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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:

I was one of those who lucked into the First Blood bonus. So excited I ate the candy bar I'd been saving since Christmas.

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

Alt Obits 2019 is now closed, and Allen Kirshner has officially won again. Congratulations.

Will keep that in mind while rigging the draw then.

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...

Reminds me of the Phil Drabble thread, when I was the one making rash promises! Thirteen years ago #nostalgic

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

RESULTS As there were no changes aside from the death of unpicked M. C. Beaton, @An Fear Beag is indeed this year's winner! Major props to @The Mad Hatter as well, who tied for points but ultimately lost out when it came to hits. Another tiebreak further down was decided on hits – Chorizo coming in at 6th whilst fellow 100-pointer Unknown Man settles for 7th. 1. An Fear Beag - 115 2. The Mad Hatter - 115 3. theoldlady - 107 4. Book - 106 5. msc - 104 6. CaptainChorizo - 100 7. The Unknown Man - 100 8. Pedro67 - 99 9. FixedBusiness - 98 10. Death Impends - 94 11. Banana - 83 12. The Old Crem - 82 13. Skinny kiltrunner - 80 14. Sir Creep - 79 15. Joey Russ - 77 16. RadGuy - 75 17. YoungWillz - 64 18. Gooseberry Crumble - 60 19. Toast - 54 20. Bibliogryphon - 49 21. Clorox Bleachman - 27 Thank you to all 20 participants for being so patient with this noob host!

Actress Fran Ryan died on this day 20 years ago, aged 83.

And John Andretti.

I must give a special shoutout to Dr Shipman’s Waiting Room. Their entire team has a grand total of 0 drop 40 picks and 0 uniques. An amazing feat onto itself.

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

If he's on life support, he could be another Ariel Sharon.

Today marks 12 years since wayward child star and boat thief Brad Renfro became a permanent sleeper.

Can confirm I made the first cup draw now. This will change if more people sign up (and again, please do), but what I can say for sure is that round 1 and round 2 looks quite interesting.

It's so interesting how Meghan has been villfied despite it being common knowledge that Harry hasn't been happy as a royal for a really long time. It doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone that he may have wanted to marry her because she had her own career and was supportive of him wanting to live a relatively normal life. Hands up if that's the case then the wedding being funded was uncalled for, but on the flip side, holding fire to wait and see if the marriage is working before breaking away is actually sensible. He knew that marrying some toff with no ambition of their own, wouldn't support him in the same way and would want all the royal perks forever which he doesn't. They want to go and be financially stable good luck to them!

Yes.

I had no idea who she was. I know the voice of Luanne from King of the Hill. All those movies she was in would not be the type of things I would watch. She was on axiety medication, pain pills ect... She also looked real thin. I heard she had type two diabetes.

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.