The Unknown Man

F1 racing driver and DDP pick Niki Lauda has died aged 70.

Herman Wouk's death brings my hit total up to 3.

Herman Wouk's death finally gets me out of the zero.

I voted for Tina Turner as well.

I. M. Pei's death finally gives me my second hit after 5 months.

I voted for Bracknell (again).

I'm finally off the zero mark with Tim Conway now dead.

I voted for Leah Bracknell.

Ugh, It's been 5 months and still no hit for me. This is has been my driest DDP start since 2009. Will this be a dud year for me or can I still get a hit this year? Here's my self-analysis. George Alagiah: Stage IV bowel cancer returned last year, outside chance he could see next year. 60% John Andretti: Cancer returned recently, could still see 2020. 65% Leah Bracknell: Still hanging on, stage IV cancer slowly progressing. 50% Beth Chapman: Throat cancer returned last year, but she could easily sneak into the new year. 60% Kirk Douglas: Increasingly frail, wheelchair bound, nearing 103. 60% Jill Gascoine: Final stages of Alzheimer's for 3 years, no updates since then. 65% Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Cancer free after recent surgery. More likely to see next year. 25% Valerie Harper: No health updates I could find since 2017, hasn't appeared on TV or film recently. 45% Clive James: Recently had an operation. Frail and near 80. This could actually be the year he goes but I wouldn't get my hopes up too high. 50% Lee Kerslake: Supposedly a goner by the end of the summer, received Ozzy Osbourne's platinum discs back in February. 70% John McCririck: Supposed to be dead before the summer, but no health updates I could find since October. 65% Olivia Newton-John: Recently sold her ranch, breast cancer slowly progressing. 60% Javier Perez de Cuellar: Frail, wheelchair bound, prematurely reported dead last October. 60% Isabel Peron: No new updates I could find, but nearing 90. 45% Prince Philip: Retired from his duties two years ago, frail since his car accident in January. 75% Fernando Ricksen: ALS, in hospice for months, health getting worse, and looking worse. My only dead cert as of now. 100% Nobby Stiles: Frail and demented, and still hasn't gone. 50% Jean Louis-Trintignant: Prostate cancer very advanced, refusing treatment, more likely a goner late summer/early autumn. 75% Bill Turnbull: Prostate cancer slowly progressing. Could be more next year than this year. 40% Marieke Vervoort: Will she? Won't she? 40%

Dom DeLuise stopped acting on this day 10 years ago, aged 75.

Qualifying obit from the BBC.

Dead, according to TMZ.

Rick Rude was counted out on this day 20 years ago, aged 40.

Here is mine. 1. Alex Trebek 2. Javier Perez de Cuellar 3. Fernando Ricksen 4. Tom Seaver 5. Lee Kerslake 6. Valerie Harper 7. Leah Bracknell 8. Olivia de Havilland 9. Glynis Johns 10. Loretta Lynn 11. Herman Wouk 12. Kathleen Blanco 13. George Alagiah 14. Giorgio Napolitano 15. Sam Lloyd 16. Prince Philip 17. Doddie Weir 18. Tim Conway 19. Jean-Louis Trintignant 20. Bill Turnbull 21. Kirk Douglas Subs: 1. Bob Hawke 2. Gene Hackman 3. Jimmy Carter

His death has been confirmed by Showbiz411.