Death Impends

Yes, very sad, and well done to gc. I noticed the Twitter hiatus too... though would have waited a week or two more to make any decisions re picking her, had she lived that is.

Still think he makes the new year but doubt he gets close to the 15 months average lifespan for glioblastoma.

That's a shame, I assumed the last of the classic Looney Tunes names went with June Foray, so discovering Givens was a nice surprise. Reckon his death truly closes the door on that era now, but like Foray, a nice old age reached. RIP.

Might want to reread the thread title there

Will the cancer or the flowers in her lungs get her first?

Fare thee well Apostoli, bronze is good enough for me.

Of course Moore is acting up, given his character I'd be stunned if he conceded gracefully... Apparently the margins needed to allow for a recount need to be <.5% and Jones won by 1.5%.

This seat is up again in 2020, so the Dems will have it for another 3 years. It will certainly revert back to the norm come then but certainly a useful boost while they have it.

I thought before the votes were tallied that Moore would still eke out a win, even with the allegations, due to how ruby red Alabama is. Very pleasantly surprised, even if a race with a pedophile candidate should never be so close.

Had her as a B-team lock for next year... she came way closer to the new year than I would've thought at the time of picking her for this pool. UK actress and co-star to Elvis, so a QO should be here within hours.

That brings my Deathrace from this year down to just Kay Hagan and Roy Head. 18 deaths in under a year... and yet it'll be many years before another of those two die.

Might've been Charles Schulz for me. I also distinctly remember being told at school that Rosa Parks died. It was around the time of Steve Irwin's death I took a real interest in celeb deaths and first discovered DL around December 2006 - a vintage celeb death month to discover it. (three DL hits in Pinochet, Joe Barbera, and Ford and other notable deaths such as Peter Boyle, James Brown, and Saddam)

Was still on my main team shortlist at time of death, but if I'm being completely honest I think he would've ended up a B-team name had he made the new year. (oh, and Deathrace too, it was "timer's on" mode once he started using a nasal cannula)

My gut feeling is now that they've finally shattered the previous record, the DL will go more leisurely next year and not stock up on many terminal cases. Keeping Brackers and adding McCain/ONJ, maybe Tessa Jowell.

Down to about 45 names on my shortlist. The cuts get very difficult at this point... quite a few youngish likely deaths with risky obit chances in the mix. I'll inevitably punt on one or two but haven't been able to decide which, whereas I think I already settled on picking Julia Perez this time last year.

When I woke up and saw he died, I assumed this thread was started in response to his demise, to discuss the circumstances.

Ricksen a sure thing to appear IMO, he's the default "pick someone with MND" name now that Joost is gone.

More, higher quality, photos from that event here. Can still stand up with a walker (previously assumed from the Instagram pic that she was now wheelchair bound) but still looks very frail.

Jamie Farr, to continue the trend of M*A*S*H stars dying on NYE.

Third shortlist name to croak in the past week for me.

Be a good idea to make this its own thread if you're gonna make this recurring.

Shteinman yo-yos back into the ICU for the umpteenth time.

Even a DDP top 10 pick, for Buckets Of Blood. Not gonna be much of a scoreboard shuffler assuming he QOs, but they've done quite well for a team no one's really talked about. EDIT: Mail obit

That was one where only getting local QOs surprised me. One would've thought the death of a young advocate for the biggest political issue in the UK at the moment would get more coverage?

Have gotten the email as well.