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RULES: The competition will start 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 (all lists must be in by 11:59pm (GMT) Aug 31) and scoring will end Aug 31, 2024. Submit a list of 26 people. The first name OR last name of the first person must begin with an A. Second person with a B. You get the idea. No joker. Please use this format A - Alvin Chipmunk B - Harry Belafonte C - Carol Channing etc . . . . . Obit sources include those used by the great Windy City Deadpool, which uses the sources of the Derby Dead Pool, plus The NY Times, LA Times, CBS News, Fox News and MSN. Also acceptable: CNN, ABC, NBC, the Associate Press (AP), Rolling Stone and Time. Due to the large number of names possible, and because the more tenacious of you can find the folk on the very fringes of celebrity, please police your own obits and notify via post on this thread. Of course if it's the likes of the Queen or the Pope, just give me time to post it, no need to bring it to my attention.  SCORING: A hit using the first name (all letters except as below) - 1 point A hit using the last name (all letters except as below) - 2 points A hit with the first name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 2 points A hit with the last name . . . (A, E, I, O, U, Y) - 3 points A hit with the first OR last name . . . (Q, X, Z) - 4 points A hit with an alliterative name scores the points for both first and last names as specified above (so an alliterative at the A spot would be worth 5 points, the B spot would be worth 3 points, the Q spot would be worth 8 points) NAMES: General titles such as Queen/Pope/Prince, etc. are NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE for scoring at that letter. Single names submitted (Cher, Madonna, Pele) will be treated as first names. I prefer to see real names used (e.g. Richard Penniman instead of Little Richard). No animals, due to the ease of earning the WS bonus. BONUSES: Whippersnapper Bonus (WS): dies at age 75 or younger = 2 points (if there is substantial ambiguity or birth year is unknown, no bonus will be awarded) Solos = 3 points Duos = 1 point Vowel Movement Bonus (VMB): hit all five vowels (A, E, I, O, U) = 5 points /hit any four vowels + the letter Y = 3 points NOTE: Due to confusion with this bonus, a few players added names with all 5 vowels in them, in the hopes of scoring the bonus with that one hit, and then also scoring it again with a second hit, etc. If I had meant that, I would have said something like, "hit a name with all 5 vowels in it and score an extra 5 points". But the damage is done, so I will award a 5 point bonus to a team which scores such a hit ONE TIME per team. This has already been done by two teams, so they will get their 5 points now and be done, regardless of how many additional such hits they may get this year. Sorry to those who understood the bonus correctly, I sincerely hope the game does not come down to this being a deciding factor for first place. Late Bloomer Bonus (LBB): If a single player is left without a hit, that player will automatically earn 20 points! This is a backdoor way for someone to potentially go from the cellar right into the thick of things. 20 points is not likely to win the game, but it is certainly a nice place to work for the come from behind win while also having a full list of 26 names left to score. Scoring Example: if someone gets a solo hit with 71 year old Zadora Zephyr, the score would be 8 + 2 (WS) + 3 (solo) = 13 TIES: Will be broken by the date the final score is reached. That is, if three folks end up with 48 points, the person that got to 48 on the earliest date will be the winner.  This was a pivotal rule last year! SUBS: Please check your list at the start of the game to make sure all names are still alive. I will allow a sub for that letter, but it can't be someone who is new to the DP radar since the game started. That means no one who is diagnosed with cancer/has an accident after your original submission. Enjoy!

15/8/2023 78 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 64 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 60 Ultravox — Vienna 47 Diana Ross — Upside Down 39 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin) -6 37 Lipps Inc - Funky Town +4 17 Hot Chocolate — No Doubt About It

Times death notice for Bryan Cassidy (wiki), 89, British Conservative MEP (1984–1999).

Not sure where else I can post this so I'm doing it here. Apollo Flight Director Gene Kranz, known for his contributions in the Apollo 13 mission and for his legendary quote "Failure Is Not An Option" turns 90 in a few days, and he's not in the best of health from what I know of and is needing mobility aids such as a walker.

Death can't come soon enough the damage that old cunt has done is enormous

what’s wrong with this one from 3 weeks ago? https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/leisure/23678639.obituary-dales-scientist-known-millions-tv-show/

15.08.2023 78 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 64 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 60 Ultravox — Vienna 47 Diana Ross — Upside Down 45 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin) -6 33 Lipps Inc - Funky Town +4 17 Hot Chocolate — No Doubt About It

Joe Jonas is 34.

Yes, your fiendish plan did cross my mind, but I only had 1 point to play with and there were SO MANY options I couldn't decide where to put it! So decided I'd leave it for whomever followed me. As it was, I may well have followed @theoldlady's eventual decision and taken 1 off Busted anyway. EDIT: although, having looked at your own picks, if I'd taken the 1 off All About You, we'd have jointly set up another for the chop!

Hint: If you use only the points required to reduce the target to 6, you will often have some arrows left to wound another suspect.

15th August 54 Britney Spears - Toxic 46 Gorillaz - Dare 40 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 39 Stereophonics - Dakota 36 Britney Spears - Everytime 36 Madonna - Hung Up 34 Sugababes - Push the Button 34 Tony Christie ft Peter Kay — (Is This The Way To) Amarillo 33 The Shapeshifters - Lola’s Theme 33 Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah! 33 U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own 30 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful 28 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 25 McFly - Five Colours in Her Hair 24 2Pac ft. Elton John - Ghetto Gospel +4 22 The Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu 21 Mario Winans ft. Enya & P. Diddy - I Don’t Wanna Know 21 Girls Aloud - I’ll Stand by You 20 Oasis - Lyla  20 Nelly - My Place/Flap Your Wings  20 Akon - Lonely 19 LMC vs U2 - Take Me to the Clouds Above 18 Usher - Burn  18 McFly - Obviously 17 Robbie Williams - Radio  17 Jennifer Lopez - Get Right 17 Brian McFadden - Real to Me  16 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes 16 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 15 Nelly ft. Tim McGraw - Over and Over 15 Nizlopi - JCB Song 14 Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers  13 Busted - Who’s David?  12 Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle 12 Eric Prydz - Call on Me 11 McFly - All About You/You’ve Got a Friend 10 U2 - Vertigo 05 McFly - I’ll Be OK -6 I was going to downvote something else, but the lure of the assist got the better of me. There's still 4 (FOUR) McFly songs in this list!!!

15th August 74 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 58 Ultravox — Vienna 56 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 47 Stevie Wonder — Masterblaster (Jammin') 43 Diana Ross — Upside Down 31 Hot Chocolate — No Doubt About It 29 Lipps Inc — Funkytown +4 10 Ennio Morricone — Chi Mai 10 Paul McCartney — Coming Up -6 Sigh...we were doing so well in this round! I was perfectly happy with the top 5 and now it's moved around a bit. And that Macca song is not a patch on the beautiful Morricone number. (But I wouldn't have either in the final 5, so...)

Une part de notre enfance qui s’en va : Michel Manini, réalisateur de la série « Bonne nuit les petits » est décédé à l’âge de 86 ans. La série de peluches indémodables diffusée le soir…triste !

Speak to me like a man or don't speak to me.

Another awaited obituary. Martin Walser QO: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/14/martin-walser-obituary Yeah, why I don't know either.

august 14 73 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 56 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 55 Ultravox — Vienna 43 Stevie Wonder — Masterblaster (Jammin') -1 42 Diana Ross — Upside Down -1 42 Lipps Inc — Funkytown -3 24 Hot Chocolate — No Doubt About It 19 Ennio Morricone — Chi Mai+4 16 Paul McCartney — Coming Up -1

Charged with conspiracy to commit forgery by Georgia state prosecutors (who are WOKE LEFTY FAKE NEWS LEFTY BIDEN LEFT LOSERS. SAD.)

He was always very much "mum: we have Q-Tip at home".

Legendary Chilean actor Luis Alarcón dead at 93. @chilean way another hit for our list.

That article says there is one member still alive – Michel Cassez, who is 92 later this year. Does this mean that I can read French better than you?

Marc Herrand, last member of the Compagnon de la Chanson, french boysband founded in 1941, has died at 98. He was the last original member of the band. Here with Piaf in 1946

Her daughter Emily calls her an "unblelievable survivor" - perhaps, more accurately she's unbelievable and a survivor.

Well yes but how are the obits working out? Not so well. Lakovic is killing me -- this year's Tony Adamowicz. Sonovabitch. SC

Phife Dawg of A Tribe called Quest has died, according to reports in that hip-hop bible the Daily Telegraph.

According to his Facebook page, Blowfly dead: https://www.facebook.com/BlowflyOfficial/photos/a.10150534388938990.377265.6072703989/10153426898243990/?type=3&fref=nf