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Hospitalized after hitting his head after a fall, third hospitalization this year: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jesse-jackson-hospitalized-fall-howard-university-80916754

It's fast, it's furious it's f***in' good fun. Teams of 20 topplers posted on this thread or PM'd to MPFC will be collected into a masterlist to provide a carnival of carnage, the counting of which goes live in the first second of 2022*. Points aplenty pour into the scoreboard until someone snags the stupendous total of 2022, at which point the event that used to be the fastest deadpool in common useage (until MPFC started something faster!) slams on the brakes and the lucky winner is duly given metaphorical back-slaps and allowed to claim a prize worth about a tenner (though tradition thus far dictates this turns into a charitable donation)**. Closing date for entries is midnight on 30 December 2021. She's mastered everyone else's ceremony, 'bout time she did the duties for us, then! In it to win it this year are... An Fear Beag - af BabyBlue - bb Banana - ba Bibliogryphon - bg Book - bk TheDeathofBrian - db CalebH - ch Captain Chorizo - cc The Daredevil - td DeathByArsenic - da Death Impends - di Doulton - dl Drol - dr Dying Probably - dp Famous6WEva - f6 gcreptile - gr Great Uncle Bulgaria - gb Gooseberry Crumble - gc GuyFromFuture - gf JoeMoneypenny - jm Joey Russ - jr John Key - jk MariNisia - mn Maryportfuncity - mp msc - ms theoldlady - ol The Old Crem - oc Pedro 67 - p6 Predictor - pr Redrumours - rr Salmon Mousse - sm Sideik - sk TheSpinosaurus - ts Toast - to Torva Messor - tm The Unknown Man - tu Wannamaker - wa WEP - we YorkshireBanker - yb Top talent aplenty in our list of previous champions: 2009 - Raskolnikov 2010 - Nobody, I mean f***in' nobody, reached the winning points total 2011 - DDT 2012 - Spade Cooley 2013 - DDT 2014 - Death Impends 2015 - MSC 2016 - DDT 2017 - Death Impends 2018 - MSC 2019 - Phantom of the Midway 2020 - RadGuy 2021 - An Fear Beag 2022 - Banana * There may be a slight delay getting the whole thing up live at the start of the year due to domestic commitments - but it'll still be up there very close to the first second of the year (and that's when the competition goes live) ** To be precise, every winner bar one has opted for a charitable donation and it's now tradition that MPFC provides evidence of said donation once victory is declared. Feel free - should you win - to opt for consumer goods, mind!

No official confirmation yet but social media posts suggest Dean Shek (wiki) has died, aged just 71. A famed Hong Kong film producer and director, but perhaps better known to Western audiences for his acting e.g. co-starring in Drunken Master with Jackie Chan.

Let me give this a shot. Brian Johnson (Joker) Yoko Ono Ozzy Osbourne Sir Bobby Charlton Nichelle Nichols Dick Van Dyke Willie Nelson Bob Dylan Queen Elizabeth II Sir Frank Williams. Replacement: Edwin Meese Barbara Walters Brian May Bob Dole. Replacement: Tina Turner Roger Donlon Linda Nolan Betty White. Replacement: Mikhail Gorbachev James Earl Jones Harry Belafonte Dwayne Hickman Olivia Newton-John Subs Edwin Meese: MOVED TO MAIN LIST Tina Turner: MOVED TO MAIN LIST Mikhail Gorbachev: MOVED TO MAIN LIST

Oh aye, and...

Video from October. Looks dreadful.

Sir Keith Skinner, 4th Baronet, aged 93 Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253165/skinner They are all called Thomas (after the first baronet) but they don't seem to use the name, even the heir is James rather than Thomas. Instructional in the ways of the aristos, the baronetcy relates to a fucking street in Chelsea. Yes, m'lord, until he's 3 blocks away.

Guardian Obit for Peter Watson-Wood, TV documentary cameraman turned film producer, aged 92: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/01/peter-watson-wood-obituary Mad Dogs And Englishmen and The Wicker Tree among his credits. Interestingly, the obit refers to his friendship with Anthony Newley. Leslie Bricusse just died, now this (though when exactly, I'm not going on a search). Maybe Tony Newley's Mates should be a theme team? Things come in threes, who's next?

Hawkwind at the Palladium last Thursday. 80 year old Dave Brock handled half the vocals and half the guitar solos. Was genuinely weird to look down on them from the Royal Circle rather than standing and allowing their lightshow to overwhelm me. True to form they played stuff from their new (37th) album, threw in greatest hits in the middle and gave set space to randomly chosen album tracks seldom played on recent tours.

Yes, if it was a choice between him and say Jerry Lee Lewis for inclusion it's a bit of a no brainer.

Original Buffy Kristy Swanson hospitalized and on oxygen with Covid and pneumonia: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vaccine-skeptical-actress-kristy-swanson-of-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-note-hospitalized-with-covid-19-11635801592

I mean there's 5 unique hits in the top 50 teams spread among 3 teams.

So many elderly aristocrats dying. Surely it can't be long before either nongenarian David Ogilvy the Earl of Airlie or 101 year old The Dowager Duchess of Grafton brings me some success...

Those with Pat Martino in their team - fret not. (See what I did there?). The jazz guitarist was certainly El Hombre as far as Sean, Joey Russ and Salmon Mousse were concerned. Bonus: Salmon Mousse plays a 7 - Pair of 7s - 10 Additional Points. Leaderboard updated. (Jazz hands!).

Well, Pat Martino fans may have to wait for puns until a Qobit (preferred term round here) appears. How long is a cricket pitch? 22 yards? Hey, it was 22 years that Alan Igglesden had a brain tumour before he returned to the pavilion in the sky (if you believe in that sort of thing...). Coincidence? Yes, of course it is. Cricket's a slow game, but 22 years? Igglesden's passing caught out a few of us, but not gcreptile, msc, Death Impends and Grim Up North who all score. Bonuses: gcreptile plays a 6 - Pair of 6s - 10 Points; Two Pair of 6s and As - 15 Points; Two Pair of 6s and Js - 15 Points; Two Pair of 6s and Qs - 15 Points - Total: 55 Additional Points. msc plays a 10 - Pair of 10s - 10 Additional Points. Death Impends plays a 2 - Pair of 2s - 10 Additional Points. Banana brought Igglesden on as 12th man (13th actually, Ally McLaws was a first sub) - anyhow, draws a K Clubs for 13 Points added. gcreptile now puts clear daylight between himself and the chasing pack and becomes the first player this year to break the 1000 Point barrier. But holding 4 pairs now (which is ridiculous) a serious possibility of tremendous points coming if full houses are made. Anyway, leaderboard updated.

Agreed he looks in fantastic shape for a 95 year old man, I know anything can happen at that age but would be surprised if he doesn’t reach his 100th Birthday he could easily pass as 15 years younger.

That’s an A* in straw-clutching from The Old Cretin then ain’t it?

Frank Farrar is a solo hit for @Wormfarmer: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16592696/frank-farrar-dead-south-dakota-governor/ and Alan Igglesden QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/breaking-alan-igglesden-dead-england-25352831

Aye, and he's been a regular runner for 40 years - which will likely have done his general health a few favours.

German Journalist Bettina Gaus died at 64 years after short illness: https://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Journalistin-Bettina-Gaus-ist-tot-article22901129.html

Picture from Italian-born Brazilian supercentenarian Delio Venturotti's (25 Oct 1909-1 June 2022) 112th birthday, a week ago. He's one of the seven (less or more) living men born before 1910 with: Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia (11 Feb 1909-18 Jan 2022) Spain Ivo Gomes Barbosa (15 May 1909-in limbo since 2020) Brazil Juan Vicente Perez Mora (27 May 1909-2 April 2024) Venezuela Marcel Meys (12 July 1909-15 Dec 2021) France Geraldo de Jesus (2 Aug 1909-9 February 2022) Brazil Lawrence Brooks (12 Sept 1909-4 Jan 2022) United States and Venturotti, all 112. Geraldo de Jesus is bedridden but lucid, Saturnino is in a wheelchair. The others seem to still be able to stand, Brooks could stand on his 112th without any aid.

Alan Igglesden, if dead, is... A fifth hit for gcreptile A fourth hit for msc A third hit for Grim Up North and Death Impends A second hit for theoldlady

Or this fellow.

Fuck!! For a moment I thought that said that he had renewed his marriage vows with wife aged 7.

15th January Michael Apted Kay Ullrich Katharine Whitehorn Reginald Foster 22nd January Phil Spector Grace Robertson Paul Nihill 29th January Larry King Catherine Ennis Margaret Weston Gerry Cottle