Death Impends

Kaye then... it were previously noted that both of msc's subs died before any of his main team picks. I stand corrected, now that news has emerged Kaye Ballard died the day before Fairlie. He receives a base 15 points, plus 18 bonus points (unique bonus times Squares bonus) for a total of 33.

The deadline for entries has passed, but... I will be lenient in this case and still enter your daughter's list. Make sure to give it to me within the next 48 hours though. It'll be treated as if it were entered pre-deadline ie if Fairlie's on it, she gets points.

Seems roughly on par with Bela Lugosi in terms of ways not to end a film career

Five Andrew Fairlie selectees. msc the big winner of this hit as he cooks up 50 points for getting his second sub hit in record time - before anyone on his main team! Phantom of the Midway had him as first sub, for 25 points. gcreptile and CaptainChorizo both get 20 points. Skinny kiltrunner reverts to his unlucky trend of the lower-end names dying more quickly and gets 15 points.

Nearly everyone thought Andrew was Fairlie likely to die this year. Three teams failed to see the recipe for disaster headed in their direction, and are the first with points this year. =1. An Fear Beag 0 =1. Banana 0 =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. Book 0 =1. BuffaloPhil 0 =1. CaptainChorizo 0 =1. charon 0 =1. Clorox Bleachman 0 =1. deadsox 0 =1. Death Impends 0 =1. Dr_T 0 =1. drol 0 =1. En Passant 0 =1. FixedBusiness 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. GraveDanger 0 =1. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. JoeMoneypenny 0 =1. Joey Russ 0 =1. machotrouts 0 =1. manuel 0 =1. markb4 0 =1. Master Tech 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. Neobrakeon 0 =1. Newjack 0 =1. paddyfool 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Phantom of the Midway 0 =1. Philip 0 =1. QTips 0 =1. Sir Creep 0 =1. Skinny kiltrunner 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. The Mad Hatter 0 =1. The Old Crem 0 =1. The Quim Reaper 0 =1. The Unknown Man 0 =1. theoldlady 0 =1. Toast 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. Wormfarmer 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 45. nantonian2013 9 46. Bentrovato 10 47. msc 19

If the erudite beacon of journalistic integrity that is TruNews thinks the end is near, it must be dire. Tomorrow.

I mean in terms of forum popularity, as opposed to being on the list itself.

Bob Woodward, not the journalist but the founder of children's cancer charity CLIC, dead at 85. DDP pick.

RIP to one of the grand cult heroes of DeathList. Death can only be a relief at this point, those final months if not years looked a pretty miserable existence.

The man of infinite Sris and few functional organs, Shivakumara Swami, has died, and takes with him any flicker of possibility human immortality is a thing (though the deaths of Clive Dunn and Zsa Zsa pretty much destroyed that anyway). Despite forum legend status, the obit wasn't a clear cut thing, but 4 teams kept the faith with the decrepit guru and are rewarded with swift wires obits for Sri Sri. maryportfuncity had him perched atop his team and gets 50 points. theoldlady and John Key both pick up 45. Skinny kiltrunner gets more than 10 points from a hit for a change, and receives 30. We truly have a game going now... here be the next scoreboard: 1. Lord Fellatio Nelson 153 =2. gcreptile 70 =2. Sir Creep 70 4. Skinny kiltrunner 57 5. drol 55.5 6. Phantom of the Midway 50.5 7. maryportfuncity 50 =8. CaptainChorizo 45 =8. John Key 45 =8. theoldlady 45 11. nantonian2013 35 12. msc 25 13. YorkshireBanker 8.12 14. Sean 5 15. Prophet 1.58 16. markb4 1.05 17. the_engineer 0.5 =18. Everyone else 0

The world's oldest man, Masazo Nonaka, has died, giving YorkshireBanker his first hit. The second time this year where a team's first hit is a unique placed dead last on their team! 7 points come YB's way.

Kaylea Callacher, a pick for two DDP teams and another one of yer "inspiring" deathbed marriage names, dead.

Did a quick search on him - indeed looks like Elliot Field is living. Released an autobiography in 2014, and had a local news article on him the following year: https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2015/02/21/allene-anrthur-desert-deejay/23819803/ And a 2017 thread on a radio forum says he's "still alive".

STATS AND FACTS The Inverse Dead Pool has seen its most robust participation rate yet, with 47 teams entered (+11 compared to last year). Like last year, no name was unanimously picked or excluded (3 teams at worst, 46 teams at best). The names to come closest to being unanimous picks were the Donald and Her Maj, with the only team avoiding them msc's deliberate "take one for the team"! The people's choice for 2019 is as follows, sorted by overall points, but with the amount of teams to plump for them also included. The top four remains identical to last year (last year's #5, Angela Lansbury, narrowly missed out on being selectable again). Trump may well start keeping copies of Inverse Dead Pool stats in the Oval Office considering how popular he is here! Name Total Points Total # of Teams 1. Donald Trump 1048 46 2. Queen Elizabeth II 988 46 3. Paul Gascoigne 952 45 4. Dick Van Dyke 838 43 5. Linda Nolan 777 42 6. Billy Connolly 750 43 7. Jimmy Carter 649 42 8. Betty White 540 40 9. Terry Jones 535 38 10. Doris Day 526 39 11. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 512 36 12. Marieke Vervoort 448 35 13. Prunella Scales 419 33 14. Henry Kissinger 412 38 15. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 378 34 16. Bill Turnbull 361 28 17. Prince Philip 352 34 18. Olivia de Havilland 330 32 19. Valerie Harper 326 31 20. Jimmy Greaves 295 25 21. Olivia Newton-John 259 24 22. Michael Robinson 248 23 23. Greg Gilbert 235 25 24. Vera Lynn 227 24 25. June Brown 221 22 The people's choice for 2018, if an actual team, would have finished at =8th place with 36 points. Carol Channing would've been a big landmine had she lasted a few more days... which names out of the above will follow suit and shake up the scoreboard this year? On the flip side, few anticipate this lot making it through 2019: Name Total Points Total # of Teams 1. Kathleen Blanco 25 3 2. Andrew Fairlie 38 3 3. Andrew McGahan 40 4 4. Johnny Clegg 48 6 5. Jean-Louis Trintignant 49 6 6. Lee Kerslake 56 6 7. Fernando Ricksen 57 6 8. Herman Wouk 60 6 9. Nobby Stiles 67 10 10. Clive James 85 12 Though it is worth noting that only half of last year's bottom ten actually died. And two of the survivors of that (Vervoort and Gilbert) are on over half of this year's teams!

And the door for entries slams shut. machotrouts's team will be entered and the stats posted in a few hours time. Good luck to all, and my sincerest gratitude to Prince Philip for not dying in that car accident and sparing me another substitution nightmare!