YoungWillz

Absolutely no rule against it. If someone places a team with same names, they do themselves out of possible uniques - see Cancerous Hatred. *chuckles at the bomb no one saw coming in the Town Hall discussion*

Don't bother. Stick to your GUNs.

Independent isn't a source afaik. BBC have her, so all good.

Think they will open with Moore and close with Lewis. Or vice versa.

Gall's BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42596741

Cross posting here for completeness.

Gawd bless him, loved him in Coach. RIP.

Ah, when you think it's a fartpost but it's actually a shitpost...they are the worst...

Someone's updated his brother's Wiki with Jerry's death: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Van_Dyke Possibly vandalism, haven't seen anything elsewhere.

How would I know who the Drop 40/Top 50 are/were? And dead people don't make the list of 50. Otherwise there would be no need for a rule about it!

If they are dead they don't get included in the 50.

Not on this game. In the main DDP. To clarify. If that happens with 2 or more of the 50....

Thanks guys. The only thing is: I assume under the above scenario, players who had already posted their team and had the person who died on their original 25 would not get any points awarded against them. Otherwise, there is still a penalty for posting your team early, and a benefit to those who post late. Also maybe consider 2 subs...we've already had 2 hits within a few days it seems...

Now, just question for this year @Death Impends, remember last year when there were deaths between the list being posted and the start of the game? I think The Dead Cow was going to institute some rule to cover this for this year. Last year's solution seemed to work, but just in case it happens again, what's to happen? Thanks in advance...

Nah, there's always 50...do not starts just get replaced with the next one down.

Last week: Sir Peter Burt; Jill Lever, John Mattock; Peter Duffell; Tom Paley. This week: Maureen Baker, Richard Cousins; Bronwen, Lady Astor; Meic Povey; Rick Hall.

Currently ploughing my way through this little beauty of a Christmas present:

On the flipside.... Outright leader, msc. - 4 January - 3 Points x 2. Spare a thought for Captain Chorizo, who's had two hits already and is well on his way to doing a Death Impends for 2018....

You could say that about everyone on the planet.

I make that 8 teams or so who had Rayya Elias. You guys know how to race out of those traps....

So .... Dead: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/partner-of-eat-pray-love-author-elizabeth-gilbert-dies-20180105-h0e1m0.html

For the List of the Lost : Harry Landers, picked by @Handrejka for a couple of years in the Hitchcock theme team, died in October 2017 aged 96: http://deadline.com/2018/01/harry-landers-dies-ben-casey-co-star-appeared-on-many-tv-classics-was-96-1202236070/ http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2014/celebs_L.html#landeh

Not last. In that regard, respectable.... Well done DI, you know, there might be one more 2017 win coming your way...

Oh, come on, can we have an exemption for footballers? It's too delicious not to say something like "Gazza Passed".