Captain Hemlock

Bruce Springsteen’s mother Adele has died age 98 https://nypost.com/2024/02/01/entertainment/bruce-springsteens-mother-adele-dead-at-98-after-a-long-battle-with-alzheimers-disease/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2b-MyLZUZ8haao8VBY1E8wowpBBp6DnAMOoOsvXXByfNdUbArcmgWJtmU_aem_AUwcwp1GicWTSF6zybesL59rUJj7ApS1BfFV_fdeVtn3P5IP4b7ls2IJuvCr0vFg38k

Joe Madison, radio host known as the Black Eagle has died. Be on the lookout for a QO for him as he is a DDP pick. https://www.joemadison.com/

Blaine Lacher, who briefly was a goalie for the Boston Bruins in the mid 1990’s is dead at 53. https://cooksouthland.com/obituaries/obituaries/1706821639/lacher/

Joe Madison, talk show host known as “The Black Eagle” has died at 74. https://www.joemadison.com/

Melanie Safka QO https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13003125/amp/Melanie-singer-Woodstock-hit-Brand-New-Key-dead-76.html

Charles Osgood is a hit for me

I’m really surprised no one picked A.J. Foyt. An 89 year old auto racing legend with health issues could have been a great pick and he was on my long list.

Cori Broadus, daughter of Snoop Dogg, has had a stroke at age 24 Snoop Dogg's daughter Cori Broadus suffers stroke (msn.com)

1. Andy Taylor 2. Donald Trump 3. William Shatner 4. Bruce Willis 5. Joe Biden 6. Michael J. Fox 7. Janey Godley 8. Billy Connolly 9. Robert Wagner 10. Pope Francis 11. Willie Nelson 12. Buzz Aldrin 13. Prunella Scales 14. Mel Brooks 15. Phil Collins 16. Ozzy Osbourne 17. Clint Eastwood 18. Linda Nolan 19. Tim Bilton 20. Cleo Laine 21. Simon Cowell 22. Denis Law 23. Stanley Baxter 24. Rob Burrow 25. Eva Marie Saint sub: Dave Myers

You have Gary Lockwood listed twice on one team’s submission

It’s always interesting to see which uniques I get and don’t get. I’m amazed that John Okafor aka Mr Ibu is a unique for my B team. The guy has been poisoned many times and may have had one or both legs amputated recently.

Joyce Randolph is my first hit of the year

Tom Shales, retired media critic for the Washington Post, is being reported as dead on Twitter/X. He was 79. james andrew miller on X: "Tom Shales passed away this morning. The Pulitzer Prize winning former critic at The Washington Post — and one of the country’s most brilliant writers — was 79. I loved him like a brother … he will be missed by many. @RealTomShales #TomShales https://t.co/TVrZOtaWCh" / X (twitter.com)

Isabella Strahan, daughter of NFL great and sometime morning Tv show host Michael Strahan, diagnosed with brain tumor. She’s only 19. https://nypost.com/2024/01/11/entertainment/michael-strahans-daughter-isabella-19-details-rough-brain-cancer-battle-with-hospital-photos/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3mG-Qx90z4ecXK76dSEmbTZV3waPl-dNmBqJWb8lYHaP7_ZP-V27hqLpU_aem_AZ3hAXouKvxqZVAEKr204Y67LBELtp2pnzlPCaO7-K_KtZC8gkJzIIR9epPw2tnqOJg

Count me in!

I also noticed Tom Smothers is on my list. He should be replaced by Willie Mays who was my first substitute.

I see the rosters are all loaded. I was pleasantly surprised to see @An Fear Beag allowed my pick of Sammy Basso, as I was afraid he'd run into the FFBI category. Good luck to everyone!

Marland Jeffries, father of US House of Representatives minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, dead at 85 https://thepavlovictoday.com/democratic-leader-hakeem-jeffries-mourns-the-passing-of-father-marland-jeffries/

Looks like this pool finished with exactly 200 hits. Congrats to @gcreptile who appears to be the champion.

You seem to like politicians from Alaska for some reason.

Bronny James-If the game started on October 1, I would have picked him due to his age alone, but his cardiac issues were overblown and he's back to playing basketball Sarah Langs-She's only 30 but she does seem to have a rapid form of ALS. I played her in the Hare's Dead Pool Myron Kandel-I'm leery of playing people who don't have a wikipedia page, though I'm not sure why a prominent financial journalist doesn't have one. Played him in Death by Numbers just in case

Believe it or not, Nicholas Veliotes was on my long list. I rejected him as I didn't think he'd get a UK obit, but being Johnny Otis's brother might help.

Revealing my three teams. Please feel free to heap scorn upon these picks: Team Name Captain Hemlock's Twenty Jeanette Lee Daniel Barenboim Jimmy Carter Rico Carty Mary de Rachewiltz Shannen Doherty Jules Feiffer Louis Gossett Jr Whitey Herzog Polly Holliday Earl Holliman William Leuchtenburg Edie McClurg Steve McMichael Dikembe Mutombo Yoko Ono William "The Refrigerator" Perry George Schlatter Gay Talese Dick Vitale Rigor Mort Us John Okafor Theo Burrell Sam Donaldson Paul R. Ehrlich Roy Estrada Peter H. Falk Jonathan Goldsmith Andre Gregory David Hartman Toby Keith Michael H. Kenyon Nadine Koutcher Robert MacNiel Malachy McCourt Don Muraco David Newell Sidney Offit Charles Osgood Norman Podhoretz Jennifer Wexton Rolls Off The Tongue Bob Dishy Maude Apatow John Wayne Bobbitt Peter Bonerz Young Boozer Joe Charboneau Bambos Charalambous Hopewell Chin'ono Elroy Face Marlin Fitzwater Slinger Francisco Norm Hitzges Jerry Kill Swoosie Kurtz Fatos Nano Socrates Rizzo Ludwig Scotty Otis Sistrunk Anna Smashnova Floyd Vivino My Rigor Mort Us team features several people who @Death Impends will have to get creative with obit writing. Hopefully she won't "lose her shit" if Michael H Kenyon should die.

This just my personal opinion but I think Robert Duvall should have been dropped.

Not bad. They did eliminate some obvious bad picks from last year: Alan Alda, Hal Linden and Angie Dickinson. I'm not sure why Robert Wagner is so high. I'm not surprised they passed on Bruce Willis. He seems more like a 2025 pick.