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Well, the emus did win a war against the Australian army, so they’re bound to have a few decent candidates to put up. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

And Antonio Guterres. Never thought that he looks the healthiest of chaps tbph.

Another hit for my Politics XX. I think that makes 6 this year.

I quite like the Shins for the record. I'm not sure this guy really counts as an integral part of the band though. Looks like he was a member for 5 out of a 22 year career and only on one studio album. 3 top 20 albums in the UK for the record though YoungWillz. Wincing the Night Away went Silver and was a #2 in the US. 4 top 100 singles in the UK. Not sure why you think they didn't chart. EDIT: Ah, you were talking about this specific chap's record in the Shins. Well, he didn't even appear on their 2012 album, so his involvement in the Shins is probably a complete red herring. However, newspapers in the UK have clearly heard of the Shins and thus not bothered to find out whether he was an integral member or a peripheral one before firing up the obituary squad.

Unique for my BBC Heaven theme team, which gets them off the mark. Shame. A creator of icons in his era.

Oh yes, #1 in the Theme Team league. Hopefully still some hits left for my team this year, but still a lot of water to go under the bridge.

They shot him and threw him in a canal once and he didn't die. None of these links count as sufficient evidence for me.

Mid table obscurity! Whoop! Thanks for the updates though. Crazy stuff.

Been listening to a few film soundtracks. The Mission OST is pretty bloody good. Long time since I've seen that film, but always remember the main theme.

Watched it as a kid and thought it was a little bit naff. The car crash was very poorly done as I recall. My brother loved it though. I always struggled to see why.

There was an interesting article on a NZ website about some unusual acoustic effects of the man in question many years ago. After some detailed experiments by spelunking enthusiasts in the Waitomo region, and after obtaining a vast amount of recorded material, it was concluded that Dick Quax don't echo. I'll get my coat.

I'll give the entertainment question some thought at some point, but people like Geoff Murphy, Jane Campion, Sam Neill, Lee Tamahori, Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis are of the prior generation. Roger Donaldson is arguably more Kiwi than Australian. A good half of the BLERTA crowd are already deceased.

On the day after a storm's kicked through, a good slice of Bressa Creeting Cake - their wonderful xylophone and bass enfused Palm Singing will help me remember the glories of Summers past. Then, I think I'll give On Avery Island by Neutral Milk Hotel another spin. Oh yes.

Wow. How have I never heard of this programme? Sounds incredible. Channel 4 in the 80s, for me anyway, seemed to be clogged with Bollywood productions of the 60s, an incredibly turgid Chinese import called Empress Wu, 15 to 1 with William G Stewart, the godawful Pob's Programme and Transworld Sport

Need some proper Dunedin Sound/Flying Nun alternative Kiwi music acts. Just look up AFFCO by the Skeptics. Sadly, I think their lead singer's already dead.

Who's going to win the theme team league? That's the big question.

As the Deathlist Cup is the premier tournament, my biggest regret was not picking Earl Hagaman. Cost me a age-tie-breaking with against Death Impends in the Semi Final. Hagaman was a Kiwi and was going through a high profile court case against the Head of the Opposition at the time. Absolutely stupid, glaring miss and it cost me. It cost me. Ah, the thrill of the Cup!

Article dated 30th April, so too quick on the draw it would seem.

Ah well. 6 points was never going to be enough to make it through a tough Semi Final. A poor time to put out my weakest line-up to date, I think. Congrats to DDT and good luck to the semi-finalists (although perhaps the 'good luck' should be reserved for their respective teams!)

Of course he did. Somehow when I read his Wikipedia page, I read that as 1935. I think its time for my new prescription (glasses or drugs, feel free to make your own mind up which). Leaves me down to 19 players then.

Looks like DDT has this one sewn up in what has been an unusually quiet month for the Cup. Some great defensive efforts from the lads out there this time. No one likes to see a leaky defence.

I guess I should submit a team for this one. That'd give it a step up from my previous pool-running attempt 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Thomas Edison 3. Wilfred Owen 4. Emmeline Pankhurst 5. Erich Ludendorff 6. Archduke Franz Ferdinand 7. Tutenkhamun 8. George Washington 9. Alexander the Great 10. King John (the one of Magna Carta fame) 11. Cpt. James Cook 12. Fyodor Dostoevsky 13. Henry VIII 14. Eamon de Valera Not dead enough, for shame. 15. Woodrow Wilson 16. Roland Garros 17. Gustave Flaubert 18. Fritz Haber 19. VI Lenin 20. William Shakespeare. Good luck to all those who venture on these unknown seas and have taken a plunge in the Historically Already Dead Pool. The most dead award so far goes to Tutenkhamun (I think) who's been dead 3,341 years. Most debated will no doubt be Jesus Christ, in order to differentiate between articles about the man and those articles about the religious concept. Ah, what larks await!

Not unless you had definitive proof of his identity

Because of the nature of the beast, I think it will have to rely on the participants posting relevant articles to at least some extent.

For some reason, I've had the Bluetones album 'Return to the Last Chance Saloon' stuck in my head over the last 24 hours. In fact, the reason is that I went for a walk down by the Wainuiomata Reservoir yesterday, which clearly reminded my subconscious of 'Down by the Reservoir' from which I've transitioned onto 'The Jub Jub Bird'. The Bluetones.... Playing soon at a students union building near you, no doubt.