gcreptile

Very true, imagine if the Dems had won the House by a seat or so.

Sitting US Rep. Don McEachin had died just after winning reelection to his Virginia seat: https://www.whsv.com/2022/11/29/us-rep-donald-mceachin-dies/

Most curiously, Yahoo seems to have a publishing license for articles of the Colchester Gazette. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/hospital-boss-pays-tribute-brilliant-133213976.html

Poisoned? https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/11/28/breaking-belarus-minister-of-foreign-affairs-vladimir-makei-dies/ Belarussian government now in a shake-up.

Cameroon - Serbia: 1-1 South Korea - Ghana: 1-2 Brazil - Switzerland: 2-1 Portugal - Uruguay: 2-2

Those surviving are mostly those I carried over. There you can see that I had done my research, but only for about half of the names, the rest was basically "good enough, statistically". That only works sonetimes, I guess.

So I'm adding three more hits (Doddie Weir, Alan Melinek, Don St. Claire), which brings us to 250. No Louise Tobin QO so far. And by the way, I'm still looking for an al-Qaeda confirmation of Ayman al-Zawahiri's death... But yes, for a new hit record we "only" need 29 more hits in roughly 35 days. It doesn't look out of reach actually. Maybe a few more QOs via "deaths of 2022" year end lists could help.

And now a Lady Glenconner interview in the Guardian. Still extremely active, not one for us: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/27/whatever-next-anne-glenconner-princess-margaret-crown-interview

I'd say it counts.

Japan - Costa Rica 2-1 Belgium - Morocco 3-0 Croatia - Canada 2-0 Spain - Germany 3-1 Dartford Women - Hashtag United 6-3

I'm at six points, got two right yesterday.

Tunisia - Australia: 1-1 Poland - Saudi-Arabia: 1-1 France - Denmark: 2-1 Argentina - Mexico: 1-2

This article is very death-baiting, "celebrities who will turn 100 years old in 2023": https://www.looper.com/1108066/entertainers-turning-100-in-2023/

And he would have been next year. Unfortunately, I picked up on his silence too late, roughly mid-year. It's always suspicious when the "public intellectuals" stop commenting on everything (which is why Martin Walser and Jürgen Habermas are not yet great candidates, though I guess at their age, anything is possible - and some names you dont want to miss.).

Hans Magnus Enzensberger will be a nice unique hit for me, once a QO comes up. Vicky Phelan was a hit for many, also. Edit: Enzensberger QO via Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-germany-poetry-obituaries-munich-c7674631e57b9877084461b2a45dd450

The great literary writer and public intellectual Hans Magnus Enzensberger has died at 93: https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/hans-magnus-enzensberger-ist-tot-a-daa5c5ec-3b26-47a1-ad68-133c3d4761b5

Welsh rugby player Mark Spiller battles a rare form of cancer: https://uk.knews.media/wales/former-welsh-rugby-favourite-battling-rare-form-of-cancer/ (Sorry for Z-list website link, but the better source is currently bugged for me)

Lady Glenconner gets "angry" at Netflix show The Crown... angry enough for a heart attack at now 90 years old? https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63744908

I am at 4 pts now after the Switzerland game.

Thomas Schafernacker (sp?) MC Ren Scott Thorson (cancer) Pete Sampras Liz Truss Rick Davies

Wales - Iran 2-0 Qatar - Senegal 1-1 Netherlands - Ecuador 1-0 England - USA 3-1

Roberta Flack then, please

Random thoughts.... I find it amazing how Pope Francis has now been pope for longer than Benedict has, meaning Benedict's retirement has now been longer than his papacy. Also, Pope Francis turns 86 in a month, meaning he's now one month older than Benedict was when he retired.

Those are also actually fun to add into the game. More so than, say, "Amazing Race Australia/USA/Canada Season 6/12/8 contestant XYZ".

I would, too! I wonder about (mostly famous) people who are seemingly unable to retire.