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It’s like being shown a list of Gacy, Bundy, Dahmer, Chikatilo, Kroll, DeAngelo, Ramirez and Gein, and asking which one you’d rather be raped and murdered by. Only worse.

Cartoonist and artist Kazuki Takahashi, who created the original "Yu-Gi-Oh!" manga that led to a card game, several animated series, and a wide-reaching franchise, died at 60 years: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2022/07/07/entertainment-news/kazuo-takahashi-found-dead/

Check the extreme right wing of your bookshelf.

Carmen Pedrosa, a Filipino journalist who had to go into exile in London in the 1970s after writing a critical book about Imelda Marcos "The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos", has died, aged around 80. I also used to be a good friend of her son, and spent New Year 1988/89 at their house in Connaught Street in London. https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/09/news/veteran-journalist-carmen-pedrosa-80/1846743 [I only just realised it is the same family, as Pedrosa is a common name]

Eric Douglas Wilson, believed to be one of two known New Zealand veterans who fought in the Battle of Crete, has died. He was 103. https://greekherald.com.au/obituaries/one-of-the-last-nz-survivors-from-battle-of-crete-passes-away-aged-103/

Oh this doesn't look good Last year my wife put all her vinyl Mike Nesmith albums on ebay and in the past week I have put about a dozen volumes of Yu-gi-oh! original magnas on ebay Now do I have Norman Tebbit's autobiography?

If the Tories have got any sense they'll elect a leader who has no connection to Johnson or his government. I'm not sure how many that leaves, but there must be one or two backbenchers still untainted. If they do go this route that rules out all those names you mention plus Gove, Braverman Dorries etc. Unlikely they'll show any sense though...

David McCullough, the eminent American biographer, historian and novelist winner of two Francis Parkman Prizes, two National Book Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes, is 89 today. His book "John Adams" was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series.

Beautiful.

@WEP... @Bibliogryphon has Georgia Holt.

Nadine cosying up to Carrie I see

Tom Tugenhadt is mercifully free of Bojo taint Conservative Home website recently tested out the likely voting on leaders and the top three were Ben Wallace, Penny Morduant and Liz Truss in that order Before we free ourselves of this thread a couple of things will be interesting 1 - The amount of shit that hits the fan now Bojo's power and patronage are spaffed up the metaphorical wall and people who know stuff can sell it to journalists 2 - How hard the parliamentary party will try in the next few days to install someone else (actually Raab's job if they play by the book) as the caretaker PM. If they can't find ministers to serve under Bojo as caretaker but the same people say anyone else would do, it'll likely keep us amused for a few more days.

Joe Exotic, according to himself, is pissing blood and vomiting everything up: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/joe-exotic-vomiting-everything-up-7300011

Remember this little gem.

İlter Türkmen, Turkish politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Turkey 1980-1983 after Kenan Evren's coup, Turkey's former Permanent Representative to the UN and former Ambassador to France, Greece and the Soviet Union, UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) Commissioner-General 1991-1996 dead at 94.

On this day in 1960 British Labour politician Aneurin Bevan died aged 62 from stomach cancer discovered during treatment for an ulcer. Bevan argued and fought hard for the setting up of the NHS for years and as secretary state for Health under the post war Labour government from 1945 was given the opportunity to bring his beliefs to fruition after successfully leading the steering of the parliamentary National Health Service act through the House of commons in 1946. Historically Bevan pulls as one of the most popular and respected British politicians of all time because of his central key role being the driving force behind the setting up of the National Health Service and welfare state after World war two.

Derek Draper hospitalised again, but "OK": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10987823/Kate-Garraway-reveals-husband-Derek-Draper-hospital-amid-ongoing-battle-long-Covid.html Lalu Prasad Yadav to be airlifted to Delhi, but "improving": https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ailing-lalu-prasad-yadav-to-be-taken-to-delhi-by-air-ambulance-nitish-kumar-visits-hospital-5503123.html Edit: now airlifted Edit: "His body is locked" and his other health complications have gotten worse since the fall.

Burt Ward, American actor best known for his portrayal of Robin on the classic 1960's TV series "Batman", is 77 today. His audition tape for the role:

All the lists are very good. You're all very smart. Good luck to all of you.

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Bob Dole Bob Dole shannen doherty Bob Dole D - Shannen Doherty derek draper Bob DOLE bob dole FW DeKlerk D - Bob Dole david gulpilil bob dole bob dole bob dole E Eadie,Bill Luis Echeveirra vic elford einar enevoldson (DOA) Duane Eddy E - Clarissa Eden Clarissa Eden clarissa eden Elyana Emrizal E - Vic Elford edith eger Clarissa EDEN leo esaki Terence English E - Clint Eastwood clarissa eden lee elder mike edwards luis echeverria FFrancoise Hardy Robert Fyfe terry funk christiane f Marian Fuks F - Caitlin Flanagan Leonard Fenton morales bermudez grancisco Frederik De Klerk F - Alberto Fugimori fortune fitzroy Bert FIELDS michelle fazzari Louise Fletcher F - George Follmer flora fraser amary fairhurst jeffrey foskett frank farrar GGulpilil,David Gaston Glock gordon pinsent david gulpilil Jimmy greaves G - David Gulpilil Lee Grant gaston glock David Gulpilil G - David Gulpilil greg gilbert David GULPILIL david gulpilil Jean-Luc Godard G - David Gulpilil gary burgess david gulpilil david gulpilil guido gorgatti H Harding,Sarah Peter J Hammond lucia hiriart sarah harding Amy Winifred Hawkin H - Sarah Harding Stuart Hall henry kissinger Francoise Hardy H - Sarah Harding francoise hardy Sarah HARDING francoise hardy Helene Langevin-Joliot H - Gene Hackman john havery sarah harding sarah harding gail halvorsen I Inoki,Antonio James Ivory antonio inoki ion iliescu Ian Stewart I - Alan Igglesden James Ivory antonio inoki Alan Igglesden I - Alan Igglesden ion illiescu Alan IGGLESDEN alan igglesden Irene Papas I - Gabriel Iglesias bernard ingram ion iliescu alan igglesden ed "isky" iskenderian J Jim Ward Jasper Johns bob jenkins jason becker Jack Jones J - Julia Reichert Glynis Johns joyce randolph Jana Bennett J - James Earl Jones glynis johns JASPER JOHNS glynis johns Jeanette Lee J - Jesse Jackson cliff jones bob jenkins jana bennett francis jackson K Keller,Timothy Elizabeth Kelly terry kilburn jyrki kasvi Kiri te Kanawa K - Kat Bjelland Henry Kissinger yong-nam kim Tracy Kashi K - Jryki Kasvi katherine kent Margaret KEANE agnes keleti Milan Kundera K - Henry Kissinger patsy king agnes keleti keith ape ida keeling L Linda Nolan Loretta Lynne angela lansbury terry lubbock Tom Lehrer L - Terry Lubbock Angela Lansbury jeanette lee Terry Lubbock L - Lisa Lu loretta lynn Mollie LENTAIGNE terry lubbock Larisa Latynina L - Angela Lansbury terry lubbock jeanette lee jeanette lee loretta lynn M McLaws,Ally Josip Manolic alice munro mark hoppus Pete Murray (DJ) M - Ally McLaws Imelda Marcos mohamad mahathir Alan Melinek M - Gerd Muller jean marsh MAHATHIR MOHAMAD jovita moore Miguel Van Damme M - Jane Marczewski darlene mccarty jesse matthew, jr ally mclaws brenda milner N Napolitano,Giorgio Nichelle Nichols nichelle nichols linda nolan Olivia Newton-John N - Neale Daniher Bob Newhart nichelle nichols Nadia Chaudhri N - Linda Nolan linda nolan Joe NEGRI linda nolan Nadia Chaudhri N - Willie Nelson nadia cattouse nichelle nichols rod nordland noreen nash O O'Farrell,Frank Frank O'Farrell ryan o'neal richard o'sullivan Ove Fundin O - OJ Brigance Yoko Ono otis taylor Miguel De Oliveira O - Ilhan Omar yoko ono David ORECK bob odenkirk Ozzy Osbourne O - Sandra Day O'Connor wilf oldham ryan o'neal gino odjick david oreck P Pressler,Larry Leontyne Price leslie phillips tom parker Leslie Phillips P - Tom Parker Sidney Poitier peter brook Larry Pressler P - Larry Pressler leslie phillips Larry PRESSLER larry pressler Philippe De Gaulle P - Tom Parker pat martino larry pressler larry pressler philip pearlstein Q Quant,Mary Pauline Quirke quincy jones (music) al quie Quincy Jones Q - Mary Quant The Queen al quie Al Quie Q - Mary Quant mary quant Oscar QUITAK mary quant Roxanne Quimby Q - Quincy Jones jane bryant quinn al quie rondo quando al quie R Robertson,Gavin Alan Rothwell richard rohmer rob bolland Rob burrow R - Rob Burrow Patricia Routledge richard rohmer Albert Raboteau R - Harry Reid richard rogers Art RUPE joyce randolph Rob Burrow R - Jake Roberts ray reardon harry reid albert raboteau richard rohmer S Steiner,Susie Stephen Sondheim steven crowder susie steiner Sarah Harding S - Susie Steiner Dennis Skinner susie steiner Susie Steiner S - Susie Steiner susie steiner SUSIE STEINER kalyan singh Sandra Richardson S - Tom Smith uwe seeler peter schjeldahl susie steiner fauja singh T Tyler,James Michael Nikolai Tolstoy shintaro tsuji james michael tyler Tom Smith T - James Michael Tyler Ruthie Tompson muruyama tomiichi James Michael Tyler T - James Michael Tyler ted turner TOM Parker james michael tyler Bernard Tapie T - Tina Turner jean louis trintignant james michael tyler terry lubbock ruthie tompson U Ure,Gudrun Gudrun Ure gudrun ure gudrun ure Uri Geller U - Torben Ulrich Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Uwe Seeler U - Gudrun Ure gudrun ure Bob UECKER gudrun ure Ian Ure U - Uri Geller ursula andress torben ulrich juan carlos unzue petra unkel V Vincent,Fay Beryl Vertue miguel van damme monica vitti Valerie Masterson V - Vic Elford Dick Van Dyke vin scully Phil Valentine V - Monica Vitti vanessa redgrave VIC Elford monica vitti Beryl Vertue V - Dick van Dyke vilma hollingbery virginia halas mccaskey vicky phelan alfredo varelli W Whale,James Rex Williams sister catherine wybourne betty white Barbara Walters W - James Whale Barbara Walters william webster Catherine Wybourne W - Tom Weiskopf james whale James WHALE jane withers Rembert Weakland W - James Whale norma waterson william webster david west william webster X Xavier McDaniel Xi Jinping xavier becerra lil xan Xi Xi X - Xi Xi Xi Xi x. j. kennedy Bao Xishun X - Xi Jinping xi xi XI XI gao xingjian Xzibit X - Lil Xan lil xan lil xan bao xishun Xi Xi Y Yang Hyong-sop Arnold Yarrow neil young arnold yarrow Yoko Ono Y - Justin Yerbury Arnold Yarrow yoko ono Justin Yerbury Y - Arnold Yarrow arnold yarrow Arnold YARROW arnold yarrow Babara Young Y - Yoko Ono tu youyou arnold yarrow yoko ono harry k yee Z Zemin,Jiang Zandra Rhodes tim zagat zvi zamir Anastasia Zavorutnyuk Z - Donald Zec Donald Zec anastasia zavorotnyuk Anastasia Zavorotnyuk Z - Jiang Zemin zachary zorn Jiang ZEMIN grace zabriskie Mario Zagallo jacob zuma vera zvonerava jiang zemin anastasia zavorotnyuk donald zec

RULES: The competition will start 4 AUGUST 2021 (all lists must be in by 11:59pm (GMT) Aug 3) and scoring will end July 31, 2022. Submit a list of 26 people. The first name OR last name of the first person must begin with an A. Second person with a B. You get the idea. This game doesn't require you to choose a joker. Please use this format A - Alvin Chipmunk or S - Homer Simpson Qualifying names will be those getting an obit in sources used by the great Windy City Deadpool, found on its own thread at this site. That pool, in turn, uses the obit sources of the Derby Dead Pool, plus The NY Times, LA Times, CBS News, Fox News, TMZ, and MSN. Also acceptable: CNN, ABC, Peacock (NBC), the Associated Press, Time, and http://www.cbc.ca/ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/ https://www.univision.com/ Due to the large number of names possible, and the tendency for some of the more tenacious of you to find the folk on the very fringes of celebrity, please police your own obits and notify me by PM or a post on this thread. Of course if it's the likes of the Queen or the Pope scoring, just give me a few days to post it, no need to bring it to my attention.  SCORING: A hit using the first name (all letters except as below) - 1 point A hit using the last name (all letters except as below) - 2 points A hit with the first name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 2 points A hit with the last name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 3 points A hit with the first OR last name . . . (Q, X, Z) - 4 points A hit with an alliterative name scores the points for both first and last names as specified above (so an alliterative at the A spot would be worth 5 points, the B spot would be worth 3 points, the Q spot would be worth 8 points) BONUSES: Person was born in the year 1942 or later = 2 points (if there is substantial ambiguity or birth year is unknown, no bonus will be awarded) Solos = 3 points Duos = 1 point Vowel Movement Bonus - hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points Scoring Example: if someone gets a solo hit with Zadora Zephyr, born in 1942, the score would be 8 + 2 (1942) + 3 (solo) = 13 (the best you could do with one hit). TIES: Broken by the date the final score is reached. That is, if three folks end up with 18 points, the person that got to 18 on the earliest date will be the winner.  NAMES: I prefer to see real names used (e.g. Richard Penniman instead of Little Richard). But any name that has been previously accepted in any of the prior ABC Deadpools is valid. I will be pretty lenient on submissions, but beware the missing QO for scoring. I have been bitten several times by names I thought would for sure get a QO, but nooooooo . . . . SUBS: Please check in at the start of the game if anyone on your list dies before Aug 4. I will allow a sub for that letter only (no list shuffling) until Aug 6, but it can't be someone who is new to the DP radar since the game started. That means no one who is diagnosed with cancer on the 4th, or has an accident on the 5th, etc. Enjoy!

Carlos de Leon who won the cruiserweight world title a record four times and compiled a career record of 52-8-1 with notable wins over Leon Spinks and Bernard Benton, dead at 60 years https://www.elperiodico.com/es/deportes/20200102/fallece-cuatro-veces-campeon-mundo-carlos-sugar-de-leon-7791930