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The only confession I'm interested from Huntley is when he announces he has Stage IV pancreatic cancer, tbh.

Both of those count. Poor old Bill, though he knew his days were numbered. Anyhow, he were a writer and his words will live on, or something like that. His death does a whole lot of things to the scoreboard. First up, Gcreptile adds to his lead, and has some breathing space. Rad also adds to his score, and at this point you have to fear for Biblio's chances. Book's valiant defence against 2016 DDP runner up Captain Chorizo finally ends, and The Dead Cow opens up a 7 point lead on Pedro. You can't count him out, yet, but no one has come back from a 7 point deficit in the short history of the Deathlist Cup... so far. Joey and Grim both score, and are on course as it stands for a grudge rematch in Round 2, with Joey suprisingly efficiently reaching another 7 point margin against much respected deadpooler Garn, and Grim now leading after an early scare. Who's left? Oh yes, it's me!!! I lead for the first time ever in my own Cup. Will it last? I doubt it, but it'll be fun for now! Only three matches remain goalless. YWillz v Engineer, though surely some of their picks must be fairly doddery by now. And Deathray v Sir Creep. Where are those dead certs university presidents? And most surprising of all, Rover is still holding Spade to a draw. Surely I'm not going to have to get a coin out for a "penalty shootout" again? And if so, will Mrs msc mock the shit out of me again? Yes. Yes she will. 1. Charon (Unrepentant) vs Maryportfuncity (Inter Youngboys FC) 3-0 2. Pedro (Trottingbum Hotsores) vs The Dead Cow 3-10 3. Young Willz (Glasgow Ron Weasley Ed Sheeran Slash Fanfiction Thistle Wanderers United) vs The Engineer 0-0 4. Grim Up North (Going Going GUN) vs Yorkshire Banker 6-3 5. Msc vs Wormfarmer 3-0 6. Spade Cooley (Great Railway Journeys with Hughie Gallacher and Robert Enke) vs Roverandout 0-0 7. Joey Russ vs Garn (Video Assistant Reaper) 7-0 8. Bibliogryphon (Bye Bye Biblio) vs Phantom of the Midway (AKA Rad Guy) 0-6 9. Sean (Shaun of the Dead’s Magical Funeral Parlour) vs Fixed Business (Business Fixed) 3-0 10. Gcreptile (The eaten tide pods) vs John Key 7-3 11. Deathray (First In, First Out and Never Invited to an Orgy Again) vs Sir Creep (The Month-to-Month Tenants) 0-0 12. Captain Chorizo vs Book (Never Heard of Soccer) 3-0

There was also this: As you can see from the following post, my Spidey senses were tingling even then (as were many others I know) but I lacked the courage in the conviction:

The B-team went down 3 points as Masekela subbed on for Dudley - the big loser there was YW, losing a unique joker! My bad. Watching the BBC tribute to Hugh as we speak, actually.

Although, to do a Sean double post here, if Tsvangirai does go soon, is this a new Deathlist tradition? Household name politico dies in Feb/March after widely publicised health issues, but not on the Deathlist or most of the top contenders DDP teams because no one believed in the severity? See also McGuinness.

If he did have kidney cancer which spread to his liver, his chances of seeing 2019 I'd estimate at around 30%. If he did have that at an advanced stage AND went on a fucking hunger strike, I'd estimate his chances of seeing March 2018 at below 30%. Trouble is, I find the Zimbabwean press somewhat unreliable narrators, so who knows what is actually going on.

Oh that was a last minute add on, to avoid anyone going "what about Ruth Ginsburg". Famous last words!

Stomach cancer which spread, no? Also, still alive, so if anyone has his date of death for stats purposes, please let me know in time for my Windy pool and Deathlist Cup next round teams, thanks.

And Grim, you've just explained why Paul Alcock wasn't on my team!

Worth keeping an eye on that miracle cure that Jimmy Carter had. Didn't someone who took it die recently? Also, an average for the Gordie Howe treatment will appear over time, too. In terms of pancreatic cancer, I note 8 people who got to announce "in remission" from it in my notes: - Ruth Ginsberg, Chris Rea, Wilko Johnson all still alive and at the "we are bloody lucky" end of the scale. - Vera Caslavska - 13 months from diagnosis, with surgery/remission in between - John Hurt - 19 months. - Jack Poole - 26 months - Brian Lenihan - 19 months (added at last minute here from vague memory) - Simon Hoggart - 44 months (though he kept his treatment very private so we don't have the full stats bar diagnosis and death)

Breathing is usually an above average look!

Oh, and if you want some stattology way above the necessary, the average survival for Stage IV lung cancer for a person in their 50s (with the available info to the current date)? 18.6 months. Which means with an announcement on 8th October 2016 (and backdating her illness to September), Leah Bracknell will reach the average prognosis/life expectancy for someone with her condition around the 26th March 2018. Hey, you know, when you get tested for it, you do some "worst case scenario" number crunching...

Well, ok, some added info on a common deadpool cause of death we all know: pancreatic cancer. Never doubt it. Looking at the big DDP picks in the last decade with pan can. While each age group - 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s+ - have someone who survived over 12 months, the average for each group is at most 13.1 months from announcement AND/OR diagnosis to death. So if you've got a QO pick with pancreatic cancer diagnosed in November or earlier the stats are in your favour and heavily against them. Also, there are some Stage IV cancers with worse stats than even pancreatic or glioblastomas - bone cancer (stage IV average prognosis 5 months) for one.

Was one of the dwindling list of original Twilight Zone survivors too.

Sir Nicholas Shehadie, aged 92. Australian union player in the 1940s, later a Mayor of Sydney and husband to the NSW Governor.

It's in Der Spiegel, which Gcreptile should attest is one of the biggest newspapers/new magazines in Europe, so should be OK, I'd assume.

I'd have been far more at home in a general tetchy thread tbh.

Family cheering him up with a sing song. Or a chant. "Jose!"... ..." Jose Jose Jose, Jose, Jose..." A pain shared...

List here from last year (pdf). Apparently Oxfam only pay their top execs 129 grand a year. Only, next to Save the Children's 327 grand! Think I picked the wrong line of work, clearly.

Pope Benny, hopefully.

I was too, then-abouts, because he was on TOTP81 on BBC4 as mentioned above. Duet with Maggie Bell (formerly Alex Harveys de facto sister in law, also singer of the Taggart theme). Apparently he wrote the 82 World Cup song for Scotland too! One of those "whatever happened to?" folk. Can't get the chorus of Swords of a Thousand Men out of my head since last week either. Not showing any of the shows with the usual suspects - Savile, Travis, Mike Smith (that's a copyright issue, apparently)...

Jarrett's on his road out too? I know 3 people tops will get that but feck it.

Makes me happy I've never paid for a TV in my adult life tbh.

Actually fairly common for writers pre-internet unless they were huge names. To the point I became ridiculously excited when I stumbled across this looking for something else in the Herald archives: PS Not mentioned in this obit - one of the best ghost story writers of his generation. Hence the excitement. Also, he'll only be a reference to someone else in this thread because he was that rare event, a notable death in the 29th February!

We've been watching the same show! I preferred the Maggie Bell bit of that tune though (the BA Robertson one, not Toyah...). Fecking hell, just Googled her and she's 73 now!!!