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Hans Schornack, oldest man in Germany, has now become the first man born on a leap day to become a supercentenarian.

Children's author Shirley Hughes dead aged 94 according to the Evening Standard

The "doyen" of London critics, Financial Times ballet critic Clement Crisp has died at 90: https://slippedisc.com/2022/03/the-doyen-of-london-critics-has-died/

If only Bush had supported perestroika more we may not be where we are today.

Alan Anderson (wiki) a scottish former professional footballer who played for Alloa Athletics, Falkirk, Millwall, Scunthorpe United and hearts dies at 82

Shirley Hughes brings us to 25. Veasey QO and ISIS confirmation would bring us to 27. So February will probably be juuust short of "a hit a day" when all is said and done?

Foiled assassination attempt by Chechens fighting for Russia.

Shirley Hughes brings me level with the committee

Dogger was my go to book as a child and, later, I loved reading it to my own children. RIP Shirley Hughes.

My kids loved the Alfie books and I loved reading them to them. Thank you Shirley. RIP.

March cancer update for Steve Woodmore: https://www.woodmore.co.uk/cancer-update-mar-2022/ The cancer is spreading, and possibly the chemo isn't working, so they will now "be trying to keep him alive", I.e. cancer is terminal. There are spots on his pancreas, too.

Well, we heard about Ukrainian athletes taking up arms, here's your first death among them significant enough to get a decent amount of coverage.

Why, because he left a few of his Dad's laundry list unpublished in lavish hardback editions?

Sage advice from St John’s ambulance.

Lol, were you sitting on that page for hours just to make a point? There's now a death entry for the 2nd of March (and I am posting 5 minutes after). So maybe someone just added the 3rd. Also, drol's post yesterday was 5 hours later in the day than it is right now, so today has already been less deathless than yesterday. And I am pretty certain that yesterday will turn out to be relatively deathless, statistically speaking. Doesn't mean that nothing is happening at all.

As reported not until today, Shirley Hughes has died on February 25th, 2022 which means two hits in February and a third hit for @Bibliogryphon Yesterday's update will be updated.

So Michael Sheen is expecting another kid with his partner which gives me 40 points as he is 53.

Aye, and there's the problem of holding the conquered territory if the bulk of those stationed there are the kind of raw recruits who've been melting in the face of Ukrainian resistance. Invading and holding means establishing bases, from which you have to patrol if you want to maintain control - Afghanistan is a lesson learned in that respect. The bulk of the Ukrainian population don't want the Russians there. Snipers, booby traps, civil disobience and arms supplied over the western borders. If anyone's selling shares in Russian body bags - I'll invest.

Last of the Tolkien children Priscilla Tolkien reportedly dead aged 92: https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/news/memory-priscilla-tolkien Wiki (mention): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#Family

well the queen might just die considering her age so my money is on her.

Wormfarmer fails to submit a team on time, so An Fear Baeg gets a chance for a Cinderella run. This is how the Round 2 ties line up: DeathByArsenic (DBA) Alma Rosa Aguirre, Claire Maurier, Erni Mangold, James D. Watson, Jean Louis-Trintignant, Marita Camacho Quirós, Michel Bouquet, Philippe de Gaulle, Princess Mikasa, Tin Oo, Vicky Phelan (c) vs Captain Hemlock (CAP) Frank Field (c), Violeta Chamorro, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nichelle Nichols, Pele, George Perez, Vito Perillo, Lexi Reed, Susie Steiner, Polina Strelets, Vladimir Zhirinovsky BabyBlue (BBL) Alexandre do Nascimento, Cilly Dartell, Clare Marx, Frank Howell, George Perez (c), Guido Gorgatti, Irene Papas, Jorge Spedaletti, Pau Riba, Sienna Grace, Violeta Chamorro vs Predictor (PRE) George Alagiah, Bob Barker, Charlie Bird, Vic Elford, Frank Field (c), Philippe de Gaulle, Deborah James, Jean Marsh, George Perez, Vicky Phelan, Susie Steiner Banana (BAN) C. W. McCall (c), George DeLeone, Diego Elizondo, Frank Field, Wayne Hart, Pele, Rod Marsh, George Perez, Vicky Phelan, Leonel Sanchez, John Toschack vs Masterffull (MAS) Francoise Hardy, Jimmy Carter, rosslyn carter, Mark girouard (c), Olivia newton john, Alan arkin, Loretta lynn, Frank field, Vanessa redgrave, Nichelle nichols, Shannon doherty HDS (HDS) C.W. McCall (c), Frank Field, George Peréz, Pelé, Jorge Spedaletti, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Madeline Cain, Leonel Sanchez vs  The Old Crem (TOC) John Toshack (c), George Perez, Pele, Clive Palmer, C.W McCall, Vicky Phelan, Asif Ali Zardari, Frank Field, Rajesh, Clare Marx, Kane Tanaka YorkshireBanker (YOR) Arthur Bell, Dagny Carlsson, Dick McTaggart, George Perez, Frank Field (c), Jorge Spedaletti, Margaret Stuart Barry, Radovan Radaković, Vicky Phelan, Wendy Playfair, Willie Mays vs An Fear Baeg (AFB) Frank Field, George Perez (c), Vicky Phelan, John Toshack, Rod Marsh, Leonel Sanchez, Jorge Spedaletti, Jayanta Mahapatra, Jeff Burkett, Madeline Cain, Lucille Randon maryportfuncity (MFC) Ethel Caterham , Vicky Phelan, Vitali Klitschko, Bob Barker, Frank Field, Susie Steiner, Dame Clare Marx, Jorge Spedaletti, Kane Tanaka, Vic Elford, Joyce Reynolds vs Famous6Eva (F6E) George Perez (c), Ingrid Arvidsson, James Earl Jones, Jan Englert, Josef Abrhám, Jerzy Hoffman, Miroslav "Ciro" Blazevic, Stephen Lewis, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Wladimir Klitschko Pop_Zeus (POP) Agnes Keleti (c), Arnold Yarrow, Bobby Rush, Boris Pahor, Caren Marsh-Doll, Colette Maze, Frank Field, Frank Williams, Henry Kissinger, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Ronald R. Van Stockum vs Perhaps (PER) Jayanta Mahapatra, George Perez, Frank Field, John Toshack, Amy Pieters, Susie Steiner, Rod Marsh, C. W. McCall (c), Leonel Sánchez, Jorge Spedaletti, Shalom Cohen gcreptile (GCR) George Perez (c), John Toshack, Silas Alexander, Frank Field, CW McCall, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Dave Gaunce, Vicky Phelan, Tin Oo, Leonel Sanchez, Luang Pho Yai vs SpadeCooley (SPA) Nigel Taylor (c), George Perez, Frank Field, C.W. McCall, Vicky Phelan, Maurice Norman, Jayanta Mahapatra, Baxter Black, Rod Marsh, John Toshack, Traci Braxton MariNisia (MAR) Bill Steel, Dick Vitale, George Pérez, John Toshack (c), Kane Tanaka, Leonel Sánchez, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Pelé, Sandro Munari, Vic Elford, Vladímir Vólfovich Zhirinovski vs msc (MSC) Vic Elford (c), John Toshack, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Rod Marsh, Jorge Spedaletti, Giuseppe Furino, Jayanta Mahaptra, Frank Field, James Jones, Maurice Norman Book (BOO) George Pérez (c), Ankhal, C.W. McCall, Frank Field, John Toshack, Leonel Sánchez, Luang Pho Yai,  Rod Marsh, Susie Steiner, Vicky Phelan, Volodymyr Zelenskyy vs Sir Cunto (SIR) Tim Aldridge (c), Diego Elizondo, Nasser Abu Hmeid, Jack Jabbour, Oleksander Lokota, Rod Marsh, Don O'Leary, George Perez, Amy Pieters, John Toshack, Volodymyr Zelensky Grim Up North (GUN) Vicky Phelan, Susie Steiner, Frank Field, Jorge Spedaletti, Nirmala Uppuganti, Rod Marsh, John Toshack, George Perez, C W McCall (c), Greg Mears, Madeline Cain vs Salmon Mousse (SAL) C.W. McCall (c), George Perez, John Toshack, Leonel Sanchez, Cezary Kucharski, Jorge Spedaletti, Madeline Cain, Ankhal, Amy Pieters, Pele, Tevin Obiga Bibliogryphon (BBL) Leslie Phillips (c), Kane Taneka, Kat Bjelland, William Russell, Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Glynis Johns, Margaret Stuart Barry, Katherine, Duchess of Kent, Frank Field, Boris Pahor vs Annami (ANN) Leonel Sánchez, Rodney Marsh (c), Frank Field, George Pérez, C. W. McCall, Susie Steiner, Lam Morrison, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Kane Tanaka, Ankhal, Bob Barker CaptainChorizo (CCH) Bobby Caldwell, C. W. McCall, George Perez (c), Julia Reichert, Leonel Sánchez, Luis Echeverria, John Toshack, Susie Steiner, Vic Elford, Vicky Phelan, VS Achuthanandan vs TQR (TQR) C.W. McCall (c), Frank Field, Brian Morris, Rod Marsh, Vic Elford, Julia Reichert, George Pérez, Vicky Phelan, Jorge Spedaletti, Ma Shitu, V.S. Achuthanandan Sideik (SID) George Perez (c), C.W. McCall, Luang Pho Yai, Rodney Marsh, Frank Field, Vic Elford, Melvin Hulse, Natty Wailer, Leonel Sanchez, Julia Reichert, John Toshack vs alt obits guy (AOG) Clive Palmer, Frank Field, George Perez, Howard 'Pepper' Martin (C), Jean-Pierre Pernaut, John Toshack, Jorge Spedaletti, Marnie Schulenburg, Tom Parker, Vibhu Raghave, Vladimir Zhirinovsky deadsox (SOX) C. W. McCall (c), Susie Steiner, Kane Tanaka, Lucile Randon, Juan Vincente Perez Mora, George Perez, Frank Field, Nasser Abu Hmeid, Jack Thomas, James C. Floyd, Colette Maze vs Joey Russ (JRU) C W McCall (c), George Perez, Madeline Cain, John Toshack, Leonel Sánchez, Vicky Phelan, Rod Marsh, Julia Reichert, Jorge Spedalitti, Ankhal, Vic Elford DevonDeathTrip (DDT) Frank Field, Rod Marsh, Heather McLean, George Perez, Greg Mears, Les Jenkins, C.W McCall, Irene Papas, Bernadette Mayer, Vladimir 'Zev' Zelenko (c), Volodymyr Zelenskyy vs CalebH (CAL) David Graham, Earl Of Elgin, Elizabeth Kelly, George Perez, Ion Cernea, Jose Mujica, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Holley, Marga Minco, Mihai Sora (c), Zdenka Dietchova

six feet under was the only one to buzz in for Bamber Gascoigne, getting on the board with his starter for 25 (sub points). La Veneno actress Isabel Torres gives venomous bite to Banana's offense, with 40 base points plus 16 points boosting his effort by 56. Beryl Vertue was the most picked hit of this update, on two teams. Still a unique scorer though, for only YorkshireBanker had her on his main team and gains 10 base points plus 4 bonus for 14 total. Toast relegated her to her subs, obtaining 50 points and becoming the first player this year to score with both subs. Gail Halvorsen sweetens things up for Famous6Eva, dropping 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus) their way. Quite a few teams attaining their first points this update, and another is JoeMoneypenny with Chor Yuen providing 10 base points and 4 bonus points for 14 overall. Catherine Wybourne logging out seems to be vindicating DevonDeathTrip's habit (hehe) of picking eclectic religious characters for the HPDP. The second faller of his main ten, her base 45 points are complemented by 18 bonus points for a 63-point haul. And here comes the latest scoreboard. Banana sneaks into second, but there continues to be considerable gap between Book and the chasing pack. And illustrating the beauty of the HPDP, we have a team without Gary Burgess on the cusp of the top 5. Imagine that happening in the DDP! 1. Book 290 2. Banana 180.81 3. Salmon Mousse 176 4. gcreptile 172.81 5. msc 160 6. DevonDeathTrip 158 7. CaptainChorizo 117 8. Pedro67 113 9. maryportfuncity 112 10. Kenny 99 11. Annami 94 12. Toast 91 13. markb4 80.99 14. drol 75 15. Perhaps 65 16. Torva Messor 64 17. MariNisia 58 18. theoldlady 50.82 19. An Fear Beag 45.81 20. Great Uncle Bulgaria 45 21. John Key 32.99 22. Famous6Eva 28 23. six feet blunder 25 =24. JoeMoneypenny 14 =24. YorkshireBanker 14 =26. Hell 0.99 =26. The Old Crem 0.99 =28. Everyone else 0

Sheila Benson (Wiki) reported dead at 91 American journalists and principal film critic for the Los Angeles Time from 1981 to 1991 and for MSN's Microsoft Cinemania

As far as I know Zenepe Pirani (Wiki) is the oldest in my state.

Congratulations @Salmon Mousse on the overwhelming victory. Beginner's luck no more it seems. Well put together team! @Spade_Cooley thank you for hosting this pool. Good luck to everyone who is left, will be back next year!