Summer in Transylvania

Is there a QO yet? I have no doubt that one will arrive, but I haven't seen any thus far.

Carlo Maria Viganò was excommunicated in July.

Ursula Haverbeck reportedly dead at 96.

Former UTV political editor Ken Reid (Wiki) dead at 69.

Unfortunately, the game closed for entries when the first person on the list died, in this case Jack Burke on 19th January, but it's probably going to swing around again in the first week or so of next year, so feel free to join in then.

Thanks, all. 1924: Andrew Bruce / Priscilla Pointer 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: L. K. Advani / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ratna of Nepal 1929: Jamshid bin Abdullah / Betty Brosmer 1930: Ali Al-Sistani / Gladys West 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Katherine, Duchess of Kent

18/55. My personal record has now been broken.

IMDB says that Star Wars props master Bill Hargreaves died on 19th March 2024, in Bracknell, but I can't find anything to back this up.

Suffers a fall whilst boarding a train. The article also mentions a recent heart attack which requires him to take blood thinners.

13.11.24 33 Nigel Starmer-Smith 31 Esther Rantzen 31 Linda Nolan 31 Noam Chomsky 31 Joanne Woodward 30 Stanley Baxter 30 Roberta Flack 29 Norman Tebbit 29 Gene Hackman 28 Denis Law  28 Cleo Laine 28 Dick Van Dyke 27 Sandy Gall 27 Alan Greenspan 27 Pete Murray  26 Ted Turner 26 Patricia Routledge  26 Dennis Skinner  26 Jean-Marie Le Pen 26 Tom Brokaw 26 Jimmy Carter 25 Sonny Rollins  23 Mel Brooks  17 Hans Blix 16 Vanessa Redgrave -6 15 Josef Fritzl 07 Raul Castro +4 Eliminator Score: 18/20

Congratulations, WEP. 1924: Jimmy Carter / Priscilla Pointer 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: L. K. Advani / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ratna of Nepal 1929: Charles Dumont / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Gene Hackman / Gladys West 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Yoko Ono

Here's a picture that shows him more clearly. He's sat with Peter Prinsley, the current (Labour) MP for Bury St. Edmunds and Stowmarket.

12.11.24 31 Noam Chomsky 31 Jimmy Carter 30 Roberta Flack 30 Ted Turner 29 Sonny Rollins 29 Patricia Routledge 29 Norman Tebbit +2 29 Dennis Skinner +1 28 Cleo Laine 27 Joanne Woodward 27 Esther Rantzen 26 Stanley Baxter 26 Tom Brokaw +1 25 Linda Nolan 25 Gene Hackman 25 Raul Castro 25 Alan Greenspan 24 Denis Law 24 Jean-Marie Le Pen 24 Pete Murray  23 Vanessa Redgrave 23 Imelda Marcos 23 Sandy Gall  23 Dick Van Dyke 22 Mel Brooks 22 Nigel Starmer-Smith 20 Hans Blix 17 James Whale 17 Josef Fritzl  12 Pope Francis 10 Buzz Aldrin 09 Clint Eastwood 02 Desmond Morris -6 Eliminator Score: 12/20.

I saw him while walking around Bury St. Edmunds today. Nothing much to report, really, except that he was making use of a motorised wheelchair, but that may just be due to his age. Not that he's much in contention for it, but I wouldn't advise dropping him next year.

11.11.24 31 Roberta Flack 30 Noam Chomsky 29 Sonny Rollins 28 Joanne Woodward 28 Dennis Skinner +1 27 Norman Tebbit +2 26 Patricia Routledge 26 Esther Rantzen 25 Stanley Baxter 25 Ted Turner 24 Jean-Marie Le Pen 24 Linda Nolan  24 Cleo Laine 23 Tom Brokaw  23 Dick Van Dyke  23 Imelda Marcos 23 Raul Castro +1 22 Pete Murray 22 Alan Greenspan 22 Josef Fritzl  21 Vanessa Redgrave 21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Sandy Gall  21 James Whale 21 Gene Hackman 20 Denis Law 20 Hans Blix  20 Mel Brooks 20 Jimmy Carter 17 Pope Francis 15 Sly Stone  14 Brigitte Bardot 13 Buzz Aldrin 12 Desmond Morris -3 12 Clint Eastwood 11 Willie Nelson 10 Robert Duvall 06 Daniel Barenboim -3 06 Tom Baker 05 Prunella Scales Eliminator Score: 5/20.

Ella Jenkins is a hit for MariNisia. Congratulations. New Round: 1924: Jimmy Carter / Priscilla Pointer 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: L. K. Advani / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ratna of Nepal 1929: Charles Dumont / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Sonny Rollins / Joanne Woodward 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Yoko Ono

Judith Jamison dead at 81.

10.11.24 29 Jimmy Carter 28 Noam Chomsky 26 Patricia Routledge 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 23 Dennis Skinner +2 23 Norman Tebbit +1 22 Alan Greenspan 22 Roberta Flack 22 Josef Fritzl  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Pete Murray  21 Sandy Gall  21 Tom Brokaw +1 20 James Whale 20 Denis Law 20 Willie Nelson 20 Hans Blix  20 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Mel Brooks 18 Brigitte Bardot 18 Pope Francis 17 Desmond Morris 16 Buzz Aldrin 15 Robert Duvall 15 Sly Stone 15 Tom Baker  14 Prunella Scales 13 Clint Eastwood  12 Daniel Barenboim -1 11 Louis Farrakhan  03 Robert Wagner -5 Eliminator score : 3/20

Bobby Allison dead at 86.

@Book Jimmy Carter should be on 22 points, not 23. I have changed my own post accordingly.

09.11.2024 23 Patricia Routledge 22 Jimmy Carter 22 Stanley Baxter 22 Norman Tebbit +1 22 Raul Castro +1 21 Tom Baker  21 Joanne Woodward 21 Dick van Dyke 21 Alan Greenspan 21 Pope Francis  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Jean-Marie Le Pen 21 Dennis Skinner +1 20 Pete Murray 20 Cleo Laine  20 Sandy Gall 20 Noam Chomsky 20 Mel Brooks 20 James Whale 20 Clint Eastwood 20 Gene Hackman 20 Denis Law 20 Linda Nolan 20 Brigitte Bardot 20 Willie Nelson 20 Daniel Barenboim - 20 Esther Rantzen 20 Roberta Flack 20 Ted Turner 20 Sonny Rollins 20 Sly Stone 20 Tom Brokaw +1 19 Louis Farrakhan 19 Vanessa Redgrave 19 Desmond Morris 19 Hans Blix 19 Robert Duvall 18 Prunella Scales 18 Nigel Starmer-Smith  18 Buzz Aldrin 16 Robert Wagner -3 16 Joe Bugner 16 Josef Fritzl 16 Dick Cheney 15 Julie Walters -3 Eliminator Score: 0/20.

Hello There and Welcome, or Welcome Back to those returning, to the fourth round of the Crazy Eight Dead Pool!  This pool is a lot like the Midsummer and Advent pools in that every entrant may choose only one pick, but the winner will be he/she/they who predicts the Eighth death, not the first, so folks with only 24/48 hours to live may not be the best choice here. Credit for this pool's creation goes to GuyFromFuture, I am merely the host.  The Official Rules: 1. Entrants will have 24 hours to submit an entry, declared in this thread, as opposed to by PM. 1 entry per person. 2. Entries open on 19th August 2024 at 00:00 BST. First come, first served. 3. No two players can pick the same person. 4a. Banned picks include death row inmates (unless sentenced to death after being picked), FFBI, people under the age of 18, and all of the usual no-go areas. Death row inmates, FFBI, people under the age of 18, etc. are eligible to enter as a participant, however. 4b. I am aware that some pools class supercentenarians as FFBI, because they are famous solely due to their age, but that is not the case in this pool, and so they are perfectly eligible to be picked. 5. The QO standards remain fairly low, as long as they are definitely dead, and an obituary, as opposed to a death notice or a social media post, has been published, the hit will be counted. The only exception to this rule is, like last time, legacy.com remains a non-QO source. 6. For legal reasons, killing your or others' picks to speed up the pace of the game or to win is not advised. 7a. Hit placement is determined by date of death, as opposed to date of death announcement. However, in the instance that two entries die on the day of the eighth death, whichever death is reported first shall be counted first. 7b. In the case that a specific date of death cannot be determined, the date said death is announced shall take its place. 7c. James C. Floyd Memorial Closing of a Loophole: If a date of death cannot be established, but it is clear that the person in question died before the start of the game, the pick is disqualified and will not count as one of the eight hits. If this is discovered within the first week of the competition, I will allow the player to choose a new candidate, but after this point no such opportunity will be available. If anyone has any suggestions for additions/amendments to the rules, please feel free to say so. The same goes for any questions, should they be prompted. Hall of Fame: 2022-2023: MortalCaso (Ted Kaczynski). 2023: Yvonne (Joss Ackland). 2023-2024: The Daredevil (Alain Delon). Credit for the logo goes to Perhaps.

1924: Khamtai Siphandone / Priscilla Pointer 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: Thomas Noguchi / Micheline Bernardini 1928: Kim Yong-nam / Ratna of Nepal 1929: Charles Dumont / Betty Brosmer 1930: Sonny Rollins / Joanne Woodward 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Bernadette Chirac Congratulations, both of you.

Congratulations, Azrael. 1924: Andrew Bruce / Priscilla Pointer 1925: Dick Van Dyke / June Lockhart 1926: Abdoulaye Wade / Noreen Riols 1927: L. K. Advani / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Hazel Ascot 1929: Charles Dumont / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Ali Al-Sistani / Gladys West 1931: Norman Tebbit / Isabel Martinez de Peron 1932: Indarjit Singh / Antonia Fraser 1933: Alexander Mitta / Yoko Ono