Death Impends

And that's me now making a tiny edit to the opening page before I hand it over to macho

Reaper takes archbishop, and many teams are no doubt chagrining this Yuletide surprise of the death of the great Desmond Tutu. Indeed, the highest-ranked teams to not pick him, BabyBlue and machotrouts, now rise to joint first, and it forces me to dust the cobwebs off the rulebook and see how to break a tie again! "If two or more teams are tied at the end of the year, the tie will first be decided by who has less hits." machotrouts has 5 hits (Walker, Lloyd, Harding, King, Philip) to BabyBlue's 2 (Bayh, Sang-chul). As stands, BabyBlue will win in an exciting end to my final hosted Inverse if the remnants of the year don't have another surprise in store. =1. BabyBlue 18 =1. machotrouts 18 3. Pedro67 19 4. drol 20 5. Sir Creep 23 =6. Grim Up North 28 =6. Sideik 28 8. Toast 29 =9. The Quim Reaper 30 =9. YorkshireBanker 30 11. deadsox 32 =12. Spade_Cooley 34 =12. The Old Crem 34 14. Bibliogryphon 35 15. Charles De Gaulle 36 =16. Annami 37 =16. Book 37 =16. JoeMoneypenny 37 =16. Perhaps 37 20. BuffaloPhil 39 21. gcreptile 40 =22. An Fear Beag 41 =22. Banana 41 =22. Great Uncle Bulgaria 41 25. Death Impends 46 =26. CaptainChorizo 47 =26. Funeralopolis 47 =26. ThereWillBeDeaths7 47 29. msc 49 =30. En Passant 50 =30. Newjack 50 32. theoldlady 57 33. Salmon Mousse 59 34. Joey Russ 60 35. YoungWillz 61 36. maryportfuncity 68 37. LizLemon 75 38. machotrouts' mum 81 39. GuyFromFuture 83 40. chilean way 86 41. The Unknown Man 93

Additionally - Biblio's team is the first time in my years running the HPDP that Angela Lansbury has been picked. So gobsmacked by it that I had to share!

All teams posted or PM-ed up to this point are now in the system A few queries for teams @chilean way and @TheSpinosaurus can still include another 2 subs and @Bibliogryphon 1 more sub. Additionally for Biblio his team is missing the #6 so at the moment he only has 9 names on his main team.

Was on my DDP subs bench so a bit of a bullet dodged!

OK I have all deadpools I planned to partake in submitted so will begin entering the info for HPDP teams PMed or otherwise tomorrow.

Submitted my main team after submitting the themes a week or so back. Weird feeling to have all the deadpool entries out of the way by Christmas rather than frenetically waiting until the final hours of the year!

Ray Anthony Bob Barker Lawrence Brooks (oldest living US WWII vet) Gary Burgess *JOKER* Frank Field Lloyd Geering David Graham (voice actor) Dan Lacey (pancake painter) Everett Lee Jerry Lee Lewis Boris Pahor Leslie Phillips Marita Camacho Quiros Vic Seixas Mervin Shiner Susie Steiner Kane Tanaka Joanne Woodward Milos Zeman Khaleda Zia SUBS Jimmy Carter James L. Buckley Francoise Gilot James Whale Superstar Billy Graham

Probably Gerhard Sommer (albeit he died a couple of years ago as revealed in October)

Antonio Inoki Art Rupe Bert I. Gordon Bill Pitman (Wrecking Crew guitarist) Bob Barker Carleton Carpenter Charley Trippi Ed Ames George Perez (comics) Harrison Ruffin Tyler (last surviving John Tyler grandson) Harry Yee (bartender) Jacques Delors Jake "The Snake" Roberts Janis Paige Jimmy Weldon (ventriloquist) Joe Krush (illustrator) Kane Tanaka Larry Storch *JOKER* Leslie Phillips Marsha Hunt (actress born 1917) Monty Norman Nehemiah Persoff Pele Robert Clary Superstar Billy Graham SUBS: Johnny Gilbert Mike Stoller Jerry Lee Lewis

Boris Pahor Art Rupe Joe Krush Nehemiah Persoff Bill Pitman Kenneth McAlpine Agnes Keleti Mervin Shiner Al Jaffee Michael A. Epstein Francoise Gilot Philippe de Gaulle Luis Echeverria Ray Anthony Yuri Averbakh

Masterlist of Teams Death Impends 50 Alexander Butterfield 45 Henry Kissinger 40 Alfred C. Baldwin III 35 Judy Hoback Miller 30 John Dean 25 Pat Buchanan 20 Hugh W. Sloan Jr. 15 Dwight Chapin 10 Donald Segretti 05 Gordon C. Strachan SUBS Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein Joey Russ 40 Rosalynn Carter 35 Bob Newhart 30 Yoko Ono 25 Betty Boothroyd 20 Raul Castro 15 Burt Bacharach 10 Bernard Cribbins 05 Shannen Doherty Doulton 50 Jean-Louis Trintignant 45 Ned Rorem 40 Robert Brustein 35 Shannen Doherty 30 Athol Fugard 25 Claes Oldenberg 20 Prunella Scales 15 Timothy West 10 Ronald Blythe 05 Jorie Graham SUBS Robert Clary Paul Simon markb4 50 Robert Durst 45 Marsha Hunt 40 Milos Zeman 35 Larry Storch 30 Linda Nolan 25 George Alagiah 20 James L. Buckley 15 Nehemiah Persoff 10 Bob Barker 05 Lee Adams SUBS Al Jaffee Henry Kissinger BONUS of 0.99 points for Betty White pre-New Year's death CalebH 50 Ion Iliescu 45 James Caan 40 Julie Newmar 35 Milos Zeman 30 Paula Stafford 25 Cissy Houston 20 Emerich Jenei 15 Frank Field 10 Edna O'Brien 05 Florin Piersic SUBS Mikhail Gorbachev Imelda Marcos Bibliogryphon 50 Bob Barker 45 June Lockhart 40 Tom Lehrer 35 Patricia Routledge 30 Pete Murray 25 June Spencer 20 Barbara Walters 15 Stanley Baxter 10 Angela Lansbury 05 Johnny Ball SUBS Alan Rothwell Sheila Hancock chilean way 50 Jimmy Carter 45 Henry Kissinger 40 Frank Field 35 Harry Belafonte 30 Jake "The Snake" Roberts 25 Noam Chomsky 20 Jerry Lee Lewis 15 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 10 Shannen Doherty 05 Leslie Phillips SUBS George Perez Leonor Oyarzun TheSpinosaurus 50 Alberto Fujimori 45 Stephen Stills 40 Jimmy Carter 35 Manmohan Singh 30 Christina Applegate 25 Edwin Meese 20 Milos Zeman 15 Bill Clinton 10 Radovan Karadzic 05 Jean-Pierre Jabouille SUBS Joachim Gauck Michael Parkinson YoungWillz 50 Frank Field 45 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 40 Norman Tebbit 35 Bernard Cribbins 30 Nigel Lawson 25 Jerry Lee Lewis 20 Douglas Hurd 15 Leslie Phillips 10 Norman Fowler 05 Roberta Flack SUBS Olivia Newton-John Linda Nolan Great Uncle Bulgaria 50 Frank Field 45 Gary Burgess 40 Clem Cattini 35 Linda Nolan 30 Brian Bennett 25 Leslie Phillips 20 Bob Barker 15 June Brown 10 Hugh Grundy 05 Mike Hugg SUBS Henry Kissinger Renata Scotto The Unknown Man 50 Frank Field 45 Shannen Doherty 40 Pele 35 Jimmy Carter 30 Tom Parker 25 Giorgio Napolitano 20 Linda Nolan 15 George Alagiah 10 Larry Pressler 05 Olivia Newton-John SUBS Milos Zeman Isabel Peron Funeralopolis 50 Frank Field 45 George Perez 40 Vic Elford 35 Alberto Fujimori 30 Norman Tebbit 25 Larry Storch 20 Pele 15 Francoise Hardy 10 Milos Zeman 05 Vincenzo Mollica SUBS Tom Weiskopf Glynis Johns BabyBlue 50 Bobby Vinton 45 Carlos Bilardo 40 Harriet Andersson 35 George Perez 30 Millicent Martin 25 Dr. Ruth Westheimer 20 Nino Benvenuti 15 Jackie Joseph 10 Liliana Cavani 05 Ismael Laguna SUBS Caterina Valente Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI theoldlady 50 Gary Burgess 45 Pele 40 Jerry Lee Lewis 35 Larry Pressler 30 Vic Elford 25 Susie Steiner 20 Shannen Doherty 15 Frank Field 10 Tom Parker 05 Willie Nelson SUBS Chris Rea Tom Weiskopf BONUS of 0.82 points for Harry Reid pre-New Year's death JoeMoneypenny 50 Lisa Lu 45 Shintaro Tsuji 40 Robert Kuok 35 Princess Mikasa 30 George Perez 25 Yang Chen-Ning 20 Kamini Kaushal 15 Lucille Soong 10 Chor Yuen 05 Tsai Chin SUBS Rebecca Pan Queen Sirikit Torva Messor 50 Milos Zeman 45 George Perez 40 Robert Durst 35 Frank Field 30 Henry Kissinger 25 Pele 20 Bill Hayes 15 Shannen Doherty 10 Janis Paige 05 Peter Marshall SUBS Joyce Randolph Francisco Morales Bermudez Famous6Eva 50 Ronnie Ralph 45 Queen Elizabeth II 40 Chasey Lain 35 Aleksandar Ristic 30 Joe Krush 25 Helen Merrill 20 Gail Halvorsen 15 Michael Gambon 10 Ania Kinski 05 Milan Kucan SUBS Milos Zeman Sinead O'Connor GuyFromFuture 50 Pele 45 Shannen Doherty 40 Alice Munro 35 Eleanor Collins 30 Inga Swenson 25 Dick Duff 20 Sid Krofft 15 Piper Laurie 10 Abdullah the Butcher 05 Phyllida Law SUBS Estelle Harris Rosey Grier msc 50 Peter Marshall 45 Jimmy Carter 40 Gary Burgess 35 Susie Steiner 30 Russell Bishop 25 Jana Bennett 20 George Perez 15 Ronnie Hellstrom 10 Frank Field 05 Vic Elford SUBS Tom Weiskopf Khaleda Zia time 50 Jean Marsh 45 Gerard Kennedy 40 Dickie Davies 35 Tsai Chin 30 Ian Smith 25 Russ Tamblyn 20 Wanda Ventham 15 Natasha Pyne 10 Aimi MacDonald 05 Terry Cox SUBS Gus Trikonis Barrie Rutter Toast 50 Frank Field 45 Piers Corbyn 40 Jimmy Carter 35 Jane Rossington 30 Leslie Phillips 25 Jean Marsh 20 Susie Steiner 15 Mary Quant 10 Russell Bishop 05 George Alagiah SUBS Sidney Poitier Beryl Vertue Goosberry Crumble 50 Bill Treacher 45 Don January 40 Wink Martindale 35 Shirley Porter 30 Jean Boht 25 Nanette Newman 20 Marty Wilde 15 Valerie Singleton 10 Ronnie Campbell 05 John Conteh SUBS Jill Knight Norman Jewison YorkshireBanker 50 Lynne Reid Banks 45 John Aniston 40 Nadia Cattouse 35 June Brown 30 Pele 25 Vilma Hollingbery 20 Phyllida Law 15 Rocky Colavito 10 Beryl Vertue 05 Renata Scotto SUBS Ram John Holder Linda Nolan The Old Crem 50 Jimmy Carter 45 Frank Field 40 Pele 35 Liza Minnelli 30 Milos Zeman 25 David Graham 20 Frankie Valli 15 Shannen Doherty 10 George Alagiah 05 Bill Turnbull SUBS Ted Kaczynski Dick Van Dyke BONUS of 0.99 points for Betty White pre-New Year's death Dying Probably 50 Jimmy Carter 45 Leslie Phillips 40 Josip Manolic 35 Henry Kissinger 30 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI 25 Yoko Ono 20 Bob Barker 15 Tony Bennett 10 Hazel McCallion 05 Jiang Zemin SUBS Aung San Suu Kyi Rita Tushingham John Key 50 Sacheen Littlefeather 45 Tom Smith 40 Ryan O'Neal 35 Henry Kissinger 30 Bill Turnbull 25 Anastasia Zavorotnyuk 20 Frank Field 15 Jean-Louis Trintignant 10 James Whale 05 Lata Mangeshkar SUBS Gary Burgess Khaleda Zia BONUS of 0.99 points for Betty White pre-New Year's death drol 50 Gary Burgess 45 Susie Steiner 40 George Perez 35 James Whale 30 Tom Smith 25 George Alagiah 20 Vic Elford 15 Pele 10 John Gwynne 05 John Harvey SUBS Robert Durst Tim Bilton gcreptile 50 Gary Burgess 45 Israel Dresner 40 Vicky Phelan 35 Russell Bishop 30 Julia Reichert 25 Pau Riba 20 George Perez 15 Luis Garavito 10 Gianluca Vialli 05 Phil Read SUBS Nigel Starmer-Smith Susie Steiner BONUS of 0.81 points for Billy Turner pre-New Year's death Hell 50 Frank Field 45 Leslie Phillips 40 Jacques Delors 35 Henry Kissinger 30 Josip Manolic 25 Yoko Ono 20 Imelda Marcos 15 Jimmy Carter 10 Rosalynn Carter 05 Shannen Doherty SUBS Iris Apfel Alan Greenspan BONUS of 0.99 points for Betty White pre-New Year's death Salmon Mousse 50 Russell Bishop 45 Gary Burgess 40 Frank Field 35 George Perez 30 Mustafa Kayirici 25 Sacheen Littlefeather 20 Pele 15 Robert Durst 10 George Alagiah 05 Jimmy Carter SUBS Larry Pressler Bob Barker Pedro67 50 Gary Burgess 45 Francoise Gilot 40 Charles McGee 35 Eva Marie Saint 30 Jimmy Carter 25 Billy Bingham 20 Pele 15 Mike Yarwood 10 Olivia Newton-John 05 Queen Elizabeth II SUBS Doyle Brunson Roy Hattersley Thatcher 50 Pele 45 Vic Elford 40 Leslie Phillips 35 George Perez 30 Shannen Doherty 25 Frank Field 20 Jimmy Carter 15 Linda Nolan 10 Frankie Valli 05 Mikhail Gorbachev SUBS Jacques Delors Queen Sirikit Perhaps 50 Dan Lacey 45 Frank Field 40 Gary Burgess 35 George Perez 30 Susie Steiner 25 George Alagiah 20 Vicky Phelan 15 Vic Elford 10 Tom Parker 05 Princess Mikasa SUBS Boris Pahor Monica Vitti An Fear Beag 50 Frank Field 45 Gary Burgess 40 Vicky Phelan 35 Leslie Phillips 30 Pete Murray 25 Jimmy Carter 20 Linda Nolan 15 Bob Barker 10 Loretta Lynn 05 Shannen Doherty SUBS Tom Smith Nick Hitchon BONUS of 0.81 points for Billy Turner pre-New Year's death Exu 50 Nigel Starmer-Smith 45 George Alagiah 40 Pele 35 Milos Zeman 30 Dino Sani 25 Doddie Weir 20 James Whale 15 Shannen Doherty 10 Leslie Phillips 05 June Brown SUBS Jimmy Carter Tom Smith MariNisia 50 Frank Field 45 Pele 40 Bill Turnbull 35 Jana Bennett 30 Jean-Louis Trintignant 25 Larry Pressler 20 Sidney Poitier 15 Jimmy Carter 10 George Perez 05 Rose Tremain SUBS Joanne Woodward O. J. Brigance maryportfuncity 50 Russell Bishop 45 Bob Barker 40 Gary Burgess 35 Vicky Phelan 30 Frank Field 25 Susie Steiner 20 Clare Marx 15 Pele 10 Kane Tanaka 05 Rob Burrow SUBS Jean-Louis Trintignant Joyce Reynolds CaptainChorizo 50 Frank Field 45 Gary Burgess 40 Russell Bishop 35 Susie Steiner 30 George Perez 25 Vic Elford 20 Nigel Starmer-Smith 15 Leslie Phillips 10 Parnelli Jones 05 Willie Mays SUBS Larry Pressler Jerry Lee Lewis Book 50 Igor Bogdanov - Unique 45 Gary Burgess 40 Russell Bishop 35 Natalie Kwadrans 30 Robert Durst 25 Mustafa Kayirici 20 Susie Steiner 15 Frank Field 10 David Graham 05 Joe Kinnear SUBS George Perez Pele BONUS of 0.81 points for Billy Turner pre-New Year's death BONUS of 0.19 points for Igor Bogdanov COVID death Annami 50 Frank Field 45 Gary Burgess 40 Khaleda Zia 35 Jimmy Carter 30 Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia 25 Susie Steiner 20 Linda Nolan 15 Joe Exotic 10 Shannen Doherty 05 Jean-Louis Trintignant SUBS Boris Pahor Martti Ahtisaari Valhalla One 50 Tom Weiskopf 45 Jimmy Carter 40 Pele 35 Yoko Ono 30 George Alagiah 25 Frank Field 20 Ted Kaczynski 15 Bob Barker 10 George Perez 05 Henry Kissinger SUBS Dick Van Dyke Dick Vitale Kenny 50 Frank Field 45 Russell Bishop 40 Tim Bilton 35 Gary Burgess 30 Deborah James 25 Alan Pieper 20 Joe Exotic 15 George Alagiah 10 Christy Dignam 05 Janey Godley SUBS Linda Nolan Shannen Doherty six feet blunder 50 Boris Pahor 45 Leslie Phillips 40 Cleo Laine 35 Glenda Jackson 30 Pele 25 Shannen Doherty 20 Michael Caine 15 Patricia Routledge 10 Virginia McKenna 05 Henry Kissinger SUBS Bamber Gascoigne Imelda Marcos DevonDeathTrip 50 Francis Jackson 45 Dolores Hart 40 Catherine Wybourne 35 Lazarus el Anthony 30 Amar Bharati 25 Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama 20 Neil Horan 15 Fethullah Gulen 10 Raoni Metuktire 05 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI SUBS Norma Waterson Queen Elizabeth II Banana 50 Frank Field 45 Gary Burgess 40 Russell Bishop 35 Isabel Torres 30 Susie Steiner 25 Vic Elford 20 Julia Reichert 15 George Perez 10 Israel Dresner 05 Vicky Phelan SUBS Jean-Louis Trintignant Pele BONUS of 0.81 points for Billy Turner pre-New Year's death DeathByArsenic 50 Jacques Delors 45 Joe Rogan 40 Rachid Mekhloufi 35 Frank Field 30 Yvonne Furneaux 25 Helene Langevin-Joliot 20 Bernadette Chirac 15 Jean-Louis Trintignant 10 Alberto Fujimori 05 Leslie Caron SUBS Milos Zeman Camila Mendes

Masterlist of Picks Abdullah the Butcher - GuyFromFuture Lee Adams - markb4 Martti Ahtisaari - Annami SUB George Alagiah - drol, Exu, Kenny, markb4, Perhaps, Salmon Mousse, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man, Toast, Valhalla One Harriet Andersson - BabyBlue John Aniston - YorkshireBanker Iris Apfel - Hell SUB Christina Applegate - TheSpinosaurus Aung San Suu Kyi - Dying Probably SUB Burt Bacharach - Joey Russ Alfred C. Baldwin III - Death Impends Johnny Ball - Bibliogryphon Lynne Reid Banks - YorkshireBanker Bob Barker - An Fear Beag, Bibliogryphon, Dying Probably, Great Uncle Bulgaria, markb4, maryportfuncity, Salmon Mousse SUB, Valhalla One Stanley Baxter - Bibliogryphon Harry Belafonte - chilean way Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI - BabyBlue SUB, chilean way, DevonDeathTrip, Dying Probably, YoungWillz Nino Benvenuti - BabyBlue Brian Bennett - Great Uncle Bulgaria Jana Bennett - MariNisia, msc Tony Bennett - Dying Probably Carl Bernstein - Death Impends SUB Amar Bharati - DevonDeathTrip Carlos Bilardo - BabyBlue Tim Bilton - drol SUB, Kenny Billy Bingham - Pedro67 Russell Bishop - Banana, Book, CaptainChorizo, gcreptile, Kenny, maryportfuncity, msc, Salmon Mousse, Toast Ronald Blythe - Doulton Igor Bogdanov (died January 3) - Book Jean Boht - Gooseberry Crumble Betty Boothroyd - Joey Russ O. J. Brigance - MariNisia SUB June Brown - Exu, Great Uncle Bulgaria, YorkshireBanker Doyle Brunson - Pedro67 SUB Robert Brustein - Doulton Pat Buchanan - Death Impends James L. Buckley - markb4 Gary Burgess (died January 1) - An Fear Beag, Annami, Banana, Book, CaptainChorizo, drol, gcreptile, Great Uncle Bulgaria, John Key SUB, Kenny, maryportfuncity, Pedro67, Perhaps, msc, Salmon Mousse, theoldlady Rob Burrow - maryportfuncity Alexander Butterfield - Death Impends James Caan - CalebH Michael Caine - six feet blunder Ronnie Campbell - Gooseberry Crumble Leslie Caron - DeathByArsenic Jimmy Carter - Annami, An Fear Beag, chilean way, Dying Probably, Exu SUB, Hell, MariNisia, msc, Pedro67, Salmon Mousse, Thatcher, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man, TheSpinosaurus, Toast, Valhalla One Rosalynn Carter - Hell, Joey Russ Raul Castro - Joey Russ Clem Cattini - Great Uncle Bulgaria Nadia Cattouse - YorkshireBanker Liliana Cavani - BabyBlue Dwight Chapin - Death Impends Yang Chen-Ning - JoeMoneypenny Tsai Chin - JoeMoneypenny, time Bernadette Chirac - DeathByArsenic Noam Chomsky - chilean way Robert Clary - Doulton SUB Bill Clinton - TheSpinosaurus Rocky Colavito - YorkshireBanker Eleanor Collins - GuyFromFuture John Conteh - Gooseberry Crumble Piers Corbyn - Toast Terry Cox - time Bernard Cribbins - Joey Russ, YoungWillz Dickie Davies - time John Dean - Death Impends Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia - Annami Jacques Delors - DeathByArsenic, Hell, Thatcher SUB Christy Dignam - Kenny Shannen Doherty - Annami, An Fear Beag, chilean way, Doulton, Exu, GuyFromFuture, Hell, Joey Russ, Kenny SUB, six feet blunder, Thatcher, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man, theoldlady, Torva Messor Israel Dresner - Banana, gcreptile Dick Duff - GuyFromFuture Robert Durst - Book, drol SUB, markb4, Salmon Mousse, Torva Messor Dick Van Dyke - The Old Crem SUB Lazarus el Anthony - DevonDeathTrip Vic Elford - Banana, CaptainChorizo, drol, Funeralopolis, Perhaps, Thatcher, theoldlady, msc Queen Elizabeth II - DevonDeathTrip, Famous6Eva, Pedro67 Joe Exotic - Annami, Kenny Frank Field - Annami, An Fear Beag, Banana, Book, CalebH, CaptainChorizo, chilean way, DeathByArsenic, Funeralopolis, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Hell, John Key, Kenny, MariNisia, maryportfuncity, msc, Perhaps, Salmon Mousse, Thatcher, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man, theoldlady, Toast, Torva Messor, Valhalla One, YoungWillz Roberta Flack - YoungWillz Norman Fowler - YoungWillz Athol Fugard - Doulton Alberto Fujimori - DeathByArsenic, Funeralopolis, TheSpinosaurus Yvonne Furneaux - DeathByArsenic Michael Gambon - Famous6Eva Luis Garavito - gcreptile Bamber Gascoigne - six feet blunder SUB Joachim Gauck - TheSpinosaurus SUB Francoise Gilot - Pedro67 Janey Godley - Kenny Mikhail Gorbachev - CalebH SUB, Thatcher David Graham - Book, The Old Crem Jorie Graham - Doulton Alan Greenspan - Hell SUB Rosey Grier - GuyFromFuture SUB Hugh Grundy - Great Uncle Bulgaria Fethullah Gulen - DevonDeathTrip John Gwynne - drol Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama - DevonDeathTrip Gail Halvorsen - Famous6Eva Sheila Hancock - Bibliogryphon SUB Francoise Hardy - Funeralopolis Estelle Harris - GuyFromFuture SUB John Harvey - drol Dolores Hart - DevonDeathTrip Roy Hattersley - Pedro67 SUB Bill Hayes - Torva Messor Ronnie Hellstrom - msc Nick Hitchon - An Fear Beag SUB Ram John Holder - YorkshireBanker SUB Vilma Hollingbery - YorkshireBanker Neil Horan - DevonDeathTrip Cissy Houston - CalebH Mike Hugg - Great Uncle Bulgaria Marsha Hunt - markb4 Douglas Hurd - YoungWillz Ion Iliescu - CalebH Jean-Pierre Jabouille - TheSpinosaurus Francis Jackson - DevonDeathTrip Glenda Jackson - six feet blunder Al Jaffee - markb4 SUB Deborah James - Kenny Don January - Gooseberry Crumble Emerich Jenei - CalebH Norman Jewison - Gooseberry Crumble SUB Glynis Johns - Funeralopolis SUB Parnelli Jones - CaptainChorizo Jackie Joseph - BabyBlue Ted Kaczynski - The Old Crem SUB, Valhalla One Radovan Karadzic - TheSpinosaurus Kamini Kaushal - JoeMoneypenny Mustafa Kayirici - Book, Salmon Mousse Gerard Kennedy - time Joe Kinnear - Book Ania Kinski - Famous6Eva Henry Kissinger - chilean way, Death Impends, Dying Probably, Great Uncle Bulgaria SUB, Hell, John Key, markb4 SUB, six feet blunder, Torva Messor, Valhalla One Jill Knight - Gooseberry Crumble SUB Sid Krofft - GuyFromFuture Joe Krush - Famous6Eva Milan Kucan - Famous6Eva Robert Kuok - JoeMoneypenny Natalie Kwadrans - Book Dan Lacey - Perhaps Ismael Laguna - BabyBlue Chasey Lain - Famous6Eva Cleo Laine - six feet blunder Helene Langevin-Joliot - DeathByArsenic Angela Lansbury - Bibliogryphon Piper Laurie - GuyFromFuture Phyllida Law - GuyFromFuture, YorkshireBanker Nigel Lawson - YoungWillz Tom Lehrer - Bibliogryphon Jerry Lee Lewis - CaptainChorizo SUB, chilean way, theoldlady, YoungWillz Sacheen Littlefeather - John Key, Salmon Mousse June Lockhart - Bibliogryphon Lisa Lu - JoeMoneypenny Loretta Lynn - An Fear Beag Aimi MacDonald - time Lata Mangeshkar - John Key Josip Manolic - Dying Probably, Hell Imelda Marcos - CalebH SUB, Hell, six feet blunder SUB Jean Marsh - time, Toast Peter Marshall - msc, Torva Messor Millicent Martin - BabyBlue Wink Martindale - Gooseberry Crumble Clare Marx - maryportfuncity Willie Mays - CaptainChorizo Hazel McCallion - Dying Probably Virginia McKenna - six feet blunder Charles McGee - Pedro67 Edwin Meese - TheSpinosaurus Rachid Mekhloufi - DeathByArsenic Camila Mendes - DeathByArsenic SUB Helen Merrill - Famous6Eva Princess Mikasa - JoeMoneypenny, Perhaps Judy Hoback Miller - Death Impends Liza Minnelli - The Old Crem Vincenzo Mollica - Funeralopolis Francisco Morales Bermudez - Torva Messor SUB Alice Munro - GuyFromFuture Pete Murray - An Fear Beag, Bibliogryphon Giorgio Napolitano - The Unknown Man Willie Nelson - theoldlady Bob Newhart - Joey Russ Nanette Newman - Gooseberry Crumble Julie Newmar - CalebH Olivia Newton-John - Pedro67, The Unknown Man, YoungWillz SUB Linda Nolan - Annami, An Fear Beag, markb4, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Kenny SUB, Thatcher, The Unknown Man, YorkshireBanker SUB, YoungWillz SUB Edna O'Brien - CalebH Sinead O'Connor - Famous6Eva SUB Claes Oldenberg - Doulton Ryan O'Neal - John Key Yoko Ono - Dying Probably, Hell, Joey Russ, Valhalla One Leonor Oyarzun - chilean way SUB Boris Pahor - Annami SUB, Perhaps SUB, six feet blunder Janis Paige - Torva Messor Rebecca Pan - JoeMoneypenny SUB Tom Parker - Perhaps, The Unknown Man, theoldlady Michael Parkinson - TheSpinosaurus SUB Pele - Banana SUB, Book SUB, drol, Exu, Funeralopolis, GuyFromFuture, MariNisia, maryportfuncity, Pedro67, Salmon Mousse, six feet blunder, Thatcher, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man, theoldlady, Torva Messor, Valhalla One, YorkshireBanker George Perez - BabyBlue, Banana, Book SUB, CaptainChorizo, chilean way SUB, drol, Funeralopolis, gcreptile, JoeMoneypenny, MariNisia, msc, Perhaps, Salmon Mousse, Thatcher, Torva Messor, Valhalla One Isabel Peron - The Unknown Man SUB Nehemiah Persoff - markb4 Vicky Phelan - An Fear Beag, Banana, gcreptile, maryportfuncity, Perhaps Leslie Phillips - An Fear Beag, CaptainChorizo, chilean way, Dying Probably, Exu, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Hell, six feet blunder, Thatcher, Toast, YoungWillz Alan Pieper - Kenny Florin Piersic - CalebH Sidney Poitier - MariNisia, Toast SUB Shirley Porter - Gooseberry Crumble Larry Pressler - CaptainChorizo SUB, MariNisia, Salmon Mousse SUB, The Unknown Man, theoldlady Natasha Pyne - time Mary Quant - Toast Ronnie Ralph - Famous6Eva Joyce Randolph - Torva Messor SUB Raoni Metuktire - DevonDeathTrip Chris Rea - theoldlady SUB Phil Read - gcreptile Julia Reichert - Banana, gcreptile Joyce Reynolds - maryportfuncity SUB Pau Riba - gcreptile Aleksandar Ristic - Famous6Eva Jake "The Snake" Roberts - chilean way Joe Rogan - DeathByArsenic Ned Rorem - Doulton Jane Rossington - Toast Alan Rothwell - Bibliogryphon SUB Patricia Routledge - Bibliogryphon, six feet blunder Barrie Rutter - time SUB Eva Marie Saint - Pedro67 Dino Sani - Exu Prunella Scales - Doulton Renata Scotto - Great Uncle Bulgaria SUB, YorkshireBanker Donald Segretti - Death Impends Paul Simon - Doulton SUB Manmohan Singh - TheSpinosaurus Valerie Singleton - Gooseberry Crumble Queen Sirikit - JoeMoneypenny SUB, Thatcher SUB Hugh W. Sloan Jr. - Death Impends Ian Smith - time Tom Smith - An Fear Beag SUB, drol, Exu SUB, John Key Lucille Soong - JoeMoneypenny June Spencer - Bibliogryphon Paula Stafford - CalebH Nigel Starmer-Smith - CaptainChorizo, Exu, gcreptile SUB Susie Steiner - Annami, Banana, Book, CaptainChorizo, drol, gcreptile SUB, maryportfuncity, msc, Perhaps, theoldlady, Toast Stephen Stills - TheSpinosaurus Larry Storch - markb4, Funeralopolis Gordon C. Strachan - Death Impends Inga Swenson - GuyFromFuture Russ Tamblyn - time Kane Tanaka - maryportfuncity Norman Tebbit - Funeralopolis, YoungWillz Isabel Torres - Banana Bill Treacher - Gooseberry Crumble Rose Tremain - MariNisia Gus Trikonis - time SUB Jean-Louis Trintignant - Annami, Banana SUB, DeathByArsenic, Doulton, John Key, MariNisia, maryportfuncity SUB Shintaro Tsuji - JoeMoneypenny Bill Turnbull - John Key, MariNisia, The Old Crem Rita Tushingham - Dying Probably SUB Caterina Valente - BabyBlue SUB Frankie Valli - Thatcher, The Old Crem Dick Van Dyke - The Old Crem SUB, Valhalla One SUB Wanda Ventham - time Beryl Vertue - Toast SUB, YorkshireBanker Gianluca Vialli - gcreptile Bobby Vinton - BabyBlue Dick Vitale - Valhalla One SUB Monica Vitti - Perhaps SUB Barbara Walters - Bibliogryphon Norma Waterson - DevonDeathTrip SUB Doddie Weir - Exu Tom Weiskopf - Funeralopolis SUB, msc SUB, theoldlady SUB, Valhalla One Timothy West - Doulton Dr. Ruth Westheimer - BabyBlue James Whale - drol, Exu, John Key Marty Wilde - Gooseberry Crumble Bob Woodward - Death Impends SUB Joanne Woodward - MariNisia SUB Catherine Wybourne - DevonDeathTrip Mike Yarwood - Pedro67 Chor Yuen - JoeMoneypenny Anastasia Zavorotnyuk - John Key Milos Zeman - CalebH, DeathByArsenic SUB, Exu, Famous6Eva SUB, Funeralopolis, markb4, The Old Crem, The Unknown Man SUB, TheSpinosaurus, Torva Messor Jiang Zemin - Dying Probably Khaleda Zia - Annami, John Key SUB, msc SUB

He does. In a more reduced capacity than before due to his age and the pandemic (nowadays they typically have other staff serve as announcer onstage, then he records over the lines from home), but he still sounds fantastic.

Also Arthur Smith from the same BBC sports deaths article as Leslie Brown.

Mustafa Ben Halim died earlier this month

1921 - Al Jaffee, Francoise Gilot 1922 - Ray Anthony, Jacqueline White 1923 - David Oreck, Judith Hemmendinger 1924 - Wally Fawkes, Joyce Randolph 1925 - Bill Hayes, Adele Springsteen 1926 - Robert Clary, Marilyn Hagerty 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - CW McCall, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles 1930 - Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold

The information is too vague as is to make concrete rulings, and at this point we can't really have full committee rulings on these competitive picks with two of us still waiting to enter our team. For the former, I would generally think that it hinges on them having some sort of record of their professional art career (with coverage independent of their relationship to X), whereas the latter hinges on what the appearance was exactly (ie we've rejected the chap who appeared on one episode of a dating reality TV show this year, but I suppose if it's in a proper acting role, it might be allowable?). So yeah in case they don't pass muster make sure to have subs that are unambiguously famous enough.

It's an across the board midnight UK time regardless of where the participant is playing. IE my Joisey goil self is five hours behind UK time in my time zone and so my own entry deadline is 7 PM (although given co-host status TJS will be in far earlier than usual!). Staff meeting has been held wrt the grace period and it goes until noon UK time but to be clear it's entirely at the committee discretion. To be blunt if you've submitted past the midnight deadline do NOT expect the hosts to grant leeway, especially if you play competitively as we don't want some sod taking advantage of 5 random celebs announcing hospice at 1AM UK time!!!

As linked to in my opening post, there is a rules section that contains links to the email address which teams are sent to, in addition to the Excel spreadsheet which it's recommended to use for assembling a team. Yes, the deadline is 23:59 GMT on December 31. TBH need a committee meeting to discuss the grace period Joey mentioned as I don't remember for sure how long it lasts! Perhaps not super surprising with the context of you resuming regular posting status, but great news to hear!

I went ahead and removed her from the page just now, going to be a groove I'll have to get used to soon after all Brown, let's wait until his points are in the system in a week or so once Reptile's back.

Leslie Brown for one

¡Aquí tiene su nuevo nombre, señor Creep! Pues, señor Cunto ahora.

Yeah it's a bit weird seeing one of the DDP's most reliable noses for who makes the D40 suggest as a D40 lock someone who, even if alive, will be on 0 teams in 2022.

1921 - Al Jaffee, Francoise Gilot 1922 - Ray Anthony, Jacqueline White 1923 - David Oreck, Judith Hemmendinger 1924 - Wally Fawkes, Joyce Randolph 1925 - Bill Hayes, Adele Springsteen 1926 - Robert Clary, Marilyn Hagerty 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - CW McCall, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles 1930 - Jasper Johns, Faith Ringgold