Joey Russ

You know, it feels weird that for the second year in a row I’m part of the first group of teams to break 100 points (last year I broke 100 points alongside Buckets of Blood when Matt Cappotelli died). Yet somehow, it happened again.

A whopping 23 teams picked Blanco in Alt Obits!

90% sure it’s fake, considering it’s the same person who put his death with the source of the fake news generator earlier today.

Don’t think it’s really a surprise by anyone, but I had Kathleen Blanco on my list. She was also a carry over for me from 2018.

I can’t find anything saying that he’s dead.

Yay, I get the wooden spoon.

Forgot I had him here lol

I chose Jane Fonda for my counterculture theme team after her lip cancer battle and of course the other Fonda dies. Sod’s Law ain’t it...

Shame that we won’t get to see the first breakfast cereal as President this time around.

Now reports are saying that John Hickenlooper is ending his campaign tomorrow

The breakfast cereal should retire from politics after his run rather than seek the senate seat.

Tbf, Jiroemon actually wasn’t on at all in 2018. He didn’t comeback till 2019.

I have 2 younger names on my list than Ricksen, but both of them are older than Toffa, which means I’m mathematically eliminated from getting the youngest hit of the year. If only Fatima Ali was accepted...

Didn’t you also have a close call last year with the German actress, the Foghat bassist, and Liam Miller?

I can help too. None of my names died in 2018.

It’s weird re daily doubles for me. I lost a daily double due to one of my picks being rejected, but did end up getting a daily double by one of my replacement names. (I was also one day away from a daily double in 2018 with Hugh Masekela and Mark E Smith). It’s a weird world to be in.

Even if you don’t get a daily double, you have the youngest hit now...

Warning: drinking bleach will not cure cancer or autism warns the FDA. Well, that’s Te Kiri Gold Water busted then...

DJ Arafat has died in a road crash at 33 years of age.

Marina Wheeler, the ex wife of Boris Johnson, has revealed her cancer diagnosis.

He didn’t win an honorary Oscar though. Which is very different than just the Oscar.

An important development to the Epstein case:

Resuming his tour after his breathing problems. Tbh, seems like the beginning of the end though

I guess in a sense it’s focused on people from the post punk and new wave genres.

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth had to cancel a tour for ‘health problems’. She had a breast cancer diagnosis in 2011. Hm...