WEP

Ok, first of all thanks for your kind words and for replacing my incredible pick. Well, in that case, get the calculator out for my anticipated pick "Kushim".

I apologize. https://vanmau.com/gioi-thieu-tac-gia-nguyen-dich-dung/

Mohand Boughalem

Congrats @Bibliogryphon

Yvan Collonna

1922: Boris Vasilyevich Kravtsov / Margarete Ammon 1923: Santiago Grisolía García / Princess Yolande de Ligne, Archduchess of Austria 1924: Robert Solow / Josefina Isabel Villalobos Paramo 1925: Peter Brook / Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg 1926: Yefrem Yevseyevich Sokolov / Irina Mikhaylovna Elcheva 1927: Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich / Jeanette Charles 1928: Arnold Rüütel / Olga Moiseyeva 1929: Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov / Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova 1930: Ivan Stepanovich Silayev / Tu Youyou 1931: Vaino Väljas / Sofia Gubaidulina

May I ask to replace Jane "Nightbride" Marczewski with James Jones (head of Convoy Aid Romania in Teesside)? Thank you very much.

Congrats @MariNisia 1922: Chen Ning Yang/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Henri Kissinger/Diana Kennedy 1924: Charlie Munger/Josefina Isabel Villalobos Paramo 1925: Dick van Dyke/Angela Lansbury 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Vadim Ivanovich Tumanov/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Armin Mueller-Stahl/Mary Quant 1931: Klaus Hasselmann/Barbara Eden

Merci @Lafaucheuse! So it is official: French virologist Luc Montagnier, 2008 Nobel laureate in Medicine/Physiology, honored for discovering the HI-Virus, has died aged 89: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-dead/2022/02/10/e317c046-b6d5-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html The first pick of our pool, who dies, earning @Salmon Mousse 2.730 points! Congrats! Please select a new candidate for Medicine!

According to some news wires, Luc Montagnier, 2008 Nobel laureate in Medicine/Physiology from France, who was honored for discovering the HI-Virus, has died aged 89: https://www.francesoir.fr/societe-sante/leminent-professeur-luc-montagnier-sest-eteint-le-8-fevrier-2022 IF IT IS NOT A HOAX, he would be the first pick of our pool, who dies, earning Salmon Mousse 2.730 points!

1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Henri Kissinger/Diana Kennedy 1924: Charlie Munger/Josefina Isabel Villalobos Paramo 1925: Didier-Léon Marchand/Lee Grant 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Vadim Ivanovich Tumanov/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Armin Mueller-Stahl/Mary Quant 1931: Gerhard Richter/Barbara Eden Congrats @Hell

DEAD!

1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Henri Kissinger/Diana Kennedy 1924: Jimmy Carter/Maria Riva 1925: Dick van dyke/Angela Lansbury 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Benedikt XVI/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Warren Buffett/Mary Quant 1931: Mikhail Gorbachev/Barbara Eden Congrats @MariNisia

I apologize, @Yvonne, but I was earlier ths time.

I don't know if this belongs in this chat, but the inaugural Nobel Prize Dead Pool is now finished as well: Embarrassingly, the host is identical to the first winner. Nobel Prize Dead Pool 2021/22: WEP

Following a longer period of thoughts and after realizing, that the DDP-hosts do not really enjoy a large number of Nobel laureates in their pool, I have decided to start the first Deathlist-competition dedicated to Nobel laureates: The Nobel Prize Dead Pool The rules are easy: Pick one living Nobel laureate by each category (Physics/Chemistry/Medicine/Physiology/Peace/Literature and Economic Sciences), who you think will die during the following next ten months. This will make six nominated people. No laureate can be chosen twice, so check who was picked by other deadpoolers! People, who accepted the award on behalf of someone or represent an organization are excluded from the contest, the 2021 laureates cannot be chosen since they are unknown until October! This inaugural year will pe shorter, since I had planned to start it from February 1st, the day the nomination period for new laureates ends. But things happened which made this pool to start later. Your team starts from the moment, you sent it in and ends on January 31st, 2022. As source will be accepted the official Nobel Prize website www.nobelprize.org. (The deaths will be mentioned there, so no lost hits to expect!) Since not so many Nobel laureates die during a year - 2017, 2019 and 2020 it had been 9 dead laureates per year, 2018 there were 18 (So do not expect a rushing contest!) – the scoring will honor every hit in a special way. So good luck and enjoy the contest.

The first Nobel Prize Dead Pool is over now, thanks for all participants for joining. Ther following Nobel laureates scored in this contest: Isamu Akasaki, physics 2014 (92), 1.826 points for TomTomTelekom Frederik William de Klerk, peace 1993 (85), 5.637 points for WEP Richard Robert Ernst, chemistry 1991 (87), 3.634 points for Bibliogryphon Edmond Henri Fischer, medicine 1992 (101), 2.610 points for MariNisia Ei-ichi Negishi, chemistry 2010 (85), 3.836 points for Salmon Mousse Desmond Mpilo Tutu, peace 1984 (90), 5.531 points for chilean way The following laureates did not score since they were not chosen: Robert Howard Grubbs, chemistry 2005 (78) Anthony Hewish, physics 1974 (97)  - Last laureate of tat year Toshihide Masukawa, physics 2008 (81) Robert Alexander Mundell, economic sciences 1999 (88) Steven Weinberg, physics 1979 (88) This makes a total of six deceased candidates - in the scoring period - and twelve in general: Most of them as expected in physics (4), followed by chemistry (3) and peace (2), and the tie for medicine and economic scienes (1 each). The writers are all still alive and well. Since every participant scored maximum once, there was not so many mathematics to do, just the awarded bonus points have to be added: The oldest laureate was Edmond Henry Fischer (101) and gives @MariNisia one point extra. The youngest – scoring – laureate was a close one, but F.W. de Klerk (85) brings 8 bonus points to @WEP. So the final scoreboard is: 1. @WEP - 5.645 points 2. @chilean way - 5.531 points 3. @Salmon Mousse - 3.836 points 4. @Bibliogryphon- 3.634 points 5. @MariNisia - 2.161 points 6. @TomTomTelekom - 1.826 points 7. @arghton / @Book/ @frleon - 0 points Congrats to all scorers and good luck for all, who have joined the Nobel Prize Dead Pool 2022/23!

Monica Vitta has died:https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/22_febbraio_02/monica-vitti-morta-99c6aca4-8418-11ec-9b6b-cb049c7004c9.shtml Congrats to @Death Impends 1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Henri Kissinger/Diana Kennedy 1924: Jimmy Carter/Maria Riva 1925: Dick van dyke/Angela Lansbury 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Harry Belafonte/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Warren Buffett/Mary Quant 1931: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel/Barbara Eden

The 2022/2023 Nobel Prize Dead Pool has started just now. Please keep an eye on the chart above in case I miss some hit. Good luck to all contestants! PS: Last year's competition will be evaluated in the next few days.

Congrats @Bibliogryphon 1922: Norman Lear/Mildred T. Stahlman 1923: Vic Seixas/Diana Kennedy 1924: Jimmy Carter/Anne Vernon 1925: Peter Brook/Lee Grant 1926: Roger Corman/Hanae Mori 1927: Martin Walser/Rosalyn Carter 1928: Burt Bacharach/Ruth Westheimer 1929: Peter Higgs/Liz Sheridan 1930: Armin Mueller-Stahl/Mary Quant 1931: Dominic Chianese/Barbara Eden

May I replace Kayirici with Tim Keller (Christian apologist theologian)? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10438133/Face-tattooed-ice-addict-Mustafa-Kayirici-brutally-raped-SEVEN-women-Sydney-dies-jail.html

I always fear to have a "clear list" within the first three months - this would make the rest of the year boring.

Well, he seems to have hit the mark. Not everyone manages to shoot themselves that way.

Emil Mangelsdoff, celebrated jazz musician from Frankfurt, has died aged 96. https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/frankfurter-jazzlegende-emil-mangelsdorff-ist-tot,emil-mangelsdorff-gestorben-100.html One from our longlist.