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  1. 6 points
    January-Update: 6 hits in the first month. Not that bad, but keep it coming, new deadpooling year! As far as I can see, we do have the following hits: Hits so far: 01. Fay Weldon (22.09.1931 – 04.01.2023): Bibliogryphon, Grimgrass 02. Gianluca Vialli (09.07.1964 – 06.01.2023): Book, chilean way, diego, gcreptile, JoeyRuss, LizLemon, RoverAndOut ,Sean, Summer in Transylvania, The Daredevil, The Old Crem, theoldlady, TomTomTelekom, TQR, wannamaker, WEP, YoungWillz 03. King Constantine II of Greece (02.06.1940 – 10.01.2023): diego, Grimgrass, RoverAndOut, Summer in Transylvania, The Old Crem, WEP 04. Carole Cook (14.01.1924 – 11.01.2023): Etushispushingupdaisies 05. Gina Lollobrigida (04.07.1927 – 16.01.2023): Bibliogryphon, The Daredevil 06. David Crosby (14.08.1941 – 19.01.2023): chilean way, Etushispushingupdaisies, Great Uncle Bulgaria, JoeyRuss, msc, RoverAndOut, TomTomTelekom, wannamaker, WEP Standings: 03: RoverAndOut: Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine II of Greece, David Crosby, 03: WEP: Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine II of Greece, David Crosby, 02: Bibliogryphon: Fay Weldon, Gina Lollobrigida, 02: chilean way: Gianluca Vialli, David Crosby, 02: diego: Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine II of Greece, 02: Etushispushingupdaisies: Carole Cook, David Crosby, 02: Grimgrass: Fay Weldon, King Constantine II of Greece, 02: JoeyRuss: Gianluca Vialli, David Crosby, 02: Summer in Transylvania: Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine II of Greece, 02: The Daredevil: Gianluca Vialli, Gina Lollobrigida, 02: The Old Crem: Gianluca Vialli, King Constantine II of Greece, 02: TomTomTelekom: Gianluca Vialli, David Crosby, 02: wannamaker: Gianluca Vialli, David Crosby, 01: Book: Gianluca Vialli, 01: gcreptile: Gianluca Vialli, 01: Great Uncle Bulgaria: David Crosby, 01: LizLemon: Gianluca Vialli, 01: msc: David Crosby, 01: Sean: Gianluca Vialli, 01: theoldlady: Gianluca Vialli, 01: TQR: Gianluca Vialli, 01: YoungWillz: Gianluca Vialli, 0: DL 2023: 0: ThereWillBeDeaths7: Please tell me if I missed a hit, especially one of the lesser known or more obscure picks...
  2. 5 points
    Poet Linda Pastan dead at 90. DDP miss, was on a poet theme team last year.
  3. 4 points
    George R. Robertson (wiki), Canadian actor who played Commissioner Henry Hurst in 6 of the Police Academy films, dead at 89. Legacy obit
  4. 4 points
    Brent Spiner, American film, stage, and television actor, who was a cab driver in New York before he could get a job as an actor, and best known for playing the android Lieutenant Commander Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation", is 74 today. Barbara Sukowa, the distinguished German film, stage, and television actress, who is also a renowned concert artist, remembered for her excellent roles in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980), and "Lola" (1981), and winner of the Cannes Film Festival Award, and the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress, is 73 today.
  5. 3 points
    Eurovision songs, even the UK's own entries, have typically performed middling to poorly in the UK charts. After a trio in the early '80s (Johnny Logan, Bucks Fizz, Nicole), Eurovision wouldn't provide a UK no.1 until 1996 (Gina G). UK entries in UK charts: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/eurovision-where-every-uk-entry-has-reached-on-the-official-singles-chart__18955/ Non-UK entries in UK charts: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/eurovisions-highest-charting-songs-in-the-uk__26224/
  6. 3 points
    You seem to have bought into this idea that tall people don't live long. That's not really true. Yes, there's a slightly higher chance that people (particularly men) who are considerably tall will die a few years before their shorter counterparts, but it's not as big a factor as you're letting on. Christopher Lee lived to 93 and he was 6'5 (1.96m). Angus Scrimm (the actor in drol's display pic) was also around the same height and he lived to 89/90. If you're healthy and look after your diet, and exercise etc. then your circulation should be good. Therefore it's not difficult for these people to live to their 80s, 90s etc. A lot of living centenarians won't have their heights on record but Philippe de Gaulle is 101 and he was 6'2 (Charles de Gaulle was 6'4).
  7. 2 points
    Chen Qizhi, PLA lieutenant general and former president of the National University of Defense Technology, prematurely dead at 97. NUDT political commissioner Wang Hao predeceased him, dying on 1 January at 92.
  8. 2 points
    Lewis Stevens (wiki), Tory MP for Nuneaton (1983–1992), dead at 86.
  9. 2 points
    Dinnie Greenway, an equestrian trailblazer in London, Ontario, who was riding horses into her late 90s, has died. She was 102. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-equestrian-trailblazer-dinnie-greenway-passes-away-at-102-1.6733095
  10. 2 points
    Edmund White, a favourite punt on here since the early 1990s, has just outlived the co-author of "The Joy of Gay Sex". Charles Silverstein (wiki) died on January 30, aged 87 or 88. Surely a NYT obit on the way?
  11. 2 points
    Winner of the 2022 Jokers Pool is @The Old Crem. A maiden victory I think.
  12. 2 points
    The Jokers have been posted- its time to get picking. Please remember - 30 picks only, and they must be sent by PM. 1 week to get teams in, but they go early and your team is in, its extra points! Best of luck
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  16. 1 point
    British singer, actor and former member of hugely successful boyband One Direction, Harry Styles, celebrates his 29th birthday today. Former British Conservative Cabinet minister John Nott, who was Defence Secretary during the Falklands war, celebrates turning 91 today.
  17. 1 point
    Congrats TOC for winning and AFB for successfully applying all the rules (assuming you did - I cba to check!) Bring on the new game.
  18. 1 point
    Congrats to Crem! Well done! Looking forward to the new 2023 game. Thanks for running this An Fear Beag!
  19. 1 point
    Jack Bender, a long-time newspaper cartoonist and, later in life, was one of the animators of the comic strip Alley Oop, has died. He was 91. https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/08/jack-bender-rip/
  20. 1 point
    Another recent, in which he looks like a bit like he has a mission for you in Grand Theft Auto.
  21. 1 point
    What was the question?
  22. 1 point
    It is cute though that the mere mention of a forgotten member of DL and lo and behold his name sits atop the list of recent activity :-) SC
  23. 1 point
    I think my personal favorite is Latvia this year. I usually do bad at predicting the winner, though I got it right last time (wasn't that hard I thought). I think Sweden is a little overhyped. So, maybe Estonia? Germany and the UK will indeed finish around 20th place, next to each other.
  24. 1 point
    It was one of the more bizarre twists in the Marvel world, is he/she going to have a sex change or is it going to be a "someone broke his hammer" kind of thing? It will be revealed as a case of mistranslating the Old Norse. It should have been "The Whore".
  25. 1 point
    Japenese Animator Takasshi Yanase dies aged 94
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