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Brought Forward for the assistance of the runners. Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall....Fortunately It Was Easter And He Was Found During An Easter Egg Hunt. Round Up #6 Hau Pei-tsun: Awaiting Obit. Manolis Glezos: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-people-greece-glezos/glezos-greek-who-tore-swastika-from-acropolis-in-ww2-dies-aged-97-idUKKBN21H1TO Philip Warren Anderson: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8173677/Phillip-Anderson-Nobel-laureate-physics-dies-96.html James Ramsden: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/04/01/james-ramsden-last-secretary-war-took-john-profumo-torrid-sex/ Eddie Large: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52136768 William Frankland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52150361 Bill Withers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52155227 Ira Einhorn: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8189531/Convicted-murderer-known-theUnicorn-Killer-dies-prison-natural-causes-79.html Forrest Compton: https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/06/twilight-zone-actor-forrest-compton-dies-coronavirus-complications-aged-94-12513880/ Shirley Douglas: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8190003/Canadian-actress-activist-Shirley-Douglas-dies-age-86.html Honor Blackman: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/06/honor-blackman-james-bond-pussy-galore-avengers-dies-aged-94 Lenox Hewitt: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-lenox-hewitt-obituary-kk2jlkdpr James Drury: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-james-drury-dead-virginian-21823734 Margaret Burbidge: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/professor-margaret-burbidge-obituary-rwjv05328 Nobuhiko Obayashi: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8209815/Filmmaker-Obayashi-portrayed-wars-horrors-dead-82.html John Downing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8203507/Legendary-Fleet-Street-photographer-John-Downing-dies-aged-79.html Stirling Moss: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52261216 Tim Brooke-Taylor: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52262490 Peter Bonetti: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52261413 Doug Sanders: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8212829/Doug-Sanders-colorful-20-time-winner-without-major-dies.html Johnny Harris: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/18376003.obituary-johnny-harris-one-worlds-greatest-musical-arrangers/ Alf Wood: Awaiting Obit.

Here is the list for the 9hit, hope I didn't make any mistake, if that the case please tell me ! April 13th : Bentrovato April 15th : paddy fool April 17th : roaming_comrade April 19th : theoldlady April 20th : SusanStoHelit April 21st : Book April 22nd : CastAway April 23rd : ladyfiona April 24th : ThereWillBeDeaths7 April 25th : Annami April 26th : khscarymovie4 April 27th : chilean way April 28th : Joey Russ April 29th : Bibliogryphon April 30th : The Quim Reaper May 1st : The Old Crem May 2nd : Genfaerd May 3rd : redrumours May 4th : YoungWillz May 5th : Exu May 7th : ThePrematureBurial May 10th : Perhaps May 12th : The Red Death August 30 : Msc @toldyouiwasill, @Deadpool, @Sir Creep, @Cant Wait, @Il Magneto, @TheKing, your dates were already taken, please choose another one if you want to participate + @CoffinLodger : do you want to choose another date rather than 12th of April

Yes, and the number of funerals here has increased by about 20% compared to usual implying more deaths than officially reported. But even given that, the outbreak is nowhere near European levels. Bali, where most Chinese go (in their tens of thousands, including direct from Wuhan), has barely had any deaths.

The Ink Spots had ten members during their original run, all of who are now dead. Impressively the last one only died in 2009 aged 105 (Huey Long) Bands with surprisingly high death rates considering when they had their recording careers: LFO - debut album 1999, 2/3 already dead (Rich Cronin in 2010, Devin Lima in 2018) Original line up of Slum Village - debut album 1997, 2/3 already dead (J Dilla in 2006, Baatin in 2009) Cali Swag District - debut album 2011, 2/4 already dead (M-Bone in 2011, JayAre in 2014)

Random old people suggestions: The two grandchildren of Marie Curie are still alive at 88 and 92 and notable scientists in their own right: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélène_Langevin-Joliot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Joliot

I just put my list on the thread above. Full disclosure: I had submitted it (to Capn Cho via PM) just hours before news broke of John Prine's death, and I had him at the #4 spot. To keep things clean at the start, I have replaced him with Bev Cleary. I know Capn Cho got his list in with John Prine on it in good faith before word broke of his death, and I was leaning toward letting him keep the points, but in fact to keep things clean and follow the letter of the law of most pools, names submitted on the same day as someone dying should be discounted, again, to keep things clean and avoid controversies. Cho - could you please replace John Prine with another name?? With only one more death before closing of the pool, we have a total of 11 entries so far. (I have PM'd Yvonne to get her to redo her list as it does not meet the requirements for entry). I was hoping to get somewhere in the range of 15 to 20 entries, so instead the pool will close at the time of the next death on the list of 80, OR the arrival of the 15th qualifying entry, whichever is LATER. Later lists are really not at much of a disadvantage, except they miss the opportunity for picking the names that are already expired. But with 80 to choose from, there should be plenty of opportunity for a wise chooser to catch up. Finally, scoring is underway, with Stirling Moss providing the points. Again, I will post the entries and a scoring table once the third death happens.

Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega has been missing for a month now: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nicaragua-ortega/nicaraguan-president-missing-in-action-for-nearly-one-month-and-counting-idUSKCN21S010?utm_source=reddit.com

Think that's splitting hairs.

I suspect some bands are like Trigger's broom.

Ah, well that Player of the Month thing wont add up itself. I wish it would, being a well known good for nothing DDP co-host and all that jazz... PS Reptile is now aware of the Scoreboard issue. It shall be seen to.

I think he should be on next years list just so they can use the headline 'Tombs in the Tomb' when he dies !

Thanks but I've had my go for this round.I will choose a more sensible date next time !

50’s one-hit wonder group The Penguins (“Earth Angel”) has no surviving original members as of last year. The Blue Moon Boys (Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and DJ Fontana), Elvis Presley’s original backing band, have all passed on - the last one died in 2018. Duke Fakir (age 84) is the last original member of The Four Tops I looked up Manfred Mann out of curiosity and found that all of their former members except Jack Bruce are actually still alive, and in fact they’re another band that would qualify for the “all members made it to age 70” list that was being tossed around last week.

Excuse my ignorance, but who was in the non-classic line-up?

I'm still giving that "honor" to Scott Hoch, whose missed putt to win the 1989 Masters was from just two feet away...Hoch rhymes with choke! Now that I think about it, if you really want to see a choke, it doesn't get much worse than the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where I.K. Kim missed a 14-inch putt to win.

Take care.

Murray Walker reacts to Moss’s death: Interesting that it notes that Walker has “some challenges”...

Sutcliffe due to Corona.

Thanks Phil you stay safe too man. This virus is a devil of a disease , developed muscle pains in the last few hours.

Since Dick Cheney had so many health issues. His time has come to be hit from the Rona virus, Be nice to see him expire.

He said the NHS was "unconquerable" and "it is powered by love" So the oxygen starvation has left him with brain damage, then!

I would have predicted Tim Brooke-Taylor to have outlived Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. Very sad news

So sad. He was one of those I thought would go on forever.

Hi everyone - thank you for all your good wishes. Up to now my symptoms have been okay and think I’ve got a mild version but I know the serious, dangerous stuff can all happen at the end so not taking anything for granted. For now I’m fine but will stay off here for a couple of weeks. Cheers, GUN

Anyone thinking this will be a cakewalk election for either Trump or Biden is mistaken. Trump has done a pretty bad job with the coronavirus response, which in a normal year would put him at a massive disadvantage, but then Biden is also Biden and has his record that Trump could try to go to the left on. Anyone saying they know for sure what’ll happen in the general, well, we just don’t know.