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Guardian Obit for Peter Watson-Wood, TV documentary cameraman turned film producer, aged 92: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/01/peter-watson-wood-obituary Mad Dogs And Englishmen and The Wicker Tree among his credits. Interestingly, the obit refers to his friendship with Anthony Newley. Leslie Bricusse just died, now this (though when exactly, I'm not going on a search). Maybe Tony Newley's Mates should be a theme team? Things come in threes, who's next?

Those with Pat Martino in their team - fret not. (See what I did there?). The jazz guitarist was certainly El Hombre as far as Sean, Joey Russ and Salmon Mousse were concerned. Bonus: Salmon Mousse plays a 7 - Pair of 7s - 10 Additional Points. Leaderboard updated. (Jazz hands!).

Oh, FFS, I've just done an update on the Poker Tourney, and now I've got to go back. Bloody, typical, I'm having another cigarette and pour myself another coffee.

Well, Pat Martino fans may have to wait for puns until a Qobit (preferred term round here) appears. How long is a cricket pitch? 22 yards? Hey, it was 22 years that Alan Igglesden had a brain tumour before he returned to the pavilion in the sky (if you believe in that sort of thing...). Coincidence? Yes, of course it is. Cricket's a slow game, but 22 years? Igglesden's passing caught out a few of us, but not gcreptile, msc, Death Impends and Grim Up North who all score. Bonuses: gcreptile plays a 6 - Pair of 6s - 10 Points; Two Pair of 6s and As - 15 Points; Two Pair of 6s and Js - 15 Points; Two Pair of 6s and Qs - 15 Points - Total: 55 Additional Points. msc plays a 10 - Pair of 10s - 10 Additional Points. Death Impends plays a 2 - Pair of 2s - 10 Additional Points. Banana brought Igglesden on as 12th man (13th actually, Ally McLaws was a first sub) - anyhow, draws a K Clubs for 13 Points added. gcreptile now puts clear daylight between himself and the chasing pack and becomes the first player this year to break the 1000 Point barrier. But holding 4 pairs now (which is ridiculous) a serious possibility of tremendous points coming if full houses are made. Anyway, leaderboard updated.

That was really quick - Aaron Beck QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/11/01/aaron-beck-psychiatrist-whose-development-cognitive-behavioural/

I think that makes all of the founders of Total Rock Radio dead?

Founder of cognitive behaviour therapy, US psychiatrist Aaron T Beck, being reported dead aged 100: http://beckinstitute.org/draaronbeck/ He be one of those DDP picks, baby.

Wonder if this is the first time she's been 12th woman?

Jerry Remy last picked in 2019 for the List of the Missed: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2019/celebs_R.html#remy99j018

Jerry Remy, former second baseman? and sportscaster mentioned several times in various pools, being reported dead:

Wait. So the dessert was invented by his missus and one of his workers? And he took the credit? Actually, this technically makes him fringes of fame!

Dead So Far: Anne Stallybrass - 3 July - Obit Rick Laird - 4 July - Obit Stan Swamy - 5 July - Obit Gillian Sheen Donaldson - 5 July - Obit Axel Kahn - 6 July Dilip Kumar - 7 July - Obit Carlos Reutemann - 7 July - Obit Jehan Sadat - 9 July - Obit Ernie Moss - 11 July - Obit Renee Simonot - 11 July - Obit Mick Bates - 12 July - Obit Edwin Edwards - 12 July - Obit Paul Orndorff - 12 July - Obit Gary Corbett - 14 July - Obit Mary Ward - 19 July - Obit Brian Henderson - 5 August - Obit Gertrude Annie Kingston - ? August 2021 Jaan Kaplinski - 8 August Patricia Hitchcock - 9 August - Obit Gerd Muller - 15 August - Obit Paul Mitchell III - 15 August - Obit Sir Michael Cullen - 19 August - Obit Sandra Richardson - 25 August - Obit Jonathan Myles-Lea - 25 August - Obit Michael Constantine - 31 August - Obit Mikis Theodorakis - 2 September - Obit Sarah Harding - 5 September - Obit Carl Bean - 7 September - Obit Amy Winifred Hawkins - 8 September - Obit Art Metrano - 8 September - Obit Terry Lubbock - 15 September - Obit Robert Fyfe - 15 September - Obit Jane Powell - 16 September - Obit Abdelaziz Bouteflika - 17 September - Obit Albert J Raboteau III - 18 September Jimmy Greaves - 19 September - Obit Greg Gilbert - 30 September - Obit Bernard Tapie - 3 October - Obit Budge Patty - 3 October - Obit Nadia Chaudhri - 5 October - Obit Granville Adams - 10 October - Obit Ruthie T(h)ompson - 10 October - Obit Ally McLaws - 15 October - Obit Maire Mhac an tSaoi - 16 October - Obit Betty Lynn - 16 October - Obit Denise Bryer - 16 October - Obit James Michael Tyler - 24 October - Obit Pat Martino - 1 November - Obit Alan Igglesden - 1 November - Obit Clifford Rose - 6 November - Obit FW de Klerk - 11 November - Obit Bertie Auld - 14 November - Obit Clarissa Eden - 15 November - Obit Jyrki Kasvi - 16 November Belinda Sykes - 16 November Chun Doo-hwan - 23 November - Obit gcreptile: 1306 Points (Swamy, Laird; Bates; Richardson; Bean; Lubbock; Chaudhri; McLaws; Igglesden; de Klerk) (Sub: Kumar [5 Diamonds]; Tyler [5 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [4]; Sep [K]; Oct [Q]) Cards Played: Captain Chorizo: 1225 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Laird; Orndorff; Cullen; Harding; Lubbock; Tapie; Tyler; de Klerk) (Sub: Henderson [3 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [7]; Aug [J]; Sep [8]; Oct [J]) Cards Played: Death Impends: 989 Points (Kumar; Cullen; Harding; Thompson; McLaws; Tyler; Igglesden; de Klerk) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [5]; Sep [10]; Oct [10]) Cards Played: Perhaps: 905 Points (Kumar; Reutemann; Sadat; Orndorff; Harding; Lubbock; Gilbert; de Klerk) (Sub: Swamy [4 Hearts]; Auld [6 Spades]) (MD: Jul [4]; Aug [2]; Sep [Q]; Oct [Q]) Cards Played: An Fear Beag: 795 Points (Kumar; Muller; Cullen; Harding; Greaves; Tapie; Tyler) (Sub: P. Mitchell [6 Spades]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [Q]; Sep [3]; Oct [Q]) Cards Played: msc: 761 Points (Laird; Bates; Theodorakis; Harding; Lubbock; McLaws; Igglesden) (Sub: Orndorff [10 Clubs]; de Klerk [6 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [Q]; Sep [5]; Oct [7]) Cards Played: Joey Russ: 744 Points (Laird; Harding; Bean; Lubbock; McLaws; Martino; de Klerk) (Sub: Cullen [2 Diamonds]; Gilbert [8 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [2]; Aug [8]; Sep [Q]; Oct [7]) Cards Played: Salmon Mousse: 741 Points (Reutemann; Orndorff; Henderson; Muller; Harding; Tyler; Martino) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [4]; Sep [10]; Oct [5]) Cards Played: Banana: 719 Points (Kumar: Laird; Corbett; Harding; Lubbock; de Klerk) (Sub: McLaws [5 Diamonds]; Igglesden [K Clubs]; Eden [9 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [A]; Sep [6]; Oct [6]) Cards Played: Grim Up North: 690 Points (Cullen; Harding; Lubbock; Gilbert; Igglesden; de Klerk) (Sub: Moss [4 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [6]; Sep [7]; Oct [9]) Cards Played: Caleb H: 669 Points (Simonot; Ward; Harding; Tapie; an tSaoi; Eden) (Sub: Hitchcock [K Clubs]) (MD: Jul [6]; Aug [A]; Sep [2]; Oct [A]) Cards Played: JoeMoneypenny: 667 Points (Sheen; Reutemann; Muller; Bouteflika; Lynn; Doo-hwan) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [3]; Sep [2]; Oct [2]) Cards Played: theoldlady: 639 Points (Muller; Cullen; Harding; Bouteflika; Adams; Eden) (Sub: Gilbert [Q Hearts]) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [9]; Sep [5]; Oct [10]) Cards Played: Baby Blue: 636 Points (Reutemann; Edwards; Corbett; Harding; Constantine; Metrano) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [J]; Sep [4]; Oct [2]) Cards Played: Bibliogryphon: 508 Points (Greaves; Fyfe; Bryer; Rose) (Sub: Stallybrass [3 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [J]; Aug [K]; Sep [A]; Oct [7]) Cards Played: Sean: 422 Points (Cullen; Myles-Lea; Martino; de Klerk) (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [3]; Sep [4]; Oct [3]) Cards Played: Yorkshire Banker: 344 Points (Ward; Harding; Gilbert) (MD: Jul [A]; Aug [10]; Sep [K]; Oct [7]) Cards Played: DeathByArsenic: 243 Points (Harding; Bouteflika) (Sub: Lynn [7 Diamonds]) (MD: Jul [9]; Aug [Q]; Sep [9]; Oct [6]) Cards Played: Great Uncle Bulgaria: 243 Points (Hawkins; Greaves) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [K]; Sep [A]; Oct [J]) Cards Played: Toast: 235 Points (Lubbock; Gilbert) (Sub: Greaves [3 Hearts]) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [7]; Sep [9]; Oct [3]) Cards Played: YoungWillz: 231 Points (Greaves; Eden) (MD: Jul [5]; Aug [10]; Sep [J]; Oct [5]) Cards Played: Torva Messor: 226 Points (Simonot; Patty) (Sub: Eden [4 Clubs]) (MD: Jul [3]; Aug [8]; Sep [7]; Oct [4]) Cards Played: GuyFromFuture: 150 Points (Powell) (MD: Jul [K]; Aug [Q]; Sep [J]; Oct [A]) Cards Played: Gooseberry Crumble: 38 Points (MD: Jul [Q]; Aug [9]; Sep [8]; Oct [9])

Another month has passed, so it is time to pull the lever on the wheel of (mis)fortune that is the Card Roulette. Be aware (though a reminder nearer the time) that November has 30 days. If you have played a Joker in your hand and not yet converted it (or will do during November) this conversion must take place by or on 30 November, otherwise the chance to convert will be lost. As always, the helpdesk will be open to discuss options if you are not sure how to maximise your pointage. Anyhow, the draw for October: Timestamp: 2021-10-31 11:53:56 UTC

Well, for someone who gave up the acting game a long time ago, it's still sad to learn of Gerard Ryder's death. Almost everyone involved in Get Some In! went on to have fairly successful careers. Selby and Ryder in the same year...so sad. I loved that show.

I went to see Dune (Part One!!) on Monday. It was my pal's birthday so a bunch of us went along to see it. Dragged a LOT. Actively shifting in my seat during the last 40 minutes. Surely it's going to end now? Now? NOW? Please god, NOW!!!??? Looked old actually. And some places not supposed to be funny actually laughed out loud at the banality of the script. Not to say there isn't a lot to like...but hey, cut out a lot of the crap and maybe it could have been done in one movie. Won't be seeing Part Two.

Podcasts...I'm too old for all that nonsense now. Another way of the yoof shutting out the actual horribleness and also beauty of the world - check your phone, listen to a podcast - anything except actually interacting with reality! Escapism should be a temporary thing. I saw Q on some Channel 5 thing, might be the same one - the sheer horror writ across his face as a bunch of comedians demoted Tony Hancock to the lower reaches! Might have been a best comic actors thing - I remember Bill Owen being introduced as a wild card, and summarily dispensed with in favour of Joanna Lumley or somesuch. All that anal introspection of your peers just annoys me - public votes give an indication of how things stand from time to time, but really what is the point of that? I actively detest Last Of The Summer Wine, but having been forced to watch it, I can appreciate some of the acting in it. Anyway, yeah, probably the less I know about this guy the better. Far less see him on the tellybox.

Charles otherwise Charlie Bird, Irish journalist diagnosed with MND: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/charlie-bird-opens-up-motor-25315481 Like Maire Mhac, bit of a punt on an Irish national, but journalist so probably get some coverage here....maybe...possibly...

Pains me to say that Hadoke has been consorting with the redoubtable Quantick. Pains me further that they have chatted about Genesis Of The Daleks - a story I adore, basically because who has the guts to give to children a story about possible genocide? Anyhoo, I have nothing personally against Mr Q - basically because without looking him up, I have no idea what he has done or what he is "famous" for. Is he an Armando Ianucci? Cos he is a real pain in the arse.

Death Notice for the Scots born poet (and author, but mostly poetry) Wes Magee, aged 82: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253066/wes-magee Mostly for children, his work has appeared on Poetry Pie for CBeebies.

Here's the QO you could have won: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16575938/jovita-moore-atlanta-cause-of-death/

Camille Saviola, a Woody Allen favourite, appearing in Broadway Danny Rose and The Purple Rose Of Cairo but also in Addams Family Values and Last Exit To Brooklyn, reportedly dead: https://deadline.com/2021/10/camille-saviola-dead-obituary-star-trek-deep-space-nine-broadway-actor-was-71-1234864824/ Played the not insignificant role of Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and you know what I'm going to say - a Scavvy Hunt miss. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767779/

Algeria goalie for the 1982 WC Finals Mehdi Cerbah, dead aged 68: https://www-liberte--algerie-com.translate.goog/sports/mehdi-cerbah-nest-plus-367402?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=nui,sc

Jovita Moore no moore:

I can't see Angela Webb making any statement on the date of death or funeral. I had a look at the Daily Post thing and it no longer mentions a funeral, but that is what is quoted on the Fansite, not Angela, on the funeral details. If she was friends with Moran, why would she wait 4 months to tell the Fansite? That's what bugs me and suggests the April date is likely. Gazette details provided by solicitors on production of a death certificate, and 25 April cannot possibly be mistaken for 21 or 28 January imo. Damn you, Kevin Banks!

Time to hunt down Angela Webb like a wounded dog!