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I'm sorry, my dears, but you are both up for elimination.

Too many for me too - by about 240

Second Ring Of Honor Champ Xavier reportedly dead at 43: https://wrestlingnews.co/roh-news/former-roh-world-champion-xavier-has-passed-away/

Rona Laurie, actress and voice teacher, dead at 103: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/243691/neilson According to IMDB, played Eva Braun to Patrick Troughton's Hitler on stage. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7697046/ Bit more about her here: http://www.aofess.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Rona-Laurie.pdf

Jacob Thomas, a Paralympic boccia player who competed at the 2012 London games and was a four-time British champion, has died. He was 25. https://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/53801719

I'm quite new here, but I am familiar with the concept of deathpools. This one has few rules. You need to choose 250 you think won't be alive on 1st of January 2022. The only rules are that they have to be atleast 18 years old at the time you have chosen them and they have to have an English wikipedia page. Only 20 can be centenarians and ten can be animals, if they happen to have an wikipedia page. The animals don't have to be 18 but animals over 100 count as centenarians. Under 50-year olds are worth 3 points, animals are worth two and over 50-year olds are worth 1 point. You can join whenever you want so I recommend joining right now. After 00:00 GMT 1st of January 2022 the points shall be counted and whoever has the most points wins this. My list: 1. Jonathan, oldest living terrestial animal in the world and turtle, 188. 2. Kane Tanaka, world's oldest person, 117 3. Ruth Apilado, activist, 112 4. Roberta McCain, McCain matriarch, 108 5. Dagny Carlsson, blogger, 108 6. Harry Goldsworthy, American lieutenant, 106 7. Norman Lloyd, actor, 105 8. Beverly Cleary, writer, 104 9. Arnold Spielberg, Steven's father, 103 10. Song Ping, Chinese politician, 103 11. Don Marion Davis, actor, 102 12. Lotfollah Golpaygani, Iranian Marja', 101 13. Anne Buydens, Kirk Douglas's widow, 101 14. Sylvia Fein, painter, 100 15. Princess Marianne, photographer, 100 16. David Musuguri, general, 100 17. Fortune FitzRoy, Elizabeth II's mistress of robes, 100 18. Edwin Hunt, former Queen's bargemaster, 100 19. Clarissa Eden, Anthony Eden's widow, 100 20. Armin Hoffman, graphic designer, 100 21. Wisdom, world's oldest albatross, 68 22. Muja, world's oldest alligator, around 85 23. Big Brown, racehorse, 15 24. Varenne, best trotter of all time (horse), 25 25. Zippy Chippy, horse that lost 100 races, 29 26. Choupette, Karl Lagerfeld's cat and heiress, 8 27. Sully, George H.W. Bush's service dog, 4 28. Heart-kun, dog, 13 29. Larry, Chief Mouser of the Cabinet Office, 13 30. Prince Philip, duke of Edinburgh, 99 31. Kim Yong-ju, Kim Il-sung's brother, 99 32. George Schultz, former US secretary of state, 99 33. Mustafa Ben Halim, former Libyan leader, 99 34. Jackie Stallone, Stallone's mother, 98 35. Fransisco Morales Bermudez, Peruvian president and general, 98 36. Betty White, comedian, 97 37. Henry Kissinger, politician, 97 38. Bob Dole, politician, 97 39. Princess Mikasa, Akihito's aunt, 97 40. Khamtai Siphadon, former leader of Laos, 96 41. Kenneth Kaunda, first president of Zambia, 96 42. Marianne Bernadotte, Swedish royal, 96 43. Jimmy Carter, U.S. president, 95 44. Giorgio Napolitano, Italian president, 95 45. Kirsi Kunnas, Finnish poet, 95 46. Arlene Dahl, actress, 95 47. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian former prime minister, 95 48. Bill Gates Sr., dad, 94 49. Yang Hyong-sop, North Korean politician, 94 50. Valery Giscard D'estaing, French president, 94 51. Elizabeth II, Queen, 94 52. Abdoulaye Wade, former president of Senegal, 94 53. Jiang Zemin, Chinese leader, 93 54. Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian president, 93 55. Harry Belafonte, singer, 93 56. Benedict XVI, former pope, 93 57. Rosalynn Carter, first lady and wife of Jimmy, 92 58. Hans Modrow, german leader, 92 59. Kim Yong-nam, North Korean ceremonial leader, 92 60. Fidel Ramos, former president of the Philippines, 92 61. Arnold Ruutel, former president of Estonia, 92 62. Balakh Sher Mazari, paramount sardar of the Mazari tribe, 92 63. Tempest Storm, burlesque performer, 92 64. James Watson, nobel winner, 92 65. Ethel Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's widow, 92 66. Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right politician, 92 67. James Randi, magician, 92 68. Mohamed Al-Fayed, business magnate, 91 69. Imelda Marcos, former Filipino first lady, 91 70. Zhu Rongji, Chinese politician, 91 71. Sam Nujoma, first president of Namibia, 91 72. Sheikh Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, 91 73. Selim Hoss, Lebanese prime minister, 90 74. Frances Sternhagen, actress, 90 75. Buzz Aldrin, astronaut, 90 76. Ion Iliescu, Romanian president, 90 77. Pat Robertson, evangelist, 90 78. Clint Eastwood, actor and director, 90 79. Carlos Menem, Argentinian president, 90 80. Ali Al-Sistani, Iranian cleric, 90 81. George Soros, investor, 90 82. Jamshid Bin Abdullah, last sultan of Zanzibar, 90 83. Nikolai Ryzhkov, Soviet politician, 90 84. Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani president, 90 85. Vigdis Finnbogadottir, president of Iceland, 90 86. Ivan Silayev, soviet politician, 89 87. Isabel de Peron, president of Argentine, 89 88. Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, 89 89. Raul Castro, Cuban leader, 89 90. Khieu Samphan, Cambodian criminal and prime minister, 89 91. Emperor Akihito, 87 92. Alex Trebek, television personality, 80 93. Pervez Musharraf, former pakistani president, 78 94. Safia Farkash, widow of Gaddafi, 67-68 95. Farah Pahlavi, widow of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 81 96. Tarja Cronberg, Finnish politician, 77 97. Frost, rapper, 56 98. Ali Khamenei, leader of Iran, 81 99. Kim Jong-Un, North Korean politician, 37 100. Tellervo Koivisto, widow of Finnish president Mauno Koivisto, 91 101. Paavo Lipponen, Finnish prime minister, 79 102. Iiro Viinanen, Finnish minister, 75 103. Stan Bowles, footballer, 71 104. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarussian dictator, 65 105. Nursultan Nazarbayev, dictator of Kazakhstan, 80 106. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, first president of Armenia, 75 107. Sean Connery, first bond, 89 108. Warren Buffett, investor, 89 109. Bernie Ecclestone, formula 1, 89 110. Desmond Tutu, bishop, 88 111. Mwai Kibaki, former kenyan president, 88 112. Louis Farrakhan, politician, 87 113. Manmohan Singh, Indian politician, 87 114. Paul Biya, dictator, 87 115. Jane Goodall, zoologist, 86 116. Larry King, tv host, 86 117. Giorgio Armani, designer, 86 118. Tom Baker, Dr. Who, 86 119. Maggie Smith, actor, 85 120. Judi Dench, actor, 85 121. Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama, 85 122. Donald Sutherland, actor, 85 123. David Prowse, Vader, 85 124. Michel Aoun, president of Lebanon, 85 125. King Salman, 84 126. Jacob Rotschild, member of a rich family, 84 127. Ursula Andress, first bond girl, 84 128. Morgan Freeman, actor, 83 129. Pope Francis, pope, 83 130. Bill Cosby, tv personality, 83 131. Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician, 83 132. Colin Powell, politician, 83 133. Jane Fonda, actor, 82 134. Juan Carlos I, king, 82 135. Queen Beatrix, Queen, 82 136. Ian McKellen, actor, 81 137. Gordon Lightfoot, singer, 81 138. Ringo Starr, drummer, 80 139. Tom Jones, singer, 80 140. Al Pacino, actor, 80 141. Nancy Pelosi, politician, 80 142. Queen Margrethe II, 80 143. Pele, footballer, 79 144. Bob Dylan, singer, 79 145. Dick Cheney, politician, 79 146. Paul McCartney, beatle, 78 147. Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa, 78 148. Mick Jagger, singer, 77 149. Calvin Klein, designer, 77 150. Muhammadu Buhari, president of Nigeria, 77 151. Robert De Niro, actor, 76 152. George Lucas, director, 76 153. Timothy Dalton, bond, 76 154. Tarja Halonen, Finnish president, 76 155. Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino president, 75 156. Michael Douglas, actor, 75 157. Donald Trump, POTUS, 74 158. Dolly Parton, actor, 74 159. Sylvester Stallone, actor, 74 160. George W Bush, POTUS, 74 161. Elton John, singer, 73 162. Bill Clinton, POTUS, 73 163. Iggy Pop, singer, 73 164. Harry Redknapp, soccer coach, 73 165. Camilla, wife of Charles, 73 166. Laura Bush, wife of George W Bush, 73 167. Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton, 72 168. Alice Cooper, singer, 72 169. Ozzy Osbourne, singer, 71 170. Prince Charles, 71 171. Elizabeth Warren, politician, 71 172. George RR Martin, novelist, 71 173. Sauli Niinistö, Finnish president, 71 174. Richard Branson, millionaire, 70 175. Narendra Modi, Indian prime minister, 69 176. Harvey Weinstein, criminal, 68 177. Duane Chapman, 67 178. Xi Jingping, leader of China, 67 179. The Undertaker, wrestler, 55 180. Carolyn McCarthy, politician, 76 181. 6ix9ine, rapper, 24 182. Trippie Redd, rapper, 21 183. Lil Uzi Vert, rapper, 26 184. Lil Skies, rapper, 22 185. NBA youngboy, rapper, 20 186. Prunella Scales, actor, 88 187. Margarita Terekhova, actress, 76 188. Tony Parker, footballer, 71 189. Maryanne Trump, Trump's big sister, 83 190. Monica Vitti, actress, 88 191. Peter Max, painter, 82 192. Steve Lawrence, singer, 85 193. Hal Ketchum, singer-songwriter, 67 194. Wout Holverda, footballer, 62 195. Jimmy Calderwood, football manager, 65 196. Mohammad Alavi Gorgani, 80 197. Ahmad Hassani Baghdadi, 74-75 198. Muhammad al-Fayadh, 90 199. Jalaluddin al-Tunisi, ISIS leader in Tripoli, 38 200. Bajro Ikanovic, ISIS trainer, 43 (According to Bosnian media, died in 2016. Number 200 replaced with Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, Indonesian muslim cleric and ISIS supporter, 82) 201. Fatiha Mejjati, ISIS commander, 59 (According to Wikipedia, died 2014. Number 201 replaced with Abdullah Öcalan, 71) 202. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, caliph of ISIS, 43 203. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, ba'ath politician, 78 204. Fuad Masum, politician, 82 205. Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement, 46 206. Paavo Nikula, former chancellor of justice of Finland, 78 207. Elisabeth Rehn, Finnish politician, 85 208. Jacob Rees-Mogg, politician, 51 209. John MacGregor, politician, 83 210. Roman Polanski, abuser, 86 211. Rupert Murdoch, 89 212. Woody Allen, director, 84 213. Yoko Ono, 87 214. Walter Mondale, VP, 92 215. Margherita Marchione, sister, 98 216. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda leader, 68 217. Najibullah, commander of Fidai Mahaz, 40-41 218. Abdul Ghani Beradar, co-founder of Taliban, 51-52 219. Mirzazhanov Atoyevich, terrorist, 68 220. Arif Alvi, president of Pakistan, 70 221. Teodoro Mbasogo, president of Equatorial Guinea, 78 222. Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, 68 223. Yoweri Museweni, president of Uganda, 75 224. Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, 70 225. Ibrahim Keita, prime minister of Mali, 75 226. Hage Geingob, president of Namibia, 79 227. Barbara Eden, actress, 88 228. Brendan Dowler, paralympian, 52 229. Rudy Giuliani, politician, 76 230. Michael Bloomberg, 78 231. Ali Atwa, terrorist, 60 232. Ahmed Ghailani, terrorist, 46-50 233. Hans-Georg Neumann, murderer, 83 234. Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy assassin, 76 235. Robert Beausoleil, murderer, 72 236. Leslie Van Houten, murderer, 70 237. Famous Dex, rapper, 26 238. Lil Pump, rapper, 19 239. 21 savage, rapper, 27 240. Katharine, Duchess of Kent, 87 241. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, 84 242. Princess Alexandra of Kent, 83 243. Margaret Hamilton, 82 244. T.J. Anderson, composer, 91 245. Bryan Organ, painter, 84 246. Isao Aoki, golfer, 77 247. Leonid Ivashov, general, 76 248. Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish president, 82 249. Al Jaffee, 99 250. Jordan Peterson, former writer, now drug addict, 58

I don’t know 250 healthy and well people, leave alone dying ones. Over my (woeful) skill level I’m afraid

I think it is just 249, since Muhammad al-Fayadh and Mohamed Al-Fayed seem to be the same person, or?

I'm pretty sure Ray Othen died 3rd April 2016. Cross-referencing the Top of the Pops Facts Twitter account using the same photo as this Facebook page and the mentions of him working for the Royal Mail. That guy was also Facebook friends with a Bob White from Southampton who looks like it was his old bandmate.

Sure! I can share one. SirC went to his physician and complained about pain in the area of his pancreas, and said physician (65 yrs old or so) left and returned with his Gray’s Anatomy from his med school days, all tanned and written in, and sat with SirC and discussed the pancreas at large for 10 minutes. SirC

Sure I checked before but maybe I missed her. Venezuelan artist Luchita Hurtado, DDP pick, dead with a Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/16/luchita-hurtado-obituary

Far, far too many for me. And I greatly prefer pools where the entries are kept under wraps until the start date. So thank you, but I won't be participating in this.

Well, I am not all of those things, so .....

Hi, I'm the ice cream man, I went to school with Nigel Fairservice... Bit annoyed the video's not on youtube to link, tbh...

Steve Grossman, American Saxophonist, has reportedly died aged 69.

Hi guys, this is Kenny’s cousin. Just gonna leave this here and hope one of you apologises

Yeah, but it's a fair guess ten years younger than he is would still be way older than her dad!

But he's arrived at the right conclusion hasn't he? Both accounts have the same named person in their email address. On a separate note, regularly referring to another member's sexuality says more about you than it does about him in my opinion. Some - myself included - might consider the tone of your post to be verging on harassment. I would ask you to reflect on that for a while and perhaps moderate your posting style accordingly. Otherwise I'll do it for you.

I don't care that much about what he is, for me his only purpose is to die within the next year and three months. I need to know nothing more about him.

I got pretty tired after writing that list for over two hours. Could've instead have called him a far-right drug addict.

National team Cricketer Chetan Chauhan, who played 40 matches for India then played domestically for Maharashtra and Delhi, and was an Arjuna Award winner in 1981, died at 73 years:. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/breaking-news-live-updates-aug-16/amp_liveblog/77569152.cms

Algerian footballer Said Amara dead at 87

School uniforms are to prevent poorer children being bullied because they are not wearing the latest designer clothing. I think we all ( of a certain age ) remember that some kids came to school in £100 trainers while others wore Tesco specials. The uniform is as much a leveller between with wealthier and poorer families as the school identity it endeavours to portray. The interesting point is that, for whatever religious or cultural reasons, the burqa clad child turning up for school is immediately considered 'different' and in a minority. Fucking hell, why cannot people wake up to the whole idea that the whole fucking thing perpetuates social segregation, virtually, from the cradle? My primary school was a united nations of kids, all religions and cultures and NO child turned up wearing a Burqa and I never saw a single adult female wear one when I was growing up in North London ( Harringay ) so, this whole notion that it has to be worn 'It MUST be worn' is a bit bollocks. Is it REALLY so unreasonable to expect people, welcomed into this country, to understand that the face is a vital component in how we communicate to each other? We are now walking around shops in masks, do we truly feel comfortable wearing them? Are we really happy to? Would we welcome a life where we would have to wear then indoors and out? I don't think so, and it has bugger all to do with vanity but everything to do with how we go about our daily lives, reading each others faces as we walk past strangers, how we communicate our views, feelings and thoughts to people we meet daily etc. I am as much of a fan of religious and cultural expression as the next person but, sometimes, just sometimes, we have to draw the line and explain that, in order to feel part of the society you have chosen to live within, you have to make the odd concession just as we have had to in accommodating people who have a way of life that feels totally alien to a majority of citizens. It is give and take and, honestly, there has been much giving from some sections of society and much taking from others. Getting rid of the Burqa would not seriously compromise peoples religious beliefs or cultural needs but it would be a big step in telling people that they were open to facial communication, integration and understanding of a society and their cultural requirements. That is not racist, it is pure common sense.

I live in a Muslim country and if you think young girls have a choice on whether they can wear a burqa or for that matter have their vagina mutilated in FGM, then unfortunately you are incorrect. They have no choice, the parents decide for them. If they try to object they are subjected to unbearable social pressure from family and school and told they are bad people. What 5 year old could fight against that. I've seen it too many times at first hand and it is really depressing. And no I don't see anything wrong with kids being forced to wear formal clothes for school which allow their faces to be seen and for them to interact with others.

Should kids be forced to wear this...?