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Updated. First off, congratulations to newcomers to the HOF: @YorkshireBanker - a difficult Cup opponent for many, won the tricky Inverse Pool last year. @MariNisia - a newcomer who won the 20/20 pool. @The Daredevil - our local Andre Maranne fan, who won the DL Prediction Game Book runs each year. @Great Uncle Bulgaria - fitting in a year we lost Bernard, that a Womble should win something, and the Centenarians game a is a lot harder to win than it looks. @RoverAndOut gained their 2nd Scavenger Hunt title! @Death Impends is semi retired these days after I handed her the DDP co-hosting baton (good way to get rid of a DDP rival, no? ) but still managed to win the prestigious Hares Pool for the second time. DI adds to her record of 18 deadpool wins - can anyone overtake them? @gcreptile is also having a quieter time while he co-runs the DDP but did manage to win the ABC pool last summer. @Book added the Twisted DL to a growing list of accolades for this swiftly improving player. @drol had a great year, not only winning the Electoral Deadpool, with their vast knowledge of ailing Asian politicians, but they became the first person to do the double of Midsummer and Advent Deadpools in one year. Nice! 3 pools in one year is rarely done, and usually it'd be the big achievement of the year... Also, any other year, we'd have @Spade_Cooley last here. Not only did he win the Derby Dead Pool, the greatest of all deadpools, for the 5th time, but he came back after a 6 year gap to re-gain the title he once held an unstoppable grip on. To this point, only DDT has lost the title and regained it, in 2008/2011/2012. Drunkasaskunk came close in 2014. But the deadpooler of 2022 had to be @Banana. How do you top someone winning the DDP, or another winning 3 titles in one year? Maybe win the Hartlepool, or the Death by Numbers, or the Deathrace, or Alt Obits, those long running deadpools which are the standard bearers just below the level of DDP? Well, Banana did the unprecedented achievement of winning ALL FOUR OF THEM in the same calendar year. Insane. And they've already added another Deathrace title on top of that in 2023.

Dead. https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2023/01/16/e-morta-gina-lollobrigida_2e866c0a-0b9a-4bb8-b77d-80c67b778acf.html

Can confirm the DDP got completely bored of him. At least if Scott Thorson somehow dies this year, 10 of you picked him. I joked he was dying on the DDP News Ticker in the final days of the year, which given it seemingly inspired people to pick him, almost makes me feel bad. Almost.

My mum had a souvenir programme of the film "Solomon and Sheba" which Gina starred in. I was fascinated by that metal bra.

Jane Cederqvist, Swedish swimmer who won silver at the Rome games in 1960 in the 400m freestyle, has died aged 77 from ALS.

Helma Maaß name was mentioned in an obituary from an man called Werner Maaß who could have been her husband or brother-in-law

I've asked the Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff about these names. He is sure only of Helmut Rasbol being dead.

Christy Dignam receiving palliative care https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0116/1346964-family-confirm-christy-dignam-receiving-palliative-care/

I bet Gina Lollobrigida is a hit for some

Gina Lolobrigida has died. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/italian-actress-gina-lollobrigida-dies-95-ansa-2023-01-16/ Congrats @DoorSlammer 1923 - Henri Kissinger/Lily Ebert 1924 - Russel Nelson/Anne Vernon 1925 - Dick van Dyke/Carla Balenda 1926 - Emmanuel Kardinal Wamala/Betsy Jolas 1927 - Harry M. Markowitz/Rosalynn Carter 1928 - Frank Borman/Peggy Dow 1929 - Milan Kundera/Rebecca Schull 1930 - Warren Buffett/Joanne Woodward 1931 - Robert Duvall/Eve Queler 1932 - Gerhard Richter/Anouk Aimeé

President of the US Aikido Federation, Yoshimitsu Yamada dead, reported by his website aged 84: http://www.aikido-yamada.eu/

There was me thinking you would have vivid memories of Queen Victoria dying?

Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer, dancer, television director, producer, singer and songwriter who made her Broadway debut in 1971, and widely known for her iconic role as Lydia Grant in the 1980s television series "Fame", is 73 today. John Carpenter, the noted American film and television director, composer, editor, producer and screenwriter, one of the most influential horror film directors of all time, whose first film as a director was the sci-fi comedy "Dark Star", and whose excellent filmography includes "Assault on Precinct 13", "Halloween" (his most popular film), "The Fog", "Escape from New York", "The Thing", "Christine", "Starman", "Big Trouble in Little China", "Prince of Darkness", "They Live", "Village of the Damned", "Escape from L.A.", "Vampires", and "Ghosts of Mars", is 75 today.

Gino Odjick dead at 52

Unbelievably not a pick in Deaths of the Silver Screen III probably because she was the last survivor of many of her films and then retired

I keep thinking she was the one who was caught on camera with Matt Hancock

Fuck me, it's like a kindergarten here. Thank gods for @theoldlady I can beat this with Marilyn Monroe. I had no idea who she was but my mother made a bit of a fuss about it. "First Celebrity Death You Remember" - the clue is in the title. It was obviously a joke I've made a point of laughing at it now.

Juan Carlos at Constatine's funeral

Gordana Kuic, Serbian Novelist, dead at 80.

37 The Jam – Town called Malice 37 Madness – House of fun 36 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 32 Men at Work – Down Under 31 Musical Youth — Pass the Dutchie 29 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart 28 Culture Club – Do you really want to hurt me? 28 David Bowie - Let's Dance +4 28 Irene Cara – Fame 27 Police – Every Breath You Take 25 Eddy Grant – I don´t wanna dance 24 Flying Pickets – Only you 24 Kajagoogoo – Too shy 23 Survivor – Eye of the tiger 23 Spandau Ballet – True 22 Captain Sensible – Happy Talk 22 Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know 21 KC & the Sunshine Band – Give it up 20 Phil Collins – You can´t hurry love 19 Paul Young – Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home) 17 Bucks Fizz – The Land of Make Believe 15 Culture Club – Karma Chameleon 15 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl -6 14 Adam Ant – Goody two shoes 13 Nicole – A little peace 11 Rod Stewart – Baby Jane 07 The Jam – Beat Surrender Billy Joel was responsible for some good songs. This was not one of them.

37 The Jam – Town called Malice 37 Madness – House of fun 36 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 35 Bonnie Tyler – Total eclipse of the heart 32 Men at Work – Down Under 31 Musical Youth — Pass the Dutchie 28 Irene Cara – Fame 27 Police – Every Breath You Take 25 Eddy Grant – I don´t wanna dance 24 David Bowie – Let´s Dance 24 Flying Pickets – Only you 24 Culture Club – Do you really want to hurt me 24 Kajagoogoo – Too shy 23 Survivor – Eye of the tiger 23 Spandau Ballet – True 22 Captain Sensible – Happy Talk -6 22 Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know 21 KC & the Sunshine Band – Give it up 21 Billy Joel — Uptown Girl 20 Phil Collins – You can´t hurry love 19 Paul Young – Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home) 17 Bucks Fizz – The Land of Make Believe 15 Culture Club – Karma Chameleon 14 Adam Ant – Goody two shoes 13 Nicole – A little peace 11 Rod Stewart – Baby Jane 07 The Jam – Beat Surrender +4 No doubt a hollow gesture on behalf of Beat Surrender. Wouldn't be downvoting The Damned but the Captain Sensible record is rubbish.

Here’s a QO. Now you can officially say Shit. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-volkswagen-boss-carl-hahn-095453600.html Fahrvergnugen!

Nigerian British singer Sade Adu, known just as Sade as a performer, celebrates her 64th birthday today.

Does it come to a dead end?

James Nesbitt, the sensational actor, comedian and presenter who began his acting career after following the advice of a school teacher to attend drama school in London, whose first film was "Hear My Song" in the early 1990s, and was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, is 58 today. Margaret O'Brien, the adorable American film, radio, stage and television actress, one of the top child stars of the 1940s, who began her big screen career, at the age of four, with a brief and uncredited role in "Babes on Broadway" (1941), is 86 today.