Death Impends

Oh what a blight (Pay no mind to the song being after DeVito left the band for a moment...)

1920 - Bill Pitman, Mollie Lentaigne 1921 - Philippe de Gaulle, Francoise Gilot 1922 - George Blake, Qin Yi 1923 - Vic Seixas, Gloria Henry 1924 - Johnny Gilbert, Maria Riva 1925 - Mahathir Mohamad, June Lockhart 1926 - Robert Clary, Ann Turner Cook 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - Tommy DeVito, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles

Roy Head was the last survivor of my 2017 Deathrace team. Pretty sure it's my first DR entry to reach zero survivors.

It's funny how I thought I was a no hoper due to not picking Tom Smith, yet it seems to have been a wise call. But I also shot myself in the foot assuming Kerslake would be safe. My differentials are overall too stable for me to have much of a chance, but then, I've put a lot less thought into my team now that I've won, so I've exceeded personal expectations if anything.

That's a shame. Didn't think any of the mid-aughts meme animals were still around.

After weeks of quiet, the HPDP has been on fire in recent days. Or perhaps chilled, as a Blizzard (of Ozz) stormed through the scoreboard with the potentially crucial death of Uriah Heep/Ozzy Osbourne drummer Lee Kerslake. Nothing more exciting in the Hartlepool than three popular drummer hits, and Kerslake provides the third after Genesis P-Orridge and Frankie Banali. Eight Kerslake beneficiaries: 35 + 14 = 49 for The Quim Reaper. 30 + 12 = 42 for maryportfuncity, msc, and the_engineer. 25 + 10 = 35 for Prophet. And 25 sub points for drol, John Key, and Sir Creep. And here arrives the next scoreboard, with maryport nudging narrowly into the lead, all the more impressively given how Tom Belso sits without QO on his team - the only current LotLer in the entire game. The next few months will determine if Belso is more Michel Delpech or Carrie Hamilton... 1. maryportfuncity 308 2. YorkshireBanker 305 3. Book 266 4. drol 248 5. Clorox Bleachman 231 6. Toast 218 7. Sir Creep 215 8. RadGuy 214 9. msc 212 10. CaptainChorizo 208 11. gcreptile 200 12. Prophet 183 13. Banana 160 14. time 155 15. the_engineer 152 16. DeathByArsenic 151 17. The Old Crem 145 18. Pedro67 140.19 19. theoldlady 135 =20. Skinny kiltrunner 129 =20. The Unknown Man 129 =22. Exu 110 =22. Great Uncle Bulgaria 110 =22. Joey Russ 110 25. John Key 100 26. Etushispushingupdaisies 92 27. Sean 91 28. markb4 89 29. The Mad Hatter 86 30. Torva Messor 75 31. Death Impends 70 32. The Quim Reaper 64 =33. Bibliogryphon 63 =33. JoeMoneypenny 63 35. YoungWillz 28 36. Kinnock 21 37. DevonDeathTrip 0

Indeed, terrible timing to go so soon after Bill Gates Sr

Toss Lee Kerslake into the Heep. Only seven teams selected him, who now won't find it Easy Livin' in the terrain of the Inverse. Newly-minted frontrunner Quim Reaper remains unaffected. 1. The Quim Reaper 17 2. gcreptile 24 3. Grim Up North 31 =4. An Fear Bag 32 =4. drol 32 =4. Newjack 32 =7. Great Uncle Bulgaria 33 =7. Toast 33 9. Joey Russ 34 10. machotrouts 35 11. The Old Crem 36 12. Book 37 =13. Death Impends 38 =13. paddyfool 38 =15. Bibliogryphon 39 =15. Pedro67 39 17. deadsox 42 18. Sir Creep 44 =19. LizLemon 46 =19. Spade_Cooley 46 21. Torva Messor 48 22. CaptainChorizo 49 =23. BuffaloPhil 51 =23. The Dead Cow 51 =25. Mercarte 53 =25. YoungWillz 53 27. Clorox Bleachman 54 =28. Philip 55 =28. Skinny kiltrunner 55 30. theoldlady 67 31. Annami 68 32. grobler 72 33. Etushispushingupdaisies 94 34. Neobrakeon 96 35. The Unknown Man 120 36. msc 147

Unanimous verdict for Clorox Bleachman and Book to receive points off of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Only Clorox of the two appointed her to his main team so receives 25 base points and 10 unique bonus points for 35 in all, while Book receives 50 for courting a second sub hit. And fear not, at least in the HPDP Clorox and Book cannot McConnell another pick into their teams before the year is up!

Worth remembering that Ginsburg's first pancreatic cancer diagnosis happened while Obama was president and had control of the Senate. Pretty much a perfect opportunity to retire then and there. This complete clusterfuck could've been avoided entirely.

With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who could be more fucked than the American populace? 24 teams in the Inverse Dead Pool. But The Quim Reaper now reigns supreme, having notoriously eschewed RBG. 1. The Quim Reaper 17 2. gcreptile 24 3. Toast 26 4. The Old Crem 27 5. Death Impends 28 6. Joey Russ 29 7. Grim Up North 31 =8. An Fear Bag 32 =8. drol 32 =8. Newjack 32 11. Great Uncle Bulgaria 33 12. machotrouts 35 13. Book 37 14. paddyfool 38 =15. Bibliogryphon 39 =15. Pedro67 39 17. deadsox 42 18. Sir Creep 44 =19. LizLemon 46 =19. Spade_Cooley 46 21. Torva Messor 48 22. CaptainChorizo 49 =23. BuffaloPhil 51 =23. The Dead Cow 51 =25. Mercarte 53 =25. YoungWillz 53 27. Clorox Bleachman 54 =28. Philip 55 =28. Skinny kiltrunner 55 30. Annami 66 31. theoldlady 67 32. grobler 72 33. Neobrakeon 92 34. Etushispushingupdaisies 94 35. The Unknown Man 98 36. msc 147

BeretBleu was the only Ginsburg selectee. Well done. Thread closed.

It befits Stanley Crouch's contrarian streak that he'd be a unique hit here. Clorox picked him, and so his total is jazzed up by 35 base points plus 14 more for uniqueness, for 49 total.

arrowsmith and khscarymovie4 both correctly guessed Bill Gates Sr. Well done. Thread closed.