gcreptile

Alright, recent events require an update... Everyone and their dog has picked David Gulpilil, but not a single use as a joker. Everyone except for a few dogs has picked Sir Frank Williams. However, I just noticed that there is also "Dad's Army" Frank Williams, and I didn't check in January which one you meant - so it's SIR Frank Williams for everyone, seems weird to pick the other one when the racing boss was the much likelier bet. Dean Stockwell is an, of course, unique hit for Gooseberry Crumble. Clarissa Eden is a unique pick for The Old Crem. 20 points is better than no points... And well, no obit for Val Bettin it seems. And so far, no obits for Belinda Sykes and Mustafa Cengiz. The result: Rank Team Score 1 Cpt. Chorizo 1539 2 JoeyRuss 1377 3 Salmon Mousse 1359 4 Death Impends 1268 5 Banana 1189 6 gcreptile 1080 7 Book 1060 8 An Fear Beag 947 9 msc 929 10 drol 928 11 DevonDeathTrip 874 12 theoldlady 815 13 Lynchian 796 14 Wormfarmer 730 15 Kenny 653 16 The Unknown Man 634 17 The Quim Reaper 609 18 Etushipushingupdaisies 596 19 Annami 579 20 Joe Moneypenny 554 21 Toast 540 22 Sean 525 23 The Daredevil 502 24 Grand Uncle Bulgaria 431 25 Yorkshire Banker 427 26 Bibliogryphon 425 27 The Old Crem 388 28 Baby Blue 365 29 chilean way 353 30 Charles De Gaulle 352 31 etib80 296 32 markb4 290 33 Guyfromfuture 286 34 Gooseberry Crumble 239 35 mr.whit 156 Expect the new thread for 2022 next weekend.

Typical woman - why can't she just decide and be done with It?!

Yeah, it's the research that went into the Cup, especially Albert Raboteau and Nadia Chaudhri in various deadpools. Have to say though, Abdul Qadeer Khan I picked only because drol posted about him.

This current storm had to be expected I guess, after the fairly quiet two weeks. In addition to Elder, Gulpilil and WIlliams, other people still waiting for obits are Andrew Romanoff, Wilf Oldham and Mustafa Cengiz, just in the past two days. We need 35 more hits to break the record. It's going to be very close.

Well, thats done ;). Bob Dole is a real fighter...

It actually happened?? Saving grace for my DDP team sitting on three (!) non-obits right now.

Another DDP pick, though right now, it seems the List of the Lost is growing faster than the number of hits.

He has english ones, but no qualifying ones so far. Admittedly, his resignation from the position in August decreased the chances. Maybe some match reports mention a tribute next week.

Who would rather beat Robert Solow in a fight, Kabosu the original Doge, or transcendentalism?

Mustafa Cengiz, president of Galatasaray Istanbul, dead of cancer at 71: https://www.fotomac.com.tr/galatasaray/2021/11/28/son-dakika-galatasarayin-eski-baskani-mustafa-cengiz-hayatini-kaybetti DDP pick for my B-Team.

Finally... not for him but for the List in general. I have a feeling that there'll be a bunch of hits now. They seem to come in clusters, and we've been waiting for this one for quite a while.

Alright, it seems these people are still missing from the List of the Lost - as of today - the year isn't over. I am doubting very much that I will manage to go through the whole database to check for the List of the Missed. I did it last year, and msc had a good look at it just a bit ago. We should be okay here.

No.

In my opinion, yes.

Well, it does look like Irish cartoonist Ken(neth) Mahood died on Dec 30th 2020, which wasn't picked up by us, even though he was picked. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9103503/Tributes-pour-Mail-cartoonist-Ken-Mahood-dies-90.html I am not going to adjust the team though -because the replacement hasn't died yet. If it still happens, I will, but not now.

UK historian and DDP theme team pick Richard Repp died a few days ago: https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/article/in-memoriam-dr-richard-c.-repp He was an expert on Turkish history.

One of GUN's theme team climbers, Sajid Sadpara developed a life-threatening altitude sickness during the K2 ascent. Nevertheless, he is planning another expedition:

I was just about to post him as a suggestion for 2022 but then a funny thing happened on the way to the forum.

His death was as unexpected as getting to 91 to begin with, at least to me. RIP

Stephen Sondheim a hit, but not a winning one.

Aussie rules footballer Paul Dimattina "gravely ill" after an adverse booster shot reaction. He also receives chemo for a rare autoimmune disease: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10245419/AFL-legend-Paul-Dimattina-rushed-hospital-suspected-reaction-Pfizer-booster-shot.html

Kirsty Gallacher steps back from TV because a benign ear tumour has left her unable to work: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10247299/Kirsty-Gallacher-reveals-step-GB-News-presenting-role.html

Ahem, yes it's late, but.... List of the Lost

Yeah, I am following it. However, three of the four people featured this week died weeks before Sykes. Well, wait and see...

Gared O'Donnell, frontman for rock band "Planes Mistaken For Stars" dead of esophageal cancer at 44: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/planes-mistaken-stars-rocker-gared-25545837 Lots of QOs, and actually a public cancer case, but nobody thought he'd obit.