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Like Cassandra cursed with the gift of foresight but having no ability to change the future, An Fear Baeg books his own downfall. It's not all over now, but BabyBlue takes an early lead as Monica Vitti nabs the Brian Deane award for this year's DL Cup. BabyBlue 4 v. An Fear Beag 0

Yeah, far too lazy to do analysis and stats to go with this so the above is much appreciated. The field does strike me as very fitting for some shock results - no slam dunks immediately visible and a lot of people who could drop dead tomorrow or could go on December 31st. Should be an interesting round.

Vicky Phelan to receive the Freedom of Limerick this Thursday, with the ceremony to be livestreamed. Doesn't say if she'll be there in person to accept or if she'll appear by video link, but I'm pretty confident this will be the last public appearance she ever makes.

Again, I did not enable the #narrative function, but we have a round 2 clash of former champions.

And here are the fixtures for round 2, as drawn by Barry Cryer and Miss USA 2019 Chelsie Kryst. Teams due in midnight February 28th. Probably don't bother submitting until the end of the month though, yeah? DeathByArsenic vs winner of GuyFromFuture v. Captain Hemlock winner of BabyBlue v. An Fear Beag vs winner of Predictor v. Great Uncle Bulgaria Banana vs winner of LizLemon v. Masterffull winner of HDS v. Pedro67 vs The Old Crem YorkshireBanker vs winner of Wormfarmer v. grobler maryportfuncity vs winner of wannamaker v. Famous6Eva winner of YoungWillz v. Pop_Zeus vs Perhaps gcreptile vs SpadeCooley winner of ThereWillBeDeaths7 v. MariNisia vs msc Book vs winner of Sir Cunto v. theoldlady winner of Grim Up North v. the_engineer vs winner of Salmon Mousse v. MortalCaso Bibliogryphon vs winner of Annami v. Hell CaptainChorizo vs winner of TQR v. Gooseberry Crumble winner of JoeMoneypenny v. Sideik vs alt obits guy deadsox vs Joey Russ DevonDeathTrip vs CalebH

Frank Field reaching Salah-in-double-gameweek levels of selection here.

Abdullah The Butcher GFF* Agnes Keleti POP* Akuku Danger GUN, SIR, ANN, SID Alexandre Do Nascimento BBL Amy Pieters MAR, GUB, TWB Amy Price GUB Andrey Voynich HEM* Angela Lansbury HEL Anita Pointer GOO Anne Baker YOR Antoni Vadell Ferrer BBL* Arnold Yarrow POP Art Rupe GRO Barbara Walters LIZ, MAS Benedict XVI GRO Billy Bingham YWZ Bob Barker ENG, GUB, PRE, HEL Bob Newhart YWZ Bob Vasha OLD Bobby Caldwell JRU Bobby Shantz YWZ* Boris Pahor POP, TWB, GRO Carlos Bilardo BBL Carmen Herrera POP Catherine Wybourne YOR, PRE, GUN Charley Trippi HEL Cheng-ning Yang JMP Chris Rea OLD Christos Sartzetakis TOC, MAR Cilly Dartell GFF Clare Marx TOC Colette Maze POP Dagny Carlsson YOR Dan Lacey GUN, SAL, JRU* David Graham GFF David McCallum MAS Deborah James HDS Denis Law HEL Derek Draper WAN* Derek Martin GOO Diane Berberian GUN Dick Button YOR Dick McTaggart YOR Doddie Weir WFM Don January F6E Don O'Leary SIR Don West HDS Eduardo Romero SAL Eleanor Collins GFF Elton John HEL Emile Francis HDS Emilio Fede BBL Esben Dalgaard Andersen JMP Eva Marie Saint BBL Fabio Restrepo WAN Francois Hardy PED, SID, MAR Frank Field ENG*, HEM, LIZ, GOO, WFM, OLD, TOC, MAR*, GUB, PED, TWB*, GRO*, WAN, MCO*, PRE*, GUN, SAL, HEL*, JRU, ANN, SID, HDS, AFB, TQR* Frank Field (meteorologist) HEM Gail Halvorsen POP, PRE General Pervez Musharraf HEL George Alagiah ENG George Elder GRO George Perez YOR, WFM*, TOC, GUB, PED, GRO, MCO, ANN, SID, HDS, TQR Gianluca Vialli WFM, F6E Giorgio Napolitano YWZ Giuliano Ferrara TWB Greg Mears GUN* Guido Gorgatti BBL Guy Lafleur WFM Harry Belafonte HEL Harry E. Goldsworthy MAR Hazel Mccallion GFF Henry Kissinger LIZ Inga Tobiasson YOR Ingrid Arvidsson F6E Iris Apfel GOO, POP, HEL Isabel Torres BBL, TQR, MCO, GUN, SAL, ANN, HDS*, AFB Jack Thomas SAL James C. Floyd MAR James Lovelock POP James Rodney Jones SIR James Whale ENG, WFM Jan Englert F6E Jane Marczewski MAR, ANN, HDS, F6E Jean Louis Trintignant GRO, ENG, LIZ, TQR, ANN Jeff Burkett WAN, JRU, AFB Jerry Lee Lewis YWZ, OLD, HEM Jet Black YWZ Jiang Zemin MCO Jimmy Carter ENG, MCO, HEL, MAS Jimmy Lydon PRE Joanne Woodward LIZ Joni Mitchell MAS Jorge Spedaletti MAR, WAN, GUN, SAL, AFB*, TOC*, JRU Jose Maria Marin GFF Joyce Randolph PRE Julia Reichert TQR, SID June Spencer POP Kane Tanaka ENG, JMP*, LIZ, POP, TQR, TOC, PED, TWB, WAN, MCO, ANN Kang Hyun JMP Kat Bjelland HDS Kenneth Anger GOO, PRE Kenneth Copeland HEL Khaleda Zia WFM, MCO, ANN King Harald V PED, WAN Larry Pressler OLD* Lata Mangeshkar TQR, TOC, PED, TWB, SID Lech Walesa OLD Leland Christensen SAL, JRU, ANN*, AFB Leonard Hayflick GOO* Leslie Phillips F6E, GUB, TWB, MAS Linda Nolan ENG, LIZ, WFM Loretta Lynn MAS Lucile Randon POP, SID, TOC, SIR Ludmila Ferber YOR Luis Antonio Rivera GFF Luis Echeverria PED Luka Binniyat HEM Madeline Cain SAL* Mahathir Mohamad JMP, TWB, MCO, PED, SIR Marco Cornez F6E Margaret Stuart Barry YOR* Margarita Terekhova BBL Marietta Giannakou WAN, JRU Marsha Hunt ENG Masood Akhtar SID, AFB Melvin Hulse SID* Michael Aspel GUB Mike Mora PED Mikheil Saakashvili WAN Mildred Kornman PRE Milos Zeman OLD Mino Raiola WAN Monica Vitti BBL Mumia Abu-jamal WFM Nas Blixky SIR*, AFB Nasser Abu Hmeid SIR Natty Wailer JMP Nichelle Nichols HEM, MCO, MAS Nigel Starmer Smith GRO, GFF, GUB, HDS Nirmala Uppuganti GUN Olivia Newton John MAS Olsen Filipaina TOC, TWB, SIR, JRU, ANN, AFB Parnelli Jones BBL Paul Ray MAR Pele HEM, YWZ, JMP, LIZ*, OLD, GRO, HDS, WAN, MCO, TQR Peter Tobin OLD Peter Procter GRO Phyliss Dalton GOO Princess Mikasa JMP Queen Ratna Of Nepal GOO Radovan Radaković F6E Ricou Browning PRE Rob Bolland TWB Roberta Flack YWZ Rosalynn Carter MAS Sacheen Littlefeather LIZ Sandhya Mukherjee BBL, SAL, SIR, JRU, AFB Sandra Day O'connor LIZ Sandy Nelson SAL Shannen Doherty WFM Shintaro Tsuji GFF, GUB Silas Alexander MCO Sinead O'Connor MAS* Socorro Cancio Ramos JMP Susie Steiner HEM, GFF, OLD, TQR, TOC, MAR, GUB, GRO, PRE, GUN, ANN, PED* Tammy Slaton F6E*, SIR Ted Kaczynski LIZ Teddie Chinery GOO Timothy Keller SIR Tom Smith ENG Tom Weiskopf YWZ, WFM, OLD, F6E Tony Brown HDS Uwe Seeler YWZ Vanessa Redgrave MAS Vava Suresh SAL, SID, AFB Vic Elford GFF, TQR, PED, SID Vicky Phelan TQR, TOC, MAR, GUB*, PRE, GUN, JRU, AFB Victor Alfonso Cedeno HEM Vin Scully GOO Violeta Chamorro HEM Vito Perillo HEM Vittorio Cecchi Gorro JRU Wendy Playfair YOR William Heseltine GOO Willibrord Frequin TWB Winnie Ewing YWZ, YOR Yayoi Kusama F6E Yoko Ono ENG Yoon Jeong-hee JMP Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab JMP

Already spotted as I was working on the masterlist. Which reminds me...

The great mangiallenatore.

ROUND 1 MATCHES: LizLemon (LIZ) Pele (c), Frank Field, Henry Kissinger, Kane Tanaka, Linda Nolan, Sacheen Littlefeather, Joanne Woodward, Ted Kaczynski, Barbara Walters, Jean-louis Trintignant, Sandra Day O'Connor v. Masterffull (MAS) Olivia Newton John, Vanessa Redgrave, Sinead O'Connor (c), Jimmy Carter, Joni Mitchell, Nichelle Nichols, Leslie Phillips, Rosalynn Carter, Loretta Lynn, David McCallum, Barbara Walters Sir Cunto (SIR) Nas Blixky (c), Akuku Danger, Olsen Filipaina, Nasser Abu Hmeid, James Rodney Jones, Rev. Timothy Keller, Don O'Leary, Mahathir Mohammed, Sandhya Mukherjee, Tammy Slaton, Lucille Randon v. theoldlady (OLD) Larry Pressler (c), Frank Field, Lech Walesa, Tom Weiskopf, Susie Steiner, Pele, Chris Rea, Milos Zeman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bob Vasha, Peter Tobin Salmon Mousse (SAL) Madeline Cain (c), Sandy Nelson, Eduardo Romero, Isabel Torres, Jorge Spedaletti, Sandhya Mukherjee, Frank Field, Jack Thomas, Dan Lacey, Vava Suresh, Leland Christensen v. MortalCaso (MCO) Frank Field (c), Kane Tanaka, Pelé, George Perez, Nichelle Nichols, Jimmy Carter, Mahathir Mohamad, Jiang Zemin, Khaleda Zia, Silas Alexander, Isabel Torres Sean ELIMINATED v. YorkshireBanker (YOR) Anne Baker, Dagny Carlsson, Dick Button, Winnie Ewing, Ludmila Ferber, Dick McTaggart, George Perez, Wendy Playfair, Inga Tobiasson, Catherine Wybourne, Margaret Stuart Barry (c) Wormfarmer (WFM) George Perez (c), Gianluca Vialli, Linda Nolan, Guy Lafleur, Tom Weiskopf, Frank Field, Shannen Doherty, James Whale, Mumia Abu-jamal, Khaleda Zia, Doddie Weir v. grobler (GRO) Frank Field (c), J L Trintignant, Susie Steiner, Nigel Starmer Smith, George Elder, Boris Pahor, Art Rupe, Peter Procter, George Perez, Benedict XVI, Pele TQR (TQR) Frank Field (c), Pélé, Susie Steiner, Vic Elford, Julia Reichert, Jean-louis Trintignant, George Pérez, Lata Mangeshkar, Isabel Torres, Vicky Phelan, Kane Tanaka v. Gooseberry Crumble (GOO) Iris Apfel, Frank Field, Phyliss Dalton, Queen Ratna Of Nepal, Vin Scully, Leonard Hayflick (c), Derek Martin, Teddie Chinery, Kenneth Anger, Anita Pointer, William Heseltine HDS (HDS) Isabel Torres (c), Kat Bjelland, Don West, Pele, George Perez, Frank Field, Nightbirde, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Deborah James, Tony Brown, Emile Francis v. Pedro67 (PED) Francois Hardy, King Harald V, Frank Field, Mike Mora, Susie Stiener (c), Mahathir Mohamed, Vic Elford, Lata Mangeshkar, Luis Echeverria, George Perez, Kane Tanaka wannamaker (WAN) Frank Field, Pelé, Derek Draper (c), Jorge Spedaletti, Mino Raiola, Marietta Giannakou, Mikheil Saakashvili, King Harald V, Kane Tanaka, Fabio Restrepo, Jeff Burkett v. Famous6Eva (F6E) Tammy Slaton (c), Ingrid Arvidsson, Marco Cornez, Jan Englert, Don January, Yayoi Kusama, Nightbirdie, Leslie Phillips, Radovan Radaković, Gianluca Vialli, Tom Weiskopf Joey Russ (JRU) Dan Lacey (c), Jeff Burkett, Olsen Filipaina, Vicky Phelan, Sandhya Mukherjee, Frank Field, Vittorio Cecchi Gorro, Jorge Spedalitti, Marietta Giannakou, Leland Christensen, Bobby Caldwell v. Bentrovato ELIMINATED JoeMoneypenny (JMP) Cheng-ning Yang, Esben Dalgaard Andersen, Kane Tanaka (c), Kang Hyun, Mahathir Mohamad, Natty Wailer, Pele, Princess Mikasa, Socorro Cancio Ramos, Yoon Jeong-hee, Zaki Fateen Abdel Wahab v. Sideik (SID) Melvin Hulse (c), Julia Reichert, Lata Mangeshkar, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Vic Elford, George Perez, Akuku Danger, Lucile Randon, Vava Suresh, Masood Akhtar GuyFromFuture (GFF) Abdullah The Butcher (c), Eleanor Collins, Cilly Dartell, Vic Elford, David Graham, Jose Maria Marin, Hazel Mccallion, Luis Antonio Rivera, Nigel Starmer-smith, Susie Steiner, Shintaro Tsuji v. Captain Hemlock (HEM) Andrey Voynich (c), Luka Binniyat, Frank Field, Frank Field (meteorologist), Vito Perillo, Susie Steiner, Pele, Violeta Chamorro, Victor Alfonso Cedeno, Nichelle Nichols, Jerry Lee Lewis Annami (ANN) Frank Field, Jean-louis Trintignant, George Perez, Susie Steiner, Isabel Torres, Leland Christensen (c), Akuku Danger, Jane Marczewski, Olsen Filipaina, Khaleda Zia, Kane Tanaka v. Hell (HEL) Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Charley Trippi, Denis Law, Elton John, Frank Field (c), General Pervez Musharraf, Harry Belafonte, Iris Apfel, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Copeland ThereWillBeDeaths7 (TWB) Rob Bolland, Giuliano Ferrara, Frank Field (c), Olsen Filipaina, Willibrord Frequin, Lata Mangeshkar, Mahathir Mohamad, Boris Pahor, Leslie Phillips, Amy Pieters, Kane Tanaka v. MariNisia (MAR) Frank Field (c), James C. Floyd, Harry E. Goldsworthy, Françoise Hardy, Paul Ray, Jane Marczewski, Vicky Phelan, Amy Pieters, Christos Sartzetakis, Jorge Américo Spedaletti, Susie Steiner Grim Up North (GUN) Greg Mears (c), Catherine Wybourne, Vicky Phelan, Diane Berberian, Isabel Torres, Dan Lacey, Susie Steiner, Frank Field, Jorge Spedaletti, Akuku Danger, Nirmala Uppuganti v. The_engineer (ENG) Frank Field (c), Kane Tanaka, Jean Louis Trintignant, James Whale, Linda Nolan, Tom Smith, George Alagiah, Jimmy Carter, Marsha Hunt, Bob Barker, Yoko Ono Predictor (PRE) Kenneth Anger, Bob Barker, Ricou Browning, Frank Field (c), Gail Halvorsen, Mildred Kornman, Jimmy Lydon, Vicky Phelan, Joyce Randolph, Susie Steiner, Catherine Wybourne v. Great Uncle Bulgaria (GUB) Vicky Phelan (c), Susie Steiner, Frank Field, Shintaro Tsuji, Nigel Starmer-smith, Bob Barker, Leslie Phillips, Michael Aspel, George Perez, Amy Price, Amy Pieters YoungWillz (YWZ) Bobby Shantz (c), Roberta Flack, Uwe Seeler, Giorgio Napolitano, Winnie Ewing, Pele, Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Bingham, Jet Black, Bob Newhart, Tom Weiskopf v. Pop_Zeus (POP) Agnes Keleti (c), Arnold Yarrow, Boris Pahor, Carmen Herrera, Colette Maze, Gail Halvorsen, Iris Apfel, James Lovelock, June Spencer, Kane Tanaka, Lucile Randon BabyBlue (BBL) Alexandre Do Nascimento, Antoni Vadell Ferrer (c), Carlos Bilardo, Emilio Fede, Eva Marie Saint, Guido Gorgatti, Isabel Torres, Margarita Terekhova, Monica Vitti, Parnelli Jones, Sandhya Mukherjee v. An Fear Beag (AFB) Frank Field, Isabelle Torres, Jeff Burkett, Jorge Spedaletti (c), Leland Christensen, Masood Akhtar, Nas Blixky, Olsen Filipiana, Sandhya Mukherjee, Vava Suresh, Vicky Phelan  The Old Crem (TOC) Frank Field, Clare Marx, Lucille Randon, Lata Mangeshkar, Kane Tanaka, Jorge Spedaletti (c), Christos Sartzetakis, Vicky Phelan, George Perez, Susie Steiner, Olsen Filipaina v. John Key ELIMINATED Masterlist (which is why everyone has a three-letter code after their name) and round 2 fixtures to be published tomorrow morning.

AND WE'RE CLOSED. Sean, Bentrovato and John Key did not submit a team in time, unless I'm blind, so they are eliminated. YorkshireBanker, JoeyRuss and The Old Crem get byes to round 2.

4.5 minutes left and three teams still not in. Some of you round 1-ers may be getting a bye at this rate...

Can we get a list going? Also, perhaps you could suggest which celebs you think might be next up to claim it's all the work of 5G masts and George Soros. So far on the music front we have Ian Brown, Van Morrison, and, most importantly, Right Said Fred (both of them). Britain's D-list is well represented with Denise Walsh, Richard Madeley and Matt Le Tissier. Cristiano Ronaldo's sister has reacted to the news he is positive by saying it's a "fraud". Plus if there's some nutjob conspiracy theories going around, you can be sure 90s stoners Woody Harrelson and John Cusack will be giving them the thumbs up. Who else you got?

Obviously most of you will be submitting as the deadline looms, but just for clarification these are the teams I don't have yet: Masterffull Sir Cunto Salmon Mousse MortalCaso Sean HDS wannamaker Joey Russ Bentrovato Sideik Annami Hell Grim Up North Predictor An Fear Beag John Key

Being tweeted by Laraine Newman, so you'd assume she'd know. Former DDP pick (maybe current?), which I know because I wrote it and included the Family Guy gag about him.

Yep. Will put up a list of teams I haven't received teams from tonight so there's no confusion as to who hasn't made it through.

Try now

Because "voice actors" seems a weird place to put these guys, plus most of the original Henson Workshop mob will be entering their 80s now so they'll be thinking about dropping dead any time soon. You can probably talk about Sesame Street types in here as well, if you must.

Vince McMahon's mother finally dead at 101.

Unmentioned before on the forum, and one you'd think was probably guaranteed a QO: Morton Mintz joins the 100 Club. He was the journalist who first broke the story that thalidomide was associated with birth defects. Looks in pretty rude health.

Volodymyr Virchis found dead at age 44 from hanging. Was one of the "former Soviet bloc fighting out of Germany" gang that dominated the heavyweight division in the mid-00s, beat all the usual British jobbers flown over to lose to him (Julius Francis, Michael Sprott) before his career got derailed by a mixed decision loss to Ruslan Chagaev.

New movie drops February 4th for form-watchers. Apparently Knoxville suffered "brain damage" in one stunt with a bull.

Will he turn up on his own obituary show? "Marvellous comedian, marvellous marvellous, had the pleasure of working with him once during a dissociative episode".

Threads for sole individuals should be for: 1) DL names 2) Proper fully-blown A-listers over the age of 85 3) Anyone who is "death mentioned on the News at Ten" famous over the age of 90/with a condition liable to kill them within 18 months 4) Anyone who has a significant illness/health issue/dangerous lifestyle that provides regular content. Which is why Jenny Diski, say, was good for a thread, because she kept tweeting throughout her final weeks, but (looks at someone who won an award that Diski also won) Vikram Seth, even if he had stage 4 cancer, wouldn't.

We back baby! Anyone seen Deep Roy in public recently? Edit: he can still dance