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I have a starting 11 prepared, but I will need every advantage I can get so I'm still waiting for some news to pop up.

Aren't airports supposed to be named after dead people?

Briefly switched Kirk Douglas for Mary Tyler Moore, hoping she would make it until tomorrow. Switched back just now so that it wouldn't be a pointless, unswitchable pick. Only learned about the rule after Soares's death date was briefly set a year in the past.

Welp, I have her as No. 6. See you next year.

Overend out.

I think I might just change my team name to "Other" for next year.

Why do you all think relying on the ventilator means imminent death? Do you assume he will decide it's time and refuse life support?

GWB is attending the inauguration.

One year on, the exact same situation. It's all downhill from here.

Total bastard. Alright, I'll award points for Snuka but what shall I do about subsequent entries? It seems harsh to give them a load of points but it would be unfair to let them start with nothing. How about making them choose 26 instead of 25? You could give them as many points as the current points leader and still make them pick 25 (or it can be 24, since they've already been penalized). But I also like your idea.

I put him and Brady in the last two spots, so I'm not badly affected. I also added him to my DDP team, so that's some nice points there.

Edited team, disregard what I sent via PM: 1. Slaven Bilic (West Ham United) 2. Mark Bower (Bradford Park Avenue) 3. Aaron Callaghan (Carrick Rangers) 4. Martin Canning (Hamilton Academical) 5. Lee Clark (Kilmarnock) 6. Nigel Clough (Burton Albion) 7. Owen Coyle (Blackburn Rovers) 8. Steve Housham (North Ferriby United) 9. Gary Johnson (Cheltenham Town) 10. Lee Johnson (Bristol City) 11. Aitor Karanka (Middlesborough) 12. Adam Lockwood (Guiseley) 13. Walter Mazzarri (Watford) 14. Ian McCall (Ayr United) 15. Mick McCarthy (Ipswich Town) 16. David Moyes (Sunderland) 17. Claude Puel (Southampthon) 18. Andy Thomas (Airbus UK Broughton) 19. Neil Warnock (Cardiff City) 20. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) Sub 1: Luke Williams (Swindon Town) Sub 2: Brian Reid (Stranraer) Sub 3: Claudio Ranieri (Leicester City) Sub 4: Mark Hughes (Stoke City) Sub 5: Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)

It's started, although the deadline for entries is 21st January. Previous winning scores are as follows 2016 - 21 points 2015 - 15 points 2014 - 10 points 2012 - 10 points 2011 - 15 points Does that mean that it will possible to sub anyone who dies before January 21?

Honestly, it's not that bad. I can see it avoiding last place.

I hope so. I don't like the death row picks. I realise there is a risk of last minute stays, but it's unimaginative. Ditto. What does MPFC think of introducing a points cap, rather than a hit cap, for the death row inmates next year? For example, if it's 500 points and two of them die on January 1, you only get 500 points instead of 728. Therefore you might think whether a second inmate and nearly guaranteed points is worth it if because of the reduced points there's a higher risk that another death will be necessary to win.

1. Trump, Donald 2. Gascoigne, Paul 3. Kilmer, Val 4. Ricksen, Fernando 5. Al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr 6. Tyler Moore, Mary 7. Berry, Chuck 8. Lansbury, Angela 9. Berkowitz, Daisy 10. Mugabe, Robert 11. Campbell, Glen 12. Hefner, Hugh 13. Elizabeth II, Queen 14. Van Dyke, Dick 15. Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus 16. Lewis, Jerry 17. Hawking, Stephen 18. Forsyth, Bruce 19. Philip, Prince 20. Scales, Prunella 21. Brady, Ian 22. Bush, George H.W 23. Carter, Jimmy 24. Booth, Tony 25. Snuka, Jimmy

Surprised by Helen Fawkes not getting into the Drop 40, I was really counting on that. On the plus side, I have 12 people in the Drop 40, a lot more than I expected.

Michael York (Austin Powers, Cabaret) has had it for years. Still with us, though. Gino Odjick, too. On the other hand you have Jānis Vaišļa, who I had on my Deathrace team last year. Started feeling unwell in the summer of 2015, received diagnosis in December, died during the first half of January. McGuinness might as well be dead in a month.

Picking random old people pays off.

I'm in.

Team sent in. Not sure why I bothered to send it via PM since I didn't do much research and there is a relatively small amount of managers to choose from anyway.

That's nearly one fifth of them in Peru.

This, of course, happens less than a week after I decided not to enter my Beach Boys theme team this year. I bet Glen Campbell also isn't going to last the year.

MAIN TEAM: Dead as a Doornail 1. Pete Frates (1984; ALS sufferer) JOKER 2. Nick Boles (1965; politician) 3. Leah Bracknell (1964; actress) 4. Charles Bradley (1948; musician) 5. Errol Christie (1963; boxer) 6. Shannen Doherty (1971; actress) 7. Gord Downie (1964; musician) 8. Helen Fawkes (1971; reporter) 9. Valerie Harper (1939; actress) 10. Stephen Hawking (1942; scientist) 11. Clive James (1939; writer) 12. Val Kilmer (1959; actor) 13. Sharon Laws (1974; cyclist) 14. Peter Skellern (1947; musician) 15. Jimmy Snuka (1943; wrestler) 16. Mario Soares (1924; politician) 17. Valery Spiridonov (circa 1975; potential head transplant case) 18. Marieke Vervoort (1979; paralympic athlete) 19. Joost van der Westhuizen (1971; rugby player) 20. John Wetton (1949; musician) Sub 1: Georgina Beyer (1957; politician) Sub 2: Paul Gascoigne (1967; footballer) Sub 3: Ian Brady (1938; murderer) THEME TEAM: Dead Kennedys 1. Ethel Kennedy (1928; RFK's widow) JOKER 2. Joan Bennett Kennedy (1936; Ted Kennedy's wife) 3. A. L. Kennedy (1965; writer) 4. Anthony Kennedy (1936; Supreme Court justice) 5. Betty Kennedy (1926; Canadian politician) 6. Brian Kennedy (1966; musician) 7. Claudia J. Kennedy (1947; US general) 8. David Kennedy (1940; Australian politician) 9. David Kennedy (1953; racing driver) 10. Helena Kennedy (1950; barrister) 11. Ian Kennedy Martin (1936; TV writer) 12. Jean Kennedy Smith (1928; former US ambassador to Ireland) 13. John Kennedy (1931; cricketer) 14. John Kennedy (1939; footballer) 15. John Neely Kennedy (1951; US politician) 16. Ray Kennedy (1951; footballer) 17. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954; RFK's son) 18. Sarah Kennedy (1950; radio broadcaster) 19. Tom Kennedy (1927; game show host) 20. William Kennedy (1928; writer) Sub 1: Seema Kennedy (1974; UK politician)