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I have updated the table with hits I'm aware of through today. Is there interest in doing this another year? I have been in a funk about the apparent loss of Doug Stanhope's Celebrity DP site. I put a lot of work in there but it seems to be kaput. Anyone heard if it will return?? Coincidentally, with it went my master list of research and recordkeeping for my last 12 years or so of deadpooling. So I am trying to pick myself up out of the doldrums of deathpooling and reconstruct my tables. I will host this one again if there are still a dozen or more of you who find it a worthy challenge, just post a "like" if you are in. Or for those of you who oppose that method of expressing support, an added statement of participation works too, although I have never understood what the opposition to likes is about . . . . .

Could be a hoax as I'm not finding any confirmation but Han Meilin (wiki), Chinese artist noted for creating the Fuwa dolls (wiki) who where the mascots of the 2008 Bejing Olympics, has reportedly died at 85.

Dick Schofield aka Ducky Schofield, a winner of the World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960 reportedly dead aged 87: https://eu.sj-r.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/07/12/dick-ducky-schofield-obit-1960-world-series-champion-pirates-dies/10039129002/ And you know what I'm going to say - a Scavvy Hunt miss.

I've outlived all members of my family except the alcoholic who smoked for fifty years. My husband and I ate the same foods together for half our lives. He's in an urn, and he didn't have the cancer running amok in his family as I do, but it killed him anyway. I take Vitamin D3 to reduce my risk of getting the cancers that killed my family members. I practise Qigong. The planet's getting hotter and wilder and I have no desire to be an insect-crunching octogenarian swept out to sea or caught in a forest fire. I moved out of the United States as being gunned down in a supermarket or coffee shop, as a friend of mine was, is not, ahem, my cup of tea. I'm about choosing the way I go, not postponing my departure.

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I will play if you host. Thanks

Pope John III died on this day 1448 years ago, aged 54. Born with the name Catelinus, John was elected to the papacy in 561 after the death of Pope Pelagius I. Four years into his papacy, Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great died. His successor, Justin II, stopped paying tributes to the empire's neighbors, causing a war to break out between the Byzantine and Sassanid Empires. Rome, and therefore John, were left vulnerable to attacks as Justin focused on fighting the Sassanids- beginning in 568, the Lombards began to invade Italy, and besieged Rome several times (they failed to capture it). John went to Naples to retrieve the general Narses for help- Narses was disliked due to over-taxation, and his hatred shed onto John for bringing him back. This hatred was so immense that John now had to perform his papal duties just outside the city limits. John died after a thirteen-year reign and was succeeded by Pope Benedict I.

Sir Patrick Stewart, a British screen and stage icon and an extremely talented actor who deserves to be in the same category as the greats, is 82 today.

A hoax according to his official twitter account

The one and only american actor Harrison Ford celebrates turning 80 today.

I bathe in the blood of virgins

Yeah, I always liked the pool. It forces you to make it work when it comes to certain letters, and the timing is nice, especially if the Poker Pool is gone.

Yes please do it for another year I appreciate it and I am sure many others do too

American actor Colton Haynes , best known for starring in the long running superhero series Arrow, celebrates turning 34 today.

I don't drink (too much), don't use drugs (the ones that cost too much), I usually try to avoid falls and getting run over by cars,bikes, scooters, unicycles, other vehicles. My blood test results were mostly fine a couple of months ago, I usually visit the doctor if I feel ill.

Uffe Ellemann-Jensen would have QO'd: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uffe-ellemann-jensen-obituary-shc39vtd2

Surely it won't count if she's made them up?

Tamara Krutikov, oldest in Serbia, dead at 110. The newcomer in the top10 oldest living people is Tomiko Itooka, who survived a hemorrhagic stroke and a brain surgery at 110.

Barry Sinclair, Test cricketer, hit for six: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-new-zealand-captain-barry-sinclair-dies-aged-85-1324065

On this day in 1997 Welsh footballer Ivor Allchurch died in Swansea aged 67. During his career in football he played for Swansea Town for two stints, Newcastle United, Cardiff City and for Wales his national football team for an impressive 16 years from 1950-1966. There is a lifesize statue of Allchurch outside Swansea towns (now Swansea City) Liberty Stadium.

On this day in 1938 , Suzanne Lenglen, one of Frances most succesful tennis players ever , died aged 39. Her aptitude and gift for tennis was spotted by her parents as a youngster and was trained and coached by her father for most of her career. Her parents had very high expectations for their daughter and were not shy about picking her up on the very fine details of her mistakes or missteps on the court and relentlessly working her to correct them. Suzannes father was known during training for throwing a handkerchief all over the tennis court and requiring his daughter to hit the handkerchief with the tennis ball with ultra precision. An extreme succesful career in tennis followed , 8 Grand Slam wins in singles and 21 in total, 6 Wimbledon Singles titles - 5 in a row between 1919-1923. A record only matched decades later by Martina Navratilova. Olympic golds in tennis at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics and wins at the open French championships The added to a stellar impressive career. Regarded and treated by the French media as a sort of symbol of national pride for France in the aftermath of World War one they nicknamed her La Divine. Lenglen exuded supreme confidence in her ability to win and would often declare publicly just before a big game that she knew she was going to win. A practice that irked some especially Americans who felt it unprofessional and arrogant. Nevertheless her overall track record was very good and , ranked as the inaugural world number one from 1921-1926. In tennis rankings she is ranked 24th in the 100 greatest of all time series. In teems of popularity many think of her as the first female athlete to be regarded as a sort of global sporting celebrity/ star. Wimbledon moved to its present larger venue as a result of her popularity and fame. In her personal life she never married or had children but had hoped to marry Baldwin Baldwin, the heir to the wealthy real estate and investment fortune of his father Lucky Baldwin , but he was already married and while he was in a relationship with Suzanne for 5 years from 1927 to 1932 his wife would not agree to give him a divorce. Suzanne died at the young age of 39 in 1938. The exact cause of death is unclear-pernicious anaemia is the given reason but it is thought that she may have been battling leukemia and kept that information private.

Bob Harris on Twitter saying he is cancer free

You must have a crystal ball or a magic mirror.

Marcia Nasatir, the first woman ever to serve as a vice president of production in Hollywood dies at 95: https://www.deadline.com/2021/08/marcia-nasatir-dead-pioneer-female-film-executive-producer-1234808454/ She worked on box office hits like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Rocky", "Coming Home", "F.I.S.T.", "Three Days of the Condor" or "Carrie".