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Second of two updates. The DDP Archive is finally here. The entire history of the competition, as much as we have, in one place. Links to old competitions, the analysis from the hosts, historical bits that might help. I hope it is of use.

Capn Chorizo Bibliogryphon Guy From Future Book Great Uncle Bulgaria msc Yvonne Torva Messor gcreptile theoldlady Toast Death Impends MariNisia DeathbyArsenic Nick YorkshireBanker HDS Banana WormFarmer A Igglesden,Alan Iris Apfel martti ahtisaari ady barkan Abdelaziz Bouteflika A - Albert Raboteau Joss Ackland anouk aimee Ally McLaws A - Granville Adams anouk aimee Ray Anthony christiane amanpour Anouk Aimee A - David Attenborough joss ackland ally mclaws alan dean foster amalia aguilar B Bennett,Jana David Butler bobby bowden bob barker Barry Briggs B - Bobby Bowden Jack Burke bob barker Bobby Bowden B - Jana Bennett billy bingham Bobby Bowden bobby bowden Michel Bouquet B - Bob Barker betty boothroyd bobby bowden bobby bowden bobby bowden C Cullen,Michael Noam Chomsky chris croucher carole cook Clem Cattini C - Chris Croucher Iris Cummings carole cook Carl Bean C - Michael Cullen carleton carpenter John Cruickshank ken casanega Bernadette Chirac C - Jimmy Carter rocky colavito jimy carter chris croucher carole cook D Dole,Bob Timothy Dudley-Smith shannen doherty shannen doherty Dion DiMucci D - Bob Dole Bob Dole shannen doherty Bob Dole D - Shannen Doherty derek draper Bob DOLE bob dole FW DeKlerk D - Bob Dole david gulpilil bob dole bob dole bob dole E Eadie,Bill Luis Echeveirra vic elford einar enevoldson (DOA) Duane Eddy E - Clarissa Eden Clarissa Eden clarissa eden Elyana Emrizal E - Vic Elford edith eger Clarissa EDEN leo esaki Terence English E - Clint Eastwood clarissa eden lee elder mike edwards luis echeverria FFrancoise Hardy Robert Fyfe terry funk christiane f Marian Fuks F - Caitlin Flanagan Leonard Fenton morales bermudez grancisco Frederik De Klerk F - Alberto Fugimori fortune fitzroy Bert FIELDS michelle fazzari Louise Fletcher F - George Follmer flora fraser amary fairhurst jeffrey foskett frank farrar GGulpilil,David Gaston Glock gordon pinsent david gulpilil Jimmy greaves G - David Gulpilil Lee Grant gaston glock David Gulpilil G - David Gulpilil greg gilbert David GULPILIL david gulpilil Jean-Luc Godard G - David Gulpilil gary burgess david gulpilil david gulpilil guido gorgatti H Harding,Sarah Peter J Hammond lucia hiriart sarah harding Amy Winifred Hawkin H - Sarah Harding Stuart Hall henry kissinger Francoise Hardy H - Sarah Harding francoise hardy Sarah HARDING francoise hardy Helene Langevin-Joliot H - Gene Hackman john havery sarah harding sarah harding gail halvorsen I Inoki,Antonio James Ivory antonio inoki ion iliescu Ian Stewart I - Alan Igglesden James Ivory antonio inoki Alan Igglesden I - Alan Igglesden ion illiescu Alan IGGLESDEN alan igglesden Irene Papas I - Gabriel Iglesias bernard ingram ion iliescu alan igglesden ed "isky" iskenderian J Jim Ward Jasper Johns bob jenkins jason becker Jack Jones J - Julia Reichert Glynis Johns joyce randolph Jana Bennett J - James Earl Jones glynis johns JASPER JOHNS glynis johns Jeanette Lee J - Jesse Jackson cliff jones bob jenkins jana bennett francis jackson K Keller,Timothy Elizabeth Kelly terry kilburn jyrki kasvi Kiri te Kanawa K - Kat Bjelland Henry Kissinger yong-nam kim Tracy Kashi K - Jryki Kasvi katherine kent Margaret KEANE agnes keleti Milan Kundera K - Henry Kissinger patsy king agnes keleti keith ape ida keeling L Linda Nolan Loretta Lynne angela lansbury terry lubbock Tom Lehrer L - Terry Lubbock Angela Lansbury jeanette lee Terry Lubbock L - Lisa Lu loretta lynn Mollie LENTAIGNE terry lubbock Larisa Latynina L - Angela Lansbury terry lubbock jeanette lee jeanette lee loretta lynn M McLaws,Ally Josip Manolic alice munro mark hoppus Pete Murray (DJ) M - Ally McLaws Imelda Marcos mohamad mahathir Alan Melinek M - Gerd Muller jean marsh MAHATHIR MOHAMAD jovita moore Miguel Van Damme M - Jane Marczewski darlene mccarty jesse matthew, jr ally mclaws brenda milner N Napolitano,Giorgio Nichelle Nichols nichelle nichols linda nolan Olivia Newton-John N - Neale Daniher Bob Newhart nichelle nichols Nadia Chaudhri N - Linda Nolan linda nolan Joe NEGRI linda nolan Nadia Chaudhri N - Willie Nelson nadia cattouse nichelle nichols rod nordland noreen nash O O'Farrell,Frank Frank O'Farrell ryan o'neal richard o'sullivan Ove Fundin O - OJ Brigance Yoko Ono otis taylor Miguel De Oliveira O - Ilhan Omar yoko ono David ORECK bob odenkirk Ozzy Osbourne O - Sandra Day O'Connor wilf oldham ryan o'neal gino odjick david oreck P Pressler,Larry Leontyne Price leslie phillips tom parker Leslie Phillips P - Tom Parker Sidney Poitier peter brook Larry Pressler P - Larry Pressler leslie phillips Larry PRESSLER larry pressler Philippe De Gaulle P - Tom Parker pat martino larry pressler larry pressler philip pearlstein Q Quant,Mary Pauline Quirke quincy jones (music) al quie Quincy Jones Q - Mary Quant The Queen al quie Al Quie Q - Mary Quant mary quant Oscar QUITAK mary quant Roxanne Quimby Q - Quincy Jones jane bryant quinn al quie rondo quando al quie R Robertson,Gavin Alan Rothwell richard rohmer rob bolland Rob burrow R - Rob Burrow Patricia Routledge richard rohmer Albert Raboteau R - Harry Reid richard rogers Art RUPE joyce randolph Rob Burrow R - Jake Roberts ray reardon harry reid albert raboteau richard rohmer S Steiner,Susie Stephen Sondheim steven crowder susie steiner Sarah Harding S - Susie Steiner Dennis Skinner susie steiner Susie Steiner S - Susie Steiner susie steiner SUSIE STEINER kalyan singh Sandra Richardson S - Tom Smith uwe seeler peter schjeldahl susie steiner fauja singh T Tyler,James Michael Nikolai Tolstoy shintaro tsuji james michael tyler Tom Smith T - James Michael Tyler Ruthie Tompson muruyama tomiichi James Michael Tyler T - James Michael Tyler ted turner TOM Parker james michael tyler Bernard Tapie T - Tina Turner jean louis trintignant james michael tyler terry lubbock ruthie tompson U Ure,Gudrun Gudrun Ure gudrun ure gudrun ure Uri Geller U - Torben Ulrich Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Uwe Seeler U - Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Bob UECKER gudrun ure Ian Ure U - Uri Geller ursula andress torben ulrich juan carlos unzue petra unkel V Vincent,Fay Beryl Vertue miguel van damme monica vitti Valerie Masterson V - Vic Elford Dick Van Dyke vin scully Phil Valentine V - Monica Vitti vanessa redgrave VIC Elford monica vitti Beryl Vertue V - Dick van Dyke vilma hollingbery virginia halas mccaskey vicky phelan alfredo varelli W Whale,James Rex Williams sister catherine wybourne betty white Barbara Walters W - James Whale Barbara Walters william webster Catherine Wybourne W - Tom Weiskopf james whale James WHALE jane withers Rembert Weakland W - James Whale norma waterson william webster david west william webster X Xavier McDaniel Xi Jinping xavier becerra lil xan Xi Xi X - Xi Xi Xi Xi x. j. kennedy Bao Xishun X - Xi Jinping xi xi XI XI gao xingjian Xzibit X - Lil Xan lil xan lil xan bao xishun Xi Xi Y Yang Hyong-sop Arnold Yarrow neil young arnold yarrow Yoko Ono Y - Justin Yerbury Arnold Yarrow yoko ono Justin Yerbury Y - Arnold Yarrow arnold yarrow Arnold YARROW arnold yarrow Babara Young Y - Yoko Ono tu youyou arnold yarrow yoko ono harry k yee Z Zemin,Jiang Zandra Rhodes tim zagat zvi zamir Anastasia Zavorutnyuk Z - Donald Zec Donald Zec anastasia zavorotnyuk Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Z - Jiang Zemin zachary zorn Jiang ZEMIN grace zabriskie Mario Zagallo jacob zuma vera zvonerava jiang zemin anastasia zavorotnyuk donald zec

His protection officers leapt in to save him. I thought they worked for the good of the British people!

A truly important undertaking and one I'm amazed has been performed by human beings. Kudos.

First of two DDP updates tonight. Firstly - The Stats and Facts Page has been updated for the first time since 2017.

New video released of him singing with Lady Gaga

Yikes my bad, my picks were Jana Bennett and Vicky Phelan for J and V respectively if you want to take my word for it

Master list is up now, most lists look good (er, Banana?) but feel free to check for correctness. I only had to use one sub (Banana again). I will try to improve on the table later, but I wanted people to be able to see how their lists stack up. Enjoy.

It's satisfying that when he finally managed to get the position he wanted so much it has turned out to be a poisoned chalice.

"My Life On The Deathlist"

Dennis “D.T.” Thomas, a co-founder of soul-funk outfit Kool & the Gang, died on Saturday, his reps confirmed to Variety. He was 70. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/dennis-dee-tee-thomas-dead-dies-kool-and-the-gang-cofounder-1235036900/

Can that clown do anything right ?

Rose Lee Maphis looking good for 98. Seen here with (left to right) Deke Dickerson, her daughter Lorrie, Sally Jo, and her son, Jody.

Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore died on this day 80 years ago, aged 80.

Realized a while ago that the youngest monarchs currently ruling a country are 41. I wonder if there has ever been a time when all monarchs were above 40? Anyways, here's a list of the current ruling monarchs of the world with links to their threads and threads related to them: Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 1952. Current health issues: None known. Links: Own thread since 2005, thread for the crown prince since 2020 and thread for other members of the British royal family since 2005. King Salman (b. 1935) King of Saudi Arabia since 2015. Current health issues: Dementia. Links: Own thread since 2020. Harald V (b. 1937) King of Norway since 1991. Current health issues: No serious issues currently, but sometimes hospitalised for surgeries. Links: Own thread since 2004. Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1937-2023) Emir of Kuwait since 2020. Current health issues: None known. Queen Margrethe II (b. 1940) Queen of Denmark since 1972. Current health issues: None known, however she is a chain smoker who recently said that she "does not think she has 10 years ahead of her". Links: Own thread since 2015. Hans-Adam II (b. 1945) Prince of Liechtenstein since 1989. Current health issues: None known, however her wife is, according to some, in frail health. Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) King of Sweden since 1973. Current health issues: None known. Hassanal Bolkiah (b. 1946) Sultan of Brunei since 1967. Current health issues: None known. Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948-2022) Ruler of the United Arab Emirates since 2004. Current health issues: Suffered a stroke in 2014, frail or frailish, appearances are rare. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (b. 1950) King of Bahrain since 2002. Current health issues: None known. Vajiralongkorn (b. 1952) King of Thailand since 2016. Current health issues: Taken to hospital last October, said to be seriously ill with a blood-related condition this May (possibly HIV). Playboy with tons of unhealthy habits, won't live as long as his father did. Queen Mother: Sirikit (b. 1932) Norodom Sihamoni (b. 1953) King of Cambodia since 2004. Current health issues: None known, however during the last 12 months he and his mother have gone to China for "routine checkups and treatments", in November 2020 and March 2021. The November stay lasted a month. Queen Mother: Norodom Monineath (b. 1936) Haitham bin Tariq (b. 1955) Sultan (and Prime Minister) of Oman since 2020. Current health issues: None known. Henri (b. 1955) Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 2000. Current health issues: None known, "fights health issues with fitness". Father lived to 98. Albert II (b. 1958) Prince of Monaco since 2005. Current health issues: None known, had covid in March. Tupou VI (b. 1959) King of Tonga since 2012. Current health issues: Overweight. Links: Thread created for the Kings of Tonga in 2005. The former two kings, his father died in 2006 and his brother in 2012. Abdullah of Pahang (b. 1959) Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) since 2019. Current health issues: None known, but he was hospitalised suddenly last September. Naruhito (b. 1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019. Current health issues: None known. Parents: Former ruling couple, both alive Philippe (b. 1960) King of Belgium since 2013. Current health issues: None known. Parents: Former ruling couple, both alive Abdullah II (b. 1962) King of Jordan since 1999. Current health issues: None known. "Queen Mother": Muna al-Hussein (b. 1941) Letsie III (b. 1963) King of Lesotho 1990-1995, since 1996. Current health issues: None known. Mohammed VI (b. 1963) King of Morocco since 1999. Current health issues: Hospitalised in 2009, heart surgeries in 2018 and 2020. Has been overweight. "Queen Mother": Lalla Latifa (b. 1946) Stepfather: Mohamed Mediouri (b. 1938) Willem-Alexander (b. 1967) King of the Netherlands since 2013. Current health issues: None known. "Queen Mother": Beatrix (b. 1938) Felipe VI (b. 1968) King of Spain since 2014. Current health issues: None known, but his health data could have apparently been exposed last month and the royal family have been afraid because of this. "King Father": Juan Carlos I (b. 1938) "Queen Mother": Sofia (b. 1938) Mswati III (b. 1968) King of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) since 1986. Current health issues: None known but rumored to be sick last year. Queen Mother: Ntfombi (b. 1950) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (b. 1980) Druk Gyalpo/King of Bhutan since 2006. Current health issues: None known, however his grandfather died at 43 due to heart issues. On the other hand, his father is still alive. "Queen Grandmother": Kesang Choden (b. 1930) "King Father": Jigme Singye Wangchuck (b. 1955) "Queen Mother": Tshering Yangdon (b. 1959) Maternal Grandmother: Yum Tuiji Zam (b. 1932) Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (b. 1980) Emir of Qatar since 2013. Current health issues: None known, however his father has been dealing with bad health issues for the last decade. "King Father": Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (b. 1952) "Queen Mother": Moza bint Nasser (b. 1959)

Still sounds excellent and doesn't seem like he's in a bad shape despite alzheimer's. I don't think he'll go this year.

Hate to be that guy, but unless the obits were spurious, Einar Enevoldson seems to have died back in April. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Enevoldson

Many threads this could go in. Mika Sundqvist (Finnish wiki page) music executive, composer, lyricist, musician, singer, comedian who owned the MSL studio dead aged 74 after a short illness: https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/b90fc47f-633c-4283-b847-6949ad08fafe Founded the MSL studio in 1978. Many artists and bands with some, not "a lot but some international fame such as bands Yö, Eppu Normaali, Popeda, Riistetyt and artists Jussi "Juice" Leskinen (1950-2006) and Mikko Alatalo (1951-) recorded songs there. About his career as a musician, he used to play bass in the backup bands of Paula Koivuniemi (1947-) and Irwin Goodman (1943-1991) and also wrote songs for Popeda. His most known song was likely the comedy song "Moottoripyörä on moottoripyörä" translating to "a motorcycle is a motorcycle" where he sings about the superiority of motorcycles over motor scooters:

Thanks! For you, too!

All the lists are very good. You're all very smart. Good luck to all of you.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/itv-granada-reports-journalist-dies-21250740 Teresa McMahon , a journalist on Granada Reports regional tv news programme has died.

Possible half-brother of Anne Frank's dead at 72. (Link in Dutch.) His mother always said he was a product of her and Otto Frank, but it was never proven.

Miyazaki still seems to be healthy, but he's apparently a chain smoker (or atleast was) and smoked around a colleague who later got lung cancer. And also died of lung cancer. Isao Takahata.

Maybe not such a strong trio as I thought, as now Skarstein is also dead: https://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/i/WjbGpQ/jakob-skarstein-er-doed (Warrier died at the start of July, Edwards is the only one of the trio living now)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15801033/married-at-first-sight-couple-baby/ Ally Acklan and Paul Todd, a couple who met on Channel 4 reality tv show Married at first sight - have become parents to their first child.