alt obits guy

Thank you very kindly, though I want to be careful because it's still unofficial. January 15th is the cutoff date for obituaries, to include anyone whose death gets reported in these early days of 2020, but who expired last year. Also be mindful the 25 point bonus for youngest hit of the year is awarded on the 15th, too. Seemingly won't affect me but will change the final overall standings. The 2019 game got off rather quickly and was on a pretty good pace throughout the year. Seemed to take most of November off, until the last week of that month. With more people playing, more hits and fewer solos may have been inevitable. A few daily doubles and year end hits shook things up. And, yes, the 2020 edition already has three hits in three days, with Monarc taking an early lead. Should be another good year, with a comparable number of people playing.

I would like to return for 2020.

Back for a second year in the Derby Dead Pool. Hoping to improve upon a tie for 16th place in the 2019 edition. Here is my 2020 DDP team: Fade To Black 1. Vicki Eastaugh (British breast cancer sufferer) (joker) 2. 6ix9ine (American rapper) 3. George Alagiah 4. Frankie Banali (Quiet Riot drummer) 5. Jana Bennett (media executive) 6. Miroslava Duma (Russian entrepreneur) 7. Bob Gibson (American baseball player) 8. Nikki Jenkins (British bodybuilder) 9. Lee Kerslake 10. Sam Lloyd (American actor) 11. Lee Noble (British boxer) 12. Genesis P-Orridge 13. Michael Robinson (British footballer) 14. Yoo Sang-chul (South Korean footballer) 15. Luton Shelton (Jamaican footballer) 16. Tom Smith (British rugby player) 17. Pat Smullen (Irish jockey) 18. Bernard Tapie (French businessman) 19. Alex Trebek (Canadian-American game show host) 20. Slick Woods (American model) Substitutes: Greg Gilbert, Barry DuBois, John Andretti

Good luck to all for the 2020 AO Deadpool. As with last year, I'm keeping my list to myself while revealing the rejected picks from the initial list submitted. There were four of them for 2020. They were: 1) Derek Aucoin 2) Levi Holley 3) Jeremy Marshall 4) Sabrina Sultana Of last year's 13 rejected picks from the initial list submitted, 7 did die. Also, 1 of 2 rejected replacement picks are no long breathing as of the start of this year.

I believe 15 is the magic number.

Ed Asner is just about the busiest actor in Hollywood. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000799/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Lieutenant-General (ret) Ng Jui Ping, the Singaporean second Chief of Defence Force (CDF), becomes the first 'noteworthy' death of 2020. He was 71. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapores-second-chief-of-defence-force-ng-jui-ping-dies-at-71

Detroit Lions wide receiver Marvin Jones has announced his six month old son Marlo has died. https://people.com/parents/nfl-player-marvin-jones-son-marlo-dies/

This past year showed picking almost exclusively old people for the list could be more successful than expected. That being said, I don't see the logic in Dick Van Dyke being near the top of the list. He's still a working actor and in good health for a nonagenarian. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/12/24/dick-van-dyke/

Richard Ivey, a Canadian philanthropist and co-founder with his father of the Ivey Foundation, which has made charitable grants of $100 million since its inception in 1947, has died. He was 94. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/richard-macaulay-ivey-dies-at-94-1.5411382

Leon Spinks. Just as I was contemplating who to pick, a Boxing Day sale commercial for Leon's (Canadian furniture store) was airing on TV. Figured that was a sign. (Would've been my choice, anyway.)

Sent my list in on Tuesday as I knew I'd be away until the 30th and be busy with other stuff. Four rejected picks only this time. (Maybe I didn't try hard enough.) Will reveal them next week. Four replacement picks accepted last night.

Paul Muni already dead.

Adding new link that is more broadly available. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/23/john-cain-former-premier-of-victoria-dies-aged-88

Roy Richardson, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen from Ohio, died in early December at age 90. https://fox8.com/2019/12/06/local-tuskegee-airmen-dies-peacefully-at-90/

John Cain, a former Premier of Victoria, has died. He was 88. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/former-victorian-premier-john-cain-dead-at-88/news-story/da7afbd7ba244086957686e375c9f265?utm_medium=Twitter&utm_source=HeraldSun&utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF

Joseph Segel, founder of the American shopping channel QVC, as well as the Franklin Mint, which privately sells coins, jewelry and other items, has died. He was 88. (Now all they need to do is issue a commemorative coin in his honour.) https://6abc.com/society/joseph-segel-philly-entrepreneur-who-founded-qvc-dies/5775065/

That's all folks (take 2).

Ron Areshenkoff, who played 4 games with the Edmonton Oilers during their inaugural 1979-80 NHL season, after having been admitted to the league from the defunct WHA, has died. He was 62. https://www.whitehorsestar.com/Sports/we-lost-a-good-one-ron-areshenkoff-dies

Bronco Horvath obit: https://blackngoldhockey.com/2019/12/17/former-bruins-player-bronco-horvath-passes-at-the-age-of-89/

George Ferguson, who played nearly 800 games in the NHL over a dozen years in the 1970s and 80s, has died. He was 67. https://buffalonews.com/2019/12/17/george-ferguson-toronto-maple-leafs-nhl-buffalo-sabres-pittsburgh-penguins/ That's three players in the past few days.

Scot Kleinendorst, who played close to 300 NHL games in the 1980s, mostly with the Hartford Whalers, has died. He was 59. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/12/17/former-nhl-player-scot-kleinendorst-dies-from-injuries-after-grand-rapids-workplace-accident/

(Item could've gone in a couple of different threads, but I'm putting it here.) JoAnn Buss, the mother of current Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) team owner Jeanie Buss and the widow of its former owner, Jerry Buss, has died. She was 86. https://abc7.com/sports/joann-buss-mother-of-lakers-team-president-jeanie-buss-dies/5761458/

Sammy Power, an Aussie radio star who battled alcoholism and mental health issues, has died. She was 55.d https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7798587/Sammy-Powers-tragic-decline-Radio-stars-battle-death.html

Steven Ozment, a Harvard history professor emeritus and author, has died. He was 80. https://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2019/12/16/very-sad-news-reformation-scholar-steven-ozment-has-died/