gcreptile

Bouteflika

Ah, so true to form, Covid not just made the List tie the record, but also break it.

Deborah James' cancer - now back: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9006427/BBCs-Big-C-podcast-star-Deborah-James-shares-candid-photograph-lies-pain.html Yes, she's also a BBC podcaster now, etc... but where else to post the news?

Congratulations! Well-chosen.

I have now checked every celebrity in our DDP database if they are still alive or not. As you can see on the previous page, I am left with the impression that almost every remotely notable person that died in 2020, has been picked by us before in some year.

Marilyn Monroe's half-sister Berniece Baker Miracle is still alive at 101.

Ha, I've been going through the DDP celebrity base recently, and I thought that Bill Graham was meant to be preacher Billy Graham... well, dead in both cases.

No, not dead, but msc's pick is worsening: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/tv/hindi/yeh-rishta-kya-kehlata-hai-actor-divya-bhatnagar-put-on-a-ventilator-support-condition-worsens/videoshow/79504329.cms

German player Erich Haase died last week at 88: https://www.wz.de/sport/fussball/wuppertaler-sv/wuppertaler-sv-idol-erich-haase-gestorben_aid-54761461 Notable for making the national team of both German states, well, at least the "B Elf" as we call the second row, in West Germany. Former DDP pick, too.

Hehe, well he already was a Deathrace pick for me. And drol and I mentioned his COVID infection on this forum just recently. After all, he is 99 years old.

I think the fame standards are relatively high this year. Not a single high school football coach.

2 people who, surprisingly to me weren't picked: Dovid Soloveitchik and Tabare Vazquez.

So... 9 1/2 hours left, as the game begins at 00:01 GMT. But the game might not last much longer than that.

Indeed, Nobby Stiles was such a "eh, why not" pick for 4 years.

Edit: Ah, let's not be mean.

Oh, I wonder how many of these people will die today still.

Hubert Auriol

So I'm hearing from the other room that Larry The Cable Guy has a new stand up program. I checked it out for a few seconds. He doesn't look very healthy, I'd say... just a hunch...

Okay, let's have a small update with some special content: Only new hits are David Prowse and Diego Maradona... Pete Felton finally got a QO, but as I said in June (?) I decided not to give myself points in this case. Technically, Pete Felton fulfilled the qualifications for this competition, by releasing an EP and having BBC coverage in any form (in the casting show "All Together Now"). However, it then turned out that he did not get a mention anywhere after his death and THEN only indirectly through his widow. So the fame requirement might not even have fulfilled the "arguable notability" criterion. Even if he gets some more coverage now, he will not count. Actually, I think I might tweak the fame requirements just a little for next time, i.e. if they are disqualified from the DDP, they will be disqualified here. As a result, the scoreboard now is this: 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 Deadsox 970 9 JiroemonKimura 959 10 Book 949 11 drol 941 12 DevonDeathTrip 919 13 RadGuy 912 14 Sean 870 15 John Key 852 16 The Unknown Man 832 17 The Quim Reaper 831 18 Torva Messor 793 19 Skinny Kiltrunner 763 20 Etushispushingupdaisies 704 21 theoldlady 695 22 Toast 672 23 The Mad Hatter 661 24 The Old Crem 628 25 Kenny 563 26 Sir Creep 557 27 Grave Danger 528 28 Great Uncle Bulgaria 424 29 YoungWillz 411 30 Chilean Way 398 31 markb4 365 32 Gooseberry Crumble 354 33 ThePrematureBurial 313 34 Bibliogryphon 232 35 Pedro67 218 In terms of number of hits, I give you this list: 1. Death Impends - 24 2. msc - 22 2. Cpt. Chorizo - 22 2. Deadsox - 22 5. JoeyRuss - 21 5. The Old Lady - 21 7. gcreptile - 20 7. The Unknown Man - 20 7. Banana - 20 7. John Key - 20 This is the last update before I open the 2021 thread, which will not be today, but in a few days or so. My own team I will submit here in XXXXX-ed form around Dec 15th.

Darth Vader is now 2/3rds dead?

One of the lesser-known tenets of catholicism is that there actually is no absolute celibacy for the clergy, but that the exception only applies to sex between two living popes (Romans I 3-12). However, since there is usually only one pope alive, it is still a de facto celibacy.

Yes, the videos are not new, but it's, supposedly, himself doing it.

A fall last month, but before that she was still performing: https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/people/chichester-star-dame-patricia-routledge-resting-following-fall-3011690

Longtime Burma / Myanmar dictator Than Shwe voted from home in the recent election a couple of weeks ago. A troop came to him and collected his and his wife's vote. He's still in "good health": https://elevenmyanmar.com/news/former-senior-general-cast-early-ballots-in-nay-pyi-taw

Just tacking this on here, but I found it interesting. Richard Simmons, the 80s fitness guru, has been constantly uploading archived content on his YouTube accoint during the lockdown. Last one 3 days ago, so he's probably not as crazy / ill as rumoured: