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Liz Truss hasn’t been visiting, has she?

Sweepstake: Pelè vs Benedict vs Kabosu.

Pelé, Harris, Whale, Vialli, Benedict What a majestic top 5 they would make for the 2023 DeathList! Has the DL ever had all its top five as successes?

John Madden died on this day a year ago, aged 85. Madden was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958, but never got to play in a regulation game due to a knee injury. He would begin coaching for college football teams, and in 1967, became the coach of the Oakland Raiders. In 1977, his team would win Super Bowl XI; Madden would retire the next year due to occupational burnout. Madden then became a sportscaster, notably hosting CBS' Super Bowl coverage with Pat Summerall beginning in 1981. He popularized the use of telestrator technology by using it to showcase diagrams discussing the players' strategies. He would commentate on CBS, Fox, ABC, and then NBC, before retiring in 2009. In 1988, Madden lent his likeness and voice to Electronic Arts' John Madden Football- this spawned a series of games that maintain popular annual releases to this day. (this was possibly the first jumpscare in video game history, and it was unintentional)

Probably the South Atlantic.

Pelé gains another week of life every time this thread deems his demise imminent. I think that means by now he's a safe bet for 2047.

I think a new topic is in order to highlight the large amount of Russian tycoon deaths in the past years since the war in Ukraine started and just before that.. Here's a list of the past year. Last one was (another) sausage tycoon. The second one this year so maybe a sub-topic of suspicious deaths of Russian sausage tycoons?

I am keeping a close eye on the situation for tge Scavenger Hunt teams following his role on early Coronation Street and his glittering F1 career

Stuart Hall. Because why not. Turns 93 next year. Generally forgotten about on account of being a nonce.

Sounds like he could go today and be a big miss.

Fra Carlo D'Ippolito di Sant'Ippolito dead at 89.

British actress Dame Maggie Smith celebrates her 88th birthday today.

Death Notice for Vice Admiral Sir Robert Gerken, aged 90: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/261394/gerken

Given we've got the former DDP host who brought in the first ban, that being Octopus and the ban on picking kids in 2008, then here's the FFBI ban co-hosts view. It was Reptile who wanted to boost the number of points for unique picks, and I was sceptical. I thought players would be annoyed by nitpicking changes. But Reptile (and Grim) were supportive of my push for a harsher FFBI ban than people were expecting, and so I in turn backed the 4 points for a unique pick. And I'll admit, I called the "fan reaction" utterly wrong, as it was mostly overjoyed at the move. It benefitted less the likes of Spade and Salmon trying to win, and more your Gooseberry Crumbles with their unique obscure notable knowledge. I do still like the Drop 40 bonus though, and if everyone on this forum is gaming it for their jokers, it's still more meritocratic than the unlucky 13th bonus, which was pot luck. I feel like if something was to change, it would be an increase in unique bonuses rather than anything else, and even so, I feel there has to be an upper limit on those.

Certainly not. Workshy skiver.

American actress Rita Walter, known for her performance on soap opera As the World Turns dead at 71

On this day 6 years ago, American actress Debbie Reynolds passed away at the age of 84. She starred in the movies "Singin' In the Rain", "The Singing Nun", "How the West Was Won", "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", and "Two Weeks with Love". Her passing comes just one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher.

I could also go for, unique (3) and Drop 40 (2), or maaaaybe unique (4) and Drop 40 (2). I think the bonusses shouldn't inflate any more, lest the un-bonussed names lose any relevance. I think a 6-7 point name should still be useful.

Was watching another Tales of the Unexpected episode with Ackland in the other day from 1988 in which he plays an elderly somewhat bumbling colonel. The guy looked geriatic then but has lived for nearly another 35 years.

I double checked how long his brother went from announcement of failing health, to death. 13 days. Think Benny will be quicker though.

Death by Numbers 2023 entry Here's my list. I've only select people born in 1946 and later (Tim Curry being the oldest) which will probably go on to bite me in the rear during the year. While not necessary, I've decided to name my team after a little-known wisdom: One thing to remember is that not everyone makes it to seventyseven Ady Barkan Johnny Ruffo Rob Burrow Joe Doering Jo Wilson Kate Keltie Shannen Doherty Marcus Stewart Tim Lobinger Don West Esteban Bullrich Andy Taylor Akebono Tarō Michael J. Fox Neil Ruddock Rhod Gilbert Gianluca Vialli (joker) Celine Dion Michael Schumacher George Alagiah Rob Bolland Vladimir Putin Linda Nolan James Whale Val Kilmer Ryuichi Sakamoto Frank McGarvey Shane MacGowan Phil Collins Steve McMichael Antero Laukkanen Randy Jackson (tv judge) Constantino Chiwenga George Kooymans Lindsey Buckingham John Farnham Ann-Katrin Berger Princess Mette-Marit of Norway Alan Brazil Frank Marino René Weller (boxing) Julie Walters Harvey Weinstein Jim Ward (voice acting) Jim J. Bullock Charles Martinet Tim Curry Marianne Faithfull Jonnie Irwin Bajrakitiyabha (Thai princess) subs: Kanye West, Bruce Willis, Whoopi Goldberg

Linda de Suza dead at 74 !

I am receiving your entries and might start entering the publicly posted teams later today. Keep em coming! I will not look at and reply to the pm'ed teams until I have submitted all my teams as well.

#18: Zhang Liyuan, aged 91.

A little reminder that you still can predict the next DeathList. I know, everyone's waiting on Pelé...