Joey Russ

Another Deathrace name has gone, this time in the form of Portland radio host Steve Pringle.

I guess Gay Byrne’s death broke that trend.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Alliss, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (6/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson, Sean Connery (2/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: Kirk Douglas (1/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: Kirk Douglas (1/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf, Kirk Douglas, (2/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai, Diego Maradona, Olivia de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Kirk Douglas, Vera Lynn, Abdelaziz Bouteflika (3/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (5/50) 2008: Kirk Douglas, Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (5/50)  2009: Kirk Douglas, Pierre Cardin (2/50)  2010: Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (5/50)  2011: Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Vera Lynn, Michael Douglas (9/50) 2012: Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, Hosni Mubarak, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (8/ 50) 2013: Clive James, Prince Philip, Hosni Mubarak, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Nicholas Parsons (9/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Clive James, Prince Philip, Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Javier Perez de Cuellar, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (11/50) 2015: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Philip, Kirk Douglas, Clive James, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Hosni Mubarak, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn, Eddie Large (12/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Clive James, BobDole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (19/50)  2017: Kirk Douglas, Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Jill Gascoine, Bob Barker, Honor Blackman, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Hosni Mubarak, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (22/50)  2018: Kirk Douglas, Leah Bracknell, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pierre Cardin, Stirling Moss, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jill Gascoine, Vera Lynn, Henry Kissinger, Honor Blackman, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Hosni Mubarak, Sean Connery, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John,Jimmy Greaves, Clive James, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (33/50) Updated for Gay Byrne

Yeah, that’s why Clive Dunn, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Le Duc Anh are still liv... oh wait.

Did you mean to post those two names in the advent avalanche? Asking cause of the December quips in their entries. Hehe

The news was announced on Twitter.

Genesis P-orridge (joker) DDP among others Susan Bayh DDP Ed Genson Windy City Clive James Hare’s

Bad luck to @ajlposh and @drol

Form Guide #4 - Thomas Shaffernacker It’s an undeniable fact that 1/3rd of the winning advent avalanche picks were a weatherman. So maybe off of that statistic, Schaffernacker may be the right choice for this Christmas...

Form Guide #3 - Kirk Douglas This Hollywood legend is turning 103 this December, but does that mean it’s the right time to pick him for the advent avalanche? We’ll have to wait and see...

Form Guide #2 - Chris Doleman This American football player is nearing the two year mark of his glioblastoma diagnosis. Is he going to get a touchdown for you by Christmas Day? Only time will tell...

If anyone wants to try push someone onto the list 2020, now is the time. Like last year, I will be staying out of promoting people for the list...

Kirk Douglas 1128 (5th, 1st) Alex Trebek 1043 (NEW) Prince Philip 1028 (5th, 12th) Vera Lynn 931 (5th, 6th) Jimmy Carter 832 (5th, 21st) Bob Dole 780 (4th, 15th) Genesis P-orridge 742 (NEW) Nobby Stiles 723 (4th, 7th) Olivia de Havilland 717 (5th, 11th) Mikhail Gorbachev 674 (5th, 28th) Ruth Bader Ginsburg 583 (2nd, 44th) Javier Perez de Cuellar 573 (2nd, 27th) Daniel Arap Moi 561 (NEW) George Alagiah 545 (2nd, 19th) David Gulpilil 545 (NEW) Jean Louis Trintignant 533 (2nd, 4th) Stirling Moss 503 (2nd, 23rd) Beverly Cleary 484 (3rd, 50th) Betty White 466 (2nd, 42nd) Terry Jones 465 (2nd, 31st) Lee Kerslake 454 (2nd, 33rd) Henry Kissinger 434 (NEW) Leslie Phillips 432 (5th, 20th) Bob Barker 423 (2nd, 18th) Glynis Johns 423 (4th, 22nd) Roberta McCain 423 (2nd, 40th) Larry King 420 (NEW) Rosalynn Carter 418 (2nd, 47th) Sidney Poitier 412 (4th, 26th) Pope Benedict 409 (5th, 17th) Dilip Kumar 402 (3rd, 13th) Tom Smith 393 (NEW) Sumner Redstone 389 (3rd, -) Willie Nelson 388 (NEW) Roger Scruton 384 (NEW) Little Richard 359 (NEW) Harry Reid 333 (NEW) Everton Weekes 321 (NEW) John Lewis 314 (NEW) Lata Mangeshkar 309 (NEW) Joanne Woodward 297 (3rd, -) Jimmy Greaves 287 (NEW) Qaboos bin Said al Said 285 (NEW) Prunella Scales 280 (2nd, -) Eva Marie Saint 278 (NEW) Clarissa Eden 257 (NEW) Nicholas Parsons 255 (NEW) Frankie Banali 244 (NEW) Desmond Tutu 241 (3rd, -) Rhonda Fleming 235 (NEW)

ISIS has a new successor. His name is Abu Ibrahim Hashimi al-Quraishi.

Guessing you are on mobile?

Another one of those fraudulent claims has apparently died at 123, this time from Russia...

Fuck it, I’m cashing out now: 1. John Andretti 2. Raymond Polidour 3. Chris Doleman 4. Susan Bayh 5. Samantha Last

At the moment, the FFBI in the top 10 are Steph Nally (who didn’t get an obit), Vicky Phelan (a bit borderline between FFBI and some actual fame imho), Dewayne Johnson (same thing with Phelan), Darren Easton (deathbed marriage name), and Keith Cass as far as I can tell. So there’s definitely less than there was in 2016/2017...

Personally I would like to see the Independent come back despite not being in print anymore, as there were some really fascinating names these past few years that didn't get a QO elsewhere.

Not long afterwards ISIS spokesman Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir has also been killed

It’s weird. For the past two years I chose unnatural gambles that didn’t work, and now both of them have finally died this week...

Studio 10’s Jonathan Coleman has been battling prostate cancer since 2017, and now he has revealed that the cancer has spread.

Tim Ryan finally suspends his presidential campaign after months of irrelevancy. Yawn...