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American World War II veteran Bud Anderson (Wiki) reported dead at 102

Grave Pyres Celebrity chef Dave Myers has died of cancer at the age of 66. Best known as half of the "Hairy Bikers" – for Americans on the forum, that's basically the British version of Sons of Anarchy – along with Si King, he presented 37 different shows over 20 years; 34 of which had "Hairy" in the title, and 31 "Bikers". Non-fans of food/hair/cancer may also remember him for his lovably hapless run on series 11 of Strictly Come Dancing. Despite lasting several weeks in the contest, he remains Karen Hauer's worst-scoring partner, with an average score of 18.3 – narrowly followed by fellow celebrity chef Simon Rimmer on 18.5. Myers also has the honour of being the 1st member of the series 11 cast to die – narrowly followed by Tony Jacklin (2025, lymphoma), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (2026, murdered on the dancefloor), and Rachel Riley (2027, IDF friendly fire incident). It looks like 27 Inverse Dead Pool players saw him in those Knorr ads, thought "well, he's not dead there", and put him on their teams. One player who put too much stock in him is @maryportfuncity, who earns 23 points – the same total that Dave and Karen got for their highest-scoring Strictly dance, a waltz to 'Take It to the Limit' by the Eagles. Also taking it to the limit is @The Unknown Man, who gets 21 points – perhaps he didn't know which man he was picking? Things are also looking hairy for two 18-pointers: @BuffaloPhil (as seen dreading this update above), and my mother, whose tactic of allocating points on the basis of "aw, he seems nice" sees her back in the running for last place, with a total of 34 points. However, between this and Toby Keith, former 3rd-placer @diego is badly led astray by his apparent faith in celebrities being well enough to keep doing their jobs: 19 points on Myers takes him to a total of 36. GAINED TOTAL = 1. TQR 0 = 1. Grimgrass 0 = 1. Captain Hemlock 0 = 1. wannamaker 0 = 1. arghton 0 = 1. chilean way 0 = 1. Spade_Cooley 0 = 1. The Immortal 0 = 1. Toast 0 = 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 = 1. The Old Crem 0 = 1. MariNisia 0 = 1. Pedro67 0 = 1. machotrouts 0 = 1. Clorox Bleachman 0 = 1. ladyfiona 0 ▼ 17. deadsox +1 1 ▲ 17. Summer in Transylvania 1 ▲ 17. Hell 1 ▼ 20. Nick +2 2 ▼ 21. Death Impends +3 3 ▼ 22. Bibliogryphon +4 4 ▼ 23. An Fear Beag +5 5 ▲ 23. Perhaps +2 5 ▲ 23. theoldlady 5 ▼ 26. Lafaucheuse +6 6 ▼ 27. Newjack +7 7 ▲ 27. CastAway +1 7 ▲ 27. Funeralopolis 7 ▼ 30. YoungWillz +8 8 ▲ 30. Book 8 ▲ 32. Annami 9 ▲ 33. tracy +1 10 ▲ 34. Joltin Joe 11 ▼ 35. JoeMoneypenny +12 12 ▲ 36. CaptainChorizo 13 ▲ 36. Famous6Eva 13 ▲ 36. Torva Messor 13 ▼ 39. Bentrovato +14 14 ▼ 39. LizLemon +8 14 ▼ 41. BuffaloPhil +18 18 ▲ 41. GuyFromFuture 18 ▲ 43. livingbygrace 19 ▲ 43. YorkshireBanker 19 ▲ 43. MalePoster 19 ▼ 46. The Unknown Man +21 21 ▲ 47. Sleepiestpeep +2 22 ▼ 48. maryportfuncity +23 23 ▲ 48. Thatcher +3 23 ▲ 48. gcreptile 23 ▼ 51. MortalCaso +6 25 ▼ 52. msc +16 28 ▼ 52. En Passant +9 28 ▼ 54. Sideik +11 29 ▼ 55. max_bossetti +13 30 ▼ 56. machotrouts' mum +18 34 ▼ 57. diego +19 36

He had a brother. Disappointingly not also called John as then he'd be Mewtwo.

Jayapataka Swami has been hospitalised and discharged, so +20 points for drol, Hell, Lafaucheuse and arghton. Alberto Fujimori has been discharged, so +10 points for Summer in Transylvania, Grimgrass, En Passant, WEP, CaptainChorizo, ThereWillBeDeaths7, EvilGrimace, Hell, Lafaucheuse. Also Susana Baca has been finally discharged, so +10 points for deadsox, Hell, ThereWillBeDeaths7, Captain Chorizo and GuyFromFuture. Yuriko, Susana Baca and Nelson Acosta have spent 10 days more in hospital, so +5 points for a lot of people. Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalised, discharged, hospitalised, spent 10 days in hospital and discharged, making a grand total of +45 points for gcreptile, Lafaucheuse, Perhaps, En Passant and diego. Josip Manolic has died, so it's -10 points for diego. Lafaucheuse +170 ThereWillBeDeaths7 +120 gcreptile +105 Hell +100 Perhaps +95 Summer In Transyvlania +85 EvilGrimace: +80 En Passant +75 DeathByArsenic +75 WEP +70 drol +65 arghton +65 ladyfiona +60 diego +55 Grimgrass +50 CaptainChorizo +45 The Immortal +35 deadsox +35 livingbygrace -10 Famous6Eva -5 GuyFromFuture 5

At the Damiani Centenary Gala Dinner (14 March 2024) So Sophia has fully recovered and the DL had the right instinct to leave her alone in 2024.

Got my first coin with the King`s head on it today.

Him, Gossett and Corman shuffling off is a drag. You've all been spared many annoying posts from me in the fall where I argue passionately for them to be on next year's list. Also, probably the last guy I would have expected death confusion over. Guessing someone broke an embargo based on TMZ and THR both posting the same statement.

18/May/2024 43 America - A Horse With No Name 42 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 38 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 36 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash +4 35 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -3 30 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 28 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 28 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 21 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies -1 21 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 16 Medicine Head - One and One is One -1 13 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic -1

18/May/2024 72 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone +4 70 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 40 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 39 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 37 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 34 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 34 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 34 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 33 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 33 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 30 Iyaz — Replay 30 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Owl City — Fireflies 29 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 29 Adele — Someone Like You -3 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 27 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 19 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 18 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You 03 Example — Stay Awake -3

I can’t keep up, I missed the whole “is he/isn’t he” Dabney Coleman excitement! Congrats @diego 1924 - Walter Bingham / Lili Lentz 1925 - Tony Christopher / Micheline Lannoy 1926 - David Frankham / Rowena Jackson 1927 - William Daniels / Rosemary Harris 1928 - Jean-Marie Le Pen / Nancy Olson 1929 - Mark Rydell / Thelma Barlow 1930 - Gene Hackman / Katherine Jackson 1931 - Robert Duvall / Claire Bloom 1932 - John Williams / Anouk Aimee 1933 - Quincy Jones / Sian Phillips

In his first official (no, seriously!) portrait since the coronation, King Charles finally gets his wish of being a tampon.

May 18 43 America - A Horse With No Name 42 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 42 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 39 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 36 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 34 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain 28 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 28 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 18 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 15 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies -6 13 Medicine Head - One and One is One 07 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic

To my defense these names are very useful for low requirements dead pools. And beside that he directed Bank of India in the 80s, so held some kind of significance.

Ignatius Jones of Jimmy and the Boys, an Australian shock rock/punk/new wave act, dead at 67 on the 7th of May. I never would've known his name had I not found his single "Like A Ghost" atop a pile of rubble. Really good stuff!

18/05/24 70 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris — We Found Love +4 68 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé — Telephone 66 Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg — California Gurls 43 Yolanda Be Cool Vs D Cup — We No Speak Americano 40 Cee Lo Green — Forget You 39 Tinie Tempah — Written In The Stars 37 Professor Green ft. Emeli Sande — Read All About It 36 Olly Murs — Dance With Me Tonight 34 Rihanna — Only Girl (In The World) 34 Jessie J ft. B.O.B — Price Tag 34 Tinie Tempah — Pass Out 33 DJ Fresh ft. Sian Evans — Louder 33 Taio Cruz — Dynamite 32 Adele — Someone Like You 30 Iyaz — Replay 30 B.O.B ft. Hayley Williams — Airplanes 29 Owl City — Fireflies 29 Bruno Mars — Just The Way You Are 28 Scouting For Girls — This Ain't A Love Song 27 Flo Rida ft. David Guetta — Club Can't Handle Me 24 Example — Changed The Way You Kiss Me 19 Olly Murs ft. Rizzle Kicks — Heart Skips A Beat 19 David Guetta ft. Chris Willis — Gettin' Over You 18 B.O.B ft. Bruno Mars — Nothin' On You -5 06 Example — Stay Awake -1

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He could have just, like...found the dodgiest jet he helped to build and caught that!

TMZ now confirm: https://www.tmz.com/2024/05/17/dabney-coleman-9-to-5-dead-dies/

I’m surprised how much the sporting press have reported this rather than just the showbiz part. Half wondering if some further details are coming out that have a sporting link to them.

And if he's betting on a Trump win in the US to galvanise the right in the UK, I think he's extremely mistaken. A Biden win wouldn't shift the polls here that much, but I reckon in the event of a Trump victory, people here would be more likely to see the chaos unfolding in America and think 'no more, please'.

5/17/2024 41 Hawkwind - Silver Machine 40 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +3 37 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 37 America - A Horse With No Name 35 Carly Simon - You’re So Vain +1 34 Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash 29 T. Rex - 20th Century Boy 27 David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday 26 Python Lee Jackson - In a Broken Dream 25 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack 22 The Drifters - At The Club/Saturday Night At The Movies 17 Medicine Head - One and One is One 17 Limmie and the Family Cookin’ - You Can Do Magic 6 Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor -3 5 Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright -3

Why are you so rude?

Yes, because there was no point in voting negatively for the first place song, as it always got more points and I liked the second place song (Gorillaz), and if you look at the 3 places you'll see that you alternated between 2 songs basically, both of which I didn't. I liked it and didn't want it to stay there

He made it to April. But what's (perhaps) actually interesting, if we make it to Friday without a hit, DL2024 will go from having been the fastest in DL history after only eight days to being the slowest DL of the 2020's, as both 2022 and 2023 had their 4th hit of the year announced on 4 April. As they say, the DL works in mysterious ways.

You've got to love this website - where else could you go to read about the health of a well respected british actress and end up perusing a number of posts about cock sizes and it wasn't just a troll?