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1987: de Cesaris, Osbourne (2/31) 1989: Bruno, Ditka, Ian Paisley, Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Jenkins, Cole (7/32) 1990: Noriega, Aznavour, Queen Elizabeth II, Alliss, Ditka, Williams, Winfrey, Waite (8/42) 1991: Willis, Gabor, Beenhakker (3/40) 1992: Ryder (1/37) 1993: Bennett, Ian Paisley, Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (6/56) 1994: Castro, White, Kirkbride, Holly Johnson, Thorpe, Shilton (6/50) 1995: Castro, Holly Johnson, Forsyth, Connery (4/50) 1996: Mr T, Thorpe, Domino, Castro (4/50) 1997: Domino, Kirk Douglas (2/50) 1998: Jaruzelski (1/50) 1999: Leeson, Simon (2/50) 2000: Farrakhan, Jaruzelski (2/50) 2001: Tutu, Minelli, Pincher, Wallach, Wouk (5/50) 2002: Brady, Kirk Douglas (2/50) 2003: Gabor (1/50) 2004: Brady, Musharraf, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Michelmore, Mugabe (6/50) 2005: Karzai, Maradona, LaMotta, Wallach, de Havilland, O'Sullevan, Castro, Jerry Lewis (8/50) 2006: Di Stéfano, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Lynn, Bouteflika, Graham, Ali, LaMotta (8/50) 2007: Castro, Graham, Tim Johnson, Piper, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Lynn, LaMotta, Molinaro, Vigoda, Jerry Lewis, Farrakhan (13/50) 2008: Castro, Pincher, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Domino, Gabor, Lynn, Graham, Watson, LaMotta, Karzai, Charles Taylor (12/50) 2009: Havelange, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, Kirk Douglas, Graham, LaMotta, Nancy Reagan, Christopher Lee, Cardin, B B King (11/50) 2010: Gabor, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, Kirk Douglas, Wouk, de Havilland, Healey, Tork, Edrich, Graham, Bough, O'Sullevan, Molinaro, LaMotta, Norden, Attenborough, B B King, Lansbury, Jerry Lewis, Domino, Garner (22/50) 2011: Gabor, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Healey, Edrich, LaMotta, Khamenei, Jerry Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Dole, Cheney, Pincher, Wallach, Ellison, Schmidt, Molinaro, Brady, Cardin, Lynn, Michael Douglas, Nancy Reagan, (21/50) 2012: Harper Lee, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Adulyadej, Gabor, Graham, Pincher, Wouk, de Havilland, Jaruzelski, Mubarak, Lawson, Castro, Healey, Schmidt, O'Sullevan, Molinaro, LaMotta, Kissinger, PD James, Macnee, Mugabe, Van Dyke, Randi, Aziz, Ali, Berry, Domino, Gaddafi, Hawking (30/50) 2013: Clive James, Pincher, Gabor, Havelange, Bush, Wallach, Prince Philip, Whitlam, Mubarak, Paisley, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Castro, Lynn, Healey, Harper Lee, Dole, O'Sullevan, Graham, Schmidt, Molinaro, Attenborough, PD James, Adams, LaMotta, Nancy Reagan, Sallis, Day, Stan Lee, Jaruzelski, Kissinger, Parsons, Stritch, Domino, Garner, Brady (36/50) Full update for Finney and Rooney

Nobody expects Viscera. Except maybe his cardiologist.

Dead.

Because A) That's not how Wikipedia formats it's dates. and I've checked that page everyday so I know that the "Died 18 January 2014" part wasn't there before. The small bio section is lifted from Wikipedia but the date of birth and date of death aren't.

But look at the dates under the name, the "Born 15 May 1951. Died 18 January 2014" part. That was just recently changed, and is independent of the Wikipedia article. Whoever maintains the BBC Music website took the time to add the date of death, which I believe counts as an obit.

I'm fairly sure it does.

Internet reviewer Justin "Jew Wario" Carmical, dead at 42 from suicide.

iirc the BBC Playlist section falls under the same ruling as the Sky "Journalists" page: because it's just scraped material from another site that updates automatically (as opposed to the manual insertion of AP stories onto The Guardian's "World" section) it doesn't count. Otherwise Chick/Chuck/Chock Wills would have scored points in 2013. As I figured. It's not an obit until that "Born 15 May 1951" tagline is updated to say "15 May 1951-18 January 2013"

Does this count as an obit for Fergie Frederiksen?

Hopefully, Mike Porcaro also dies this year and some obit writer will write "Porcaro is the 2nd member of Toto to die this year, after former lead singer Fergie Frederiksen"

And I'm on the board.

Does this count? Not so much a report on his death, but a report that mentioned that he has died counts under DDP rules IIRC.

The death of Hiroo Onoda, assuming he gets an obit (and I think he will), makes January 16th the record breaker with 5 hits.

Coburn won't serve the rest of his Senate term due to "deepening problems with his health". Damn. Should of put him on my main team.

Don't cry for him, he's already dead. Alternatively: Sam Simon Died on the Way Back to his Home Planet

UK Obit, courtesy of the The Mirror

So is every famous person in Britain a pedophile?

"Jaruzelski would just be a clone of Castro, he shouldn't get in" "Cyril Smith is too big"

My guess: One or all of the guests have autism.

Huff Post UK qualifies under the new rules for 2014. You got your 12 points.

If anyone is still interested in playing for this year, this is the Top 50 for 2014, minus Ariel Sharon. Al-Assad, Bashar Ali, Muhammad Attenborough, Richard Benedict XVI, Pope Emeritus Berkowitz, Daisy Brady, Ian Bryan, Dora Buell, Ryan Bush, George H.W. Castro, Fidel Crowe, Katherine Dawn, Liz Day, Doris de Havilland, Olivia Douglas, Kirk Farmiloe, Sally Fawkes, Helen Forsyth, Bruce Gascoigne, Paul Gabor, Zsa Zsa Graham, Rev. Billy Harper, Valerie Hall, Stuart Hawking, Stephen Granger, Kate Healey, Denis James, Clive Jardine, Sandy Jaruzelski, General Wojciech Johnson, Wilko Kasem, Casey Lee, Christopher Lewis, Jerry Lohan, Lindsay Lynn, Vera McVie, John Mubarak, Hosni Mugabe, Robert Paisley, Rev. Ian Philip, Prince Porcaro, Mike Reagan, Nancy Rainer, Luise Rooney, Mickey Sallis, Peter Schumacher, Michael Simon, Sam Van Der Westhuizen, Joost Wallach, Eli Watkins, Ian If you're interested, pick 25 people of the list and rank them in order of least likely to die. My list: Ian Watkins Ian Brady Hosni Mubarak Jerry Lewis Stephen Hawking Bruce Forsyth Stuart Hall Lindsay Lohan Paul Gascoigne Fidel Castro Mickey Rooney Denis Healey Bashar al-Assad Richard Attenborough Doris Day Muhammad Ali John McVie Helen Fawkes Sandy Jardine Liz Dawn Casey Kasem Michael Schumacher Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Christopher Lee Clive James

UK Obit, courtesy of Reuters. I knew he was a goner, but I didn't go for him because I A) didn't want to drop any of my current picks and he's only worth 7 points.

Sally Farmiloe certainly wasn't a sleeper pick.

January 10th.

We still don't know IF she's dead, let alone when she died.