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I wonder how IM Pei and Gino Odjick are doing.

René Angelil is dead.

No, but he will die if Zsa Zsa scores a goal

Are we sure he died on Thursday the 7th? Other sources say he died on Tuesday the 12th, and his wife posted encouraging messages on Twitter on the 10th and 11th.

Non-qualifying obit from The Guardian, as it's the international edition.

Abe Vigoda is still alive. Not sure about the others.

Actually, he does. Anyway, Wikipedia has strict notability criteria for individuals. If you want to add someone who doesn't have a Wikipedia page to your list, check the criteria. If your person qualifies, create a short article. If they don't, they probably were not a celebrity.

I've got this for Vaišļa, does that count?

Jānis Vaišļa dead at 46, he represented Latvia in 2008.

Aye struggling myself on this one; Googling his name + death takes me to some geneaology sites. I guess he is a bit of an unusual pick in that he might not even obit in any English sources. I gambled on the fact that some Eurovision site might mention his death (he participated in 2008) or that he might be mentioned by the English section of Latvian public broadcasting, but he might also stay obitless. That's one of the reasons why I didn't pick him as joker. But if he does obit, that's 357 points for me, right?

Jānis Vaišļa died this night. Awaiting English obit

From what I understand, ij is considered a digraph in Dutch, rather than two separate letters, so names starting with ij have both letters capitalized (e.g. IJsbrand). Apparently it is basically the same as y (and is treated the same way when sorting alphabetically), so foreigners tend do spell ij as y (Ruud van Nistelrooy is another example).

20 years since the death of François Mitterrand on January 8, 1996 Mitterrand is, of course, notable for being the first hit in the history of DDP He is also known in some circles for being the President of France from 1981 to 1995

This game is even faster than I thought, I might still have 0 points when it's over!

I thought he died in 2003

Wrong thread again... or it's huge news for deadpoolers everywhere

Murray Walker for me.

Unusual source, but I guess it counts for this game

Seems like Death Impends also gets 364 points for Delpech

She can reach 100 anyway, as long as she dies before reaching 100 and a half.

Assuming he died in December, would he score any points for teams that picked him for 2016? What about if it's unclear which year he died?

I included most (relatively) young people who have a greater-than-average chance of dying next year that I had done any research on, so I haven't got a lot of rejected picks. I briefly considered Sinéad O'Connor, but I think she is seeking attention, rather than actually intends to take her life. I think Bashar al-Assad is too unlikely to die next year (more so than Lars Vilks). I heard Vladimir Zhirinovsky has some health issues, but as it is just a rumor and he is getting too old (i.e. turning 70), I decided not to add him.

Good gods, they're as ancient as the members of the Politburo in the days of Brezhnev. Average age is 91.93 years (or 91.67 if you ignore Emma Morano). But this year's Deathlist is not far behind with 87.66 years.

As everyone seems to be posting, I might as well post my teams: Main team (Dead As A Doornail): Theme team ('Til I Die) for people associated with The Beach Boys: Theme team (The Baltics Are Laying Down) for Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian people: