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Don't believe this has been reported yet Jeannette Ramos Buonomo wiki died on Nov. 24th at age 89. She was First lady of Puerto Rico 1967-1969. Her husband was the second elected governor of Puerto Rico, Roberto Sánchez Vilella (1913-97) wiki who served from 1965-69. This was his second marriage with his first ending in divorce 1967. His first wife Conchita Dapena (1913-2003) wiki died at age 90

Antony Sher is DEAD: https://www.rsc.org.uk/news/death-of-sir-antony-sher @Bibliogryphon wins the Advent Avalanche?

We are on double figures!!! Horst Eckel, German football player and world champion of 1954, has died at age 89. He was the last surviving player from the 1954 World Cup final and the entire German World Cup squad. https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/letzter-fussball-weltmeister-von-1954-horst-eckel-ist-tot-a-67813e51-d68d-4106-a839-defb4da99c13

Horst Eckel being widely reported dead: https://www-sport1-de.translate.goog/news/fussball/2021/12/horst-eckel-ist-tot-der-letzte-weltmeister-von-1954-verstirbt-im-alter-von-89-jahren?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Can't move round mine for Deathrace subs sprinting from the various benches, on it!

Biblio, what can I say? About time another crown added to your trophy room.

Congratulations as I believe you have won. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/antony-sher-death

That's the spirit Predictor. Never give up until the final whistle (unless you are the Latvian women's football team - in that case you can probably give up a little before then) As the great General Melchett once said, "if nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through"

Congrats to @Bibliogryphon, @Great Uncle Bulgaria, @YorkshireBanker, @Handrejka, @wannamaker, @The Old Crem, @Doulton, @msc, @The Daredevil, @Book, @Toast, @WEP and myself for the first hit of the pool with the (quick and expected) passing of Anthony Sher today. Please choose another candidate to replace him on your list. Standings so far : 6 points for all (first hit of the pool + the death in itself is one point) except for the Old Crem, Book and I who scored 8 (first spot on the list + first hit of the pool) As I was scrolling down the list I saw that @JoeMoneypenny hasn't changed David Gulpilil yet : please do it so you can enter the pool properly ! Edit : If ever I missed someone by mistake, just let me know so I can change the score

Who cares? The reason why we don’t know is because there’s no interest in non-notable widows. Thread should get a dead tag.

Well done, Biblio, excellent! Before the game opened Sher was also in my Top Three, next to Frank Field and an Indian guy who died an hour before the game started....

Congrats, Biblio!

Sad news, RIP.

Good call

I think the key thing was to move towards giving the game its integrity back. Which seems a laughable thing to say about a Dead Pool but you all know what I mean. we did our best to spot the already existing FFBI picks as well as eliminating the new ones but yes a couple got through the net. There are a lot of names in the database and I think we did a pretty good job of cleansing it and also giving the Theme Team league it’s integrity back too. (I know I’m biased). On querying the individual picks in a theme team well I just think that’s a step too far provided the general theme is followed - Fujimori was a ‘joke’ inclusion because his name appeared twice on his wiki page - kudos to Sir Creep for his humour rather than criticism of the pick.

I can't remember which thread was for lists of people mentioned in songs, so I'll shoehorn this in here: weird how nobody namechecked in "Brimful of Asha" has died since the song's release in 1997: Asha Bhosle: born 1933 Mohammed Rafi: died 1980 Lata Mangeshkar: born 1929 Jacques Dutronc: born 1943 Marc Bolan: died 1977 Govind Arun Ahuja ("the Chichi music"): Born 1963

There have been a couple of big deaths (and Doyle Hamm) to shake up the leaderboard a little, so time for another update I reckon. 28th November - Frank Williams (Sir) 28th November - Doyle Hamm (not Sir) 29th November - David Gulpilil I also note that the Disney Wiki page (whatever that is) is acknowledging the death of Val Bettin Val Bettin | Disney Wiki | Fandom I realise that this is probably someone just copying and pasting from Wikipedia. However, given that the rules allow for specialised websites, and given that we have seen a picture of his actual fucking grave, I think we can take it that the man is genuinely dead. Therefore I am taking the decision to award the points. MarkB4 gains the princely total of 6 points, and moves up, eh, 6 points on the leaderboard! Up at the business end, Etush, Eesti and Grim leap up into 3rd, 4th and 5th places respectively. I break the 2000 point barrier to consolidate my position in 2nd. However, the runaway leader continues to run away, with Drol's selection of David Gulpilil continuing the domination. One hit away from becoming only the second player ever to break the 3000 point barrier. David Gulpilil's popularity as a pick (11 selections) meant that the ZZZ team of most popular picks jumped up the table, right? Well it would have done, had I not completely overlooked him when putting the team together. Not to worry - we are all losers on this one. The real news, however, comes at the bottom of the table. Yorkshire Banker has finally put the spikes on, stubbed out the cigarette, and reluctantly joined the race. The Frank Williams pick immediately vaults them into 4th last place. Is it too late to see the greatest comeback since the one that Predictor is about to do? Here are the standings: Drol (2716 points) 15 hits [David Gulpilil. Dilip Kumar*, Dovid Soloveitchic, Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, Ernie Moss, Florence Alice Lubega, Frank Worthington, Gerd Muller, Greg Gilbert, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mikis Theodorakis, Norman Lloyd, Ruthie Tompson, Toko Shinodam, Vittore Bochetta ] An Fear Beag (2100 points) 10 hits [Belinda Sykes*, Bernard Tapie, David Gulpilil, Dilip Kumar, Jimmy Greaves, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Lilian Priest, Rush Limbaugh, Yoo Sang Chul] Etushispushingupdaisies (1895 points) 10 hits [Bernard Tapie, Bill Freehan, Dai Davies, David Gulpilil, Greg Gilbert, Lars Goran Petrov, Michael Cullen Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Yoo Sang Chul] Eesti (1748 points) 11 hits [Bill Freehan, Dai Davies, David Gulpilil, Floyd Little, Gerd Muller, Leon Spinks, Noel Conway, Paul Westphal, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Yoo Sang Chul] Grim Up North (1633 points) 12 hits [Dai Davies, David Gulpilil, Frank Williams, Lee Noble, Leon Spinks , Michael Cullen, Paul Westphal, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Susan Bayh, Yoo Sang-Chul] Wormfarmer (1610 points) 9 hits [Alcee Hastings, Bill Freehan, David Gulpilil, Dilip Kumar, Norman Lloyd, Renee Simonot, Ruthie Tompson, Tommy Lasorda, Yoo Sang Chul] Death Impends (1601 points) 12 hits [Beverly Cleary, Carl J. Shapiro, Clarissa Eden, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Norman Lloyd, Raymond Cauchetier, Renee Simonot, Ruthie Tompson, S.Prestley Blake, Tom Moore*] Charles De Gaulle (1536 points) 9 hits [Bernard Tapie*, Carlos Menem, David Gulpilil, Dilip Kumar, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Sarah Harding, Walter Bernstein] En Passant (1535 points) 12 hits [Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Beverly Cleary, Carlos Menem, Dai Davies*, Dilip Kumar, Gerd Muller, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Orlando Drummond, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding] GcReptile (1453 points) 12 hits [Alcee Hastings, Andrew McDonald, Anne Buydens, Donna Britt, Jory Post, Josh Evans, Gerd Muller, Leila Meecham, Mike Miller, Rodion Rosca, Sarena Li, Yoo Sang-Chul] Kenny (1368 points) 10 hits [Bernard Tapie, Dai Davies, David Gulpilil, Gerd Muller, Kathy Shaidle, Leon Spinks, Paul Westphal, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Yoo Sang-Chul] The Quim Reaper (1348 points) 12 hits [Anne Buydens, Carlos Menem, Clarissa Eden, Dai Davies, Dilip Kumar, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Leon Spinks, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Tom Moore] Captain Chorizo (1317 points) 7 hits [Anne Buydens*, David Gulpilil, Dominic DeNucci, Jeanne Bot, Leon Spinks, Paul Westphal, Rosita Quintana, Vassos Lyssarides] Markb4 (1253 points) 9 hits [Anne Buydens, Beverly Cleary, Mort Sahl, Norman Lloyd, Renee Simonot, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Ruthie Tompson, Val Bettin] ZZZ (1222 points) 10 hits [Beverly Cleary, Dilip Kumar, Gerd Muller, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Yoo Sang-Chul] Msc (1146 points) 7 hits [Aaron Beck, Beverly Cleary*, Clarissa Eden, Hal Holbrook, Kenneth Kaunda, Murray Walker, Prince Philip] Exu (1094 points) 8 hits [Alan Burgess, Ernie Moss, Gerd Muller, Jimmy Greaves, Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Tom Moore, Sarah Harding] Book (1068 points) 6 hits [Alfred Biolek, Cicely Tyson, Frank Williams, Mikis Theodorakis, Neddy Smith, Peter Mark Richman] The Unknown Man (1029 points) 8 hits [Bernard Tapie, David Gulpilil, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Leon Spinks, Norman Lloyd, Paul Westphal, Rush Limbaugh, Yoo Sang-Chul] Deadsox (991 points) 9 hits [Dai Davies, Floyd Little*, Paul Westphal, Prince Philip, Renee Simonot, Robert Marchand, Rush Limbaugh, Ruth Apilado, Sarah Harding] The Old Lady (983 points) 8 hits [Abdelazis Bouteflika, Beverly Cleary, David Gulpilil, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Michael McKevitt, Rush Limbaugh*, Yoo Sang-Chul] Chilean Way (922 points) 8 hits [Carlos Menem, Dilip Kumar, Jimmy Greaves, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip*, Rush Limbaugh] CalebH (912 points) 6 hits [Andre Maranne, Gerd Muller, Gloria Henry, Johnny Ventura, Rodion Rosca, Sarah Harding] Nantonian (902 points) 7 hits [David Gulpilil, Dilip Kumar, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Harding, Tom Moore] Lynchian (868 points) 6 hits [Gerd Muller, Jimmy Greaves, Leon Spinks, Paul Westphal, Prince Philip, Sarah Harding] Death by Arsenic (830 points) 5 hits [Andre Maranne, Frank Williams, Jean-Pierre Adams, Leon Spinks, Vassos Lyssarides] Torva Messor (782 points) 8 hits [Andre Maranne, Brian Urquart, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Renee Simonot, Ruthie Tompson, Walter Bernstein] Great Uncle Bulgaria (776 points) 5 hits [Amy Winifred Hawkins, Anne Buydens, Beverly Cleary, Jimmy Greaves, Tom Moore*] Joey Russ (764 points) 7 hits [Bob Fass, Clarissa Eden, Larry King, Leon Spinks*, Norman Lloyd, Paul Westphal, Prince Philip, Sylvain Sylvain] The Old Crem (759 points) 9 hits [Carlos Menem, Dai Davies, Floyd Little, Gerd Muller, Larry King, Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh , Sarah Harding] Etib8 (729 points) 4 hits [Bernard Tapie, Gerd Muller, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip] Predictor (715 points) 3 hits [Doyle Hamm, Mike Carter, Uno Loop] Whoaml (712 points) 6 hits [Jimmy Greaves, Larry King, Lester L Wolff, Murray Walker, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip] Guyfromfuture (709 points) 4 hits [Biz Markie, Johnny Pierson, Kay Hawtrey, Sarah Harding,] Deathray (533 points) 4 hits [Johnny Briggs, Norman Lloyd, Prince Philip, Sarah Harding] Liz (420 points) 6 hits [Beverly Cleary, Cloris Leachman, Lester L Wolff, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh, Susan Bayh] Buffalo Phil (386 points) 6 hits [Beverly Cleary, Carlos Menem, Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Rush Limbaugh*, Tom Moore] Bibliogryphon (380 points) 3 hits [Clifford Rose, Mark Eden, Murray Walker] ImNotHades (378 points) 2 hits [Jimmy Greaves, Michael Collins] Yorkshire Banker (331 points) 1 hit [Frank Williams] Pedro (315 points) 4 hits [Christopher Plummer, Kenneth Kaunda, Phil Spector, Prince Philip] Toast (199 point) 3 hits [Leon Spinks, Prince Philip, Trevor Peacock] Ebless(191 points) 1 hit [Ernie Moss]

I assume all Blink-182 fans are familiar with this:

Congratulations Bibliogryphon! The death of Anthony Sher will now shake up some teams and games for 2022.

With Antony Sher's death - I can no longer say the above. My secondary name is going in. Day or so maybe before I submit?

The Wiki page for Fujimori used to have his name as "Alberto Fujimori Fujimori". It doesn't any more so he probably doesn't actually have a reduplicated name, but it was a clear good faith inclusion and not something daft like putting Tom Parker on a centenarian theme team or something.

There was a chance for FFBI teams to slip through the system, basically if they were already part of the database and didn't get another check. It happened maybe 2-3 times, but it was never important enough to have the effort to correct that. For example, there is a person picked this year called Gabrielle D'Allonches, the cancer-having mum, of the cancer-having partner of "Catlady" Jocelyn Wildenstein. She has no fame, but will also never obit. These FFBI cases are, well, naturally slowly disappearing out of the system. And the more time passes, the less likely they are to get obits anyway. I think we actually contemplated whether Ronnie Pickering was a legit pick, at least, I remember, I personally thought about it, and begrudgingly accepted him. He was a meme before he had cancer, so, for better or worse, known for that. On the other hand, we just had the case of Stacey Pentland, who was actually described in some obits as a "Tik Tok star". But that happened only because of the cancer. You'd never heard of her name without it. We will never revisit the pages of old years, I can't imagine anybody doing it. Database/website-wise it is MUCH more trouble than it's worth it.

There’s a good thread running on the Crossroads fan site on Facebook about actors still alive and some telling comments. Jane Rossington (Jill) is in very poor health aged 78. David Lawton (Chef Mr Booth) is 96 and still going strong. He’s losing his sight and hearing by all accounts but still living at home and supported by his friends.

I'm actually a bit troubled by how many Basildonians are on here. I could understand the Scots with the dreich, and generally being dour, but we are becoming a majority. That can't be good, surely?

I went for it early again. Hopefully not a mistake...