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As usual, I'm posting this on behalf of a valued Inverse Dead Pool regular – it's the 2024 machotrouts' mum team: Dennis Skinner Michael J. Fox Janey Godley Joe Biden Yoko Ono Phil Collins Robert Wagner Dave Myers Bob Newhart Jonnie Irwin Buzz Aldrin Frank Field Bruce Willis Dick van Dyke Esther Rantzen William Shatner Joanne Woodward Mel Brooks Andy Taylor Prunella Scales Linda Nolan Roberta Flack Eva Marie Saint Shannen Doherty Rob Burrow SUB: June Spencer As scientific as all of her previous teams. Dennis Skinner is #1 because "aww, he was my nan & granddad's MP, I'm not having him dying".

Arno A. Penzias, Nobel prize in physics winner, dead at 90.

23/Jan/2024 61 Barry Ryan — Eloise 41 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 40 Nina Simone — Ain’t Got No / Do What You Gotta Do 34 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +4 34 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday -2 00 The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup -4

Totally random but thought I'd share. Was copied into this photo earlier today. Charisma Records five-a-side team from just over 50 years ago. Phil Collins in fine shape, the two standing next to him are members of the band Capability Brown, the guy front left is the label's booking agent and the one bottom right is Peter Hammill (still recording aged 75 and obitable). Hammill amazes me tbh, intense and angsty beyond all reason on his best known albums, never thought to see him chipper and cheerful in a team photo. This line-up, apparently, were very effective and won a few games with ease.

Juan Gabriel Hernandez Matamoros was the oldest known man in Costa Rica, born on 19 October 1913 in Naranjo de Alajuela, Alajuela Province and died on 20 January 2024 in Heredia, Heredia Province.Now the oldest known man in Costa Rica is Bernabe Cordoba Cordoba, born on 11 June 1915 in Guanacaste, where he still lives El Señor recibió el día de hoy a mi... - Gilda Hernández Rodríguez | Facebook

Frankly this is a dire substitute for entertainment, over a week since a scoring death unless someone hereabouts is about to show me action from their local paper posting the death of a beloved school crossing guard who's also on the masterlist. I'm seeing similar lacklustre times on the other dead pools and even the DDP is shuffling along. In the meantime, here's a update from our sponsors, or summat.

Jack Jennings. [Last living British POW of the Thai/Burma Death Railway] (1919-) ( Jack Jennings has died at the age of 104: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-68049226

23/Jan/2024 26 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +1 22 Petula Clark — Downtown +1 22 The Troggs — Wild Thing 21 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +1 21 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 21 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 21 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 21 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 20 Chris Montez — Let’s Dance 20 Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas — Do You Want To Know A Secret? 20 The Crystals — Then He Kissed Me 20 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul 20 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday 20 John Leyton — Wild Wind 20 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Lovin’ 20 The Drifters — Save The Last Dance For Me 20 Jimmy Dean — Big Bad John 20 The Who — My Generation 20 Barry Ryan — Eloise 20 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 20 Little Eva — The Loco-Motion 19 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto +1 14 Bobby Darin — Lazy River 14 Chubby Checker — Let’s Twist Again 08 Nina Simone — Ain’t Got No / Do What You Gotta Do -6

Still time for Norman Lamont to make it even worse, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Congrats @MariNisia and @Bibliogryphon 1924 William H. Webster/Marianne Bernadotte 1925 Eugen Gomringer/Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 1926 Michael Blumenthal/Betsy Jolas 1927 Thomas Niguchi/Barbara Rush 1928 Desmond Morris/Peggy Dow 1929 Peter Dale Scott/Queen Ida 1930 - Adônis (poet sírio libanês)/Jennifer Johnston 1931 Alfred Brendel/Caterina Valente 1932 Clint Hill/Nonny Hogrogian 1933 Richard Riley/Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

@diego... an interesting list of candidates, but something is wrong:

1. Donald Trump 2. Joe Biden 3. Buzz Aldrin 4. Willie Nelson 5. Erik Jensen 6. Pope Francis 7. Bruce Willis 8. Billy Connolly 9. Michael J. Fox 10. Janey Godley 11. Rupert Murdoch 12. Ozzy Osbourne 13. Dick Van Dyke 14. William Shatner 15. Prunella Scales 16. Robert Wagner 17. David Attenborough 18. Andy Taylor 19. Roberta Flack 20. Eva Marie Saint 21. Tim Bilton 22. Mel Brooks 23. Patrick Murray 24. Phil Collins 25. Denis Law Subs: Rob Burrow Bob Newhart

22/Jan/2024 61 Barry Ryan — Eloise 41 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto +2 34 Nina Simone — Ain’t Got No / Do What You Gotta Do 33 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well +2 29 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday 27 Fleetwood Mac — Man Of The World 11 The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup 08 Stevie Wonder — Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday -6

Buzz Aldrin is 94 today.

Adriana Caselotti died on this day 27 years ago, aged 80. - Caselotti had a brief stint as a chorus girl at MGM in 1935- afterwards, Disney noticed her talent, and asked her to be the voice of Snow White: - Caselotti was paid $970 for the role, but her voice went uncredited and she had trouble finding voice work afterwards; Jack Benny asked her to come on his radio show but Walt Disney did not give him permission, stating it would spoil the illusion. - Caselotti would have more film roles in extremely influential movies. The first was in The Wizard of Oz, where she provided the voice of Juliet's "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" during "If I Only Had a Heart". The other was in It's a Wonderful Life as a singing bar patron. - Her film career ended in 1946, and afterwards she appeared for Disney's promotional events for Snow White. In 1994, she would be named a Disney Legend. - In 1991, Caselotti was brought back by Disney to record for a restored release of Snow White for its 55th anniversary- however, after completion, Disney decided to re-dub her lines with Mary Kay Bergman (later of South Park fame) instead. Caselotti was not notified of this by Disney. - Caselotti was the last surviving voice actor of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

19/Jan/2024 44 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 39 Barry Ryan — Eloise 38 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday 31 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well 31 Stevie Wonder — Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday 24 The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup 24 Tom Jones — Delilah 21 The Edwin Hawkins Singers — Oh Happy Day 20 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition — Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town +4 19 Mary Hopkin — Goodbye 17 Lou Christie — I’m Gonna Make You Mine 15 The Casuals — Jesamine 15 Fleetwood Mac — Man Of The World -6 10 Nina Simone — Ain’t Got No / Do What You Gotta Do

Good news! The LGBT+ community was well-represented on the DeathList in the 80s and 90s. Bad news! It was because we were dying.

16/Jan/2024 36 Fleetwood Mac — Oh Well 34 The Small Faces — Lazy Sunday 31 Elvis Presley — In The Ghetto 29 Fleetwood Mac — Man Of The World +4 29 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition — Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town 28 Tom Jones — Delilah 27 Stevie Wonder — Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday 27 The Foundations — Build Me Up Buttercup 24 The Edwin Hawkins Singers — Oh Happy Day 22 Barry Ryan — Eloise 21 Lou Christie — I’m Gonna Make You Mine 21 The Casuals — Jesamine 20 Mary Hopkin — Goodbye 20 The Bee Gees — Don’t Forget To Remember 16 Dean Martin — Gentle On My Mind 16 O.C. Smith — Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp 12 Herman’s Hermits — My Sentimental Friend 11 Nina Simone — Ain’t Got No / Do What You Gotta Do 08 Leapy Lee — Little Arrows 08 Robin Gibb — Saved By The Bell  00 The Tremeloes — (Call Me) Number One -6

Austrian actress Elisabeth Trissenaar (Wiki) dead at 79

German physicist Georg Quincke died exactly 100 years ago today (89). Quincke's ‘Interference Tube’ is an apparatus that Quincke built in 1866 which demonstrates destructive interference of sound waves. This would lead to our modern day automobile muffler, well after his death obvs.

Domenico Ghirlandaio died in Florence 530 years ago, was an Italian Renaissance painter who was a contemporary of Botticelli and Filippino Lippi. He formed a whole generation of excellent artists. Michelangelo was one of his apprentices. Carl Jacobsen (71 years) was born in Copenhagen and died 110 years ago in Frederiksberg, was a Danish brewer, art collector and philanthropist, son of Jacob Christian Jacobsen, founder of Carlsberg Galeazzo Ciano (40 years) was born in Livorno and died 80 years ago in Verona, he was an Italian politician, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari, son-in-law of the dictator Benito Mussolini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, from 1936 to 1943. Oscar Straus was born in Vienna and died 70 years ago in Bad Ischl, aged 83, was an Austrian composer of operettas and film music. Muhammad Habibur Rahman was born in Murshidabad, British India and died in Dhaka, Bangladesh 10 years ago at the age of 85. He was a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in 1995. He was also the chief advisor to the 1996 interim government, which oversaw the seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh

Enrique Chazarreta, Balbuena's team-mate in 1974 has also died https://www.tycsports.com/san-lorenzo/futbol-argentino-luto-fallecio-enrique-chazarreta-gloria-san-lorenzo-id329910.html

Lights out for Jerry Orbach on this day 16 years ago, aged 69. (Orbach voiced Lumiere in the 1991 Beauty and the Beast.)