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Nancy Evans, the former First Lady of Washington state, has died. She was 90. Evans was married to former three-term governor Dan Evans. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/nancy-evans-washingtons-former-first-lady-dies-at-90/

Sandra Milo dead at 90.

Banana winning the Deathrace - who'da thunk it, eh? To be clear, tradition dictates this is provisional in case any of the other nonentities talented picks capable of hauling other players to victory have pre-deceased the massively famous basketball coach who helped Banana over the 2024 point line. But, provisionally, RESPECT to Banana Banana - 2116 Sideik - 1778 Wannamaker - 1775

Never will rely on polls myself. 2016 Hilary was supposed to win. 2020 many people and polls said Trump was supposed to win reelection.. I now vote who I would like but just let the chips fall as they will. Nothing is guaranteed or even an easy win when it comes to U.S elections. We are too much a divided country when it comes to political matters.

American nonfiction author Anne Edwards, best known for her biographies of celebrities like Judy Garland, Vivien Leigh and Princess Diana died at 96 years: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/anne-edwards-obituary?pid=206218334 In 1968, she published a bestselling novel called The Survivors.

Crossposting: doyen of CAE Sheng Zhiyong dead at 103.

Shen Zhiyong dead at 103.

Satoshi Kirishima dead at 70.

Yes, of course you're a notable player. I really liked playing with you two years ago... how quickly time passes! It was my first Cup and I wanted to win, but you made that so hard. @livingbygrace is a lucky player, her opponent is an exceptional person. Maybe our paths will cross again someday, @ThereWillBeDeaths7. Until then, have fun with @livingbygrace. I wish you both good luck.

Famous Wānaka tree, Lake Wanaka. About an hour from central Queenstown.

Nerd point of information. Only four classic companions lasted three seasons: Frazer Hines, Katy Manning, Lis Sladen and Janet Fielding. You could argue Sophie Aldred. The average was about a year and a half. They did however have far more episodes: Peter Purves was in roughly forty six episodes from 1965-66. That's more than Bill Potts and every Whitaker companion combined!

Jason Smith, local councillor for New Castle, has passed away. He was a hit in the DDP. I'm awarding points on this person because of the mention in the BBC. It's clear he was a real human who passed away who held a position of political responsibility. Things to keep in mind about any person you choose: Are they likely to obit in a major newspaper? Are they a well known celebrity? Do they have a Wikipedia page in any language (that clearly wasn't made just for Deathlisting) Jason Smith Book 2+1 gcreptile 4+1 Stuart Gray Book 3+1 Scoreboard CaptainChorizo 5/50 Max_bossetti 5/50 The Immortal 5/50 gcreptile 5/50 Book 4/50 Main Deathlist 3/50 jonnythegamemaster 3/50 Steve 3/50 Thatcher 3/50 Imelda 3/50 Prophet 3/50 BuffaloPhil 3/50 Nick 3/50 markb4 3/50 ladyfiona 2/50 Death Duke 2/50 six feet blunder 2/50 ThereWillBeDeaths7 2/50 MariNisia 2/50 Philip 2/50 The Daredevil 2/50 Grimgrass 2/50 Wannamaker 2/50 dimreaper 2/50 The Old Crem 2/50 Perhaps 2/50 DeathBecomesThem 2/50 MrShadrak 2/50 Sean 2/50 livingbygrace 2/50 Torva Messor 2/50 polar duck 2/50 St3ve 2/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 2/50 LWCZ 1/50 LizLemon 1/50 Bibliogryphon 1/50 Brad252 1/50 Earl 1/50 Hell 1/50 TQR 1/50 Morrisey 1/50 Joltin Joe 1/50 Diego 1/50 Khthonia 1/50 John Key 1/50 theoldlady 1/50 Windsor 1/50 Chalres De Gaulle 1/50 Salmon Mousse 1/50 Superstar 1/50 Zsa Zsa's leg 0/50 Pop_Zeus 0/50 Trome 0/50 Gooseberry Crumble 0/50 Charles De Gaulle 0/50 Redrumours 0/50 Arghton 0/50 Kissofdeath 0/50 Johnnas 0/50 Heiheiheihei 0/50 Tomtomtelekom 0/50 Nasquacker 0/50

Oprah Winfrey is 70.

Thanks MariNisia.. Planning on having fun and enjoying the game and seeing who everyone's picks will be.

Congratulations, @Banana... as good as ever.

Brian Lumley, author of Cthulhu book series Titus Crow, dead at 86. Edit:

Panamanian soccer player Luis Tejada, who was a striker for the Panamanian National team, died at 41 years: https://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/futbol-peruano/fallecio-el-pana-tejada-historico-goleador-de-juan-aurich-de-paro-cardiaco-murio-pana-tejada-tras-un-partido-de-fulbito-video-noticia/

Might come back. You never know. I think a year makes the calculations on my end horrendous. Hopefully my internet is up this week. If so, I might get shuffling in the summer!

I have a feeling Bruce Willis will be the killer in this year's competition. Hope so anyway (with all due respect to Bruce, whose acting I love) as I didn't pick him!

This'll be the list of the lost, then - we welcome an early returnee who expected a few more weeks in India to manage it! 31 Dec: Telma Regina Bley - af - 366 pts 31 Dec: Carl Yarborough - ll - 366 3 Jan: Derek Draper – af, ar, ba*, bk, cc, cl*, db, di, dr, dx, gr, hl, im, jk, ll, mn, mp, ms, rg, sk, sn, st, tc, th, ti, to, tt, tu, wm - 363 4 Jan: Glynis Johns – bg, cl, ll, ti - 362 5 Jan: Mario Zagallo – f6, n3, sk, yb - 361 7 Jan: Franz Beckenbaur – im, t7 - 359 7 Jan: Bruce Wilkoff - gr - 359 8 Jan: Erwin Schild – ar - 358 9 Jan: Ustad Rashid Khan – af, ba, dr, gr, ms, sk, wm* - 357 10 Jan: Roy Battersby – bb, ms, rg, wm - 356 11 Jan: Yury Solomin – ar, cc, dr - 355 11 Jan: Dave Marsh - sk - 355 13 Jan: Joyce Randolph - di 353 14 Jan: Brian Barczyk – ba, bb - 352 23 Jan: Jason Smith – af, ba, bk, dg, dr, mp, ms, rg, sk, th*, wm - 343 25 Jan: Roger Donlon - ti - 341 27 Jan*: Stuart Gray – bk, ed - 339 * = Provisional date of death 27 Jan: Carl Pierson - ba - 339 And, let's have a look at the old scoreboard! Banana - 2116 Sideik - 1778 Wannamaker - 1775 An Fear Beag - 1428 msc - 1418 Drol - 1417 LizLemon - 1087 CalebH - 1088 gcreptile - 1079 Arghton - 1076 The Immortal - 1065 RadGuy - 1061 Thatcher - 1047 Book - 1044 Imelda - 722 Captain Chorizo - 718 DeathImpends - 716 BabyBlue - 708 Maryportfuncity - 705 DeathBecomesThem - 363 Deadsox - 363 Hell - 363 John Key - 363 MariNisia - 363 Sean - 363 Summer in Translyvania - 363 The Old Crem - 363 Theoldlady - 363 Toast - 363 The Unknown Man - 363 Bibliogryphon - 362 Famous6Eva - 361 Nantonian2013 - 361 Yorkshire Banker - 361 ThereWillBeDeaths7 - 359 Diego - 342 Etushispushingupdaisies - 339

Maybe Reptile was on to something when he picked Pete Sampras years ago...

Rich Hacker, who played 16 games with the Montreal Expos in 1971, coached for the St Louis Cardinals from 1986 to 1990 and for theToronto Blue Jays from 1991 to 1993, where he won two World Series, has died. He was 72. (Yes, three baseball deaths over two days.) https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/former-cardinals-coach-rich-hacker-a-new-athens-product-like-whitey-herzog-dies-at-72/article_e1c3d47d-7755-5d53-afcf-9458e858d930.html