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Poor old Ken Palmer! Nice to see that three of my picks, all on my separate three teams, stick together at the top, and thanks for the mention on Fakir's Obit.

Whitlock fucks it, but well done young Rhys from Ireland for a Gold on the pommel horse!

Off the 90 degrees landing. Simples. Big penalty, if he had landed that straight, it was a gold.

Feel for Luke Whitehouse there, big sit down on his first tumble cost him, and he admitted it himself. Filipino Gold? Wow!

Bronze in the Dancing Horses team competition.

Algeria's first Olympic medallist Mustapha Moussa, who won bronze in the boxing light-heavyweight division at the 1984 Olympiad alongside little known boxer Evander Holyfield, reportedly dead:

Sally Kemp, first wife of Bob Grant and Girl With Cow in Carry On Camping, reportedly dead:

Long running British children's programme (1978 - 2008) featuring innumerable actors, some of whom went on to greater things, others who actually learned some life skills! I've created this topic for those whose best known roles or those whose only roles were in this series, or who may have done other things but don't fit. Inspired by the sad early death of Terry Sue Patt earlier this year. And now we have our second Grange Hill related death of 2015, with the passing of Maggie Riley at 79. Death Notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/195704/riley She played Mrs McMahon to Bill Treacher's Mr McMahon. Here she is right at the start of Series 2, Episode 17: http://youtu.be/6Upl4Xma9IE

Barbara Speake, of the Barbara Speake Stage School where many Grange Hill actors attended, reportedly dead: Alumni include Keith Chegwin, Julie Dawn Cole, Phil Collins, Michelle Gayle, Keith Jayne and Jack Wild.

100m runner Hinchcliffe wins his heat. Unfortunately, he loses in the hairstyle competition. You want to see a mullet, see Kieran Reilly from the BMX freestyle.

I'm beginning to know how King Chuck feels, hearing that bloody National Anthem.

Death notice for Elizabeth Susan Hordern (nee Chataway), widow of the late Tory MP Sir Peter Hordern and sister of the late Christopher Chataway: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/hordern-notices_58249

Cross-posting Tommy Cassidy's death report here, he having played for Northern Ireland in the 1982 WC Finals.

Tommy Cassidy dead: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-legend-tommy-cassidy-29663860 Edit: Picked last year for the DDP, dropped this year, so List of the Missed @Death Impends: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_C.html#cassidt023

Ife Mtume, daughter of James Mtume, reportedly dead aged 54: https://soultracks.com/story-ife-mtume-dies/

Ah, the mysterious third member of the Chuckle Brothers.

Danny Clarke of The Meditations reportedly dead: https://www.reggae-vibes.com/news/2024/08/danny-clarke-the-meditations-passed-away/ The group sang backing vocals for Bob Marley.

Everybody is on the leaderboard. Treat yourself to a tequila shot at the bar! What will August bring? Apart from grouse shooting. 31 days of frolics on their way!

Deaths: Ysanne Churchman - 4 July Vic Seixas - 5 July Jane McAlevey - 7 July Jim Inhofe - 9 July Shelley Duvall - 11 July Shannen Doherty - 13 July Bob Newhart - 18 July Abdul Duke Fakir - 22 July Ray Lawler - 24 July Edna O'Brien - 27 July Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - 8 August - No Obit Rachael Lillis - 10 August Gena Rowlands - 14 August Peter Marshall - 15 August Afa Anoa'i - 16 August Wayne Eddy - 16 August - No Obit Maria Branyas Morera - 19 August Sven-Goran Eriksson - 26 August ladyFiona: 523 Points (Seixas; Duvall; Doherty; Churchman; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - K) Cards Played: Grimgrass: 419 Points (McAlevey; Newhart; Rowlands; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - A) Cards Played: MariNisia: 363 Points (Seixas; Churchman; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - K) Cards Played: Perhaps: 361 Points (Newhart; Rowlands; Eriksson) [Sub: Inhofe (2 Diamonds)] (CRT: Jul - 9) Cards Played: Captain Hemlock: 325 Points (Doherty; Newhart; Eriksson) [Sub: Duvall (K Clubs)] (CRT: Jul - Q) Cards Played: Wormfarmer: 323 Points (Seixas; Doherty; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - K) Cards Played: wannamaker: 318 Points (Seixas; McAlevey; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 8) Cards Played: gcreptile: 315 Points (McAlevey; Lillis; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 10) Cards Played: diego: 312 Points (Seixas; Duvall; Eriksson) [Sub: Doherty (5 Spades)] (CRT: Jul - 7) Cards Played: Torva Messor: 307 Points (Duvall; McAlevey; O'Brien) (CRT: Jul - 7) Cards Played: Buffalo Phil: 214 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - A) Cards Played: Bibliogryphon: 210 Points (Newhart; Lawler) (CRT: Jul - 10) Cards Played: YoungWillz: 209 Points (Newhart; Fakir) (CRT - Jul 9) Cards Played: RetroGamer47: 209 Points (Marshall; Anoa'i) (CRT: Jul - 9) Cards Played: Great Uncle Bulgaria: 209 Points (Branyas Morera; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 4) Cards Played: The Old Crem: 208 Points (Doherty; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 3) Cards Played: Yorkshire Banker: 206 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 6) Cards Played: JoeMoneypenny: 206 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 6) Cards Played: Toast: 204 Points (Seixas; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 4) Cards Played: Captain Chorizo: 202 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 2) Cards Played: The Killing Time: 116 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - J) Cards Played: TQR: 114 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - A) Cards Played: msc: 107 Points (Newhart) (CRT: Jul - 7) Cards Played: theoldlady: 106 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 6) Cards Played: Death Impends: 104 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 4) Cards Played: livingbygrace: 11 Points (CRT: Jul - J) Gooseberry Crumble: 9 Points (CRT: Jul - 9)

Whoops! The Card Roulette Table needed an extra dusting, given how long it has been in storage. So here is the draw, and the updated leaderboard will follow: Timestamp: 2024-08-01 11:09:10 UTC

Current British score: G - 6; S - 6; B - 6. Yes, 666.

Paul Bucha, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, reportedly dead one day before his 81st birthday: https://www.cmohs.org/news-events/press-releases/medal-of-honor-recipient-paul-w-bucha-passes-away-at-80/

Nvm.

Pleads guilty: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj260e54x7o