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Vic Elford is my first hit, will I be able to make an incredible comeback?

William Hurt has died at the age of 71. https://deadline.com/2022/03/william-hurt-dies-oscar-winning-actor-was-71-1234977307/

Barack Obama tests positive:

You don’t half talk some rancid bollocks.

We might all be dead by next year.

Old newspaper repro I found. Amusing enough…we are sports-centric in America, everything requires a box score, including Nazis.

first American journalist killed on the ground per reports on Twitter. 2 NYT journalists shot by Russians in Irpin, 1 killed - still a bunch of confusion on Twitter re: who is dead and who lived EDIT: name of the dead seems to be Brent Renaud. explicit photos of his body all over Twitter, approach with caution - most tweets that name him also have the photos included at the moment, so not adding tweet sources. I'm sure we'll get a confirmed obit soon.

I am inclined to permit this as a hit for the following reasons: 1. The is no evidence that any of those that selected this pick were aware of the status 2. All the due diligence I did at the beginning of the game indicated that they were still alive 3. There was no challenge during the challenge period 4. This is not a unique pick 5. Two of the points recipients are currently in winning positions anyway but this does not immediately increase their winning combinations. 6. The other possible resolutions are potentially very messy or may disproportionately disadvantage one or more players. I will not award the points until tomorrow on the off chance Norman Tebbit comes off his bike a saves me from making a call. If you agree then like react this post if you disagree sad react this post. Comments welcome

Another potential escalation point has emerged with Putin saying arms shipments are legit targets. I imagine that British, American and other western ships are being used to transport them. If Russia engages and destroys western arms shipments and kills , Britons or Americans etc during the attack would that be seen as a declaration of war and how would that country respond? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/12/arms-shipments-are-a-legitimate-military-target-kremlin-warns-west

I've felt the need to escape this world for a long time. The reality is hard to bear right now and is only getting worse. That's probably why I'm re-reading all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Just switch off and dive into another world. It may not always be easier and more peaceful, but there are morals and solutions. Seems like that's a better place to be right now.

Unsourced edit on Wiki a month after pool started, obit appeared 4 months later. I believe the phrase for such incidents is "shit happens".

Liza Minnelli is 76 today

Ah, he'll be spending more time with his fascism....

Cheers Ulitzer. Glad to see her looking so well, assuming she hasn't declined after that. The post on Fanmail.biz (which I linked) mentioned the response came from her power of attorney (rather than Tewson herself), and used the words "no longer able to autograph", which gave me the impression she was in much more dire health.

Was just saying this to the lads down the pub last night.

These edits already happened some time ago, but though I'd mention it: English actor Andy Devine, best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in Emmerdale, died on 27th January according to an editor (claiming to be a family member of his) on Wikipedia. Death date was added twice, but was reverted both times as unsourced.

Actress Josephine Tewson. Turned 91 last month, hasn't had any tv roles after 2015 and no longer replies to fanmail due to her age and health: http://www.fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1527900&p=2929630&hilit=Tewson#p2929630

Hello! I'm Grimgrass. Another long-term lurker here, I recall I first discovered this site sometime after Ronnie Corbett's death.

Russia has a long history of Heads of State/Govt dying from unnatural causes, here from 1547: Feodor II (1589-1605, ruled 1605) Strangled False Dmitry I (1582-1606, ruled 1605-1606) Killed Vasili IV (ca. 1552-1612, ruled 1606-1610) Killed Died in custody Ivan VI (1740-1764, ruled 1740-1741) Killed by his guards in custody Peter III (1728-1762, ruled 1762) Stroke/Assasinated Paul I (1754-1801, ruled 1796-1801) Assasination/coup: hit with a box, strangled Alexander II (1818-1881, ruled 1855-1881) Assasinated with a bomb Pyotr Stolypin (1862-1911, Head of Govt 1906-1911) Assasinated Boris Shtyurmer (1848-1917, Head of Govt 1916) Killed Died in custody Ivan Goremykin (1839-1917, Head of Govt 1906) Killed in a robbery Nicholas II (1868-1918, ruled 1894-1917) Executed Viktor Pepelyayev (1885-1920, Head of Govt 1919-1920) Executed Nikolai Golitsyn (1850-1925, PM 1917) Executed Lev Kamenev (1883-1936, "Head of State" 1917) Executed Ivan Syrtsov (1883-1937, Head of Govt 1929-1930) Executed Daniil Sulimov (1890-1937, Head of Govt 1930-1937) Executed Alexei Rykov (1881-1938, Premier 1924-1930, Head of Govt 1924-1929) Executed Mikhail Rodionov (1907-1950, Head of Govt 1946-1949) Executed Yegor Gaidar (1956-2009, Acting PM 1992) Complications from poisoning Pulmonary edema Vladimir Putin (1952-Unfortunately not yet, hopefully soon...

Still an insensitive and poor choice of words.

"The Ukraine nonsense" is the exact type of Freudian slip an MP would come out with and then you'd condemn them for being heartless or out of touch.

Please tell me how you get this to happen

How many days will he be in hospital? I have 2. Can I get a 3…THREE to the DLer what just signed on, Someone give me a 4….