gcreptile

Eminent black historian, I'm counting on the Guardian! But it's a backlog obit, probably.

Though I guess it's true:

I gave him the yahoo QO quite some time ago.

I'd like to have more confirmation. People might just be jumping the gun because they only now realized he's in hospice. I am waiting for a tweet from his daughter, Emily.

Again, Jacques Delors, he's been quiet.

Ominous indeed, just guessing to adjust my radar... was it leukemia?

All these names cry for an update, and it's a big one. Lots of points for lots of people, many picked Sarah Harding, Jimmy Greaves and Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Etib also gets points for Jean-Paul Belmondo and Gooseberry Crumble with another unique hit, Jane Powell. Plus, Amy Winifred Hawkins is a hit for Great Uncle Bulgaria. Book and Chilean way also had Neddy Smith, the Australian serial killer. Finally, we have a replacement hit with Terry Lubbock, for quite a few players. And as an aside note, of course, I managed, even with only two replacement slots for myself, to switch out Suzy Friton who would have been a unique hit for me (not changing my rank a lot though). The resulting scoreboard doesn't show a lot of switched places, well except for the big jumps of Great Uncle Bulgaria and also Bibliogryphon, but Cpt. Chorizo's lead is now back to more than a hundred points. Rank Team Score 1 Cpt. Chorizo 1260 2 Salmon Mousse 1122 3 Banana 1093 4 JoeyRuss 1077 5 Death Impends 951 6 gcreptile 860 7 An Fear Beag 832 8 Book 824 9 msc 819 10 drol 764 11 Wormfarmer 677 12 Lynchian 623 13 DevonDeathTrip 572 14 theoldlady 570 15 Kenny 557 16 Joe Moneypenny 492 17 The Unknown Man 476 18 Annami 449 19 The Quim Reaper 442 20 Etushipushingupdaisies 423 21 The Daredevil 417 22 The Old Crem 368 23 Baby Blue 365 24 Sean 352 25 Grand Uncle Bulgaria 336 26 Yorkshire Banker 332 27 Bibliogryphon 295 28 Toast 290 29 chilean way 285 30 Charles De Gaulle 267 31 markb4 227 32 Gooseberry Crumble 175 33 etib80 168 34 mr.whit 156 35 Guyfromfuture 97

Bouteflika's death lifted En Passant onto the podium. And Jimmy Greaves closes the gap between HDS and Salmon Mousse down to measly two points. Now, that's a race...

Fred Dakota, Native American "gambling pioneer", dead at 84: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/fred-dakota-native-american-gambling-pioneer-dies-84-8009701 Possibly responsible for the casino boom on Native American reservations since the 80s.

Maybe having a wikipedia page in at least 5 languages? Exceptions maybe for British people - who only need and english one, but with a minimum number of words.

Jacques Delors

Eccentric millionaire Robert Durst found guilty of murder and "likely to die in prison": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58605688 I'm not sure how much of his frailty is fake. He's a very sick person.

Finally...

Homelessness could be a solution.

Susie Steiner tweeted her last tweet in January. If she can hang on for 9 months during the "end game", so can Tom, easily. Chris Doleman lasted a full two years. Susie Steiner currently 2 years and five months. I guess there are those cases where treatment doesn't work at all from the very beginning, like Paul Westphal, who only survived for about half a year., but Tom's seems to keep it at bay. He was diagnosed in Octobre 2020 - if he's on the better timeline, he might even survive 2022.

Preparations for their final tour: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/17/genesis-prog-phil-collins-health-final-tour As for Phil's health: "dislocated vertebrae led to nerve problems that have stopped him drumming, and he is diabetic. He is frail and seems slightly distracted, walks with the aid of a stick, but is in good spirits."

Eh, and crossposting here as well, Jane Powell has died at 92: https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/

"Golden Age" actress Jane Powell dead at 92: https://deadline.com/2021/09/jane-powell-dead-obituary-actress-royal-wedding-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-was-92-1234838168/ DDP pick.

Freddie Combs, a very fat participant on X Factor, dies of kidney failure at 49: https://theblast.com/95345/x-factor-star-freddie-combs-dies-at-age-49-of-kidney-failure/

After three bouts of carcinoma, Jim Kelly recently had another skin cancer fight, although apparently less dangerous than the ones before: https://www.survivornet.com/articles/nfl-quarterback-jim-kelly-skin-cancer-nfl-vaccine-mandate-root-canals-squamous-cell-carcinoma/

I think, some higher standard of fame should be used. Otherwise, well, there's already the Death By Numbers.

Apparently there was an out-of-court settlement yesterday regarding the assault allegations.

I will not believe her until she kisses Katy Perry on the butt and likes it.

Digital nun Catherine Wybourne is retweeting Nadia Chaudhri... what a convergence: https://mobile.twitter.com/Digitalnun/status/1437309566681767937

Alright, so I have a joker.... I can choose it to be any card I want to, except for those I have already drawn? Then I want to keep my chances for a Royal Flush alive, snatch another pair, and my first two pairs, and choose the Jack of Clubs.