Captain Hemlock

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.

Former Iron Maiden lead singer Paul Di’Anno announces a “final” concert https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/iron-maiden-paul-dianno-farewell-concert-939100/amp/

M.C. Beaton also appears on a list (as a joker) but she died December 30, 2019.

Bill Macy is also listed. He died back in October.

Very nice job by the new triumvirate! The only disappointment for you is that Maude Apatow does not seem to have been selected this year

I'm surprised Kerry Fraser didn't make the list.

Awesome work! I added wikipedia links when I submitted my lists. Hopefully that helped.

Don Larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history dead at 90. https://es.pn/2QFf1aO

1. Dave Mustaine-Megadeth lead man is not that close to death based on recent photographs 2. Eddie Van Halen-Conflicting reports on his health 3. Nichelle Nichols-conflicting reports on her health 4. J. Stuart Hunter-American statistician who will struggle to get a US obit, let alone a UK one. He doesn't even have a wikipedia page 5. Oskar Lindblom-Hockey player with Ewings sarcoma. This usually isn't fatal within 1 year 6. David Stern-Former NBA commissioner had two brain surgeries but seems to be stable. 7. Dickey Betts-Allman Brothers guitarist in similar situation to David Stern

If you picked Maude Apatow as your joker, that would be very bad food poisoning.