Captain Hemlock

I'm still shocked at Van Dyke at number 1. My money would have been on Jimmy Carter. Alan Alda seems like a strange addition. Yes, he has Parkinsons but he's very active and he's only in his 80's not his 90's.

Well he does show up on the personnel portion of the 2022 BYU roster https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_BYU_Cougars_football_team

Sione Veikoso dead at 22 https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35353367/byu-ol-sione-veikoso-dies-retaining-wall-collapses

Pope Benedict and Nichelle Nichols were the two biggest misses.

Francisco Franco is still dead.

@Gooseberry Crumble’s enema worked!

Barbara Walters brings us to 278 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11365843/amp/Groundbreaking-TV-journalist-Barbara-Walters-died-93.html

Good call, @Gooseberry Crumble!

Pele is a hit for me (as probably everyone else). Please add Roberta Flack to subs list.

Well, only turning 73 next year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_H._Falk

Kathy Whitworth brings us to 273 I believe. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ap-lpga-tour-sam-snead-tiger-woods-billie-jean-king-b2251394.html?amp

Wow! I thought I was doing poorly with my main team currently in joint 432nd place.

PM'd my entry. I doubt I'll have 15 uniques this time out.

frohe Weihnachten

Super Sized Salon star Jamie Lopez is dead at 37. https://nypost.com/2022/12/19/super-sized-salon-star-jamie-lopez-dead-at-37/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR10XXade2Gsw2JuB5zuzGF4-FredfUQiWtz1Y9uvrPzRmPtXW95-h1BS5k&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Bob McGrath could be included since he did appear in the Sesame Street film Follow That Bird

Not sure if I’m submitting a team for this one. If I do, it will be around Christmas.

Dead https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/35242848/mississippi-state-coach-mike-leach-dies-hospitalization

Who do you think is the most surprising List of the Missed? I would vote for Shinzo Abe. I realize his assassination came from out of the blue but he went from being on 6 lists in 2021 to 0 lists this year.

Happy 99th birthday!

Thank you all for your diligent work. This is the gold standard of Dead Pools as far as I'm concerned.

If @arghton says “who”, you really are an unknown

He’s a List of the Missed on DDP. I picked him a few years back.

It would be interesting to look at the Seattle Pilots who only existed for one season (1969) before they became the Milwaukee Brewers. The last surviving Pilots player would probably be around for another 15 years at least. Fred Stanley might be a good candidate for last surviving Pilots player as he is only 75 right now.

Not mentioned above but what about Ruth Buzzi? Admittedly, she is probably not as well known in the UK, but she has had a series of strokes and Laugh-in is a legendary show here in the US.