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Nice one, I wanted to listen to it, too. That's Miss Violet Chachki, winner of season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO for 12 years, and so the nr. 1 US union person, dead at 72: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/richard-trumka-head-of-afl-cio-union-federation-dies-at-72.html

Alright, after 4 long weeks Brian Henderson makes me do an update. Apart from him, we also had Renee Simonot, Jon Hassell - unique hit for me, Biz Markie - a replacement hit that had also been picked before the replacement period, and a slightly late QO for Gary Corbett - which is important in the grand scheme of things - because it means that Cpt. Chorizo gets the lead back: Rank Team Score 1 Cpt. Chorizo 964 2 Salmon Mousse 959 3 JoeyRuss 907 4 Banana 837 5 gcreptile 815 6 Death Impends 781 7 An Fear Beag 661 8 msc 649 9 Book 610 10 drol 593 11 Wormfarmer 529 12 DevonDeathTrip 508 13 theoldlady 489 14 Lynchian 457 15 Joe Moneypenny 410 16 The Unknown Man 387 17 The Quim Reaper 361 18 Kenny 332 19 Annami 328 20 The Daredevil 291 21 Yorkshire Banker 288 22 Baby Blue 284 23 Etushipushingupdaisies 261 24 The Old Crem 247 25 chilean way 245 26 markb4 227 27 Sean 222 28 Grand Uncle Bulgaria 160 29 mr.whit 156 30 Charles De Gaulle 141 31 Toast 124 32 Guyfromfuture 97 33 Bibliogryphon 93 34 etib80 90 35 Gooseberry Crumble 75 Much like in the DDP, Salmon Mousse now has the most hits, but they are slightly older on average. A clash of strategies? Well, the end is very much open.

BBC video about fakery in the "chronic illness influencer" scene: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-58093455

In cancer treatment again: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/04/sports/jerry-remy-undergo-treatment-lung-cancer-will-step-away-nesn-broadcast/

J.W. Rinzler, prolific author of "Making of" books on Star Wars, Alien/s, or The Shining dead of pancreatic cancer at 58: https://deadline.com/2021/08/j-w-rinzler-dead-author-of-star-wars-indiana-jones-books-was-58-1234809101/ Apparently, it had been announced, but we didn't pick it up. Here it is: https://www.jedinews.com/film-music-tv/articles/j-w-rinzler-health-update/

Scottish Islamic scholar (!) Abdalqadir as-Sufi, born Ian Dallas, has died aged 90/91: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/abdalqadir-as-sufi-obituary-762ztq5mf Sounds like a very interesting biography.

TikTok "star" Timbo the redneck dead at 30 after a car stunt went wrong: https://www.the-sun.com/news/3410280/timbo-the-redneck-tiktok-dead-crash/ Lately it seems, there's about one TikTok star dying each day. "star" being a very generous word.

Huddersfield eccentric Jake Mangle-Wurzel dead a short time after his annoucement of terminal illness at 83: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/huddersfields-joker-chief-jake-manglewurzel-21220443 I almost picked him for the ABC pool. Let's see if a QO comes up.

Jailed australian rapist Mustafa Kayirici, 31, supposedly only has a few months left to live: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/time-not-on-my-side-jailed-rapist-dying-of-cancer-court-told-20210804-p58fvb.html He was described by the Daily Mail as a "face-tattoed serial sex monster" and "ice addict" in 2020. Edit: Seems he's 31 years old now.

The mother of Reagan shooter John Hinckley, Jo Ann Hinckley, has died at 95: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/williamsburg/mother-of-would-be-reagan-assassin-john-hinckley-dies-at-95/ John has lived with her since he was allowed to occasionally leave the mental institution in recent years.

95 today!!! (Imagine emojis here) He's going to have a concert tonight with Lady Gaga. No signs of Alzheimer's yet.

Vitaly Shishov, head of exiled Belarussian democracy activists, no longer vital: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58065313 Went our for a jog, then "hanged himself" in a park.

Phillip King, British sculptor of the 1960s dead at 87: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phillip-king-sculptor-dead-1234600427/

And now her mother, Anna Lillian Iversen, is dead, too: https://themercury.com/lifestyles/entertainment/priscilla-presleys-mother-is-dead/article_5871f375-b2f1-5bc4-88e8-12a009229358.html

Michael Dobbs, the British peer and author of House Of Cards, has prostate cancer, can't look behind the paywall though: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/fighting-cancer-killed-father-strangely-life-affirming/

Pretty obvious, but.... Jason Statham and Bruce Willis. I think people are just bascially giving their rejected 90s screenplays for Bruce Willis movies to Jason Statham. (new movie Wrath of Man)

Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy has had "a bit of cancer" for three years, but it's currently stable: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/stephen-pearcy-ratt-cancer/ It was discovered during Hepatitis treatment, so maybe liver cancer? But it's not clear.

Indeed, and their new prime minister /dictator just delayed the promised elections for another year and a half.

Edgar Bear Runner, a moderately important Native American activist, has died earlier this month at age 70: https://siouxfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/4664539/Bear-Runner-Edgar/index.php Used to be an Alt Obits pick of mine, among other pools - turns out he died off the radar. Wikipedia hasn't noticed yet (neither did anyone else): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Bear_Runner

Gary Burgess mostly quits work to start "focusing on his health", i.e. puts himself on the clock, though I would guess it's nothing immediate:

My father said, 15 years ago, that they were the last generation to have it better than the ones before. Now, I wonder why he got children... anyway, I'm pretty pessimistic right now, and think a huge population crunch is coming in a few decades. Maybe millenials like me will not live to see it, but the next generation will.

Well, truthfully, no update was needed ;). An exciting first half gave way to a dull second half. Thanks a lot Joey for hosting once more. Not the easiest job, having to check teams and write the masterlist at the turn of the month six/seven months in a row. A fun idea, that can also be a pain in the ass, for host and players alike. I'll take the win nonetheless! But I can't help feeling being a bit lucky that all my opponents, one heavy hitter after another, just stayed slightly below their possibilities, allowing me to just slip into the next round - with the closest result right at the end. Both msc and I expected a lot more this round. It's probably the only deadpool I win this year, so I am glad it all worked out.

She's still improving - in a Hindu/reincarnation kind of way.

So the news say that Project Artemis aims to send Americans to the moon, but not before 2024. There's currently a bidding war for the private contract between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, with the latter apparently winning. I wonder if any current moon astronauts are going to last that long.