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Seamus Dean, perhaps most well known for his Guardian Fiction Prize-winning and Booker Prize-shortlisted debut novel Reading in the Dark (1996), died at 81 years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-57101114 He is also notable for his poetry collections such as Gradual Wars (1972) as well as for such nonfiction works as A Short History of Irish Literature (1986).

Dr. Spencer Silver, the 3M scientist who invented the adhesive for "post-it" notes, has died aged 80.

Dorette “Dorothea” Hertha Kersten Schlidt, has died aged 100. She was secretary to Wernher von Braun at Peenemünde during World War II.

Researching MLB Champions now, why the fuck is every baseball person either called Bobby or Billy?

Jim Klobuchar, the father of US Senator and Presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar dead. Was known in his own right as a writer and journalist.

Fuck off you cheese eating surender monkey.

I think I'll just go for people with funny names.

Strangely enough, yes. and a Willie!

Do you happen to have a baseball Dick in there? Dick pops up a lot too.

My entry is in (subject to ratification by the adjudicator). It includes one baseball player named Bobby.

Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association cult leader Supreme Master Ruben Ecleo Jr. dead... https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1140195 Son of Ruben Ecleo b. 1934 d. 1987, called the Divine Master, Ecleo Jr. was serving a life sentence in jail for killing his wife in 2002.

1966 Eurovision participant for Sweden with Lill Lindfors, Svante Thuresson dead at 84: https://www.svd.se/jazzmusikern-svante-thuresson-ar-dod

https://www.tmz.com/2021/05/11/betty-white-keeps-busy-quarantine-covid-update-summer/ Her rep Jeff Witjas tells TMZ that White is "keeping herself busy" home by reading, watching tv and doing crossword puzzles. Signs letters and makes phone calls but doesn't leave her home much. (has limited visits with friends and loved ones through the window of her home, doesn't go shopping)

MMMDP Form Guide #9 Sister Jean Everyone's favourite centenarian basketball scout/nun, Sister Jean was back on the media radars earlier this year when she inspired her beloved Loyola Ramblers to a shock win over top-seeded Illinois in the Midwest. Was able to attend some games this year after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine, but could you use her to inspire a similar shock defeat of top seeds like Terry Lubbock, Kat Bjelland and "some Indian politician" in this year's MMMDP?

"I was able to recover from the corona. I can't wait to get coffee." Said Terminator Manolic to the press. Going to take a lot to get rid of him - I saw some recent footage of him a few months ago and he could have passed for circa 20 years younger even when speaking.

I edited my original post because it didn't make sense.

They had to create a special position fir Jerry - extremely offensive co-ordinator. If he'd wanted success, he should have stayed with the Packers. Meanwhile...

Oh my fucking god just say 70 years old like a normal human being.

Norman Lloyd has died. Assuming that he really has died, and is not just the figment of the imagination of some kid with a snow globe, here are the points for the Hollywood Squares participant. 40 + 24 = 64 points for Funeralopolis. 30 + 18 = 48 for Dying Probably, markb4, and the_engineer. 25 sub points for Annami and chilean way. And it is this Lloyd-propelled haul that sees a new leader in our latest scoreboard as Funeralopolis overtakes previous leader Book who had narrowly inched past Perhaps after the death of Anne Buydens. An excitingly close game but plenty of months to go... 1. Funeralopolis 229 2. Book 215 3. Perhaps 214 4. Eesti 185 5. Dying Probably 183.19 6. CaptainChorizo 175.32 7. markb4 171 8. Pedro67 165.19 9. An Fear Beag 160 10. maryportfuncity 156 11. msc 155.32 12. Sean 145 =13. Annami 140 =13. En Passant 140 15. gcreptile 135.32 16. drol 122 17. Death Impends 119 18. LizLemon 115 19. chilean way 110 20. Great Uncle Bulgaria 105.19 21. Torva Messor 105 22. The Daredevil 104 23. The Quim Reaper 100 24. Lynchian 90 25. Charles De Gaulle 87 26. theoldlady 85 27. the_engineer 73 =28. Exu 65 =28. The Old Crem 65 30. JoeMoneypenny 60 31. DeathByArsenic 56 32. YoungWillz 50.19 33. GuyFromFuture 50 =34. Joey Russ 45 =34. time 45 =34. YorkshireBanker 45 37. DevonDeathTrip 35 38. The Unknown Man 20 39. Bibliogryphon 3.9 =40. BabyBlue 0 =40. CalebH 0 =40. sheldondinkleberg 0 =40. Toast 0

*crosses Norman Lloyd off the list of Star Trek alumni*

He appears to have lost a bit of weight in this video but still looks good for someone in his late 90s. Mentally still very much all there. Living proof that the good die young.

I was actually talking about this Celia woman, not Perhaps