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Harry Whittington deceased. Link to follow. Edit https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/05/harry-whittington-dick-cheney/ DDP pick.

It seems that while I got busy living, a lot of picks got busy dying. This is what I have - if some other obscure picks have escaped my attention,, please be a dear and let me know. 1st January: Frank McGarvey 4th January: Fay Weldon 6th January: Gianluca Vialli 8th January: Bernard Kalb 9th January: William Consovoy 10th January: King Constantine II 11th January: Carole Cook 11th January: Rafiq Nishonov 11th January Shimon Baadani 14th January: Natalie Fornasier 16th January: Gina Lollobrigida 17th January: Lucille Randon 17th January: Michael Lehrer 18th January: David Crosby 29th January: Hazel McCallion 1st February: Leonard Pietraszak 5th February: Pervez Musharraf 5th February: Hsing Yun Firstly lets all pause to have our traditional laugh at those players who bagged a January 1st hit, thus scoring nul points. @Grim Up North @The Old Crem @RadGuy @Salmon Mousse and @wannamaker all selected Frank McGarvey, who made it to the starting gun , then tripped over his laces in the first strides, landed on his arse, and out of the race. Grim, Old Crem and Salmon had all done a football double, so Gianluca Vialli's demise on 6th January left them all 2 down with only 5 on the board, if I can mix my sports a little. Vialli was the biggest hit so far, somehow making it onto 17 teams, despite being in hospital in the end-stages of pancreatic cancer a week before the pool started. You do know how this pool works, right? At least I had the excuse of having to submit my team early, before the bad news hit, and all of his family came to say their final goodbyes! Salmon Mousse has continued with last years tactic of getting the hits in early, not generally a successful strategy in this game! They are now 4 down, with ultra-marginal pick Natalie Fornasier proving only marginally more successful than Diane Berbarian last year. Still, at least someone noticed she had died, which is nice. 36 players have entered the race properly, with 20 still limbering up in the changing rooms. Only one player has played their Joker early, with Hazel McCallion providing @Dying Probably with an unwanted early hit. The 56 points lands them in an early lead, followed by three others who have racked up a few early strikes. The top 10 is as follows, full scoreboard is on page 1. Dying Probably (56 points) 1 hit [Hazel McCallion*] Drol (50 points) 3 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Pervez Musharraf, Shimon Baadani] Buffalo Phil (49 points) 3 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Hazel McCallion, Lucille Randon] Wannamaker (44 points) 3 hits [Frank McGarvey, King Constantine, Pervez Musharraf] Captain Chorizo (35 points) 1 hit [Pervez Musharraf] JoeMoneypenny (35 points) 1 hit [Hsing Yun] Yorkshire Banker (35 points) 1 hit [Hsing Yun] Salmon Mousse (34 points) 4 hits [Frank McGarvey, Gianluca Vialli, Michael Lehrer, Natalie Fornasier] Joey Russ (33 points) 2 hits [David Crosby, Lucille Randon] BabyBlue (31 points) 1 hit [Leonard Pietraszak] Great Uncle Bulgaria (31 points) 2 hits [Gina Lollobrigida, Lucille Randon]

Robert Dalva (wiki), American film editor, dead from lymphoma aged 80. Nominated for an Academy Award for Black Stallion (1979). Other credits include Raising Cain (1992), Jumanji (1995), and Jurassic Park III (2001). Dalva was part of "The Dirty Dozen" group (wiki) of filmmaking students who attended the University of Southern California together in the mid-1960s. The group also included George Lucas. Dalva is the first of the dozen to die.

Arnold Schulman, a two-time Oscar nominee for 'Goodbye Columbus' and 'Love with the Proper Stranger', has died. He was 97. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/arnold-schulman-dead-goodbye-columbus-1235318174/

Willie just won the Grammy for Best Country Album, and he did not attend the ceremony. No reason was given, and presenter Shania Twain accepted the award on his behalf. EDIT: Adding the video

Those owls really were superb

King George VI died on this day 71 years ago, aged 56. - George's birth name was Albert, and he was born on the 34th death anniversary of his namesake great-grandfather (Prince Albert- Queen Victoria's husband). Victoria was pleased by the name; his mother Mary did not like it. His nickname was "Bertie". - In 1917, George was excused from combat in World War I due to an intestinal ulcer. - George was called "The Industrial Prince" as he often represented his father (King George V) on visits to factories and mines. - George and the future Queen Mother went big game hunting in Africa in 1925- among the animals they shot were a gazelle and a cape buffalo. - George was once considered for the role of Governor-General of Canada by the prime minister in 1931- George V rejected this offer. - World War II and Indian independence were the major events of his 15-year reign. Besides India/Pakistan/Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar) and Palestine/Israel also achieved independence. - George was a heavy smoker, and his left lung was removed when a malignant tumor was found. Despite pulmonary disease, George died from a coronary thrombosis.

Harry Whittington a hit for @Summer in Transylvania. Congratulations. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/us/politics/harry-whittington-dead.html next round: 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Tomiichi Murayama 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Marv Levy 1926 Gudrun Ure / Lawrence Turman 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Line Renaud / Zhu Rongji 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Alice Munro / Willie Mays 1932 Elaine May / Joseph Zen

Cross posting Harry Whittington’s death report here. Cheney wins.

Floyd Wigfield, D-Day veteran died in January at 104. He was one of the 4 WWII veterans Trump hosted in the Oval Office in 2019: Left to right Sidney Walton (1919-2021) Allen Jones (1924) Paul Kriner (1916-2019) Floyd Wigfield (1918-2023)

Gayle Hunnicutt, the seductive American film, stage, and television actress, who began her acting career in 1966, probably well known for the 1969 detective film "Marlowe" (with James Garner), the sci-fi classic miniseries "The Martian Chronicles" (with Rock Hudson), and a recurring role on the primetime soap opera "Dallas", is 80 today. Manuel Orantes, the admired and competitive Spanish tennis player who was active in the 1970s and 1980s, one of the game's finest sportsmen, a favourite among tennis fans and rivals thanks to his ever-present smile, a winner of championships in 10 different countries around the world, who was inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2012, is 74 today.

Bill Wilson died on 2017 according baseball-almanac https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wilsobi02

Allen Q. Jones (b. April 11, 1924) of Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The baby of the group. Obit for his wife, Nancy Jones, who died in February 2021, aged 91. Mentions Allen as surviving her. Further press coverage of Allen Jones from July 2021 here. I would say most certainly still alive.

So fucking what? I remember there were two versions of this song in the UK charts around the same time. This one's a banger though. I was at a festival when Jimmy Somerville was on, and Sarah made a surprise appearance to join him on this song. Made my day.

Tongo critical and just yesterday rumored dead. Decrepit Russian version of David Attenborough Nikolay Drozdov has been hospitalised after falling down and breaking eight ribs according to Russian media, but apparently on the mend or discharged already. Blames his injuries on his longtime raw/uncooked vegan diet, but he's also 85 with a health history.

WWII Navajo code talker John Kinsel Sr. turns 106. As mentioned before there are 3 living World War Two Navajo code talkers left from the 400: John Kinsel Sr., 106 Thomas H. Begay, 95/98 Peter MacDonald, 94, Navajo Nation crook lord who was once in jail but released 22 years ago due to "failing health" after suffering several heart attacks. Also has diabetes and arthritis, but isn't very frail.

As bad as those two are Cheney and Kissinger are honestly much worse

Mamie Van Doren is 92.

Pewdiepie and Marzia are having a baby and it's trending on Twitter. I knew I should have added them to the pregnancy pool.

Yes, Bill Lemoniest was a linebacker for the Detroit Lions in the 50's.

She went into "full arrest" and was administered epinephrine at least once according to TMZ.

Georgia State Trooper Ronnie Gay has died. He was one of three actual state troopers who had parts in Smokey & The Bandit. He's the one asking to be let off at the next exit.

A rather good wartime Ealing film is “The Halfway House” (1944) - Glynis plays a spooky Welsh girl and her real life father Mervyn, who was in near enough every British film of the era, plays her father. I think Glynis is the earliest credited survivor in Ealing’s films - her and Leslie Philips are probably the only major actors from their 1940s films since the death of Sally Ann Howes (“Dead of Night”, 1945) - and that feels very striking.

Former British No1, Davis Cup player and Wimbledon Mens' Doubles finalist, Mike Davies, has died aged 79. He's also credited with the change from white balls to yellow.

I would think he is a prime choice for topping himself but he comes across as a coward . A big time coward and freak. I think all the talk about him threatening to kill himself was for sympathy . Lets hope he manages to do one thing right and kill himself.