YoungWillz

Sixteenth hit with George HW Bush. And yes, sixteen consecutive BBC Obits.

Yep, my 6th hit here.

Well, up to 9/50 here with George HW. Can I scrape double figures?

George HW Bush is my 13th hit here.

Well done Book. And again for me: 1920 - Prem Tinsulanonda/Clarissa Eden 1921 - Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh/Marie Ponsot 1922 - Carl Reiner/Gertrude Himmelfarb 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Stanley Donen/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Ben Ford (former MP)/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Carleton Carpenter/Queen Elizabeth II 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Rosalynn Carter 1928 - Hosni Mubarak/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Jane Powell

Bob Dole, upon hearing of Bush Senior's death. Bob Dole.

Well, missed that one for the Advent Avalanche, he he, though I think local time might have affected it, then everyone would argue over the Hewlett rule and it would go on and on. Anyway, I have some updating to do and claims to be made where I picked him. Far as the DL is concerned, you do get something for a pair in this game...

He wants to die in Scotland. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17269169.sir-billy-connolly-reveals-he-would-like-to-die-in-scotland/?ref=mr&lp=4 "Planted in Loch Lomond"?

Gosh Leah Bracknell was sooo last year....and probably next year.....

Obituary for Monica Sims, first female controller of Radio 4: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/30/monica-sims-obituary

Well, I had to pick a Scot...it's St Andrew's Day! And he's an Andrew....

As I say, don't care, not a pick for me so I haven't been anxious. However, maybe someone with more time can check the List of the Lost (about time that was done anyway). I'd observe that when I was doing updates here, that source wasn't considered by me as a valid source as it wasn't on the rules page.

You'd have thought that virus might have killed off some more picks over the years..... (Goes to Charity Shop for a new coat...)

Andrew Fairlie.

Ah right, because when I looked at this list (Nov 13th), the i wasn't listed. Doesn't bother me much of course, I was one of the first to mention Vanessa on the Forum! There has been a refining of the rules as to what qualifies as a legitimate obit: To win points, there must be the mention of a celebrity's death on a national online news source: BBC*: bbc.co.uk/news bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts bbc.co.uk/news/business bbc.co.uk/news/education bbc.co.uk/news/uk (that's UK in general, not it's component parts - Scotland, Wales, NI etc) bbc.co.uk/news/world bbc.co.uk/sport bbc.co.uk/newsbeat bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics bbc.co.uk/news/magazine *This excludes local news pages on the website. Or from the UK versions of the following: telegraph.co.uk thetimes.co.uk ft.com theguardian.com dailymail.co.uk express.co.uk dailystar.co.uk thesun.co.uk mirror.co.uk morningstaronline.co.uk metro.co.uk (this exludes references on the death announcements sections of broadsheet websites) ...or from these news sites: uk.reuters.com news.sky.com/uk skysports.com itv.com/news (this also excludes local news pages) channel4.com/news

The i is a qualifying source? Sorry to ask, but the DDP site is down. I just didn't register it as a QO source....?

Well, thank goodness that doesn't give you repetitive strain injury in order that you could write that down for us.

Barry Du Bois + Daily Mail Coverage = Drop 40 2019? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6426187/The-Living-Rooms-Barry-Du-Bois-reflects-terminal-cancer-diagnosis.html

Death Notice for actress Joolia Cappleman: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/229157/cappleman Bertha in the early 1980s adaptation of Jane Eyre and Celia, Countess of Cheltenham in The Black Adder, for example: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135534/

Happy anniversary to the Deathlist! I think that's 32 years! Anyone feeling old?

Karen Gillan is 31 today!

Death Notice for David Conville, actor who is probably best known for playing George Hope-Wynne in Surgical Spirit: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=david-henry-conville&pid=190848481 Also appeared in Coronation Street, Yes, Prime Minister and the John Cleese vehicle Clockwise. Directed The Mousetrap on the London stage and ironically wrote an episode of The Play On One entitled Obituaries. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176620/

Harry Leslie Smith was an open goal. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/28/harry-leslie-smith-dies-aged-95 Hit for me! 1920 - Prem Tinsulanonda/Clarissa Eden 1921 - Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh/Marie Ponsot 1922 - Carl Reiner/Gertrude Himmelfarb 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Stanley Donen/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Ben Ford (former MP)/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Carleton Carpenter/Queen Elizabeth II 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Rosalynn Carter 1928 - Hosni Mubarak/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Jane Powell

Tezza's in Glasgow later today "to sell her Brexit plan". Sounds like they won't need a leadership contest after all. RIP!

Any tributes from Rodger Bumpass yet? (Any excuse....)