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April Hits Juan Vincente Perez Lynne Reid Banks Josip Manolic Whitey Herzog Karl Erskine Frank Field(missed the last 7 days bonus by a day) *Kirsty Smitten who died last Oct delivers a 100 point bonus to Reptile as the youngest death of the game. Final Scoreboard? Winner -GCReptile-2,860 Runner Up-Perhaps-2,746 3rd Book-2,535 4th-Marinisia-2,466 5th-Banana-2,385 6th-drol-2,380 Tied 7th -MortalCaso-2,355 Tied 7th -diego-2,355 9th-BuffaloPhil-2,321 10th-torvamassor-2,320 11th-Funeralopolis-2,295 12th-GrimUpNorth- 2201 13th-Spinosaurus-2,115 14th-Hell-2,021 15th-JoeyRuss-1,976 16th-RadGuy-1,900 17th-wannamaker-1,886 18th-TheUnknownMan-1,860 19th-CaptainChorizo-1,846 20th-SummerInTransylvania-1,770 21st-theoldlady-1,625 22nd-Msc-1,570 23rd-ThereWillBeDeaths7-1,521 Tied 24th-DeathBecomesThem-1,470 Tied 24th -toast-1,470 26th-GreatUncleBulgaria-1,450 27st-Commtech Sio Bibbl e -1,395 28th-LizLemon-1,360 29th-Bibliogryphon-1,315 30th-CaptainHemlock-1,150 31st-LadyFiona-1,140 32nd-Grimgrass-866 33rdFamous6Eva-860 34thwormfarmer-786 35th YorkshireBanker-540 36th tharghton -445 37th-JoeMoneyPenny-180 38th Gooseberry Crumble-120 Congrats Reptile Impressive win (especially with Jimmy Carter in pole position, AFIK I believe you are the only winner able to net such a high tally even without that) . You now become the 5th person to join the Winners Club of the Windy City Deadpool Also tip of the hat to last years winner Perhaps who still held onto a podium spot with Silver And tip of the hat to Book who returns to a Podium spot after finishing runner up in the inaugural edition of the game Will allow any amendments to the final scoreboard in the next few days in case I missed any hits in btwn the previous update and April 30

Like, in the voting booth?

Current presidential candidate RFK Jr. was once thought to have a brain tumour, right when Ted Kennedy was dying from it, but on further inspection, it was a dead parasite: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

And Adele

Congratulations to @gcreptile for your victory and also congrats to @Perhaps and @Book for securing your places on the podium

Someone's had a word with Monty then it would seem

5/8/2024 36 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 32 Edwin Starr - War 31 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden +4 29 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation 28 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 26 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 26 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay  26 The Supremes - Stoned Love 25 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 22 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love -6 18 The Four Tops - A Simple Game  12 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream  09 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You 08 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time

Hans Tuppy reportedly dead - failed to make the 100: https://medienportal-univie-ac-at.translate.goog/media/aktuelle-pressemeldungen/detailansicht/artikel/universitaet-wien-und-meduni-wien-trauern-um-hans-tuppy/?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

8/5/2024 55 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 38 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 36 Adele — Someone Like You +4 30 Owl City — Fireflies 27 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 26 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 26 Kesha — We R Who We R 25 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 24 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 22 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 22 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 22 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 22 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 22 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 21 Iyaz — Replay 21 Bruno Mars — Grenade 21 Roll Deep — Green Light 21 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 21 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 21 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Little Mix — Cannonball 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 19 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem  17 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 16 Jason Derulo — In My Head 16 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 14 Sak Noel — Loca People 14 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 14 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 14 JLS — Love You More 14 Cheryl Cole — Promise This -6 13 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 10 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster Rather to my surprise on closer inspection I know most of these so will join in after all. This seems to be the era for acts who have a career based primarily on their looks. 

Milton Thiago de Mello did a long interview shortly after his 108th birthday, presumably just to piss us off. Looks like he could become a supercentenarian.

Thank you all! And thanks a lot Cpt. for hosting! I guess Kirsty Smitten was the winning pick. Otherwise, the team didn't exactly feel like a winning one in the end, with the nr. 1,7 and 8 not dying. Hell, even Steve McMichael is STILL alive. But I guess I have to be glad I didn't put him or Black Bart Harris higher. Carter was a shared no. 1 by almost everybody anyway. A couple of lucky survivors worked in my favour, MariNisia had James Whale at 1st (Book had him at 6th, Perhaps at 14th)., so... thank you, too, James Whale?

Hmmm with that sort of Maj and the current polling

David Attenborough is 98.

One of my favourites of his.

I was introduced to Emeli Sande and Read All About It Part 3 when she performed on the Olympics. As someone who is queer and going through the process of trying to get diagnosed for Autism. This song spoke to me. Especially these lyrics as i'm good at writing my feelings but struggle with voicing my thoughts etc. " You've got the words to change a nation But you're biting your tongue You've spent a life time stuck in silence Afraid you'll say something wrong If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song? "

In contrast, the folks behind them don't look too lively.

As mentioned in the Happy Birthday thread, Richard O'Sullivan is eighty today George Layton has posted this on X. Neither look like popping off anytime soon.

07/05/24 56 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 30 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 30 Owl City — Fireflies +4 25 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 25 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 24 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 24 Kesha — We R Who We R 24 Little Mix — Cannonball 22 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 22 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 22 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 22 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 22 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 22 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 22 The Black Eyed Peas — The Time (Dirty Bit) 21 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 21 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 21 Iyaz — Replay 21 Bruno Mars — Grenade 20 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 20 Usher ft. Will.I.Am — OMG 20 Diana Vickers — Once 20 Roll Deep — Good Times 20 Dizzee Rascal — Dirtee Disco 20 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 20 The Wanted — All Time Low 20 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 20 Roll Deep — Green Light 20 Olly Murs — Please Don't Let Me Go 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan — Start Without You 20 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 20 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 20 Cheryl Cole — Promise This 20 JLS — Love You More 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — What's My Name 20 Adele — Someone Like You 20 Nicole Scherzinger — Don't Hold Your Breath 20 Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer — Give Me Everything 20 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 20 Jason Derulo — Don't Wanna Go Home 20 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 20 The Wanted — Glad You Came 20 JLS ft. Dev — She Makes Me Wanna 20 Nero — Promises 20 Wretch 32 ft. Josh Kumra — Don't Go 20 Example — Stay Awake 20 Pixie Lott — All About Tonight 20 One Direction — What Makes You Beautiful 20 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 18 Bruno Mars — The Lazy Song 18 Dizzee Rascal & James Corden — Shout 17 Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull — On The Floor 17 LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock — Party Rock Anthem 16 Ne-Yo — Beautiful Monster 16 Jason Derulo — In My Head 14 Dappy — No Regrets 14 Sak Noel — Loca People 02 JLS — The Club Is Alive -6 I'm still making my way through this list, unfortunately not much I like so far. Hoping there's a few hidden gems waiting for me.

Theo Burrell will be abseiling for charity soon: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/27790247/antiques-roadshow-terminal-cancer-update-theo-burrell/ Her regular scans have shown no cancer regrowth so far.

8/5/2024 36 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend +2 32 Edwin Starr - War +2 30 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation 28 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 28 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 26 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 26 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay  26 The Supremes - Stoned Love 24 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 18 The Four Tops - A Simple Game  12 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream  09 The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You -6 08 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time

He is getting huge coverage. Every item on KCNA is now about him, and he got the first page of Rodong Sinmun while KJU is on the second. He got WaPo, AP and even BBC obits. Most of the North Korea we know stems from his sick fantasies. The official obituary mentions he had been suffering from multiple organ failure for more than two years, which seems kind of "fucking finally dead" even on their part. He was hospitalised in April 2022, when COVID hit the country. Around that period Yang Hyong-sop and Hyon Chol-hae died, he likely was stuffed on life support for the remaining two years. Kim Yong-nam and Choe Yong-rim are now the remaining elders. Don't know if they are on Kim's funeral committee.

Here's Kim at the funeral. Googling his Korean name there are other images from the funeral online. Edit: That same image is on one of the news reports mentioned above too, never mind. Propaganda boss of the regime for decades. Good riddance. NK's "old guard" has been dropping like flies in the last years. From the 12 names mentioned by drol in the Kim Jong-un thread almost exactly three years ago only Kim Yong-nam (96), Choe Yong-rim (93) and Pak Ui-chun (88 or 91) are alive. Kim "Tape Recorder" Yong-nam seems the most likely to go next considering how he looked extremely frail and ill in his appearances last year.

Kim Ki-nam, former Vice-President of the Workers' Party of Korea and North Korean official, reportedly dead aged 94 (Wiki has him aged 89 though):

Irish one strikes me as being one of those really weird ones that either ends up doing really well or coming absolutely nowhere

Glad Cat is back and alive. Sadly the internet doesn't tell someone's health problems (well unless one wants to). Some people just disappear with no chance of ever coming back. Because they can't.