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My team has been submitted I've sent it via PM so I don't reveal my picks

Former Mets & Astros pitcher Jack DiLauro has died aged 81 He was on the Mets books for the 1969 World Series "Miracle Mets" season, pitching mostly relief during the season, but didn't play post-season. Moved to the Astros after where he played for a season (pitching relief) whereupon his major league career finished.

Its 22 years since the death of poet, singer, songwriter, humourist Jake Thackray, aged 64. This is from 1979.

no Cy Town no Arnold Yarrow

Former Soviet dissident Eduard Kuznetsov reportedly dead aged 85.

James Burke is 88 today. Popular science presenter, seemingly never off the box during the 70s.

Rickey Henderson dies aged 65. It might have been but now its been properly.

The father of Kneecap's Móglaí Bap has died (yesterday). Gearóid Ó Cairealláin suffered a stroke in 2006 which left him paralysed from the waist down; he died in hospital after a short illness. He was a staunch advpcate of the Irish language, overseeing the launch of the Irish language newspaper Lá. Kneecap play Belfast's SSE Arena tonight.

i360 has officially ceased operations; staff laid-off without pay. Merry Christmas.

Canadian actor Paul Maxwell died 33 years ago today aged 70; notably he played Steve Tanner, Elsie's ex-GI husband in Coronation Street who met his demise being pushed down a flight of stairs. He was also popular with Gerry Anderson, voicing Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5 and Captian Grey in Captain Scarlet, as well live action parts in UFO. On the big screen he appeared opposite Harrison Ford as antiquities collector 'Panama Hat' in The Last Crusade and also appeared on the West End stage in various productions.

Merrily Harpur, cartoonist primarily remembered for her Sunday Telegraph out put, but also featured in other broadsheets and magazines (Punch, The Spectator...) dead aged 76. she also published several books on so-called 'big cat' sightings.

FTFY

He did say at the time "my memory's bad..."

Aaahh you mean young Ritchii Kara, who is now middle-aged Ritchii Kara. Still living, and still loving life going by his SM posts!. Its over eleven years since he hit the headlines with only "months to live" (though to be fair, there was never a specific number of months mentioned). Actually scratch that last part, according to our local news reports, he was given 14 months in August 2012!

DDP updated for Steve Smith.

Hunter killed by bear falling on him. Group out hunting, bear tries to escape by climbing tree, one of the group shoots it, bear falls, lands on top of another of the group, killing him.

Actress Diane Delano, long list of credits over a 40 years career, reported dead aged 67, after a brief illness.

Has anyone got any idea how Bill Gates has become linked with Arla/Bovaer?

OK, bell-ends have been ditched in their entirety, my one faller from times-up has been replaced, and I've got 20 new names (for me) for a new times-2 team, who no doubt will all still be standing by the end of the year while half the bell-ends will be dust. Rons carry on for another year!

I only remember him making guest appearances on variety shows of the era; must have been big in the clubs!

Body found in the river in which Tom Voyce went missing.

You don't remember "Chase me!"?

Duncan Norvelle is a past DDP pick @Death Impends