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Another year, another Hartlepool Deadlypool, with eccentric bonuses and orderly emphasis galore. 2021 perhaps hasn't been the banner year for celeb deaths that 2020 was but that's not entirely a bad thing, especially if the price for that was losing Rush Limbaugh. We did lose Bob Dole and Dilip Kumar too, somehow, but we still have ol' Jimmy Carter. Maybe that jolly peanut farmer held some sort of office that gets him extra points if he goes... Rules are unchanged from last year. As always, I will wait until entering all of my teams for deadpools beginning on January 1 before viewing and entering PMed teams. However I aim to take care of all my teams this weekend so that probably will not be a long wait! Rules Points are scored according to the following highly complex scoring system: Competitors are awarded points according to the order in which their candidates die. The starting positions are as follows: Candidate 1: 50 points Candidate 2: 45 points Candidate 3: 40 points Candidate 4: 35 points Candidate 5: 30 points Candidate 6: 25 points Candidate 7: 20 points Candidate 8: 15 points Candidate 9: 10 points Candidate 10: 5 points When the first candidate dies, points will be awarded as above, and the remaining potential scores will slide up or down one position. If candidate 1 dies first, the team gets 50 points and the points below all increase by 5, so candidate 2 will get 50 points if he or she is the next to go. If a celebrity departs further down the list before the ones above are gone, the scores above are reduced by 5, causing the highest remaining score on the list to disappear. Those below will increase by 5 as before. This will often cause two celebrities to have the same number of points next to their names, but the order in which they die will still influence subsequent scores. Additionally, the player is allowed up to two substitutes. The substitutes will still count as part of the player's team, but use a fully different scoring system: 25 points if one substitute dies, 50 if the second substitute dies. Bonuses do not apply to substitute hits - this likewise means that subs will not take away a name's unique bonus if only one team has said name in their main ten. If a name on the player's team dies before the pool opens, they will not receive points for the death (barring a minuscule consolation point or two). They will be allowed to put a new name on their main team, either from the subs bench or a new name entirely. If a sub is promoted, they are entitled to name a new sub. Note that premature deaths are the only circumstances in which changes to a team are allowed. Otherwise, teams will be entered as originally submitted. If Superstar Billy Graham announces hospice care after you've submitted, tough luck. I'm doing you a favor with that one, after all. As the host receives an email copy of any PMed teams as originally submitted, each email will be cross-checked before a team is entered - discrete edits to your PMed team will not sneak by! If a celebrity has unambiguously died within the deadpooling year, but a specific date of death is not provided, the latest plausible date of death will be used. This follows the precedent set by Leah Bracknell, who was a popular hit in 2019, but for many months her date of death was never elaborated beyond being in September. By the time her exact date of death was known, the 2019 HPDP was long-concluded and it would not have changed the winner anyway. I ultimately treated her as the last September hit, and any future hits in that vein will have a similar logic applied. Note that if details later emerge giving a person a specific date of death before the year's game is concluded, the scores will be adjusted accordingly. The Bonus System: Candidate not picked by any other competitor +2 Candidate under 18 years old -2 25th or less in line to the throne of Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark +2 Been on Celebrity Squares (or Hollywood Squares) +3 Death of candidate in spite of extremely high improbability or unlikeliness of same. +5 US Baseball or Basketball player -3 Former or present UK Prime Minister +3 Drummer +2 Former or present US president +3 Guilty (in Notapotato's opinion) of crimes against humanity +3 (with Notapotato rarely appearing, host Death Impends will use her own judgement for such cases) Both of the above +6 Has played in a pantomime +2 Has performed Morris dancing +3 Found dead in a Swimming Pool +3 Died in a farming or gardening accident +2 Death worthy of a Darwin Award +2 Murder, Suicide, Lightning +2 Dies on Notapotato's birthday (16th of May) +2 Death by Fire +2 Death by Water +2 Death by Bongo +6 The bonus is calculated according to the following simple formula: Bonus x (score gained from death divided by 5) Multiple bonuses multiply so a bonus of 3 and a bonus of 2 give together a bonus of 6. This makes negative bonuses extremely unattractive. So a bonus of 2 on a score of 40 gives you 2*(40/5)=16 Additionally, there will be a bonus of 50 points for coming in in 13th place in the Hartlepool Deadlypool. Unless there are only 13 or fewer entries. then there won't be. Nothing could be simpler. Oh yes, and there's an extra bonus of unspecified size payable on the first hit of the team which has the most interesting and unusual selection of celebrities. The host also reserves the right to reward further, minuscule bonuses to teams - often less than a point! 1. Dead means dead. No longer living: A bit like William Holden who having just been fished out of Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, died drunk and impoverished a mere 31 years later. Eligible for a death certificate. (A Munchkin is optional but may get a bonus) 2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in one of the news sources host Death Impends deems qualifying for this pool: Anything that qualifies for the Derby Dead Pool The New York Times The Washington Post The Scotsman Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian The Sydney Morning Herald Stuff.co.nz Le Monde Le Figaro Der Spiegel Die Zeit El Pais El Mundo Corriere della Sera la Repubblica 3. Only human beings may be submitted as candidates. Animals may take part in the dead pool, but may be ridiculed for doing so, and may not get any points. Unless they are cats with a long history of doing dead pools. Team names which sound like an animal such as "Donkey from Hell" or "Dead as a Parrot" are allowed, I suppose, but may be ridiculed. 3a. Strictly only one team per participant. The submission of teams in the name of domestic animals in an attempt to circumvent this rule is doomed to failure. And ridicule. 4. If a participant dies during the competition, unlike in some dead pools, they don't win the competition automatically. They may, however, get awarded a few extra points by way of consolation. And next year, a bonus will be named after you, perhaps. If you do die during the course of 2022, do drop us a line and let us know where you went wrong so others can avoid making the same mistake. 4a. For legal reasons, we are unable to actively encourage participants to murder or otherwise accelerate the deaths of their chosen celebrities. There is however no penalty in the Hartlepool Deadlypool for doing so. Your Procurator Fiscal or local alternative may see this differently though, so we recommend asking beforehand. 5. Anyone selecting the following types of names will be summarily ridiculed and very likely penalised in an arbitrary and unpleasant way should their candidates actually die or be killed: Famous For Being Ill names. The penalty incurred will be decided upon a name dying and obiting, and is dependent on the host's opinion of the degree of a name's FFBI-ness. A very select few, like Kate Granger to use a past example, I feel have transcended their illness to become a legitimate pick, and will receive no penalty. Those known for longevity are also not considered FFBI and will receive full points. Names who are proactive with their illness, but of a lower profile than the Granger types, will receive a moderate-to-severe penalty. If a name is "famous" solely for reasons such as an "inspiring" deathbed marriage or being in a coma, they will receive no points or perhaps even negative points! Fringes of Fame names are similarly subject to a penalty. I will likewise judge these names on a case by case basis upon death. If a name has some claim to fame independent of their relationship, I will likely be lenient - think Rayya Elias, whose news coverage in her final years was largely about Liz Gilbert's partnership with her, but was a published author in her own right. I will also be lenient with fringey names who have received a reasonable amount of media coverage prior to ill health - for instance, Roberta McCain was only noteworthy as John McCain's mother, but was a familiar media presence during his 2008 presidential campaign and had a standalone Wikipedia page since 2007. But if a Hollywood star makes a tearful post to Instagram about how their sister is terminally ill? If the sister never got much media attention pre-cancer, don't expect to gain a lot should she become a hit. Anyone under sentence of death or highly likely to be sentenced to death at the start of the year, unless they die by means other than execution Anyone missing in action at the time of entry submission, unless said MIA name is discovered to be alive, and dies later in the year 5a. And you won't be getting the extra bonus points for original and unusual picks if you don't come up with something a bit more original or unusual. 6. The deadline is 23:59 GMT on December 31. However, unlike most dead pools, teams may still be submitted post deadline - with the catch that any teams submitted January 1st and beyond are limited to 9 picks (plus two substitutes), and the highest-ranked name on your team starts with a value of 45 points. In fairness to those who entered in a timely manner, I will also forbid late entrants from including any currently unique names on their main team. Names that are entirely unpicked, only on subs benches, or on multiple main teams are fair game for inclusion. Because the subs bench has no impact on a pick's uniqueness, any name is fair game for inclusion on a late team's subs bench. 7. Though only deaths occurring up to December 31, 2022 are able to count as hits, the 2022 HPDP will officially close 23:59 GMT on January 7, 2023, to allow some breathing room for late-year deaths that might take a few days to accrue a proper obit.

Jose Villegas dead https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/9713018/chivas-jose-jamaicon-villegas-muerte-liga-mx-campeonisimo

People who should be posted here are people who are pretty notable, but without their own threads. We're all well aware when random Russian actor dies — we all have the 2021 deaths wiki page refreshing multiple times per day. If you're gonna post about some random person at least write something interesting about them to make people want to read. Also, no one cares about "list of living Filippino attorney generals" and the like. I'm referencing a specific person here *wink wink nudge nudge ahem*

According to a post on Wiki Mike Yarwood is now a resident.

FTFY. The cunt thinks he is Irish, I'm sure the Irish would LOVE him to be their President.

The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come is almost here... Rules: 1. Make a list with 15 names of centenarians or people who could reach 100th in 2022 (example: Luis Echevarría, Roland Dumas). Only will be hits the centenarians deaths. 2. Please pick people you know are still alive, in case your pick is already dead even same day picked, you will need sub it. 3. Any member can join when wants, if the member is banned, the hits could continue counting but that member don´t win at the end. 4. If your pick doesn´t work, change it, maximum 5 changes, including those who don´t make the 100th birthday. 5. Any obit posted in the forum will do you get a hit, no need posting everywhere. The obit can be in any language always can translate in English. 6. Game starts in January 1st 2022 and ends in December 31st 2022, any pick changed before january 1st doesn´t affect the changes inside the game. 7. The winner will be who get more hits or who get the 15 hits. If 2 or more get the same amount at the end of game the winner will be who get more unique hits or less popular picks. Good Luck Everyone!!!

1. Kane Tanaka 2. Dagny Carlsson 3. Boris Pahor 4. Lucile Randon 5. Fauja Singh  6. Lawrence Brooks 7. Harry E Goldsworthy 8. Sir Michael Anthony Epstein 9. Carmen Herrera 10. James Lovelock 11. Everett Lee 12. Lise Norgaard 13. Francis Jackson 14. Marsha Hunt 15. Brenda Milner Sub:-) Arnold Yarrow

Probably Gerhard Sommer (albeit he died a couple of years ago as revealed in October)

Entered my team today, only 5 rejects. Good luck

Going with a 100% local centenarians team. 1. Ingrid Arvidsson 2. Ingrid Bergholtz 3. Lise Drougge 4. Ingrid Hansson 5. Maj-Britt Håkansson 6. Everett Lee 7. Gunnar Ljungdahl 8. Marianne Rasmuson 9. Mai Raud-Pähn 10. Mariana Stjerna 11. Astrid Söderbaum 12. Irene Söderblom 13. Kajsa Telander 14. Ella Tengbom-Velander 15. Inga Tobiasson

I will be vague, she is currently in the top 103...

Sours and Argentina Footballer Cristian Romero and his partner have welcomed their first son, Valentino, together. The Baby was born at the Lindo wing.

21 lists in before Christmas Day, which is certainly a record from when I used to run this - not sure on the Joey Years. Our current number one has a 90 point lead and has appeared on 18 of 21 teams. And would be a newcomer to TCD. Meanwhile I had to Google one of the names getting traction - but it was one of those "ah, its them" faces. Anyhow, plenty of time before the final whistle yet.

Teams so far (33) chilean way 1. Everett Lee 2. Ben Ferencz 3. John Cruickshank 4. Song Ping 5. Whang-od Oggay 6. Francis Jackson 7. Tsuneko Sasamoto 8. Guido Gorgatti 9. Leonor Oyarzún 10. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 11. Luis Echeverría 12. Yosh Uchida 13. Henry Hu 14. Klaus Obermeyer 15. Félix Sienra Perhaps 1. Boris Pahor 2. Lloyd Geering 3. James Lovelock 4. Elizabeth Kelly 5. Charles Njonjo 6. Bill Pitman 7. Harry Yee 8. Philippe de Gaulle 9. Arnold Yarrow 10. Nehemiah Persoff 11. James C. Floyd 12. Song Ping 13. Marsha Hunt 14. Charley Trippi 15. Wanda Półtawska Doulton 1. Charley Trippi 2. Walter Mirisch 3. Al Jaffee 4. Françoise Gilot 5. Boris Pahor 6. Elisabeth Waldo 7. June Spencer 8. Nehemiah Persoff 9. Eleanor Collins 10. Pierre Soulages 11. Ben Ferencz 12. C. R. Rao 13. Leo Marx 14. Ágnes Keleti 15. Iris Apfel Death Impends 1. Boris Pahor 2. Art Rupe 3. Joe Krush 4. Nehemiah Persoff 5. Bill Pitman 6. Kenneth McAlpine 7. Ágnes Keleti 8. Mervin Shiner 9. Al Jaffee 10. Michael A. Epstein 11. Françoise Gilot 12. Philippe de Gaulle 13. Luis Echeverría 14. Ray Anthony 15. Yuri Averbakh Yvonne 1. Kane Tanaka 2. Dagny Carlsson 3. Boris Pahor 4. Lucile Randon 5. Fauja Singh  6. Lawrence Brooks 7. Harry E. Goldsworthy 8. Sir Michael Anthony Epstein 9. Carmen Herrera 10. James Lovelock 11. Everett Lee 12. Lise Nørgaard 13. Francis Jackson 14. Marsha Hunt 15. Brenda Milner drol 1. Marita Camacho Quirós 2. Dagny Carlsson 3. Boris Pahor 4. Carmen Herrera 5. Nguyễn Côn 6. Art Rupe 7. Francis Jackson 8. Lloyd Geering 9. Leonor Oyarzún 10. John Allman Hemingway 11. James Lovelock 12. John Cruickshank 13. Charley Trippy 14. Gail Halvorsen 15. Roger Angell arghton 1. Boris Pahor 2. Saleh Ajeery 3. Aiyappan Pillai 4. Mǎ Shítú 5. Luis Echeverría 6. Wanda Półtawska 7. Marita Quirós 8. Dagny Carlsson 9. Isabel Robalino 10. Kane Tanaka 11. David Musuguri 12. Lucile Randon 13. Arnold Yarrow 14. Lawrence Brooks 15. Wan Haifeng MariNisia 1. Ann Hutchinson Guest 2. Benjamin Ferencz 3. Hilda Bernard 4. Henry Danton 5. Caren Marsh Doll 6. Harry E. Goldsworthy 7. Naomi Replansky 8. June Spencer 9. Anne Baker 10. Juan Mariné 11. René de Obaldia 12. Kenneth McAlpine 13. Pierre Soulages 14. Lise Nørgaard 15. Robin Dalton wannamaker 1. Leonor Oyarzún 2. Bill Pitman 3. Stanisław Kowalski 4. Lise Nørgaard 5. Branka Veselinović 6. C. R. Rao 7. Félix Sienra 8. Roger Angell 9. Shyam Saran Negi 10. Franca Ciampi 11. Mihai Șora 12. Eleanor Collins 13. Alexander Jefferson 14. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow 15. Marita Camacho Quirós Great Uncle Bulgaria 1. Josefine Ollmann 2. Marsha Hunt 3. Anna Cernohorsky 4. Asta Hasse 5. Kane Tanaka 6. Boris Pahor 7. Maria Aulenbacher 8. Marian Fuks 9. Mary (Mollie) Walker 10. Ethel Caterham 11. John Tinniswood 12. Rose Eaton 13. Ina Reid 14. Carmen Herrera 15. Joan Brennan Famous6Eva 1. Kane Tanaka 2. Walter Mirisch 3. Johannes Rohen 4. Tony Epstein 5. Lise Thiry 6. Gail Halvorsen 7. Bob Dawson 8. Iris Cummings 9. Zheng Min 10. Guy Warren 11. Johnny Johnson 12. Charley Trippy 13. Asta Hasse 14. Ángeles Flórez Peón 15. Ingrid Arvidsson theoldlady 1. Josip Manolić 2. June Spencer 3. Kane Tanaka 4. Arnold Yarrow 5. Song Ping 6. Marsha Hunt 7. Nehemiah Persoff 8. René de Obaldia 9. Leonor Oyarzún 10. Boris Pahor 11. Al Jaffee 12. Harry Yee 13. Patrick Duffy 14. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 15. Stanisław Kowalski WEP 1. Hans Albert 2. Julia Dingwort-Nusseck 3. Benjamin Ferencz 4. Margot Friedländer 5. Johanna Geist 6. Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani 7. John B. Goodenough 8. Edith Kwoizalla 9. Traute Lafrenz-Page 10. Mǎ Shítú 11. Käthe Menzel-Jordan 12. Visesio Moeliku 13. C. R. Rao 14. Mildred T. Stahlman 15. Louise Tobin Torva Messor 1. Ágnes Keleti 2. Bert I. Gordon 3. Boris Pahor 4. Brenda Milner 5. Deborah Szekely 6. Evelyn Dick 7. Hazel McCallion 8. Jacqueline White 9. Janis Paige 10. Lise Nørgaard 11. Marsha Hunt 12. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ 13. Qin Yi 14. Roger Angell 15. Yuri Averbakh CaptainChorizo 1. Boris Pahor 2. Dagny Carlsson 3. David Musuguri 4. Encarna Hernandez 5. Harry E. Goldsworthy 6. Isabel Robalino 7. Kenneth McAlpine 8. Lawrence Brooks 9. Luis Echeverría 10. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ 11. Mǎ Shítú 12. Mollie Walker 13. Nehemiah Persoff 14. Nguyễn Côn 15. Philippe de Gaulle ThereWillBeDeaths7 1. Iris Apfel 2. Philippe de Gaulle 3. Boris Pahor 4. Lawrence Brooks 5. Lloyd Geering 6. Harry E. Goldsworthy 7. Kane Tanaka 8. George "Johnny" Johnson 9. Francisco Morales-Bermúdez 10. Arnold Yarrow 11. Gail Halvorsen 12. Brenda Milner 13. Benjamin Ferencz 14. Carmen Herrera 15. Saturnino de la Fuente García Book 01. Boris Pahor 02. Caren Marsh Doll 03. Carmen Herrera 04. Colette Maze 05. Elisabeth Waldo 06. Franca Pilla 07. James Lovelock 08. June Spencer 09. Kane Tanaka 10. Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 11. Marsha Hunt 12. Michael Anthony Epstein 13. Nehemiah Persoff 14. Stanisław Kowalski 15. Traute Lafrenz-Page Pop_Zeus 1. Kane Tanaka 2. Lucile Randon 3. Mary "Mollie" Walker 4. Saturnino de la Fuente García 5. Stanisław Kowalski 6. Marita Camacho Quirós 7. John Tinniswood 8. Edith Renfrow Smith 9. Eileen Kramer 10. Thelma McKenzie 11. Isabel Crook 12. Betty Rowland 13. Frederico Fischer 14. Art Rupe 15. Caren Marsh Doll Salmon Mousse 1. Nelson Broms 2. Kane Tanaka 3. Lucile Randon 4. Thelma Sutcliffe 5. María Brañas Morera 6. Herbert Wahler 7. Gail Halvorsen 8. Alexander Jefferson 9. Josip Manolić 10. Ágnes Keleti 11. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 12. Françoise Gilot 13. Bud Anderson 14. James Lovelock 15. Philippe de Gaulle Ulitzer95 1. Philippe de Gaulle 2. Boris Pahor 3. James C. Floyd 4. Carmen Herrera 5. Betty Rowland 6. Everett Lee 7. Frank Handlen 8. Art Rupe 9. Nguyễn Côn 10. Ann Hutchinson Guest 11. Sir Lloyd Geering 12. Satya Mohan Joshi 13. César Yanes Urías 14. Harry Yee 15. Louise Tobin gcreptile 1. Shyam Saran Negi 2. Kane Tanaka 3. Lucile Randon 4. Harry Goldsworthy 5. James C. Floyd 6. John Hemingway 7. Everett Lee 8. Francis Jackson 9. Leonor Oyarzún 10. Silvana Lattmann 11. Lawrence Brooks 12. Fanita English 13. Walter Ferguson 14. Gail Halvorsen 15. Aiyappan Pillai The Old Crem 1. June Spencer 2. Iris Apfel 3. Elizabeth Kelly 4. Arnold Yarrow 5. James Lovelock 6. Philippe de Gaulle 7. Marsha Hunt 8. Caren Marsh Doll 9. Kane Tanaka 10. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 11. Ray Lawler 12. Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow 13. Hazel McCallion 14. Nehemiah Persoff 15. Boris Pahor John Key 1. James Lovelock 2. Art Rupe 3. Marsha Hunt 4. Stanisław Kowalski 5. Josip Manolić 6. Betty Rowland 7. Philippe de Gaulle 8. Loretta Ford 9. Peter Lloyd 10. Kenneth McAlpine 11. John Cruickshank 12. Leo Marx 13. Marita Camacho Quirós 14. Mǎ Shítú 15. Marian Fuks Hell 1. Ágnes Keleti 2. Lucile Randon 3. Gail Halvorsen 4. Charley Trippi 5. George “Johnny” Johnson 6. Stanisław Kowalski 7. Iris Apfel 8. James Lovelock 9. Fauja Singh 10. Boris Pahor 11. June Spencer 12. Leo Marx 13. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 14. Ray Anthony 15. Norman Spencer Bibliogryphon 1. James Lovelock 2. Ben Ferencz 3. Loretta Ford 4. Dominique Marcas 5. Gail Halvorsen 6. June Spencer 7. Marsha Hunt 8. Sir Anthony Epstein 9. Ray Lawler 10. Elizabeth Kelly 11. Boris Pahor 12. George "Johnny" Johnson 13. Josip Manolić 14. Arnold Yarrow 15. Ágnes Keleti Thatcher 1. Henry Danton 2. Luis Echeverría 3. George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth 4. Leonor Oyarzún 5. Marthe Cohn 6. Arnold Yarrow 7. Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron of Saye and Sele 8. Franca Pilla 9. Al Jaffee 10. Nikolai Lebedev 11. Johnny Johnson 12. Patrick Duffy 13. Yuri Averbakh 14. Alexander Jefferson 15. Lloyd Geering Lafaucheuse 1. Luis Echeverría 2. René de Obaldia 3. Dorette Ardenne 4. Boris Pahor 5. Michel Klein 6. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ 7. Colette Maze 8. Jean Turco 9. Pierre Baldi 10. Isabel Crook 11. Lise Nørgaard 12. Pierre Soulages 13. Marguerite Jauzelon 14. Mǎ Shítú 15. Carmen Herrera The Daredevil 1. Lucile Randon 2. Kane Tanaka 3. Boris Pahor 4. Pierre Soulages 5. Philippe de Gaulle 6. Elizabeth Kelly 7. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 8. Gail Halvorsen 9. Luis Echeverría 10. Arnold Yarrow 11. Marsha Hunt 12. Josip Manolić 13. Walter Mirisch 14. Nehemiah Persoff 15. James Lovelock Annami 1. Nehemiah Persoff 2. Hans Albert 3. Boris Pahor 4. Lucile Randon (Sister André) 5. Saturnino de la Fuente García 6. Dagny Carlsson 7. Everett Lee 8. Mihai Șora 9. Marcia Virginia "Marsha" Hunt 10. Eileen Kramer 11. Stanisław Kowalski 12. Anne Baker 13. Song Ping 14. James C. Floyd 15. Carmen Herrera Johnnas 1. Leonor Oyarzún 2. Iris Apfel 3. Marsha Hunt 4. Ximena Cristi 5. Wanda Półtawska 6. Hilda Bernard 7. Eileen Kramer 8. Christiane Dosne de Pasqualini 9. Encarna Hernández 10. Caren Marsh Doll 11. June Spencer 12. Carmen Herrera 13. Louise Tobin 14. Marita Quirós 15. Betty Reid Soskin The Unknown Man 1. Everett Lee 2. Marsha Hunt 3. Louise Tobin 4. Charles McGee 5. Al Jaffee 6. Francisco Morales Bermúdez 7. Charley Trippi 8. Carmen Herrera 9. Anne Baker 10. Luis Echeverría 11. Ray Anthony 12. Boris Pahor 13. Françoise Gilot 14. Ken Potts 15. Muazzez İlmiye Çığ msc 1. James Lovelock 2. Nehemiah Persoff 3. Boris Pahor 4. Muazzez Çığ 5. Anne Baker 6. Mǎ Shítú 7. Marsha Hunt 8. René de Obaldia 9. June Spencer 10. Josip Manolić 11. Benjamin Ferencz 12. Sir Patrick Duffy 13. Gail Halvorsen 14. Arnold Yarrow 15. Al Jaffee Kenny 1. Kane Tanaka 2. Stanisław Kowalski 3. Lawrence Brooks 4. Boris Pahor 5. Anne Baker 6. Colette Maze 7. Thelma McKenzie 8. Betty Rowland 9. Eunice Parsons 10. Everett Lee 11. Marsha Hunt 12. Manuel Bromberg 13. Henry Danton 14. Caren Marsh Doll 15. June Spencer

Can we rename this thread "random rubbish and RIPs"?

Aye, his family have the table set for Christmas and a few of the elderly ones are asking the same "Where the hell..." question

Some new info out on her. According to her death certificate, and her newly released Times obituary, Hiriart was born in 1923, and was 98 at the time of her death. Cause of death is given as "heart failure". She had a heart! Who knew?!

Chris Dickerson dead at 82.

Ady Barkan Alain Delon Alice Munro Bill Turnbull (242 points) Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Connie Stevens George Alagiah Glynis Johns Harry Belafonte (joker) Jacques Delors Jacquie Beltrao Jean-Louis Trintignant (167 points) Jimmy Carter Jimmy Lydon (67 points) Joe Negri Kat Bjelland Larry Storch (188 points) Leo Esaki Leslie Phillips (310 points) Mikhail Gorbachev (241 points) Pope Benedict XVI (614 points) Sidney Poitier (5 points) Vic Elford (71 points) Yoko Ono subs: Jerry Lee Lewis Burt Bacharach Jana Bennett Guy Lafleur Louis Gossett, Jr.

@chilean way... Congratulations!!! 1921 Wanda Półtawska / George Elder 1922 Joan Copeland / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Mahathir bin Mohamad 1926 Irene Papas / Carl Erskine 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant

Well, Alimihan Seyiti dead at 135.

Lucía Hiriart a hit for me: https://www.americanpost.news/lucia-hiriart-widow-of-chilean-dictator-augusto-pinochet-dies-at-99/ next round: 1921 Wanda Półtawska / George Elder 1922 Joan Copeland / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Mahathir bin Mohamad 1926 Irene Papas / Carl Erskine 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant

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

Oh good, we have an early leader in the competition

Probably was still worth it. Being old is shite.