Grimgrass

That's right. DL 2024 has only 24 names from last years list.

13 November 33 Nigel Starmer-Smith 31 Esther Rantzen 31 Linda Nolan  31 Noam Chomsky 31 Joanne Woodward 30 Jean-Marie Le Pen 30 Stanley Baxter 30 Roberta Flack 30 Patricia Routledge +4 29 Norman Tebbit 29 Gene Hackman 28 Cleo Laine 28 Dick Van Dyke 28 Jimmy Carter 27 Sandy Gall 27 Alan Greenspan 27 Pete Murray  26 Ted Turner 26 Dennis Skinner  26 Tom Brokaw 26 Denis Law  25 Sonny Rollins  25 Mel Brooks 20 Josef Fritzl -1 09 Hans Blix 00 Vanessa Redgrave -5 20/20 eliminated

12 November 31 Noam Chomsky 31 Joanne Woodward 30 Roberta Flack 30 Ted Turner 29 Linda Nolan 29 Patricia Routledge 29 Norman Tebbit 29 Dennis Skinner 29 Nigel Starmer-Smith 29 Esther Rantzen 28 Cleo Laine 28 Dick Van Dyke 27 Sonny Rollins 27 Gene Hackman 26 Denis Law  26 Jean-Marie Le Pen 26 Stanley Baxter 26 Jimmy Carter 26 Sandy Gall 25 Alan Greenspan 24 Tom Brokaw 22 Mel Brooks 21 Pete Murray 21 Raul Castro +4 18 Vanessa Redgrave -2 16 Josef Fritzl -2 16 Pope Francis 15 Hans Blix 12 Imelda Marcos 07 James Whale -2 Eliminator Score: 15/20

11 November 31 Noam Chomsky 31 Jimmy Carter 30 Roberta Flack 29 Ted Turner 29 Sonny Rollins 29 Patricia Routledge +3 28 Linda Nolan  28 Dennis Skinner  28 Cleo Laine 27 Norman Tebbit 27 Joanne Woodward 26 Esther Rantzen 26 Stanley Baxter 25 Gene Hackman 25 Denis Law 24 Jean-Marie Le Pen 24 Pete Murray 24 Alan Greenspan 23 Vanessa Redgrave 23 Imelda Marcos 23 Sandy Gall  23 Dick Van Dyke 23 Raul Castro +1 22 Mel Brooks 21 Nigel Starmer-Smith -2 21 Tom Brokaw 19 James Whale -2 19 Hans Blix 16 Pope Francis 15 Josef Fritzl  14 Buzz Aldrin 9 Desmond Morris -2 9 Clint Eastwood 6 Brigitte Bardot 11/20 eliminated

10 November 29 Jimmy Carter 28 Noam Chomsky 26 Patricia Routledge +3 25 Jean-Marie Le Pen 25 Esther Rantzen 24 Linda Nolan  24 Joanne Woodward 23 Cleo Laine  23 Ted Turner 23 Stanley Baxter 23 Dick Van Dyke  23 Gene Hackman 23 Sonny Rollins 23 Raul Castro +1 22 Norman Tebbit  22 Alan Greenspan 22 Roberta Flack 22 Josef Fritzl 21 Imelda Marcos 21 Dennis Skinner  21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Pete Murray 21 Sandy Gall  20 James Whale 20 Tom Brokaw  20 Denis Law 20 Willie Nelson 20 Hans Blix  20 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Mel Brooks 18 Brigitte Bardot 18 Pope Francis 17 Desmond Morris -2 16 Buzz Aldrin 15 Robert Duvall -2 15 Sly Stone 15 Tom Baker  14 Prunella Scales -2 13 Daniel Barenboim 13 Clint Eastwood  11 Louis Farrakhan  08 Robert Wagner Eliminator score : 3/20

9 November 2024 23:20 22 Jimmy Carter 22 Stanley Baxter 21 Norman Tebbit 21 Tom Baker 21 Joanne Woodward 21 Dick van Dyke 21 Tom Brokaw 20 Pete Murray 21 Alan Greenspan 21 Pope Francis +1 20 Cleo Laine 20 Sandy Gall 20 Noam Chomsky 19 Robert Wagner -1 20 Mel Brooks 20 Dennis Skinner 20 James Whale 23 Patricia Routledge +2 20 Clint Eastwood 19 Vanessa Redgrave -1 19 Desmond Morris -1 20 Gene Hackman 20 Jean-Marie Le Pen 20 Denis Law 20 Hans Blix 20 Linda Nolan 19 Louis Farrakhan -1 20 Willie Nelson 20 Daniel Barenboim 20 Esther Rantzen 20 Roberta Flack 21 Raul Castro +1 20 Imelda Marcos 20 Ted Turner 20 Sonny Rollins 20 Sly Stone 18 Nigel Starmer-Smith -1 19 Dick Cheney 18 Prunella Scales -1 19 Robert Duvall 18 Brigitte Bardot 18 Buzz Aldrin 18 Julie Walters 16 Joe Bugner 16 Josef Fritzl 0/20

All the best, @arghton.

Carter

8/50 Glynis Johns Franz Beckenbauer Alice Munro Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart Ray Reardon James Earl Jones Alberto Fujimori

7/50 Glynis Johns Franz Beckenbauer Alice Munro Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart Ray Reardon James Earl Jones

Died just before the starting line. Replacing him with Jose Mujica.

A - Antonia Fraser B - Tom Brokaw C - Jimmy Carter D - Daniel Day-Lewis E - George Eastham F - Roberta Flack G - Gil Gerard H - Tippi Hedren I - Ion Iliescu J - Jose Mujica K - Rupert Keegan L - Denis Law M - Steve McMichael N - Noam Chomsky O - Yoko Ono P - Priscilla Pointer Q - Quincy Jones R - Esther Rantzen S - Sly Stone T - Ted Turner U - Bob Uecker V - Frankie Valli W - William H. Webster X - Xu Wenli Y - Yoji Yamada Z - Khaleda Zia

Recent article about Lesley Saweard: https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/people/star-of-the-archers-soap-is-now-a-talking-newspaper-volunteer-in-louth-at-age-of-90-4747311 She is now a talking newspaper volunteer. There's a picture on the article, looks ok to me.

Yoko Ono

Congrats ladyfiona!

Eino Grön's wife Marjatta Grön dead at 86.

I have had two additional hits since this post: Frank Field (F) and Gudrun Ure (U).

6/50 Glynis Johns Franz Beckenbauer Alice Munro Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart Ray Reardon

Sky obit.

Roberta Flack

5/50 Glynis Johns Franz Beckenbauer Alice Munro Shannen Doherty Bob Newhart

I'd play again.

4/50 Glynis Johns Franz Beckenbauer Alice Munro Shannen Doherty

Juhani Palmu dead at 79.

Juhani Palmu now receiving palliative care at home. He is dying from advanced COPD. He was hospitalized for almost two weeks during May and June.