Gooseberry Crumble

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9131233/amp/Joan-Collins-87-reveals-given-Covid-19-vaccination.html Joan Collins has received her coronavirus jab.

Damn right I will!!

I'm now intrigued and the cogs in my brain are now working overtime... Surely not Vera Miles or Julie Goodyear.....?!

Thanks very much

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8996343/Attorney-General-Suella-Braverman-40-announces-expecting-baby-year.html Suella Braverman , the british governments attorney general, is pregnant with her second child and is due to give birth sometime this spring.

Your not a fan of hers then?!

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Got to be honest not the best joke that I have heard! Certainly not vintage.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9129403/Christine-Lampard-PREGNANT-Presenter-expecting-second-child-husband-Frank.html Television presenter Christine Lampard has announced she and husband footballer Frank Lampard are expecting their second child.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/08/pioneering-observer-columnist-katharine-whitehorn-dies-aged-93 The passing of Katherine Whitehorn is a 'hit' for me in this pool.

You are so right and one of the few who truly understands!

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/whyhaveblackandsouthasianpeoplebeenhithardestbycovid19/2020-12-14 My understanding is that researchers are still trying to unravel the nuances and complexities of this but that they believe the increased vulnerability goes beyond economic and social factors. Anyway thank you for your congratulations.

No I pressed the bold button accidentally without intention!

I had a longlist and when going into the process of whittling it down to a shortlist something drew me to her name and I didn't feel I could strike her off. So a sort of niggle or intuition that she was a good pick combined with my expectation that she would likely be a unique pick , my search of her work history showing she hadn't worked in a while or been reported on in the media or press , my love of the Police Academy films and finally the fact that covid is rampant in California and she is in two at risk groups being older and from an ethnic minority. So the choice was driven by a range of factors that were underpinned by a vibe or intuition. Something made me feel it would be a poor move to cross her off my list. I had a similar vibe a few years ago about Dale Winton in one of the deadpools. Something made me feel striking him off my list would be a mistake and I just had a sense from his non appearance at his close friend Cilla Blacks funeral, to showbiz pals saying they hadn't heard of him for a while as well as some erratic behaviour made me feel something was amiss and he was destined not to make it to pensionable age. Hope I have sort of answered your question!

Many Thanks

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13682441/marion-ramsey-dead-73-police-academy-star/ Thank you! Just found another obituary too. It doesn't matter at all but can you recall if my pick of Marion Ramsey was unique? I'm not asking you to go to the trouble of looking it up or anything but just wondering if you can recall if it was a unique pick? If you can't remember I will just have to wait like everyone else no problem.

https://deadline.com/2021/01/marion-ramsey-dead-obituary-police-academy-actress-was-73-1234666700/ Hopefully pending a qualifying obituary Marion Ramsey (actress from Police Academy Film series) is a 'hit' for me in my Blueberry Crumble team

A 'hit' for me on my Blueberry Crumble Derby Dead pool team assuming a qualifying obituary emerges.

Yes I am working on my list @Joey Russ but I definitely indeed to play!

Found out by chance whilst browsing for book gifts online that british author Sheila Newberry died aged 88 in January 2020 but the news largely went under the radar including on here but was acknowledged in the national press in August with an obituary in The Times.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sheila-newberry-88-popular-author-who-raised-nine-children-on-a-kent-smallholding-959hbc07n I was doing some online browsing with an eye for ideas of books to buy for my mum when I unexpectedly discovered that an author who she is really keen on, Sheila Newberry, who is always a safe bet as a good choice of book that she will enjoy had died in January last year aged 88. I established that it hadn't been posted on here hence the post now. A Suffolk based author, her passing largely went under the radar in terms of the mainstream media until The Times published an obituary in August.

https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/gordon-ramsay-tana-sixth-child-23266643 Gordon Ramsays wife is broody and reveals she wants to try for a sixth baby during lockdown.

https://www.womanandhome.com/life/news-entertainment/emma-stone-is-expecting-first-baby-with-husband-dave-mccary/ Oscar winning actress Emma Stone is pregnant with her first child it has been revealed.

Love it!

Thank you! I have my eye on Princess Alexandra as she had a fall in 2019 and has been on reduced royal duties ever since but as an actual royal herself she will definitely meet the criteria. But your pointer is useful for wider considerations!