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Some younger posters may not even have heard of Santana and so would not make the connection To be fair some of the lucky ones may not have heard of Jon Bon Jovi

The kids all know Santana these days though:

Not sure where to put this. Carlos Santana (age 74) of the famed band Santana canceled the remaining shows of 2021 due to an unscheduled heart procedure last Saturday (Nov. 27th). Supposedly starting shows back up in January, I've attached his statement. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/carlos-santana-cancels-december-las-vegas-residency-heart-procedure-1265677/

He was well enough to beat the orange monkey a year or so ago. Can manage a phone call.

Ray Illingworth, cricketer and former England captain, is now battling advanced esophageal cancer and wants the right to end his life.

Yeah that works for me now but my entry is already in because I got it from the e-mail

Not words you hear often these days.

@wannamaker Robert Aumann already chosen by MariNisia, so you'll need to pick again.

Chemistry: Elias James Corey Peace: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Literature: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio Medicine: Andrew Victor Schally Physics: Leon N Cooper Economics: Robert Wilson

Chemistry: Martin Karplus Peace: Óscar Arias Sánchez Literature: Louise Glück Medicine: Ferid Murad Physics: Ben Roy Mottelson Economics: Vernon Smith

Chemistry: Akira Suzuki Peace: Michail S. Gorbatschow Literature: Gao Xingjian Medicine: Bengt I. Samuelsson Physics: Rainer Weiss Economic Sciences: Israel Robert John Aumann

Chemistry: Alan Jay Heeger  Peace: HRH, 14. Dalai Lama Literature: Bob Dylan Medicine: Eric Richard Kandel Physics: Ivar Giaever Economic Sciences: Amartya Kumar Sen Hit #1: Chemistry/Robert Floyd Curl Jr. (7/4/22)

The deadline has always been the same every single year. If you miss out because it’s not advent yet, that’s on you.

Is this prick ever going to answer our questions? I had a genuine corpse one!

Cross posting John Sillett's death here. Last picked for the DDP in 2013, List of the Missed: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2013/celebs_S.html#sillej

But was Biden well enough to speak to Brooks?

Dead aged 85. Obituaries: The Sun, Daily Star, Daily Mail, BBC.

Lawrence Brooks was still well enough to speak with Biden on the phone a week ago.

You nip out for a cigarette....

Points : Book (13d) and gcreptile (9d) : 62 points msc (11d) : 47 points Lafaucheuse (10d) : 29 points Wannamaker (5d) : 23 points the Daredevil (5d) : 16 points WEP (6d) : 15 points Gooseberry Crumble (3d) and Chilean Way (4d) (tie): 14 points The Old Crem (4d) and Handrejka (3d) : 12 points CaptainChorizo (8d) : 10 points MortalCaso (3d) : 9 points Toast (4d), and Bibliogryphon (2d) (tie) : 8 points CalebH (5d) : 7 points Doulton (2d) and Great Uncle Bulgaria (2d) : 6 points YorkshireBanker (2d) and JoeMoneypenny (1d) : 5 points theoldlady (1d) : 0 point predictor : -2 point Players' lists : theoldlady : 1. Tom Smith 2. James Whale 3. Tom Parker 4. Jimmy Carter 5. Peter Tobin 6. Jean Louis Trintignant 7. Barbara Walters 8. Olivia Newton John 9. Leslie Philips 10. Linda Nolan 11. Marsha Hunt 12. Noam Chomsky  13. Pele 14. Yoko Ono 15. Luis Echeverria 16. Mikhail Gorbatsjov  17. Shane MacGowan 18. Joanne Woodward 19. Pope Benedict XVI 20. Doddie Weir bybliogryphon : 1. Nichelle Nichols 2. Boris Pahor 3.  David Graham 4. Jacques Delors 5. Leslie Phillips 6. Marsha Hunt 7. Henry Kissinger 8. June Spencer 9. Bob Newhart 10. Patricia Routledge 11. William Kennedy 12. Antonia Fraser 13. David McKee 14. Timothy Dudley Smith 15. Eileen Derbyshire 16. Richard Sherman 17. Frank Field 18. Peter Greenaway 19. Rob Burrow 20. James Watson YoungWillz : 01. Michael Parkinson 02. Michael Caine 03. Billy Connolly 04. Barry Humphries 05. Ian McKellen 06. Alan Alda 07. Barry Gibb 08. Tony Bennett 09. Alan Bennett 10. Henry Kissinger 11. Tom Lehrer 12. Paolo Conte 13. Mel Brooks 14. Petula Clark. 15. Bette Midler 16. Yoko Ono 17. Joanne Woodward 18. Anita Harris (Actress) 19. Shirley Bassey 20. Tina Turner Chilean Way : 1. Benedict XVI 2. Henry Kissinger 3. Bobby Charlton 4. Marsha Hunt 5. Jimmy Carter 6. Nehemiah Persoff 7. Willie Nelson 8. Jerry Lee Lewis 9. Olivia Newton-John 10. Noam Chomsky 11. Alejandro Jodorowsky 12. Earvin "Magic" Johnson 13. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 14. Josip Manolic 15. Isabel Perón 16. Pelé 17. Bob Barker 18. Leslie Phillips 19. Harry Belafonte 20. Jake "The Snake" Roberts Gooseberry Crumble : 1. Barbara Walters 2. Pope Benedict 3. Bobby Moncur 4. Raquel Welch 5. John Savident 6. June Spencer 7. Pat Boone 8. Julian Assange 9. Pele 10. Liza Minnelli 11. James Lovelock 12. Isabel Peron 13. Dennis Skinner 14. Edgar Pearce 15. Desmond Morris 16. Val Lehman 17. Rolf Harris 18. Bernadette Chirac 19. Tina Turner  20. Geoffrey Boycott  CaptainChorizo : 1. Michel Bouquet 2. Kane Tanaka 3.Vaclav Klaus 4. Vicky Phelan 5.Abdullah The Butcher 6. Susie Steiner 7.Larry Pressler 8.Fay Vincent 9.Luis Echeverria 10.Pat Carroll 11. Frank Field 12.Francoise Hardy 13.Claire Maurier 14.Jean Louis Trintignant 15.Parnelli Jones 16.Willie Mays 17. Jorge Spedaletti 18.Gene LeBell 19.James Dewey Watson 20.Violetta Chamorro gcreptile : 1. Victor Orena 2. Amanda Lear 3. Brigitte Bardot 4. Recep Erdogan 5. Michael Graydon (poker player - not the Irish one...) 6. Brian Morris (golfer) 7. Esther Lee (Williams Sister therapist) 8. Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) 9. Jack Thompson (Aussie actor) 10. John Toschak 11. Tony Jacklin 12. Madison Cawthorne No, let's change that to Theodore McCarrick 13. Frank Field 14. David Bailey 15. Morteza Mehrzad (Paralympian) 16. Davie Wilson (Glasgow Rangers) 17. Clive Brittain 18. Vicky Phelan 19. Michael Dobbs, Baron 20. C.W. McCall Great Uncle Bulgaria : 1. Frank Field 2. Linda Nolan 3. Pete Murray 4. Pope Benedict 5. Bob Barker 6. Marian Fuks 7. Susie Steiner 8. Tom Lehrer 9. J-L Trintignant 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Leslie Phillips 12. Douglas Hurd 13. Colin Thackery 14. Rob Burrow 15. Norman Tebbit 16. Liliana Segre 17. Rupert Murdoch 18. Jean Hindmarsh 19. Scarlett Moffatt 20. Nigel lawson CalebH : 1. Ion Iliescu 2.Angela Lansbury 3.Miloz Zeman 4. Marianne Faithfull 5. Princess Mikasa 6. Frank Beckmann 7. Emerich Jenei 8.Mikhail Gorbachev 9.June Brown 10.James Lovelock 11. Bob Barker 12. Mildred Kornman 13. Placido Domingo 14.Julie Newmar 15.Bernadette Chirac 16.Lucille Randon 17.Kane Tanaka 18.Gordon Moore 19.Irene Papas 20.Art Rupe MortalCaso : 1. Jake Roberts 2. Kane Tanaka 3. Frank Field 4. Nichelle Nichols 5. Henry Kissinger 6. Jimmy Carter 7. Morgan Freeman 8. Clint Eastwood 9. Alan Arkin 10. Michael Cain 11. Demi Lovato 12. Queen Elizabeth 13. Al Quie 14. Michael Dukakis 15. Jim Broyhill 16. Alma Powell 17. Jesse Jackson 18. Bam Margera 19. George Perez 20. Charley Trippi Predictor : 1. Elise Ballard 2. Angelo Berkowitz 3. Simon Brook 4. Sharlene Brown 5. Eugene Byrd 6. Kelly Coyle 7. Anthony Crivello 8. Seth Michael Donsky 9. Kurt Engstrom 10. Elizabeth Franz 11. Giovanni Giacomo 12. Keivyn McNeill Grayes 13. Keisha Howard 14. Erik Jensen 15. David Norona 16. Billy Porter 17. Brenda Pressley 18. Rose Baum Senerchia 19. Lynn Tanner 20. Jean Loup Wolfman JoeMoneyPenny : Pope Benedict Keith Ape Jack Thompson Hwang In-shik Meg Wynn Owen J.J. Dillon Bowie Wu Lisa Lu Valentino(fashion designer) Imelda Marcos Peng Shuai Mahathir Mohamad Rebecca Pan Ma Shitu Jiro Ono Yuriko, Princess Mikasa Robert Kuok Jiang Zemin Masaru Furukawa Lorraine Crapp YorkshireBanker : 1Dick McTaggart 2Baroness Sharples 3 Nadia Cattouse 4Lynne Reid Banks 5June Brown 6June Spencer 7Anne Baker 8Herbie Flowers 9Jet Black 10Rosemary Squires 11Margaret Barton 12Sammy Chung 13Joan Plowright 14Frank Williams(comedy actor) 15Daniella Westbrook 16Terry Medwin 17Winnie Ewing 18Vilma Hollingbery 19Phyllis Dal ton 20Beryl Vertue Handrejka : Frank Field Stan Boardman Mikhail Gorbachev Wally Fawkes Jean Marsh Leslie Caron Jane Elliott (blue eyes/brown eyes experiment) Eva Marie Saint Nanette Newman Jimmy Carter Pele Marianne Faithfull Lynne Reid Banks Nina van Pallandt Linda Nolan Vera Miles Prunella Scales Thelma Barlow Bulle Ogier Eric Chappell wannamaker : 1 Niger Starmer Smith 2 Tony Bennett 3 Pelé 4 Frank Field 5 Norman Lear 6 James Whale 7 Jerry Lee Lewis 8 Milos Zeman 9 Giorgio Napolitano 10 Tom Smith 11 Luis Echeverría 12 Phil Collins 13 Bobby Charlton 14 Benedict XVI 15 George Perez 16 Francoise Hardy 17 Bill Turnbull 18 Jimmy Carter 19 George Alagiah 20 Superstar Billy Graham The Old Crem : 1. Terry Venables 2. Pelé 3. Frank Field 4. Jerry Lee Lewis 5. Milos Zeman 6. Marianne Faithfull 7. Tom Weiskopf 8. Tom Parker 9. Johnny Ruffo 10.Tom Smith 11. George Alagiah 12. Bill Turnbull 13. Linda Nolan 14. James Whale 15. Shannen Doherty 16. Rob Burrow 17. Ted Kaczyński 18. Queen Elizabeth 2 19. Glynis Johns 20. Leslie Phillips Doulton : 1. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II 2. Robert Redford 3. James Ivory 4. Tony Bennett 5. Janet Napolitano 6. Peter Schickele 7. Desmond Morris 8. Leontyne Price 9. Richard Simmons 10. James Meredith 11. Jorie Graham 12. Dick Button 13. Ned Rorem 14. Robert Brustein 15. Seiji Ozawa 16. Patricia Routledge 17. Tom Lehrer 18. Henry Kissinger 19. Joanne Woodward 20. Pope Benedict XVI msc : 1. Vic Elford 2. Linda Nolan 3. Shannen Doherty 4. Khaleda Zia 5. Susie Steiner 6. Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) 7. James Whale 8. Vicky Phelan 9. Tony Parkes 10. Sir Jamie McGrigor 11. Marianne Faithful 12. Philip Springer (composer) 13. Milos Zeman 14. Antonio Inoki 15. George Perez 16. Frank Field 17. Anna Pavord 18. Jorge Toro 19. Richard Franklin 20. Maurice Norman The Daredevil : 1. Ted Kaczynski 2. Frank Field 3. Irene Papas 4. George Alagiah 5. James Whale 6. George Perez 7. Lee Montague 8. Pele 9. Joanne Woodward 10. Joss Ackland 11. Jimmy Carter 12. Leslie Phillips 13. Michel Bouquet 14. Jake “The Snake” Roberts 15. Angela Lansbury 16. Len Deighton 17. Françoise Hardy 18. Jacques Dutronc 19. Jean-Louis Trintignant 20. Milos Zeman Book : 01. Khaleda Zia 02.Ted Kaczyński 03. Bill Turnbull 04. JL Trintignant 05. Eddie OK Adams 06. Frank Field 07. Mike Mora 08. George Alagiah 09. Jane Morgan 10. Jerry Lee Lewis 11. Kane Tanaka 12. Larry Pressler 13. Diane Berberian 14. Marianne Faithfull 15. Marthe Cohn 16. Volodymyr Zelenskyy 17. Pelé 18. Pierre Soulages 19. Vicky Phelan 20. Susie Steiner Toast : Phyllida Law Gerald Harper Julie Goodyear Gorbachev Stan Bowles Raymond Briggs Yoko Ono Jane Rossington Roy Clarke Jean Louis Trintignant Leslie Phillips Mary Quant Susie Steiner Frank Field Bam Margera Mohamed Al Fayed Pete Murray Linda Ronstadt Bill Treacher Jean Marsh Lafaucheuse : 1. Khaleda Zia 2. Hackshaw Jim Duggan 3. 4. Sergey Galitsky 5. Susie Steiner 6. Tom Smith 7. Leslie Phillips 8. Art Rupe 9. Saleh Ajeery 10. Bruno Latour 11. Bill Turnbull 12. Georges Alagiah 13. Kane Tanaka 14. Jean Louis Trintignant 15. Milos Zeman 16. 17. Vicky Phelan 18. Michael Jungner 19. Frank Field 20. Zhang Zan WEP : 1. George Alagiah (tv presenter) 2. John Ashton (“The Psychedelic Furs”-guitarist) 3. Ronnie Atkins (“Pretty Maids”-singer) 4. Ady Barkan (lawyer and liberal activist) 5. Robert Briggs (Vietnam veteran)  6. Rob Burrow (rugby player) 7. Shannen Doherty (actress) 8. Diane Berberian (runner) 9. Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead (Labour MP) 10. Michael Graydon (poker player) 11. Khaleda Zia (politician) 12. Tim Keller (theologian) 13. Zhang Zhan (blogger) 14. James Jones (head of Convoy Aid Romania) 15. Brian Morris (golfer) 16. Olivia Newton-John (singer) 17. Tom Parker (“The Wanted” singer) 18. Tom Smith (rugbyman) 19. Françoise Hardy (singer) 20. Bill Turnbull (BBC presenter) Hits : Sir Anthony Sher (3/12/21) : first hit of the pool for Bibliogryphon, Great Uncle Bulgaria, YorkshireBanker, Handrejka, Wanamaker, The Old Crem, Doulton, msc, The Daredevil, Book, Toast, Wep and Lafaucheuse + first spot death for The Old Crem, Book and Lafaucheuse Vinod Dua (4/12/21) : two first spot hits in a row + unique pick for Book Eileen Ash (4/12/21) : unique hit for chilean way Bob Dole (5/12/21) : a hit for theoldlady, Doulton, msc, The Old Crem, Handrejka, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Captain Chorizo, CalebH and Lafaucheuse + 2 hits in 2 days for Book and Chilean Way + first spot hit for the daredevil, Wannamaker, Bibliogrypgon and MortalCaso Nanda Prusty (7/12/21) : a solo hit for Lafaucheuse Lars Hogh (8/12/21) : a hit for book, CaptainChorizo, The Old Crem and Toast + first spot hit for msc + 2 hits in 2 days for Lafaucheuse Vicente Fernandez (12/12/21) : a hit for CalebH, CaptainChorizo and Lafaucheuse Lucia Hiriart (16/12/21) : a hit for chilean way and Lafaucheuse Ray Illingworth (25/12/21) : a unique pick on the 25th of December for Wannamaker Desmond Tutu (26/12/21) : a hit for Gooseberry Crumble and 2 hits in 2 days for Wannamaker April Ashley (27/12/21) : two hits in two days for Gooseberry Crumble + unique pick Betty White (31/12/21) : a unique pick for Book on the 31st of December Gary Burgess (01/01/22) : first hit of the year for msc, CaptainChorizo and The Old Crem, 2 hits in 2 days for Book and last pick first hit of the list for gcreptile Joan Copeland (04/01/22) : a solo hit for MortalCaso Bob Falkenburg (6/01/22) : a solo hit for Gooseberry Crumble Sidney Poitier (07/01/22) : a hit for The Daredevil and Toast Robert Durst (10/01/22) : a hit for Book, msc, WEP, MortalCaso, CalebH and gcreptile Saturnino De la Fuente (18/01/22) : a solo hit for lafaucheuse Russell Bishop (20/01/22) : a hit for Wannamaker, Web, Toast, Book, msc, CaptainChorizo and Lafaucheuse Leonor Oyarzun (20/01/22) : a solo hit for Chilean Way Louie Anderson (21/01/22) : a hit for msc, Book and gcreptile Mustafa Kayirici (25/01/22) : a hit for WEP, gcreptile and Book Les Shapiro (29/01/22) : a unique pick for gcreptile Jeff Innis (30/01/22) : a unique pick for gcreptile + 2 deaths in 2 days Monica Vitti (02/02/22) : a hit for CaptainChorizo and The Daredevil Christos Sartzetakis (03/02/22) : a hit for msc and Lafaucheuse + 2 hits in 2 days for The Daredevil Late Mangeshkar (06/02/22) : a hit for msc, CaptainChorizo and I Isabel Torres (11/02/22) : a hit for Book and CalebH Frank Beckmann (12/02/22) : 2 hits in 2 days for CalebH and a hit the day of the choice for gcreptile Sandhya Mukherjee (15/02/22) : A solo hit for msc Nightbirde (19/02/22) : A solo hit for WEP Chor Yuan (21/02/22) : A solo hit for JoeMoneypenny Catherine Wybourne (24/02/22) : A hit for gcreptile and Book Richard Blum (27/02/22) : A solo hit for gcreptile Vic Elford (13/03/22) : A solo hit for msc Mike Mora (15/03/22) : A solo hit for Book Peter Bowles (17/03/22) : A solo hit for Handrejka

I've been keeping track of my list and been compiling a list throughout the year, I only enter the DDP consistently 'competitively' Biggest thing on my list seems to be lots of cancer remissions. Bless their souls, but it does make me think so many young picks are a waste with modern medicine.

Andy Barker, who joined electronica acid house musos 808 State in 1989, reportedly dead, aged 53: https://louderthanwar.com/andy-barker-808-state-rip/ The Only Rhyme That Bites (UK #10; July 1990)

Cloyd Boyer Death Notice: https://obituaries.joplinglobe.com/obituary/cloyd-boyer-1083306607