YoungWillz

Ah Jericho's December optimism about his DDP entry seems to have been less than well founded:

Only in the Beastie Boys sense of the word.....safe!

I considered Can you hear the drums Fernandoooo...however, he wasn't for me. I had a good team (until Ruth S died pre-start) and I was happy with it. Well, until I found out Phelan's tumours were shrinking due to treatment, that Turnbull could live for years with proper care, etc etc, ha! I'm worried I've got sucked in somehow to a desperate attempt to beat last year's score. Don't worry, Fernandooo is practically everywhere else on the other pools for me. Shame he wasn't in Doctor Who, he'd have made the Hare's team!

Ah, Suggs. Mr McPherson is 58 today!

David Pritchard, producer and director of food programmes mainly featuring Keith Floyd and Rick Stein, reported dead...by Rick Stein: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256146/

Sounds like they cut Fats out of the deal....

Having reviewed the thread Captain Chorizo has won the Rock Category, but all others are up for grabs. I might be the only person to have a hit in the Rap/Hip Hop section, but I have no idea who two of the Captain's entries are, ha! In order to win the soul/blues section, it's looking like a crap shoot between Fixed Business (Chaka, Chaka...) and myself (Belafonte).

It will all come out in the obituary (which I hope will be a way off, gawd bless him).

My info says he was born c 1964, that would tally with what you say Joey.

My team, duly randomised via Random.org: 01. Stiles, Nobby 02. Atkins, Ronald 03. Asner, Ed 04. Kerslake, Lee (Wildcard) 05. White, Betty 06. Cameron, Earl (Wildcard) 07. French, Jay Jay 08. McCririck, John (Wildcard) 09. Ali, Fatima (Wildcard) Died Before Start. Sub: Linda Nolan (Wildcard) 10. Phillips, Leslie 11. Bracknell, Leah 12. Blanco, Kathleen 13. Johnrose, Lenny 14. Mayhew-Archer, Paul 15. Fairlie, Andrew (Wildcard) Died Before Start. Sub:P-Orridge, Genesis 16. Hunt, Pauline 17. Ricksen, Fernando 18. Ono, Yoko 19. Windsor, Frank 20. Lange, Artie 21. Costello, Elvis 22. Hume, John 23. Kumar, Dilip 24. Loaf, Meat 25. Baxter, Stanley 26. Ferguson, Alex 27. Andretti, John 28. Douglas, Kirk 29. Blackman, Honor 30. Harper, Valerie 31. Poitier, Sidney (Wildcard) 32. Byrne, Gay 33. Dole, Bob 34. Jones, Terry 35. Moss, Stirling 36. Cribbins, Bernard 37. Akihito of Japan, Emperor 38. Newton-John, Olivia 39. Hawke, Bob 40. Barker, Bob 41. Richard, Little 42. Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus 43. Turnbull, Bill 44. Weir, Doddie 45. James, Clive 46. Harris, Rolf 47. Hadlee, Richard 48. Baker, Tom 49. Alagiah, George 50. Clegg, Johnny Subs: A. B. C. Jackson, Katherine

Just noticed there's a slideshow!! Awesome!

Cheers Spade, that's amazingly quick. Ok, now for the ones I noticed: Dianne Feinsten - also listed under Dianne Fienstein - I presume Biblio's made a spelling error. Gerhard Richter - I presume those folk listed under Gerard Richter also meant this guy. David Graham - I'm assuming that's this guy, rather than the cricketer, given the teams but one might have picked the cricketer...I dunno. Tbh, that's all I could find. Hope this helps.

Beautiful man. Deserves a birthday wish.

Stop the game now! I've shared the lead sometimes in the Inverse from time to time, but outright first, never. Won't last....but I'll savour this brief moment in the sunshine.

Sid Owen is 47 today!

Could merge this topic with the other one?

86 today!

His phoned in tribute for June Whitfield sounded bloody awful. Clinched his spot on my Comedy team for me.

I'm not happy, gone on pure instinct again. I expect a bad year.... Here's my team: 01. Paul Gascoigne 02. Donald Trump 03. Prunella Scales 04. Jimmy Greaves 05. Linda Nolan 06. Pete Frates 07. Marieke Vervoort 08. Queen Elizabeth II 09. Doris Day 10. Jill Gascoine 11. Tim Conway 12. Stirling Moss 13. Jimmy Carter 14. Carol Channing DNS Billy Connolly 15. Robert Mugabe 16. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 17. Olivia de Havilland 18. Vera Lynn 19. Henry Kissinger 20. Nobby Stiles 21. Bill Turnbull 22. Olivia Newton-John 23. Prince Philip 24. Terry Jones 25. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Sub: June Brown

Looks like this could be the trickiest year yet! Drop 40 minefield!

My Joker and first hit of the 2019 Pools, Steffan Lewis, dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-46810071 Edit: Born in 1984 (not 74 per my initial submission ha!)

Steffan Lewis dead: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-46810071

Former President of the Royal Society Sir Michael Atiyah dies: https://royalsociety.org/news/2019/01/tribute-to-former-president-of-the-royal-society-sir-michael-atiyah/

Sir Michael Atiyah dead:

Brad Blaisdell, who is probably best known as Mike the Bartender from Three's Company, dead at 69, cancer: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=randall-blaisdell-brad&pid=191230600& IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086420/