Captain Hemlock

Wow! 4 DDP hits for me in August since he died on Monday.

Probably a bit too local but legendary Dallas radio sports guy Norm Hitzges is being treated for bladder cancer https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/sports/other-sports/2020/08/27/1310-the-tickets-norm-hitzges-announces-hes-undergoing-treatment-for-bladder-cancer/%3foutputType=amp

After no deaths in the first seven months of the year for my main team, I’ve had three in August So far with Scowcroft, Hawerchuk and Banali.

Monica Potter does have inflammatory bowel disease but I don't believe that's usually fatal.

Barrie Chase, who plays the girl dancing with Dick Shawn's character in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is still alive according to imdb (born 1933)

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.

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.