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Christos (not) alive. The former Greek premier wasn't too keen on communists, and accordingly there's no mass distribution of points here with only MariNisia smashing plates and going "OPPA" in celebration. Just 3 points though as he was also picked by the bye-receiving Old Crem. BabyBlue 4 v. An Fear Beag 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 0 v. MariNisia 3

Dead.

Former Greece President Christos Sartzetakis dead at 92 years: https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1176800/former-resident-christos-sartzetakis-dead-at-93/

I am not going to enforce the rule in this round because it would be unfair to do so after the game as gone so far and I take responsibility because I didn't pick up on it at the start of the game (and no other player raised an objection) but techincally All You Need Is Cash will be an ineligible pick in future rounds because it did not have a theatrical release. This will be a bit of a tricky one when it comes to modern releases because of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon have now become eligible for Oscar nomination even though they do not always have a theatrical release. I think I will introduce a cut off date after which streaming releases will be allowed and any TV movies released before this time will not. However to be clear this will not detract from a win by @YorkshireBanker if he achieves it in this round

Christos Sartzetakis is dead, one of @MariNisia 's picks https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1176800/former-resident-christos-sartzetakis-dead-at-93/

Remi De Roo, last living English-speaking bishop at the Second Vatican Council dead at 97: https://bccatholic.ca/news/canada/bishop-remi-de-roo-dies-at-97

1922 Yuri Averbakh/Rachel Robinson 1923 Bob Barker/Glynis Johns 1924 Russell Nelson/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Alan Bergman/Pat Silver Lasky 1926 David Attenborough/Lee Grant 1927 William Daniels/Estelle Parsons 1928 Bob Cousy/Ethel Kennedy 1929 Frank Gehry/Lata Mangeshkar 1930 Buzz Aldrin/Joanne Woodward 1931 Raul Castro/Sylvia Pinal

1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Henri Kissinger/Diana Kennedy 1924: Jimmy Carter/Maria Riva 1925: Dick van dyke/Angela Lansbury 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Benedikt XVI/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Warren Buffett/Mary Quant 1931: Mikhail Gorbachev/Barbara Eden Congrats @MariNisia

They published a picture to deny his death the other day and he does not look too bad.

Sunak has responded, by offering everyone a £200 bill rebate in October and cutting council tax (Bands A-D) by £150 in April. For many people, this isn’t enough, particularly when you consider the 10-ish % National Insurance hike due to happen in April. Ridiculous. The rich are getting the same help as those who are on the breadline. Energy companies are seeing record profits while millions of people choose between heating and eating. The financial help should only go to those who need it (and I say this as someone who doesn’t), and it needs to go further for them.

It's written a little overly dramatic: He's still tweeting like crazy, not on his deathbed yet. Still, cant tell if it's just a regular chemo cycle that's about to begin, or whether the tumour starting growing again. The latter would not be what I'd like to hear in February (nor would, Tom). Edit: It still seems though that some March appearances are still on?

1922     Rhoda Wurtele / Jean Malaurie 1923 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat / Jack Burke 1924 Carole Cook / Geoff Brown 1925 Lucine Amara / Gerald Stern 1926 Queen Elizabeth / Mel Brooks  1927 June Brown / Pope Benedict 1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Joss Ackland 1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Tippi Hedren / Rolf Harris  1931 Claire Bloom / Robert Duvall

There was a false alarm on social media yesterday (see the World Cup thread) which suggests he's no a well man to me.

Christos Sartzetakis a hit for me: https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/02/03/news/greece/former-president-of-democracy-christos-sartzetakis-dies-age-93/ next round: 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 / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant 1931 Barbara Barrie / Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Hall Of Fame coach Bill Fitch has died at the age of 89. He was a two-time Coach Of The Year in the NBA, and won a championship in 1981 with the Celtics, as Larry Bird's first NBA coach.

Well, he can certainly stand (no stick or aid in sight) on a winter's day without too much trouble, but he looks so awfully, awfully gaunt. That can't be a good thing at his age.

Norman was a frequent header of the ball, so I wonder if it's dementia linked, but not confirmed to the media. I really can't understand why there is such desperation to announce deaths on social media, it's getting worse and worse. Surely just wait for the club to announce it officially via the family. In Norman's case, he is a legend for Spurs so it's not as if he'll die under the radar.

British army officer and fundraiser Tom Moore died on this day a year ago, aged 100. American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker and choreographer Gene Kelly died on this day 26 years ago, aged 83.

Chris Abbott, the man behind a mascot known for riling sports fans and bringing joy to kids all over Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital, has died at the age of 51. SC

Wolfgang Schwanitz, final head of the STASI, replacement and former deputy of Erich Mielke, dead at 91: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/wolfgang-schwanitz-ehemaliger-stasi-general-und-erich-mielkes-nachfolger-gestorben-a-a2fb3241-7cba-4f9d-bb00-3d03db8f28b2 Not on our radar.

Nobody has actually proposed another lockdown. I think what “we guys” largely want is a complete Gooseberry enema-style clear out of abhorrent, lying narcissists. The biggest step is to remove this corrupt administration we have now; not just the leader, the whole thing, even if the alternative isn’t as promising as it should be.

Occasionally I check for reuters.uk obits, but as a non-UK person it was never reliable for me.

I should add, and repeat, that what remains for me to do is to update the team data, i.e. name changes, years in DDP, (THEME) designations, team descriptions, and highest rank. I have to change a little in the way the DDP files work to make it more automatic. It's a long-term investment so to say, and it will be done. But for the time being some of these team things might be a little out of date or wrong.

Papoulias dead https://m.naftemporiki.gr/story/1815894?

He had 6 hours of surgery on his spine. In all likelihood, he will never be back to being the same as he was before. His shows have started to bomb here, aside from BGT, which is also beginning to wear thin. It's quite possible that he does not want to be the face of projects that have lost their appeal & success.