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Jason Slater, original bassist of Third Eye Blind, dead at 49 from liver failure: https://www.tmz.com/2020/12/09/third-eye-blind-bassist-jason-slater-dead-died-at-49/

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had prostate cancer and leukemia: https://people.com/health/kareem-abdul-jabbar-reveals-prostate-cancer-calls-out-racial-inequality-health-care/ He also had heart bypass surgery (already in this thread). But he's fine for now.

Oh, no worries at all!

Ha, was about to post exactly the same order as Steve... Okay, 1) Duterte 2) Trump 3) Lukaschenko

I see... instead of the typical "Who died in 2020" year-end list, you give us the "who isn't yet dead" list.

I read in a related article on the documentary, that Shane has "practically given up" on alcohol. Also, I think this must be indeed be the longest thread between "must be dead soon" and actual death.

It's deadpooling season, so, of course, Constantino Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vice president, is being flown out of the country for health reasons again: https://thezimbabwedaily.com/news/523278-sick-vp-chiwenga-flies-out-again.html

Former Vice-chancellor of the University of Ghana, George Benneh, insists on voting in spite of being frail, 86 years old, in a wheelchair, and hardly being able to speak: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1048467/election-2020-86-year-old-wheelchair-bound-ex.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benneh He also had a short spell as finance minister. Plus, his younger brother Emmanuel, also a professor, was recently killed, and that's in the news, which almost made me think that it was George Benneh, who was voting, and dead: Here a BBC pidgin link: https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-54144596

Oh no, I can't possibly also put podcasting into my life routine... it's too much, too much...

Two people developed allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine: https://www.itv.com/news/2020-12-09/covid-vaccine-two-people-who-had-pfizer-vaccine-on-tuesday-had-allergic-reactions Still, out of several tens of thousands participants, it's quite acceptable, I'd say.

James Caan is very active on twitter: https://twitter.com/James_Caan?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author He ends every tweet with "End of tweet" - setting himself up for inevitable jokes.

That's sad. I especially like "The Pearl", an album he made with Brian Eno. The album is a real gem ... or pearl.

Also voted Bush. Trump maybe gets in the early 80s. Bill Clinton 2-3 more years than Trump (Trump is even older than Bill, by 2 months). Bush Jr, I'd say high 80s. And wow, those three were all born in 1946. Carter... well, there are some ominous signs. A couple of months, a year maybe.

Is your joker hit a score record for a single hit in the Hare's?

Googling "rugby dementia" reveals a current flood: Alix Popham: https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/55208227 James Haskell: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/12807234/rugby-james-haskell-hartley-dementia-warning/ Also a Telegraph article a couple of hours ago...

Oh wow, more than 70 players.. Daily Mail also has Michael Lipman, Mouritz Botha, Carl Hayman, Geoff Old: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-9028737/Rugby-faces-concussion-lawsuit-bombshell-70-former-players-plan-sue-head-injuries.html

Mirror QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/cricket/breaking-ben-stokes-dad-ged-23134081

Maybe.. that first post has this "he's getting on a bit" part, though the following posts all mention how good in shape he is.

I wonder what the biggest gap between "won't be long" and actually dead is, on this forum... Anyway, Benedict's boy toy Georg Gänswein says that this voice has become weak but he can be understood, if you listen really closely: https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/27833-gaenswein-stimme-von-benedikt-xvi-ist-schwach-aber-verstaendlich (german)

Haim Eshed, 87, former Israeli space program official, claims that the USA and Israel are in contact with the Galactic Federation. He has to reveal it, before Trump does: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9029557/Mankind-contact-alien-Galactic-Federation-Israeli-official-says.html Also at TMZ, Fox and all the usual suspects.

I kind of don't want to add any last minute names anymore. And of course, I will submit my team before the end of the year again. Possibly 27th or 28th this time. So yeah, my last names either have to be some killer names on Christmas... or some deep research before christmas, because I probably won't be able to do deep research during Christmas. Anyway....I think I've got about a week or two left and while I think it's looking quite decent...there is something missing. For one, I am currently planning on fielding 3 non-theme teams again. But I run out of good names at about 40-45. And now that I look at it, all those C-team survivors of mine, ...really? Similarly, Death By Numbers and Alt Obits...a couple of good names are missing. I would have just slapped Nobby Stiles on them, but he's dead now. And his logical replacement Jimmy Greaves is already on all those teams. So all in all, not quite happy.

Here's an english version of it, I guess Soloveitchik has a day or two left: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1926155/hagaon-harav-dovid-soloveitchik-in-private-icu-unit-at-home-in-critical-condition.html Edit: Curious note, they didn't announce his move home, because they didn't want to reduce the "tefillos", the prayers. So if he dies, it means we haven't prayed enough.

It seems the Royal couple wants to go public after getting vaccinated: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-royals/britains-queen-elizabeth-may-go-public-after-having-covid-vaccine-times-reports-idUSKBN28G079

Alright, let's do another update, because sometimes, a whole day is worth an update on its own. We've had Peter Alliss and Tabaré Vazquez today, picked by a few of you. There was also Valery Giscard D'estaing. Plus, I have belatedly given points to The Mad Hatter, who had Jazz player Jimmy Heath - died in January with NYT obit. I only noticed that today, as I clean my lists. Then there is Catherine Wines, a possible unique hit for DDT, but there has been no obit. Rank Team Score 1 Death Impends 1246 2 Joey Russ 1244 3 gcreptile 1165 4 msc 1151 5 Banana 1124 6 Cpt. Chorizo 1067 7 Clorox Bleachman 1036 8 JiroemonKimura 999 9 Book 989 10 Deadsox 970 11 drol 941 12 DevonDeathTrip 919 13 RadGuy 912 14 Sean 870 15 The Unknown Man 858 16 The Quim Reaper 857 17 John Key 852 18 Torva Messor 833 19 Skinny Kiltrunner 763 20 Etushispushingupdaisies 744 21 theoldlady 726 22 The Mad Hatter 687 23 Toast 672 24 The Old Crem 628 25 Kenny 563 26 Sir Creep 557 27 Grave Danger 528 28 Great Uncle Bulgaria 424 28 Chilean Way 424 30 YoungWillz 411 31 markb4 365 32 Gooseberry Crumble 354 33 ThePrematureBurial 313 34 Pedro67 275 35 Bibliogryphon 232

So far, it's only rumours and re-tweeting. But Iran has had big problems with COVID. It's a real wonder hardly any clerics have died. I could imagine a single case in the inner circle could lead to total mayhem - not directly because of infections, but because of necessary quarantine or isolation.