Joey Russ

He's in his 80s? He looks like he's in his mid-60s to me.

Catherine Nevin, The Jenny Diski of 2017?

It's Thomas Jefferson Survives, not Thomas Jefferson Returns btw.

Got 30 names drafted at the moment, waiting to slowly see some names dying so some of the 10 can be part of the 20 as well as waiting for anyone else announcing their illness.

Will you reveal your own team now, so no one accuses of theft? You don't have to, but a lot of people do.

Nevermind.

Are you seriously going to other people posts days old and changing it?

I like the second one tbh. You should say or obit though.

I think I might have a team ready, but I'm going to wait in case someone like Zandvliet or Nevin makes it to May.

That's a good point actually. Does anyone knows if her cancer spread to parts of the body other than the lungs (as that where it originated), or is it just a large enough tumor that it can't be removed? Either way, she still won't make 2019.

Well, what do you know. Look who's back. I do hope your ok, even if we do get annoyed by some of your posts.

They can last a long time. Some of them at least.

Why? Did she take a turn for the worse?

I think we'll still break the record, but it certainly off to a slow start. I do think we'll get more than one hit in April though. It just feels that way. Then again, 2015's 3rd hit wasn't until May, and it still reached 14 deaths...

All I can say is that I got a Martin Crowe vibe from her. I'm 95% sure that she won't die in the very near future, but she could still die this year (more likely than Stefansson at least).

Glad I decided to go against her early on for my list.

Rockhopper haven't been on for nearly two weeks. Really hope he's okay. Also, Magere Hein has last logged on over one year ago now, and still no sign of him showing. That, along with disappearances from Cat and Sir Creep (despite being a nuance), makes me wonder if any other members will disappear as well.

The only one I'm going to call is Spade's and Deadsox's match, and predicting Spade will move on (Ricketts, Stefansson and Bracknell dying in April? I really can't see that with any of them, unless one of them takes a turn for the worse.) Although I did notice RadGuy took one of Spade's uniques away. EDIT: 2 actually! Although I'm surprised Van Der Laan hasn't appeared on more teams.

Didn't you have Downie last time as well?

David Storey, Ahmed Kathrada, Barbara Buss, Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon

Did I miss something?

I'll come back for a second round if it happens of course.

Just wait for the best part of the game; Joey Russ, who currently has 0 points and no team will all of a sudden have 2000 points heading his way, making him the victor of the very first Windy City Dead Pool.