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just give a bit of time and all will be sorted - the pointing out of the errors is an important and useful part of the process but then they need fixed which is normally more complex than would appear. Thanks for your patience.

Italy's oldest person, Ida Zoccarato, dead at 112. Survived COVID and a heart attack in 2020. Now the oldest one is 111-years old Angela Tiraboschi (yes, Italy is currently sucking at supercentenarians), but the oldest Italian-born person is Delio Venturotti, who is impressively still going strong at 112.

No worries, of course, maybe Duffy (actor) is taking this year off being a dead pool candidate and he'll emerge again next year - we'll all say we thought he was dead, but in the end we'll realise we all just dreamed it but "it seemed so real!"

Francisco Gento, who played for Spain at the 1962 and 1966 World Cup, dead aged 88. Also played for Real Madrid from 1953-1971. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, BBC, The Sun

And almost a year later Narayan Debnath is dead.

Yesterday was his 91st Birthday

Lata Mangeshkar, India's most famous singer ever, has been in hospital for a while with COVID and pneumonia. Today doctors said she will take a lot to recover, which seems rather ominous. Also hospitalised in critical condition in 2019 with respiratory failure and spent weeks on life support.

Aye if there's ever anyone you feel was destined to be a future 8+ list DL pick...

Well Hugman's has been updated, but they've put his date of death as 27 Jan 2022.

There is an ex-MP called Patrick Duffy and a famous US actor (Dallas/Man from Atlantis)

My attempt to nick the crown back. DVD at No.1 because fuck you DL. 1) Dick Van Dyke 2) Paul Gascoigne 3) Donald Trump 4) Shane MacGowan 5) David Attenborough 6) Rupert Murdoch 7) Clint Eastwood 8) Phil Collins 9) Queen Elizabeth II - DEAD 10) Olivia Newton John - DEAD 11) Angela Lansbury - DEAD 12) Billy Connolly 13) Rolf Harris 14) Joe Exotic 15) Ghislaine Maxwell 16) June Brown - DEAD 17) Mel Brooks 18) Willie Nelson 19) Tom Parker - DEAD 20) Bobby Charlton 21) Harry Belafonte 22) Pope Benedict XVI 23) Joanne Woodward 24) Yoko Ono 25) Tony Bennett SUB: Eva Marie Saint

I'm not necessarily changing the masterlist, just if your appropriately ordered sub dies and there's an exception in your main list, it will absolutely contribute to your score - I may need a reminder though. I've been told that one of my picks, Berniece Baker Miracle (Marilyn Munroe's sister), may not have been as alive as I thought she was! Some may call it laziness, I call it absolute fear of botching something up. I think it's all fine though

Worth noting Flo Ayres was among the survivors of the first episode of Sesame Street, as the voice of Sissy the Skunk in this claymation segment: Cast listing here. A good few of note left, including Frank Oz of course. And didn't realize Grace Slick contributed!

Sad news. Breaking Glass is a huge favourite film of mine and Eighth Day in particular is amazing. I had the pleasure of meeting her in 2012 and she was lovely. *Really* tiny though; Jon Finch and Mark Wingett tower over her in BG, and even 5ft 3in me was taller. And if you've read 'Expensive Habits' by Simon Garfield and/or know anything about record contracts history you'll perhaps have a little sympathy re her money issues - her Albion contract is probably the worst example of getting f***ed there is. Hope she gets well soon.

Björn Natthiko Lindeblad or Natthiko Bhikku, Swedish economist, author, lecturer and Buddhist monk dead at 60 by poisoned smoothie: https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/bjorn-natthiko-lindeblad-dod/ (A bit debatable if this was a suicide or an assisted suicide, but he had ALS and strongly supported the legalization of euthanasia.)

Jerry Hall is just biding her time. She'll wait until he's frail enough not to survive a "fall" down the stairs. And then...

Forgot to check if there was an annual Christmas message from Nelson. There was. Looks more or less the same as he did 12 months prior. 98 in September, but before that happens... in March he will overtake Gordon B. Hinckley as the oldest ever head of the Mormon Church.

The mods on Wiki seem have finally accepted two days ago that she died in 2019.

The only name that I've come across so far who is a hit but hasn't been added to the total is Joan Copeland, picked by 2 teams. Mirror QO. Which means we've had 18 hits in 17 days. Great start everyone!

Incredible that picks 32-40 on Drop 40 are a tie.

Michael Jackson is dead, the legendary radio host of KABC... https://deadline.com/2022/01/michael-jackson-dead-kabc-host-radio-hall-of-fame-inductee-was-87-1234913413/

May I replace recently deceased Robert Durst with soon deceasing Russell Bishop (convicted murderer)?

Its a good (but long) film but on the two times I have tried to watch I've found myself actor spotting instead!