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He will probably be on a lot of teams since he was a fan of Hawk Tuah Girl, and might have been one of the investors who got rug pulled. That could be a lot to handle emotionally at his age.

Heard on 60s radio that Danny Jordan, of the novelty act The Detergents, died. His group's main claim to fame was "Leader of the Laundromat", a parody of "Leader of the Pack", meaning the lead singers on both the original and the bad parody have died this year. Found this tweet by bandmate Ron Dante, who later became best known for the Archies, confirming: https://x.com/rondante/status/1870632859905724478

Burt. the main Crocodile in the film Crocodile Dundee, has died. He was estimated to be at least 90 years old. Sky News When I saw the headline Crocodile Dundee star dies I thought it was Paul Hogan who had died.

On behalf of everyone compiling a dead pool masterlist at this moment I'd just like to wish Jimmy Carter a merry Christmas and happy New Year.

To become a grandfather. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-14220919/Michael-Schumacher-grandfather-daughter-Gina-baby-Formula-One.html

Chaya Raichik spreading misinformation? Inconceivable.

Shyam Benegal, film director and screenwriter, has died aged 90. Previously mentioned in this thread.

One of the reasons I've put at least a temporary hold on voting in these. Stupid as it may be it's just depressing to see one person devoting all their energy to downvoting something like this and upvoting something just catchy or worse utterly slushy garbage. It do(es)n't impress me (much). They are entirely entitled to their opinion of course but it brings me no joy. In other news a member of my pool team deliberately put Last Christmas on the Jukebox last Thursday just to whammageddon and piss me off. That's him dropped in the new year, and likely for most of the rest of it too.

At this point there's clearly no redemption for the list. What 25 are to be kept next year? 1)Jimmy Carter 2)Dick Van Dyke 3)Pete Murray 4)Alan Greenspan 5)Cleo Laine 6)Noam Chomsky 7)Mel Brooks 8)Dennis Skinner 9)Stanley Baxter 10)Joanne Woodward 11)Clint Eastwood 12)Gene Hackman 13)Jean Marie Le Pen 14)Denis Law 15)Tom Brokaw 16)Norman Tebbit 17)Willie Nelson 18)Esther Rantzen 19)Roberta Flack 20)Prunella Scales 21)Raul Castro 22)Imelda Marcos 23)Buzz Aldrin 24)Sonny Rollins 25)Sandy Gall Some dangerous drops but not too many.

Word has it that Vivienne Johnson is older than her advertised age and had a bit of a spill earlier this year, however is fine and in good spirits. A possible pick for somebody this year? (Not me, as my teams are in!).

Die Hard 2’s, Art Evans, dead at 82.

I agree with Ulitzer. People should not be wiped from history because of their transgressions.

Temple Of Love is far too interesting for this crowd.

That’s so sad. I thought she was brilliant in the Farsi dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs!

Not necessarily - however he needs a new pair of shoes as the old ones have sloughed off in sympathy.

Report of the death of actress Joanna Tope, who played Dr Clare Scott in Emmerdale Farm so many moons ago: Mrs Boswell in The Tomorrow People and Winnie in Still Game, among other credits. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867642/

Weirdly I'm listening to last night (22nd) Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone on iPlayer and they've got her death as an item in the Six Music News.

There's no question he suffered a significant brain injury and the medical problems are mainly to do with that. Clearly, someone so immobile for so long gathers physical problems too and Schumi's case will involve complex care needs. If you look at the level of brain injuries from which other sports people have recovered - like Michael Watson - you have to assume Schumacher is in much worse shape than that. Whether that's locked in syndrome is a whole other question. Schumacher suffered significant head injury with the force of impact spread across his skull and - therefore - the outside of his brain, so it's much more likely that he's badly impaired to the state much of his personality is gone and he hasn't got the kind of locked in situation where self-awareness is tied to a body that won't respond. Coincidentally, on the night that news broke I was at a gathering where one of the guests was a consultant psychiatrist who worked with head injured people, the first reports suggested Schumacher had had a bad accident but was on his way to the best medical attention and my mate said instantly that the outcome would be way worse than those first reports suggested.

Presumably called Waymond because his parents couldn't say Raymond. I wonder if he had siblings... Wichard, Wonald, and Wachel?

Art Evans QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/art-evans-die-hard-2-211443455.html A Crumble hit!

Agree with YW that it was very well knitted together this year. However, also agree with CSB that there were far too many notable omissions. Should have been included: William Russell, Iris Apfel, Georgina Hale, Chita Rivera, Jonnie Irwin, John Savident, David Graham, Michael Jayston, Richard Lewis, M. Emmet Walsh, George Gilbey (Gogglebox), O. J. Simpson, Terry Carter, Morgan Spurlock, Roger Corman, Gudrun Ure, Dabney Coleman, Dario G, Simon Cowell, Francoise Hardy, Bill Cobbs, John Mayall, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, John Anderson (Gladiators referee), Richard Simmons, Roberta Taylor, Tomcraft, Bob Newhart, Ruth Westheimer, Gena Rowlands, Gavin Creel, Teri Garr, John Amos, Tony Todd, Duncan Norvelle, Jean Adamson

David Carling, voice of various characters in the CGI versions of Fireman Sam and a narrator on Caught On Dashcam, reportedly dead:

Yeah guess I shouldn’t have bothered posting Rickey Henderson in the baseball thread 4 hours before it was officially confirmed either. Please note how I didn’t actually say dead and posted with a question mark, could very well be a hoax but I don’t discount it yet and think it’s worth people’s attention as we go into 2025.

Good. Let's see most of the Boris Johnson awards binned as well, especially that dodgy Baroness. And Gavin fucking Williamson.

Maybe Richey Edwards as well as he was 27 when he disappeared.