Joe Paterno

This one hits a little close to home for this PSU grad. Death does not wash away the sins of any man, but I remember the good. Callagahan's Reapers score 35 points for the 85 year old Paterno and recieve a 20 point Blood Bath bonus with Etta James.

At Last......First Blood has come along,

Not sure how many times this has happened but the #1 overall pick in last months draft has turned into the first score of the year in 2012! Etta James passed away today at age 73 posting 57 points (47 in age and 10 for first blood) for new comer Vulcan Death Grip (look at his roster and the name makes sense). At last we have our first blood,so baby don't cry...

Kim Jong (Really Really) Ill

And the Leader of North Korea is so Ill that he is dead. At the age of 69, it is a 51 point score for Corpse with No Name who also adds the "Last Blood" Bonus and is in 7th place with 71 points. Nice pick up guys.

Updated Scoring! Yay

So I have finally updated the scoring. And it is going to be close especially since I am challenging 3 deaths this year to provide evidence that they appeared in the AP Obit Page. Scoring on the side bar reflects the new leader board and is up to date.

The 27 Club & Ms. Winehouse

In my year+ of curating this beacon of deathly excellence that is the dead league blog I believe Ms. Winehouse wins for the youngest person to score points. At 27 years old she is the latest member of the "27 club" who all obviously would have been 1st round draft choices in our twisted game. The list includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain & Freaky Tah of the rap group Lost Boyz. Congrats to Cremation Nation who jumps from 4th to first on the back of his 6th round pick Ms. Winehouse. Condolences go out to all the teams that dropped Ms. Winehouse in the past 4 years including Dead Presidents (last 2 years), Get Got (under a previous owner 3 years ago) and Happy enTrails 4 years ago before I bought my stake in the franchise. They tried to make her go to rehab.... I bet they are now reconsidering their intervention skillz.

Assist (ed)

Dr. Death is dead. I was always confused about the nick name "Dr. Death", is he caring for death? is he Deaths' primary care physician? who carries Deaths insurance? MetLife? Is that Snoopy commercial subversively evil? Yes. Dr. Jack Kavorkian has passed at age 83 and is a nice 37 point pick up for Cix the Bucket (if i was a betting man I would have guessed Abe Vigoda would have died first but shows what I know). Dr. Death is dead

Seve Seve Seve...

A Long walk up the 18th fairway of life for Mr. Seve Ballesteros a 5x major champion in golf. At age 54 he was a nice score for team Stiff Competition with a point total of 66 they are moving up the leader board. Maybe we should get a green jacket for this little competition...or a black one, but everyone has a black sport coat? Maybe we could get a kick ass logo on it. That is your challenge loyal readers, design a kick ass black sport coat for the winner of the dead league.

Some House Cleaning Deaths

In the past month, seeing this is not our full time job at The Dead League, we have missed a few "under the radar" deaths. We apologizes to the families of these people as their pictures will not be posted here, however the scoring has been updated to reflect these deaths. In order of passing;

Bruce Gordon - American Actor from TV's "The Untouchables"

Gordon Murray - Wall St. Banker/ Author died of Brain Cancer

Eunice Sanborn - Former Oldest Living American @ 114 years

scoring for these got a wee bit complicated as some qualified for blood baths and others for two in a row bonuses.

Cleopatra is Dead

And perhaps our most famous death of 2011 so far is Elizabeth Taylor, the "Mother of Survival." I bet she is eating those words now. Taylor 79 is a nice return with 41 points for Living in Oblivion as well as a bloodbath bonus for the death of Pinetop Perkins as well, that is an extra 25 points.

So Long Pinetop...

I don't believe there will ever be another Pinetop Perkins, mostly because children generally are not named "Pinetop." However a google search revealed that we have lost possibly the last "great pre-WWII" jazz musician. Can we agree that we are close to losing anyone who lived "pre-WWII" ? Anyway team Dead Presidents in now on the board with a score of 23 for this death.

So Long Frank Buckles...

He is off to the big trench in the sky, gas mask and all. As the last surviving veteran of WWI, Frank was remembered as lying to get into the military at age 16. Good for him, and good for Bloody Mary, who scores a whopping 10 points. However it may be a sign that the draft stategey of selecting all Geezers might pay off this year after years of failure.

Workout of Death; RIP Jack Lalane

For the first time in 2 years Dead Presidents gets on the scoreboard with the passing of Jack Lalane at age 96. Mr. Lalane is worth a grand total of 24 points which puts the Presidents solidly in 5th place in the busy first month of Death.

Happy Belated Death to Gerry Rafferty

Looks like the Rock and Roll lifestyle caught up with Mr. Rafferty and now he is "Stuck in the Middle With Liver Failure and Death." He was a 57 point score for Creamation Nation bumping him up the standings. Sorry didn't catch this one fast enough as it happened on the 4th of Jan.

Srg Shriver Rest in Peace Corp

RIP Sargent Shriver, driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corp and the first score of the year for Vitae Brevis. At 95 years young the Sarge is worth 25 deadpool points putting Vitae Brevis in 3rd place.

Hail Mary for the Bishop of Portsmouth

WE say goodbye to the 8th Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth and Davey Bones Locker says hello to 59 points and takes second place in the scoring.

And we have First Blood

Sorry for my delay in posting this but first blood came on day 2 of the new year... Anne Francis picked up the points for Living in Oblivion... that is 25 points for first blood bonus plus the 40 points in scoring. Well played...

Some House Cleaning and Corey Haim

So that just happened like a week ago, and I can't believe he was undrafted. How does no one take a washed up child actor with a drug problem? And what was the money line on which Corey would die first? +350? More? Anyway Corey Haim would have been huge points so everyone should be kicking themselves.
Other Deaths in the month of February include;
John Murtha
Phil Harris (deadliest Catch)
Charlie Wilson (of the movie)
T bone Wolk
and several others...happy trails my friends

Scoring Correction

It has been brought to my attention that Maggie Renfro was scored incorrectly. After the death of JD Salinger, Davey Bones' Locker should have been credited with the requisite points for a blood bath score with Salinger & Renfro in one week. Scoring will be corrected to reflect this change.

Thanks,
Managment

Is it Funnier or Sadder when a Little Person Dies?

I say funnier but half as sad. So long to Poltergeist star Zelda Rubinstein who bit the big one at age 76. She pulls in a nice haul of 44 points for age plus a blood bath bonus for Corpses' Bride nice pick up. Also, Living in oblivion will get the added blood bath bonus as well. This passing also begs the question, how many people named Zelda have ever been eligible for drafting in the Dead League? Special shout out to anyone who can provide the answer...

Catcher & the Rye's Cheese Death Sceen

Reclusive JD Salinger is dead at 91, he is survived by his son and was drafted in the 14th Round by Living in Oblivion. It was a default pick so I can't say nice pick about this one. However you know something is wrong with a person when the most recent photo of them is from the 1950's. So his life was weird but his death was lame, natural causes according to the son, I think the author of a great literary work could have come up with a better end to the story, but that is just me.