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Everything posted by YoungWillz
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Ah, heady days, leading a Deadpool! I was (joint) top of the Inverse DP once - didn't last. I shall bathe in the warm sunlight atop the mountain for the short time I'm here.
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Later entrants were glad they waited. Andrea Camilleri gets a BBC Obit and according no further investigation is needed for points awards. Captain Chorizo pulls clear at the top, Death Impends and others manoeuvre into challenging positions. Bonus: Banana hits a pair of 3s - 10 Additional Points. Leaderboard updated.
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Andrea Camilleri inspected his last novel: http://news.trust.org//item/20190717070329-67auy/ By which I mean he dead.
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There go the Judge! Fixed Business having just climbed onto the leaderboard gets a second hit within hours with John Paul Stevens. Bonus: Hits an A Hearts - 5 Additional Points. Leaderboard updated.
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Congrats Squonk. Next Round: 1920 - Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead/Clarissa Eden 1921 - George "Jonny" Johnson/Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Norman Lear/Lucia Hiriart Pinochet 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Robert Solow/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Sydney Samuelson/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Johnny Beattie/Doreen Mantle 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Margaret Stuart Barry 1928 - Richard M Sherman/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Thelma Barlow Hits: Harry Leslie Smith Stanley Donen
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American lawyer and DDP Pick Mortimer Caplin is dead, according to the Washington Post.
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Committee pull ahead. YW - 5; DL - 6
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Clive 'til no longer alive
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Johnny's last Cleggs have fallen off and points are awarded all over the place - too many to mention! Welcome to the leaderboard to Great Uncle Bulgaria and Fixed Business. Yes, even after Clegg's death there are still teams on Norway points. Bonuses: Great Uncle Bulgaria's inaugural hit is A Spades (the A of Spades...) - 5 Additional Points. Toast makes a pair of 7s - 10 Additional Points. We have our first sub faller too. And it isn't Joey! Sir Creep gets lucky and draws the A Diamonds for 14 Points added to his total. Leaderboard updated.
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Good ole Joey Russ tells me this will be good enough for Johnny Clegg here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-7253809/South-African-musician-Johnny-Clegg-dies-cancer-battle.html
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Stealing that...
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Except for a QO?
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Points for Cleggers who no longer plays pop.
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Clegg another miss for me here. Phew!
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Dead on Twitter. And indeed here: https://www.enca.com/news/johnny-clegg-has-died
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Mona Malden, Karl's widow, dead at 102: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=mona-malden&pid=193403270
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Carl Carlton, US singer, reportedly recovering from a stroke: https://www.soultracks.com/story-carl-carlton-ill
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Sweep! Who dies first, Bracknell or the Earth?!
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Commentary on the Wimbledon Men's Final indicates that former GB player and singles quarter finalist Bobby Wilson has not been too well recently.
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Daily Mail comes up trumps for another unique hit. The Old Crem takes points for former Bangladesh President Ershad. No bonuses, leaderboard updated.
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Ershad is dead according to this report: https://bdnews24.com/politics/2019/07/14/jatiya-party-chairman-hm-ershad-dies-at-90
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William Hurndell who played Ike Clanton in The Gunfighters for Doctor Who, reportedly died on 4th July: Appearances in Secret Agent and Adam Adamant Lives! also. And Carry On...Follow That Camel.
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Looks like Gloria Manon may in fact have died sometime in late 2018 according to this: https://en-gb.facebook.com/events/memorial-service-for-gloria-manon/497926957379037/
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Ah, there's always something on the forum if you look hard enough...
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Well, who knows? Ha! We find these things, they go uncorroborated, then either they are dead or they turn up in an obit years later. All I know is I ain't picking her for a pool anytime, ever!