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Jesus man, his death was announced 10 hours ago. Give the obituary writers a bloody chance.

Nothing weird about it DI. They tend to make incredibly dull obituaries. Newspapers need to sell copies and survive.

According to a family tree on Ancestry, he died in 1985. Makes sense as his acting credits seems to have abruptly stopped that year.

I'd take this with a pinch of salt. TMZ are saying her toxicology reports have been delayed and could take several months yet.

From that article: "Arthur Chester Duncan was born in Pasadena, Calif., on Sept. 25, 1925. Most biographies say he was born in 1933, a mistake Mr. Duncan didn’t bother to correct. “He never wanted to discuss anything personal give you his real age so you lot wouldn't pick him in the DDP],” his wife said." Fixed it.

Hollywood reporter obit for Jean Veloz.

Walter Murgatroyd dead at 101.

Confirmation that Heinz Rafoth is still alive with a new photo in a 100th birthday report.

There's a death notice for Helmut Rasbol here.

Arthur Ravenel Jr. (wiki) dead at 95. 15 remaining in the States.

Guardian obit. That was quick!

Barely survived COVID-19 a couple of years back. 73 next month. Not looking good for him.

Never known you not to take a joke Willz. Don’t like to see you upset so sorry if I offended you.

There was me thinking you would have vivid memories of Queen Victoria dying?

Hollywood Reporter obit for Al Brown.

There are dozens of tributes on Facebook. Plus a death date which is handy – she died on 15th.

Your last theory makes the most sense to me. I never knew that was the name of his character. I think they meant to pick Jackie Chan.

Hilliard gets a Guardian obit.

Just for the sake of curiosity, using that archived link here are all the surviving picks from the 1998 DDP: Dick Van Dyke (b. 1925) David Attenborough (b. 1926) Clint Eastwood (b. 1930) Rupert Murdoch (b. 1931) Ray Reardon (b. 1932) Akihito (b. 1933) Dickie Bird (b. 1933) Michael Caine (b. 1933) Chris Bonington (b. 1934) Tom Baker (b. 1934) Barry Humphries (b. 1934) Woody Allen (b. 1935) 14th Dalai Lama (b. 1935) Ernest Saunders (b. 1935) Jacob Rothschild (b. 1936) Richard Wilson (b. 1936) Frank Ifield (b. 1937) Jack Nicholson (b. 1937) David Bailey (b. 1938) Arthur Scargill (b. 1938) Bob Dylan (b. 1941) Paul Simon (b. 1941) Willie Carson (b. 1942) Barry Manilow (b. 1943) Keith Richards (b. 1943) Geraldo Rivera (b. 1943) Gary Glitter (b. 1944) Jimmy Page (b. 1944) Anne Robinson (b. 1944) Kate Adie (b. 1945) José Carreras (b. 1946) Iggy Pop (b. 1947) Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) Gerry Adams (b. 1948) Christopher Biggins (b. 1948) Matthew Corbett (b. 1948) Richard Simmons (b. 1948) Steve Tyler (b. 1948) Martin Amis (b. 1949) Geoff Capes (b. 1949) Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949) Richard Branson (b. 1950) Russell Grant (b. 1951) Michael Barrymore (b. 1952) John Goodman (b. 1952) Mr. T (b. 1952) Janette Pink (b. 1952) <--- though granted, if she died, we may never know Kathy Lee Gifford (b. 1953) Gerry Kelly (b. 1953) John Travolta (b. 1954) Bill Gates (b. 1955) Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) Terry Nichols (b. 1955) Jo Brand (b. 1957) Julian Clary (b. 1959) Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1959) Prince Andrew (b. 1960) Holly Johnson (b. 1960) Greg Louganis (b. 1960) RuPaul (b. 1960) Harry Enfield (b. 1961) Jimmy Somerville (b. 1961) Karen Duffy (b. 1962) Eddie Izzard (b. 1962) Demi Moore (b. 1962) Carlos Sainz Sr. (b. 1962) Wesley Snipes (b. 1962) Tatum O'Neal (b. 1963) Nicolas Cage (b. 1964) Courtney Love (b. 1964) 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964) Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) Trent Reznor (b. 1965) Slash (b. 1965) Mike Tyson (b. 1966) Noel Gallagher (b. 1967) Paul Gascoigne (b. 1967) Julia Roberts (b. 1967) Paul Tracy (b. 1968) Puff Daddy (b. 1969) Michael Schumacher (b. 1969) Beck (b. 1970) Snoop Dogg (b. 1971) Liam Gallagher (b. 1972) Tori Spelling (b. 1973) Naseem Hamed (b. 1974) Alanis Morissette (b. 1974) Kate Moss (b. 1974) Robbie Williams (b. 1974) Drew Barrymore (b. 1975) Ralf Schumacher (b. 1975) Fiona Apple (b. 1977) Melissa Drexler (b. 1978) There's one name on there that I couldn't check. Who da fuck is "Kevin Chin"?

French hurdler Janine Magnin-Lamouche (wiki) died in November, aged 102.

Correct.

Well he won’t. Obvs.

“Qualifying obit” simply refers to entries of the Derby Dead Pool, which started decades ago. You have to set the bar somewhere otherwise the competition becomes unimaginative and rather pointless. As the name suggests, it started in the UK (like a lot of deadpooling historically) hence why the QOs list are all UK sources.