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Torva Messor

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    Shadow Lists

    12/50 Ryuichi Sakamoto Rolf Harris Rosalynn Carter Tony Bennett Bob Barker Sir Bobby Charlton Frank Borman Ted Kaczynski Walter Mirisch Benjamin Ferencz Mangosuthu Buthelezi George Alagiah
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    Johnny Ruffo brings a bounty of points to over a dozen of us. Here's an obituary from abc.com.au
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    Shadow DeathList Competition 2023

    For the next, which may be either ultimate or penultimate update for 2023's Shadow Deathlist Competition: My #39 entry, Frank Borman, former NASA Astronaut, died November 7, 2023, reportedly. Obituaries from Bloomberg. MSN, Irish Times.
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    how long till' the next hit ?

    November 12
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    Michael Gambon

    Following Dick Fosbury in "killed by Only Connect" phenomenon. Gambon was one of four acting Michaels on the Connecting Wall this week.
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    Shadow DeathList Competition 2023

    Mangosuthu Buthelezi updates my 2023 Shadowlist to 9/50 hits
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    Twisted DL 2022-2023

    Mangosuthu Buthelezi's no longer a bench warmer. Please put Shane MacGowan on my substitutes roster, thank you.
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    It took a few hours today, but a qualifying online obituary from The Independent, an allowed source for the Derby Dead Pool 2023 obituaries, for my unique Death By Numbers 2023 entry Peter C. Newman is published https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ap-toronto-ontario-belleville-harpercollins-b2407580.html Peter C. Newman died 7 September 2023, aged 94. Birthdate is May 10, 1929
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    ABC Deadpool VII: 2023-24 Season

    Thank you. I gnashed my teeth as I deliberately chose two supervocalic names aiming for that bonus, mused how I could have misparsed the bonus, and saw that "hit...all five vowels..." would have been more clear to me as "hits of five names [A,E,I,O,U]..." Hit is a verb, as used in the bonus description, but commonly it is also a singular noun on these forums.
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    ABC Deadpool VII: 2023-24 Season

    Alice Munro AEIOU Rob Burrow Jimmy Carter 2023-12-27 Jacques Delors Carl Erskine Francoise Hardy AEIOY 2024-01-04 Glynis Johns 2023-11-30 Henry Kissinger Jonnie Irwin James Whale Ethel Kennedy Lee Adams 2023-09-09 Mangosuthu Buthelezi AEIOU 2023-09-22 Giorgio Napolitano Oscar Wyatt Patricia Routledge AEIOU Quentin Kopp Roberta Flack Simon Cowell Tomiichi Murayama AIOUY Gudrun Ure Virginia Halas McCaskey William Webster X.J. Kennedy Yoko Ono Zhu Rongji
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    Twisted DL 2022-2023

    My number one entry Bob Barker has come on down, or off, my list. Franz Beckenbauer to third substitute position please.
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    Twisted DL 2022-2023

    centenarian US jurist James L Buckley is my #20 list position. He should be replaced by my first sub, Frank Field, MP. New to the Substitutes Trio is the Zulu Prince, Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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    how long till' the next hit ?

    September 22
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    The Dictionary Deadpool

    @Commtech Sio Bibble Thank you for efficiently crediting all the Michela Murgia entries so soon and updating the scoreboard. Another URL reporting Murgia's Morte https://www.corriere.it/cultura/23_agosto_10/morta-michela-murgia-1d404ff2-3487-11ee-aa95-d76d2964c992.shtml
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    Internet Celebrities

    The British Columbia Courts have no online court record entries for custody. The only court entry for Angela Tian is classified motor traffic. A listing for Christopher Hope is unrelated to custody and has a principal unrelated to this. I suspect this is a hoax.
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    Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

    This composition was my introduction to Carl Davis. It is the theme to a 13-part documentary miniseries from around 1979-1980. I saw Carl Davis conduct live during my one visit to London at the Dominion Theatre, in 1989, an orchestra performing Chaplin's score for " City Lights." ( i don't care that msc and imelda don't acknowledge my Hollywood theme video. It was a real treat for this North American to see Carl Davis in concert, and hear Spike Milligan do vocal effects live, and yes I have the Hollywood miniseries episodes)
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    The Dictionary Deadpool

    I used the Countdown method for consonant to vowel ratio, and a combination of additional methods. Countdown would also be a good alternate title for this game.
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    The 10th Death of 2023

    True randon number generator chose Joanne Woodward for me
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    Twisted DL 2022-2023

    George Alagiah was my original #5 placement. Shannen Doherty now rises from the sub bench to #5. Centenarian John Allman Hemingway, Irish pilot for the RAF in WW2, now dodders onto the substitute bench.
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    The 10th Death of 2023

    Carter for ten... (Doubling my odds the wordplay way)
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    A discrepancy between stored list and posted list. I regret the error. Corrected Replacements, Outs and Ins: OUTS: Billy Connolly Len Deighton Randy Jackson (born June 1956() Rhod Gilbert INS: Laurent de Brunhoff Maria Riva Nick Hungerford Simon Cowell (b. 1952, wildlife conservationist)
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    Mid-year Replacements: REMOVE Billy Connolly Len Deighton Randy Jackson (born June 1956() Rhod Gilbert Vladimir Putin ADD David Graham (English actor and voiceover artist) Esther Rantzen Laurent de Brunhoff Maria Riva Simon Cowell (b. 1952, wildlife conservationist)
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    Twisted DL 2022-2023

    John Goodenough was my original #9 selection on my list. Now that obituaries are leading to scores, I choose for my #1 substitute, Mick Fleetwood, to now reach #9 I'll chance Linda Nolan as my #3 substitute. Merci beaucoup!
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    Death By Numbers 2023

    Harry Markowitz is a hit for me. The New York Times published an obituary for him.
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    HARE'S DEATH POOL 2023

    My Hare's unique entry Max Morath, "Mr. Ragtine" and early television presenter, reportedly died 19 June 2023, at age 96 according to this newsroom-produced obituary by a Duluth, Minnesota, US newspaper
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