Joey Russ

Those of you in the cup may have had dDub lead singer Derek Browne on your radar, but he won’t be making the starting line.

I click on his Wikipedia page, and my god does he have such a striking resemblance to Johnny Cash...

THE GRAND DEATH 2/50 23rd April 2019 Former Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg has died aged 98 to quickly give the Crowdsource list a follow up success. He and the rest of his royal family went into exile in the United States during World War 2 because the Nazis were occupying Luxembourg at the time. You would think this would lead into more exciting adventures, but it didn't turn out to be the case for him. After the Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in 1964, he became the Grand Duke for almost 36 years before stepping down in 2000, being succeeded by his son Henri. The one good note is that Luxembourg was in one of it's most prosperous periods largely thanks to him and his wife's influence. He was quickly forgotten by most people due to the dullness of almost his entire life, but the Crowdsource voters did remember to put him on the list. This is his second appearance on the list, dropping down to the 43rd spot.

Carter again.

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, Herman Wouk (3/50)  2002: Kirk Douglas (1/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf, Kirk Douglas, Robert Mugabe (3/50) 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, Herman Wouk, Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (6/50)  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, Herman Wouk, Olivia de Havilland, Hosni Mubarak, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Robert Mugabe, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (10/50) 2013: Clive James, Prince Philip, Hosni Mubarak, Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Doris Day, Henry Kissinger, Nicholas Parsons (10/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Valerie Harper, Clive James, Prince Philip, Lynn, Kirk Douglas, Javier Perez de Cuellar, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (12/50) 2015: Herman Wouk, Olivia de Havilland, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Prince Philip, Kirk Douglas, Clive James, Valerie Harper, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Doris Day, Henry Kissinger, Hosni Mubarak, Robert Mugabe, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn, Eddie Large (16/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Herman Wouk, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Clive James, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Jacques Chirac, Paul Gascoigne (21/50)  2017: Kirk Douglas, Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Herman Wouk, Bob Dole, Leah Bracknell, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Robert Mugabe, 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, Gay Byrne, Valerie Harper (27/50)  2018: Kirk Douglas, Leah Bracknell, Herman Wouk, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pierre Cardin, Stirling Moss, Doris Day, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jill Gascoine, Vera Lynn, Robert Mugabe, 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, Valerie Harper, Clive James, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (38/50) Updated for Ken Kercheval Not dead after all... Updated for Kercheval after all this hoax stuff.

FOR AULD ANH'S SYNE 1/50 22nd April 2019 Many have wondered if the Crowdsource list was heading to a grand total of 0 for the year. Indeed, many people seem to think that we are in a massive drought for celebrities this year. However, the Grim Reaper has finally answered that question with the death of former Vietnamese president Le Duc Anh, who finally brings a score to the Crowdsource list. He began his career by joining the military in 1945, where he sided with the forces in the communist North Vietnam. Slowly but surely he began to rise higher up the ranks in the military, and he eventually led the Vietnam forces in the People's Republic of Kampuchea throughout the 1980s. He later entered politics, first holding the position of Minister of Defense and then becoming Vietnam's 4th president in 1992. Though the position was mostly symbolic, that position did become more important during his tenure. He was considered the most conservative of the three leaders during his tenure. After a major stroke in 1996 (which he surprisingly lasted), he stepped down the following year. In recent years, he became a favorite of drol, who is largely responsible for his high debut appearance on the crowdsource list. And despite gaining the title of immortal, Duc ended up beating out the Duke by dying at the ripe old age of 98, once again proving that immortals don't exist in the post Clive Dunn world. Many will wonder if we'll have to wait another four months for the next hit, however, news on a few picks suggest that we won't have to wait that long...

Now I'll claim Carter again.

Carter again.

Well, looks like I jinxed it with someone else...

So there’s finally a hit for the crowdsource list, which I’ll write up later...

Polly Higgins QO.

Banana had 22 points last round against me, so it could definitely be higher...

Question is whether he or Kathleen Blanco will become the first crowdsource list hit of the year (watch it be someone else tomorrow)...

Dan Hughes, head coach for the Seattle Storm has been diagnosed with cancer.

And it’s a solo for Book. Congrats.

Or maybe not. I don’t know what to believe...

Like this one?

It will be a farewell soon as she’s now in hospice care.

Fred Yaffe, advertising icon who coined the term ‘Pizza Pizza’ will now be resting in pizza pizza aged 86.

Another founding member Joe Terry dead according to Twitter...

Get your Hal Ketchum jokes ready, because Peter Falk has Alzheimer’s disease.

His son Sambo dies 2 days later.

Former head of the College Board Donald Stewart has died aged 80.

So far Bill Heine and Ly Tong has scored points for people who picked them...