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MC Ren

This week: Murray Gell-Mann Nan Winton James W McCord Gregory Gray aka Mary Cigarettes

I already know Spade and Clorox are putting in teams later tonight, and Banana tends to put in a team quite late to the deadline, and Bou is formulating a team, but... Right now at 15.53 on the 31st, @The Quim Reaper is winning the Cup by default! So here's his moment in the sun before elimination at midnight, short of a last minute shock or him actually getting mob connections to nobble the competition.

Leah Bracknell

Claims he was once gay but has now "cured" himself.

Took its time but the Mary Stopes-Roe obit arrived for Pedro. Bit of a bomb for him, as she only gives him 15 base points plus 6 for uniqueness, but it does see him bounce onto the scoreboard with his first hit: 1. theoldlady 195 2. maryportfuncity 174 3. Wormfarmer 159 4. msc 158 5. CaptainChorizo 155 6. Lord Fellatio Nelson 153 7. gcreptile 140 8. drol 137.5 9. Sir Creep 130 10. markb4 126.05 11. Phantom of the Midway 115.5 12. Skinny kiltrunner 112 13. Prophet 98.58 14. John Key 90 15. Sean 69 16. time 63 =17. Exu 50 =17. The Old Crem 50 19. Toast 45 20. Clorox Bleachman 40 21. the_engineer 36.5 22. nantonian2013 35 23. YorkshireBanker 33.12 24. The Mad Hatter 32 25. FixedBusiness 25 26. Pedro67 21 27. WidowsPeak 20 28. Book 14 29. Torva Messor 12 =30. Everyone else 0

21 entrants (20 quickest off the mark plus your host and - ahem - master Maryportfuncity). Competition opens on 1 June with the aim of getting a winner by midsummer's day. Maryport’s Midsummer Madness Dead Pool 2019 (That’ll be MMMDP to you lot!) The Duke still has the DRIVE to serve as MC this year! Ah....the Masterlist, excellent!! 1. Clorox Bleachman: Ani Yudhoyono 2. Quim Reaper: Lee Kerslake please 3. GC Reptile: Demetris Cristofias 4. Spade Cooley: MC Ren 5. Theoldlady: Ric Flair 6. YoungWillz: Pervez Musharraf 7. Captain Chorizo: Javier Perez De Cuellar 8. The Old Crem: Micheal Sleggs (Actor) 9. Bibliogryphon: Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont 10. Yorkshire Banker: Vivian Pickles 11. Great Uncle Bulgaria: Kathleen Blanco 12. Book: Tom Long 13. Msc: Ivan Milat 14. Grim up North: David Powlison 15. Joey Russ: Chinese dissent Ji Sizun 16. Death Impends: S. Prestley Blake 17. Skinny Kiltrunner: Ernesto Cardenal 18. Fixed Business: Leah Bracknell 19. Sean: Fernando Ricksen 20. Pedro67: Jill Gascoine 21. MPFC: Nobby Stiles

Fernando Ricksen

Frank Lucas has fulfilled your certainty, reportedly: https://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/frank-lucas-death-former-harlem-drug-lord-is-dead-at-88/

Peter Gammond gets a Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/peter-gammond-obituary-mcjnq3q6t

Well, I've got 7 hours... For 4 uniques and Stanley Crouch...

Good to see Stephen Thorne getting a Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/31/stephen-thorne-obituary

Too late for Reptile to stage a comeback, but some tweets suggesting Maria Falzone is dead?

"Ailing Kenny Rogers Prepares For Death" Well shit, if a source told RadarOnline then it must be true!

Royce Mills Stage Obit: https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2019/obituary-royce-mills-master-farceur-and-well-regarded-pantomime-dame/

Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont

German longtime national football coach Joachim "Jogi" Löw hospitalized after a sports accident with a "squished" artery: https://m.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/joachim-loew-bundestrainer-muss-nach-sportunfall-zwei-laenderspiele-aussetzen-a-1270156.html

Also Bentrovato gets 5 points for Claus von Bulow.

Have a Mary Stopes-Roe QO: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mary-stopes-roe-obituary-05jx9w5pb

I always have a heart attack when I see someone post on this thread.Please hang on in there Ruth !

MMMDP Form Guide #44 Debora Iyall She might be decades younger then the lowest hanging fruit nor have any known late stage cancer. Given her weight though,Never Say Never to the Romeo Void Singer as a potential Darkhorse, and the next major Post Punk/New Wave Musician Death

*referenced 'Friends'* *blocked*

I’ve graduated high school this past Friday, and for me I’m glad it’s over as it has largely been a negative experience for me (as such, I went to a nice dinner with my family rather than go to the actual graduation ceremony as it didn’t feel right to celebrate something that was overall bad for me). I’m just ready to move on to the next phase of my life and hope that it’s much better for me overall than my high school experience...

If I was related to May, I'd have topped myself too. Remember, this keenness to improve mental health provision has been going on since Norman Lamb and Vince Cable were in the Coalition and they, not May or Cameron, were the ones pushing it. And still we wait...probably for some US private health care conglomerate to provide it..... Remember when Cameron's disabled son died? Just about the point that particular millionaire ceased claiming benefits for the disabled was exactly the point when disabled provision was cut and people started losing their Motability cars. That's the measure of a Tory...