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  2. Posted

    23 minutes ago, livingbygrace said:

    Well I am officially shacking therewillbedeaths7's hand, saying well done and wish you luck in the next round I believe with msc is I am not mistaken

    I'm fine with you shaking my hand; shacking it however is where I draw the line ;)

     

    Thanks and well played @livingbygrace; it's often a case of luck (as well as bad luck for the people on our lists) that determines the game as opposed to some higher knowledge of the imminent demise of famous people!

     

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    4 hours ago, livingbygrace said:

    Ok therewillbedeaths7 now you are just showing off with your hit of wilson Fittipaldi.  Can you not have a bit of mercy towards a newbie without crushing ones spirit and soul?  With all seriousness though well done and I wish you luck in your next round.

    Thank you @livingbygrace, although I have to asure you it's not over yet! Wilson Fittipaldi wasn't a sure hit at the end of last month in my mind, and there's always the possibility of some unexpected deaths on your team :)

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  5. Posted

    Six players still in the residual game after Micheline Presle's death:

     

    Rhoda Wurtele (Yvonne)
    Jose Sahagun de la Parra (Chilean Way)
    Rachel Robinson (LadyFiona)
    Mildred T. Stahlman (ThereWillBeDeaths7)
    Ray Anthony (DoorSlammer)
    Roland Dumas (WEP)

     

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    7. Micheline Presle (Torva Messor) 21st February 2024
    8. Guy Stern (Summer in Transylvania) 7th December 2023
    9. Norman Lear (MariNisia) 5th December 2023
    10. John B. Goodenough (Bibliogryphon) 25th June 2023
    11. Mordechai Bibi (Arghton) 5th February 2023.

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  8. Posted

    A follow-up post about Dries van Agt's passing:

     

    - Van Agt served as a member of parliament for KVP and later CDA, being the first ever political leader of the CDA. He became Minister of Justice in 1971, serving until 1977. During his time as a minister, a train was hijacked near the village of De Punt by 9 Moluccan nationalists, starting a hostage crisis which lasted for 20 days. In trying to end the crisis, intervention by counter-terrorist special forces possibly contributed to the deaths of two hostages, in addition to 6 of the hijackers.

     

    - Van Agt was Deputy Prime Minister from 1973-1977 under Joop den Uyl (1919-1987), thereafter leading three cabinets Van Agt between 1977-1982. During his tenure as PM, Queen Juliana abdicated and Queen Beatrix' coronation took place under tumultuous circumstances: there were riots in Amsterdam because of a housing shortage.

     

    - After his career in national politics, he served as Queen's Commissioner of North Brabant between 1983-1987, ending his political career as an EU ambassador 1987-1995.

     

     

    The oldest and earliest serving Dutch Prime Minister is now Jan-Peter Balkenende (b. 1956), serving from 2002-2010. The only other living Dutch PM is the current one, Mark Rutte (b. 1967).

     

    After Van Agt's death, there are no living ministers from the cabinets Biesheuvel I and II (1971-1973).

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    1 minute ago, Vaagheid said:

     

    According to the AD he and his wife decided on euthenasia.

    This was news to me, I hadn't realized Eugenie had also passed away. After reading the article, it seems to me that they had quite a "nice" death. Both of them had been in ailing health, and they held hands as they both passed away. Also spared them of having to miss one another after 65 years of marriage.

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  10. Posted

    52 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Not any more.

     

    Dries Van Agt reportedly dead: https://nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2508141-oud-premier-dries-van-agt-93-overleden?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true

    Although he had been ailing for years, hearing the news on the radio still surprised me. What's more: he passed away last monday (Feb 6), a few days after his 93rd birthday and had already been buried before his death was announced.

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    As this seems to be happening for real now: Lewis Hamilton to drive for Ferrari in 2025!

     

    In some way it was bound to happen eventually but as he's been with Mercedes for 12 years after this year and will become 40 years old before the start of the 2025 season, I didn't really see it happening anymore. He'll be older than Kimi was when he left Ferrari, and he seemed to be there largely for the memes in his last years in F1.

     

    A couple of grands prix wins in the next few years now seems inevitable for Hamilton, but will he get his 8th world title? I can't really see Ferrari stepping up their game to that level yet, but I guess we'll see!

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    Dutch footballer Bennie Muller has passed away aged 85.

     

    He played 426 games as a midfielder for Ajax between 1958-1970, becoming national champion five times with Johan Cruyff and coach Rinus Michels.

     

    He also was part of the Dutch National Team from 1960-1968, just before their succesful years and perhaps most importantly, part of my Dutch shadowlist in 2023.

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  17. Posted

    27 minutes ago, drol said:

    My father in law has died. He turned 85 a few months ago and died this morning suddenly. He did not suffer.

    My condolences. 85 is a good/high age but when a loved one passes away it's always a sad occassion for family members and others close. All the best.

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  18. Posted

    This is already the most popular of the Residual games, with 13 players at the moment. Great to see many people playing for the first, second, third as well as fourth time. The large amount of players may however mean it'll take some years before we have a winner.

     

    20/20 Residual: 2/9 selections still alive

    20/20 +1 Residual: 4/7

    20/20 +2 Residual: 7/11

    20/20 +3 Residual: 13/13 (entry still possible)

     

    Additionally, all Residual games have unpicked candidates who are still alive - they are not listed above.

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  21. Posted

    Great to see a new Residual game starting! I'll go with Julie Mandel please

     

    1 hour ago, Summer in Transylvania said:

    The Residual 20/20, 20/20+1, and 20/20+2 games are still ongoing.

    @Bibliogryphon the Residual 20/20 game thanks to our picks Arnold Yarrow and Loretta Ford. For reference, the first pick to go in that pool was George Shultz, almost 3 years ago :D

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  22. Posted

    8 hours ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said:

    The Last Devil to Die - the 4th in Richard Osman's series about 4 nearly-80 year olds who go round solving murders that the police can't. Found the previous 3 a mixed bunch and wasn't entirely convinced that a 4th helping was the way to go, but I found this possibly the best to date. This is a bit darker than previous ones and the gear changes between light comedy and serious murders are a bit less clunky than previously.

     

    You still need to suspend belief about a couple of central conceits (why don't the hardened criminals just shoot all the annoying geriatrics on initially encountering them rather than engaging with them, why are some of these supposedly masters of evil essentially comic characters rather than objects of fear, etc) but, once you've accepted this, if you enjoyed the first three there's no reason not to buy the 4th instalment (or have someone give it to you for a birthday present, as I did).

    I haven't read the Thursday Murder Club series yet, but have heard (non-spoiler) good reviews about them. Additionally, I found Osman to be quite funny on Taskmaster and other UK panel shows so could imagine that showing in his writing. Gave the first book as a christmas present to my partner, I will probably read it sometime later this year.

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