The Dead Cow

He got a Metro obit, as well as a Daily Mail AP obit. I wouldn't rule out a Guardian obit, sometimes they take a few days to cover the more 'obscure' deaths, like DiNizio might be considered in the UK.

Je ne pense pas! I believe 450 points are owed to me for the death of Hallyday.

Bob Barker

Another memorable role in that episode was that of Lt. Joe Tormolen, who was played by Stewart Moss. Moss died on September 13th but seemed to go unreported on these forums. Anyhow, here's his famous speech before he stabs himself with a butter knife in 'The Naked Time'.

Vera Lynn

As Scott Putesky (Daisy Berkowitz) starts pushing up the daisies, further rocking the scoreboard, Drol must be thinking 'Sweet Dreams Are Made of This' as he extends his lead. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 25 points 2nd - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points 3rd - Grim Up North - 45 points =4th - Bert Trautmann - 52 points =4th - CaptainChorizo - 52 points 6th - gcreptile - 55 points 7th - Book - 56 points 8th - The Unknown Man - 57 points 9th - Bibliogryphon - 58 points 10th - msc - 60 points 11th - The Mad Hatter - 61 points 12th - Dr_T - 65 points =13th - Garn2 - 66 points =13th - YoungWillz - 66 points 15th - WednesdayAddams - 68 points 16th - Death Impends - 69 points 17th - Phantom of the Midway - 71 points 18th - Toast - 79 points =19th - esher - 87 points =19th - Pedro67 - 87 points =21st - Deathray - 88 points =21st - Joeyruss - 88 points 23rd - CharonsCrew - 92 points =24th - GraveDanger - 97 points =24th - rockhopperpenguin - 97 points 26th - Switch - 106 points 27th - Dead Cow - 118 points 28th - Angels - 127 points

Gord Downie's tragic demise has been a Long Time Coming and the 3 teams who thought he would see the year out will feel So Hard Done By. With regards to the scores, some position changes in the bottom half of the scoreboard, but nothing significant. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 25 points =2nd - Grim Up North - 40 points =2nd - Bibliogryphon - 40 points 4th - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points 5th - msc - 49 points 6th - Dr_T - 50 points 7th - Book - 51 points =8th - Bert Trautmann - 52 points =8th - CaptainChorizo - 52 points 10th - Phantom of the Midway - 54 points 11th - gcreptile - 55 points 12th - YoungWillz - 56 points 13th - The Unknown Man - 57 points 14th - Death Impends - 58 points 15th - The Mad Hatter - 61 points 16th - Garn2 - 66 points 17th - WednesdayAddams - 67 points 18th - Toast - 76 points =19th - GraveDanger - 82 points =19th - Joeyruss - 82 points 21st - Deathray - 86 points =22nd - Pedro67 - 87 points =22nd - esher - 87 points 24th - Switch - 89 points 25th - CharonsCrew - 92 points =26th - Dead Cow - 97 points =26th - rockhopperpenguin - 97 points 28th - Angels - 121 points

Billy Graham

Dead Another hit for me in both the Windy City DP and the Poker Tournament.

Daily Mail obit. Hit for me in the Poker Tournament and the Windy City DP.

Hugh Hefner's gone stiff and it's a big one, with the scoreboard being blown all over. Drol still somehow manages to keep a hold on his primary position and is looking stronger than ever. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 25 points =2nd - Grim Up North - 40 points =2nd - Bibliogryphon - 40 points 4th - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points 5th - msc - 49 points 6th - Dr_T - 50 points 7th - Book - 51 points =8th - Bert Trautmann - 52 points =8th - CaptainChorizo - 52 points 10th - Phantom of the Midway - 54 points 11th - gcreptile - 55 points 12th - YoungWillz - 56 points 13th - The Unknown Man - 57 points 14th - Death Impends - 58 points 15th - The Mad Hatter - 61 points 16th - Garn2 - 66 points 17th - WednesdayAddams - 67 points 18th - GraveDanger - 70 points 19th - Toast - 76 points 20th - CharonsCrew - 79 points 21st - Joeyruss - 82 points 22nd - Deathray - 86 points =23rd - Pedro67 - 87 points =23rd - esher - 87 points 25th - Switch - 89 points =26th - Dead Cow - 97 points =26th - rockhopperpenguin - 97 points 28th - Angels - 119 points

Tony Booth's departure makes little change with regards to the scores. Only 3 teams can confess to thinking he'd see the year out. Scores! 1st - Drol - 21 points 2nd - Grim Up North - 31 points 3rd - The Unknown Man - 37 points =4th - Bibliogryphon - 40 points =4th - Dr_T - 40 points 6th - msc - 41 points =7th - Bert Trautmann - 44 points =7th - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points =7th - The Mad Hatter - 44 points =10th - Book - 48 points =10th - Death Impends - 48 points 12th - CaptainChorizo - 49 points =13th - gcreptile - 51 points =13th - GraveDanger - 51 points 15th - Phantom of the Midway - 53 points 16th - Garn2 - 54 points 17th - YoungWillz - 56 points 18th - Joeyruss - 63 points 19th - WednesdayAddams - 67 points 20th - Deathray - 68 points 21st - Switch - 75 points 22nd - Toast - 76 points 23rd - Dead Cow - 77 points 24th - CharonsCrew - 79 points 25th - rockhopperpenguin - 82 points =26th - Pedro67 - 87 points =26th - esher - 87 points 28th - Angels - 119 points

Those who thought Jake LaMotta would punch his way through another year will be raging 'bull!' when they see the scoreboard, as the death of LaMortta leaves a few teams on the ropes. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 21 points 2nd - Grim Up North - 31 points 3rd - The Unknown Man - 37 points =4th - Bibliogryphon - 40 points =4th - Dr_T - 40 points 6th - msc - 41 points =7th - Bert Trautmann - 44 points =7th - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points =7th - The Mad Hatter - 44 points =10th - Book - 48 points =10th - Death Impends - 48 points 12th - CaptainChorizo - 49 points =13th - gcreptile - 51 points =13th - GraveDanger - 51 points 15th - Phantom of the Midway - 53 points 16th - Garn2 - 54 points 17th - YoungWillz - 56 points 18th - CharonsCrew - 62 points =19th - Joeyruss - 63 points =19th - WednesdayAddams - 63 points 21st - Deathray - 68 points 22nd - Switch - 73 points 23rd - Toast - 76 points 24th - Dead Cow - 77 points 25th - rockhopperpenguin - 82 points =26th - Pedro67 - 87 points =26th - esher - 87 points 28th - Angels - 119 points

Prowse, the death evader.

Fuck sake. I take a few weeks away from the DL and carnage occurs. I'll try and provide updates for LaMotta, Dawn, Booth and Hefner throughout the day, and then I'll probably retire back to Uni life until whenever there's another hit. Edit: Liz Dawn wasn't in the top 50? I'm shocked, yet slightly relieved.

Same again for me.

A Peru leader is consulting doctors on Fujimori's medical pardon. Fujimori reportedly in intensive care after suffering a 'life-threatening heart complaint'.

The death of Jerry Lewis, the King of Comedy, is no laughing matter when it comes to this game. 23 teams were nutty enough to think he'd survive the year and therefore The Day the Clown Died could turn out to be a pivotal moment in this competition. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 21 points 2nd - Grim Up North - 31 points =3rd - msc - 35 points =3rd - The Unknown Man - 35 points 5th - YoungWillz - 38 points =6th - Bibliogryphon - 40 points =6th - Dr_T - 40 points 8th - Bert Trautmann - 42 points =9th - Shaun of the Dead - 44 points =9th - The Mad Hatter - 44 points 11th - GraveDanger - 47 points =12th - Book - 48 points =12th - Death Impends - 48 points =12th - Garn2 - 48 points 15th - CaptainChorizo - 49 points 16th - Phantom of the Midway - 50 points 17th - gcreptile - 51 points 18th - Deathray - 59 points 19th - rockhopperpenguin - 60 points =20th - CharonsCrew - 62 points =20th - Toast - 62 points =22nd - Joeyruss - 63 points =22nd - WednesdayAddams - 63 points 24th - Switch - 73 points 25th - Pedro67 - 74 points 26th - Dead Cow - 77 points 27th - esher - 80 points 28th - Angels - 106 points

Bob Barker

Mirror obit

As Colin Meads his maker, things are looking all black for the handful of teams who thought he might see the year out. Not much change with regards to the scores, though Angels' experiment reattains it's wooden spoon position for now. Here are the scores! 1st - Drol - 7 points =2nd - Dr_T - 22 points =2nd - The Unknown Man - 22 points 4th - CaptainChorizo - 25 points =5th - Bert Trautmann - 30 points =5th - Garn2 - 30 points =5th - Grim Up North - 30 points =8th - Book - 31 points =8th - The Mad Hatter - 31 points 10th - gcreptile - 33 points 11th - GraveDanger - 34 points =12th - msc - 35 points =12th - YoungWillz - 35 points 14th - Bibliogryphon - 36 points 15th - Death Impends - 41 points 16th - Shaun of the Dead - 42 points =17th - Toast - 44 points =17th - Phantom of the Midway - 44 points 19th - rockhopperpenguin - 51 points 20th - CharonsCrew - 57 points 21st - Pedro67 - 58 points 22nd- Deathray - 59 points =23rd - WednesdayAddams - 63 points =23rd - Joeyruss - 63 points =23rd - Switch - 63 points 26th - esher - 67 points 27th - Dead Cow - 77 points 28th - Angels - 81 points

Hmm, Google says Randle died on the 23rd of May but Wikipedia says he died on the 24th and indeed this article says he died on a Wednesday which implies the 24th, the same day as Sonny West's death. Edit: In fact, Landham and Burgess were a day apart dying on the 17th and 18th respectively.

You weren't the only one who noticed. It's also intriguing that Sonny West and Sonny Randle also Cher () the same death date, so not exactly unprecedented.

For those of you still pondering the reasons for the end of Clive's Guardian columns, a comment on the Instagram upload of one of those hospital photos which I mentioned previously in this thread reveals that 'he was finding writing to deadlines difficult'.

Tony Booth