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Deathlist’s only Deadpool with an August launch returns. Yes, your host took a wee sabbatical, but is here to process teams and keep this afloat. Expect a rocky start, as he is traveling for precisely 14 days (a-hem) and that will drag a few days into August. But launch this Deadpool he shall! (If you’ve a wishing well, rabbit’s foot, or salt over the shoulder, we suggest you use it). Sir Creep will send his team to a trusted third party DLer (bwa ha ha Lordy..... well ok ‘another’ DLer) on July 24, or one week prior to the start of this year’s ABC DP. You can send a team in at any time prior if you like but SirC will not open your post until he has sent his team in. He will try to get things organised by Aug 1 but if there’s a delay, it’s as aforementioned. If scores have scored, said scoring will be scored.  As we did for ABC III (and likely going forward), the rules and scoring remain intact, unchanged, unaltered, and without manipulation, word for word. So no surprises. The rules: Submit a list of 26 soon-to-croak people to me via PM. The first name or last name of the first person must begin with an A. Second person with a B. You get the idea. This game doesn't require you to choose a joker. Qualifying names will be those getting an obit by sources used by the Windy City Deadpool, also found on its own thread at this site. That pool, in turn, uses the obit sources of the Derby Dead Pool, but adds The Independent; US sources New York Times, LA Times, CBS News, Fox News, TMZ, and MSN. Also acceptable are CNN, and the Associated Press as legit obit sources.  Plus the following International news sources: http://www.cbc.ca/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/ https://www.univision.com/ There will be at least 250 names, probably approaching 300. Please police your own obits and notify Sir Creep by PM or a post on this thread, particularly to European obit sources. SCORING: A hit using the first name (all letters except as below) - 1 point A hit using the last name (all letters except as below) - 2 points A hit with the first name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 2 points A hit with the last name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 3 points A hit with the first OR last name . . . (Q, X, Z) - 4 points A hit with an alliterative name scores the points for both first and last names as specified above (so an alliterative at the A spot would be worth 5 points, the B spot would be worth 3 points, the Q spot would be worth 8 points) BONUS POINTS: Person was born in the year 1940 or later - 2 points Solos = 3 points Duos = 1 point All Vowel Bonus - hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) using LAST names = 5 points / hit any four vowels using last names + the letter Y = 4 points Example: if someone gets a solo hit with Zadora Zephyr, who was born in 1940 (assuming 10+ entries), the score would be 8+2+3=13 (the best you could do with one hit). Ties will be broken by the date the final score is reached. That is, if three folks end up with 18 points, the person that got to 18 on the earliest date will be the winner.  The competition will start 1 AUGUST 2020 (all lists must be PM'd by 11:59pm (GMT) July 31) and end 31 July, 2021. NAMES: If any names die before the contest begins, we will ask for a replacement at that letter. Names at other letters may not be shuffled to accommodate the replacement.  Also, if a person’s name has been accepted in one form, that will be the only form we will accept it (e.g. Little Richard, Prince Philip). Any name that has been previously accepted in any of the prior ABC Deadpools is deemed valid. If the host says someone on your list doesn’t meet his tepid ‘fame’ threshold, you’ll need to supply another name. Again, names may not be shuffled. NOTE: Feel free to include a sub for any letter you like, in case you think it's iffy your name may not make the starting gate. Probably a good idea. Example: C - Carter, Jimmy (sub Carter, Rosalynn) Enjoy!

She's got to survive - the chaos would be too much. Do you remember that the Republicans blocked Obama's replacement for Antonin Scalia, Merrick Garland, with the reason that presidents don't get to pick Supreme Court justices in their final year? Do you think the republicans will follow that argument with Trump? I think they won't. And then the issue of court-packing will come up again. It's going to be absolute drama.

Sounds fishy Edit: This is a joke that I thought was much funnier at time of posting.

Must we?

Oh that'll be a sad one, he bounced back from personal demons and Stage IV cancer in his life, and was a bloody brilliant actor - he shifts Tutti Frutti from dark comedy to tragedy on his own, was on the BBC just this year in The Nest. Also great in The Nightmare Man, and Caves of Androzani, yes, but he was showing up in things as random as Rab C Nesbitt and Skins (where he played Peter Capaldi's dad!) and knocking it out of the park.

Reports coming in on the Twitterconvention that Maurice Roeves has died. Probably the most famous Scottish actor not to be Scottish, ha! Doctor Who and Tutti Frutti incorporate his most famous roles for me. Ton of work though. Here's a pic in case you aren't familiar with the name.

If Philip Latham gets an obit. I am going to be even madder about David Fisher not getting one

The last of the communist era leaders of Eastern Europe Milos Jakes , ex leader of Czechoslavakia has died at 97 https://www.macaubusiness.com/czechoslovak-communist-leader-milos-jakes-dies-at-97-report/

Congrats Chilean Way, mention of Milos Jakes death here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8524607/Czech-Republic--Factors-To-Watch-July-15.html Next Round: 1920 - Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead/Clarissa Eden 1921 - George "Jonny" Johnson/Iris Apfel 1922 - Norman Lear/Lucia Hiriart Pinochet 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Robert Solow/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Sydney Samuelson/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Terry Kilburn/Doreen Mantle 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Margaret Stuart Barry 1928 - Richard M Sherman/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Thelma Barlow Hits: Harry Leslie Smith Stanley Donen Nexhmije Hoxha Johnny Beattie

Derek Griffiths is 74 today.

And here is Paula Tilbrook's Obituary: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook She never made 90, she died waaaay back on 1 December 2019.

Run again with this bunch

Linda Ronstadt is 74 Marky Ramone is 68

Perhaps, but it's still around ten years higher than average life expectancy. If you are male in the UK and you make 90 you can still count yourself fairly lucky as only about 20% of British males get that far.

As they say: Don’t ask a question if you really don’t want to hear the answer.

Showing my age here, but seeing the above, whose career seems to consist of playing 'self' makes me yearn for the days of the famous-for-being-famous T P-T.

Sometime reputedly oldest active rugby player who gained international acclaim in 2018, Easton Roy, dead aged 97: http://bannockburnrugby.co.uk/2020/07/11/rip-easton-roy/ Not picked for the DDP, but he did gain a Times Obit (Paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/he-loved-rugby-to-the-end-worlds-oldest-player-dies-aged-97-vv2tjxg75

He’s gonna need a QO first before it counts

Congrats Chilean Way it looks as though Milos might have died

Twenty-seventh round: 1)Josip Manolic (1920), Prime Minister of Croatia 2)Kim Yong-ju (1920), vacancy Head of State of North Korea 3)Mustafa ben Halim (1921), Prime Minister of Lybia 4)Francisco Morales Bermudez (1921), President of Perù 5)Luis Echeverria (1922), President of Mexico 6)Branislav Soskic (1922) President of Communist Montenegro 7) Lee Teng-hui (1923), President of Taiwan 8)Francesc Badia Batalla (1923), Episcopal Veguer of Andorra 9)Khamtai Siphandon (1924) Prime Minister and President of Laos 10)Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister of Japan 11)Kenneth Kaunda (1924) President of Zambia 12)Jimmy Carter (1924), President of United States of America 13)Lubomir Strougal (1924), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 14)Guillermo Rodriguez Lara (1924), President of Ecuador 15)Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prime Minister of Jordan 16)Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), President of Tanzania 17)Giorgio Napolitano (1925), President of Italy 18)Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Prime Minister of Malaysia 19)Mohammad Hasan Sharq (1925), Chairman of Council of Ministers of Afghanistan 20)Ali Bozer (1925), Prime Minister of Turkey 21)Yang Hyong-sop (1925), Chairman of the Presidium of North Korea 22)Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Prime Minister of Italy 23)Tran Thiem Khiem (1925), Prime Minister of South Vietnam 24)Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1926), President of France 25)Elizabeth II (1926), Queen of the United Kingdom 26)Abdoulaye Wade (1926), President of Senegal 27)Jiang Zemin (1926), President of China 28)Valdas Adamkus (1926), President of Lithuania 29)Raif Dizdarevic (1926), President of Yugoslavia 30)Eduardo Martinez Somalo (1927), Acting sovereign of Vatican City Eduardo Martinez Somalo was camerlengo when Pope John Paul II died and held his place during vacancy. As you already understood, also a suspected paedo. Choose your picks!

Eddie Gale, a pioneering jazz trumpeter who worked with the likes of Cecil Taylor and Sun Ra, has died. He was 78. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9417915/eddie-gale-obit

Wilko Johnson celebrates another birthday he didn't think he'd see, reaching 73.

12 stone of solid cunt. Ending police brutality? Yes. The other four “policies”? Shocking. Absolute rocket.

Looks like Lynn Easton, drummer for The Kingsmen on the iconic and controversial hit Louie Louie died of a massive stroke in Toronto back in April. Obits here and here. Easton and Ely were the co-founders of the group, and sadly both have died in the last few years.

Happy 80th Birthday, Tina Turner! “I look great. I feel good. I have gone through some very serious sicknesses that I am overcoming. It’s like having a second chance at life." Seems like she is very positive and optimistic about her age, health and life. She's simply the best!!! https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/music-legend-tina-turner-shares-20960167