-11-2016 - Bk,

Aki Hintsa (McLaren Team Doctor)- 16-11-2016 - MSC

Fidel Castro - 27-11-2016 Bk, DZ, TUM, Usc

Ken Hechler (Dem. 4^th Dist WV, US HoR) -10-12-2016 - CC, SC

Zsa Zsa Gabor -19-12-2016 Bk, Dray, gcr, MPFC, RA, SotD, TUM, Usc

Rabbi Lionel Blue -20-12-2016 DDT

Liz Smith - 27-12-2016 - NSPMD

Huston Smith (religious studies) -30-12-2016 - CC, SC

 

 

Alive

Halaevalu Mataaho Ahomee - DDT

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - DDT

Marty Allen - RA

Kenneth Anger - DDT

Ed Asner - RA

Ginger Baker - YW

Geoffrey Bayldon - DZ

Gordon Banks - MSC, NSPMD

Roger Bannister - DZ

Stanley Baxter - YW

Johnny Beattie - YW

Sister Wendy Beckett - DDT

Daisy Berkowitz - Sw

Chuck Berry - NSPMD

Lionel Blair - YW

Chuck Blazer - DDT

Anthony Booth - MK, SotD

Ian Brady - TT

Mel Brooks - RA

David Bryant (bowles) - GMT

Adam Busby (SNLA) - gcr

George H W Bush - SotD

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton - To

Glen Campbell - MPFC, MSC, SC, TDC, TT, TUM, Usc

Lord Carrington - MH

Jimmy Carter - Dray, MSC, SC, Sw, To, Usc

Prince Leonard Casley - DDT

Carol Channing - LFN, RA

Sean Connery - LFN

Olly Croft (darts) - DZ

Danielle Darrieux - Bk,

Liz Dawn - MK, TDC

Doris Day - GMT, LFN

Olivia de Havilland - LFN

Colin Dexter (Writer Inspector Morse) - SotD

Tommy Docherty - To

Kirk Douglas - Bk, gcr, GMT, LFN, TDC, Usc

Fr Lazarus El-Anthony (Coptic Monk) - DDT

Princess Elizabeth of Denmark - Sw

Nanette Fabray - DI

June Foray - DI

Bruce Forsyth - GMT

Paul Gascoigne - LFN, NSPMD

Francoise Gilot (painter) - TT

Rev Billy Graham - Bk, Dray, GMT, MH, MPFC, SotD, TUM

Valerie Harper - MK, RA, TUM

Stephen Hawking - Usc

Clare Hollingworth - DI, Dray

Joe Jackson (Michaels dad) - DZ

Clifton James (J W Pepper) - LFN

Clive James - Dray, MK, YW

HRN Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg - To

George Johnny Johnson (No.617 Sqn) - GMT

Ingvar Kamprad - DI, TT

Helmut Kohl - Bk, DI, MH, SotD, TDC

Jake LaMotta - DZ

John Landy (2^nd 4 min mile) - GMT

Mills Lane - DZ

Vera Lynn - GMT, NSPMD

Jerry Maren - DI, TT

Sir John Major - Sw

Rose Marie - gcr, RA, TDC

John McGuinness - biker - Sw

Patriarch Mesrob II - DDT

Vera Miles (Psycho) - YW

Roger Moore - DZ

Emma Morano - SC

Michele Morgan (French Actress) - NSPMD

Desmond Morris - TT

Robert Mugabe - MK

Gerd Muller - To, YW

John Noakes - To

Javier Perez de Cuellar - GMT, TUM

Prince Philip - Usc

Leslie Phillips - SotD

Andre Previn - TT

Mary Quant - GMT

Sumner Redstone - CC, MSC, SC, To

Carl Reiner - RA, TT, YW

Bert Reynolds - RA

Little Richard - DDT, MK, TDC

Don Rickles - RA

Fernando Ricksen - MSC

David Rockafeller - Bk

Peter Sallis - TT

King Salman of Saudi Arabia - To

Peter Sarstedt - To

Michael Schumacher - LFN

Vojislav Seselj - Sw

Jakucho Setouchi (Buddhist) - DDT

Louise Sherry (cancer mum) - MPFC

O J Simpson - MH

Dr Jens C. Skou (1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) - CC

Huston Smith (religious studies) - CC, SC

Richard Smith (BMJ editor) - MSC

Morton Sobell (spy) - DI

Freddie Starr - YW

Ringo Starr - Sw

William G Stewart - YW

Nobby Stiles - MSC

Jerry Stiller (Bens dad) - TT

Valentina Tereshkova - TT

Desmond Tutu - DDT, Usc

Mary Tyler Moore - Bk

Atal Bihari Vajpayee - gcr

Joost van der Westhuizen - MH

Brian Walden - YW

Betty White - RA

Joanne Woodward - MSC

Herman Wouk - DZ

[Rotten Ali 599]

So got some updates to process on the fly...

 

First the missed death of Bob Ellis. Aussie writer, died 3rd April 2016. Unique hit for Sir Creep. 50 basic points, bonus points thus 10x2 thus 70 more for him. That would have been plenty to have been 5th since then.

 

Next, we have Piet de Jong, ex PM of the Netherlands, who died on the 27th July. Unique hit for Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. 25 basic points, bonus points being 5x2. Thus 35 points on the way.

 

Gloria DeHaven, an old MGM movie actress died on the 30th July. Unique hit for The Unknown Man. Again 25 basis points, bonus points being 5x2. Thus 35 points on the way.

 

and finally, unless you know better... Bobbie Heine Miller, elderly lawn tennis player died on the 31st July. Leaving Maryport with 45 basic points, bonus points being 9x2. thus 63 more for him to change the lead.

 

So the Score Board should look like this...

 

26th Leader Board

 

1st - 296.5 points - Maryportfuncity
2nd - 249.1 points - Captain Chorizo.
3rd - 223 points - Death Impends
4th - 217.4 points - Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
5th - 207 points - The Unknown Man

6th - 200.2 points - gcreptile (also awaiting obit for Hendrijke Fitz)
7th - 186.4 points - Sir Creep

8th - 161.4points - Dead Cow
9th - 142.7 points - Shaun of the Dead
10th - 142.5 points - Hein
11th - 136.8 points - Uschi
12th - 122.2 points - Switch
13th - 120.5 points - Book
14th - 120.1 points - Morbid Kid
15th - 113 points - Toast
16th - 106.5 points - Deathray's wooden overcoat.
17th - 105 points - Time
18th - 97.4 candles LFN
19th - 80.3 points - msc
20th - 66 points - Rotten Ali
21st - 30 points - Dr Zorders
22nd - 15.3 points - YoungWillz
23rd - 1 point - DDT
Still dead last - Tick Tock with Diddley Zip.

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

So got some updates to process on the fly...

 

First the missed death of Bob Ellis. Aussie writer, died 3rd April 2016. Unique hit for Sir Creep. 50 basic points, bonus points thus 10x2 thus 70 more for him. That would have been plenty to have been 5th since then.

 

Next, we have Piet de Jong, ex PM of the Netherlands, who died on the 27th July. Unique hit for Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. 25 basic points, bonus points being 5x2. Thus 35 points on the way.

 

Gloria DeHaven, an old MGM movie actress died on the 30th July. Unique hit for The Unknown Man. Again 25 basis points, bonus points being 5x2. Thus 35 points on the way.

 

and finally, unless you know better... Bobbie Heine Miller, elderly lawn tennis player died on the 31st July. Leaving Maryport with 45 basic points, bonus points being 9x2. thus 63 more for him to change the lead.

 

So the Score Board should look like this...

 

26th Leader Board

 

1st - 296.5 points - Maryportfuncity

2nd - 249.1 points - Captain Chorizo.

3rd - 223 points - Death Impends

4th - 217.4 points - Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

5th - 207 points - The Unknown Man

6th - 200.2 points - gcreptile (also awaiting obit for Hendrijke Fitz)

7th - 186.4 points - Sir Creep

8th - 161.4points - Dead Cow

9th - 142.7 points - Shaun of the Dead

10th - 142.5 points - Hein

11th - 136.8 points - Uschi

12th - 122.2 points - Switch

13th - 120.5 points - Book

14th - 120.1 points - Morbid Kid

15th - 113 points - Toast

16th - 106.5 points - Deathray's wooden overcoat.

17th - 105 points - Time

18th - 97.4 candles LFN

19th - 80.3 points - msc

20th - 66 points - Rotten Ali

21st - 30 points - Dr Zorders

22nd - 15.3 points - YoungWillz

23rd - 1 point - DDT

Still dead last - Tick Tock with Diddley Zip.

 

 

As Ms Heine Miller might say: Fucking get in!!

[Rotten Ali 599]

Joao (fixed it for you) Havalange departed today, right in the midst of the Olympics taking place in Brazil. Two teams advance by 35 points. Shaun of the Dead picks up a micro point too. Gcreptile moves into 3rd.

 

27th Leader Board

 

1st - 296.5 points - Maryportfuncity

2nd - 249.1 points - Captain Chorizo.

3rd - 235.2 points - gcreptile (does not yet include points, awaiting obit for Hendrijke Fitz)

4th - 223 points - Death Impends

5th - 217.4 points - Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (includes points for Piet de Jong but still needs obit)

6th - 207 points - The Unknown Man

7th - 186.4 points - Sir Creep

8th - 177.8 - Shaun of the Dead

9th - 161.4points - Dead Cow

10th - 142.5 points - Hein

11th - 136.8 points - Uschi

12th - 122.2 points - Switch

13th - 120.5 points - Book

14th - 120.1 points - Morbid Kid

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

16th - 106.5 points - Deathray's wooden overcoat.

17th - 105 points - Time

18th - 97.4 candles LFN

19th - 80.3 points - msc

20th - 66 points - Rotten Ali

21st - 30 points - Dr Zorders

22nd - 15.3 points - YoungWillz

23rd - 1 point - DDT

Still dead last - Tick Tock "The Case of the Very Empty Basket"

 

Going to get messy some time soon about points twice handed out for deaths not yet receiving qualified obits. Go on Toast, write to the editor of the Times.

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

So, my continued holding onto top spot depends on either:

 

No more deaths (highly unlikely)

 

My survivors toppling (in which case we're talking deaths of perpetual death-avoiders Gabor and Graham and also Glen Campbell who seems to be physically stronger than we thought in December)

 

Squeaky bum time, eh?

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

Bit of a miss all round that nobody had Gene Wilder

[Switch 139]

John McGuinness (please elaborate- biker, bowls or Politician?) - Sw

 

It was the biker, on the off chance something bad happens during the Isle of Man TT. Not surprisingly, seems like he will see 2017.

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

 

John McGuinness (please elaborate- biker, bowls or Politician?) - Sw

 

It was the biker, on the off chance something bad happens during the Isle of Man TT. Not surprisingly, seems like he will see 2017.

 

 

 

I salute your honesty - surely, since the biker breathes after a TT, other less scrupilous types would have been tempted to finger one of the other two options!

[Rotten Ali 599]

That was a long wait to get the next hit.

Tony Adamowicz died on the 10th of October and provided 45 basic points and 18 bonus points for Sir Creep.

Then the King of Thailand dies. Five teams gain points. Three as sub hits. 25 points to Shaun of the Dead, Maryport and the Unknown Man. 35 points to Morbid Kid and 35.1 points to The Dead Cow.

 

28th Leader Board

 

1st - 321.5 points - Maryportfuncity

2nd - 249.4 points - Sir Creep.

3rd - 249.1 points - Captain Chorizo.

4th - 235.2 points - gcreptile (does not yet include points, awaiting obit for Hendrijke Fitz)

5th - 232 points - The Unknown Man

6th - 223 points - Death Impends

7th - 217.4 points - Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (includes points for Piet de Jong but still needs obit)

8th - 202.8 points - Shaun of the Dead

9th - 196.5 points - Dead Cow

10th - 155.1 points - Morbid Kid

11th - 142.5 points - Hein

12th - 136.8 points - Uschi

13th - 122.2 points - Switch

14th - 120.5 points - Book

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

16th - 106.5 points - Deathray's wooden overcoat.

17th - 105 points - Time

18th - 97.4 candles LFN

19th - 80.3 points - msc

20th - 66 points - Rotten Ali

21st - 30 points - Dr Zorders

22nd - 15.3 points - YoungWillz

23rd - 1 point - DDT

Still dead last - Tick Tock "The Case of the Very Empty Basket"

[Toast 14,832]

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

 

 

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.html

http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

 

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37643326

 

A formality, like but I thought I'd add to the evidence trail

 

A serious question:

 

With Zsa Zsa, Billy Graham and Glen Campbell being the survivors on my team - d'ya reckon I'll snag one more by the close of play?

[msc 17,759]

Not long to go now, MPFC - you won any of these before? I can't recall.

 

Glen Campbell is surely a 2016/2017 death, and the other two are very, very old. So...to misquote Kenny Dalglish: "could do, could no do..."

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

Not long to go now, MPFC - you won any of these before? I can't recall.

 

Glen Campbell is surely a 2016/2017 death, and the other two are very, very old. So...to misquote Kenny Dalglish: "could do, could no do..."

 

 

Aye, as I recall I've got winning form a few years back in HPDP and also the long-gone CPDP.

 

More luck than judgement, mind

[msc 17,759]

 

Not long to go now, MPFC - you won any of these before? I can't recall.

 

Glen Campbell is surely a 2016/2017 death, and the other two are very, very old. So...to misquote Kenny Dalglish: "could do, could no do..."

 

 

Aye, as I recall I've got winning form a few years back in HPDP and also the long-gone CPDP.

 

More luck than judgement, mind

 

 

The CPDP was before I started paying attention to the actual deadpools on here.

 

The bold is pretty much true of them all though - especially the Deathrace!

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

 

 

Not long to go now, MPFC - you won any of these before? I can't recall.

 

Glen Campbell is surely a 2016/2017 death, and the other two are very, very old. So...to misquote Kenny Dalglish: "could do, could no do..."

 

 

Aye, as I recall I've got winning form a few years back in HPDP and also the long-gone CPDP.

 

More luck than judgement, mind

 

 

The CPDP was before I started paying attention to the actual deadpools on here.

 

The bold is pretty much true of them all though - especially the Deathrace!

 

 

 

To be fair, judgement is the key to regular good performances - Rotten Ali being something of a past master of this with many years of creditable finishes behind him.

[msc 17,759]

Aye, fair enough - I admit I was thinking of the 2015 Deathrace, when Death Impends' (?) astutely picked team was robbed at the death by some jammy sod's 107 year old joker randomly carking it!

[Death Impends 7,365]

Indeed, and the one time I won the Deathrace it was because I had a bunch of "had a Wiki page, didn't have a hope of a DDP obit" terminally ills who staggered on until midsummer - but this was the infamous 2014, a year where near everyone's suspected sure things were stubborn lingerers, so it was only a Deathrace by tortoise standards - meaning a June-August flood was enough to secure victory!

[maryportfuncity 10,013]

Indeed, and the one time I won the Deathrace it was because I had a bunch of "had a Wiki page, didn't have a hope of a DDP obit" terminally ills who staggered on until midsummer - but this was the infamous 2014, a year where near everyone's suspected sure things were stubborn lingerers, so it was only a Deathrace by tortoise standards - meaning a June-August flood was enough to secure victory!

 

 

Aye, Deathrace was bordering on a proper dead pool that year. I had a fleeting glimpse of the graft others have to put in.

 

Terrifying, never again!

 

Maybe in future we'll award Deathrace points if the death is rumoured.

[Rotten Ali 599]

 

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

 

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.html

http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

 

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

OK new rule.

If you want to win points from these sources then you have to get obits from both to count for HPDP points.

Thus you are awarded your prize.

[Rotten Ali 599]

30 basic points and 12 unique points going out to LFN for his hit on the inimitable Hilda Ogden. Aged 90 Jean Alexander was thought by many to already be dead long ago so her passing will be quite a shock for half the nation. Don't be to shocked LFN you rise to 12th on the leaderboard.

 

29th Leader Board

 

1st - 321.5 points - Maryportfuncity

2nd - 249.4 points - Sir Creep.

3rd - 249.1 points - Captain Chorizo.

4th - 235.2 points - gcreptile (does not yet include points, awaiting obit for Hendrijke Fitz)

5th - 232 points - The Unknown Man

6th - 223 points - Death Impends

7th - 217.4 points - Not Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (includes points for Piet de Jong but still needs obit)

8th - 202.8 points - Shaun of the Dead

9th - 196.5 points - Dead Cow

10th - 155.1 points - Morbid Kid

11th - 142.5 points - Hein

12th - 139.4 candles - LFN

13th - 136.8 points - Uschi

14th - 122.2 points - Switch

15th - 120.5 points - Book

16th - 113 points - Toast

17th - 106.5 points - Deathray's wooden overcoat.

18th - 105 points - Time

19th - 80.3 points - msc

20th - 66 points - Rotten Ali

21st - 30 points - Dr Zorders

22nd - 15.3 points - YoungWillz

23rd - 1 point - DDT

dead last - Tick Tock "A Whole Pile of Nothing"

[gcreptile 10,223]

 

 

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

 

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.html

http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

 

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

OK new rule.

If you want to win points from these sources then you have to get obits from both to count for HPDP points.

Thus you are awarded your prize.

I had the same Problem with Hendrikje Fitz whose death was reported in every single german newspaper, including the respected ones.

[gcreptile 10,223]

 

 

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

 

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

 

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.html

http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

 

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

OK new rule.

If you want to win points from these sources then you have to get obits from both to count for HPDP points.

Thus you are awarded your prize.

I had the same Problem with Hendrikje Fitz whose death was reported in every single german newspaper, including the respected ones.

[Toast 14,832]

OK, thanks. I have the rule noted as

 

2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in the UK national press or on the BBC news website. Or anywhere else Notapotato's heavily-prejudiced mind considers a reliable, respectable source of international news. In the event of disagreement as to the celebrity of any individual or the validity of an obituary, Notapotato's word is final.

 

 

So we now need two acceptable foreign sources?

[Sir Creep 7,012]

 

 

 

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.htmlhttp://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

OK new rule.

If you want to win points from these sources then you have to get obits from both to count for HPDP points.

Thus you are awarded your prize.

I had the same Problem with Hendrikje Fitz whose death was reported in every single german newspaper, including the respected ones.

I don't care the readership of the sources, but if you can't get ONE goddamn obit to be printed in the English language--face it, you were a nobody. I would accept a union newsletter from Ukranian whale bone carvers published in Kyoto, so long as it's in English. That, my friend, was Fitz' undoing and no way in hell am I recognizing Francaphone newsprint beyond its bird cage lining ability. But hey, whatever rule works for y'all. Who said Le Monde was a widely respected paper, the editors at Le Monde who wrote the Wiki article?

SC

[Cat O'Falk 3,287]

 

 

 

 

15th - 113 points - Toast (includes points for Michel Delpech but still needs obit)

Do Le Monde and Le Figaro seriously not count as "reliable, respectable sources of international news" ?

http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/02/le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort_4840953_3382.htmlhttp://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/01/02/03006-20160102ARTFIG00134-le-chanteur-michel-delpech-est-mort-a-69ans.php

The oldest national daily in France, Le Figaro is one of the two French newspapers of record, along with Le Monde, and is one of the most widely respected newspapers in the world.

OK new rule.

If you want to win points from these sources then you have to get obits from both to count for HPDP points.

Thus you are awarded your prize.

I had the same Problem with Hendrikje Fitz whose death was reported in every single german newspaper, including the respected ones.

I don't care the readership of the sources, but if you can't get ONE goddamn obit to be printed in the English language--face it, you were a nobody. I would accept a union newsletter from Ukranian whale bone carvers published in Kyoto, so long as it's in English. That, my friend, was Fitz' undoing and no way in hell am I recognizing Francaphone newsprint beyond its bird cage lining ability. But hey, whatever rule works for y'all. Who said Le Monde was a widely respected paper, the editors at Le Monde who wrote the Wiki article?

SC

 

The same people who said The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal are widely respected newspapers.