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Quit posting here there's absolutely nothing to see here till 2020. I'm upping the ante. I'll ship TEN pounds of coffee to each and every one of you who 'like' this post if she passes in 2019. And a bottle opener of my choosing. And 1 actual lead icicle like they used to use on a 1950s Christmas tree. C'mon now that's a pretty good haul. SC

Fictions locations of the British Isles on one handy map. Index here for the curious. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1djax783rILHf56Mue-huoVNkAgTL5mULyiBBY_AR5nU/edit#gid=0

John Cocks was apparently a notable reality TV star in New Zealand but I'm afraid I'll always remember his name for causing me to giggle childishly anytime Joey brought up his DDP team last year. Anyhow, 4 points to Torva, who opens up a commanding lead on The Old Crem. 1. JoeMoneyPenny Vs. Pedro 3-3 2. Nantonian 2013 Vs. Maryportfuncity 0-3 3. Gooseberry Crumble Vs. John Key 0-3 4. Spade Cooley Vs. Squonk 3-0 5. Markb4 vs Dr T 0-6 6. Banana Vs. Great Uncle Bulgaria 3-0 7. Yorkshire Banker Vs. Skinny Kiltrunner 3-3 8. Alt Obits Guy Vs. Time 3-0 9. Clorox Vs. Fixed Business 3-3 10. The Mad Hatter Vs. Exu 3-0 11. Master Tech Vs. Bibliogryphon 0-0 12. The Unknown Man Vs. Boudicca 0-0 13. Torva Messor Vs. The Old Crem 10-0 14. The Quim Reaper Vs. BuffaloPhil 3-3 15. Wormfarmer Vs. The Old Lady 3-0

About 353 clarifications and corrections. People running an age-based pool (and Spade, of course) might be interested. MISSING AGE OR PLACE OF BIRTH 30 July 1960 - Agosti, Dave 2 May 1936 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Aleandro, Norma 31 August 1939 (Hillsboro, Texas, USA) - Allison, Jerry 12 May 1935 (Haina, Dominican Republic) - Alou, Felipe 14 May 1984 (Manchester, England) - Anderson, Adam San Diego, California, USA - Anderson, Tom 24 January 1947 (Liverpool, England) - Anderson, Willie 11 February 1904 (Alès, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) - Andre, Soeur 12 March 1963 (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA) - Andretti, John 9 September 1987 (San Diego, California, USA) - Aniston, Nicole 6 August 1934 (Oxford, England) - Anthony, Piers 12 July 1929 (Hembrti, Hamasien, now Eritrea) - Antonios, Abune 29 April 1934 (Maracaibo, Venezuela) - Aparicio, Luis 19 January 1953 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Arnaz Jr, Desi 10 March 1974 (St. Petersburg, Florida, USA) - Arnold, Jennifer Mymensingh, East Bengal, now Bangladesh) - Ashraful Islam, Syed Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales - Atkins, Ronald 2 March 1917 (Gitena, White Nile, Sudan) - Awadalla, Babiker 8 November 1965 (New York City, New York, USA) - B., Eric 14 May 1914 - Baker, Anne 22 March 1966 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) 13 June 1989 (Darwin, Australia) - Barba, Ben 8 October 1938 (Modesto, California, USA) - Barger, Sonny 7 December 1927 Richmond, North Yorkshire, England) - Barry, Margaret Stuart 27 May 1936 - Bathurst, Benjamin 12 January 1961 (Penang, Malaysia) - Beale, Simon Russell Glasgow, Scotland - Beaton, M. C. 16 July 1939 (Memphis, Tennessee, USA) - Bell, William Manchester, England - Bennell, Barry 12 August 1937 (Mölndal, Sweden) - Berggren, Thommy 1 December 1927 (Colmar, France) - Bernardini, Micheline 14 March 1997 (Columbus, Ohio, USA) - Biles, Simone 5 January 1924 - Bingham, Walter 15 December 1942 (New Iberia, Louisiana, USA) - Blanco, Kathleen Casper, Wyoming, USA - Bohren, Spencer 31 December 1934 (Chigwell, Essex, England) - Bonallack, Michael 5 February 1938 (Manak, Cameroon) - Booh-Booh, Jacques-Roger Calcutta, India - Bose, Mihir 3 October 1927 - Bowyer, Bertram 6 February 1927 (Manchester, England) - Braden, Alan 27 February 1925 (Breinig, Germany) - Braun, Egidius 30 December 1934 (Christchurch, New Zealand) - Briggs, Barry 6 October 1950 (Glendale, California, USA) - Brin, David 28 August 1963? - Brown, Ami 8 May 1987 (Liverpool, England) - Brown, Andy 5 January 1928 (London, England) - Bryer, Denise 18 July 1940 (Bristol, England) - Budd, Pete 17 December 1942 (Daura, Nigeria) - Buhari, Muhammadu 13 June 1964 (London, England) - Burke, Kathy 17 March 1941 (Haydock, England) - Burrows, Harry 15 May 1935 (Wolverhampton, England) - Butler, Tony Long Island, New York, USA - Carey, Alison 30 September 1939 (St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada) - Cariou, Len 8 May 1912 (Kristianstad, Sweden) - Carlsson, Dagny 5 December 1946 (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) - Carreras, Jose 31 May 1949 (Cheshire, England) - Carrodus, Frank 28 August 1925 (Kalgoorlie, Australia) - Casley, Leonard 28 October 1936 (Lecco, Lombardy, Italy) - Castelnuovo, Nino 27 April 1942 (Florence, Italy) - Cecchi Gori, Vittorio 12 July 1928 (Hendon, Middlesex, England) - Cellier, Peter 22 February 1940 (London, England) - Chagrin, Julian 29 October 1967 (Denver, Colorado, USA) - Chapman, Beth Bengaluru, India - Chaturvedi, Sudhakar Huế, Vietnam - Chau, Tran Ngoc 5 May 1927 (London, England) - Chinnery, Teddie 19 May 1948 (Aldershot, Hampshire, England) - Chittell, Chris 12 September 1967 (Washington, D.C., USA) - CK, Louis 30 March 1945 (Ripley, Surrey, England) - Clapton, Eric 10 January 1941 (Coatbridge, Scotland) - Clarke, Tom 9 July 1934 - Clegg, John 7 June 1953 (Bacup, Lancashire, England) - Clegg, Johnny 7 December 1937 (Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA) - Cochran, Thad 23 August 1966 - Cocks, John 5 July 1935 (Hastings, Sussex, England) - Collins, Shirley 10 August 1946 (Dublin, Ireland) - Conway, Jimmy 16 May 1929 (Highland Park, Michigan, USA) - Conyers, John Stroud, Gloucestershire, England - Cooke, Sidney London, England - Coon, Caroline 11 June 1939 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Crawford, Christina 4 May 1944 (Manchester, England) - Cumbes, Jim 23 June 1951 (Detroit, Michigan, USA) - Cunningham, Larry 28 April 1954 - Curley, Tim 27 September 1974 (Miami, Florida, USA) - Daddy, Trick 29 September 1935 (Bilston, Staffordshire, England) - Daker, David Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada - Dawn, Amber 8 August 1924 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - Deitch, Gene 19 March 1941 (Paris, France) - Delay, Florence 8 January 1958 (Holland, Michigan, USA) - DeVos, Betsy 19 February 1963 (Havana, Cuba) - Diaz, Joey 26 December 1966 (Dallas, Texas, USA) - Dixon, Rickey 14 August 1934 (Nîmes, France) - Dobtcheff, Vernon 29 July 1936 (Salisbury, North Carolina, USA) - Dole, Elizabeth 18 March 1950 (Huntington, West Virginia, USA) - Dourif, Brad 16 June 1941 (Detroit, Michigan, USA) - Dozier, Lamont 19 August 1964 (Manchester, England) - Drewitt-Barlow, Tony 4 August 1960 (Sydney, Australia) - DuBois, Barry 19 May 1969 (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA) - Dumas, Richard 12 April 1943 (New York City, New York, USA) - Durst, Robert 13 January 1944 - Edmonds, Mike 14 July 1934 (Dallas, Texas, USA) - Elder, Lee 1 April 1932 (Halifax, Yorkshire, England) - Elgar, Avril 1 August 1931 (New York City, New York, USA) - Elliott, Ramblin' Jack 18 May 1921 (London, England) - Epstein, Michael A. London, England - Fabry, Glenn 9 April 1998 - Fanning, Elle 16 December 1922 - Farmanfarmaian, Monir Shahroudy 13 August 1923 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Farnon, Dennis 29 June 1933 (New York City, New York, USA) - Fass, Bob Ormskirk, Lancashire, England - Fearn, Ronald 28 March 1943 (Loudendale, West Virginia, USA) - Ferrell, Conchata London, England - Fish (designer), Michael 11 May 1952 (Milford on Sea, Hampshire, England) - Fisher, Frances 30 January 1929 (Melbourne, Australia) - Fitzsimmons, Maggie 20 October 1914 (Manchester, England) - Floyd, James C. Ilford, Essex, England - Ford, Carole Ann 6 February 1943 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) - Forte, Fabian 4 January 1940 - Fortune, Lance 31 October 1928 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - Foster, Dianne 12 April 1990 (Gävle, Sweden) - Fox, Pixee 21 May 1951 (New York City, New York, USA) - Franken, Al Battle, Sussex, England - Frankland, William 30 May 1952 (Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) - Fraser, Kerry 23 December 1939 (St Helens, Merseyside, England) - French, Ray 29 August 1935 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - Friedkin, William 9 March 1970 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) - Gaffigan, Jeannie 3 April 1937 (Pudsey, Yorkshire, England) - Gaunt, William 15 October 1905 (Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland)) - Gerneth, Gustav Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Gettleman, Dave 11 April 1933 (Cape Town, South Africa) - Denis Goldberg 1 February 1940 - Golden, LaVona Fay 25 January 1982 (Kent, England) - Golding, Paul 11 July 1925 (London, England) - Graham, David 9 May 1950 (New York City, New York, USA) - Graham, Jorie 3 April 1926 (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - Grammas, Alex 7 January 1950 (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) - Gray, Erin Glasgow, Scotland - Gray, Andy 15 May 1926 (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - Guilfoyle, Margaret Reddish, England - Haigh, George 11 May 1943 - Harmer, Juliet 2 June 1936 - Harries, Richard 9 November 1932 - Harris, Johnny 24 March 1986 (Rotorua, New Zealand) - Hartley, Dylan 3 October 1973 (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Headey, Lena 6 January 1994 (Bridlington, Yorkshire, England) - Heaton, Charlie 23 March 1939 (Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England) - Herd, Robin 8 April 1937 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - Hersh, Seymour 27 February 1940 (Lebanon, Oregon, USA) - Hesseman, Howard 30 April 1958 (Derry, Northern Ireland) - Hewitt, James 4 January 1932 (Larimore, North Dakota, USA) - Clint Hill 12 December 1915 - Felicity Hill 8 February 1927 (Corvallis, Oregon, USA) - Hoffman, Elizabeth 10 October 1945 (Deans Village, Saint Michael, Barbados) - Holder, Vanburn 30 September 1987 (Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) - Holiday, Lauren 10 May 1998 (Brisbane, Australia) - Hon, Priscilla Alexandria, Egypt - Hordern, Peter 14 December 1993 - Hostyn, Sasha 8 June 1964 (Manchester, England) - Howard, Mark 18 November 1936 (Porthcawl, Wales) - Huggett, Brian 29 June 1931 (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - Hutton, Brian 8 June 1986 (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England) - Ikeme, Carl London, England - Ingrams, Richard 14 June 1989 (Munich, Germany) - Ivy, Madison 23 May 1995 (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) - Janson, Jillian Waco, Texas, USA - Jasso, Fr. Stephen 22 April 1979 (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) - Johns, Daniel 25 November 1921 (Hameringham, Lincolnshire, England) - Johnson, George "Johnny" 17 January 1971 - Jon, Lil Ripon, Yorkshire, England - Jopling, Michael 9 December 1954 (Redange, Luxembourg) - Juncker, Jean-Claude 19 September 1942 (Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania)) - Karolyi, Bela 7 May 1987 (Lyon, France) - Kate, Anissa 10 February 1941 (London, England) - Keating, Michael 26 November 1975 (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) - Khaled, DJ 21 January 1994 - Kim, Lim Aberdeen, Scotland - Kitchen, Kenneth 15 January 1991 (Tver, Russian SFSR) - Klishina, Darya London, England - Knight, Ronnie 1 November 1935 (Wichita, Kansas, USA) - Koch, Charles 30 December 1935 (New York City, New York, USA) - Koufax, Sandy 14 April 1910 (Rogówek, Russian Empire (now Poland)) - Kowalski, Stanislaw 9 April 1932 (New York City, New York, USA) - Krassner, Paul 30 December 1932 (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - Kreuk, Kristin 25 November 1931 (London, England) - Landis, Harry 8 November 1949 (Schenectady, New York, USA) - LaPierre, Wayne 17 January 1986 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Lattanzi, Chloe 18 July 1996 (Stockholm, Sweden) - Lean, Young 23 September 1938 (Laurel, Mississippi, USA) - Lester, Tom 23 June 1943 (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) - Levine, James 10 January 1912 (Isla de los Pinos, Cuba) - Lichauco, Jessie 17 March 1933 (Cairo, Egypt) - Lively, Penelope 9 March 1941 (Milngavie, Scotland) - Lochhead, Brian 23 April 1961 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Lopez, George 14 December 1946 (Dundee, Scotland) - Lorimer, Peter 13 January 1961 (New York City, New York, USA) - Louis-Dreyfus, Julia 9 November 1932 (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) - Lynk, Roy 22 October 1930 (Dublin, Ireland) - Lynott, Philomena 2 September 1917 - Lyon, Jack 12 January 1929 (Glasgow, Scotland) - MacIntyre, Alasdair 9 May 1991 (South Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA) - Mack, Christy 30 January 1963 (Liverpool, England) - Malone, Tina 31 October 1947 (Melbourne, Australia) - Manne, Robert 5 January 1969 (Canton, Ohio, USA) - Manson, Marilyn 22 June 1926 (Cape Town, South Africa) - Mantle, Doreen 29 December 1922 (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) - Maphis, Rose Lee 20 October 1937 (Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic) - Marichal, Juan 26 July 1940 (Sydney, Australia) - Marlowe, Linda 30 March 1926 (Huntington, West Virginia, USA) - Marshall, Peter Paris, France - Marty, Jean-Pierre 9 June 1934 (Brentford, Middlesex, England) - Mates, Michael 10 November 1959 - Maudsley, Frank 1 October 1956 (Eastbourne, Sussex, England) - Theresa May 17 November 1978 (London, Ontario, Canada) - McAdams, Rachel 17 March 1964 (Liverpool, England) - McGuire, Victor 11 January 1955 (Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland) - McNaught, Ken 2 September 1954 - Menounos, Litsa 25 August 1970 (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) - Messina, Jo Dee 16 May 1926 - Michael, Glen 11 April 1927 (London, England) - Mills, Frank 8 January 1942 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Mimieux, Yvette 28 September 1941 (Haeju, Japanese-occupied Korea) - Moo-song, Jeon Sheffield, Yorkshire, England - Moreland, Mo 19 October 1949 (Hollingwood, Derbyshire, England) - Moss, Ernie 23 July 1965 (Benoni, South Africa) - Mugabe, Grace 18 August 1943 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - Mull, Martin 12 November 1932 - Munroe, Carmen 6 March 1942 (Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA) - Murphy, Ben 13 July 1952 (Liverpool, England) - Murray, Cheryl 23 April 1903 - Nakamura, Iso (for completeness, despite being long dead) 7 June 1952 (Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) - Neeson, Liam 7 January 1982 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) - Negga, Ruth 11 October 1926 (Huế, Vietnam) - Nhat Hanh, Thich 28 July 1988 (Val-de-Marne, France) - Nice, Natasha 23 November 1943 (Walsall, Staffordshire, England) - Nicholls, Sue 15 January 1926 (Gazalkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)) - Nishonovich Nishonov, Rafiq Zavkhan Province, Mongolia - Ochirbat, Gombojavyn 26 June 1970 (Winnetka, Illinois, USA) - O'Donnell, Chris Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland - O'Neill, Margaret Deirdre 15 July 1952 (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA) - O'Quinn, Terry 1 October 1960 (Birmingham, England) - Ormsby, Brendan Camborne, Cornwall, England [not Toronto] - Palmer, Zoie 28 August 1944 (Birmingham, England) - Parker, Kay 10 March 1929 - Patrick, U. E. "Pat" 15 June 1947 (Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) - Patterson, Paul 23 June 1928 - Penn, June 18 December 1935 (Bourg-en-Bresse, France) - Pepin, Jacques 26 September 1949 (Neath, Port Talbot, Wales) - Phillips, Leighton 21 October 1931 (London, England) - Pickles, Vivian 11 March 1938 - Pill, Malcolm 12 February 1920 (Belleville, New Jersey, USA) - Pitman, Bill 26 June 1964 - Plotnitsky, Igor 7 April 1941 - Pohiva, Akilisi 19 May 1932 (Paris, France) - Poniatowska, Elena 22 February 1950 (Manchester, England) - P-Orridge, Genesis 12 October 1939 (Baschurch, Shropshire, England) - Pountney, Dave 10 September 1946 (Bilston, Staffordshire, England) - Powell, Don 2 November 1942 (Los Angeles, California, USA) - Powers, Stefanie 31 May 1938 (Prestatyn, Wales) - Prescott, John 31 July 1925 (Dublin, Ireland) - Quinn, Carmel 8 August 1952 (Pikesville, Maryland, USA) - Quivers, Robin 31 March 1944 (Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England) - Ralphs, Mick Liverpool, England - Ramsden, James 26 January 1935 - Rego, Paula 16 January 1947 - Reid, Jamie 8 November 1952 (Fall River, Massachusetts, USA) - Remy, Jerry 17 December 1918 (Rostock, Weimar Republic (now Germany)) - Reuss, WoahdudethatsafuckinglongnamE 28 May 1929 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Rimmer, Shane 11 October 1996 (Adelaide, Australia) - Ripley, Rhea 10 August 1937 - Robinson, Geoffrey James 5 January 1942 (Henderson, North Carolina, USA) - Rose, Charlie 26 January 1947 (Glasgow, Scotland) - Ross, Ian 12 February 1972 (Torrance, California, USA) - Royale, Latrice 8 March 1988 (Balcatta, Australia) - Ruffo, Johnny 20 February 1941 (Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada) - Sainte-Marie, Buffy 7 December 1925 (London, England) - Samuelson, Sydney London, England - Sandom, Doug 22 July 1994 - Schnabel, Parker 23 September 1943 (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA) - Schlottenheimer, Marty 19 March 1925 (Ogden, Utah, USA) - Scowcroft, Brent 31 July 1932 (Denver, Colorado, USA) - Searle, John 15 April 1954 (Radford, Virginia, USA) - Seka, (actress) 28 February 1991 - Shaari, Khalid bin Mohsen 26 September 1925 (Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA) - Shantz, Bobby 26 November 1952 - Sharpe, Rocky 23 December 1958 - Shaver, Randy Shekau, Nigeria - Shekau, Abubakar 15 October 1985 (São Paolo, Brazil) - Shelton, Rebekah 25 March 1930 - Sherman, Russell 17 September 1965 (New York City, New York, USA) - Singer, Bryan 25 October 1936 (Birmingham, England) - Smith, Alan 29 March 1908 (Invergowrie, Perthshire, Scotland) - Smith, Alf 14 June 1923 (Broadwater, Sussex, England) - Smith, Don Bournemouth, Dorset, England - Smith, Ron 28 December 1989 (Lisbon, Portugal) - Sobral, Salvador 4 July 1937 (Oslo, Norway) - Sonja of Norway, Queen 1 March 1936 (Houston, Texas, USA) - Spelvin, Georgina 14 June 1919 - Spencer, June 10 February 1950 (Modesto, California, USA) - Spitz, Mark 3 September 1984 (Tiraspol, Moldova) - Stepanov, Sergey 17 July 1954 (Paterson, New Jersey, USA) - Straczynski, J. Michael 2 January 1903 (Fukuoka, Japan) - Tanaka, Kane 26 March 1948 (Birmingham, England) - Tandy, Richard 26 January 1943 (Paris, France) - Tapie, Bernard 18 October 1928 - Taverne, Dick Jakarta, Indonesia - Tek, Budi 16 December 1985 (Biên Hòa, Vietnam) - Thanh Truong, Thuy 21 March 1937 (Dundee, Scotland) - Thomson, Bobby 8 October 1997 (Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA) - Thorne, Bella 18 June 1947 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Thorson, Linda 3 January 1932 (Hiroshima, Japan) - Thurlow, Setsuko 26 June 1987 (Luanda, Angola) - Titica, (singer) 23 November 1944 (New York City, New York, USA) - Toback, James 18 February 1939 (London, England) - Travers, Susan 9 March 1945 (London, England) - Trower, Robin 5 November 1939 (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) - Vega, Isela 7 March 1941 (Sydney, Australia) - Venuti, Maria 27 April 1941 (Barnsley, Yorkshire, England) - Vowden, Geoff 20 June 1958 (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) - Wagner, Chuck 17 November 1927 (Salzburg, Austria) - Walder, Ernst Edinburgh, Scotland - Watson, June 20 January 1936 (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) - Watson, Ralph 3 November 1920 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - Webster, Chick (who is dead) 4 July 1970 (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Weir, Doddie 11 February 1959 (New York City, New York, USA) - Weiss, Barry 19 November 1943 (Cape Town, South Africa) - West, Norma 28 September 1962 (Arlington, Virginia, USA) - Whang, Suzanne 24 September 1946 - White, Dee Dee 29 June 1942 (Perth, Australia) - Willesee, Mike 30 December 1951 (the Wirral, Merseyside, England) - Williams, Kipper 19 September 1940 (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) - Williams, Paul Glamorgan, Wales - Wilson of Dinton, Lord Richard 18 July 1928 (Hazard, Kentucky, USA) - Winkle, Baddie Brighton, England - Winnick, David 28 December 1924 - Wolde-Giorgis, Girma (he dead) 6 August 1933 (Glasgow, Scotland) - Wylie, Ron 1 October 1998 (Morristown, New Jersey, USA) - Yarosh, Danika 15 November 1937 (Aberdeen, Scotland) - Yeats, Ron 29 May 1967 (Nebraska, USA) - Young, Melissa 12 July 1997 (Mingora, Swat, Pakistan) - Yousafzai, Malala 26 September 1920 - Zafke, Hubert 3 March 1925 (Łódź, Poland) - Zamir, Zvi Some other observations: Bell, William - bio messed up Day, Doris - born in 1922 not 1924 Delair, Suzy - born in 1917 not 1916 Harriott, Ainsley - "host of 'Ready Steady Cook', which recently got the chop" - considering I was 7 when it was cancelled, think this could do with a wee update. Maybe. Hoover, Joseph - died in 2018 Loaf, Meat - born in 1947 not 1951 Miles, Sylvia - born in 1924 not 1932 Morrison, Dorothy - died in 2017 Roman, Nancy - died in 2018 Strauss, Jael - died in 2018 Trump, Donald - bio doesn't reflect that thing that happened 3 years ago Tyson, Cicely - born in 1924 not 1933 Wilson, Rebel - born in 1980 not 1986 Wolde-Giorgis, Girma - died in 2018

You shall receive THREE icicles if she passes.

Can I take my haul in Nespresso pods?

Really has been an interesting day. I also had John Cocksy Cocks on my list. A carry over, but also a replacement pick for a rejected name as I thought the trial might last him a while and kidney cancer doesn’t seem as deadly. Still, glad I carried him over especially since it means a daily double for me (and everyone else who picked him except Fisher)...

MEEKER, HOWIE November 4, 1923

In the search for more sustainable building materials, scientists have discovered a way to transform human waste into bricks that can be used for building. So now, instead of someone being 'built like a brick shithouse' - they'll be built like a 'shit brick house'. SC

SC - you have no idea how high the coffee bills are at MPFC Towers Generous offer, that haul might last me a week

Royalties wise he must be okay The shock that anyone still wants to watch Man About the House on the other hand, might do for one or two of us hereabouts

Congratulations to Allen Kirshner, Banana, Cancerous Hatred, Captain Chorizo 2019, Cheesecake 1, Chipmunk Roasting, Deceased Hose, Gerard Tierney, Grin Reaper, Joey Russ, Morlock, Pan Breed, and Sir Creep for getting 14 points.

That's a nice idea in theory, but I might struggle to type up enthralling bios for the likes of Gombojavyn Ochirbat, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party for 30 days in 1990.

^^^this is next-level assistance. You fancy running the DDP after msc?

Both. His hand was in their trousers then out the door.

Oh no, he was notorious in KUA fan circles (and among cast/crew!) for being rude. Others will defend him to the hilt so likely a man (like Terry Pratchett) you needed to meet on the right day.

Start using this forum again (too much?) after quite a while away.

Right now I can think of four people with a legit claim to celebrity who are completely on the brink of death: 1)Frank Robinson (1935): Though they said it's not so grim as it seemed, he is still in the late stages of illness and it can't be long. 2)Walter Jones (1943): In hospice car officially for breaking his hip, but he probably suffered from cancer for a log period. He is lasting quite long. 3)Eusebio Pedroza (1953): In hospital with pancreatic cancer, so he won't get out alive. Still, putting up a good fight, currently "stable" according to family. 4)Sam Lloyd (1963): Probably in the worst situation a man can be. It is not imminent, but he will never see summer.

I don't actually think she'll die this year, but I also want an icicle

This post on the evolution of deadpooling is always worthwhile reading on how research has adapted over the years:

Seconded! And thanks to @Sir Creep and @msc for their replies. I have, as I'm sure many here also have, known friends and family with cancer. Some of them live with it for ages and then suddenly deterioriate and expire, which is why Clive James and Leah Bracknell feature in my own shadow list for 2019; the one thing I always think about cancer is that it's unpredictable. Johnny Clegg diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015? My mum lasted 34 days between her diagnosis from pancreatic cancer and death, although admittedly she was around fifteen years older than him. This is the first year I've had time to put together a list and I've been doing a bit of research, expanding my list since considerably even I put my shadow list together. I've now got over 250 names on a list, ranging from the 'they're old so statistically can't last much longer', surely' to the 'got something nasty' (James, Bracknell), to the 'well you never know' (Schumacher, Minelli). For a shadow list of 50 I'm happy to put a couple in the latter category on the list, but I wouldn't enter them into a monthly competition unless there was a specific and suitably downbeat update on their health. In which case they'll feature on lots of lists. As i'm sure you've found, googling 'celebrities with cancer' throws up unhelpful lists dated 2013, or 'celebrities who have survived cancer'. Googling 'who will die soon' helpfully often points you back to this very forum. One promising website of 'celebrities with serious diseases' gives you Cher with ME, or a chef with agoraphobia. And, god help me for mentioning her name, Kim Kardashian with psoriasis. Did psoriasis ever feature as cause of death on the death certificate? In short (thank fuck for that, I hear you say) to some extent I think it's a bit of luck as to who will go in the short term, and hats off to those who do find the cancer-ridden Australian novelists in their trawls of the internet. Either that, or despite what people say about their occupations, the successful deathlisters are all oncologists.

Early lead for me! No, hang on a minute...

The official list for 2019: Kirk Douglas 1081 (4th, 4th) Leah Bracknell 1066 (3rd, 2nd) Herman Wouk 1004 (4th, 13th) Jean-Louis Trintignant 986 (NEW) Robert Mugabe 882 (4th, 9th) Vera Lynn 861 (4th, 10th) Nobby Stiles 843 (3rd, 8th) Clive James 787 (4th, 12th) Fernando Ricksen 782 (3rd, 29th) Olivia Newton-John 750 (2nd, 6th) Olivia de Havilland 746 (4th, 16th) Prince Philip 716 (4th, 7th) Dilip Kumar 599 (2nd, 16th) Tim Conway 570 (NEW) Bob Dole 567 (3rd, 41st) Le Duc Anh 567 (NEW) Pope Benedict 563 (4th, 23rd) Bob Barker 561 (NEW) George Alagiah 529 (NEW) Leslie Phillips 511 (4th, 11th) Jimmy Carter 494 (4th, 24th) Glynis Johns 487 (3rd, 15th) Stirling Moss 480 (NEW) John McCririck 475 (NEW) Jill Gascoine 465 (3rd, 22nd) Sidney Poitier 462 (3rd, 26th) Javier Pérez de Cuellar 461 (NEW) Mikhail Gorbachev 454 (4th, 28th) Violet Chamorro 453 (NEW) Bill Turnbull 436 (NEW) Terry Jones 428 (NEW) Kathleen Blanco 408 (NEW) Lee Kerslake 388 (NEW) Loretta Lynn 365 (NEW) John Hume 355 (2nd, 31st) Doris Day 350 (NEW) Jacques Chirac 345 (3rd, 38th) Johnny Clegg 328 (NEW) Franco Zeffirelli 298 (2nd, 25th) Roberta McCain 296 (NEW) Gina Lolligibrida 293 (2, -) Betty White 292 (NEW) Jean of Luxembourg 274 (2nd, 36th) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 267 (NEW) IM Pei 262 (NEW) John Andretti 259 (NEW) Rosalynn Carter 245 (NEW) Pierre Cardin 240 (NEW) Sheila Mercier 218 (NEW) Beverly Cleary 217 (2nd, 44th)