YoungWillz

Well edited good sir, they are cut and pasted from your original submission. Masterlist edited. Take your 4 points.

The Quim Reaper is quite correct - as Grim Up North says, spelling, spelling. Thanks for pointing this out, draws 4 Diamonds for 4 Points added. Leaderboard updated again.

Ah, just noticed. Well you would spell him Valerie....update in a mo.

GisCARD D'Estaing dies. Crikey, in a game of cards, the clue was in his name all along! Only Death By Arsenic and Miracle Aligner picked him. No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

Update for Valery Giscard D'Estaing. Hits for Deathray (10th Hit); The Quim Reaper (11th Hit); Buffalo Phil (7th Hit); chilean way (8th Hit); nantonian2013 (7th Hit). End of year looms! Grim Up North +09 9 Buffalo Phil +07 7 +2 Deathray +06 10 +2 Great Uncle Bulgaria +06 10 The Quim Reaper +06 11 +2 Banana +05  10 Clorox Bleachman +05 9 Etushispushingupdaisies  +05 9 gcreptile +05 9 Skinny Kiltrunner +05 7 ThereWillBeDeaths +05 11 nantonian2013 +04 7 +2 Annami +03 8 Book +03 9 dean1991 +03 6 DeathClock +03 8 RadGuy +03 8 Sir Creep +03 6 The Old Crem +02 10 Bibliogryphon +01 7 Captain Chorizo +01 8 Zefph +01 7 chilean way +00 8 +2 msc +00 9 theoldlady +00 10 Torva Messor +00 9 Joey Russ -02 6 LizLemon -03 6 Newjack -04 5 paddyfool -04 5

No catching up now, but both had Giscard D'Estaing. YW - 15 (equals my best); DL- 18

UK Reuters Obit: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-people-giscard/former-french-president-giscard-destaing-has-died-europe-1-radio-idUKKBN28C3BI

Fuck Frank Carney, one of my uniques for 2021 gorn and topped out! https://www.kmuw.org/post/pizza-hut-co-founder-frank-carney-dies

Doctor Who Advent Calendar. December 2 opened.

Pat Patterson Qobit for DDP: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/other-sports/breaking-pat-patterson-dead-wwe-23104434

Pat Patterson reportedly dead:

I think 2020 was the first year I didn't have someone die on me (since the first year I entered) between submission and start (early submitter). Had it happened again, I would have had more hits on my main team than I do now. Swings, roundabouts, all part of the playground of the DDP.

Don't read it if you are not interested. Pass it over like I do with many threads.

Well, that's Buff Hardie awa'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-55149611 OldWillz used to roar with laughter at them...different times, couldn't see the appeal myself.

Damn! Revealed my Barry Crowther pick! (Not really!)

Doctor Who Advent Calendar. 1 December opened.

Not giving anything away, as I'm not picking him, but Francis Rossi (of The Quo) seems to have undergone cataract surgery in October to save his eyesight. Will be 72 next year with a history of drug use, having to watch it in the Covid era. Not picking him for 2021 is probably a mistake (I mean, he could heart attack at any time), but I have more eligible bachelor(ette)s for my TOTP theme team next year. Probably mentioned elsewhere but John Taylor (of The Durans) had an episode of Covid in the early part of this year, though seemingly fully recovered. Those reports were before the "long Covid" effects were mentioned, so who knows if fully recovered doesn't necessarily mean lung scarring, etc. Time will out, don'y beg me to please please tell you now.

To the tune of Olivia Newton John's "Physical" Debenhams, Debenhams Say Goodbye to Debenhams Liquidated Debenhams Watch your High Street die a death Said die a death And your shopping centres too.

Gawd, it's all terribly exciting. And this time next year, it'll be "it's all terrible, why'd I pick them"?

Question is...was Spade over in Pakistan and nipped into the hospital for a final heart massage?

Looks like Jamali is definitely a COVID meal out - a non-starter: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/30-Nov-2020/pakistan-s-ex-pm-zafarullah-jamali-dies-of-heart-attack

Is he dead then?

Omnipresent Tom Smith (Rugby)

Well, that's what I like to see, a real gambler's choice instead of going for the obvious quick hit! I'll update the leaderboard with your choice, with 5 Points added for a High Card.

Still nothing in it really, but with Death Impends drawing a low card moves down into third, Perhaps moves into first position and Sean into second. December massacre? Anyway, leaderboard updated and we are all set for the last month of this competition.