Dying Probably

Added a third team to my roster this year (mostly for the hell of it and to see how stupid a team I can make), consisting of literally just the first people to pop up on my Twitter front page. Any hit would be a big success for this one to be honest. They're all 3 in.

Surprised that Mary didn't have her own thread. She's very well, but Mary is quite the famous baker and is 85 years old. Unlikely to die soon if you ask me, but she deserves it.

Thanks for running again wannamaker. My team: Jimmy Carter (U.S. President) Josip Manolic (Croatian PM) Jean-Marie Le Pen (French twat) Frank Field (House of Lords) Violeta Chamorro (President of Nicaragua) Jennifer Wexton (Virginia U.S. Representative) Dennis Skinner (MP) Khaleda Zia (Former everything of Bangladesh) Dick Cheney (U.S. V.P.) Guillermo Rodríguez (Ecuadorian dictator) SUBS: Glenn Thompson (Pennsylvania U.S. Representative) Jim Inhofe (Former Oklahoma U.S. Senator)

At this point, the thread's going to get the "HOT!" tag without him having carked it.

Linda Nolan because Carter refuses to die.

Last week of November appears to be my lucky charm here

I really have been neglecting my Shadow List (I haven't updated it since Tony Bennett died, and managed to miss one...). The last fortnight really has been the saving grace for this one - I was prepared to condemn it to a scrap heap beforehand, but 4 more hits have took me to a respectable 13 hits. Gianluca Vialli Hazel McCallion Betty Boothroyd Nigel Lawson Harry Belafonte Ted Kaczynski Tony Bennett Bob Barker Bobby Charlton Rosalynn Carter Henry Kissinger Shane MacGowan Sandra Day O'Connor My personal record is 15, and I think it's possible to tie it right now. Jimmy Carter is one, and (wishful thinking) Le Pen could be another.

My consistently on-the-team pick of Hamako Mori is still kicking (at least according to a comment made 2 weeks ago on her latest YouTube video). For the rest of the list... Jimmy Carter if he manages to somehow not cark it.

15/50 lasted longer than Carter even after he went into hospice care - he's got to be gone now, surely. As the saying goes, not everyone makes it to 100.

Wow. Is this the first time we have two two-in-a-day days in a year? (and if not, the first time we've done that with consecutive hits?)

Good riddance.

No clue but it could be Joss Ackland. I think I'm talking out my ass though.

Oh crike.

To be fair, she might be telling the truth. I mean, those eyebrows would send anyone into hospital a bajillion times.

Arse, I've got my calendar with Sunday at the front. Fixed

May 9th, 2024

Updating this while I have the time (and while I've been dragged here by the spam of facepalm reactions) Harry Belafonte Hazel McCallion Nigel Lawson Tony Bennett Betty Boothroyd Bob Baker Ted Kaczynski Gianluca Vialli I've also heard that Hamako Mori is potentially dead (and her YouTube hasn't been uploaded to in months, a long deviation from her normal schedule), but I can't even find a Twitter post saying it. All I've got are conversations and several comments on her YouTube. Probably bollocks.

A list of all U.S. Senators who have parents, siblings, or close cousins who were famous before them is surprisingly short, especially nowadays. Here's a list of the "nepo babies" in Congress today: Now Map for those who cba to read names: This one's just funny though - Sherrod Brown's brother joined politics after him - and is literally called Charlie Brown.

Other than Rob Menendez. And Tom Kean Jr.. And weirdly, Nancy Pelosi.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/01/mohamed-al-fayed-former-harrods-and-fulham-fc-owner-dies-aged-94 Guardian obit

That took longer than expected...

Really hoping "second time lucky" is some of these's motto...

George Alagi- oh, bollocks.

I doubt world leaders like Biden fall into "A-list celebrity" status, they're not lauded for something people enjoy or anything. That said, probably Taylor Swift. The world is really in some sort of mania with her by this point.