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How is the 83-year-old who had double-negative breast cancer still the only one of them that can hold a tune?

DDP favourite and the MC Ren/Pete Sampras/Guy From Supertramp of nepo babies, Maude Apatow, was a guest judge on Ru Paul's Drag Race All-Stars the other week. Didn't appear to be in immediate danger of dropping dead, but no reason you shouldn't pick her on all your pools.

And Vance Masters saves us the additional complications of having to go to a coin toss to decide one half of this year's final. Masters was a session drummer who joined The Guess Who on the downswing of their career. He developed COVID-19 while in a healthcare centre, which I suppose is vaguely ironic when you think about it. alt obits guy gets 4 points and goes clear of DDT in their clash. alt obits guy 7 vs DevonDeathTrip 3 gcreptile 24 vs Banana 16

In what I'm sure will be a very exciting newsflash for you, I can exclusively reveal that 1984 "Britain's Strongest Man" Allan Crossley is dead. No source, but trust me on this groundbreaking piece of information.

In fairness to those of us who didn't go with Motherfucking Teresa, she left the Butthole Surfers some seven years before the release of "Pepper" (which, iirc, is completely unrepresentative of the rest of their work and seen by most of their fanbase as a bit of a sellout moment). I didn't know the Slacker thing at the time, which probably would have pushed the ticker to "pick" for me, but that's what sloppy research work gets you in the DDP.

No we can't use "they were all in love with dying" as the tagline here because Teresa Taylor, aka Teresa Nervosa, had left the Butthole Surfers long before they recorded "Pepper". Taylor was one of two drummers for the sorta-punk sorta-noise-rock i-mean-i-always-felt-they-were-a-little-grungey-tbh band up until 1989, and also went on to act in (and appear on the movie poster for) Richard Linklater's of-its-time movie Slacker. Two people who certainly aren't slackers are gcreptile and Banana, who both get another three points each. alt obits guy 3 vs DevonDeathTrip 3  gcreptile 24 vs Banana 16

Woman, 38, dies after attempting to recreate "ladies and gentleman.... Mr Elton John!"

Literally piloted with an Xbox controller. And not a modern-day Xbox controller, or even a last-generation Xbox controller, or even an official Xbox controller, but an off-the-shelf Logitech Xbox 360 controller.

Ah ffs. There's always next year.

So how many dead members of the Screwed Up Click is that now? Big Hawk (died 2005) Big Moe (died 2007) Big Pokey (died 2023) BG Gator (died 1999) DJ Screw (died 2000) Fat Pat (died 1998) Big Floyd (died 2020, this got some media attention you may have noticed) Big Mello (died 2002) Big Rue (died 1999) Big Steve (died 1999) Dat Boy Grace (died 2017) Mr 3-2 (died 2016) Although according to Lil Flip there were up to 150 people in SUC in total, so maybe not such a terrible hit ratio.

How about that hay fever, huh? One person not suffering from the insanely high levels of pollen in southern England right now is Daniel Ellsberg, who has escaped the dry eyes and sensation of trying to deep-throat barbed wire by dying. The man behind the Pentagon Papers leak, which revealed the true extent of America's undercover operations during the Vietnam War, has ruined any chances people had of a guaranteed 5 points in next year's DDP by deciding to die six months early. gcreptile opens up a possibly insurmountable leader over Banana. alt obits guy 3 vs DevonDeathTrip 3 gcreptile 21 vs Banana 13

Was the co-writer on DDP alum Thomas Fekete's posthumous solo album as well.

Nominal GOP front runner presidential candidate, economic idiot and former CEO of Goodfellas Pizza Herman Cain would have probably got his own DL thread anyway merely out of the fact that he's a possible assassination risk if he ever does become US president. However, what's of more use to us is the fact that in 2006 he was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer that had metastased to his liver. Although it's now in remission, I can't imagine the stress of running for president will do him that good, and even the most optimistic of his doctors say that he has a "50% chance of being alive five years from now". So have at it.

Looking at pictures of the funeral, all Milan's title-winning coaches from the Berlusconi years appear to be there except for Carlo Ancelotti (who'd have to travel and probably has better things to do) and Alberto Zaccheroni. I take it this means the latter hasn't fully recovered from his fall earlier this year?

He's not lyin' (lion) (Aslan/lion get it?). Some 35 years after first becoming an essential DDP pick, Irish rock star Christy Dignam has finally left the stage. Aslan were one of Ireland's biggest bands for some three decades, regularly selling out the biggest venues the country had to offer. However, they were more famous to deadpoolers thanks to frontman Dignam's repeated avowals of how he only had a few months left to live every December. But, as with Superstar Billy, the Grim Reaper is seemingly in a mood to clear out some paperwork these days, and all four teams get three points. alt obits guy 3 vs DevonDeathTrip 3 gcreptile 17 vs Banana 13

Did I get the scores wrong last time? Maybe.... maybe I did. Anyway, Yannis Markopoulos was probably the leading composter for film and TV in Greece during the 1960s and 1970s, breaking through with the 1963 arthouse smash Young Aphrodites and perhaps peaking in Anglophone popularity with the BBC series Who Pays the Ferryman? gcreptile goes four points clear again. alt obits guy 0 vs DevonDeathTrip 0 gcreptile 14 vs Banana 10

DDP LOTL iirc.

Rantzen.

Bunga bungone?

The father of Enzo Maresca, Manchester City assistant manager and rumoured next Celtic boss, has been reported missing in Istanbul following the Champions League final.

Don truly back to his best at the age of 91 - Broner wins his King-promoted comeback fight by decision, with two judges giving him the first round despite him not landing a single punch during it.

Turns out it was actually a completely different wrestler known as The Gambler, some guy called called Rusty Stallings from the Florida indies, who died. Can't find any references to him online so he must have been very, very obscure.

Famously described Scotland as a "dark land overrun by homosexuals". Which, when you look at the DL forum for a few minutes....