Joey Russ

Now a third accuser steps forward. Unless it turns out that he sexually assaulted women in his hay day, I’m just gonna assume that the women are just attention seekers. I mean, it doesn’t look like he can reach higher than he can FFS.

Right. I don’t think they will reach 25 deaths, however.

Out of interest, would Dave Bartholomew, Fats long time collaborator, be considered deathlisty enough for the main list?

I came here merely for the interest of death in general and not to wish death on anyone.

Update on Johnny Ruffo. Back in the studio apparently, but no news on how bad his cancer currently is...

It’s next year their eligible to get nominated, they don’t actually get inducted until April 2019. I know, the rules should be a bit more clear...

Prediction of the century right there.

Me think that even if the committee didn’t go for the likes of Christie or Downie, the record still would’ve been broken...

It will certainly be his last 96th birthday, that’s for sure...

The thing about Trump is that he’s very much hated by about 70% of the population. I think Trump will cling on to the drop 40 until he leaves office because of how hated he is worldwide...

Feeling very exhausted now because of the PSAT.

Nobby Stiles

While I’m taking the PSAT, of course someone becomes a hit. Ah well, RIP Fats.

Already seeing debates on some possible misses for the committee, so I decided to make a thread on this topic to discuss.

I’m going to take the PSAT today. That should be fun...

To be fair, he was one of the better picks from a lot of meh picks, and he had suffered a major health issue last year. That's why he's on the list now. If there aren't a few more deaths this year, I would personally remove him from the list, but that's just me...

I actually just checked on Portishead: they technically can't be nominated until next year because their debut record wasn’t released until 1994, and they have to be nominated 25 years from their debut.

96 today.

Nope. Jeff Flake is out now...

I saw that yesterday and was wondering about how likely he would get a QO. I decided he probably wouldn’t obit though due to him not being linked to any big names plus a smaller Wikipedia page than others, so he’s almost guaranteed to not make my list...

No, you misread the post. It says Brian cancer. Totally different thing. It’s the cancer that attacks your most vital organ near your arse. Surprised you never heard of it...

Speaking of Predictor, he hasn’t posted in almost two months. A part of me thinks that he’s trying to find a way to get 150 posts per year, but even so, two months is a long time to not post. Ah well, hopefully he’s having a good time whatever he’s doing...

Paul J Weitz, one of the first three astronauts to fly on a Skylab mission has died aged 85.

I just discovered that one of my potential obit punts for next year, Matt Bencke, who was the cofounder of Mighty AI, has died from pancreatic cancer aged 45. I considered risking him next year due to a mention from the Financial Times, though with 5 days from his death, there doesn’t seem to be an QO obit in sight for him...