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She was accepted over multiple years, including after they began tightening qualification. They'd ruled others who'd previously been accepted as no longer qualifying, but not her. I'm not sure I'd call it a mistake, but I can understand your diplomacy on the matter. With Fornasier attaining a (somewhat) higher threshold for qualifying, a case can be made for the committee to rethink its decision.

I don't believe Vicky Phelan even had an occupation, unlike Fornasier. She was strictly a cervical cancer campaigner and essentially FFBI. However, she was deemed acceptable. It's not unreasonable to believe Fornasier should qualify.

Well that certainly sucks considering the type of coverage Fornasier is receiving (national English & Australian media). So my third & final sub comes into play, unless somebody convinces the committee otherwise.

Lise Norgaard, a Danish journalist and writer, has died. She was 105. It appears she died January 1st, but that could get adjusted. She had been a 2022 DDP solo. https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-01-02-lise-noergaard-er-doed (Danish language obit)

Dori Monson, a long-time Seattle conservative radio talk show host, has died. He was 61. Monson had suffered what was described as a cardiac event last Thursday (December 29th). https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/dori-monson-conservative-seattle-radio-host-dies-at-61/

Back for another year as Fade to Black. Here is my 2023 team: 1. Johnny Ruffo (Joker) 2. George Alagiah 3. Ronnie Atkins 4. Criscilla Anderson (SUB for Benedict XVI) 5. Carolyn Bryant Donham 6. Frank Field 7. Tim Lobinger (SUB for Natalie Fornasier - DQed pick) 8. Rolf Harris 9. Jonnie Irwin 10. Tim Keller 11. Kate Keltie 12. Steve McMichael 13. Ryan Minor 14. Daniel N. Paul 15. Andy Taylor (SUB for Pele) 16. Ryuchi Sakamoto 17. Christina Strutt (Didn't make the starting line, no sub picks left.) 18. Teresa Taylor 19. Gianluca Vialli 20. James Whale

Fame is often a subjective viewpoint. Is someone who played three games in the Premier League five years ago famous? What about a character actor who had a recurring role on a 1990s top 10 American sitcom? Or a former finance minister of Fiji? Each deadpool has someone (or multiple someones) who make that determination.

While most people are more interested in Derby Dead Pool statistics, this is the pool I've played the longest. After 15 years, my basic stats are as follows: Years completed: 15 (2008 to 2022) Career wins: 2 (2018 and 2019) Career top ten finishes: 12 (2011 through 2022, inclusive) Career hits (official): 191* Career points: 2300** * Excludes 2012 hit Barry Blaikie and 2017 hit Dennis Stamp, for which no acceptable obituaries were published and no points were awarded. Also excludes 2011 hit for Gordon Murray, who was retroactively disallowed. ** Includes tentative 2022 youngest hit bonus points. Excludes 2023 points for Frank McGarvey hit.

Irving H. Phillips Jr., the first Black news photographer for the Baltimore Sun, has died. He was 79. https://www.baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-md-ob-irving-phillips-20230101-ipx2ikejj5ai5jxjsk6fmnym7y-story.html

I am back for my 16th year. Here are all the rejected picks for me, for 2023: Seven rejections from original list submission: Natalie Fornasier Tim Lobinger Ryan Minor Rocket Norton Brian O'Donovan (the WGBH Boston radio personality, not the RTE reporter) Christina Strutt (died December 28, 2022) Catherine Wreford (re-submitted for consideration in 2023 because she won the Amazing Race Canada in 2022) Rejection from the batch of seven substitutes: Stephen Darby (English soccer player) Rejection of the submitted substitute pick due to the death of Jeremiah Green (who'd been an accepted substitute pick after the death of Pele): Phil Gordon (ex-Phoenix mayor)

He was great as Lawrence Weaver on Law & Order.

Eric Thomas, who represented the U.S. in track and field at the 2000 Olympics, has died. He was 49. https://www.dailysentinel.com/social_media/eric-thomas-garrison-native-and-one-of-worlds-best-hurdlers-dies-at-49/article_e2f666dc-eb47-5d5c-a9fa-e1a1f38de61c.html

Nope. But he left his heart in San Francisco so long ago, its functionality must be nearing an end.

Hollywood Reporter's Chris Gardner tweeting that Anita Pointer, of the Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74. Her death appears to have been on December 31st.

Tony Bennett. Just a hunch.

David Robinson cause of death revealed to be heart disease: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11586771/Dog-Bounty-Hunter-costar-David-Robinsons-autopsy-reveals-died-heart-disease.html

Robert Dowling, the publisher and editor of the Hollywood Reporter from 1988 to 2005, has died. He was 83. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/robert-dowling-dead-hollywood-reporter-824642-1235287723/

Matt Gogin, an actor and Little Person advocate, has died. He was 40. https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gogin-actor-and-little-person-advocate-dead-of-covid-at-40?utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=owned_social&via=twitter_page

Congratulations on the accomplishment! For context, this was the 18th year the pool has been run. It's been essentially the same format (40 picks) going back at least as far as 2008, and probably longer.

And in case it doesn't, with the need to have a UK link with Yahoo items, this would be a QO: https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/30/impact-wrestling-legend-don-west-dies-aged-59-after-cancer-battle-18017285/

Twitter reporting the death of supercentenarian claimant Rachel Nyiramandwa at age 110. https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel_Nyiramandwa

Greg Bear obit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary

Bob Penny, a character actor who appeared in the movies Mississippi Burning, Forrest Gump and Sweet Home Alabama, among others, has died. He was 87. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bob-penny-sweet-home-alabama-forrest-gump-actor-dead-87

(As also noted in the Shove Off, Eh!' thread) Ian Tyson, a Canadian folk music icon and the co-writer of Neil Young's 'Four Strong Winds', has died. He was 89. Tyson and his ex-wife Sylvia Tyson formed the duo Ian & Sylvia in 1959. The pair were married from 1964 to 1973. Ian Tyson is a unique DDP pick. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ian-tyson-dead-at-89-1.6699778

Team submitted yesterday. Seven rejected picks. One further rejection among the seven proposed replacements. I will reveal the rejected picks January 1st, or shortly thereafter. (Edit: a replacement also submitted due to the death of Pele.) (Edit 2: a replacement also submitted due to the death of Don West.) (Edit 3: a replacement also submitted due to the death of Benedict XVI) (Edit 4: a replacement also submitted due to the death of Jeremiah Green, who had been my replacement pick for Pele) (Edit 5: a replacement also submitted to replace the rejected replacement due to the death of Jeremiah Green, who had been my replacement pick for Pele.... who swallowed a dog to catch the cat, who swallowed a cat to catch the mouse, who swallowed a mouse to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly...Perhaps she'll die... as long as she dies in 2023 and not 2022, so I don't need a sub for the old lady, too. )