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Solow and Minor takes the DDP to a tantalising 299 hits, with 8 days left of the year. 300 will be broken I'm sure.

Of course, if you'd rather have a Ryan Minor from a UK source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12895741/Ryan-Minor-Orioles-3B-replaced-Cal-Ripken-end-record-setting-streak-dies-49.html

Wonder how many teams already submitted for next year had him on it. Possibly the first great hosewash of teams, I'd think.

Jim Hobson dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12893237/police-chief-hunt-yorkshire-ripper-itv-long-shadow-died.html Only searched for James Hobson earlier.

James Hobson, police chief in the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe (Yorkshire Ripper) reportedly dead aged 96: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12893237/police-chief-hunt-yorkshire-ripper-itv-long-shadow-died.html

Dress up as Grandfather Frost (Russian Father Christmas) for the kiddies, then fall to your death from the 24th storey of a building right in front of them: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12893033/father-christmas-death-fall-children-russian-abseil-stunt.html

Artist and poet Indrajit Imroz (variously Inderjeet, Inderjit), long term companion of Amrita Pritam reportedly dead aged 96: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/artist-imroz-passes-away-at-97-9078615/ An enduring love story, they were together for 40 years until she died, and Imroz still referred to her as alive until he died.

Possibly a FT Obit Friday or Saturday, if nothing else before.

Biblical scholar and retired Professor of Old Testament Studies at King's College, London, Michael Knibb reportedly dead: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/professor-michael-a-knibb Dead since 6th December, yet his Wiki not yet updated. Old Testament Studies? I'll bet that isn't on the Tory "this is a crap university course undeserving of public funding" hitlist, but who knows?

Mwahahahahahaha!

All I have at the moment:

Dead, apparently. On Wiki and wires. Still looking for a link though.

Well my teams are, in the words of the worst PM since David Cameron, "oven ready". You are too kind, in the past I went for really ill people one year and most survived. I've gone for uniques and got very little in return. I've gone for those I know and have loved and/or hated and the buggers live, many to this day. So, it's all a bit of fun for me, which I take incredibly seriously. Ha!

35 years today since Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed out of the sky over Lockerbie. Remembering all the souls lost that day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103

Oliver Emanuel BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67784139

Charles Hanson charged with domestic abuse: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/charles-hanson-bargain-hunt-assault-charges-derbyshire-b1128401.html This news, quite frankly, astonishes me. Iirc, he's also had a testicle off.

Playwright for radio and theatre Oliver Emanuel reportedly dead: One of those stage 4 brain cancer sufferers who haven't made it out of 2023. RIP.

We love you gcreptile, you know that. Your immense hard work is always appreciated.

Tom Lockyer discharged.

Care to share? Help will always be given at Deathlist for those who ask for it.

Any reason Wilf Lunn not included in the recent updates?

I'm submitting my teams in the next couple of days. While I didn't get an email, the DDP website information was enough for me, and I just assumed some glitch or somesorts happened. I'll be here for Christmas, possibly New Year, but I'm moving house soon, so I may be off grid for a time in January until my broadband catches up with me. So I'll have to get all my teams together for the various games, but might not be able to respond to queries about them. Some leeway from game runners would be appreciated.

Been baptised: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wwe/article-12887645/wwe-legend-hulk-hogan-wife-sky-baptism-surrender-jesus.html Planning on meeting Jesus and his brothers quite soon?

Another military commander who competed. Death notice for Major General James Templer aged 87, who competed (pretty unsuccessfully by the looks of it) for GB at the 1964 Games in both the individual and team equestrian eventing events: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/templer-notices_54929 He did win a Gold at Burghley in the 1962 Individual equestrian event.

Report that David Maxwell, GB rower who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Games, winning silver in the men's eight at the latter Games, has died: