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Ah, been on my longlist for some time. He was an insider name who saw a revival in recent years. I thought he had lived longer than could be expected already years ago.

Alright, seems like the Deadpooling gods want to send me into the second Cup finale in a row. And no matter how that goes, I think it might just be my last competitive Cup game. It's been fun, but yeah, it also took quite some time to always be on top of the news. I might be up for hosting in 2024 though, if I manage to hand my part in the DDP over by then. Edit: Oh yeah, and I think I will drop my "extremely minor names" list, my Cup storage, so to say, similar to last year.

Rowshan Ershad back from Thailand where she had received "advanced treatment for old-age complications" for 7 and a half months: https://www.newagebd.net/article/174435/raushon-ershad-returns-bangladesh-from-thailand

Arnold Skolnick, graphics designer who designed one of the more iconic Woodstock Festival posters, dead at 85: https://www.gazettenet.com/Arnold-Skolnick-Woodstock-poster-artist-and-designer-dies-at-age-85-46972635 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Skolnick

It's five deaths for the 25th right now, so still a record low. However, the past three days have been relatively deathless, maybe the usual Wiki editors were out for the weekend or something.

Heh, yes, I'm checking the page. Very unusual. if its less than seven names, its in the Hall of Fame, so to say.

Hello Predictor, hope you're doing well. Yes, you are right. I had Jana Bennett a year younger than she actually was. Must have been because when I first heard of her, and entered her into my lists, I only knew the age, not the year of birth. This score change of 1 has that effect on everyone who picked her. You'll see it next time.

Yeah I thought of a dignitas thing... if they are only thinking about it, like Alain Delon, they're fine, but if there's already a date, then they cannot be accepted.

Let's have a quick update, because REMINDER: Replacement day is 1st of July. It's coming up. You can also replace now already, but the hits will only count from July 1st on. In other news, we have the big hit Jean-Louis Trintignant, picked by a lot of people. We also have the hit Peter Scott-Morgan, picked here and there. Especially meaningful though because the new leader has picked him. There's also Hugh McElhenny, the American football player who is a unique hit for Wormfarmer. I also had to add some points to Doulton because I didn't mark Walter Abish as dead, sorry! It all results in a new leader, Banana, well done! Half-time is apporaching, and because Banana picked both Jean-Louis Trintignant and Peter Scott-Morgan, there's now a bit of a gap to Salmon Mousse. Rank Team Score 1 Banana 941 2 Salmon Mousse 858 3 msc 782 4 Joey Russ 755 5 An Fear Beag 714 6 gcreptile 688 7 Predictor 665 8 Cpt. Chorizo 664 9 Book 655 10 Death Impends 630 11 drol 577 12 DevonDeathTrip 553 13 Guy From Future 459 14 MariNisia 422 15 Kenny 414 16 Theoldlady 387 17 Toast 383 18 YorkshireBanker 365 19 JoeMoneypenny 348 20 Great Uncle Bulgaria 344 21 Baby Blue 326 22 JohnKey 310 23 The Daredevil 309 24 Torva Messor 305 25 CalebH 278 26 The Unknown Man 274 26 The old crem 274 28 Annami 256 29 Sean 251 30 Buffalo Phil 249 31 Bibliogryphon 206 32 Liz Lemon 199 33 Wormfarmer 195 34 Famous6Eva 181 35 Doulton 149 36 Pedro67 146 37 YoungWillz 130 38 keltos31 88 39 markb4 84 40 The Spinosaurus 64 41 Gooseberry Crumble 61 42 Hell 57 43 chilean way 49 44 Captain Hemlock 0

I think I can finally turn my interests into a profession.

Liberal hubris, which seems to happen too often. They let the perfect be the enemy of the good. They cram all they want into huge bills which then get taken apart bit by bit.

Jim Ross now cancer-free (again), just a wound on his ankle left: https://wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/aews-jim-ross-no-longer-has-cancer-plans-on-seeing-a-specialist-for-a-lesion-on-his-ankle/

Mike Pasciullo, senior vice president at Marvel Comics, has died at 50: https://deadline.com/2022/06/mike-pasciullo-dead-marvel-entertainment-1235050439/

Well, the name is already out, at least in the Cup, so here's the in-detail update on Mutulu Shakur: https://theintercept.com/2022/06/22/mutulu-shakur-dying-prison-cancer/ Supposedly bedridden, but at 125 pounds not really close to death, it seems. Still, he wants out of prison, again, now that his illness has supposedly advanced (but how much is truth, how much is pretense?) Also interesting to me is that the judge who is deciding the case, is Charles S. Haight Jr.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Haight_Jr. Appointed by President Ford (!) and now 91 years old (!).

Australian "legendary" swimming coach Dick Caine accused of sexually assaulting 16 year old girls around 40 years ago, but luckily for him, he might only have six months left to live: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10941659/Sydney-news-Legendary-swimming-coach-charged-sexually-assaulting-teen-girls-months-live.html 'He has strokes, he has cancer of the lung, cancer of the throat. He has seizures, he has heart problems, he has a pacemaker,' she said