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Mary Aiese, latterly Mary O'Leary, the Reparata in the above, reportedly dead: RIP, Captain Of Your Ship is a cracker.

Luigi Manocchio reportedly dead: https://www.golocalprov.com/news/luigi-baby-shacks-manocchio-former-new-england-crime-boss-is-dead Picked for Deathrace 2025.

Refugee + Africa = Rwanda, maybe? I hear there's some housing waiting to be occupied...

How about Johnny Mathis? He's getting up there in years.

Whammo blammo! My own fault, turned over to That's Christmas channel to avoid Assad Bashing for 5 fucking minutes! Dreadful ditty. Anyone have a "shoulder to cry on"?

Dick Vitale to get update on his cancer on 12th December: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-basketball/article-14169091/dick-vitale-cancer-update.html

Joe Birrell Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/12/08/joe-birrell-hurdles-1948-olympics-coached-idi-amin-obituary/

Julie Stevens for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, last picked in 2012 for the DDP: https://derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2012/celebs_S.html#stevju

Julie Stevens reportedly dead:

Your strike rate is impressive. Shame it wasn't on the year you picked them! We've all been there though...bloody hell* even me! (*Ron Weasley).

Dickie Rock QO: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7qqqrpwjxo

Dickie Rock dead: https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/dickie-rock-dead-showband-legend-34267130 DDP pick. Come Back To Stay was the choon in 1966 (great year):

This will be my 10th anniversary year of having three teams. Yay for me, or summat. I've tried everything DI. There's been the popular choices. There's been the old choices. There's been the ill choices. There's been the "can I get an entirely unique team?" choices. While this year and 2018 rewarded me a bit, not even close to top thirty. I despair, curse and thrash about in my bed at night. It's fun though, and I guess that's the way (uh huh uh huh) I like it. Could we achieve a deluge of hits in 2025? Who will be the unexpected, out of the blue, Liam Payne-esque type hit next year? Who knows? Who cares? (I do a little bit). I have a suppurating blancmange of possibles. No-one, I expect, may be unique, except in my TOTP theme team. *goes off to see how Berry Gordy Jr is holding up*.

Eamonn Holmes wheelchair bound: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/32143869/eamonn-holmes-wheelchair-katie-alexander/ Seething at Ruth Langsford's trip to Oz, apparently. Anyway, one to consider in the event of a high kerb and a Number 9 bus coinciding with a night out.

British avant-garde filmmaker Malcolm Le Grice reportedly dead: https://www.instagram.com/sabzian.be/reel/DDNZJELuq2Z/ His work Berlin Horse is widely renowned. Sound by Brian Eno.

Roly Horrey, former winger for Blackburn Rovers, York City and Cambridge United, reportedly dead aged 81: https://www.cambridgeunited.com/news/roly-horrey-1943-2024

Last picked for the DDP in 2022 @Death Impends, so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2022/celebs_S.html#stobare021

Wow! Highest I've been for a while. Looking forward to the June Spencer update now!

Anniversary of Lennon's death a-coming up, so obviously there will be a story about Yoko. Sean Lennon states she hasn't moved on since his death: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14163059/yoko-ono-never-moved-john-lennon-death.html Some lovely pictures but no health news as such.

Samantha Lawrence of Wee Papa Girl Rappers reportedly dead aged 55: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/news/national/wee-papa-girl-rappers-singer-samantha-lawrence-dies-aged-55-134093/ A miss for my 1988 TOTP theme team as they had two top thirty UK Chart entries in 1988, highest being Wee Rule which reached #6 in October that year.

After Vincent Ball survives his birthday again to become 101 years old, here is a post though I am unsure if the photo is recent or not: If it is recent, eat your heart out Jimmy Carter!

Obituary for Marie E Howe aged (conveniently) 85, Massachusetts State Representative with ties to the Troubles in Northern Ireland: https://www.dohertyfuneralservice.com/obituary/marie-howe As Wiki hasn't noted her death or date of birth, thought I'd pass it on.

One for the Pharmas thread!

Always sad to see someone go, especially one who stood up for the DDP when it was needed. Take care of your loved ones, I spent a long time doing that, so with nothing to do, staring at a computer all day is all I have!! Remember, you are allowed to drop by at those quiet times and maybe give us a laugh or two. I will miss ya.

Tony Young, former full back for Manchester Utd, Charlton and York, reportedly dead aged 71: https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/Man-Utd-saddened-by-loss-of-former-player-Tony-Young