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February a go. Up first is French racecar driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, a unique for DeathByArsenic that brings them 28 points (20 base + 8 bonus). And then former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf. His leadership style all depended on his mood - at times oppressive despot, at times patriotic freedom fighter. Dialing towards the former for HPDP scoring purposes there. The winning trio are CaptainChorizo with 72 points (45 base + 27 bonus), DeathBecomesThem with 64 (40 base + 24 bonus), and drol with 24 (15 base + 9 bonus). The best that Burt Bachrach could do was one team. Lord, we don't need another mountain, but Murdoc gets a mountain's worth of 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus). Up next is a triple header in one day. Colin Dobson, a footballer with Sheffield Wednesday, was a trademark Gooseberry Crumble unique worth 21 points (15 base + 6 unique). Pole vaulter Tim Lobinger was an obit gamble around DDP parts, but with German QOs under the HPDP fold the only question for his pickers was when he would die. He died earlier than anticipate for both Reptile (30 points) and Banana (25 points), and additionally was the first sub hit for RadGuy (25 points). Unlike Lobinger, schlager singer Tony Marshall had no luck gaining any native press outside his native Germany, but that was enough for HPDP purposes. Reptile swiftly follows up with another "too early" hit to the tune of 35 points (25 base + 10 bonus), plus an extra 5 points for hitting a Daily Double. time was one of three wooden spoons last year, and as such resubmitted his 2022 team for this year without any modifications. He'll have to go back to the drawing board for at least one name next time, with badger-coiffured World of Sport host Dickie Davies ending the long dry spell. He brings a haul of 56 points (40 base + 16 bonus). Just one more name in this update. None other than Just Fontaine, the goalscoring juggernaut of 1958 World Cup yore. Fittingly, his picker's username also begins with just, and justonecornetto scores 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus). Latest scoreboard is below. CaptainChorizo leaps to third on the back of Musharraf, while the top two remain unchanged but with a much closer .05-point margin thanks to justonecornetto gaining more mileage out of Fontaine than Banana did out of Lobinger. 1. Banana 140 2. justonecornetto 139.95 3. CaptainChorizo 122 4. gcreptile 120.95 5. DeathBecomesThem 110.77 6. drol 105.77 7. RadGuy 92.7 8. msc 86.77 9. BuffaloPhil 84.95 10. diego 75.82 11. wannamaker 65.95 12. BabyBlue 60.95 =13. John "요한" Sulu 56 =13. time 56 15. Murdoc 54.82 16. LizLemon 52.7 17. nantonian2013 51.27 =18. An Fear Beag 50.95 =18. Perhaps 50.95 =18. TheDumbReaper 50.95 =21. chilean way 50.82 =21. Sean 50.82 =21. ThereWillBeDeaths7 50.82 =24. Book 50 =24. Famous6Eva 50 =24. JoeMoneypenny 50 =24. MariNisia 50 =24. maryportfuncity 50 =24. Thatcher 50 30. WEP 49 31. Funeralopolis 45.95 32. The Unknown Man 45.82 33. Hell 45 34. Toast 40.95 35. Clarence 36.77 =36. Pedro67 35 =36. theoldlady 35 38. The Old Crem 30.95 =39. DeathByArsenic 28 =39. Torva Messor 28 41. Charles De Gaulle 26.77 42. Etushispushingupdaisies 26.4 43. Gooseberry Crumble 21 44. Young One 10 =45. Great Uncle Bulgaria 1.77 =45. YorkshireBanker 1.77 =47. John Key 0.95 =47. markb4 0.95 =49. CalebH 0.82 =49. GuyFromFuture 0.82 =49. Joey Russ 0.82 =52. arghton 0 =52. Death Impends 0 =52. DevonDeathTrip 0 =52. Lord Fellatio Nelson 0 =52. TheKillingTime 0 =52. YoungWillz 0

Alan Greenspan, the intelligent American economist and financial advisor, one of the most influential economic figures of his age, who served both Democratic and Republican governments, widely known for his long tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve, is 97 today. Ben Murphy, the athletic American actor, primarily a television actor, who started his acting career with an uncredited role in "The Graduate", known for his leading works in several popular television series, including "The Name of the Game", "Alias Smith and Jones" (his greatest success), "Griff", "Gemini Man", "The Chisholms", "Lottery!", and "The Dirty Dozen", is 81 today.

good idea we'll do that for next year !

Je pensais que ce serait peut être une bonne idée de faire une liste française commune pour 2024 avec les différents français du site (@Fantomasss, @Sinbabad, @BeretBleu ou autre), un peu comme il existe dans le thread DACH deathlist. L’histoire d’avoir une liste « officielle » où les célébrités seraient choisi en concertation. Dites moi si ça tente quelqu’un I thought it might be a good idea to make a common French list for 2024 with the different French people on the site, a bit like there is in the DACH deathlist thread. The idea is to have an "official" list where the celebrities would be chosen in consultation. Let me know if anyone is interested

Eddy Grant who made some great records, first Baby, Come Back with The Equals then as a solo singer Electric Avenue, I Don't Wanna Dance and Gimme Hope Jo'anna is 75 today.

A video of Dick hanging out with Norman Lear (28) and Mel Brooks (10). The meeting purportedly happened last month.

Maria Branyas Morera, the world's oldest living validated person, is 116.

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to outer space, is 86.

Gary Rossington dead at 71

Noooo! (pretty sure I’ve posted in ‘What are you listening to’ thread once.) The other Barnes is the lad who played young Will Robinson on List In Space - Bill Mumy. Anyway this news sucks. RIP.

Homer Gere dead at 100.

Jon Bon Jovi is 61.

Nik Kershaw is 65. (speed the video to 1.25x and you'll get the Gigi D'Agostino version)

Barbara Babcock, the accomplished American actress, one of the best character actresses of her generation, probably remembered for playing Liz Craig on "Dallas", the sensuous Grace Gardner on "Hill Street Blues", and Dorothy Jennings on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman", is 86 today. In 2004, Barbara Babcock retired from acting after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Grant Show, the attractive American actor, whose first major work was on the daytime soap opera "Ryan's Hope", who's well known for his portrayal of motorcycle-loving Jake Hanson on the 1990s primetime soap opera "Melrose Place", is 61 today.

David Sylvian the influential singer/songwriter best known as the frontman for the band Japan and who also collaborated with such greats as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bill Nelson and Robert Fripp is 65 today

Josh Gad, actor best known for roles such as Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon and the voice of Olaf in the Frozen franchise, is 42.

American actor Miles Teller, who starred in the recent Top Gun film and famously the popular Divergent film franchise, celebrates his 36th birthday today. Minority leader of the US Senate, Republican Mitch McConnell celebrates his 81st birthday today.

I seem to have inadvertently scored a hit in this pool with the death of Dickie Davies!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/21419012/colin-dobson-huddersfield-sheffield-wednesday/ Former Sheffield Wednesday football player Colin Dobson a 'hit' for me in this pool.

Khamtai Siphandone, former President, Chairman and Prime Minister of Laos, richest man in Laos and the father of the current Prime Minister of the country, 99 today

English singer Rick Astley, who is best known for the songs "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever", is 57 today.

I thought it was because he was maybe gay. Then I read on wikipedia he's a bit crazy and lived several lives (including that of a prostitute in the time of Louis XV), to have known Jesus in a previous life, to have seen God three times, to have been visited by extraterrestrials, to have murdered Tutankhamun and believed to be 75,000 years old. No wonder he remained unmarried.

You seem VERY nationalistic. Are you Jean Marie Le Pen?

There are two. There is a Dickie Davis and two unlucky people picked him this year. Ha ha!