Captain Hemlock

Somewhat surprisingly, he's my first DDP hit of the year for my main team.

Mildly surprised Bobby Lewis didn’t get a UK obit. Tossing and Turning was a huge hit, at least it was on this side of the pond.

Legendary New York newspaper man Pete Hamill has died at age 85. https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/legendary-nyc-journalist-pete-hamill-dead-at-85

American soap opera actress Kelly Monaco is being temporarily replaced due to a “breathing problem” https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/03/entertainment/kelly-monaco-breathing-problem-trnd/

D. J. Looney, an assistant college football coach dead from a heart attack at 31. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/01/sport/dj-looney-football-coach-death-trnd/index.html

I'm okay with these changes but Maude Apatow needs to be allowed next year. She's an actress in her own right and a bit of an inside DDP joke.

Don't ask him what he thinks of you, he won't be able to give the answer you want him to.

Conchata Ferrell, actress who played Berta the housekeeper on Two and a Half Men is on a respirator after a heart attack. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/entertainment/two-and-a-half-men-star-conchata-ferrell-respirator-dialysis-heart-attack.amp

I selected him on my Louisiana based DDP theme team Die You On the Bayou a few years ago.

A rare hit (and a joker at that) for my DDP theme team Our Top Story Tonight. I can’t wait to see what pun awaits Mr Downs in his bit.

Baltimore Orioles player Trey Mancini has cancerous tumor removed from colon.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28893535/orioles-trey-mancini-malignant-tumor-removed-colon

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has a tumor on his kidney. https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/484232-new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-announces-tumor-on-kidney-will-undergo

Watching the Super Bowl pregame festivities, Don Shula needs to be considered for 2021.

Because Cleveland baseball players aren't that popular in the U.K.

Joan Jara, who's on my main team should have a year of birth of 1927, not 1957.