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That's a shame, I was a big fan of his as a kid: Round 3 1. The Mad Hatter vs Boudicca 0-0 2. Rad vs Banana 9-10 3. John Key vs Death Impends 0-18 4. The Quim Reaper vs Book 3-0 5. Gcreptile vs Pedro 6-0 6. Chorizo vs Torva Messor 3-3 7. Bibliogryphon vs Spade Cooley 0-14 8. Deadsox vs Clorox 0-16 Teams can be sent in for Round 4 now.

You V Spade...the most anticipated battle since Mayweather V Pacquiao

Weirdly enough, the DDP is ticking along pretty healthily in terms of deaths (96 for the year so far), ahead of last year I'm sure and possibly up there with some of our really big years. But none of the deaths have been front page news.

Polly Higgins has died. RIP. Banana and Rad share points. DI and Spade extend leads and can now scout each other out. And Reptile has... probably put Pedro to bed now. Round 3 1. The Mad Hatter vs Boudicca 0-0 2. Rad vs Banana 12-13 3. John Key vs Death Impends 0-21 4. The Quim Reaper vs Book 3-0 5. Gcreptile vs Pedro 9-0 6. Chorizo vs Torva Messor 3-3 7. Bibliogryphon vs Spade Cooley 0-17 8. Deadsox vs Clorox 0-16

I have a feeling he has already died but there hasn't been an announcement yet. Diane told me earlier while we were sharing a can of Mojito on the train

My thoughts are with all the Sri Lankans who’ve been killed around 7 times each as a result of this horrendous attack.

Her Majesty is 93 today!

No, I don't think so. It seems Doreen's parents are Horace L (Leonard?) Spooner and Ada E Tribe whilst Dennis' parents are Thomas G Spooner and Lily F Brinkley.

Sister of ex- Dr Who showrunner Dennis Spooner? Born 4 years apart in Tottenham by looks of it. Calling Dr @Cat O'Falk.

It'll be me vs Spade next round though. Unlikely either of us will perform a Squonking in May!

That new ITV The Comedy Years is on Episode 3, but watching Episode 1 there and noted some aging comics and comedy writers showing up. James Bolams aged a fair bit since his Cbeebies run a few years ago, and Eric Chappell (writer of Rising Damp for the non-Willz's out there) looked ready to keel over at any moment. Also pictured are Cannon and Ball, and Bernie Clifton.

Verne Troyer's life was cut short 1 year ago today, aged 49.

Hasn't tweeted in quite a while. Maybe he's forgotten how to.

DDP Pick Monir Farmanfarmaian, Iranian artist, dead at 96: https://www.rferl.org/a/prominent-iranian-artist-monir-farmanfarmaian-dies-at-97/29894403.html

The death toll is worse than originally thought:

No, but I'll comment. We have a thread for general massacres. This is specific to school massacres. There ya go. A comment. SC

How's Martina McClutcheson doing? I had hoped she was getting back into gear since her bankruptcy, but her career seems to have stalled.

95 today.

Hearing they've renamed that ward The Trolling Drol wing...

The Daily Heil says he died in jail aged 73 just days after 'joining a betting sweep on his death'. What sort of sick bugger does stuff like that?

It's from delivering a back-hander to Phil the Greek.

The canteen closed for Victoria Wood on this day 3 years ago, aged 62.