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Thirty-first round masterlist: theoldlady: Jimmy Carter ThereWillBeDeaths7: Francisco Morales Bermudez Ulitzer95: Giorgio Napolitano The Quim Reaper: Josip Manolic paddyfool: Mustafa ben Halim chilean way: Branislav Soskic Bibliogryphon: Benedict XVI Newjack: Luis Echeverria CoffinLodger: Mahathir Mohamad roaming_comrade: Lubomir Strougal deadsox: Kenneth Kaunda redrumours: Jiang Zemin WEP: Tomichii Murayama Sir Creep: Raif Dizdarevic arghton: Angelo Sodano drol: Eduardo Martinez Somalo

Thirty-first round: 1)Josip Manolic (1920), Prime Minister of Croatia 2)Kim Yong-ju (1920), vacancy Head of State of North Korea 3)Mustafa ben Halim (1921), Prime Minister of Lybia 4)Francisco Morales Bermudez (1921), President of Perù 5)Luis Echeverria (1922), President of Mexico 6)Branislav Soskic (1922) President of Communist Montenegro 7)Khamtai Siphandon (1924) Prime Minister and President of Laos 8)Tomiichi Murayama (1924) Prime Minister of Japan 9)Kenneth Kaunda (1924) President of Zambia 10)Jimmy Carter (1924), President of United States of America 11)Lubomir Strougal (1924), Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 12)Guillermo Rodriguez Lara (1924), President of Ecuador 13)Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prime Minister of Jordan 14)Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), President of Tanzania 15)Giorgio Napolitano (1925), President of Italy 16)Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Prime Minister of Malaysia 17)Mohammad Hasan Sharq (1925), Chairman of Council of Ministers of Afghanistan 18)Yang Hyong-sop (1925), Chairman of the Presidium of North Korea 19)Arnaldo Forlani (1925), Prime Minister of Italy 20)Tran Thiem Khiem (1925), Prime Minister of South Vietnam 21)Elizabeth II (1926), Queen of the United Kingdom 22)Abdoulaye Wade (1926), President of Senegal 23)Jiang Zemin (1926), President of China 24)Valdas Adamkus (1926), President of Lithuania 25)Raif Dizdarevic (1926), President of Yugoslavia 26)Eduardo Martinez Somalo (1927), Acting sovereign of Vatican City 27)Thanin Kraivichien (1927), Prime Minister of Thailand 28)Benedict XVI (1927), Pope 29)Arturo Armando Molina (1927), President of El Salvador 30)Angelo Sodano (1927), Acting sovereign of Vatican City New entry is cardinal Angelo Sodano, who held the regency of Vatican city after pope Benedict's resignation in 2013. A harsh denier of sexual abuse by priests, he is considered a reject even by his fellow clerics, like the late Henryk Gulbinowicz. Surely will be a good riddance. Choose your picks!

So, congrats again to the talented mr. Quim for his 1456th hit. VGE was a decent guy and politician, COVID could have chosen better from the list. Queen Elizabeth II advances to the top and there are now 5 survivors from 1926. Will she remain as the last one standing? Surely mr. Wade and mr. Jiang are tougher opponents than VGE... or maybe not. List to be updated and round to be started.

Congrats, Spade. Also a notable person to say at least.

Seems legit.

No one has died? Where has the thrill gone...

You spoiled my reserve pick. Strange, a 99-year old who has been on life support for a month and has not improved after tracheostomy, which was the last viable medical option should have been picked for sure.

With all picks taken, here is a quick analysis before it's too late. Most likely to win: 1)Zafarullah Khan Jamali. On life support after heart attack, also left weak by COVID. Was prematurely announced dead, seems the most obvious winner. 2)Floyd Little. The pick everyone has to beat. Has been in hospice care for a week, could go any day. 3)Saleh Ajeery. In ICU with COVID-19 at 100 and with a plethora of health issues doesn't leave much to imagination. Still, no news in two days, likely stable for now. 4)Litsa Menounos: those tweets are worrying. Advanced glioblastoma, surely not long. 5)Divya Bhatnagar. Critical in ICU with COVID. Still, very young and should make it (but I won't be sure) 6)Rob Orkies. The less famous of them all, a common person with cancer and COVID-19. When, not if and will be very soon. A bit less likely: 1)Hubert Auriol: yes, critical in ICU with COVID, but is relatively young and no news in a week. Most people of his age manage to recover. Watch out anyway. 2)Ged Stokes. He is overdue with advanced cancer. Could be the great surprise. 3)Larry King. Improving, makes him less likely. 4)Tommy Lasorda. Improving, makes him less likely. Whale, Limbaugh, Smith could be winning picks too. The other will need lot of luck. Note that I got last MMDP prediction completely wrong, so expect Prince Philip to die tomorrow. Obvious pick who was not picked: won't say it now, as it could still be used as a reserve pick.

It's HIM.

There's a missing obvious pick...

Saleh Ajeery.

So many great picks around this year. It will be fast and brutal.

Despite many deaths, the number of living centenarians has increased this year. Some of the latest additions may have good staying power too. Chao is one of them, being mentally sharp as a razor at his age and looking about ten years younger.

Sadly.

Not denied by them. Really unacceptable.

Lot of possible picks. Yoko Ono must be on as she is in failing health. Gorbachev and Larry King will no doubt return. Rush Limbaugh is a guaranteed pick, Shannen Doherty very likely, Tom Parker does not feel very Deathlisty. James Whale could be an idea, though I can't understand how popular he is in the UK. I also suggest Bernard Cribbins as one of the last remaining British entertainers born in the late 20s (this and last year have taken so many!). Dilip Kumar is the (second) most famous living Indian actors and 99 is probably too much even for the seemingly immortal pal. Kenneth Kaunda could be a prosecution of good DL record with African desposts, though he is not particularly ill, alas very old. Pope Benedict will also return. Norman Lloyd could deserve a spot and is practically a dead cert (increasingly frail and old as dirt). Tommy Lasorda seems a good pick too. I strongly suggest Jiang Zemin, being one of the most iconic (not always in a positive sense) of the last 30 years and also being a living meme, whatever that means. Besides that, he is frail and very very overdue. I like when DL gets a bit international and he is surely a better pick than Akihito.

New photo. It seems the mummification process has begun.

Maybe we are looking at the wrong Argentina manager, as Alejandro Sabella is currently in a serious condition with heart failure.

Hospitalised for heart issues.

Carlos Bilardo not told about Maradona's death.

Not surprising. Mahdi was not a simple politician, he descended from the original Madhi, who proclaimed himself as a Messiah for Islam, and Sadiq himself was considered (sort of) a prophet. He was overthrown twice, last time by Bashir. Madhi was a reformer, but his governments were characterized by internal disagreement and generalized corruption. An iconic figure in Sudan anyway.

Daria Nicolodi, former partner of Dario Argento and mother of Asia Argento, dead at 70. Starred in Deep Red.

Gone before Pelé. Surely his lifestyle did not help.