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Well, The Star are reporting it - Ronnie Wilson, one of the three brothers who formed The Gap Band, reportedly dead: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/breaking-ronnie-wilson-died-wife-25364066 Just Charlie left of the trio, although other members are available.

https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000184310/95-meti-minintis-prezidentas-valdas-adamkus-talentai-kurie-auga-lietuvoje-man-duoda-vidines-stiprybes Valdas Adamkus is now 95. Sounds great in a recent interview.

I don't think these things will be banned,but if you look at boxing it's a sport that has seen a significant drop in youth level participation in 1st world economies the last 40 years. Really only the poorest of parents allow their children to participate in boxing now.I suspect american football and rugby will gradually head in that direction where parents view it as the pro's don't outweigh the cons.

Carlisle have selflessly taken the second relegation spot just above Scunthorpe - same points as Oldham but worse goal difference. Last Saturday our defending was - frankly - fucking awful. As some of the usual suspects settle in the bottom six we're in for a long and nervy season.

Oh aye, and...

Paul Mason reminds us all he's still around and still in trouble, just in time for the new dead pooling season

Congrats to @MariNisia 1921 Elizabeth Kelly/Ray Lawler 1922 Ruth Bidgood/John B Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Henry Kissinger 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Gudrun Ure/Leonard Fenton 1927 Leotyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Estelle Harris/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Patricia Routledge/Clifford Rose  1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher

Congrats @MariNisia

Jean Rounds, wife to former South Dakota senator Mike Rounds, dead of cancer: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/579716-jean-rounds-wife-of-south-dakota-sen-mike-rounds-dies-from-cancer No chance to become the second coming of Susan Bayh.

3rd September Jill Murphy Len Gibson Dame Elizabeth Blackadder Nanci Griffith 10th September Sergei Kovalev Lee 'Scratch' Perry Abebech Gobena Ed Asner 17th September Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Jean-Paul Belmondo Angela Milner Inge Ginsberg 24th September Jimmy Greaves Sir Clive Sinclair Olivia Jordan Carolyn Shoemaker

Think my money would be on Dolenz to go next based on this. Nesmith looks a bit Mr Burns ish.

Deathrace Form Guide #8 James Whale Radio personality fond of saying "If you don't like it, go to Russia." Terminal case who is out about the prognosis and tidying up the unfinished business by way of getting hitched etc. So there's a sense of time rapidly running out. The serious question facing Deathracers is whether we'll be blubbering because we went with the Whale, or whether we'll be blubbering because we left him alone.

Mickey Dolenz and Mike Nesmith at The Monkees Farewell tour (found on Twitter)

American film and television producer and director, Irwin Allen, died on this day 30 years ago, aged 75.

Alive and obitable, btw - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ifield

Thanks. We may be blatantly speculating on the available hours of people loved and cherished by others - but we have standards to maintain here, right?

On second thoughts Deathrace Form Guide #7 Jerry Lee Lewis Veteran (86-year-old) raiser of hell, and rock n roll legend (basically the only one worthy of that label still breathing). I'll let the man speak for himself, it's fairly obvious no hell is likely to be raised in future, indeed raising him from the chair to the toilet may be a task currently requiring assistance. The appearance of this video on the man's own thread hereabouts has prompted picks in pools for next year. Deathrace rewards the brave (or lucky) and those deftly drawn to those likely to decease in the opening days of the new year. Whether Jerry Lee has one more crowd pleasing performance in him by way of providing points aplenty in such circumstances is possibly the only question left to be resolved in his career.

Deathrace form Guide #6 Bob Dole Bob Dole can't believe Bob Dole is still alive after Bob Dole was diagnosed with lung cancer in March. Bob Dole thinks you should all pick Bob Dole and show Bob Dole more love than Bob Dole ever got in 96. Bob Dole is Bob Dole and Bob Dole approves this message.

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

Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire died at 77 years: https://www.catholictranscript.org/the-greatest-brazilian-pianist-nelson-freire-dies-at-77-culture/ He began touring in 1959, playing with major orchestras and conductors in the U.S., Israel, Japan, Europe, and Central and South America.

Deathrace Form Guide #3 Yoko Ono Subject of much attention and shuffle-off speculation hereabouts. Her longevity might be down to quality genes or the unique dietary habit in which she's lived off one dead Beatle for 41 years. Either way, the soon to be 89- year-old is another perennial poolers' tease who is known to be in poor shape. As many who have encountered the less listenable corners of a highly strange solo career will attest her final death rattle will be well short of the most hideous sound she has made.

Veteran parliamentarian Frank will Field any questions about the rules Deathrace 2022 - Those Rules in Full: 1 - The object of the Deathrace is to be the first contestant to reach 2022 points. 2 - To enter the Deathrace a contestant must have: i: a team of twenty topplers and a minimum of two subs ("topplers" must be at least 18 years old on 1 Jan 2022; but are otherwise unrestricted). ii: Deathlist membership (i.e. be at least a pointless ranter and at most a dedicated Cumbrian corpse hound, or summat) 2a: A player may enter as many team members facing execution as s/he wants but said picks will only count for deathrace points if they die by means other than state execution - murder, suicide, ill health etc. 3 - Entries close promptly at midnight on 30 December 2021 and entry can be made either by sending a team of twenty to MPFC via PM hereabouts and/or by posting a team of twenty on the Deathrace 2022 thread. 3a: Once a team has entered in the manner described above the line-up can’t be changed for any other reason than the death of a team member before the start of the competition. In the event of a team being short of members because of more deaths than available subs MPFC will negotiate last minute changes with the team manager. 4 - Players score points every time a team member dies and accrues an obit (see point 9 below) and the score for each death is calculated as one point for each complete calendar day remaining in 2022 after the death of the team member; so a death on 1 January earns 364 pts, a death on 2 January earns 363 pts etc. 5 - Each team must nominate one member as a joker and the joker scores double points on death. Any team submitted without a clearly nominated joker will be allotted said joker on the basis of the name at the top of the team sheet being so designated. 6 - The winner is the first player to reach or exceed 2022 pts. 7 - In the event that a death or deaths on a specific day push more than one player beyond a winning score the player with the highest overall score will be deemed to be the winner. 8 - In the event that two or more players tie for victory a Deathrace play off will ensue with all potential winners continuing to compete until such time as one potential winner scores more points than any other potential winner (such points continuing to be accrued as per the scoring system described in point 4 above). 9 - An "obit" in the context of the Deathrace is any news report in English from a reliable source. Such sources include - but are not limited to - UK national press, UK national broadcast organisations, foreign press and broadcast organisations with an English language thread to their communication, trade press in English, local news organisations reporting in English and coverage in specialist online sites, such as those monitoring the well-being of super-centenarians. Where dispute arises over the qualifying nature of a news source for obit purposes MPFC's decision is final. But he wants fast and furious competition and is generally very amenable to low hanging dead pool fruit of all varieties. 10 - To qualify for entry purposes team members must be alive at 00-01 hrs on 1 January 2022 or qualify for the Raymond Hewlitt Memorial Exemption (RHME) (see point 11). 11 - In honour of everybody's favourite Maddie-implicated paedo scum a candidate widely believed to be alive on 1 January and subsequently proven to have died previously will be awarded 365 points in the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit subsequently appears for said candidate. In the event that a Deathrace qualifying obit for the candidate is subsequently proven to have existed prior to commencement of the Deathrace all points will be voided. RHME points are only available during competition and in the event that a winner has been declared before discovery of a qualifyiing RHME candidate no revision of the final result will occur. Similarly, if some lucky candidate is awarded RHME points and these points are still in play at the time a winner is declared the points will not subsequently be voided and may - therefore - count towards a championship. All disputes relating to RHME will be resolved by the astute judgement of MPFC and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opionion are warmly invited to liven up the Deathrace thread by venting their fury). 11a - Similarly to pt 11 above, if an obited death occurs during play of the Deathrace and is missed despite MPFC's best efforts to stay in touch and/or the spirited efforts of Deathrace participants and said death is missed in totting up points, after which a winner is declared, then this death will not count for competition purposes. The same is true in the case of a known death gathering a late obit and therefore allowing some other competitor to be declared a winner. All disputes relating to rule 11a will be resolved by the astute judgement of MPFC and there is no appeals procedure (though all sides of opionion are warmly invited to liven up the Deathrace thread by venting their fury). 12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of teams, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the Deathrace and banned for life from subsequent entry into Deathraces. 13 - The prize will be awarded as follows: i: Should the winner agree to attend a DLCon with MPFC a double measure of alcholic drinks (pints, wine or spirits) will be supplied by MPFC along with much hearty congratulations and back-slapping. ii: A carefully chosen and appropriate prize will be posted to the winner (such as the DVD copy of the original Deathrace movie supplied to the 2009 champion). iii: MPFC will make a charitable donation to a cause of the winner's choice (as has been the case with all but one winnings of the Deathrace). This course of action is highly encouraged and is known to show dead poolers as something other than the sicko scum many ranters believe us to be. AND FINALLY... A masterlist of entries will be posted after the closing date. MPFC will undertake to update the scoreboard at least once every seven days. On completion of Deathrace activities the thread will get lively for a short while as losing contestants and spectators offer well-deserved congratulations to the skillful and highly talented new champion, after which time it is expected that the cooling corpse of the thread will be allowed to gently sink into oblivion.

French resistant Jacques Le Gall dead at 100

“Who will survive and what will be left of them?” What sort of brutal dismembering ordeal are you going to put them through?