Planetist

For a moment there I was worried for August Darnell, turns out it's just the usual SC shenanigans.

Mikko-meriahven, apparently a beloved fish in Helsinki has died at 17. Not being from the area, I've never heard of the lad but others seem to be mourning him.

Don't tell anyone, but I'm Jimmy Carter.

Perhaps it says something about Mino Raiola that he can personally deny his own death and I'm still sceptical .

With these super old people, I'm always interested in who were alive at the same time as them. Looking at wikipedia I noticed that Alois Hitler (Adolf's daddy) died a day after Kane Tanaka was born!

Guess I'll take May 9th again

May 9th

Same here

Doyle Brunson is playing in the new high stakes poker season. (He is in the middle) Clearly he is still mentally all there, he's keeping up with the table banter very well. Still playing pretty solid poker too. If I had a personal list of immortals, he would probably be near the top after all his cancers and other health problems.

I knew he was old but 700 club?!

At first I thought this invasion is some sort of strategic move for resources, but the more I look into it, it seems like Putin's personal mission based on rather unsound ideology. He has lately been even more isolated than normally due to covid precautions. If he has actually gone a bit mad, there should come a time when the oligarchs who gave him the power, will take it away - and this might be violent. So in conclusion, if he is taken out, it will be by one of those power hungry people. IMO history has shown that they are not particularly worried about power vacuums. Anyway, it's still a long time until deathlist 2023 and things will develop a lot. I feel that if this invasion ends up being a failure he might not even see 2023.

Jaakko Kuusisto has died.

Perhaps it would be more fitting in the prog thread, but the "bloke from Foreigner" was a founding member of King Crimson. He also wrote my favourite song from the debut album:

I'm just glad they dropped Yoko Ono. Out of principle, I would never pick a Japanese woman on any kind of deathlist.

I suppose this fits this thread: "Super agent" Mino Raiola had emergency surgery in Milan: https://www.sportface.it/calcio/mino-raiola-operato-durgenza-al-san-raffaele-condizioni-delicate/1617260 Edit: He has denied it being an emergency on twitter:

Was he the last minute replacement for Betty White or was it someone else? I'm guessing they moved everyone up one spot and quickly picked Shane for the 50th place, but what do I know.

February 10th

Whenever I see this thread up, I'm worried for dear old Kane Tanaka. Looks like it will be soon...

For my first participation, I went with a music theme team. My joker was pretty much chosen at random...

Gonna go for the Unabomber

Online Poker Legend Dusty “Leatherass” Schmidt Reportedly Dead at 40: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/12/online-poker-legend-dusty-leatherass-schmidt-reportedly-dead-40369.htm

Jim Pembroke vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter for finnish prog band Wigwam has died at 75. https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12137095 (In finnish)

Chuck Close, known for giant photorealist portraits is dead at 81.

Matt Marafioti, also known as ADZ124 is dead after a suicide. Younger folks probably won't remember him, but I certainly do. One of the top online players at one point, also a very troubled guy.

McAfee seems like the kind of guy who desperately wants to be murdered as part of some goverment conspiracy. Unfortunately for him, nobody cared enough so he had to do it himself.