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A reminder that the 2020 competition has been open for 8 days now according to long standing precedent (don't worry I'd forgotten too ). A 2019 update and a 2020 'official launch will be posted within this week.

Once again, I need to remind folk that putting a name twice on a list does not constitute in them getting more points.

No, Stroud has more: David Drew and Neil Carmichael took on each other at 5 elections straight, 2001 to 2017. Drew won 3-2.

Just thought I'd wish Noam Chomsky a happy 91st

It's back and bigger than ever.Back with your new host Sean who has very big shoes to fill after Bibliogryphons tenure which I think we can all applaud. On to the rules: Pick 65 (1/10) of the 650 members of parliament elected on 12 th December. During the next parliament you will score the following for: -Death while in seat_ 30 points _Resignation for criminal activity -20 points -Non criminal resignations -10 points (Reduced to 5 if the candidate stands in the by election and wins) -Correctly predicted by elections that wipe out a government majority 25 (Increased to 50 if the government collapses as a result) -Unique picks :10 points Ebtries open 13th December 12:00 GMT and end on 31st December 2019 at 23:59 GMT Good luck everyone.

Random picture of Derby. Entries for the 2020 Derby Dead Pool are now open! Emails appear to be very slow sending out, if you haven't received one by, idk, tomorrow, let the Cmme know. I'll let our other members introduce themselves below, especially as they are doing the Data Entry bit, so you can shower them with bribes and likes... Rules are as before, but The Herald newspaper returns as a Qualifying Obit. As do the ITV local pages, which weren't already one on the 2019 list.

Northampton North has also had the same two candidates representing the main two parties at the 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019 elections (Michael Ellis (CON) and Sally Keeble (LAB)). Is that any sort of record?

Will put in a team just as soon as I can be sure the good voters of Bolsover don't bugger up the one gimme pick!

Apparently fellow centenarian jazz saxophonist Hal Singer is not in the best health... (I know it can't be opened by Europeans. Basically it says he can't speak and, if I understand correctly from Google Translate, he is bedridden and "very tired")

Lata Mangeshkar discharged from hospital.

A Major point violation for whatever 'pickable' is. However... redemption amok for 'albeit'. Calling is a draw.

Thanks for running this! I'll be submitting a team soon

Apologies, I was reading my list as Caswell rather than Farnes.

I currently have 3 names on my longlist.

Form Guide #17 - ATM Shamsuzzaman Venerated figure in the realm of Bangladeshi entertainment who also inhabits the deadpooler-chagrining niche of yo-yoing in and out of hospitals. A not so fun fact about him is one of his sons killed another one of his sons in 2012. Will ATM withdraw in early 2020?

Form Guide #16 Tom Smith The other Tom Smith might be more athletic,actually famous and have his own wikipedia page,sure. But the above pictured Tom Smith has his own Bandcamp Page and been self described as Ann Arbor's answer to Weird Al

It's weird, with the amount of good names out there somebody should have won this by now, but didn't. Although, the first ever Advent Avalanche didn't end until December 10th or so...

As a Brummie, I should also acknowledge Ron's unique achievement of being manager of Aston Villa, Birmingham City and West Brom. I hope (and expect they will) all three clubs would pay suitable tribute.

Surprisingly, it’s not him, particularly because one fan of his have yet to submit a list yet...

I forecast a bit of a shake up for 2020...

I would like to recommend Joanne Woodward and act on an excuse to post a picture on here of her rather handsome husband!

Btw, Tutu's age is wrong in the Death List. He is noted as turning 87 in 2019 but he turned 88.

One of the best bits of advertising I’ve ever seen:

Now in hospice care.

Thanks to Spade for his exceptional running of the game in the last couple of years and thanks to everyone else who has contributed in the 5 years or so that I have been participating. I have decided not to field a team in next year's DDP and to stop (or at least dramatically reduce) my interest in deathlisting for the forseeable future. I have had a couple of great sadnesses in my life in the last couple of weeks. Firstly my dog died after an operation. The short story was that he had an operation for a liver problem which went well initially but after about a day he developed serious complications from which he could not recover. I am absolutely heartbroken. He was only 17 months old and he was my best friend. A few days later my uncle committed suicide. He had some very very serious health problems in 2017 and was in hospital for some months. At a few points he wasn't expected to live but he pulled through and then lived with my wife and I for about 6 months afterwards. He had become low dealing with the after-effects of his illness and trying to cope with financial and residential insecurity at the age of 64. After these events I have no interest in taking even the smallest amount of joy, pride, or satisfaction out of anyone's death. I don't feel like spending the last few hours of 2019 trawling the internet to see who might not see out 2020. I want to spend that time watching cricket, playing bridge and training my new puppy. I still understand the interest in deathlisting and I certainly do not want to diminish anyone else's enjoyment of the game, I just know that it is not for me at the moment. Good luck to everyone in the various deadpools. I will probably check back in time to time-I'll certainly be interested to see who makes the 2020 list and I'll pop back in to congratulate 2019's very worthy DDP champion. Thanks to everyone who has helped me enjoy the site and especially to those who spend their spare time to make it all possible. Kindest Regards Dr T