Death happens. Why not make it interesting?
The online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year. If they're elderly, ill, or just live a high-risk lifestyle, stick 'em in your team, and for each one whose death you correctly predict, you'll score points. DDP was dreamt up in Derby, England (hence the name...) by Big Iain back in 1996. Other hosts: Siegfried Baboon and Rude Kid (2003-7), Octopus of Odstock (2008-9, first tenure), The Man in Black (2010-17), Spade Cooley (2018-19), msc (2020-21), Grim Up North (2020-22), Reptile (2020-23), and DI (2022 – 2025). Now the Committee of Banana (2023), time (2024), the returning Octopus of Odstock (2026) and the deadpooling equivalent of a gap year temp Marlfox (2026) oversee the biggest deadpool going...
Nine hits to chronicle this week as we approach the end of the first month: Fashion Titan of the fashion world Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani has reached the end of the catwalk, passing away at the age of 93. He started out in 1960 and nearly went bankrupt in the first year due to a […]
Another eight to round off the second week and opening day of the competition: Business David Webb was a Hong Kong based financial sector guru and activist who was seen as a leading figure in the pushback against Beijing and the Hong Kong’s government ever-increasing control of the HK stock exchange. Webb was the […]
First of the Drop 40 to fall, Scott Adams held a love of drawing cartoons from an early age, but this wasn’t an easy or particularly well-paid industry to crack. He instead started out in corporate office jobs, where his disillusionment left him spending much of the 1980’s trying to find a different outlet. He […]
And just like that, we’ve completed another orbit of a sun that now sets on the tenure of Death Impends, only to rise on the return of former host Octopus of Odstock! That said, it’s a bit of a staggered return, real life commitments mean OoO is needing a hand keeping the front page running […]
DDP 2025: POPE DAVID VI That’s a wrap on 2025. What a year it’s been. The US had a never-ending stream of fuckwittery from their newly-elected right winger government, and the UK… oh, too easy. Pope Francis died and we got an American Pope, while the DDP’s Papal Palace goes back to the regular Pope […]
DECONSTRUCTED A quick update as 2025 rapidly winds down… Frank Gehry was one of the most recognisable architects of his generation. Influenced by pop art and fish, his distinct sculpturesque buildings were categorised as “deconstructivism” and included the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall. He won the Pritzker Prize and numerous other architecture […]
The biggest hit of the month and clocking in at number 10 of the Drop 40, Prunella Scales has finally been weighed and measured, passing away following a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Best known for starring as Sybil Fawlty opposite John Cleese in 70’s sitcom Fawlty Towers, she also dipped into multiple radio and stage […]
CAUGHT THE BOUQUET, NO MORE MONKEY BUSINESS, AND THE SUNDOWN KID The DI era winds to a close with it now set in stone the DDP front page will be taken over by Marlfox and Octopus of Odstock, but there’s still a few updates to go before that officially begins… Top billing this update goes […]
GOODBYE STRANGERS, ZOD OFF, IT KENT ME BABE Only a few months to go until we hand out another DDP trophy, but it won’t be Katharine, Duchess of Kent doing the honours. The oldest living royal family member was best known for routinely presenting the trophy at Wimbledon. She had married Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, […]
ALL ABOARD! These recent weeks in the DDP have been batshit, to say the least, and none have had bigger bite than Ozzy Osbourne. The Prince of Darkness assured immortality off fronting Black Sabbath alone, pioneering heavy metal with his macabre stylings and hard-hitters including “Paranoid”, “Black Sabbath”, and “War Pigs”. His hellraiser hijinks forced […]
