Death Impends

A rare all-women batch for this past month of HPDPing. Only markb4 had Marsha Hunt on his (black)list to the score of 56 points (40 base + 16 bonus). This almost slipped through the cracks, but it turns out Queen Elizabeth II died a month back. I was able to find a snippet mentioning her death in a Corriere della Sera article, so the points are safe. A trio of teams take reign: 40 points for Famous6Eva, 25 for Pedro67, and a second sub hit worth 50 points for DevonDeathTrip. Another second sub is marked in this update with maryportfuncity seeing 50 points from classicist Joyce Reynolds going from epigraphs to epitaphs. The death of Native American activist and Brando stand-in Sacheen Littlefeather sees two birds of a feather flock together: 40 points for Salmon Mousse and 30 for John Key. Lastly, points on the way for An Fear Beag who mines a unique hit with Loretta Lynn. The unique Squares pick is worth 33 points in all (15 base + 18 bonus). The latest scoreboard sees the top three unchanged but a growing bottleneck beneath with Salmon Mousse and maryportfuncity joining in: 1. Book 360 2. Banana 300.81 3. gcreptile 293.81 4. Salmon Mousse 251 5. msc 250 6. drol 249 7. maryportfuncity 245 8. Perhaps 223 9. CaptainChorizo 222 10. markb4 220.99 11. Pedro67 212 12. DevonDeathTrip 208 13. theoldlady 163.82 14. Funeralopolis 161 15. Kenny 155 16. Annami 154 17. John Key 142.99 18. Torva Messor 129 =19. CalebH 123 =19. MariNisia 123 =21. Thatcher 106 =21. Toast 106 23. An Fear Beag 103.81 24. YoungWillz 102 25. six feet blunder 95 26. Doulton 92 =27. Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 =27. Valhalla One 73 29. Famous6Eva 68 30. YorkshireBanker 56 31. The Unknown Man 52 32. JoeMoneypenny 39 33. BabyBlue 35 34. Exu 32 =35. chilean way 25 =35. Gooseberry Crumble 25 =35. GuyFromFuture 25 38. Joey Russ 22 39. DeathByArsenic 15 40. The Old Crem 5.99 41. Hell 0.99 =42. Bibliogryphon 0 =42. Death Impends 0 =42. Dying Probably 0 =42. TheSpinosaurus 0 =42. time 0

Cleo Laine

Well done to CaptainChorizo for guessing Loretta Lynn. Thread closed.

Figures one of the Muppet Show guest stars would die while I'm in the middle of marathoning it.

The October hits have all been fascinating people thus far. I've probably jinxed it so the next five hits are cricketers!

Yes, picked by drunkasaskunk last year.

If they somehow dropped him 100% chance he'd be jinxed to death. Well what are you waiting for committee?

I'll update soon. Just Marsha Hunt, the Queen, and Joyce Reynolds this past month I think?

From a convo on living Plan 9 from Outer Space actors from five years ago: Carl Anthony Wuco was alive at the time of these posts, but died in 2021. However Gloria Dea is still alive and turned 100 this August. She was also the very first magician to perform in Vegas.

Just spotted Don Young is another who needs striking off.

Willie, is that you?

Now where will Mario get his invincibility?

Maarten Schmidt QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/maarten-schmidt-caltech-astronomer-changed-181946095.html

Maybe not, but we did get a Times obit for him: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbff20ae-3600-11ed-838f-27529d647dcb

Completely healthy 40 something (and not likely to generate DL convo the way world leaders do). Can stay locked for a good 30 years or so.