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This information is truly not interesting or necessary for every footballer death posted on this site. Just saying.

3rd UPDATE Scoreboard 1st place Perhaps-2,810 2nd place-GunUpNorth -2,755 3rd--theoldlady-2,701 4th-gcreptile -2,580 5th- Book-2,452 6th-JoeyRuss-2,431 7th- Drol-2,380 8th-Banana-2,290 9th-Annami-2,210 10th-- Msc-2,175 11th-Hell-2,041 12tth-JohnJohn-2,035 13th-CaptainChorizo-1,995 14th-CaptainHemlock-1,910 15th-- SalmonMousse-1,851 16th MortalCaso-1,680 17th-BuffaloPhil-1,667 18th TheUnknownMan -1,595 19th-Marinisia-1,580 20th-ChileanWay-1,556 21st-Funeraloplis -1,395 22n-wannamaker-1,371 23rd-Grimgrass-1,302 24th-GreatUncleBulgaria 1,216 25th-TheSpinosaurus  -1,150 26th-wormfarmer-1,070 27th-markb4-971 28th--arghton-957 29th-toast-830 30th-Bibliogryphon -810 31st-Doulton-695 32nd- LadyFiona-641 33rd-Commtechsiobibble-552 34th-Famous6Eva-400 35th-JoeMoneyPenny-230 36th-GooseberryCrumble-225 37th-YorkshireBanker-40 *includes *Dec 31 Bonus for the Pope-31 points *Dec 25th Bonus for Alice Mahon-25 points Hits This Update Tony Brown-Joey,JohnJohn,Perhaps John Gwynne-Drol,Reptile,Joey Paul Sorvino-JoeMoneyPenny Josephine Tewson-Grimgrass Sacheen Littlefeather-annami,chorizo,gun,buffalo fill Peter Tobin-annami,drol,reptile,gun,perhaps,toast Robbie Coltrane-stuartbeck Charley Trippi-mortalcaso,worm Jerry Lee Lewis-hemlock,chileanway,hell,theoldlady Leslie Phillips-annami,arghton,biblio,chileanway,doulton,drol,grimgrass,greatunclebulgaria,hell,marinisia,markb4,theoldlady,toast,wannamaker,worm Vicky Phelan-Annami,Banana,Book,Chorizo,drol,funeralopolis,reptile,gun,joeyruss,johnjohn,mortalcaso,msc,perhaps,theoldlady,theunknownman Maurice Norman-Famous6eva Clara Marx-Annami,Banana,Phil,Chorizo,Gun,JohnJohn,Msc,Perhaps,Salmon Julia Reichert-Banana,chorizo,drol,reptile,gun,joey,johnjohn,msc,perhaps,salmon Sinisa Mihajlovic-Book,joeyruss,marinisia Alice Mahon -crumble Pele-Annami,banana,biblio,book,buffalo,hemlock,chileanway,drol, Famous6Eva ,Funeraloplis ,reptile, grimgrass,crumble,gun,hell,joey,john,marinisia,mark,mortalcaso,perhaps,salmon,theoldlady,thespin,unknownman,wannamaker Don West-captainchorizo Pepe Benedict-arghton,buffalo,grimgrass,ladyfiona,stuartbeck,theoldlady,wannamaker,book,chileanway Gianluca Vialli-Book,reptile,joeyruss,johnjohn,marinasia,wormfarmer Bernard Kalb -CaptainHemlock Hits this game May Ric Parnell George Perez Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Boris Pahor June Jay Hopler Billy Kametz Jean Louis Trintignant Deborah James July Susana Dosamantes Susie Steiner John Gwynne Paul Dear Luis Echeverria Larry Storch Bernard Cribbins Paul Sorvino Lukas Lundin Jason DiTullio Nichelle Nichols August Carl Kabat Robyn Griggs Jospephine Tewson Tom Weiskopf Mikhail Gorbachev Bill Turnbill September Marsha Hunt Queen Elizabeth II Irene Papas Mark Souder October Sacheen Littlefeather Peter Tobin Robbie Coltrane Charley Trippi Tony Brown Jerry Lee Lewis November Leslie Phillips Vicky Phelan Maurice Norman Clara Marx December Julia Reichert Sinisa Mihajlovic Alice Mahon Pele Don West Pepe Benedict January Gianluca Vialli Bernard Kalb Let me know if I missed any names or made a scoring error Really wide open still with a third of the game left, Perhaps has a narrow lead of slightly over 100 on the former leader the oldlady.

Mike Hill (wiki), American film editor, dead from pneumonia aged 73. Won an Academy Award for Apollo 13 (1995) and a BAFTA for Rush (2013).

Casual racist should be the tag line

Nguyễn Thọ Chân, Vietnamese politician, ambassador to the Soviet Union and Sweden during the Vietnam War and former Labor Minister, now dead at 100.

Irenaios, the former greek-orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem has died at 83: https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/01/10/patriarch-of-jerusalem-irenaios/

"Hospitalised in Florida with abdominal issues". Can't think of any reason why he'd need to fake a hospitalisation at this moment, so I can only assume he has mere hours to live.

I remember reading some “asking for prayers” on Diamond’s end but I thought it was some form of attention seeking given how fucking cringe that duo is.

An official record isn't kept but in December 2021, it was reported that there were less than 75. So definitely under 50. There are only two notable ones still about – Ken Potts and Lou Conter. They both turn 102 this year.

Believe it or not, I have not watched any of the Harry interviews or intend to read his book (partly because all the best bits have pretty much been on the news all week). It was on the news that I heard him moaning about how hard done by he was because the rest of the family flew off in a private jet without him when they were rushing to the Queen's bedside at Balmoral. From memory was it not the case that as the Queen was quickly slipping away, everybody was keen the get to Balmoral yet he was allegedly still arguing about how Meghan should get to come too? Did his plane not land in the UK some hours after the Queen died? It strikes me that this shows how selfish he actually is, more than anything else. It also shows how narcissistic he is. He has made the fact that they didn't wait more about him rather than the fact that the rest of them, including two of the Queen's children, were really just desperately trying to get to Balmoral before she died to be beside her. But no, he thinks they should have waited for him to finish his histrionics and for his plane to come, despite the fact that she died hours before hand. If he couldn't be there, why should they get to? In the end, of course, they were all too late to get there with the exception of those who were already in Scotland. But can you really blame the rest of the family, who had a shot at perhaps making it on time, leaving without Harry who had no hope in hell of getting there before she died? If it should transpire that Harry did cause a delay in getting the others there, I can't say I would blame them for resenting Harry. Nothing to do with the institution, but everything about being the family that he keeps going on about. Selfish, self-indulgent bastard.

Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian goalkeeper during the 1978 and 1982 World Cups, has died aged 72.

Congratulations Banana, once again! It would be nice if someone else could win, like me! Thank you DI, that was fun!

And so that concludes 2022. Did a quick review to see if I missed any hits and doesn't look to be the case. All I could find was Vilma Hollingbery apparently dying in 2021 w/o QO, which would have no impact on scoring. What looked like a one-sided Book runaway for many months instead proved to be a narrow and riveting competition in the final weeks of the year, that ultimately ended up with @Banana on top. Book had an insane January, with five hits - Gary Burgess, Igor Bogdanoff, Robert Durst, Russell Bishop, and Mustafa Kayirici - exploding him up the scoreboard with an astonishing 290 points. George Perez and Susie Steiner were canon picks Book shared with the chasing pack, but other teams had the differential tools to make it a race again. gcreptile had Israel Dresner in January, Pau Riba in February, and Phil Read in October. This placed him in the position to take the lead with Vicky Phelan's November death. Banana also loomed ominously, with his noted differentials throughout the year including Dresner again, Isabel Torres, and Jean-Louis Trintignant. By the death of Julia Reichert at the beginning of December, it was a tight race with all three having plausible routes to victories. Banana had the narrowest - he needed just Pelé to die, as any other Reptile or Book hit would make it mathematically impossible for him. And we were very close to that happening with Reptile differential Gianluca Vialli dying days after the new year. It was a tightrope act, but as the fates would have it, Pelé and nowt else was exactly what happened. Though Book and Reptile made better mileage of their hits, Banana can thank his win to a superior body count - Book was 8/12, Reptile was 9/12, Banana was 11/12. Pelé's death on December 29 also makes 2022 the HPDP with the latest decisive hit, with the previous record holder Rose Marie having given yours truly the 2017 victory on December 28th. 2022 was the first year in which more than one team crossed the 400-points barrier, although the points record overall remains The Dead Cow's 425 points in 2018. I had to ponder a bit on the most interesting team. BabyBlue was a finalist for the award the year before, their team remains suitably interesting, so why not? 20 points for them. The 50 bonus points for 13th place go to DevonDeathTrip, whose eclectic perennial team had quite the good year with top-of-team regulars Francis Jackson and the Digital Nun dying early in the year, plus further hits with Norma Waterson, the Queen, and Pope Benedict XVI. And so goes the final scoreboard for 2022. Congrats to Banana! 1. Banana 420.81 2. Book 410 3. gcreptile 400.81 4. maryportfuncity 364 5. CaptainChorizo 335 6. Salmon Mousse 291 7. drol 284 8. DevonDeathTrip 273 9. msc 250 10. Perhaps 248 11. six feet blunder 245 12. Pedro67 237 13. theoldlady 223.82 14. markb4 220.99 15. YoungWillz 217 16. An Fear Beag 215.81 17. Thatcher 213 18. Funeralopolis 196 19. Doulton 180 20. Torva Messor 164 21. Kenny 155 22. Annami 154 23. Dying Probably 151 24. Toast 150 25. MariNisia 143 26. John Key 142.99 27. YorkshireBanker 140 28. Great Uncle Bulgaria 128 29. CalebH 123 30. Valhalla One 113 31. Hell 99.99 32. Gooseberry Crumble 95.19 33. Exu 94 =34. chilean way 82 =34. The Unknown Man 82 36. BabyBlue 80 37. GuyFromFuture 75 38. Famous6Eva 68 39. The Old Crem 40.99 =40. Bibliogryphon 39 =40. JoeMoneypenny 39 42. Joey Russ 22 43. DeathByArsenic 15 =44. Death Impends 0 =44. TheSpinosaurus 0 =44. time 0

With Ryuchi Sakamoto and Sonny Rollins already having threads, first impressions of the list seem positive although we don’t know 44 of the other names yet

58 Blondie — Atomic +4 52 The Pretenders — Brass in Pocket 45 Blondie — Call Me 45 Soft Cell — Tainted Love 40 David Bowie — Ashes to Ashes 32 The Police — Don't Stand So Close to Me 25 The Specials — Ghost Town 19 ABBA —The Winner takes it all 18 The Human League — Don't You Want Me 12 The Specials — Too Much Too Young 0 The Jam — Going Underground / Dreams of Children -6

OneManJury tried his hand, little acclaim but roundly panned.

It's rumored that him and Charles Spencer top the Royal families hit list.

William Shatner V Harrison Ford. This could go on for as long as the fucking Punt Pool ffs.

American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball Gerry Staley died on this day 15 years ago, aged 87.

Golden Girls is still shown on UK TV. All of the seasons are available to watch on Disney+ now though

The Mohamed Al-Fayed thread.

Where is the filter on the internet that removes all references to/articles about Meghan Markle?

That's crazy. Watch him drop just a few months before he turns 100. Lol.

I hope I wasn't the only person here to watch their 1994 World Cup failure in a documentary later that year. For all of Panagoulias' achievements, all I can think of with him is calling Ivanov, the Bulgarian defender, "A Flat Footed Poof". Great viewing, especially as Greece got solidly worse in the competition.