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Final Table WINNER JoeyRuss-2706 Runner-up GrimUpNorth-2621 3rd Msc-2610 4th Drol-2511 5th Etushpushingupdaisies-2421 6th Perhaps-2381 7th BuffaloPhil-2386 8th DeathImpends-2230 9thh CaptainChorizo-2205 tied 10th theoldlady-2171 tied 10th Wormfarmer-2171 12th Banana-2112 13th markb4-2070 14th TorvaMessor-2005 15th SalmonMousse-1961 16th TheUnknownman-1921 17th Yvonne-1881 18th GCReptile-1825 19th Marinisia-1740 20th Book-1661 21st Therewillbedeaths7-1525 22nd Captain Hemlock-1510 23rd Bibliogryphon-1346 24th GooseberryCrumble-1021 25th GreatUncleBulgaria-866 26th Arghton-775 27th ChileanWay-755 28th RedRumors-710 29th YorkshireBanker-665 30th Dying Probably-651 31st GuyFromFuture-609 32nd JoeMoneyPenny-228 Congrats to the winner JoeyRuss who has been a consistent contender every year,this has been the 5th straight year in the top 3 and finally a well deserved win Tip of the cap to GUN,his 3rd runnerup finish in this comp and the 2nd time he has been less then 100 points away from victory. Tip of the cap to Msc as well on back to back bronze medal placement

She should use a nobility scooter

Mark Middleton, a special advisor to Bill Clinton who let Jeffrey Epstein into the White House at least 7 of the 17 times the late pedophile visited, has died. He was 59. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10805997/Bill-Clintons-special-advisor-let-Jeffrey-Epstein-White-House-dies-59.html

American actor Jason Biggs ,best known for playing the role of Jim Levenstein in the American Pie comedy film series and latterly starring in the hit Netflix series Orange is the new black turns 44 today. American actor Emilio Estevez, famously part of the group of actors referred to as the brat pack in the 1980s , celebrates his 60th birthday today. His films include The Breakfast Club, St Elmos fire, The Outsiders, Young Guns and Nightbreaker He is the son of Hollywood actor Martin Sheen.

So glad that bridesmaid status in this pool is gone for me now.

Nikolay Lebedev (December 15, 1921, Moscow - ...) People's Artist of the Russian Federation Member of the Great Patriotic War. He fought in Ukraine, in August 1941 he was captured near Uman and fled. Several times he was arrested by the Germans and again escaped from captivity. He was caught trying to cross the front line and sent to a concentration camp. Changed several camps, including Auschwitz. After being liberated by the Soviet troops and being checked by special agencies.returned to Moscow. 59 film roles. Page on the website of the Moscow City Council Theater, where the actor has worked for over 60 years: https://mossoveta.ru/truppa/actors/lebedev/ Interview about war and captivity (2020 - in Russian): https://teatral-online.ru/news/17194/

Warner Bros. contract player Andra Martin (wiki) dead at 86. Career only spanned 1956 to 1963 despite having a mid-level prominence.

Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.

Mike Davis, former English international lock who went on to coach the England team, particularly to the Grand Slam in the 1980 Five Nations Championship, dead at 80: https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/mike-davis

Teaser for a full interview, Crosby has announced his retirement from the road: https://bestclassicbands.com/david-crosby-retirement-5-9-22/ How will he get to the shops?

Shame to hear that, may he RIP. All three of 'Allo! 'Allo!'s Leclercs have gone now.

CRISIS OF INFINITE DEATHS 8/50 6th May 2022 Highly respected comic book artist George Perez has died, after a long battle with cancer, to give The Crowdsourced Deathlist another success. Perez worked with Marvel Comics from the early 70s, and became known as the principle artist for The Avengers. With their widely popular movie franchise, any "Emma Peel?" jokes here will be incredibly dated. (No, I cannot slip a Diana Rigg reference into anything, honestly...) Early on, he was interested with metafiction and multiverses, and in one case, drew a story where the Fantastic Four met their own creators. (An idea Stan Lee borrowed time and again!) In the 1980s he moved to DC Comics, penning their highly successful New Teen Titans series, and rebooting Wonder Woman. He also come up with Crisis on Infinite Earths, an all star DC series involving most of their heroes in a multiverse, which sounds like every comic book film ever nowadays. Perez was widely respected in his industry and counted among his fans the likes of Neil Gaiman. He announced late stage pancreatic cancer last year and found himself on the list. We note that cruelty of fate that a man clearly beloved in his field is no more, yet that fucker Tobin continues to breathe.

It was a pretty impressive interview for a 99 year old. As I wrote in the comments to the article he deserved a Nobel for that kind of analysis at his age (unfortunately no-one understood the joke, a bit disappointing for FT readers).

New inquest into a possible crime of Peter Tobin: https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/peter-tobin-inquest-opens-into-death-of-murder-victim-linked-to-scottish-serial-killer-3687829 Now described as gravely ill, though I guess they don't expect him to die immediately, yet.

Tommy McConnell, drummer and songwriter with the US band Skyy, reportedly dead: https://www.soultracks.com/story-tommy-mcconnell-skyy-dies Probably their best known hit Stateside was their 1981 #26 Billboard charting Call Me. However, not as successful in the UK, their highest chart position being #67 in January 1982 with the fairly anodyne Let's Celebrate (as New York Skyy):

Hollyoaks' Abi Phillips has thyroid cancer at 28, and needs surgery and radiotherapy: https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/09/hollyoaks-abi-phillips-diagnosed-with-thyroid-cancer-aged-28-16614568/

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Carter-asks-court-to-defend-Alaska-s-unrivaled-17160823.php https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/new-film-starring-seattle-actress-highlights-life-of-presidents-carter-mother/281-9677d5e5-9c21-418a-aa90-d5432df51adc

To be fair it doesn't take too much effort to say "It's Fucked!"

In 35 days she will have the longest reign in world history on account of that wee French prick having a regency until he acquired some pubes.

David Antony Fromanteel Lytton-Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold (call him David of Knebworth, after all that is his jousting name) reported to be in failing health: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10791331/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Olympic-rower-James-Cracknell-new-wife-Jordan-gold-pub-quiz.html

Breckin Meyer is 48 today Chiara Feragni is 35 today

Bobby Cannavale is 52 today Christine Hendricks is 47 today

American actress Jo Ann Pflug is 82 today Sir David Suchet is 76 today

Charles proved to be many years ahead of his time with his views on conservation and the environment, so I don't really understand the antipathy. I distinctly remember him saying that he worried that we were using too much plastic, and that was many years ago.