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Death notice for Sir Christopher Drewry, former commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, aged 77: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/drewry-notices_59591

John Nott QO: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-john-nott-obituary-sharp-tongued-defence-secretary-k5b978nkm

David Howell and Michael Heseltine from the OP remain.

James Rawson, Team GB Paralympian in table tennis winning medals including gold at Barcelona, reportedly dead:

Terry Ruane, deaf actor/director, reportedly died back mid-October: https://theatresign.com/in-loving-memory-of-terry-ruane-21-11-1946-13-10-2024/ Appeared in See Hear, notably in their Christmas Specials, but probably more known for his theatre work. presenting works with sign language. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4064918/

Roy Thomason, former Tory MP for Bromsgrove (1992-1997) reportedly dead here: https://www.politicshome.com/members/profile/association-of-former-members-of-parliament/remembrance-of-departed-colleagues

Jonathan Haze QO for sure: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14040481/Jonathan-Haze-dead-95-Little-Shop-Horrors-Five-Guns-West.html

Former British Ambassador to South Africa and thereafter the US, Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, Times Obituary: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/lord-renwick-of-clifton-obituary-friend-of-nelson-mandela-q0kpmr063

Jonathan Haze QO? https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jonathan-haze-actor-played-seymour-222829100.html

Bill Beach, famous for Peg Pants, reportedly dead aged 92: https://eu.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2024/11/04/rockabilly-singer-bill-beach-dies-performed-for-years-in-swfl/75991607007/

Quincy Jones has died as we know. I'll remember him for Ai No Corrida though in the early 80s.

Quncy Jones death here reminds us all that Harry Belafonte and Tito Jackson are also gone from the OP. (From a quick scan). Edit: and Tina Turner.

Dub Jones kicked into touch! Had to wait a couple of days for the QO https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-14037103/Former-Browns-star-Dub-Jones-dies-99.html so low points for rushing here! The NFL star for the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s was 99 - well, not everyone makes it to 100. (Jimmy Carter has made that milestone and outlives another aged pick here). Anyway, a hit for both diego and Wormfarmer. Bonus: diego gets a pair of 8s for 10 additional points. Leaderboard updated.

Not today obviously. Watching him fart his brains out and closes up to YMCA.

Trump goes completely bonkers in Pennsylvania. Praises Xi of China for ruling his country with an iron fist. (There's a hint for Trump Mk II). Wants paper ballots and voter ID everywhere. Talks about the machines used for voting and says how corrupt they are - all he had to do was ask Elon Musk to look at them and implies Musk condemned them - just by looking at them. Calls the press bloodsuckers. Trump claims to be telling the truth and for that "they" want to lock him up. Says he went to school in Pennsylvania - now there's an insult to the educated of Penn State. Still claims to be a very smart person. Because smart people always have to say they are smart. Nobody's shot at him yet though. God's will I expect. And why is he rallying on a Sunday? All those Christians skipping church to listen to this guy? Meantime Harris was on Saturday Night Live's cold open. Americans must decide this though - their choice. As for the world, we await their decision.

Alan Rachins QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14033807/Alan-Rachins-dead-LA-Law-Dharma-Greg.html

Janey Godley has died. Never saw Trump re-elected/beaten, outlived by Jimmy Carter.

Death notice for Gillian Joynson-Hicks (nee Schluter), Viscountess Brentford, aged 81: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/brentford-notices_59513 Her husband Crispin Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford (b. 1933) survives her.

Brian Tesler, British TV producer, reportedly dead aged 95: https://transdiffusion.org/2024/10/31/brian-tesler-1929-2024/ Lots of Light Entertanment shows, including The Benny Hill Show, Thank Your Lucky Stars, brought in World Of Sport, Opportunity Knocks and many sitcoms, such as Love Thy Neighbour and Man About The House. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856288/

Deaths: Ysanne Churchman - 4 July Vic Seixas - 5 July Jane McAlevey - 7 July Jim Inhofe - 9 July Shelley Duvall - 11 July Shannen Doherty - 13 July Bob Newhart - 18 July Abdul Duke Fakir - 22 July Ray Lawler - 24 July Edna O'Brien - 27 July Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee - 8 August - No Obit Rachael Lillis - 10 August Gena Rowlands - 14 August Peter Marshall - 15 August Afa Anoa'i - 16 August Norman Spencer - 16 August Wayne Eddy - 16 August - No Obit Maria Branyas Morera - 19 August Sven-Goran Eriksson - 26 August Marjorie Flora Fraser - 3 September Paul Harrell - 3 September James Earl Jones - 9 September Alberto Fujimori - 11 September Kenneth Cope - 11 September Geoff Hinsliff - 15 September David Graham - 20 September Rupert Keegan - 23 September - No Obit Maggie Smith - 27 September Alexandre do Nascimento - 28 September - No Obit Dikembe Mutombo - 30 September Lily Ebert - 9 October Ethel Kennedy - 10 October Teri Garr - 29 October Dub Jones - 2 November June Spencer - 8 November ladyFiona: 793 Points (Seixas; Duvall; Doherty; Churchman; Eriksson; Ebert; J. Spencer) (CRT: Jul - K; Aug - 10; Sep - K; Oct - 7) Cards Played: Captain Hemlock: 552 Points (Doherty; Newhart; Eriksson; Fujimori; Garr) [Sub: Duvall (K Clubs)] (CRT: Jul - Q; Aug - 5; Sep - 9; Oct - K) Cards Played: diego: 545 Points (Seixas; Duvall; Eriksson; N Spencer; D Jones) [Sub: Doherty (5 Spades); Fujimori (3 Spades)] (CRT: Jul - 7; Aug - Q; Sep - 2; Oct - 6) Cards Played: Grimgrass: 542 Points (McAlevey; Newhart; Rowlands; Eriksson; Fujimori) (CRT: Jul - A; Aug - 3; Sep - 5; Oct - 5) Cards Played: gcreptile: 529 Points (McAlevey; Lillis; Eriksson; Harrell; Mutombo) (CRT: Jul - 10; Aug - 8; Sep - 4; Oct - 2) Cards Played: Wormfarmer: 460 Points (Seixas; Doherty; Eriksson; D. Jones) [Sub: Earl Jones (9 Hearts)] (CRT: Jul - K; Aug - 3; Sep - K; Oct - Q) Cards Played: TQR: 446 Points (Eriksson; Fujimori; Cope; J Spencer) (CRT: Jul - A; Aug - 10; Sep - Q; Oct - 5) Cards Played: Bibliogryphon: 435 Points (Newhart; Lawler; Graham; J. Spencer) (CRT: Jul - 10; Aug - 9; Sep - 4; Oct - 2) Cards Played: Captain Chorizo: 428 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson; Harrell; Ebert) (CRT: Jul - 2; Aug - A; Sep - 8; Oct - 4) Cards Played: Perhaps: 398 Points (Newhart; Rowlands; Eriksson) [Sub: Inhofe (2 Diamonds); J Spencer (10 Diamonds)] (CRT: Jul - 9; Aug - 8; Sep - 10; Oct - 9) Cards Played: MariNisia: 393 Points (Seixas; Churchman; Eriksson) [Sub: Earl Jones (4 Diamonds)] (CRT: Jul - K; Aug - Q; Sep - Q; Oct - 2) Cards Played: Buffalo Phil: 363 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson; J Spencer) [Sub: Graham (10 Hearts)] (CRT: Jul - A; Aug - A; Sep - J; Oct - 4) Cards Played: wannamaker: 362 Points (Seixas; McAlevey; Eriksson) [Sub: J Spencer (Q Spades) (CRT: Jul - 8; Aug - 4; Sep - A; Oct - A) Cards Played: Yorkshire Banker: 340 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson; Fraser) [Sub: Ebert (A Diamonds)] (CRT: Jul - 6; Aug - 2; Sep - 8; Oct - 10) Cards Played: Torva Messor: 338 Points (Duvall; McAlevey; O'Brien) (CRT: Jul - 7; Aug - K; Sep - 7; Oct - J) Cards Played: YoungWillz: 337 Points (Newhart; Fakir; Kennedy) (CRT - Jul - 9; Aug - 10; Sep - 8; Oct - 10) Cards Played: theoldlady: 336 Points (Eriksson; Fujimori; Graham) (CRT: Jul - 6; Aug - K; Sep - 4; Oct - K) Cards Played: JoeMoneypenny: 334 Points (McAlevey; Eriksson; Fujimori) (CRT: Jul - 6; Aug - Q; Sep - 8; Oct - 8) Cards Played: Toast: 328 Points (Seixas; Eriksson; Kennedy) (CRT: Jul - 4; Aug - 7; Sep - 5; Oct - Q) Cards Played: msc: 239 Points (Newhart; Kennedy) (CRT: Jul - 7; Aug - 10; Sep - J; Oct - J) Cards Played: The Old Crem: 233 Points (Doherty; Eriksson) [Sub: Kennedy (5 Diamonds)] (CRT: Jul - 3; Aug - 7; Sep - 9; Oct - 4) Cards Played: RetroGamer47: 231 Points (Marshall; Anoa'i) (CRT: Jul - 9; Aug - 4; Sep - 7; Oct - J) Cards Played: Great Uncle Bulgaria: 230 Points (Branyas Morera; Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 4; Aug - 3; Sep - 5; Oct - K) Cards Played: Gooseberry Crumble: 229 Points (Hinsliff; Kennedy) (CRT: Jul - 9; Aug - 6; Sep - 2; Oct - Q) Cards Played: The Killing Time: 137 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - J; Aug - J; Sep - 7; Oct - 3) Cards Played: livingbygrace: 134 Points (M Smith) (CRT: Jul - J; Aug - 5; Sep - 9; Oct - 9) Cards Played: Death Impends: 129 Points (Eriksson) (CRT: Jul - 4; Aug - 4; Sep - J; Oct - 10) Cards Played:

Hallo to Halloween! It's the end of the month so let us pumpkin spice up your life as the Creepy Casino makes its way over to the Card Roulette Table! Let's spin it baby! Leaderboard to follow. Timestamp: 2024-10-31 15:02:33 UTC

You never know. Julia Hawkins Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/10/31/julia-hawkins-hurricane-ponchatoula-national-senior-games/

Boris Johnson’s successor and PM. Discuss.

Tootsie Rolls all round for the tables! Teri Garr has succumbed. From The Monkees' film Head to being Phoebe's mother in Friends and many comedic roles in between, she has left us just at the end of October in a very quiet month for the Tournament. An unique pick for Captain Hemlock, this hit drags them up to second place. No bonuses. Leaderboard updated.