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Why wouldn't we? We're only picking from a limited pool, not going to be any surprises. Better to get it out of the way than wait, forget, and miss the deadline.

No worries, genuinely take care of yourself and get better soon.

I don't know. He still looks ridiculous with his orange skin and hair, if you ask me.

He attended an L.A. Lakers home game last Tuesday, which has become an extremely rare occurrence in recent years. (He very famously used to regularly attend Laker home games for many years.) I came across a photo in an article about this, and while he does look a bit more overweight than some may remember, he doesn't look close to sickly, and I would argue that he looks better than the vast majority of 82-year-olds. I don't think he's close to being Deathlist-y just yet.

@Squonk mate, you're a Cup eponym, you simply must join us again!

Returning for a fourth year!! In time there will be a pretty opening post right here. For now, let's get straight to the point: Choose 50 names from the masterlist below. All of these names were selected as "Jokers" in the Derby Dead Pool. Please also include 3-5 subs in your entry. Nominate five of these names to be your wildcards. If they die and receive a qualifying obituary for DDP, they will score double points. Post your team in this thread or PM me. Entries close exactly a week from now – 2100 GMT on 22nd January 2020. Point-scoring: 1 base point for a 'hit' 3 pts for a unique/Drop 40 pick in DDP 3 pts for an unnatural death 2 unlucky pts for a hit on the 13th of any month 3 pts for a solo pick in this pool 2 pts for a DeathList.net alumnus i.e. from 1987-2020 (new) 1 pt for hits at certain spots on your list. Which spots they are, however, are hidden until they are scored. There is also an extensive set of hidden bonuses, however they will each be revealed when they are struck. Good luck to all! I present the masterlist:

1Angela Lansbury 2Linda Nolan 3Betty White 4Bill Turnbull 5Paul Gascoigne 6Ruth Bader Ginsburg 7Doddie Weir 8Barbara Windsor 9 Billy Connolly 10Oliva Newton John 11Leon Spinks 12Dick Van Dyke 13Greg Gilbert 14Jill Gascoine 15Queen Elizabeth II 16Rolf Harris 17George Alagiah 18Little Richard 19June Brown 20Jean-Louis Trintignant 21Michael Robinson 22Olivia de Havilland 23Henry Kissinger 24Prunella Scales 25Pope Ben sub sam lloyd

Andretti, John arap Moi, Daniel ..joker Asner, Ed Atkins, Ronald...joker Bacharach, Burt Banali, Frankie Baxter, Stanley Benedict XVI, Pope Cameron, Earl Carter, Jimmy Crosby, David Dole, Bob Doleman, Chris Douglas, Kirk Frankland, William...joker Fujimori, Alberto Gascoine, Jill Gilbert, Greg Ginsburg, Ruth Bader Gray, Henry Greaves, Jimmy Gulpilil, David Jones, Terry DEAD BEFORE START Kerslake, Lee Lewis, John...joker Lloyd, Sam Lynn, Loretta Lynn, Vera Marcos, Imelda Nelson, Willie...joker Newhart, Bob Newton-John, Olivia O'Neill, Margaret Deirdre Pahor, Boris Pérez de Cuéllar, Javiér Philip, Prince Phillips, Leslie Plowright, Joan P-Orridge, Genesis Robinson, Michael Saint, Eva Marie Sang-chul, Yoo Smullen, Pat Stiles, Nobby Tanaka, Kane Tobin, Peter Trintignant, Jean-Louis Trebek, Alex Turnbull, Bill Walker, Murray Watanabe, ChitetsuT Reserves 2 Kissinger, Henry 3 Hume, John 4 Al-Assad, Bashar 5 Johns, Glynis

So he's... Billy Zabka! (How I Met Your Mother reference) Well done Allen.

I like how for years Allen was second banana to Gerard Tierney in Alt Obits, but since joining the DL he's won twice in a row. Sort of has the feel of the plucky karate hero who needed to train at the DeathList Dojo to unleash his full potential Well done, Allen!

Yeah, take care @Pedro67. You are always welcome back to the cup in the future

Watching the Round 2 bye-line with great intent. Nobody wants msc vs Sir Creep in the first round! By nobody, I mostly mean me...

Two.

Ha, beat you, I've got 37 uniques across 3 teams. Doubtless none of them will die though....

Picture from today. A lot of faith is going in that blazer button

I'm always surprised Jean Marsh isn't a more popular pick. Of all my uniques she's the one that has surprised me most.

Also Most Unique Picks 2020, who only have 15 unique picks (still only one team picking Ram John Holder though. Can we get him a DL call up if he makes it to 90?)

Many thanks to all of you, msc, gcreptile and GUN, you did a great job!!!

Let's go 1) Queen Elizabeth II 2) Pope Benedict XVI 3) Kirk Douglas 4) Prince Philip 5) Mikhail Gorbachev 6) June Brown 7) Chris Doleman 8) Vera Lynn 9) Pat Smullen 10) Jean-Louis Trintignant 11) Billy Connolly 12) Jimmy Carter 13) Susan Bayh 14) John Andretti 15) Rolf Harris 16) Angela Lansbury 17) Leon Spinks 18) Nobby Stiles 19) Alex Trebek 20) Barbara Windsor 21) Betty White 22) Lee Kerslake 23) Greg Gilbert 24) Little Richard 25) Frankie Banali Sub: Prunella Scales

Clearly DIcky O is still such a sexual dynamo that a few minutes with a young woman still means their husband has to take them half way around the world to avoid his clutches.

So is Jerry Lawler or Prince Andrew a secret DDP Player?

Mel Brooks a better selection imo. Because 50 per cent of the UK know who he is.

I'll reveal my two themes for now: Decaying Orbit-uaries is the same as last year, with James Lovelock and William Thornton brought on to replace the two hits. The new one: Trebek's Final Jeopardy Season? Alex Trebek, Johnny Gilbert, and 18 people mentioned as clues (either questions or answers) during the current season of Jeopardy. Alex Trebek Eric Carle Gene Chandler Beverly Cleary Lawrence Ferlinghetti Johnny Gilbert Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mikhail Gorbachev Peter Higgs Thomas Keneally Barry Mann Pele Prince Philip Sidney Poitier Henri Richard Peter Snow Betty Reid Soskin Leon Spinks James Watson Joanne Woodward

I knew her only as the voice of Luanne in King Of The Hill, didn't know she was actually a real actress who was aparently in quite a few films I've seen. Can be very educational this death thing.