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Oh and a special mention to @Gooseberry Crumble who has his first hit and is welcomed to the leaderboard! Everyone is playing at last!

Almost everyone was drinking Advocaat when they picked Ricksen, who has been taken off the field of play permanently. (Nobody had him as a sub!) Turning to those bonuses: YoungWillz hits a pair of 6s - 10 Additional Points Torva Messor hits A Hearts - 5 Additional Points Toast hits A Diamonds - 5 Additional Points The Old Crem hits a pair of 2s - 10 Additional Points Skinny Kiltrunner hits a pair of Js - 10 Additional Points Sir Creep hits a straight 7, 8, 9, 10, J - with 8 Hearts - 30 Additional Points; with 8 Diamonds - 30 Additional Points. Total: 60 Additional Points. With Sir Creep's bonuses, he slips up the wing into near contention, but with the top players all picking Fernando, little other change at the top. Leaderboard updated.

Will tally his points and the next scoreboard later today, only about 10 mins before I leave for work so not enough time to figure out what his 13 pickers get.

If 7 teams had to pick the same again, they wouldn't, my friend, Fernando... 1. drol 5 =2. Bibliogryphon 16 =2. BuffaloPhil 16 4. CaptainChorizo 17 5. GraveDanger 18 6. Phantom of the Midway 20 7. FixedBusiness 23 =8. gcreptile 24 =8. The Quim Reaper 24 =10. Clorox Bleachman 26 =10. Great Uncle Bulgaria 26 =10. machotrouts 26 =10. paddyfool 26 =10. QTips 26 =10. Spade_Cooley 26 =16. Death Impends 27 =16. The Old Crem 27 =16. Torva Messor 27 19. manuel 28 20. Sir Creep 30 21. Joey Russ 32 =22. Book 34 =22. Skinny kiltrunner 34 =24. deadsox 35 =24. Dr_T 35 =26. En Passant 36 =26. Pedro67 36 =28. markb4 37 =28. Mercarte 37 =30. An Fear Beag 39 =30. The Mad Hatter 39 32. Banana 40 33. YoungWillz 43 34. Newjack 45 =35. Grim Up North 46 =35. theoldlady 46 37. The Unknown Man 47 38. Wormfarmer 50 39. Toast 51 40. JoeMoneypenny 52 41. charon 54 42. Neobrakeon 59 43. Master Tech 63 44. Philip 65 45. Bentrovato 81 46. nantonian2013 83 47. Team Wean 131 48. msc 167

Sad but inevitable.Heart goes out to his wife and daughter.He had an incredible attitude and determination.R.I.P

Dead. RIP.

3rd hit of the year, but since every other team had him too, then no biggie

Just listened to "Crazy Little Party Girl" for the first time in 20 years as a result of this thread. It's not a forgotten gem.

And nearly everyone else.

Fernando ricksen dead. Thats another Hit for me.

And I pull level. YW - 8; DL - 8

Ah in September. Spade Cooley is denied his headline "The Hun Is Dead, October".

Always sad when a person dies at that age. RIP.

BBC obit - pretty quick for them https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49740638

Regardless of my thoughts of him as a player or person pre-illness, no one deserves the fate of MND/ALS. RIP.

If we're talking about Jeopardy candidates, has anyone considered Johnny Gilbert? Purely age related - he's gone 90. That he's still announcing says he's in decent health, but at that age, being old is a legitimate cause of death.

Ric Ocasek would have been 32 and Andy Summers 35 when they joined their most famous groups Similarly Leonard Cohen released his first album in 1967 aged 34 A more extreme example was the drummer Ed Cassidy, who was born in 1923 and was a founding member of the psychedelic rock band Spirit in 1967, so would have been 43-44 But the best example of an older rock musician finding success for the first time is Seasick Steve, not a shadow of a doubt about it

Feeling better and is looking forward to the megacruise next month

Karl Popper thoughts were put to rest on this day 25 years ago, aged 92.

My god she's 37? Looks closer to 45/47. Think you're right can't see her living into her 60s/ 70s. Drug overdose or suicide.

Long overdue update coming soon.

About the same as Ian Watkins & Gary Glitter nabbing it with Little Drummer Boy

No tears shed for the monstrous Robert Mugabe. One doesn't need to take an in-depth look at his resume to see he qualifies for the crimes against humanity bonus. theoldlady the big winner of this hit with 45 + 27 = 72 points. LFN 40 + 24 = 64. Toast 35 + 21 = 56. the_engineer 30 + 18 = 48. gcreptile 20 + 12 = 32. and The Old Crem had him as a sub and gets 25 points.

Classic rock joke... What has more brains than Kurt Cobain? The wall behind him.

Looks like the indomitable William Frankland is starting to run out of steam. The 107 finally moved into a care home a few months ago due to frail health, though he still writes. This piece by the Church Times confirms Frankland is now lives at The Charterhouse Infirmary, residency of which is for end of life patients.