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First: HE'S NOT DEAD. Just some topical humour I thought some in these parts might appreciate...

Tumor removed and they told me it was non-malignant. Post-surgery ICU was an...experience with the stablizing my BP etc, but I was not in much pain and felt safe having nurses in the same room 24/7. Worst part might've been having the cannulas, catheter and other stuff removed. In the next bed there was a 70-something woman who'd had a more dangerous tumor (meningioma) removed and got out of ICU (and out of hospital) before me, and even asked the nurses if the other patients are okay. Standard hospital room was much more "boring" but tricked me into getting up and walking around. I'm out of hospital now, left with a gnarly scar with around 20 staples, slight occasional dizziness, back pain, a pair of hospital socks etc...hoping I won't get any complications. Thank you all who wished me well.

John Reid also struck me as someone who I didn't expect to see old bones. 77 is practically 97 for a former chain smoker from his part of the World.

Undoubtedly most famous here in the U.S. for carrying an injured Kerri Strug off the mat, after she completed what she believed to be the gold medal-clinching vault for Team USA at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/42433795/bela-karolyi-famed-us-gymnastics-coach-dies-82 Bela Karolyi, acclaimed multiple medal winning coach with Romania and the US, dead at 82.

17-Nov  38 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 32 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 28 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 24 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 24 Sia — Cheap Thrills 24 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 21 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable +1 21 Zara Larsson — I Would Like +1 20 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop — Friends 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 16 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 16 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 14 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 11 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 10 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill 00 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl -6

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c39n777l80no Cancer is back again. Facing an "uncertain future".

In case anyone here was remotely curious about how this worked out, I am pleased to report it has gone very well. Date #2 to be arranged soon.

I saw Michael Howard walking down the street about two weeks ago with his wife who also still looks good for her age. He looked fine but he's at an age where he could go into decline fairly quickly.

17/11/24 38 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 34 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy +2 28 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 24 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 24 Sia — Cheap Thrills 23 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 22 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down +2 22 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 21 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable 21 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop — Friends 18 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 16 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 16 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 14 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 14 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo -6 11 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 10 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill

Danny DeVito is 80.

Just checked his Wiki and he's 78 next year, to my surprise. Including the current Home Secretary, there are 18 living individuals who have held that office. Almost enough for a DDP theme team! Half of them are aged 70+... Douglas Hurd (94), Kenneth Baker (90), Ken Clarke (84), Michael Howard (83), Jack Straw (78), David Blunkett (77), John Reid (77), Charles Clarke (74), Alan Johnson (74). I wouldn't be surprised if we lost a couple of these by the end of 2025. Both Ken Clarke and Charles Clarke (no relation to our non-British friends) have always struck me as prime heart attack territory. Douglas Hurd has lasted a long time... 95 in March, not seen in public anymore. Should be on the Deathlist next year.

17th November 88 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 66 No Doubt - Just a Girl 46 Suede - Trash 46 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 43 Faithless - Insomnia 30 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 29 Texas - Say What You Want +4 27 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 26 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity -6 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 19 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 18 The Charlatans - One to Another 18 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me   14 U2 - Staring at the Sun   12 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 

Suffers a fall whilst boarding a train. The article also mentions a recent heart attack which requires him to take blood thinners.

Rumours he is in coma https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1857872204744241415

Okay..... I will be in the United States in the next two weeks and will be back on Dec 3rd. The 2025 thread will be opened after my return, please be patient. So let's have an update before I leave! Once more, I try to catch all the names by mainly going back through time. The most recent hit is Yuriko, the Princess Mikasa. A member of the japanese imperial house, she was one of the people who symbolize a 'last connection' to a different era. The last member of her generation, and the last member of the house to be born during the reign of Emperor Taisho. Perhaps and The Immortal score. Next one is Timothy West, a unique (!) hit for Sod's Law. The almost unthinkable happened and he died before his dementia-ridden wife. Let's hope Prunella Scales' dementia is so far advanced she doesn't realize Timothy's death. Sod's law indeed... Further back in time is the death of June Spencer, British radio soap icon for many decades. Probably one of the oldest people ever to get that immediate BBC obit. A hit for quite a few people in this competition. Next up is the alleged murder of Suzy Lamplugh, John Cannan. Well, he did serve prison time for other crimes as well, including at least one different murder. But he was only mentioned on Wikipedia in relation to the Lamplugh case, two years ago. I checked that back when he was diagnosed with cancer, but I see that he has since "gained" his own page. Well, there you go. Two people, BuffaloPhil and Imelda kept the faith and were rewarded by luck, because it was not cancer that eventually killed Cannan. Nobody picked Quincy Jones (!). But many, many players picked Janey Godley. For some, her cancer battle was an attention-seeking, possibly exaggerated moment, but for many others, it was a battle that they knew would end rather sooner than later. And the end came pretty fast for the sort-of stand-up comedian. Next up is Teri Garr, a hit for six players. Her screen career started with a little assist from Jack Nicholson, got pushed by a first big role in Star Trek and then grew through her comedic talent into an Oscar nomination. After that, as was usual before the age of streaming, her career then declined back to TV roles (today, a TV/streaming role could actually be the real peak of your career). Well, she kind of had a second career as the deadpooler's go-to pick for multiple sclerosis. She did live quite long with it though. Then we get to Phil Lesh.... no! He wasn't picked, so I can't make the joke of writing an obituary for him than just goes on and on and on and meanders, like one of the Grateful Dead's concerts. Ah well, going through wikipedia, the not picked people are a theme this time, no Mitzi Gaynor, no Yahya Sinwar, more miss than hit in this update, unfortunately. Philip Zimbardo however was a unique hit for Charles De Gaulle, congratulations and thank you for that. Also, thank you Mr. Zimbardo for creating the meme-like Stanford prison experiment that probably inspired dozens of movies and Star Trek episodes. Now I've heard that the experiment itself was unethical, or done wrong, but maybe that's where scientific truth and wishful reality don't go together? Well, maybe there'll be a Netflix documentary on it eventually (somebody telling me there is in 3,2,1...). Next hit then is Tylee Craft, college football player from North Carolina. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer and a well-publicised battle with it for over two years. News were alternatively positive and negative. Yet, the 100 points made the gamble worth it for Banana and Cpt. Chorizo. So yeah, two out of three best-placed players picked him. Not me, however. So as a consequence, it does look like the likely winner of this competition will be one of the two players who picked Craft. After here, I am unfortunately getting a little tired - preparations for the trip today, and such, so in short fashion, we have Ethel Kennedy and Lily Ebert. Holocaust survivor Ebert was a unique hit for Lady Fiona, who also had a hit with Mrs. Kennedy. Kennedy was a far more popular pick though. So, did I miss anyone? ... double-checking ... oh dear, yes, Geoff Capes. Pedro67 scores a unique hit with the strongman, shot-put champion and Olympic competitor who died at 74 - almost the average life expectancy, something the musclemen rarely achieve. ...Aaand Cissy Houston is a hit for Toast and The Quim Reaper. Thank you DDP fatality list. Houston herself had a decent career as an RnB/spiritual singer but was made definitely obitable by her daughter. Now all deadpooling attention for that family will be focussing on her cousin Leontyne Price. So I hope I did it all right and this is the scoreboard: Rank Team Score 1 Cpt. Chorizo 1337 2 Banana 1299 3 gcreptile 1217 4 Book 1126 5 wannamaker 1102 6 RadGuy 1090 7 msc 1082 8 Perhaps 1041 9 Funeralopolis 1025 10 Summer in Transilvania 961 11 Salmon Mousse 950 12 Mr. Wonderful 923 13 Buffalo Phil 880 14 Toast 827 15 Liz Lemon 821 16 The Immortal 810 17 Torva Messor 785 18 Pedro67 765 19 The Unknown Man 758 20 tracy 745 21 An Fear Beag 731 22 Wormfarmer 729 23 The old lady 694 24 Thatcher 681 25 Etushipushingupdaisies 663 26 Baby Blue 661 27 MariNisia 648 28 Imelda 626 29 Predictor 615 30 Death Impends 607 31 DeathBecomesThem 601 32 Cpt. Hemlock 583 33 Lady Fiona 565 34 Charles De Gaulle 552 35 Caleb H 537 36 TQR 526 37 ThereWillBeDeaths7 516 38 The Old Crem 504 39 The Daredevil 497 40 John Key 485 41 arghton 473 42 Sean 469 43 Diego 457 44 Yorkshire Banker 404 45 Bibliogryphon 398 46 Annami 390 47 Young Willz 352 48 Great Uncle Bulgaria 279 49 Hell 240 50 chileanway 225 51 Sod's Law 202 52 Gooseberry Crumble 59 Can Banana pull another rabbit out of his hat or is this the 2nd win of this deadpool for Cpt Chorizo? 6 weeks are left and the necessary 38 pts could almost come from anywhere. One additional note: Unfortunately, I just saw that I previously had assigned points to RadGuy for Irish cook Joe Shannon. But since Shannon hasn't received a QO, I sadly have to take them back...

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/joao-marinho-neto/ Joao Marinho Neto validated last month by Longeviquest.Born in Brazil on the 5th October 1912.He us the second oldest man in the World behind John Tinniswood.

Let's just pretend. It's funnier this way.

I don't agree that it's superfluous - the two have different meanings. Hating something can be passive - you can hate the NHS, in this example, without ever saying something about it. Hating on something, on the other hand, is vocally and publicly criticising it - which is something you can also do if you don't feel hatred towards the thing.

Celeste Caeiro dead at 91. Once mentioned by Spade as a possibility for 2022, she gave flowers to soldiers in 1973, hence the name Carnation Revolution.

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Week long party? Count me in. We'll go hang-gliding.

That is an unfortunate by-product of these secular times. I prefer to be cremated to my remains being buried in a grave with a tasteless headstone for a decade or two, then being moved to a mass grave. Saves time, room, effort and money.