The Old Crem

I think I’m correct in saying all members of the death list and crowd sourced list are picks?

Expiry Date has been updated to 2023 but my dames team still has the old name.

Charles must be annoyed. These headlines can be damaging to the monarchy’s reputation.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chicago-radio-lin-brehmer-died-164300847.html Seems to have a yahoo Obit already.

Sorry for taking one of them with Polly Perkins.

How many teams do we have this year ? Looks like slightly less than last year ?

If she doesn’t she will be in that rare category of getting a NYT Obit but no QO.

I think that has happened to a lot of teams.

All correct with the exception that my team names are still in 2022 mode ieExpiry Date 2022 and There is nothing like a dame (and the Women who gives them it) rather than Expiry Date 2023 and There is nothing like a dame. I note other teams with years in them still have 2022 as well. Also means the description of my dames team needs correcting. I am surprised Brian Croucher is a unique because it was mentioned on the forums that he was apparently ill. I noticed various celeb descriptions are now years out of date so that could be something later in the year I could help clear up for you?

I picked him for my team but is he actually a certain obit?

Can be a sign of poor health when a person of that age gets married.

I wonder if he will end up with a transplant.

With Norgaard dying on New Year Day and having been picked last year I think she joins Helen Suzman as the quickest list of the missed candidate. Also probably one of the oldest list of the missed candidates.

Should this thread have 1/4th dead tag?

Seems to be working for me. I did post the news of Enock Mwpeu discharged straight afterwards.

Lise Norgaard was a pick last year and got a Q/O so is either a hit or a List of the missed.

George Pell for list of the missed. Stan Pepper died in 2021 so is he not a DQ pick like Berniece Baker Miracle was last year?

December 2012 when Klugman died is also when Patrick Moore died. Another frequent member who had been dropped. Both would likely have been on the 2013 list I imagine .

Maybe. He wasn’t really a controversial drop through. He didn’t seem very unwell. Where does this rank on quickest death after being dropped? 19 days can’t have been beaten many times if at all. Could it be the quickest ever?

BBC somewhat unusually ahead of Sky - relatively rare particularly for an American star.

Normally PR companies send statements via email to news media but I am not sure that was the case here. Feels like Variety and AP might well have had to get confirmation before publishing it. Also Variety clearly had a prepared obituary ready for him.

Did someone hack Yahoo? I can’t imagine them publishing it off a random website.

They just copying Yahoo.

20 mins since Yahoo posted it and nobody else has reported it? A bit odd?