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So they buried her too? Problem solved.

Joseph Boardman, the former President & Chief Executive Officer of Amtrak, has died. He was 70. I guess it's all a Boardman for the express train to heaven. https://www.progressiverailroading.com/amtrak/news/Former-Amtrak-CEO-Boardman-dies--57002

Round 6 is underway - all eleven remaining teams are in and there is no score yet so all shovels are clean. Here is a quick breakdown of who would go home in the event of a single hit on the list for the month: oldlady - jose, rogers, johnson, barker, kumar wormfarmer - harper, alagiah, lloyd paddyfool - nakasone, prince philip, de Cuellar, kissinger, escheverria bibliogryphon - gascoine, cardin, phillips, ricksen en passant - safe qtips - nolan, mugabe, pope ben, scales, james, mccririck, bracknell, stiles Clorox - tanaka, cleary msc - wouk, de Haviiland, dole, greaves grim up - vervoort cap'n cho - safe j russ - downs, jaffee, clegg, flair, stevens, conway, redstone In addition, there are 6 names that would result in ties if they are the only death for the month: day = oldlady and jruss newton-john = wormfarmer and jruss mercier = biblio and clorox QE II = cap'n cho and paddyfool reiner = en passant and biblio And a 4 way tie if it's Jimmy Carter = paddyfool/en passant/msc/cap'n cho!!

Pardon? Oh, sorry, pardon in 3....2....1.....

When I look back at past picks, I'm always amazed Luis Echeverria is still alive.

Yeah, I saw that story go around first and then be followed up later by the "life support" report. Also, clicking through to IAFD, how the fuck is this legal?

IAFD say she died yesterday. http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=violetrain_18/gender=f/violet-rain.htm

Here's a JPEG of the PDF death certificate contained in OF's link.

Jan-Michael Vincent a hit for me, should a QO materialise. https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/08/airwolf-star-jan-michael-vincent-dead/ Thanks to Obake Filter for spotting this. And here it is https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47502183

'Airwolf' Star Jan-Michael Vincent Dead at 74

Irish body-building "legend" "Blue" Shinners suddenly dead at 57: https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/tributes-paid-following-death-of-limerick-bodybuilding-legend-909522.html Is it fair of me to put every body-builder in this thread? I say yes.

@Cat O'Falk what made this photo cool was that it was foggy/misty up in that grey mess. Sadly that also obscured all but the strongest beacons: Venus

Really shocked and saddened. Prayers to the man.

Damn, that's one of the worst cancers you could get. Hope he doesn't suffer and some sort of miracle can happen

3 months might be lucky, tbh. Cameo in one of my favourite X-Files eps as a Man in Black!

Just when Sir Creep thought it was safe... People asked Is This Scarborough Fair*, but the points are in... *Surely worth it for Worst Pun Ever? Round 2 1. Rad Vs. Yorkshire Banker 0-0 2. Chorizo Vs. Grim Up North 0-0 3. Clorox Vs. Alt Obits Guy 0-0 4. Maryportfuncity Vs. The Quim Reaper 3-0 5. DDT Vs. Death Impends 3-6 6. The Dead Cow Vs. Deadsox 0-3 7. Charon Vs. Engineer 0-0 8. Deathray Vs. The Mad Hatter 0-6 9. Gcreptile Vs. msc 3-3 10. Joey Russ Vs. Banana 6-13 11. Sir Creep Vs. Spade Cooley 0-8 12. Torva Messor Vs Dr T 3-0 13. Bibliogryphon Vs. Book 0-0 14. John Key Vs. Heef 0-0 15. Young Willz Vs. Pedro 0-0 16. The Old Lady Vs. Boudicca. 0-0 Already, Sir Creep and Joey Russ (2 hot tips at the bookies for the Cup, so I hear) are in trouble. iirc the biggest comeback to date is The Old Lady from 0-6, but then, early days and both have lots of tottering picks yet.

Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy has stage IV pancreatic cancer:

Violet Rain on "life support" after an apparent drug overdose.

Dead. Pino Caruso.

Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/07/trump-manafort-trial-sentence-news-latest-live-updates-us-politics-today

Shocked and gutted by this news. One to consider for the 2020 DeathList if he survives.

What is 'the saddest news I've heard all day'?

Gosh, this is so sad! I've never felt sadder at someone's admission of cancer than I have to his.

Labour's Chris Bryant has stage-three skin cancer: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/06/labours-chris-bryant-reveals-skin-cancer-treatment