Joey Russ

One thing I noticed is that currently I am 6/6 for correctly guessing deaths for people who last name began with the letter M. Looks like I might know my strategy for next year then...

Canada’s oldest man Robert Wiener dead at 110.

Dead. Good riddance to the cunt

The force behind hair transplants Norman Orentreich dead at 96.

So The Living End is in the lead with 32 points ahead of me (assuming McCabe gets an obit soon). But wait, my strategy to catch up to him is great because *wait for it* when the joker Fernando Ricksen goes, then I will only be 19 points behind him...

I’m really saddened by this one. The Monkees were great.

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, Ken Kercheval, Bob Dole, Doris Day, Henry Kissinger, Hosni Mubarak, Robert Mugabe, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn, Eddie Large (17/50) 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 Peter Tork

But then we all will miss his posts.

Pretty sure she would’ve been rejected had she made March...

Paul Flynn’s death means that Quim breaks his tie while the Old Crem starts to make an attempt at a comeback...

Congrats to The Old Crem for having a solo with Paul Flynn.

Was actually considering him for my cup lineup in March, but then there’s always going to be some people who don’t make the starting line for the next month. Dead pooling aside, he does seem to be like a decent guy, and I hope his family can find some piece...

Masood Azhar, leader of the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed who ordered the Pulwama 2019 attack on Valentine’s Day suffers from a terminal illness...

Er, you do know it’s too late for any subs to be used in any pool, right?

Congrats Torva on your solo with Ken Nordine.

NASCAR’s first and only licensed artist Sam Bass is dead at 57.

Tbh, his health didn’t seem that dire to me, though he certainly would’ve been a nice hit...

That’s a great source you got there...

Wrecking Crew member Bill Pitman turned 99 yesterday (or two days ago for those in the UK). He might be good for pools in the future...

Forrmer Alaska Lieutenant governor Jack Coghill dead at 93.

It’s a bad time to be Ozzy Osbourne or one of his associates, as former Ozzy guitarist Bernie Tormé has been hospitalized.

Congratulations to Chorizo for having a solo with Prince Leonard of the Hutt River.

ZZ Top collaborator Joe Hardy dead at 66.

Congratulations to Chorizo for having a duet with Pedro Morales.