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Nguyễn Côn (1916-2022) How sad and unexpected! (the average Vietnamese on Nguyen's death) Age at death: 105 Known health issues: Was in terrible health back in 2017, wheelchair bound and likely paralyzed. Completely bedridden by 2021 and government censored his face for how bad he looked. Cause of death: I suspect foul play. Alignment: We all appreciated his performances in The Mummy and its awful sequels.

John C. Koss, creator of the hi-fi stereo headphone, dead aged 91. Company obit.

Michael Lang, known best as a creator and producer of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, died at 77 years: https://variety.com/2022/music/news/michael-lang-woodstock-organizer-founder-dies-dead-1235149696/

Tahani al-Gebali, first woman to hold a judiciary position in Egypt (2003, appointed by Mubarak) and former Vice President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt has died at 71 from covid complications. She sued (or atleast announced that she'd sue) the NY Times in 2012 after they accused her of cementing the military's power. https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/2/454868/Egypt/Society/Egypt’s-first-woman-judge-Tahany-ElGebaly-passes-a.aspx

Well, that's your Nguyễn Côn finally fucking dead.

Sophia Loren is a name that will be a success in some years for a humble minority of deathlisters who, by aestheticism, prefer to finish the year with a score of 5/50 of very prestigious names rather than the majority who finish with 25/50 of sick people totally unfamous

1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Vic Seixas/Diana Kennedy 1924: Jimmy Carter/Joyce Rabdolph 1925: Peter Brook/Lee Grant 1926: Roger Corman/Krishnammal Jagannathan 1927: Martin Walser/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Armin Mueller-Stahl/Mary Quant 1931: Dominic Chianese/Barbara Eden

His daughter says that the death of his longtime friend, Sidney Poitier, is the most difficult thing he's had to fathom.

Richard Williams, the 79-year-old father of tennis stars Venus and Serena, is very frail, had a stroke a few years ago, and his son has power of attorney over him. I will add him to my 2023 list, if he makes it that far. (Apologies if anyone has posted Mr. Williams as a consideration already in this thread.)

Does he think they don't have the internet in Australia

Why? Will it stop you posting a load of shit?

A Law & Order franchise thread might be in order. It's been on for a long time and nearly all the leading cast members from the various shows are still alive - the only exception that I can think of is Jerry Orbach.

Martin Bell was on GBNews last night. Looked and sounded okay. Still carrying a little bit of weight, which is quite healthy for someone in their 80s, and generally doesn't indicate they're nearing the end. Anyways, he reflected a little on his own mortality. He's currently writing a book defending the continued existence of the British monarchy (his main argument being that a democracy is stronger with a non-political figurehead at the helm). He stated the reason he's doing it was that he fears the relatively niche republican movement in the UK will get a boost after QEII dies, and he wants to contribute to the debate, although he acknowledged that it will likely happen "after his time". Read into that what you will. I still think he could go on for another 5 years or so.

And that's a wrap on the 2021 Hartlepool Deadlypool and a win for @Funeralopolis. It was a dodgy year for the canon, with Toms Smith/Parker and James Whale extremely popular names that failed to score points, along with frail, deliberate bonus HPDP picks Jimmy Carter and Leslie Phillips. But there were heavy hitters such as Floyd Little, Leon Spinks, Dai Davies, Carlos Menem, Rush Limbaugh, Prince Philip, and David Gulpilil that still made for good competition, if not quite at 2020's level of excitement. The year was off to a sporting start with three US sport giants hits for teams. NFLer Floyd Little meant a strong start for many teams, while basketballer Paul Westphal and baseballer Tommy Lasorda screwed over the unlucky sods who didn't closely read the bonuses! Perhaps was off to a sterling start with 6 hits by the time of Rush Limbaugh's death, though CaptainChorizo hitting three 50-pointers in a row also made him a team to watch (I thought he was the favorite early on, but the potential in his three super ancient picks never bore fruit). Eventual champion Funeralopolis was in third by that point. Prince Philip shook up the chasing pack somewhat before Squares participant Norman Lloyd saw Funeralopolis sneak into the lead for the first time. Perhaps hit his first sub with corrupto Louisiana guvna Edwin Edwards, which restored the lead to him, but another sub hit in Sarah Harding saw it fly back to Funeralopolis, this time for keeps. Bernard Tapie extended his lead, and while subsequent deaths Frank Williams, David Gulpilil, and Bob Dole closed the gap again between the chasing pack and Funeralopolis, none of the other teams found their silver bullet and Funeralopolis glided anticlimactically to HPDP glory. Unlike 2020, which had no LotLers (although Tom Belso came close before a dramatic rescue by the BBC sports roundup!), 2021 had six. Kathy Shaidle did get mentioned in an Australian news source, but unluckily not a HPDP QO one. Rodion GA made little splash outside of Romania, and astonishingly being the oldest woman in the UK wasn't enough for Lilian Priest. Ezra Nawi failing to obit was actually quite lucky for An Fear Beag, as the early January death was dead last on his team and allowed his subsequent hits to be worth a little more! Less lucky? maryportfuncity could have finished in a podium place had US elector Jack Arends QOd. Ditto for gcreptile and medieval musician Belinda Sykes. Both were uniques, and Sykes would've carried the drummer bonus too. It is at least some consolation that neither team would've won outright if said names QOd. Another spot of bad luck? Joan Copeland, picked by markb4 in 2021, and dropped for 2022, died mere days after the year ended! She also would have put markb4 on the podium, though not enough to win. One last weird bit of misfortune was Bibliogryphon thinking he sent a team with Shirley Williams on it, but she was not on it in the end and died in April. He didn't score a single hit from his actual team throughout the year. However, a few consolation points for the Williams mix up meant he did finish with points, in a year in which no team was nul points. But enough of that, time for the two end-game rewards. The 13th place bonus goes to drol, which meant that he would've gotten 50 points irregardless of Kathy Shaidle QOing! She was one of his subs, and his other sub, Pat Martino, died with a QO. Most interesting team? It was a bit of a tough decision. YoungWillz's Toms and BabyBlue's eclectic selection certainly piqued me, but ultimately it goes to GuyFromFuture. An interesting team with some quirky gambles such as Sinead O'Connor, what sets him apart is that one of his more intriguing picks, Biz Markie, paid off! The rapper in fact led me to discover a rap edition of Hollywood Squares existed, which may well open up interesting strategy in the future! Perhaps the pick of the year, despite his picker not being anywhere near winning. So with his midtable placing in mind, it's instead good enough for me to bequeath an additional 20 points upon GuyFromFuture. And with that, the final scoreboard. Congratulations to Funeralopolis! 1. Funeralopolis 319 2. Perhaps 289 3. Eesti 260 4. CaptainChorizo 255.32 5. Annami 254 6. drol 252 7. maryportfuncity 244 8. markb4 231 9. msc 230.32 10. Dying Probably 218.19 11. Book 215 12. Pedro67 210.19 13. Sean 208 14. GuyFromFuture 202 15. chilean way 193 16. gcreptile 191.32 17. An Fear Beag 185 18. DeathByArsenic 177 =19. En Passant 175 =19. Torva Messor 175 21. LizLemon 165 22. Death Impends 161 23. Lynchian 155 24. the_engineer 153 25. Charles De Gaulle 152 26. Exu 150 27. The Quim Reaper 145 28. Great Uncle Bulgaria 135.19 29. theoldlady 135 30. The Daredevil 129 31. CalebH 113 =32. JoeMoneypenny 105 =32. The Old Crem 105 34. YoungWillz 101.19 =35. DevonDeathTrip 70 =35. YorkshireBanker 70 37. The Unknown Man 65 38. sheldondinkleberg 55 =39. Joey Russ 45 =39. time 45 41. Toast 25 42. BabyBlue 10 43. Bibliogryphon 3.9

A few more as well. His daughter Nancy was there as was ex wife Mia. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Tony Bennett, Bob Newhart and Robert Wagner also all went.

Coincidental find while adding new names to the DDP masterlist (Vince Hill). Now, the new name is Paul Coia, but was he born 1955 or 1960? I'll go with 1955.

American lawyer and civil rights activist Lani Guinier, who advocated for voting reform and became the first female African-American professor at Harvard Law School to be tenured, died at 71 years: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/07/metro/lani-guinier-civil-rights-champion-harvard-law-professor-dies-71/

I've always liked this idea:

Italian shooting champion Cristian Ghilli, only 19 years old, shoots himself: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shooting-champion-19-dies-after-25886253

Congratulations @Yvonne! 1922 Janis Paige / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Mahathir Mohamad 1926 Irene Papas / Carl Erskine 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Israel S. Dresner 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant 1931 Barbara Barrie / Mwai Kibaki

Congrats Yvonne 1922: José Sahagún de la Parra/Rachel Robinson 1923: Bruno Foresti/Fina García Marruz 1924: Roger Guillemin/Gerda Weissmann Klein 1925: Giorgio Napolitano/Peggy Webber 1926: Jiang Zemin/Marilyn Erskine 1927: Angelo Sodano/Joan Jara 1928: James Dewey Watson/Delfina Guzmán 1929: Édouard Balladur/Margaret Kerry 1930: Warren Buffett/Gena Rowlands 1931: Mikhail Gorbachev/Sylvia Lewis

It’s going well.

Great to see you back! Hope life has been treating you better. I think this means of the champions from 2010 on, only Bert isn't participating?

Yep she's famous for two reasons Her boobs and dating Henry Kissinger!

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