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Just got married according to Twitter.

Tim Barlow reported dead

He does look good for a 93 year old who is a recovered alcoholic (an achievement in itself). Lets hope Buzz's shuttle can still clear the tower.

Update 20 January Here is the Joker Distribution (now on Stats post too): Henry Kissinger 1 Bob Barker 1 Nigel Starmer-Smith 2 Tony Bennett 1 Norman Tebbit 1 Joanne Woodward 2 Joss Ackland 1 Rolf Harris 11 Ryuichi Sakamoto 9 Shane MacGowan 1 30 And here are the baseline points for all runners. The following penalties are in place: incorrectly predicted (-1 for each 'hit') + (-2 out by 5 on total hits; applies to all runners at this point) + (-2 for having joker incorrect; applies to all runners at this point) = current score. For example, @Grimgrass is at -16. Calculated = -1 * 12 hits + (-2) + (-2) = -12-2-2 = -16 Here's the starting ranks. Grimgrass -16 Great Uncle Bulgaria -17 diego -17 Joey Russ -18 Joltin Joe -19 YoungWillz -19 Bibliogryphon -19 Sean -19 theoldlady -20 gcreptile -20 wannamaker -20 LizLemon -20 Newjack -20 Etushispushingupdaisies -21 tracy -21 The Duke of Deadinburgh -21 TQR -22 Book -22 Torva Messor -22 Funeralopolis -23 DoorSlammer -23 WinterCake -23 Annami -23 chilean way -24 Summer in Transylvania -24 The Daredevil -25 Dying Probably -25 The Old Crem -25 Hell -25 ThereWillBeDeaths7 -26 Grab some popcorn and get comfortable, only 345 days to go!

I don't need to my Jukebox brain has been mentally playing me I Don't Wanna Dance since the round started

Donn Cambern, editor of 'Easy Rider' and 'Romancing the Stone', dead at 93.

Luke Grimes, the attractive American film and television actor, best known for his roles in the film "American Sniper", the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film series, and as Kayce, the youngest son of Kevin Costner's John Dutton, on the Paramount Network hit "Yellowstone", is 39 today. Jack Nicklaus, the famous American professional golfer, probably the greatest golfer of all time, who won 6 Masters, 5 PGA Championships, 4 U.S. Opens, and 3 British Opens, the only one to hold the record for three time wins of all these four major tournaments, is 83 today.

Romanian actor Teodor Corban has died aged 65.

INVERSE DEAD POOL 2023   Welcome to the 12th edition of the Inverse Dead Pool, the nice dead pool where you don't want your picks to die. How to play The game starts when I post a list of this year's 50 most popular Derby Dead Pool picks. From this list of 50, you must pick 25 people who you think will SURVIVE the year. The premise is to AVOID picking people who will die. Rank your picks – from least likely to die to most likely to die. You receive points according to their position on your team – 25 points if your #1 pick dies, 24 points if your #2 pick dies, and so on, down to 1 point if your #25 pick dies, and 0 points if anyone you haven't picked dies. You do NOT want points. The winner is the player with the fewest points at the end of the year (Dec 31, 23.59 GMT). You may also appoint a substitute, or substitutes, in case any picks die before the submission deadline (or in case you accidentally include a name twice). If that happens, everyone in a lower position on your team moves up a place, and your top substitute is drafted in at #25. Once you have a team ready, post it in this thread. If an eligible pick dies during the submission period, then the 51st top DDP pick becomes eligible; if another dies, then the 52nd becomes eligible, etc. You may amend your team after posting it, as long as it's before the submission deadline (you might want to do this if, for example, the 51st name becomes eligible and you want to include them). If you do, make sure to post again in this thread to clarify what you've changed. Tie break details If two or more players are tied for victory at the end of the year, the winner is whoever had the fewest points most recently (i.e. whoever had the most recent pick to die, or whoever ranked that pick higher if all tied players picked them, or whoever had the second most recent pick to die if those are the same, etc). If all tied players have the exact same hits in the exact same positions (or if they achieve a heretofore-unachieved perfect score of 0), the tie is not broken – all tied players share victory. Congratulations to our previous winners... 2022 YorkshireBanker 27 points 2021 BabyBlue 25 points 2020 The Quim Reaper 34 points 2019 drol 10 points 2018 machotrouts 17 points 2017 drol 25 points 2016 Pedro67 21 points 2015 Death Impends 15 points 2014 Bibliogryphon 10 points 2013 N/A 2012 Esturian Float 4 points 2011 Garn2 15 points Thank you to our previous hosts... 2018-2021 Death Impends 2014-2017 The Dead Cow 2011-2012 Spade_Cooley Links to previous Inverse Dead Pools... 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2012-2016, 2011

Nice try, adding 8 points to The Jam.

Please base your answers from the posting directly above you. @Grim Up North To the next poster, please wait until Grim`s posting is corrected.

60 Bonnie Tyler — Total Eclipse of the heart +4 57 Kraftwerk – The Model / Computer Love 47 Madness – House of Fun 34 The Police – Every breath you take 29 Men at Work – Down Under 29 Culture Club – Do you really want to hurt me? 26 The Jam — Town called Malice -6 22 Duran Duran – Is There Something I Should Know? 22 David Bowie – Let's Dance 21 Flying Pickets – Only You 10 Irene Cara — Fame  8 Eddy Grant – I Don't Wanna Dance Corected. Thanks Paul.

Jerry Trainor, known best for his role as Spencer in iCarly, is 46.

Give it up.

Fed up of the hypocrisy. Princess Diana never wore a seatbelt and she’s regarded as a saint!

At least the DL is in step with Dry January

Mick Foley posts a picture from his visit to see Terry Funk this week.

From Eight Miles High to six feet under, Crosby off of Stills, Nash & Young is the next name to nudge this pool awake. He said he’d be dead soon on Twitter. He literally told us. Only Book and Banana listened, with the latter now crashing into the lead. Well cunt off my band mates and call me Dave…just look at that scoreboard: Banana - 3 Engineer - 2 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Spade Cooley - 1 TQR - 1 GuyFromFuture - 1 Every other fucker - 0

Gets a BBC obit: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64312111

That's a bit more realistic in terms of actual numbers from China

Deadline has passed - with a nice round number of 30 runners. Time for some data entry! I'll update as soon as possible.

I can't decide whether to say a prayer for him now or to save it until the morning after.

it looks like an era come soon to the end. Olivia De Havilland could follow in zsa zsas footsteps

Happy Birthday, 95 today