JiroemonKimura

Harley Race has terminal lung cancer

Obituary

January: Ayatollah Rafsanjani February: Kim Jong-nam March: Chuck Berry April: Don Rickles May: Roger Moore June: Helmut Kohl July: Liu Xiaobo August: Tough call: Glen Campbell/Jerry Lewis/Bruce Forsyth/Dick Gregory September Jake LaMotta

Hyun Soong-jong for not-so-subtle reasons.

He is said to be improving in the last 36 hours but still critical. I personally would give him >50% chance of surviving, but if we are doing sweepstakes I go with June 19. On another note, Vanuatu president dead

July 13

Former Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan dead

What a great tragedy. Now we'll never know where Keith's body was buried.

Nothing for DDP yet, but this should do it for Death by Numbers: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/sasha-apos-pit-bull-apos-211632956.html

1. Gord Downie 2. Errol Christie 3. Paul van Zandvliet 4. Leah Bracknell 5. Greg Gilbert 6. Catherine Nevin 7. Colin Meads 8. Stefan Karl Stefansson 9. Nick Boles 10. Ian Brady 11. Pedro Guerrero 12. Anthony Young 13. Tony Booth 14. Charles Bradley 15. Ian St. John 16. Nobby Stiles 17. Bart Starr 18. Michael I 19. Rayya Elias 20. Brian Matthew Subs: 1. Glen Campbell 2. John Noakes

Ex US Representative Kika de la Garza dead

I know economists don't tend to get a lot of coverage, but I am still shocked that the only major news outlets that have reported on his death 4 hours later are NYTimes and WaPo. For someone as notable as him, I would've expected the media to explode all around the world by now.

Papua New Guinea Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio dead

KKK Imperial Wizard Frank Ancona found dead

His successor died last month: http://www.observer.org.sz/news/85665-obed-dlamini-was-a-great-leader-dr-a-t.html Could they be related?

Katherine Fryer died on January 11, only noticed yesterday on Wiki: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/210804/fryer

I'm not as confident about Michael I as others seem to be. His leukemia was said to be chronic, which can take a while. This reminds me of Kate Bornstein, who was diagnosed several years ago along with lung cancer but probably isn't going anywhere this year. Yes, Michael is 95, and Bornstein is 70, but Michael was only diagnosed last year and doesn't have lung cancer to worsen the situation. Furthermore, his healthcare is likely to be among the best in the world. Of course, I would not be at all surprised if he does go, but who knows? Other that that, I think Christie, Bracknell, and Downie (stating the obvious) are the 3 best picks, and there are a good number of 95+ picks that could hopefully rake up enough points to break 14. MTM seemed a bit early to go but by this time I would expect that we have a hit or two. There are a number (Soares, Sarstedt, Meads, Wetton) that I think could've been included, but who knows what the threshold of fame is in the secretive committee?

No news is bad news when it comes to pancreatic cancer. What a surprise.

My pick Ramon Cordero is dead: http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/01/19/fallece-los-76-anos-bachatero-ramon-cordero

Damn, only 18 days. That's some ass-kicking, well done!

I'm in

Former Liberian leader Ruth Perry reportedly dead at 77: http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/news/2983-death-of-a-matriach-ruth-perry-former-liberian-leader-is-dies-at-77 Damn, 3 heads of state dead and the day is barely half over.

So I've calculated 141,7 pts for The Love Boat this year, out of 214 possible.92,62 for Shameless, plus some points for Jay Clark, let's say, around 100pts. 86,27 pts for The B-Team (scores for Shameless and The B-Team are not up-to-date, as I have to adjust Drop 40/unique/obit chances). The best possible team I could have fielded, according to my longlist would go on to score 146,52pts, but I've decided against picking Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and against picking Lucas Kinney (and I slightly attributed some more risk to The Love Boat). The highest scoring person I didn't pick (bar the terrorists) was Jacques Chirac, followed by Joseph Kony and Marieke Vervoort. Watch this space, if you're interested in my calculations for other teams (not entirely unselfish, as it is a research exercise). DQSP: 108,47+7,75 (Mark Sims joker bonus)+ 8,1 (Paul Briggs) + 5,34 (Laurie Brokenshire) + 5,1 (Michael Perham) = 134,76 (Paul Briggs and Jagraj Singh would now be in my main team) TLE: 102,46 + 7,80 (al-Baghdadi joker bonus) + Steve Pollard (1,31) + Susanne Cameron-Blackie (???) + Vincent Lambert (1,96) + Les Mutrie (5,61) = 119,14 plus Anna Raccoon (which I can't figure out) TJS: 115,06 + joker bonus + 3,83 (Wayne Barrett) = 118,89 + joker bonus = Heading Nowhere: 113,25pts + joker bonus = Pan Breed: 120,39+8,99 (Gord Downie joker bonus)+ 5,28 (Anna Holmlund)=134,66 Bert Trautmann: 114,22 + 7,75 (Mark Sims joker bonus) + 4,36 (Jerome Golmard) + 4,14 (Patrick Cryne) = 130,47 Going Underground: 81,39 + 7,53 (Tracy McGiffin joker bonus) + Sonny West + Leon White + Paul Madeley + Rena Salmon + Jessi Zazu = Cancel My Appointments: JoeyRuss: 124,18 + 8,38 (Ben Suisala joker bonus) = 132,56 RadGuy: Dead as a Doornail: Still Life: (I will add teams as I encounter them and find them interesting - the single names are those I had to add to my long list, and while I didn't do the same exercise for other teams last year, it should not be terribly surprising if my team scores best - because, after all, that's why I picked the people I picked. But the new-to-me picks can shake things up.) Love to know what you make of my crumbles!! I'll do it tomorrow, I promise! You have lots of different and new (to me) names, and I'm afraid I might not judge them right today.Please do mine, I have my team in my signature and my own personal analysis on this page.

My very accurate analysis: Cancerous Hatred 2 100%: Lakovic (obit questionable) Downie Christie Bracknell Meads >90%: Wetton Skellern Gilbert Snuka (assuming his lawyer is being legit) DiMasi (obit questionable) 75%: Vervoort Boles Bain St. John Stefansson Stiles 50%: Bradley McEniff Situation unclear, probably likely: Romero Hallenga

Congrats Spade! Best of luck to all in 2017!