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Charles Connor, who drummed for Little Richard and also worked with greats like James Brown and Sam Cooke, has died. He was 86. https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/charles-connor-drummer-for-little-richard-dies-at-age-86-4186142

Richard Franklin being a bit vague on twitter, but is apparently having another op soon which may or may not be serious and may or may not permanently retire him. https://twitter.com/PlanetFranklin/status/1421902886871654400

Well, truthfully, no update was needed ;). An exciting first half gave way to a dull second half. Thanks a lot Joey for hosting once more. Not the easiest job, having to check teams and write the masterlist at the turn of the month six/seven months in a row. A fun idea, that can also be a pain in the ass, for host and players alike. I'll take the win nonetheless! But I can't help feeling being a bit lucky that all my opponents, one heavy hitter after another, just stayed slightly below their possibilities, allowing me to just slip into the next round - with the closest result right at the end. Both msc and I expected a lot more this round. It's probably the only deadpool I win this year, so I am glad it all worked out.

Look, what more do you want, he fucked up responding to a major pandemic, he tried his best for population control! (Although iirc despite this thread's evidence, the birth rate in the West has started to level off...)

Dead So Far: Anne Stallybrass - 3 July - Obit Rick Laird - 4 July - Obit Stan Swamy - 5 July - Obit Gillian Sheen Donaldson - 5 July - Obit Axel Kahn - 6 July Dilip Kumar - 7 July - Obit Carlos Reutemann - 7 July - Obit Jehan Sadat - 9 July - Obit Ernie Moss - 11 July - Obit Renee Simonot - 11 July - Obit Mick Bates - 12 July - Obit Edwin Edwards - 12 July - Obit Paul Orndorff - 12 July - Obit Gary Corbett - 14 July - Obit Mary Ward - 19 July - Obit Brian Henderson - 5 August - Obit Gertrude Annie Kingston - ? August 2021 Patricia Hitchcock - 9 August - Obit Gerd Muller - 15 August - Obit Paul Mitchell III - 15 August - Obit Perhaps: 423 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Sadat; Orndorff) (Sub: Swamy [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [4]) Cards Played: Salmon Mousse: 412 Points (Reutemann; Orndorff; Henderson; Muller) (MD: Jul [Q]) Cards Played: Captain Chorizo: 410 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Laird; Orndorff) (Sub: Henderson [3 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [7]) Cards Played: JoeMoneypenny: 360 Points (Sheen; Reutemann; Muller) (MD: Jul [5]) Cards Played: Baby Blue: 319 Points (Reutemann; Edwards; Corbett) (MD: Jul [9]) Cards Played: gcreptile: 317 Points (Swamy, Laird; Bates) (Sub: Kumar [5 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [7]) Cards Played: Banana: 311 Points (Kumar: Laird; Corbett) (MD: Jul [J]) Cards Played: An Fear Beag: 258 Points (Kumar; Muller) (Sub: P. Mitchell [6 Spades]) (MD: Jul [2]) Cards Played: Caleb H: 224 Points (Simonot; Ward) (Sub: Hitchcock [K Clubs]) (MD: Jul [6]) Cards Played: msc: 221 Points (Laird; Bates) (Sub: Orndorff [10 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [J]) Cards Played: Death Impends: 114 Points (Kumar) (MD: Jul [A]) Cards Played: Yorkshire Banker: 114 Points (Ward) (MD: Jul [A]) Cards Played: theoldlady: 103 Points (Muller) (MD: Jul [3]) Cards Played: Torva Messor: 103 Points (Simonot) (MD: Jul [3]) Cards Played: Joey Russ: 102 Points (Laird) (MD: Jul [2]) Cards Played: Bibliogryphon: 14 Points (Sub: Stallybrass [3 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [J]) Grim Up North: 13 Points (Sub: Moss [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [9]) GuyFromFuture: 13 Points (MD: Jul [K]) Toast: 13 Points (MD: Jul [K]) Gooseberry Crumble: 12 Points (MD: Jul [Q]) Sean: 12 Points (MD: Jul [Q]) DeathByArsenic: 9 Points (MD: Jul [9]) Great Uncle Bulgaria: 5 Points (MD: Jul [5]) YoungWillz: 5 Points (MD: Jul [5])

Spot the Adric era fan!

Despite being a fan of The Mind of Evil, I couldn't place this guy at all. Turns out he's in the background of the opening scene before being the guy killed off-screen 5 minutes in, with no dialogue of his own. No wonder I didn't recognise him!

Qualifying obit from the BBC.

While I had little to say about Douglas Cramer (this does happen sometimes with 400 odd obits to write), I did add a little quip in there for you about our respective success in this years DDP!

The Ledehosen, of course That and the S.O.S cover. The song was fun at that time but now it is just crap.

Sorry, not as bad as Jump Tbh I liked Edelweiß at that time

Rev. Billy Graham's grandson Jonathan Lotz critically ill with COVID: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9828613/Grandson-late-televangelist-Rev-Billy-Graham-hospitalized-critical-condition-COVID-19.html Let God sort them out...

Usually updates in this thread are bad news so here's the opposite for once. In the last few years, Rico Constantino has undergone a new diet and exercise regime to recover from his lung condition which all but had him on his deathbed in 2017-18. Here he is a year ago and the improvement is incredible tbh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXdQzB4njFg

Prokofiev (who is in my book one of the greatest classic composers) actually lived on Red Square, and so his friends had to move his body down an alleyway to get it away from his house as outside was packed with Stalin mourners. I know you know that one, but it might interest some of the others. The other famous historical one, I'll leave to @Death Impends...

Mick Harford has prostate cancer, Luton Town have announced.

Irmgard Furchner must appear at the juvenile chamber of the Itzehoe Regional Court on September 30. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-96-who-helped-kill-24557717

Cha Gi-suk, a South Korean goalkeeper who played several times for the national team at Under-17 and Under-20 level and was in the senior squad for the 2004 Asian Cup, has died aged 34. He had struggled for some time with chronic kidney conditions, requiring several transplants, with AIDS seeing him off, received from a donor that had HIV. https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20210713166800007

Qatari track and field sprinter, specialised in the 400 metres, Abdalelah Haroun dies at 24. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9727863/amp/Qatar-Olympic-team-announce-sprinter-Abdalelah-Haroun-24-died.html He was involved in a car crash in Doha according to the Qatar Athletics Federation. Haroun was best known for his bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships. Abdalelah Haroun at the Asian Games in 2018:

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Yeah, RIP and so on, but Jump is one of the worst songs of the 80s, not to forget.

Prince Takahito from Japan died, 100 years old.

Polish Chemist and Professor Adam Bielanski, 103 years, is dead. American film and TV director Leslie H. Martinson (Mickey Rooney Show), 101 years, died on 3. Sep.

109 years old Businessman Carl Falck is dead. He was the oldest living norwegian.

Brett Blair, son of former WWF pro-wrestler B Brian Blair, murdered aged 29. The son was named after Bret Hart.

It's terminal pancreatic cancer.