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Is this going to be your new "DL niche" Crem, after retiring your others acts i.e. "the Queen has terminal cancer" and "Oh I wonder if this person will get a QO obit?". I can see you're excited about your newly purchased Times subscription, but you're not the only one who can access their site on here! The nightclub owner is barely notable. Jimmy Cayne belongs in the businesspeople thread, and was already covered in there by Thatcher on 28 December.

Frequently mentioned Indian lawyer and politician Aiyappan Pillai (wiki) has died at 107. Picked in the centenarian deadpool, and maybe others.

All 174 newcomers to the HPDP system now have their profiles filled out. Masterlists up to date. Ready to roll. As mentioned before, following the awarding of Harry Reid consolation points to theoldlady, Betty White and Billy Turner also jumped the gun. Those who got the bonus points were 0.99 for Hell, John Key, markb4, and The Old Crem and 0.81 for An Fear Beag, Banana, Book, and gcreptile. Four pickers for each name from two very different spheres of deadpooler! Two proper hits thus far. Firstly ITV journo Gary Burgess on Jan 1. Unsurprisingly given the 500 or so "please make 2022 please make 2022" posts in recent weeks, most of the 16 who chose him placed him very high indeed. drol, gcreptile, Pedro67, and theoldlady 50 points. Annami, An Fear Beag, Banana, Book, CaptainChorizo, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Salmon Mousse 45. maryportfuncity, msc, and Perhaps 40. Kenny 35. And John Key 25 sub points. And Book is proving to be on fire in these opening days as two days later, alien-looking French TV host and fraudster Igor Bogdanoff died of COVID. 45 base points coupled with the 18 bonus points for uniqueness ends with a total of 63. Plus, as his death was COVID, the 0.19 bonus coupled with the 0.81 for Billy Turner's death means Book has precisely 1 bonus point now! Now then, all of my deadpooling eyes are on helping get the DDP up and running until further notice, so this scoreboard will have to satisfy your Hartlepool needs until mid Jan or so... 1. Book 109 2. theoldlady 50.82 3. gcreptile 50.81 =4. drol 50 =4. Pedro67 50 =6. An Fear Beag 45.81 =6. Banana 45.81 =8. Annami 45 =8. CaptainChorizo 45 =8. Great Uncle Bulgaria 45 =8. Salmon Mousse 45 =12. maryportfuncity 40 =12. msc 40 =12. Perhaps 40 15. Kenny 35 16. John Key 25.99 =17. Hell 0.99 =17. markb4 0.99 =17. The Old Crem 0.99 =20. Everyone else 0

A fairly big name but his death went relatively unnoticed until now... Phil Harvey (wiki), American entrepreneur and philanthropist, died on December 2, 2021, aged 83. He set up sex shops all across the United States, and then invested much of his fortune in sex education programmes, fighting HIV/AIDS worldwide by funding contraception, and giving financial backing to civil liberty causes. Guardian obit.

M'lud, I must take exception to the unwarranted and frankly frivolous objections of my opponent in these matters. While he may be indirectly affected by the wise judgments passed earlier, he has no clear locus standi in this matter, and is merely using this objection as a means to waste time, frustrate the game-runner and intimidate the other players. I request that he be removed from the game with immediate effect before he is given further opportunity to disrupt the smooth running of this fine pool

Very surprising that Leslie Phillips is only no. 19., he should have swapped positions with Dick Van Dyke. Jacques Delors at no. 30 was also much lower than I was expecting, he should have swapped positions with Alan Greenspan. Loretta Lynn and Queen Elizabeth II were positioned much too high, Pelé and Joss Ackland were more worthy of those higher positions.

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So now India is left with: 1)Three fraudsters clearly exaggerating their ages: Fauja Singh, Saalumarada Thimmakka and Pappammal. Despite this all three seem on their way out, with Fauja now almost unable to walk and dangerously thin, Thimmakka in & out of hospital for years and Pappammal on a wheelchair and visibly frail. 2)The mighty Shyam Saran Negi, whose age is even likely true. Rumoured dead at least six times, seriously ill since January 2020, but is the last original Indian geezer with a realistic age, so kudos to the old guy. 3)Two politicos born in 1919. Not heard anything from Paramasivan in years, doubt he is even still alive. Venkatrao is unexplicably alive, having looked like a cadver for years and lost his whole family in 2021. 4)A bunch of youngsters: Mani Kumar Chetri, Thanga Darlong, B. B. Lal, N. Sankaraiah, C. R. Rao, Pravrajika Bhaktiprana (who is likely a fraudster), all with their share of health issues. 5)The upcoming, most notably rationalist Ravipudi Venkatadri, who has seemingly started to decompose while still breathing. The decline in the last year has been swift.

Look I think we all know the real victim here. The daft sod who made that Bogdanoff guy his third sub, not his second or first sub.

Dutch actress Henny Orri dies at 96 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://netherlandsnewslive.com/henny-orri-96-passed-away-a-talent-of-the-highest-degree-culture/324910/%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwjG4JHMnZr1AhUKyKQKHVGxBMMQFnoECGgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0rNrjyIffQKAfk6ypJmTs5

Craig Ruddy, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2004 for painting David Gulpilil dead at 53 from covid complications: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jan/05/craig-ruddy-archibald-prize-winning-painter-dies-at-53

Here's mine "today's the day the maggots have their picnic". My 16th year participating I think Deborah James (J) Milos Zeman Frank Field Mahathir Mohammed James Whale Queen Elizabeth Clare Marx Dennis Skinner Frankie Valli Prunella Scales Pope Benedict Mikhail Gorbachev Shannon Doherty Josef Fritzl Jana Bennett Mike Yarwood Gary Burgess George Alagiah Linda Nolan Doddie Weir

Aiyappan Pillai is a hit for @arghton and @gcreptile CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Jens Jørgen Hansen, who won four Danish titles with Esbjerg fB between 1961 and 1965, has died aged 82. Also won the Danish Cup in 1964 and was part of the Danish squad that finished 4th at Euro 64 when it was still a tournament of only four teams in 39 caps for the national side. https://jv.dk/artikel/efb-legenden-jens-jørgen-hansen-er-død

Excellent choice by the committee.Even before Covid he looked like a corpse.He is clearly dying

Yep. A backwards shithole country.

Welcome to the land of the points! Joan Copeland 0+1 markb4 Book 2/50 theoldlady 1/50 John Key 1/50 MariNisia 1/50 Annami 1/50 gcreptile 1/50 jonnythegamemaster 1/50 markb4 1/50 Main Deathlist 0/50  Bibliogryphon 0/50 arghton 0/50 DieHardGiantsFan 0/50 six feet blunder 0/50 earl 0/50 Doulton 0/50 wannamaker 0/50 The Old Crem 0/50 Dying Probably 0/50 Pop_Zeus 0/50 Hell 0/50 Salmon Mousse 0/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 0/50 Gooseberry Crumble 0/50 Redrumours 0/50 dimreaper 0/50 Death Duke 0/50 TQR 0/50 Nick 0/50 The Daredevil 0/50 Miranda lass 0/50

Joan Copeland is a hit for me.

Joan Copeland is a hit for me.

Igor Bogdanoff 1 + 1 Book 0 + 1 jonnythegamemaster Book 2/50 theoldlady 1/50 John Key 1/50 MariNisia 1/50 Annami 1/50 gcreptile 1/50 jonnythegamemaster 1/50 Main Deathlist 0/50  Bibliogryphon 0/50 arghton 0/50 DieHardGiantsFan 0/50 six feet blunder 0/50 markb4 0/50 earl 0/50 Doulton 0/50 wannamaker 0/50 The Old Crem 0/50 Dying Probably 0/50 Pop_Zeus 0/50 Hell 0/50 Salmon Mousse 0/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 0/50 Gooseberry Crumble 0/50 Redrumours 0/50 dimreaper 0/50 Death Duke 0/50 TQR 0/50 Nick 0/50 The Daredevil 0/50 Miranda lass 0/50

Lawl. The MSM have a fucking cheek calling us “sick” and “vile”. Their journos definitely have the Forum open in a spare tab on their browser as we often spot a lot of deaths from social media before them! Then they’re the ones who copy our research, take credit for it and get paid for it. Brass necks!

My sincere and deepest condolences to Thatcher and all who love him/her/it on today's news.

I hope this asshole will be the first hit.