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Wildlife DOA (Wildlife) Simon Cowell has died of cancer at the age of 72. Presciently christened "(Wildlife)" by his parents in 1952 – preempting any possibility of his being confused with the talent show judge Simon Cowell – he grew up to lend his name to the charity "Wildlife Aid" and the TV show "Wildlife SOS", which he hosted for 18 years. He was even appointed an MBE in 2005 for "services to wildlife", so he must have looked after himself. Nevertheless, (Wildlife) was diagnosed with an aggressive lung cancer in 2022. Whoever's responsible for disambiguating names in the Derby Dead Pool was diagnosed with an aggressive headache shortly after. (Wildlife) was also known for his profanity, with Wildlife Aid patron and cunt Ricky Gervais once describing him as "David Attenborough with Tourette's". An Inverse Dead Pool stalwart himself, David Attenborough is now described as "(Wildlife) Simon Cowell with a pulse". (Wildlife) Simon Cowell was certainly the less popular pick of the two, causing mild strife for @MortalCaso (1 point), @Sideik (2), @JoeMoneypenny (5), and @Captain Hemlock (5). But one player is sending out an SOS: @chilean way (12), who's dug down from 1st to 48th in just two updates. Named after the miners, perhaps? GAINED TOTAL = 1. TQR 0 = 1. Grimgrass 0 = 1. wannamaker 0 = 1. arghton 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. ladyfiona 0 = 14. Clorox Bleachman 1 = 15. deadsox 1 = 15. Summer in Transylvania 1 = 15. Hell 1 = 18. Nick 2 ▲ 19. Death Impends 3 ▲ 20. An Fear Beag 5 ▲ 20. Perhaps 5 ▲ 20. theoldlady 5 ▲ 23. Bibliogryphon 6 ▲ 23. Lafaucheuse 6 ▼ 25. Captain Hemlock +5 7 ▲ 25. CastAway 7 ▲ 25. Funeralopolis 7 = 28. Book 8 ▲ 29. Newjack 9 ▼ 30. YoungWillz +2 10 ▲ 30. Annami 10 ▲ 30. tracy 10 ▲ 33. CaptainChorizo 13 ▲ 33. Famous6Eva 13 ▲ 33. Torva Messor 13 ▲ 36. Bentrovato 14 ▲ 36. LizLemon 14 ▲ 38. Joltin Joe 15 ▼ 39. JoeMoneypenny +5 17 ▲ 40. MalePoster 19 ▲ 41. The Unknown Man 21 ▲ 42. YorkshireBanker 22 ▲ 42. Sleepiestpeep 22 ▲ 44. maryportfuncity 23 ▲ 44. Thatcher 23 ▲ 44. gcreptile 23 ▲ 47. BuffaloPhil 24 ▼ 48. chilean way +12 25 = 49. MortalCaso +1 26 ▲ 49. livingbygrace 26 = 51. En Passant 28 ▲ 52. max_bossetti 30 ▼ 53. Sideik +2 31 = 54. GuyFromFuture 33 = 55. msc 36 = 55. diego 36 = 57. machotrouts' mum 49

Will the next poster please add the top two names to their posting? Here is how it should be: 86 Years & Years — King 82 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 74 Ella Henderson — Ghost 64 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 43 Little Mix — Black Magic 39 Pharrell Williams — Happy 37 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 36 Calvin Harris — Summer 33 Omi — Cheerleader 33 Adele — Hello 32 Mr Probz — Waves 30 Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones — I Got U 29 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 29 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 28 Aloe Blacc — The Man 28 KDA ft. Tinie Tempah & Katy B — Turn The Music Louder 26 Kiesza — Hideaway 25 Magic — Rude 23 Justin Bieber — Love Yourself 18 David Guetta ft. Sam Martin — Lovers On The Sun 16 Sigma — Nobody To Love 07 Rixton — Me And My Broken Heart 06 Secondcity — I Wanna Feel Thank you!

Laura Kuenssberg, then

The problem with branding it a 'Truss moment' is that this could mean a multitude of things. Smashing the economy into a wall is a 'Truss moment'. Lasting less time than a lettuce is a 'Truss moment'. Opening up a pork market is a 'Truss moment'. Killing a monarch is a 'Truss moment'.

A strange stat from the election - there is now only one Football League team -Bromley FC - based in a Conservative constituency.

Hospitalised .

https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000492721/ Rather unique obituary for Mary Westerberg.

Milton Diamond QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/renowned-gender-identity-researcher-milton-160300286.html

A good thing the 2023 DL stopped when it did; otherwise we'd still be waiting for a 20th hit!

A thought : Henri Ferru, the second to the last surviving MP of the Third Republic, died on 4 May 2006, almost 66 years after the end of the regime on 10 July 1940. The LAST surviving MP of the Third Republic, Pierre Sérandour died on 29 July 2008, 68 years and 19 days after the end of the regime. Roland Dumas, the second to the last known surviving MP of the Fourth Republic, died on 3 July, which is also almost 66 years after the end of the regime on 4 October 1958. So we can conclude that Jean Marie Le Pen, the last known surviving MP of the 4th Republic, will die 68 years and 19 days after the end of the Fourth Republic, which will be on 23 October 2026.

6 months without a hit. This list is making the Sahara look like a tropical rain forest.

This made me realize that he's now lived longer as a widower than George H.W. Bush did. Bush lasted 227 days, Carter 231 and counting.

6 months with no hit - I’ve not known a time like it! The 3 that came in quick succession at the beginning of the year were fortunate not to have occurred just 8 days earlier rendering 2024 with nothing to show for……

Truss is toxic Tory toast, no constituency would want her. Think Mordaunt has enough support to get a second crack, mind.

Chris Hutchins, journalist famed for setting up the meeting between the Beatles and Elvis Presley, death notice: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/hutchins-notices_57930 Nice of them to include a dob and dod. Was PR agent for Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdinck and Gilbert O'Sullivan. Broke the story about Sarah Ferguson's affair with Oscar Wyatt's son Steve.

Josefina Herrán has died aged 94.

I dont know if tonight is good news for the Deathlist because I Always thought that this old man wouldn't die before to see his party to govern France... But thanks tonight they didn't win

@drol I have just noticed that I never received the 20 points for L. K. Advani's hospitalisation and subsequent discharge around 26th June, and he has since undergone the same events, giving me another 20. Advani is a unique for me, which is probably why he was missed. Thank you in advance.

Jane McAlevey reportedly dead at 59.

Thanks for telling us ..... nothing.

The next hit for me in this pool is Vic Seixas.

You just added like 5 months to his lifespan