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If I had a nickel for every famous John Kennedy killed in a car at the age of 46 I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

10/4/23 39 James — Sit Down 32 B-52's — Love Shack  32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 32 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner +4 32 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 32 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman 31 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 28 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 27 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 27 Seal Crazy 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 23 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma -6 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 16 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 15 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 15 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 12 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 12 Extreme — More Than Words 06 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) I'm thinking a little lower than that

Azerbaijani oil boss Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh (who I was planning to use in some pools next year due to his amusing name) unexpectedly and tragically dead at 93. Atleast I still have Sheila Sithole, Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya, Legqog, Narayan Man Bijukchhe and of course Justus ǁGaroëb.

Bill Fagerbakke, the voice of Patrick Star, is 66.

Rosemary Squires , who is also my joker pick, is a 'hit for me in this pool.

Manfred Mann is quite a notable one - their entire original lineup is still with us and yet they've never fully reformed.

04/10/2023 6:11am 30 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy -6 27 Gorillaz - Dare +4 should be done before I get to vote again. Good luck to both choons.

4/10/2023 39 James — Sit Down 32 B-52's — Love Shack  32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 32 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 32 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman 31 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 29 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma +4 28 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 27 Seal Crazy 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 16 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 15 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 15 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 12 Extreme — More Than Words 10 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 00 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Die (Before The Morning's Over) -6

4/Oct/2023 39 James — Sit Down 32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 32 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 32 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman 27 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet +4 27 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma 27 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 Seal — Crazy 27 B-52's — Love Shack 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 18 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 14 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 14 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 12 Extreme — More Than Words 09 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) 00 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step -6 Thank you @MariNisia

A proper DL dug toy: Headstone (w squeaker)

Patrice Lecornu was born in Flers, and died at the age of 65, the Frenchman was a footballer who played for Nantes, Red Star (where he was also coach), and Angers, and played for the French national team as well. https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/L-ancien-footballeur-patrice-lecornu-est-mort/1423250

4/Oct/2023 39 James — Sit Down 32 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 32 Adventures Of Stevie V — Dirty Cash 32 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman 27 Luciano Pavarotti — Nessun Dorma +4 27 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 27 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 27 Seal — Crazy 27 B-52's — Love Shack 27 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 24 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 24 Amy Grant — Baby Baby 23 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 21 Heavy D And The Boyz — Now That We Found Love 20 Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 — Mona 20 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Let's Talk About Sex 18 Diana Ross — When You Tell Me That You Love Me 14 Kim Appleby — Don't Worry 14 Technotronic Ft. Ya Kid K — Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 14 Scorpions — Wind Of Change 12 Extreme — More Than Words 09 Madonna — Crazy For You (Remix) -1 06 New Kids On The Block — Step By Step -5

Sorry, really not trying to call you out, but your comment has not aged well at all.

Not death related but ITV have found the missing pre-python sketch show The Complete And Utter History Of Britain starring Palin and Jones. It had reportedly been in the ITV archives for over 50 years but had gone unnoticed due to being mislabelled and is now available in full to watch on ITVX (premium).

As announced in the Twisted DL 2022-2023, I'm glad to host the Twisted Deathlist for a second year. For those of you who haven't participated in the first edition, here is a quick recap of the rules Rules : Make a list of 20 names + 3 subs who could die between 15th of October 2023 and 15th of October 2024. The one winning is the one with the most points at the end of the year, thus the most hits as one hit = one point. Every time a pick of your list dies, the first sub on your list of 3 replace the dead pick in his/her position and enters the official list of 20. Then, you’ll have to choose another celeb to take the n°3 spot on your sub list. The subs left will move up from one spot putting them a step closer to the official list. If a sub dies before being on the list, then notify it and choose another celeb to enter at spot nº3. Each subs left behind will move one spot up. You can choose similar celebrities as other participants. The only criteria for their admission as hit is a qualifying obit when they pass : a qualifying obit means an article from a respectable source in any country or language. In this case, "respectable" is voluntarily unclear to let a wide range of choice in your picks. Facebook post, insta post, death certificate or others like that doesn't count as qualifying obit. You can choose whoever you want as long as they're famous enough (which means they have articles about their action available online, wikipedias article about them, acknowledgment in their field…) Entries are now opened. Teams will be uncovered on the 15th of October when the competition begins. I'll check regularly to see if any hits occurred (besides the obvious pick) but, as there have been many teams last year and I don't have the time to check them all everytime, I'd strongly appreciate it if, from times to times, you can check your own list on the first page in case a hit went under the radar. Every time you have a hit, you just have to choose another celeb. I'll make sure to make a recap every week (or so) of every death and everyone's points. Feel free to tell me if I forget about your hit in your point ranking or anything like that. You can send me your list by pm or just post it here. For those of you who participated last year and want to keep the same list, just tell me and I'll move the lists here. Hope everything is clear, Good Luck !

04.10.2023 43 Gorillaz - Dare +4 20 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 04 Britney Spears - Toxic  -6

Nessun Dorma was massive in the nineties. One of the zeitgeist tunes of the era, Pavarotti was doing packed stadiums in the UK. He was getting radio play next to Take That, and played at school discos. This sounds like I'm taking the piss but I'm not. Blame the World Cup.

I'd be up for Round 2.

French film director Bernard Toublanc-Michel (Wiki) dead at 95

Elliot Goldman, a long-time executive at Arista Records, has died. He was 88. Goldman was the executive vice president and general manager when record producer Clive Davis founded the company in 1974. Among the artists who performed under the label were Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Prince, Babyface, and The Notorious B.I.G. https://www.thewrap.com/elliot-goldman-arista-records-founder-dies-obituary/

I wonder if his namesake - Burnley’s new 20 year old Aaron Ramsey can also take up the theory in time.

Bad news, although expected, are still sad. Thank you so much for your great work, @gcreptile. It won't be the same without you. Enjoy your week-long holiday.

Frédéric Von Anhalt suffered the amputation of a finger on his right hand after having a car accident a few months ago: https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/18/frederic-prinz-von-anhalt-lost-finger-car-accident-crash-zsa-zsa-gabor/

The Vultures are a'circlin' Family feud over Zsa Zsa Gabor's will