Deadpool 2009

Yeah, we’re sick. So what?

The 2009 game started on January 1^st 2009 and runs until December 31^st 2009.

Previous Games

• 2008 - Winner: Paul Stevenson.
• 2007 - Winner: Chris Bell.
• 2006 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
• 2005 - Winner: Paul Stevenson.
• 2004 - Winner: Bethan Gostick.
• 2003 - Winner: Mike Doherty.
• 2002 - Winners: Paul Stevenson and Bethan Gostick.
• 2001 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
• 2000 - Winner: Steve Pugh.
• 1998/1999 - Winner: Olly Betts
• 1997/1998 - Winner: Andrew Brennand
• 1996/1997 - Winner: Andrew Brennand

The Lists

Steve Pugh

1. Michael Foot, 1913, politician and historian
2. Kirk Douglas, 1916, he’s Spartacus
3. J.D. Salinger, 1919, another author
4. Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, 1920, last of the Mitford sisters
5. Prince Philip, 1921, living god of the Yaohnanen tribe
6. Henry Kissinger, 1923, war criminal
7. William Russell, 1924, Ian Chesterton
8. Fidel Castro, 1926, assuming he's not already dead...
9. Murray Gell-Mann, 1928, nobel prize winner
10. Valentina Tereshkova, 1937, first woman cosmonaut

Paul Stevenson

1. Jack Jones, 1913, Veteran of the International Brigades & Union Leader Deceased: 21^st April 2009
2. Lord Carrington, 1919, Humhrey Littleton was his fag at Eton
3. Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 1920 - predecessor of Boutros Boutros-Ghali
4. Margaret Thatcher, 1925, Pinochet’s chum
5. Alfredo di Stéfano, 1926, Real Madrid legend
6. Ronnie Biggs, 1929, or is he just pretending to be ill?
7. Bobby Robson, 1933, Ipswich Town Honorary President Deceased: 31^st July 2009
8. Louis Farrakhan, 1933, Islamic National
9. Liz Dawn, 1938, No new dawn for her
10. Wendy Richards, 1943, to even up the soap competition Deceased: 26^th February 2009

Chris Bell

1. David Rockefeller, 1915, Very rich, very old
2. Denis Healey, 1917, Old Labour
3. Billy Graham, 1918, time to meet his maker
4. John Glenn, 1921, It could be one space mission too many
5. Robert Mugabe, 1924, crazed dictator, more from hope than expectation
6. Hugh Hefner, 1926, Viagra overdose?
7. Larry Hagman, 1931, Already on his second liver
8. Alex Higgins, 1949, Snooker player with throat cancer, apparently
9. Shane MacGowan, 1957, Singer with a soon to be non-functioning liver
10. Holly Johnson, 1960, Frankie Goes To AIDS Clinic

Howard Reed

1. Michael Foot, 1913, 19th century Labour politician
2. Jack Jones, 1913, ex-TUC boss Deceased: 21^st April 2009
3. Denis Healey, 1917, last decent Chancellor?
4. Hugh Hefner, 1926, in danger of overexertion
5. William Shatner, 1931, YouTube exhibit
6. Jimmy Carter, 1924, last half-decent president until Obama?
7. George Bush Snr, 1924, gonna be a bad year for ex-Presidents
8. Margaret Thatcher, 1925, if there's any justice
9. Clint Eastwood, 1930, 'The Dead Pool'
10. Ted Kennedy, 1932 - almost the last in the family line Deceased: 26^th August 2009

Mike Doherty

1. Eric Tindell, 1910, only "Double All Black" to play Tests in both cricket and rugby union for New Zealand
2. Sir Norman Wisdom, 1915, national comedy hero of Albania
3. Eli Wallach, 1915, The Ugly
4. Richard Samuel Attenborough, Lord Attenborough, 1923, stumbling auteur
5. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 1924, president of Zimbabwe - being such a knob has got to take its toll. Then again, I said that 4 years ago.
6. King Bumibol, Rama IX, 1927, king of Thailand and the world's longest-serving current head of state
7. Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak, 1928, President of Egypt since 1981, and an oft-time magnet for suicide bombers
8. Joseph Kittinger, 1928, record holder of highest parachute jump (31,330m); currently a biplane barnstormer!
9. General Than Shwe, 1933, military leader of Burma
10. Bernard L. Madoff, 1938, $50bn Ponzi scheme fall guy (well, it's a theory...)

Miguel Adams

1. Nelson Mandela, 1918, statesman, 27 years of malnutrition finally take their toll
2. Margaret Thatcher, 1925, ex-politician, iron maiden in a wooden casket
3. Bruce Forsyth, 1928, entertainer, strictly dead
4. Yousuf Raza Gilani, 1952, Pakistani PM, one explosive curry at Indian state banquet
5. Patrick Swayze, 1952, actor, no more dirty dancing for you pal Deceased: 14^th September 2009
6. Barack Obama, 1961, President-elect, and another conspiracy theory is born
7. Roman Abramovich, 1966, oligarch, one shady deal too many
8. Paul Gascoigne, 1967, ex-footballer, where did it all go wrong Paul?
9. Amy Winehouse, 1983, singer, rehab doesn't work
10. Lewis Hamilton, 1985, racing driver, champion to corpse within a year

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