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That's a fair point. Reading through my post again, it comes across as FAR more judgemental than it ought to have been - sorry about that. (Note to self - don't post in the early morning, when in a grumpy mood due to lack of sleep). Taste is completely subjective in any case. Personally, I don't find dead-pooling to be in bad taste at all. In the "real world", people are always talking about someone who are sick and dying, and predicting when they will die ("I say he'll be gone by Christmas"). Dead-pooling is just an extension of that, but even less morbid as we are usually talking about people we don't know. To me, most of the time we are just noting peoples death and celebrating their lives. Since joining this site, I've read about the fascinating lives of so many people that I never would have heard of otherwise.

If a simple image could explain how insane and big her death was

Who would have guessed that the Queen demise would do so much to distract, of all people, the Russians!

Jack Ging dead at 90. Great innings. https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2022/09/10/jack-ging-dies-at-90/

Earl Holliman, American film and television supporting actor primarily remembered for his many character roles in great westerns such as "Broken Lance", "Giant", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", "Last Train from Gun Hill" and "The Sons of Katie Elder", is 94 today. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film "The Rainmaker" (1956). Holliman portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama "Police Woman" from 1974 to 1978. Lola Falana, American actress, dancer and singer who was discovered and mentored by Sammy Davis Jr., who gave her a featured role in his 1964 Broadway musical "Golden Boy", is 80 today. She was known as the "Black Venus" and the "Queen of Las Vegas". At the time, Falana was the highest paid female performer in Las Vegas.

Maybe you should explain who the Maus (mouse) is... Wasn't sure it was worth it. Anyway: There's this TV series that's accompanied almost as many childhoods in Germany as the Queen did in the UK, die Sendung mit der Maus or simply "The Mouse". Said mouse is an orange cartoon mouse that's featured in little clips between other cartoons as well as short documentaries (how-it's-made, travelogues, meta-TV and lots of other stuff). Isolde Schmitt-Menzel was the original creator of the character, the late Friedrich Streich was the original animator. I might've exaggerated the impact of her decease a bit, but only because the mouse remains.

Indian actor Krishnam Raju, known for his roles in numerous 1970s and 1980s Tollywood (Telugu cinema) films, died at 82 years: https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/veteran-actor-and-former-union-minister-krishnam-raju-dies-aged-82-122091100103_1.html He was the recipient of a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, two Nandi Awards, and numerous other honors. He was also a politician, served in the lower house of the Indian Parliament in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Queen Elizabeth II Redrumours 4+1 six feet blunder 6+1 Book 18/50 theoldlady 14/50 John Key 14/50 wannamaker 13/50 Annami 13/50 gcreptile 12/50 MariNisia 12/50 Salmon Mousse 12/50 jonnythegamemaster 11/50 TQR 11/50 The Daredevil 10/50 Hell 10/50 _floydylan_ 10/50 markb4 9/50 Nick 8/50  Bibliogryphon 8/50 Main Deathlist 7/50 Pop_Zeus 7/50 six feet blunder 7/50 Death Duke 6/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 6/50 The Old Crem 6/50 Doulton 5/50 earl 4/50 Redrumours 5/50 Gooseberry Crumble 3/50 Miranda lass 3/50 arghton 3/50 dimreaper 3/50 Dying Probably 3/50 DieHardGiantsFan 0/50

Missed because you two wrote the Queen instead of Elizabeth Points will still be added

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This one hits me somewhat harder than the Queen, albeit she's probably utterly unknown outside of the German-speaking world: Isolde Schmitt-Menzel, creator of the mouse, has passed aged 92.

Ma'amageddon In 1932, psychologist Harry Harlow conducted a famous experiment on the nature of maternal bonds. Infant rhesus monkeys were presented with two inanimate surrogate mothers – one made of wire, which provided milk, and one made of cloth, which did not. Overwhelmingly, the monkeys bonded with the cloth mother, visiting the wire mother only to feed, thus demonstrating the importance of contact comfort to an infant's development. Harlow then conducted a follow-up experiment with a third mother, this one made of stolen diamonds. This mother would too be inanimate, possessing no identifiable personality traits or intelligence, but would also provide no nourishment and not be physically accessible – the monkeys would simply be shown a picture, and told "this mother is richer and more powerful than you". While monkeys with self-respect and dignity naturally rejected the diamond mother, an unusually deferential contingent of monkeys genuflected before her, instinctively subservient in the face of power, accepting and even craving their own personal immiseration in her name. Harlow, harrowed by his findings, abandoned the experiment and deported this profoundly maladjusted monkey contingent to a rainy and inhospitable island to keep them away from the civilised world. That island later became known as "Britain", and the monkeys evolved into what we now know as "British people". Queen Elizabeth II, socialite and tabloid star, has died at the age of 96. If there's one vaguely nice-sounding thing that every obit struggling to come up with a tangible positive fact about the Queen has to say, it's that she was "always there" – and that's certainly true when it comes to the Inverse Dead Pool, where she appeared on a majestic 43 out of 48 teams, this year's 6th most popular pick. This means revolution on the leaderboard, with former top 3 @Pedro67, @theoldlady, and @Newjack all finding themselves guillotined for the treason of ranking her too high. They're succeeded by @Philip, who gallops from 13th to 3rd as one of the few players who evidently knew his grieving widow well enough not to pick her at all; @Sean, who "only" incurs a 10-point penalty and returns to 2nd in the line of succession; and @YorkshireBanker, whose measly 4-point gain anoints them to the current Inverse Throne. Hopefully they're the banker in charge of updating all the currency, because they clearly know what they're doing. They're not the only ones benefitting from only slightly not thinking the Queen would die – just 5 points for @Joey Russ, who arises to 6th, just 3 points for @ThereWillBeDeaths7, who rides a gilded carriage from 26th to 10th, and just 0 points for @Sir Creep and @CastAway, who make like Prince Andrew and jump into the teens. Meanwhile at the bottom of the leaderboard, @Hell has not been burnt by the Queen (though one can't say the reverse is true). This means our new last in line to the throne is @chilean way, who falls down like London Bridge, their 25-point penalty bringing them to an apropos number of doom: 96. As we're almost all red-faced this week, let's experiment with a new column to signal who the actual risers and fallers are: GAINED TOTAL 1. ▲ YorkshireBanker +4 14 2. ▲ Sean +10 18 3. ▲ Philip 20 4. = machotrouts +14 21 5. ▼ Pedro67 +19 22 6. ▲ Joey Russ +5 23 7. ▲ BuffaloPhil +10 25 8. ▼ theoldlady +20 26 9. ▼ Newjack +21 27 10. ▼ Sideik +19 28 10. ▲ ThereWillBeDeaths7 +3 28 12. ▼ An Fear Beag +16 30 13. ▼ gcreptile +18 33 13. ▲ LizLemon +12 33 15. ▲ Book +13 35 16. ▲ Banana +14 36 17. ▲ Sir Creep 37 18. ▲ CastAway 38 19. ▲ YoungWillz +15 39 20. ▼ CaptainChorizo +22 40 20. ▲ Spade_Cooley +8 40 22. ▼ Funeralopolis +21 41 22. ▼ GuyFromFuture +21 41 22. ▼ Nick +19 41 22. = Toast +18 41 22. ▲ The Unknown Man +13 41 27. ▲ deadsox +11 42 28. ▼ Predictor +22 44 28. ▼ MortalCaso +18 44 30. ▼ MariNisia +24 46 31. ▼ wannamaker +20 47 31. = The Old Crem +16 47 33. ▼ Pedro67's wife +24 48 33. ▼ drol +20 48 35. ▼ Grim Up North +25 49 36. ▼ TQR +17 50 37. ▼ Death Impends +19 51 38. ▲ Bibliogryphon +17 58 39. ▲ Great Uncle Bulgaria +21 62 40. ▼ BabyBlue +24 63 40. ▼ Annami +23 63 42. ▼ Perhaps +20 64 43. ▲ machotrouts' mum 70 44. ▼ msc +23 73 45. ▲ Hell 81 46. ▼ Neobrakeon +25 83 47. = Doulton +13 85 48. ▼ chilean way +25 96

Ukraine's troops are breaking through the Russian lines everywhere, Russian morale is collapsing and they're fleeing. Things are moving fast right now.

Jon Moss , drummer with new wave 1980s British band Culture Club celebrates his 65th birthday today.

Don’t blink

The funeral has been confirmed to be scheduled to happen on Monday 19th September at 11:00AM BST, at Westminster Abbey. Link.

Oh, and personally, I'm trying to battle through World War Z, the zombie book by Max Brooks, son of DeathList entry Mel Brooks. Currently, I'm only managing to read in the evening, and when I'm extremely tired. Guess I'm not giving it a fair trial.

Tina Ramirez, the founder of the Ballet Hispanico, the most popular Hispanic dance company in the US, died at 92 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/arts/dance/tina-ramirez-dead.html

Makes sense, and I certainly didn't research beyond the picture before posting. That said, can any of us competing in death pools call each other out for poor taste?

Since a royal spot has now become vacant on the DL, this spot could very well be occupied by the Duke of Kent next year

Phillip came to me today, and said it was time to go. I looked at him and smiled, as i whispered that "I know" I then turned and looked behind me, and seen I was asleep. All my Family were around me, and I could hear them weep. I gently touched each shoulder, with Phillip by my side. Then I turned away and walked, with My Angel guide. Phillip held my hand, as he lead the way, to a world where King's and Queens, are Monarch's every day. I was given a crown to wear or a Halo known by some. The difference is up here, they are worn by everyone. I felt a sense of peace, my reign had seen its end. 70 years I had served my Country, as the peoples friend. Thank you for the years, for all your time and love. Now I am one of two again, in our Palace up above. Poem written by unknown author Reposted from a Facebook Friend..

Crazy, we thought just a few months ago how she would beat Louis XIV. I would have put money on her surviving Pope Benedict XVI, too.

DEAD https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/10/22/rolstoelatlete-marieke-vervoort-40-is-overleden.app/