The Dead Cow

Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil, has been in an induced coma for over a week. Her condition worsened last night and is now considered irreversible. http://veja.abril.com.br/saude/estado-de-saude-de-marisa-leticia-e-gravissimo-e-irreversivel/

They both abstained from voting, which indicates that they were not.

Here's my team, not quite as I sent it to msc. 1. Sara Coward 2. Mauno Koivisto 3. Steve Sumner 4. Catherine Nevin 5. Lisa Magill 6. Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva 7. Emma Morano 8. Michael I of Romania 9. Norma Cook 10. Eberhard van der Laan 11. Mary Midgley Subs Andy Potter Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg Good luck charon, I'm sure you won't need it.

Alberto Fujimori has been hospitalised with spinal problems. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/peru-ex-leader-fujimori-hospitalised-with-spinal-problem/3479182.html The article also lists some of his numerous hospital stays from the past few months. "He was admitted in December with a cyst on his pancreas and in September due to gastric problems and high blood pressure." "He is suffering more and more illnesses," the doctor said. "He has been operated on several times for cancer of the tongue and now he has problems with his lower back." Also, he looks dreadful in that photo.

She updates her blog daily. The translation makes it a bit cryptic, but it does seem that she's been discharged after receiving some radiation treatment. Bloody stupid choice of a joker though...

John Wetton died in the Heat of the Moment. Will there be a Sole Survivor from this year's top 50? Only Time Will Tell. Here are the scores! =1st - Angels - 0 points =1st - Bert Trautmann - 0 points =1st - RadGuy - 0 points =1st - YoungWillz - 0 points =5th - msc - 1 point =5th - gcreptile - 1 point =7th - Deathray - 3 points =7th - GraveDanger - 3 points =7th - The Unknown Man - 3 points 10th - Grim Up North - 4 points =11th - Dead Cow - 5 points =11th - Drol - 5 points 13th - Dr_T - 7 points 14th - CharonsCrew - 8 points 15th - Death Impends - 9 points 16th - esher - 11 points 17th - Shaun of the Dead - 11 points =18th - Garn2 - 12 points =18th - WednesdayAddams - 12 points =20th - Bibliogryphon - 13 points =20th - CaptainChorizo - 13 points 22nd - Book - 15 points 23rd - Switch - 21 points =24th - Joeyruss - 22 points =24th - Toast - 22 points 26th - Pedro67 - 24 points =27th - Morbidkid - 26 points =27th - rockhopperpenguin - 26 points

Herb Oscar Anderson, an American singer and radio personality in the 50s and 60s, has died. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rip-herb-oscar-anderson-an-ella-guy-who-fit-into-an_us_588e441de4b0cd25e4904a2a Hello Again

Elkin Ramirez of Colombian metal band Kraken has died at the age of 54. Muere Libre

Shameless pick Hannah Lyson, aged 20. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2734756/hannah-lyson-blogged-cancer-battle-dies-honoured-hero-of-heroes-award/

2015 Grand National winner Many Clouds has died at the age of 9 after collapsing following a race at Cheltenham in which he beat Thistlecrack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/38782368

His death is mentioned in a tweet that's embedded into this Telegraph article which reports the death of Alexander Chancellor.

Here's my team... 1. Gord Downie (joker) 2. Mao Kobayashi 3. Colin Meads 4. Leah Bracknell (joker) 5. Errol Christie (joker) 6. Joost van der Westhuizen 7. Valery Spiridonov 8. Sara Coward 9. Rayya Elias 10. Emma Morano 11. Steve Sumner 12. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 13. Saul Kripke 14. Jay Clark 15. Ben Suisala 16. Peter Skellern (joker) 17. Lisa Magill (joker) 18. Stefan Karl Stefansson 19. Greg Gilbert 20. Jill Gascoine 21. John Wetton 22. Amber Snailham 23. Pete Frates 24. Simon Ricketts 25. Clive James 26. George H.W. Bush 27. Nobby Stiles 28. Mary Wilson 29. Kate Adie 30. Jake LaMotta 31. Vera Lynn 32. Nanette Fabray 33. Kirk Douglas 34. Glen Campbell 35. Richard Cole 36. Bernadette Chirac 37. Tony Booth 38. Brunhilde Pomsel 39. June Foray 40. Rev. Billy Graham 41. Steve Hewlett 42. Peter Sallis 43. Brian Matthew 44. Sasha Lakovic 45. Bart Starr 46. Barbara Bush 47. Denis Norden 48. Rodney Bewes 49. Marieke Vervoort 50. Doris Day Subs 1. Rodney Bewes 2. Denis Norden 3. Kate Adie Edit: All my subs are in play because I had 3 doubles.

Bloody heck! He was the drummer for Game Theory and The Loud Family which are two of my all-time favourite bands. Supercalifragile, the first album to be released under the Game Theory name in nearly 30 years, is due to be released this year in memory of Scott Miller and features contributions from Gil Ray. Gil didn't seem to age well, so it shouldn't come as quite so much a shock, but I'm shocked. RIP Erica's Word

Pierre Cardin

Mary Tyler is no Moore and a plethora of teams thought she would survive the year. They were all wrong. Here are the scores! =1st - Angels - 0 points =1st - Bert Trautmann - 0 points =1st - msc - 0 points =1st - RadGuy - 0 points =1st - YoungWillz - 0 points 6th - gcreptile - 1 point =7th - Deathray - 3 points =7th - GraveDanger - 3 points =7th - The Unknown Man - 3 points =10th - CharonsCrew - 4 points =10th - Grim Up North - 4 points =12th - Dead Cow - 5 points =12th - Drol - 5 points 14th - esher - 6 points 15th - Dr_T - 7 points 16th - Death Impends - 9 points 17th - Shaun of the Dead - 11 points =18th - Garn2 - 12 points =18th - WednesdayAddams - 12 points =20th - Bibliogryphon - 13 points =20th - CaptainChorizo - 13 points 22nd - Book - 15 points =23rd - Pedro67 - 21 points =23rd - Switch - 21 points =25th - Joeyruss - 22 points =25th - Toast - 22 points =27th - Morbidkid - 26 points =27th - rockhopperpenguin - 26 points

Deathray, you may want to check over your team right now. Just a little warning.

On this Gloomy Sunday we remember Billy MacKenzie who stopped sulking 20 years ago on this day.

Queen Victoria died on the 22nd January....double or nothing Elizabeth? Pope Benedict XV died on the 22nd January... double or nothing Benedict XVI?

Four hours left until the deadline. Last chance to get teams in.

Where's Still Life on this list? I've voted for TJS.

I'll edit the original post to include the deadline. With regards to post-Snuka entries, I've decided to follow Pedro's suggestion of awarding the rounded average of points on the scoreboard. So every entrant subsequent to Snuka's death has been awarded 4 points.

Fucking hell. I only know of him because Billy Bragg covered Everywhere, but that's one hell of a song. RIP

I might just run with that idea. I've got an idea for next year's competition that should prevent such a problem from arising again.

This is the first time that it's happened and there doesn't seem to be anything in the original rules which deal with such a situation. I've never felt comfortable introducing rules to someone else's game, perhaps Spade could offer us a suggestion. Those are exactly my thoughts. I wouldn't mind handing out points to subsequent entries if this had happened later in the entry period, but because it's so early on, I don't feel as if it would be wise to do so. I think I'll stick with the extra name as a solution for now.

Jimmy Snuka's demise leaves 12 teams Snuka'd but signifies a superflying start for this year's Inverse Dead Pool. It also means that we now have a scoreboard. Here are the scores! =1st - Angels - 0 points =1st - Bert Trautmann - 0 points =1st - Book - 0 points =1st - Deathray - 0 points =1st - Drol - 0 points =1st - gcreptile - 0 points =1st - GraveDanger - 0 points =1st - Grim Up North - 0 points =1st - msc - 0 points =1st - RadGuy - 0 points =1st - The Unknown Man - 0 points =1st - YoungWillz - 0 points =13th - Pedro67 - 1 point =13th - Switch - 1 point =15th - Bibliogryphon - 4 points =15th - CharonsCrew - 4 points =15th - Death Impends - 4 points =15th - Dr_T - 4 points =15th - esher - 4 points =15th - Garn2 - 4 points =21st - Dead Cow - 5 points =21st - rockhopperpenguin - 5 points =23rd - CaptainChorizo - 7 points =23rd- Morbidkid - 7 points =23rd- Joeyruss - 7 points 26th - Shaun of the Dead - 11 points 27th - WednesdayAddams - 12 points 28th - Toast - 22 points