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I for one predict that the class of 1998 will be the first to completely die out.

1987: Dunn, de Cesaris, Wing, Osbourne (4/31) 1989: Bruno, Mandela, Ditka, Paisley, Kendall, Osbourne, Wilson, Dunn, Jenkins, Cole (10/32) 1990: Dunn, Noriega, Aznavour, Alliss, Ditka, Rex Williams, Winfrey, Waite, Queen (9/42) 1991: Willis, Moore, Mandela, Dunn, Gabor, Beenhaaker (6/40) 1992: Finney, Ryder (2/37) 1993: Dunn, Bennett, I Paisley, Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, Moore, Lineker, Sykes, Lewis (9/56) 1994: Castro, Kirkbride, White, Shamir, Dunn, Thorpe, Shilton, Johnson (7/50) 1995: Castro, Moore, Forsyth, Connery, Johnson (5/50) 1996: Hagman, Mr T, Thorpe, Domino, Castro (5/50) 1997: Rooney, Domino, Douglas, Dunn (4/50) 1998: Rooney, Jaruzelski, Sykes (3/50) 1999: Leeson, Simon (2/50) 2000: Farrakan, Dunn, Jaruzelski, Biggs, (4/50) 2001: Tutu, Minelli, Pincher, Wallach, Wouk, Rooney (6/50) 2002: Biggs, Brady, Douglas, Kendall, Niemeyer (5/50) 2003: Biggs, Shamir, Rooney, Gabor, Sykes,(5/50) 2004: Biggs, Brady, Shamir, Musharraf, Wallach, Mintoff, Douglas, Michelmore, Rooney, Mugabe, Dunn (11/50) 2005: Biggs, Moore, Niemayer, Maradona, LaMotta, Martin, Wallach, de Havilland, O'Sullevan, Castro, Lewis (12/50) 2006: di Stefano, Biggs, Niemayer, Moore,Wallach, Douglas, Mintoff, Lynn, Bouteflika, Graham, Thatcher, Ali, LaMotta, Rooney, Mandela, Dunn (16/50) 2007: Castro, Sharon, Niemeyer, Bourgnine, Graham, Biggs, Senator Johnston, Piper, Wallach, Shamir, Mintoff, Douglas, de Havilland,Lom, Lynn, Lamotta, Molinaro, Vigoda, Moore, Vidal, Lewis, Farrakhan, Dunn. (23/50) 2008: Biggs, Niemeyer, Castro, Pincher, Wallach, Shamir, Douglas, Domino, Lom, Gabor, Lynn, Sharon, Graham, Watson, Lamotta, Karzai, Klugman, Sykes, Moore, Taylor, Dunn (21/50) 2009: Biggs, Megrahi, Niemeyer, Havelange, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, Shamir, Douglas, Lom, Graham, Mandela, Shankar, Lamotta, Rooney, Reagan, Lee, Klugman, Cardin, Moore, King, Thatcher, Dunn, Sharon. (24/50) 2010:Megrahi, Biggs, Wing, Gabor, Niemeyer, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, K.Douglas, Shamir, Wouk, de Havilland, Priebke, Mintoff, Lom, Healey, Tork, Edrich, Graham, Mandela, Bradbury, Bough, O’Sullevan, Thatcher, Molinaro, Lamotta, Thornton, Klugman, Norden, Sykes, R. Attenborough, King, Lansbury, Lewis, Domino, Garner, Sharon, Dunn. (38/50) 2011: Biggs, Gabor, Niemeyer, K. Douglas, Shamir, De Havilland, Healey, Edrich, Bradbury, Thatcher, Hughes, LaMotta, Thorton, Khamenei, Klugman, Lewis, Franklin, Godfrey, Dole, Cheney, Wing, Pincher, Wallach, Ellison, Mandela, Shankar, Tarmey, Schmidt, Martin, Mintoff, Molinaro, Brady, Priebke, Lom, Andrews, Sharon, Cardin, Lynn, Borgnine, M. Douglas, Reagan, Frederiksen, Dunn (43/50)

Al Molinaro. Bound to go sooner or later.

Not quite a person but a death nonetheless Encyclopedia Britannica, after 244 years, will stop printing books

Former New Zealand All Black great Jock Hobbs has lost his battle with leukemia and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma at age 52. A Unlucky-13 bonus hit to several teams on the DDP, including reigning champ The Living End.

I don't know why he thinks we'll be shutdown if we don't get enough hits. It's not like we're the Rangers.

How ironic fidel just keeps on going doesn't he starting to think he may be around for another 10 or more years. Castro doesn't even believe he'll live another year, given his previous comment about not expecting to outlive Obama's first term. I'd say that he'll be dead within 1-5 years.

The game seems to have some flaws in it. 1) There needs to be a rule for what happens when a headline appears more than once. What happens if my headline reads "Former President of Djibouti dies" and two former Djiboutian heads of state die in one year? 2) If I get points for every word right, can't I just say "Obama" and then claim credit every time a headline with the word Obama appears? Granted it'd be a small score each time but it would add up quickly.

Good riddance.

What about the other one? Larry James Harper committed suicide during a standoff with police in 2001.

George Rivas, the leader of Texas Seven who gained fame for breaking out of prison in 2000, has been executed. He is the second of the Seven to be executed, after Michael Anthony Rodriguez in 2008. The remaining 4 are all awaiting execution.

Swing and a miss, Paul.

Jan Berenstain, one half of the creators of the Berenstain Bears along with her late husband, has died of a stroke aged 88.

Well done. Now let's see if you can win the DDP.

That story seems to say that Gibb has liver AND colon cancer, which would make his chances very very low.

Published 29 July...2010. Well I'm redfaced. The story showed up on the sidebar for the Frank Carson obit and I didn't bother reading the date.

Sogen Kato, a Buddhist man whose family claimed was on a self-imposed isolation since the 1980's and thought to have been the oldest person in Tokyo at age 111, has apparently been dead for 30 years. His family is now under investigation for fraud.

Doctors are saying the Prince will survive, but he has suffered massive brain damage.

How about making a rule about Guests bumping 7 year old topics?

Is there a reason Peter Sharp and Elyse Knox were left off the latest update?

Two music related deaths, one old and one young. Guitarist Billy Strange, who played guitar with Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, and Nancy Sinatra has died aged 81. Christopher Reimer, who played guitar for semi-popular Canadian indie band Women, has died in his sleep aged 26 of unknown causes.

More surgery for Hugo.

New Zealander Peter Sharp, a former Canterbury offspinner and commentator, has died aged 72 of cancer. If an obit turns up, it's a hit for 2 teams on the DDP.

Baron Carr, a key member of Edward Heath's government, has died aged 95. A hit for Bxboy422 and Dead Commons, who had him as a Joker.

No obit yet, but actress Elyse Knox has died aged 94. A unique hit for Garf Wants You to Die.