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I was just wondering what if one of his loved ones were to google his name and find me betting on his death. I don't want or mean to be disrespectful. But I just think deadpooling its an interesting and strategically stimulating game. Can I not question things??? GEEEZ!

Boo fucking hoo..... at least he wasn't a cancer research campaigner. Then we could all actually feel bad about "predicting their demise". That's been part of the DDP (or at least part of it for the "winners") for a few years now (*vaguely motions in "our" champion's direction*). But you feel bad about some rapper despite that? If you had said "The rise of radical, frothing-at-the-mouth fundamentalism all around the world, while we live with the delusion that it is only limited to about a dozen guys tooling around a small part of Iraq in a couple of Toyota pick-ups, makes me feel stupid for sitting here playing this game, or any other game for that matter" I might have agreed. K.....

That was a sad one. All those photos of his family/friends laying in bed with him make me kind of rethink playing this game.. Sucks when any young person dies.

Office Depot were acquired by OfficeMax last year, although the article states that it was the other way round. Not sure why they decided to keep trading under the name of OfficeMax and close the Office Depot stores. I don't know where you live but we have Office Depots in Kentuckiana.

Gobbled up by the giant stapler... Staples is to acquire Office Depot. Whenever I needed labels or protest flyers printed, I would go to Office Depot. Sad loss. RIP Office Depot 1986-2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/02/04/staples-to-acquire-office-depot/

Golfer Charlie Sifford dead at 92. http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/12276698/charlie-sifford-golf-pioneer-dies-92

Me too, I didn't want to bother about it because she was a joke pick but in last year's game, Kenya Moore was Miss USA, not Miss Universe.

Blame it on the Halibuts, of course.

A former Hershey Bear has died, but its not Bryan Murray. Jim Burton, 51. http://www.wjbf.com/story/27773906/former-augusta-lynx-coach-passes-away

Yay! Thank you! It was fun Thanks. And I don't think so. You could takeover if you'd like.

lol Amber Siyavus

My theme teams.... The Bedsoring '20s (People born in the 1920s) 1. Joseph Jackson (father of Michael) -JOKER 2. Bhumibol Adulyadej 3. Bob Barker (Price is Right) 4. Little Jimmy Dickens 5. Setsuko Hara 6. Al Jaffee 7. Warwick Kerr (bee guy) 8. Stan Lee (Spiderman) 9. Bernard Lown 10. Agnes Nixon 11. J.I. Packer 12. Diana Pullein-Thompson 13. Charlotte Rae 14. Nancy Reagan 15. George H. Ross 16. Robert Schuller 17. Charlie Sifford 18. Jerry Stiller 19. Richard Wilbur 20. Tex Winter Izanami Orders the California Roll (Japanese and Californians) 11. Haruo Nakajima (Godzilla) (JOKER) 1. Richard Chamberlain (Dr. Kildare) 2. Sonja Christopher (Survivor) 3. Julienne Davis (actress who played the sacrificial beauty queen in 'Eyes Wide Shut') 4. Dianne Feinstein 5. Zsa Zsa Gabor 6. Daisaku Ikeda (Soka Gakkai International) 7. Kazuo Inamori (Kyocera) 8. Shintaro Ishihara (former Tokyo Governor) 9. Takeru Kobayashi (pro hot dog eater) 10. Norman Mineta 12. Michele Noonan (American reality tv contestant who's recently gone a bit wacko) 13. Yoko Ono 14. Ikue Otani (actress/voice of Pikachu) 15. Seiji Ozawa 16. David "Puck" Rainey 17. Masahiro Sakurai (creator of videogame franchises 'Kirby' and 'Super Smash Bros.') 18. Sam Simon (The Simpsons) 19. Wayne Thiebaud 20. Koji Wada (singer)

Thank you all for letting me in!

Star Dust and my two theme teams are all in. Thanks for hosting again, MiB! Happy New Year

*In defense of the mystery person's entry, he forgot about time zone difference and was sleeping because he has a very bad cold and is trying real hard to feel better before work tomorrow. So he didn't have the extra time to ponder over his picks. But if its a no he says thats fair...

I'm in 1. Bhumibol Adulyadej 2. Caroline Aherne 3. Roger Angell 4. Prince Bernhard of Orange-Nassau 5. Antony Booth 6. Tom Brokaw 7. Richard Chamberlain 8. Olivia de Havilland 9. Ahmad Givens 10. Kate Granger 11. Merle Haggard 12. Abdullah Ibrahim 13. Clive James 14. Tommy Lasorda 15. Stan Lee 16. Jerry MacDonald (Big Brother US) 17. Mary Tyler Moore 18. Morrissey 19. Bryan Murray (hockey) 20. Leonard Nimoy 21. Nancy Reagan 22. Robert Schuller 23. Sam Simon 24. Jerry Stiller 25. TotalBiscuit

Here I come... 1. Little Jimmy Dickens 2. Gino Odjick 3. Sam Simon 4. Bart Starr 5. Caroline Aherne 6. Kate Granger 7. Leonard Nimoy 8. Mary Tyler Moore 9. Bob Barker 10. Setsuko Hara Sub: Jerry Maren

Tara Reid anyone? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2891239/Tara-Reid-s-stick-appearance-sparks-concerns-shares-bikini-snaps.html

So does this mean you decided no on Khodorkovskaya? That mention of her death was from Reuters, no? Or is it not discernible? The first obit. Not the one in the Guardian where she isn't named.

I'll have a closer look at that after Christmas and come to a decision before the end of play next week... This Guardian profile of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, published only a day ago, is also worth considering as it makes brief mention of his mother's death (albeit it doesn't mention her by name, what's the protocol in that regard?). Thanks for the backup. Did you pick her too? Here's the celebrity rules on DDP... DEFINITIONS: "Celebrity" means someone who, upon their death, gets a written obituary in a British national newspaper or on the BBC News website. This does mean that you can't always be sure when picking your team whether each person will be famous enough or not, but that's all part of the game. "Obituary" simply means an article which mentions the fact that the person has died. It doesn't have to be the conventional biographical write-up. "Alive" means drawing breath, not decomposing, that kind of thing. "No longer with us" is the opposite of the above! "Death" means the transition from the former to the latter. The death of a career (e.g. Michael Barrymore) doesn't count. But I did think that the person had to be mentioned by name.. Maybe not..

I don't have much to suggest but, I'm going to suggest actor Jerry Stiller famous for his roles in 'Seinfeld' and 'The King of Queens'. He's also the father of Ben Stiller. Born in 1927. Here are some recent photos. http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Jerry+Stiller+Al+Hirschfeld+Work+Celebrated+ceWn-d5kM43l.jpg http://www.ennisinc.com/data/photos/3560_1susan_comicgeniusmatthoyle.jpg I'll also say that the DL committee would have to be a gang of boneheads not to pick Leonard Nimoy.

Does this count as an obit for Marina Filipovna Khodorkovskaya? It seems to be an archive of Reuters footage regarding her and Mikhail. It starts off with a decent write-up for Marina's death. http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//RTV/2014/08/03/RTV030814045/ Edit: I also found a full New York Times article for her death so there must be another British obit floating around somewhere if the ITN/Reuters doesn't count....

Breaking news: Ali hospitalized with mild pneumonia http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/muhammad-ali-hospitalized-pneumonia-27742851

Just entered my first theme team for 2015. "Izanami Orders the California Roll" replacing my soon to be retired theme team "Bet on Black!". The Bedsoring '20s will return again, but I always take that team more seriously so it needs more thought.

Well-known Kentucky auto dealer Sam Swope dead at 88. In 2009 he was awarded the "Louisvillian of the Year" award. An award previously given to Muhammad Ali. I serve banquets/parties at a hotel in Louisville and Swope was a frequent guest as a member of a club that we serve every Thursday. http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/12/09/auto-dealer-sam-swope-dies/20151951/