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ROUND 1 MATCHES: LizLemon (LIZ) Pele (c), Frank Field, Henry Kissinger, Kane Tanaka, Linda Nolan, Sacheen Littlefeather, Joanne Woodward, Ted Kaczynski, Barbara Walters, Jean-louis Trintignant, Sandra Day O'Connor v. Masterffull (MAS) Olivia Newton John, Vanessa Redgrave, Sinead O'Connor (c), Jimmy Carter, Joni Mitchell, Nichelle Nichols, Leslie Phillips, Rosalynn Carter, Loretta Lynn, David McCallum, Barbara Walters Sir Cunto (SIR) Nas Blixky (c), Akuku Danger, Olsen Filipaina, Nasser Abu Hmeid, James Rodney Jones, Rev. Timothy Keller, Don O'Leary, Mahathir Mohammed, Sandhya Mukherjee, Tammy Slaton, Lucille Randon v. theoldlady (OLD) Larry Pressler (c), Frank Field, Lech Walesa, Tom Weiskopf, Susie Steiner, Pele, Chris Rea, Milos Zeman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Vasha, Peter Tobin Salmon Mousse (SAL) Madeline Cain (c), Sandy Nelson, Eduardo Romero, Isabel Torres, Jorge Spedaletti, Sandhya Mukherjee, Frank Field, Jack Thomas, Dan Lacey, Vava Suresh, Leland Christensen v. MortalCaso (MCO) Frank Field (c), Kane Tanaka, Pelé, George Perez, Nichelle Nichols, Jimmy Carter, Mahathir Mohamad, Jiang Zemin, Khaleda Zia, Silas Alexander, Isabel Torres Sean ELIMINATED v. YorkshireBanker (YOR) Anne Baker, Dagny Carlsson, Dick Button, Winnie Ewing, Ludmila Ferber, Dick McTaggart, George Perez, Wendy Playfair, Inga Tobiasson, Catherine Wybourne, Margaret Stuart Barry (c) Wormfarmer (WFM) George Perez (c), Gianluca Vialli, Linda Nolan, Guy Lafleur, Tom Weiskopf, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, James Whale, Mumia Abu-jamal, Khaleda Zia, Doddie Weir v. grobler (GRO) Frank Field (c), J L Trintignant, Susie Steiner, Nigel Starmer Smith, George Elder, Boris Pahor, Art Rupe, Peter Procter, George Perez, Benedict XVI, Pele TQR (TQR) Frank Field (c), Pélé, Susie Steiner, Vic Elford, Julia Reichert, Jean-louis Trintignant, George Pérez, Lata Mangeshkar, Isabel Torres, Vicky Phelan, Kane Tanaka v. Gooseberry Crumble (GOO) Iris Apfel, Frank Field, Phyliss Dalton, Queen Ratna Of Nepal, Vin Scully, Leonard Hayflick (c), Derek Martin, Teddie Chinery, Kenneth Anger, Anita Pointer, William Heseltine HDS (HDS) Isabel Torres (c), Kat Bjelland, Don West, Pele, George Perez, Frank Field, Nightbirde, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Deborah James, Tony Brown, Emile Francis v. Pedro67 (PED) Francois Hardy, King Harald V, Frank Field, Mike Mora, Susie Stiener (c), Mahathir Mohamed, Vic Elford, Lata Mangeshkar, Luis Echeverria, George Perez, Kane Tanaka wannamaker (WAN) Frank Field, Pelé, Derek Draper (c), Jorge Spedaletti, Mino Raiola, Marietta Giannakou, Mikheil Saakashvili, King Harald V, Kane Tanaka, Fabio Restrepo, Jeff Burkett v. Famous6Eva (F6E) Tammy Slaton (c), Ingrid Arvidsson, Marco Cornez, Jan Englert, Don January, Yayoi Kusama, Nightbirdie, Leslie Phillips, Radovan Radaković, Gianluca Vialli, Tom Weiskopf Joey Russ (JRU) Dan Lacey (c), Jeff Burkett, Olsen Filipaina, Vicky Phelan, Sandhya Mukherjee, Frank Field, Vittorio Cecchi Gorro, Jorge Spedalitti, Marietta Giannakou, Leland Christensen, Bobby Caldwell v. Bentrovato ELIMINATED JoeMoneypenny (JMP) Cheng-ning Yang, Esben Dalgaard Andersen, Kane Tanaka (c), Kang Hyun, Mahathir Mohamad, Natty Wailer, Pele, Princess Mikasa, Socorro Cancio Ramos, Yoon Jeong-hee, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab v. Sideik (SID) Melvin Hulse (c), Julia Reichert, Lata Mangeshkar, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Vic Elford, George Perez, Akuku Danger, Lucile Randon, Vava Suresh, Masood Akhtar GuyFromFuture (GFF) Abdullah The Butcher (c), Eleanor Collins, Cilly Dartell, Vic Elford, David Graham, Jose Maria Marin, Hazel Mccallion, Luis Antonio Rivera, Nigel Starmer-smith, Susie Steiner, Shintaro Tsuji v. Captain Hemlock (HEM) Andrey Voynich (c), Luka Binniyat, Frank Field, Frank Field (meteorologist), Vito Perillo, Susie Steiner, Pele, Violeta Chamorro, Victor Alfonso Cedeno, Nichelle Nichols, Jerry Lee Lewis Annami (ANN) Frank Field, Jean-louis Trintignant, George Perez, Susie Steiner, Isabel Torres, Leland Christensen (c), Akuku Danger, Jane Marczewski, Olsen Filipaina, Khaleda Zia, Kane Tanaka v. Hell (HEL) Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Charley Trippi, Denis Law, Elton John, Frank Field (c), General Pervez Musharraf, Harry Belafonte, Iris Apfel, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Copeland ThereWillBeDeaths7 (TWB) Rob Bolland, Giuliano Ferrara, Frank Field (c), Olsen Filipaina, Willibrord Frequin, Lata Mangeshkar, Mahathir Mohamad, Boris Pahor, Leslie Phillips, Amy Pieters, Kane Tanaka v. MariNisia (MAR) Frank Field (c), James C. Floyd, Harry E. Goldsworthy, Françoise Hardy, Paul Ray, Jane Marczewski, Vicky Phelan, Amy Pieters, Christos Sartzetakis, Jorge Américo Spedaletti, Susie Steiner Grim Up North (GUN) Greg Mears (c), Catherine Wybourne, Vicky Phelan, Diane Berberian, Isabel Torres, Dan Lacey, Susie Steiner, Frank Field, Jorge Spedaletti, Akuku Danger, Nirmala Uppuganti v. The_engineer (ENG) Frank Field (c), Kane Tanaka, Jean Louis Trintignant, James Whale, Linda Nolan, Tom Smith, George Alagiah, Jimmy Carter, Marsha Hunt, Bob Barker, Yoko Ono Predictor (PRE) Kenneth Anger, Bob Barker, Ricou Browning, Frank Field (c), Gail Halvorsen, Mildred Kornman, Jimmy Lydon, Vicky Phelan, Joyce Randolph, Susie Steiner, Catherine Wybourne v. Great Uncle Bulgaria (GUB) Vicky Phelan (c), Susie Steiner, Frank Field, Shintaro Tsuji, Nigel Starmer-smith, Bob Barker, Leslie Phillips, Michael Aspel, George Perez, Amy Price, Amy Pieters YoungWillz (YWZ) Bobby Shantz (c), Roberta Flack, Uwe Seeler, Giorgio Napolitano, Winnie Ewing, Pele, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Bingham, Jet Black, Bob Newhart, Tom Weiskopf v. Pop_Zeus (POP) Agnes Keleti (c), Arnold Yarrow, Boris Pahor, Carmen Herrera, Colette Maze, Gail Halvorsen, Iris Apfel, James Lovelock, June Spencer, Kane Tanaka, Lucile Randon BabyBlue (BBL) Alexandre Do Nascimento, Antoni Vadell Ferrer (c), Carlos Bilardo, Emilio Fede, Eva Marie Saint, Guido Gorgatti, Isabel Torres, Margarita Terekhova, Monica Vitti, Parnelli Jones, Sandhya Mukherjee v. An Fear Beag (AFB) Frank Field, Isabelle Torres, Jeff Burkett, Jorge Spedaletti (c), Leland Christensen, Masood Akhtar, Nas Blixky, Olsen Filipiana, Sandhya Mukherjee, Vava Suresh, Vicky Phelan  The Old Crem (TOC) Frank Field, Clare Marx, Lucille Randon, Lata Mangeshkar, Kane Tanaka, Jorge Spedaletti (c), Christos Sartzetakis, Vicky Phelan, George Perez, Susie Steiner, Olsen Filipaina v. John Key ELIMINATED Masterlist (which is why everyone has a three-letter code after their name) and round 2 fixtures to be published tomorrow morning.

Britain's oldest (unverified?) lassie Mary Mollie Walker reportedly died on 22 January to little notice: https://peppardnews.co.uk/mrs-mollie-walker-mbe/ DDP Pick.

The 2022/2023 Nobel Prize Dead Pool has started just now. Please keep an eye on the chart above in case I miss some hit. Good luck to all contestants! PS: Last year's competition will be evaluated in the next few days.

January-Update As far as I can see, we do have the following hits: 01. Gary Burgess (13.11.1975 – 01.01.2022): Doulton, Joes Russ 02. Sidney Poitier (20.02.1927 – 06.01.2022): 14:22, Annami, Bibliogryphon, Book, Buffalo Phil, chilean way, DL 2022, Doulton, Etushispushingupdaisies, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Joey Russ, Lafaucheuse, msc, Predictor, RoverAndOut, The Daredevil, The Old Crem, theoldlady, ThereWillBeDeaths7, TomTomTelekom, TQR, YoungWillz 03. Robert Durst (12.04.1943 – 10.01.2022): DL 2022, Doulton 04. Hardy Krüger (12.04.1928 – 19.01.2022): The Daredevil 05. Russell Bishop (09.02.1966 – 20.01.2022): Book 06. Barry Cryer (23.03.1935 – 25.01.2022): Bibliogryphon 07. Leonard Fenton (29.04.1926 – 29.01.2022): The Daredevil, TQR The Scoreboard 3: Doulton: Gary Burgess, Sidney Poitier, Robert Durst, 3: The Daredevil: Sidney Poitier, Hardy Krüger, Leonard Fenton, 2: Bibliogryphon: Sidney Poitier, Barry Cryer, 2: Book: Sidney Poitier, Russell Bishop, 2: DL 2022: Sidney Poitier, Robert Durst, 2: Joey Russ: Gary Burgess, Sidney Poitier, 2: TQR: Sidney Poitier, Leonard Fenton, 1: 14:22: Sidney Poitier, 1: Annami: Sidney Poitier, 1: Buffalo Phil: Sidney Poitier, 1: chilean way: Sidney Poitier, 1: Etushispushingupdaisies: Sidney Poitier, 1: gcreptile: Sidney Poitier, 1: Great Uncle Bulgaria: Sidney Poitier, 1: Lafaucheuse: Sidney Poitier, 1: msc: Sidney Poitier, 1: Predictor: Sidney Poitier, 1: RoverAndOut: Sidney Poitier, 1: The Old Crem: Sidney Poitier, 1: theoldlady: Sidney Poitier, 1: ThereWillBeDeaths7: Sidney Poitier, 1: TomTomTelekom: Sidney Poitier, 1: YoungWillz: Sidney Poitier, 0: WEP Please tell me if I missed a hit, especially one of the lesser known or more obscure picks... Thanks!

Shintaro Ishihara (wiki), former Governor of Tokyo for 13 years, dead at 89. A past DDP pick (not this year though).

Hey GC Reptile et al, great work on the DDP so far Been enjoying reading the obits. I'd be happy to do the prominent Australian obits when they occur if that appeals. Give a local flavour and all.

Now with another death from Calabria, Domenico Antonio Fonti, aged 109, Boris Pahor is the 4th oldest living man in Italy.

Now that the GRO Index has been updated, I can reveal that Rose West's mum, Daisy Letts née Fuller died in the third quarter of 2020, just short of 101 (2–3 months before my post above). FULLER, DAISY GWENDOLINE 1919 GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2020 in HEREFORDSHIRE (511-1A) Entry Number 521079681

You disproved your first sentence with your last one. ‘Worldwide significance’ is something that can only be judged with a huge sample of ‘personal significance’. One person can’t judge that, hence that conversation is futile and the only way this thread can be taken to mean is significance from our own points of view.

Well, it’d certainly up this site’s mean intelligence significantly.

Alright, if it’s personal significance, rather than worldly significance, then Marlon Bundo it is then. Cos I like fluffy rabbits.

Sidney Poitier won an Oscar (and was the first black male to win one), 2 Golden Globes, a Grammy, and a BAFTA. He was knighted by the Queen, received a Kennedy Center Honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a BAFTA Fellowship, was ranked in the top 25 best male actors ever by AFI. He broke the glass ceiling for people of colour in cinema, and was internationally renowned. Bob Saget was a mediocre comedian barely heard of outside the States who presented America’s Funniest Home Videos. How is he the most significant death of January 2022?

Glad you've been enjoying my efforts! It's been a lot of interesting lives to write about thus far, a fun experience so far if also busy busy. Could be an interesting concept, I will keep the door open and be sure to remind me whenever a major Aussie death arises. I do find it fun to dig in to lives that were unfamiliar to me before, but obits def have an extra depth when written by someone already familiar with them.

Oh god. Another month of noting down every name I see in hospital or I’ll then.

CONGRATULATIONS @WEP!!!

Another one. Carleton Carpenter's turn as Artie in Summer Stock is a particular favourite. RIP.

Carleton Carpenter hadn't died off radar - he died today aged 95.

Nigel Short reporting that French Grandmaster Gilles Miralles has died aged 55:

The great mangiallenatore.

AND WE'RE CLOSED. Sean, Bentrovato and John Key did not submit a team in time, unless I'm blind, so they are eliminated. YorkshireBanker, JoeyRuss and The Old Crem get byes to round 2.

Robert Wall, martial artist who appeared in Way Of The Dragon and Enter The Dragon and several other movies, and who also had a very public spat with Stephen Seagal, being reported dead aged 82: https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/31/robert-wall-martial-arts-master-bruce-lee-chuck-norris/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908378/ Also, can the heading be amended to correct the spelling of Practitioners please?

Confirmed Eriksen has signed a six-month deal with Brentford Christian Eriksen: Former Tottenham midfielder joins Brentford on six-month deal https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60116469

McGee even with DDP obit, but I am still in clean-up mode: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17344799/general-charles-mcgee-tuskegee-airmen-death/