alt obits guy

Natasha Sale, who campaigned for cervical cancer screening, dies at age 31. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-46749511

Says his life is slipping away. https://people.com/movies/billy-connolly-says-life-is-slipping-away-amid-battle-with-parkinsons/

Richard Marks, a four-time Oscar nominee for film editing who worked on films like 'Apocalypse Now' and 'Terms of Endearment', has died. He was 75. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/richard-marks-dead-apocalypse-now-terms-endearment-film-editor-was-75-1173154

Walt McKeel, a catcher who had cups of coffee in the Major Leagues with the Boston Red Sox in 1996 & 1997 and Colorado Rockies in 2002 totaling 11 games, has died. He was 46. http://www.wilsontimes.com/stories/walt-mckeel,155738

This is likely the death notice for Brunetta Barnett. If it is, she died April 10, 2007. https://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?n=brunetta-bernstein&pid=87312868

Herb Kelleher, the founder of Southwest Airlines, has died. He was 87. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/03/southwest-airlines-founder-herbert-kelleher-dies-at-age-87.html

Congratulations. Appears McIntyre died January 2nd, Islam January 3rd.

Guess that means I'm back. I had Syed Ashraful Islam. Will have to look for a suitable obit.

Julia Grant, A British trans woman and the subject of the 1979 BBC documentary 'A Change of Sex', has died. She was 64. http://aboutmanchester.co.uk/julia-grant-a-legendary-name-in-manchesters-gay-village-dies-at-64/

That's irony.

It's a third stint in rehab for 'Jackass' star Bam Margera. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/02/entertainment/bam-margera-rehab/index.html

Larry Weinberg, a founder and original owner of the Portland Trail Blazers, has died. He was 92. https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/02/larry-weinberg-a-founder-and-original-owner-of-the-portland-trail-blazers-dies-at-92/

Joe Stapleton, a radio traffic reporter at WBZ Boston and occasional actor with roles in Mystic River and Manchester by the Sea, has died. He was 55. https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/01/02/joe-stapleton-dies-wbz-radio-traffic-actor/

'Mean' Gene Okerlund, a WWE Hall of Famer and long-time broadcaster in the wrestling industry, has died. He was 76. https://www.wwe.com/article/mean-gene-okerlund-passes-away?sf205241548=1

Confirmed https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/02/dean-ford-marmalade-dies-aged-72

1) Kirk Douglas 2) Herman Wouk 3) Leah Bracknell (joker) 4) Robert Mugabe 5) Bob Dole 6) Stirling Moss 7) Bob Hawke 8) Barbara Walters 9) Loretta Lynn 10) Clive James 11) Little Richard 12) Johnny Clegg

Subs: Mazie Hirono (U.S. Senator) - Stage 4 kidney cancer but still fully active Jose Jose (Mexican singer) - Pancreatic cancer but conflicting information on the seriousness of his illness and not much independent info on his current condition Nobby Stiles - Could go in 2019 or three years from now. Dementia has a wide range of prognoses While there are others who I believe are more gravely ill than some of my picks, advanced age and obit-worthiness also play factors.

Interesting to learn Cathy MacPhail was rejected. She was on my shortlist and very nearly included in both my original list and as a substitute for a rejection.

Wikipedia has also flip flopped back to listing his date of death as December 31st, 2018.

Date of death is unclear for Kader Khan. Article says Tuesday morning but Wikipedia currently indicating it to be December 31st, 2018. Edit: Wikipedia now listing it as January 1st, 2019.

Dead: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-dead-5513822/

Good luck to everyone for the 2019 AO Deadpool. As with 2018, I'm going to keep my list to myself. However, I will reveal the 13 rejected picks from my original list and 2 rejected substitutions. Additionally, this is my first year in the Derby Dead Pool where I am 'Fade to Black'. Team has been posted in the 2019 Derby Dead Pool thread. Decide for yourself whom I may have also included in the 2019 AO Deadpool. Here are the 13 rejected picks from my original list: 1) Fatima Ali 2) Susan Bayh 3) Kate Bowler 4) Elyana Emrizal 5) Andrew Fairlie 6) Emily Levine 7) Josephine Mandamin 8) John Mendelsohn 9) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho 10) Anibal Pachano 11) Anne Parsons 12) Jimmy Spicer 13) Catherine Wreford And the two rejected substitution picks 1) Glenn Fabry 2) Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick

After 11 years exclusively playing the AO Deadpool, I've taken the leap and fielded a Derby Dead Pool team for 2019. It is as follows: Fade to Black 1. Fatima Ali (Chef & reality show contestant) (JOKER) 2. Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi (ISIS leader) 3. John Andretti (American race car driver) 4. Samula Anoa'i (wrestler) 5. Kathleen Blanco (Louisiana Governor) 6. Leah Bracknell (Emmerdale actress) 7. Johnny Clegg (British-South African musician) 8. Norm Coleman (U.S. Senator) 9. Christy Dignam (Irish singer) 10. Barry DuBois (Australian designer) 11. Andrew Fairlie (Scottish chef) 12. Greg Gilbert (British singer) 13. Katherine Jackson (Jackson family matriarch) 14. Andrew McGahan (Australian novelist) 15. Fernando Ricksen (Dutch footballer) 16. Michael Robinson (British footballer) 17. Luton Shelton (Jamaican footballer) 18. Bernard Tapie (French businessman) 19. Bill Turnbull (British presenter) 20. Marieke Vervoort (Belgian paralympian)

Johnny Clegg

Larry Roberts, who helped design & built Arpanet, the forerunner of the internet, has died. He was 81. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46721427