Joey Russ

Kirk Douglas today to make it an actors jackpot.

Most people seemed to think that Tony Booth wouldn't make it, and they were right...

We're definitely breaking the record this year.

That'll probably make Patrick Moore mad...

I assume so, but it was the North Korean UN representative who said that, not me...

Yeah, that's why some obscurer politicians from those countries (not all of them) may have a chance to obit. For example, had Fiona Richardson lasted the year out instead of dying 12 hours after her health announcement, there was a large likelihood she would've made my lineup. Whereas some obscure Bollywood star such as Sitaram Panchal had no chance of making my team despite being in Slumdog Millionaire cause he didn't do anything else notable. So, it's probably a good idea to try to sniff out which picks are good picks and which picks are bad picks, and those Mail sites will help you, which is a reason why I'm against removing the mail...

North Korea accuses Trump of declaring war on them. Okay, I might've been slightly optimistic when I said there's no chance of North Korea nuking the US, but I still think that's very unlikely to happen...

Are you related to him in some way?

There is another Muslim ban on the horizon. What's different this time is North Korea is now on the list while Venezuela will be facing some restrictions if successful...

Nope. Must've been a very rushed obituary.

Obituary is finally up. Shouldn't it be the Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull with Robert De Niro, not the Robert De Niro film Raging Bull with Robert De Nero?

Well, it's certainly going to be interesting for 2018. But I think if you ignore current survivors, you could have gotten 18 hits so far with decent research with a decent team like this: Mark Sims (joker) Glen Campbell Errol Christie Sara Coward Smith Hart Steve Hewlett Connie Johnson Bruce Langhorne Lisa Magill Tracy McGiffin Colin Meads Peter Skellern Jimmy Snuka Mario Soares Steve Sumner Joost van der Westhuizen Paul van Zandvliet John Wetton Of course, this is all within hindsight, and there's certainly more hits to come, but it may not be as hard as some people suspect, they just have to put the right names down for their team...

Hm. David Quantick Showbiz Pals may have a lot of achievements under his belt, including potentially a 5th win, but I gonna take a guess that Spade will not be the first team to get 20 hits on their team...

Nah, the most consecutive appearances Dunn had before he died was 7. Queen Mother had the same amount of consecutive appearances as LaMotta with further research though...

Is LaMotta currently the deathlist candidate with the most consecutive appearances? Just a thought that came into my head...

A. He's still alive? I thought he was dead right now B. I thought he was born earlier than 1941. Shows how much I know...

A thought came into my head: Could it be possible for both Rayya Elias and Patrick Cryne to survive the year? I mean, Errol Christie survived 2016 even though everyone thought he was a cert for 2016...

So was Charles Bradley and Ronnie James Dio...

HOW?!?!

For a minute there I honestly thought you were talking about Elton John's writing partner. Then I realized that it was the wrong thread...

I think I'm suffering another round of depression. I have suffered from depression before I found the deathlist, and it wasn't a fun experience at all. I suffered from depression last time because I had really lacked the support of friendship even a socially awkward person have for support. This time I am suffering depression because I am trying to escape a personal addiction, but I knew that the depression was coming this time, so I am more prepared to combat it this time. I know a lot of my posts and thought processes are becoming more and more shit, but I am not revealing this so I could get sympathy (in fact, criticism is accepted when the post is shit or too aggressive). Instead, I am revealing this because I want you guys to understand why my posts aren't of the same quality as they were in the past few months (I know it's slightly worse than it was). I know I'm gonna face a tough time, but I think I can eventually beat it...

Reportedly not aware of any of his surroundings at all... EDIT: Or if I read the fucking date, I would know it was from a few months ago...

Ah, but you're forgetting about Rayya Elias. Let me do some math: You're currently at 133 points, Bert and Spade are at 148. If Elias dies, you'll be at 142 and Spade will be at 157 (a new point record even if Bracknell, Downie, and Nevin survives the year, which is useless for the three of you). If Booth goes, you'll be at 151, which is three points ahead of Bert, but Cryne would bring him to 156. So you'll be 5 points behind him if Michael goes, which means you're right that you need Stefansson for a likely victory. But that means if both Elias and Cryne goes, that means that Bert must have King Michael die for him to beat Spade. An all round tenseful climax for sure...