Annami

So apparently my entire March team is now dying, dammit. I'm guessing tomorrow we'll hear news about Kane Tanaka's or Jean-Louis Trintignant's deaths. (Leonel Sanchez is dead, last month he was a popular pick, but this month no-one picked him.)

Yeah, I just heard that and I'm feeling pretty angry at the yesterday me who made a very stupid decision I had already started to regret. Congrats TQR for your first points!

I know I took a big risk with dropping McCall this round. I don't really even have a logical reason for that but had hard time with deciding last names last night and felt like choosing some new faces instead of old ones. This is my best performance in the cup regardless, so I'm happy either way. Not really looking forward to a possible match with last year's finalists next month...

@Spade_Cooley Jessica Hiatt is still on my team although she was disqualified. Susie Steiner should replace her.

Surprisingly, I wish exactly the same for your team. I'm looking forward to our match

Thank you @Bibliogryphon for this round. My one early hit was enough to get through in this quiet month, but hopefully you'll have better luck next year! My April team is now in.

By the way, if there isn't some other Rajesh than this one, Rajesh in The Old Crem's team was already dead before the starting line. I was considering him for my team until the news of his death. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/senior-kannada-actor-rajesh-passes-away-7780978/

No problem. It was a fair assumption since women are in a minority here

Yeah, it will be an interesting match. You have many picks that could go tomorrow and my ICU picks could be discharged next week. By the way, it's *she, don't really mind being misgendered, but I find it a bit funny that I'm always here thought as a man.

I just submitted my team. Thanks for @Hell, it was fun to play with you. Better luck next year! Game on, @Bibliogryphon!

Emile Francis is a hit for HDS by the way, he died last weekend: https://nypost.com/2022/02/19/rangers-legend-emile-francis-dead-at-age-95/

Thanks for the tip!

Jim Hagedorn is a hit here.

Christos Sartzetakis is dead, one of @MariNisia 's picks https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1176800/former-resident-christos-sartzetakis-dead-at-93/

It will be interesting to see how this goes. We have only Frank Field as common, and I think it could go either way. I will definitely be kicking myself if Bob Barker and/or Jimmy Carter finally kick the bucket this month. It's totally possible, but I decided to take a risk and hope they won't.

My team is now in. I don't feel too confident, but we'll see how it goes.

1. Alice Munro 2. Bill Turnbull 3. Barbara Walters 4. Boris Pahor 5. Bob Barker 6. Brigitte Bardot 7. Buzz Aldrin 8. Clare Marx 9. Dick Cheney 10. Francoise Hardy 11. George Perez (wildcard) 12. Frank Field (wildcard) 13. Jimmy Carter 14. Jean-Louis Trintignant (wildcard) 15. James Whale 16. Jerry Lee Lewis 17. Khaleda Zia 18. Larry Pressler 19. Leslie Phillips 20. Linda Nolan 21. Lynne Reid Banks 22. Milos Zeman 23. Natty Wailer 24. Pelé 25. Rosalynn Carter 26. Susie Steiner (wildcard) 27. Sacheen Littlefeather 28. Sidney Cooke 29. Tom Parker 30. Tom Smith 31. Tom Weiskopf 32. Harry Belafonte 33. Henry Kissinger 34. Joanne Woodward 35. Kane Tanaka (wildcard) 36. Marsha Hunt 37. Nigel Starmer-Smith 38. Noam Chomsky 39. Rob Burrow 40. Shannen Doherty 41. Pope Benedict XVI 42. Ted Kaczynski 43. George Alagiah 44. Hazel McCallion 45. Johnny Ruffo 46. Tony Bennett 47. Larry Storch 48. Ray Anthony 49. Stephen Pearcy 50. James Earl Jones subs. 1. James Lovelock 2. Joe Exotic 3. Ady Barkan 4. Deborah James 5. Jane ”The Snake” Roberts

1. Paul Gascoigne 2. Donald Trump 3. Queen Elizabeth II 4. Clint Eastwood 5. Tim Bilton 6. Shane MacGowan 7. David Attenborough 8. Billy Connolly 9. Olivia Newton-John 10. Doddie Weir 11. Bobby Charlton 12. Dick van Dyke 13. Linda Nolan 14. Mel Brooks 15. June Brown 16. Bill Turnbull 17. Phil Collins 18. Angela Lansbury 19. Ghislaine Maxwell 20. Tony Bennett 21. Shannen Doherty 22. Prunella Scales 23. Willie Nelson 24. Tom Parker 25. George Alagiah sub. Eva Marie Saint

@John Key In the case of world's oldest not qualifying, I think there are also other candidates disqualified and subs coming to play. I found the world's oldest person Kane Tanaka at least in the lists of @arghton, @Hell and @_floydylan_. The world's second oldest living person Lucile Randon is also in my and Hell's lists.

@John Key As far as I know, the world's oldest persons (woman and man) have been accepted in many other pools, and especially the world's oldest person atm (Kane Tanaka) have been picked by several people in pools. Of course, it's up to you decide if they are accepted in this one. If they are not, I will happily accept moving Prunella Scales up.

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia is a hit for me. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10416589/Worlds-oldest-man-dies-month-celebrating-113th-birthday.html

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia is a hit for me. This counts as a QO? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10416589/Worlds-oldest-man-dies-month-celebrating-113th-birthday.html

I was kinda thinking I won't have enough time this year, but I'm too tempted, so I'm in

I'm picking Agnes Keleti. Sorry that my choice took a little while.

Oh, I didn't even remember I had Betty White here. Thank you for all the fellow contestants and our wonderful host! I am very surprised this went so well, there was a lot of luck involved.