Dead Pool 2020: News Archive
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News Archive
12/29/2020 Pierre Cardin out of fashion Designer Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, and
only 3 players were extremely fashionable, including
Grady Harmon, who becomes the third player
this year to get a 7th hit, as he moves into a money slot in 3rd place.
Toe Tag and
Brave Sir Robin each snag their fifth hit.
Congrats, all!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
2021 Game notes!
- Obviously, if you've sent me Pierre Cardin for 2021 then you'll need to get me a replacement if you didn't include extras.
- Please don't wait until the last minute to submit your lists - especially if you have new-to-the-game celebs. Remember that any unvetted celebs submitted after noon (ET) on 12/31 will not be accepted, so at the very least - get those to me ahead of time!
- I've had a lot of people submit Tom Parker for 2021 and I've denied his fame - a member of a one-hit wonder European boy band that you only know because of his recently announced cancer news falls under the "Only famous for still being alive" disqualification rule. You can see who else has been denied on the NOT FAMOUS page.
12/13/2020 le Carré in le Coffret Spy novelist John le Carré has died at the age of 89, and
Natalie Tyler picked him on 2 lists:
Old Writers Never Die... List and
What the `L? List. This was the second hit on each list, and they move up to
46th and 47th places.
Congratulations, Natalie!
12/08/2020 Chuck Yeager breaks the Ground Barrier! The greatest pilot that ever lived, Chuck Yeager has died at 97,
and 4 players had him, including
Kelly Keegan's List 4, which gets a 7th hit and moves up to 2nd place.
Carol Place snags a fifth, while
Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List and
Brave Sir Robin each get their fourth hit.
Congrats, all!
Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney
11/29/2020 Death Vader Darth Vader has died, well,
David Prowse has, and that's pretty much the same thing.
Mike Roche's Hollywood List picks up the solo
on his third hit of the year, moving up to 31st place.
Congratulations, Mike!
Blurb help: Mike Spinney
11/24/2020 Time To Notify The Next of dinKins New York City's first African-American mayor, David Dinkins, has died at the age of 93, giving
Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List a solo with her third hit of the year, moving up to 25th place.
Congratulations, Natalie!
Blurb help: Mike Spinney
11/08/2020 Alex, I`ll take 'Probably not the Crosby you're thinking of' for the daily double... Got a big day today for the KDP - starting off with Norm Crosby`s death at the age of 93, which gives
Kelly Keegan's List 4 the solo.
But of course, Norm is not the big news, as we learned that Alex Trebek has passed at 80, and 20 lists
got the hit, including
Bob Razem, who becomes only the second player in KDP history with 8 hits!.
Meanwhile, 4 of Kelly Keegan`s lists got a sixth hit, filling spots 2-5 on the Top 10:
Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List,
List 5,
List 2, and
List 4 (which gets a SECOND hit today!).
Lindsey Roke also picked up her sixth hit.
Snagging a fifth hit of the year are
Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List,
Gene Kaufman,
Nathan Raupach,
Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List, and
Jimmy Casino.
Kelly Keegan's List 3 sees a fourth hit.
Picking up a third hit:
Natalie Tyler's The C Files List,
Rob Dunmire,
Natalie Tyler's My Heart Will NOT Go On List,
Mike Spinney, and
Neil Hall.
Rich Place and
Natalie Tyler's I`m Ready for my Close-Up, Mr. Reaper List each get a second hit, while
Mike Roche's Celebrities List makes the board with his first hit of the year.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb honorable mention:
Kelly Keegan:
A. A guy who died this morning.
Q. Who is Alex Trebek?
10/31/2020 On Her Majesty`s Secret Obituary The Greatest Bond, Sir Sean Connery has died at 90, giving us what other deadpools refer to as a Front Page Solo, as there was only a single player that picked him:
Hall, Neil Hall grabs his second hit of the year and moves up to 44th
Well done, Hall!
10/17/2020 The Queen of Dead-no-color Actress Rhonda Fleming was a Big Deal in the 1940's and 50's, but now she's dead and
Bob Lyhus ends his 4 year solo vigil as he picks up his fifth hit and moves up to
8th place.
Congratulations, Bob!
10/12/2020 Muerta McCain Roberta McCain has died at 108 and 5 players picked her, including
Grady Harmon, who has a 6th hit for the second time in his career, and moves up to
second place.
Shelley Brown's List 1 and
Lindsey Roke each snag their fifth hit.
Carol Ann Roke gets her fourth, and
Kelly Keegan's List 3 gets his third.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney
10/09/2020 Whitey-out condition Baseball guy Whitey Ford has died at the age of 91, and 2 players picked him:
Natalie Tyler's Sporting Chance List gets a second hit, while
rookie Charles Lathrop's Over the Fence List makes the board for the first time.
Congrats, Natalie and Charles!
10/06/2020 Deaddie Van Halen (sigh...) So apparently Eddie Van Halen saw that
Bob Razem wasn't satisfied with only a 1 hit lead over the rest of us and gave him a seventh hit of the
year. This is the first time that Bob has hit 7 hits.
Rookie Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List picks up his third hit of the game.
Congratulations, Bob & Tobin!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
10/03/2020 Gibson strikes out MLB Hall of Famer Bob Gibson has died at the age of 84, and 5 lists picked up the hit, including
Bob Razem, who extends his lead by
being the first player this year to get 6 hits. This is the fourth time in his career that Bob has gotten 6 hits*.
Kelly Keegan got a 5th hit on 3 of his lists: Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List,
List 2, and
List 5, while
Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List snags her 4th hit.
Congratulations, all!
*Looks like there's a problem with the player career page not reflecting the current year's stats. I'll look into it at some point.
09/25/2020 Kerslake drummed out Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heap drummer Lee Kerslake has died at 73, performing one last drum
solo for
Bob Razem as his 5th hit, giving Bob the lead.
Note that Kerslake died 5 days ago, and when I looked in the news to verify, there were only 2 other news reports. He's definitely borderline on the fame level, but still within the cut-off.
Congratulations, Bob!
09/23/2020 Gale Sayers breaks a tackle now at the Pearly Gates NFL legend Gale Sayers has died at 77.
Mike Roche's Sporting Guys List receives a solo on his 2nd hit of the game and moves up to 34th place.
Congratulations, Mike!
Blurb credit: Mike Roche
09/18/2020 Notorious RBG is no more Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed her final judgement, and 13 lists had her. Receiving a fourth hit of the year were 7 lists, with
Bob Razem leading the pack at 3rd place. Kelly Keegan had 3 lists: Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List,
List 5, and
List 2.
Shelley Brown's List 1,
Bob Lyhus,
and Myself round out the 4th-hitters.
Getting a third hit:
Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List,
Joe Biasi, and
Aunti Di's List 2 .
Mike Roche's Politicos List gets a 2nd hit, as do
Natalie Tyler's The C Files and
My Heart Will NOT Go On lists.
Congrats, everyone!
08/12/2020 Sumner Gravestone Media mogul Sumner Redstone has died at 97, with 4 players tuning in, including
our first 5-hits of the year as Grady Harmon extends his lead. Kevin Byrnes joins him in the 5-hit club, taking up the number 2 spot.
Bob Razem gets his third hit, and
Joe Biasi picks up his second.
Congrats, all!
08/02/2020 Time to get in the Cocoon Here's something interesting: Wilford Brimley was only 50 when he starred in Cocoon 35 years ago, playing an 85 year old. He's died now at the age of 85. So obviously Cocoon was a documentary.
Mike Roche's Hollywood List picks up the solo with his second hit of the game, and moves up to 35th place.
Blurb credit: Bob Lyhus
07/26/2020 Olivia D`ont-have-a-life I hope everybody's nice and comfortable, because this is a big one, folks!
Olivia DeHaviland has died at 104, and she was on 22 lists. Before we get to that, let's
take a look at the Celeb Stats page, where we see that Ms. DeHaviland was the last living celeb on the
Most-Picked of all time list. Until today she was #1 on the Still Alive list, and she was on the top 10 most-picked list for 8 years. She was
also responsible for breaking up our 19-list 3-hit-logjam.
13 players got their fourth hit, and these are now (obviously) the new Top 13:
- Grady Harmon
- Kelly Keegan's List 4
- Aunti Di's List 1
- Kevin Byrnes
- Nathan Raupach
- John Downey
- Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List
- Jimmy Casino
- Paul Lineback
- Carol Place
- Toe Tag
- Lindsey Roke
- Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List
9 players got a third hit, and strangely, nobody got a first or second:
Congratulations, all!
Blurb credit: ME!, but some honorable mentions:
Gone... (Mike Spinney)
Olivia Dead Havilland (Rich Place)
07/25/2020 DEAD! With Regis! TV Host Regis Philbin has died at 86, with one person picking up the solo hit:
Shelley Brown's List 3 gets her third hit, moving up to
4th place.
Congrats, Shelley!
07/18/2020 Representative John Lewis Civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis has died at 80, and 17 lists picked up the hit:
Kelly Keegan's Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List,
Nathan Raupach,
Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List and
Paul Lineback all pick up their third hit, peacefully disrupting the Top 10.
Those getting a second hit:
Bob Razem,
Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List,
Kelly Keegan's List 5 ,
Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List,
Rob Dunmire,
Gene Kaufman and
Mike Spinney.
Snagging a first hit of the year:
Mike Roche's Politicos List and
Natalie Tyler's The C Files ,
Old Writers Never Die... ,
I`m Ready for my Close-Up, Mr. Reaper ,
What the `L? and
My Heart Will NOT Go On Lists.
07/06/2020 Earl Cameron (Sorry for the delay - been busy with home projects!) British actor Earl Cameron died on July 4th at 102, and
Aunti Di's List 2 picks up the solo with her second hit of the game, moving up to 26th place.
Congrats, Aunti Di!
07/02/2020 Who's Down in 2020? Hugh Downs from 20/20! News journalist Hugh Downs has died at 99. He was our 9th-most picked of the year, and #10 on the Still Alive list. 14 lists got the scoop, including 7 that now have a third hit of the year:
Kelly Keegan's List 2 (which leads this group and moves up to 4th place),
Jimmy Casino,
Carol Place,
Lindsey Roke,
Brave Sir Robin,
Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List and
Sarah Wallace.
Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List,
Judith Place,
Shelley Brown's List 1,
Brad Hope and
Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List all grab their second hit
Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List and
Natalie Tyler's Ohio and Goodbye-O List each pick up their first hit.
Congrats, everybody!
Blurb credit: Christina O`Sullivan
06/30/2020 Nothing funny to say here Actor and funny guy
Carl Reiner has died at 98. He was in the top 10 most-picked for the last 3 years, and 13 players got the hit, including
Aunti Di's List 1, which gets a third hit of the year and moves up to 3rd place. Also getting a third hit are
Toe Tag and
Shelley Brown's List 2, which move up to 6th and 7th place.
Sheila Place,
Carol Place,
Carol Ann Roke,
Brave Sir Robin,
Michelle Downey,
Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List and
Sarah Wallace each snag their second hit.
Neil Hall,
Brad Hope and
Mike Roche's Hollywood List all make the board with their first hit of the year.
Congratulations, all!
Here we are literally at the halfway point of the game already if you can believe that! This has been an extremely crazy year, and I thank you all for being there through all of this!
06/18/2020 We'll meet again at the funeral WWII actress & singer Vera Lynn has become the 3rd celebrity in 2020 to die at the age of 103. She was featured on 8 lists, including
Kelly Keegan's List 4, which gets his 3rd hit of the year jumping
up to 2nd place.
Natalie Tyler's Taps For Troubadours and
Golden Oldies Lists,
Lindsey Roke,
Nathan Raupach,
Toe Tag,
Shelley Brown's List 2 and
Paul Lineback each snag their 2nd hit of the year.
Congratulations, all!
05/24/2020 Eddie Sutton Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has died at 84,
and Kelly Keegan snags him on 4 lists:
List 4,
Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List and
List 3 all pick up their second hit of the game; all 3 break into the top 3, with List 4 moving up to 4th place. Finally, Kelly's
List 5 gets it's first hit of the year.
Congrats, Kelly!
05/11/2020 Jerry Stilled One of our favorite TV dads, Jerry Stiller has died at 92, and 2 players grabbed their
first hit of the year:
Laura Welliver's Jerry Jerry Jerry List and
Aunti Di's List 2.
SERENITY NOW, Laura and Aunti Di!
Blurb honorable mention:
Bob Lyhus - Not So Happy Festivus
05/09/2020 Good Golly, I'm Dead Little Richard is dead at 87, and he'd found his way on to 4 lists, including
Jimmy Casino, who picks up his 2nd hit of the year, and moves up to 7th place. Making the board for the first time this year:
Rich Place and
Taps For Troubadours and
You Little Dickens, You! Lists.
Hands-down, my go-to Little Richard track is his cover of I feel pretty, if for no other reason than his SHUT UP! at the end.
Congratulations, all!
Blurb credit: Bob Lyhus
SHUT UP!
05/04/2020 Shula Sacked Former NFL coach Don Shula is one of those rare sports celebrities that even I recognized his name. He's died today at the age of 90, shutting down
Natalie Tyler's Sporting Chance List's three year solo vigil with her first hit of the year. This list moves up to 14th place.
Congratulations, Natalie!
04/06/2020 Passing Galore Former Bond girl Honor Blackman has died at 94, and
2 players pick up the hit:
Shelley Brown's List 3 and
Bob Lyhus each snag their second hit of the year
and move up to 6th and 7th place.
Congrats, Shelley and Bob!
03/21/2020 Somewhere in the darkness, the Gambler he broke even Country music superstar Kenny Rogers has died at 81, and
rookie Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List
makes quite the entrance with his first hit of the game, a big-name solo that had never been played before.
Congratulations, Tobin!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
Honorable mentions:
Knew when to Fold 'em (Mike Spinney and Rich Place)
No longer sitting at the table (Bob Lyhus)
03/06/2020 Henri Richard pulled from the game NFL HOFer Henri Richard has died at 84, giving the assist to
Mike Roche's Sporting Guys List, as Mike
ends his 5 year solo vigil with his first hit of the game, moving in to 9th place.
Congratulations, Mike!
Blurb credit: Mike Roche
03/05/2020 Javier Perez deCeased Former UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar has died at 100,
giving Brave Sir Robin a solo with his first hit of
the game. BSR moves up to 25th place.
Congratulations, Brave Sir Robin!
03/03/2020 James Lipton has gone beyond the actors studio James Lipton has died at 93, giving a solo and a first hit to
Shelley Brown's List 3. Shelley moves
into 10th place
Congrats, Shelley!
Blurb credit: Aunti Di
02/28/2020 Die, son! Physicist Freeman Dyson has died at 96, giving
John Downey a solo as he becomes the third player to get 3 hits this year.
John moves up to third place
Congratulations, John!
02/25/2020 Hosni Mubar-ACK! Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at 91,
giving John Downey his second hit of the year, and
Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List
her first. John and Natalie move up to 5th and 7th place.
Congratulations, John and Natalie!
Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney
02/24/2020 Fran-cease to exist Mobster John `Sonny` Franzese has died at 103, and 3 people got the hit:
Grady Harmon and
Kevin Byrnes become the first to get a third hit this year, as they move up to 1st and 2nd place.
Shelley Brown's List 2 scores her first of the year.
Congratulations, all!
02/08/2020 Wild Wild West in Peace Actor Robert Conrad has died at 84, ending
Judith Place's 6 year solo vigil. Judith gets her
first hit of the year and moves up to 7th place
Congratulations, Judith!
Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney
02/05/2020 Kirk Dug-a-6-Foot-Deep-hole-las LISTEN UP, FOLKS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
Our #1 most-picked celeb has died:
- Most picked of all time: 454 picks (35.1% of all picks)
- Most picked every year from 2016-2020
- On the top 10 most-picked every year since 2003
Yes... Spartacus himself,
Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, and
27 (43.5%) of our players' lists get the hit:
Kelly Keegan's List 2,
Aunti Di's List 1 and
Kevin Byrnes each get their second hit and
move up to 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.
Getting their first hit of the year:
- John Downey
- Shelley Brown's List 1
- Sheila Place
- Lindsey Roke
- Mike Spinney
- Joe Biasi
- Bob Broadhurst
- Jimmy Casino
- Nancy Freebery
- Kelly Keegan's Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List
- Nathan Raupach
- Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List
- Michelle Downey
- Bob Lyhus
- Carol Place
- Carol Ann Roke
- Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List
- Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List
- Rob Dunmire
- Toe Tag
- Kelly Keegan's List 3
- Gene Kaufman
- Paul Lineback
- Sarah Wallace
Congrats, all!
Blurb Credit: Rich Place
02/03/2020 Bernie`s Life Has Ebb(ers)ed Convicted fraudster Bernie Ebbers has died at the age of 78.
Grady Harmon picks up the solo and becomes the first player
of 2020 to get a second hit
Congrats, Grady!
Blurb credit: Mike Spinney
01/22/2020 Does this count as "Something Different"? Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones has died at 77, and
2 players picked him:
Aunti Di's List 1 and
Grady Harmon. They move up to
3rd and 5th place.
Congratulations, Aunti Di and Grady!
01/01/2020 Stern start to the game Former NBA Commissioner David Stern has died, kicking off our game as 3 players
included him on 4 lists:
Bob Razem,
Kelly Keegan's List 2 and
List 4, and
Kevin Byrnes all pick up the hit, and
move into the Top 4.
Congrats, Bob, Kelly and Kevin!
01/01/2020 2020 KDP is now LIVE! The 2019 edition of Kaufman's Deadpool is over, and a big congratulations goes out to Kelly Keegan, with his 2nd consecutive win, and 6th Career win (across all of his various lists). Kelly had 5 hits and takes home 75% of the collected $640 pot, or $480.
Rookie (!!!) Christina O`Sullivan came in second place, also getting 5 hits (including 1 solo), but coming up shy of first place by only 17 tiebreaker points. Christina gets 15% of the pot ($96).
Brave Sir Robin rounds out the money-winners with his 4 hits (not including a 5th, Disqualified hit - hopefully he's not kicking himself TOO much, as even if that hit had counted it wouldn't have affected the standings, as Yasuhiro Nakasone was over 100 years old). BSR snags the final 10% of the pot ($64).
We've got 61 entries this year - our lowest number since 2004's 48. A few people didn't return (but as always they're all welcome back for 2021!). We've got four new players: Natalie Tyler's husband David Riede, Rich Place's wife Carol, and Christina O`Sullivan's husband (Tobin Lathrop) and son (Charles Lathrop). In addition, we see the return of Nancy Freebery, who took 2019 off.
Now that the game is all fully updated on the site, please take a moment and verify that I've got your lists entered correctly and let me know ASAP of any errors.
Congratulations, everyone! Good luck to all in 2020!
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