Joey Russ

Weirdly Van Halen is the only glam metal music I could really stand. Eddie was definitely a talented guitarist. RIP

Not only that, but a Monmouth poll (A+ rated pollster) has Biden winning Pennsylvania... by 12 points! This is not 2016. Biden will almost certainly win. The only question is how big the margin will be.

Just as a reference if Biden was actually ahead by 16% points it would be 8 points greater than the Bush 88 margins and just 2 points under landslide that was Reagan 84

If you want my overall thoughts on who should stay: Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Prince Philip: as it stands, those three are now tied for the most appearances on the list when taking the dead out of consideration. Them staying on till they die is obvious (and Dole and Philip had some health problems too) I think Jimmy Carter and Dick Van Dyke fits the bedblocker status too despite being on less lists (and with Van Dyke being far healthier). Same with Leslie Phillips although he got dropped once before. For Alex Trebek, Leon Spinks, and Tom Smith, they all have advanced cancer. Dropping any of the three would be foolish imo. Right, so that’s 9 must returns already. I think also in must return status is Cardin (who is quite dull but held a spot for long enough), Betty White, Valery Giscard d’Estaing (wouldn’t mind him dropping until his health scare last month), and Nobby Stiles After that I don’t know if any of the remainders necessarily have to return, but there’s some I think should return. Woodward has been ill for years, Delors recently lost a spouse and is apparently in ill health, and Barker also had some health scares, although he’s doing okay for now. Also seems like Murray Walker is famous in the UK so he should stay. As I stated above, I think Attenborough and Lansbury should stay. Both big enough, and you know some of the people saying that they should be dropped will then proclaim that they’re a big miss for the deathlist. So that leaves 6 spots to go with 17 names to go. Of those 6, I think Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Willie Nelson, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, David Crosby, and Jean Marie Le Pen should be the 6 that ends up returning of the remaining 17, but that’s just me.

I don’t think Lansbury or Attenborough should drop tbh. I think the easy drops are Edrich, Cheney, Piggott, Musharraf. MacGowan should also be an easy drop although they did carry him over from 2019 so not 100% sure. Ditto Akihito, who I suspect is heading into bedblocker territory...

I had Tommy Devito

For those who don’t know why I think the Alaska senate race is more competitive than I thought it was, well, the thread gives a good idea on what’s going on with Sullivan’s campaign:

Did a provisional 20 for the first time this year, and it definitely feels a bit off for me. Currently has a lot of my 2020 DDP survivors on it (thinking many of them are a year too early at this point), and it also includes a few names that I would be stunned if they make the 2021 starting line. Also have no idea what I’m going to do with my joker this time around...

A fascinating tidbit: the polling in Alaska and South Carolina is actually currently closer than the polling in Michigan and Wisconsin according to 538. Now I’d be stunned if either of the two Republican states actually flipped, but as I said before if there was a shock upset state that could happen, it would be Alaska or South Carolina.

Florida lawyer and missing kid advocate Don Ryce is dead at 76 Another one who was never making the starting line

Okay, how the fuck did Bill Gates dad get a longer Deathlist obit than Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Not only did Robin Hanbury-Tenison beat COVID, but he has now climbed another mountain. Great for him!

I really need a Gulpilil Cullen 1 2. That’s probably my best chances here... EDIT: Sylvain Sylvain could also help, but he’s a bit riskier...

Here’s your mail obit btw

Seems like all than pancan names are finally striking 2nd half of the year, so watch out Trebek and Sang-chul?

Kellyanne Conway joins the group of Republicans who test positive for COVID: Another one at the Barrett nomination event...

He was also at the Barrett announcement where the others who tested positive were at...

He was well enough to make a brief statement: