JiroemonKimura

The article states that most patients die around 7c-7d. If he just entered stage 7, that means he is expected to survive 3-4 more years, and possibly up to 8-10. (7a-7e takes an average of 6 years, and patients can survive a few more years in 7f)

Bhumibol Wotsisface

Pat Conroy dies at 70, I had him in DSCDP: http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/04/pat-conroy-has-died-s-c-newspaper-reports/

RIP Joey. Prayers for the family.

Crowe places me at 55. Here's my analysis on my picks: Cert: Feek, Marks Probable: Geoffrey Robinson (obit likely but uncertain), Harper, Granger, Travis (expecting roughly 2-3/4) Possible: Ford, Booth, Westhuizen, Farnham, Ricksen, Ali, Carter (expecting roughly 2/7) The rest are outside chances that I don't really expect to die, but would add a bit of uncertainty into my position. So that should put me around the 100 neighborhood. The fact that Sonny Lang died certainly boosted my position greatly, as I considered her an "all-or-nothing" pick when the year started. IMO I think I could've used a few more dead certs such as Nakamatsu, Andrew Smith and Hassan Asif (wasn't aware of either when I submitted), Pat Harrington, Clive Derby-Lewis, etc.

Just when only one person voted for him.

BBC: http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/32680286

RIP Martin Crowe, I guess no news isn't good news after all...

March 9

Apparently Piers Sellers was given 12-18 months last month, even with stage 4 pancreatic cancer...

88 today!

June 23

David Dinkins, former mayor of NYC, hospitalized for pneumonia, expected to survive. Was hospitalized in 2013 for the same reason. IMO he is definitely worth keeping an eye on (turning 90 next year, UK obit highly likely) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3455531/Former-NYC-mayor-Dinkins-hospitalized-pneumonia.html

The mockingbird is dead.

I voted Zsa Zsa. I would not be surprised if both Zsa Zsa and Bhumibol were dead by Saturday.

Well done DDT!

I'm gonna say February 16, but there is a chance that "Bhumibol in a Zsa Zsa-like limbo" will become "Zsa Zsa in a Bhumibol-like limbo"

Count me in. I understand Spanish and a bit of Portuguese. One quick suggestion: I would suggest take the starting date for obits as the first public mention of the death on any newspaper. This prevents players with insider knowledge from stealing points. (For example, a friend of Setsuko Hara mentions her death in September 2015, but the news only reached the public over 2 months later).

Sonny Lang: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gymnast-sonny-lang-who-heart-7339396 According to this article, she died on February 9 two days after her 23rd birthday, so she was born in 1993: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14264492.Tributes_to_brave_Sonny__23__after_she_loses_her_long_fight/#comments

Trans activist Lohana Berkins dies: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1868550-murio-la-activista-trans-lohana-berkins

99!

My guesses: Jones: Before Peter Falk Morano: Before Zsa Zsa

Who the falk is Peter Falk?

"If" we want to get 14 hits? I don't!

Glen Campbell