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Update time: New Hits are the very popular Kirk Douglas, John Andretti and Daniel Arap Moi. There were also Bernard Ebbers and Jhon Jairo Velasquez. Lucien Barbarin and Thuy Thanh Truong seem to have missed a QO. Rank Team Points 1 Death Impends 381 2 gcreptile 350 3 RadGuy 342 4 Banana 341 5 Cpt. Chorizo 327 6 Clorox Bleachman 319 6 Joey Russ 319 8 The Quim Reaper 302 9 Torva Messor 289 10 John Key 283 11 Skinny Kiltrunner 273 12 Deadsox 270 13 msc 269 14 drol 256 15 Grave Danger 245 16 JiroemonKimura 237 17 Book 236 18 The Mad Hatter 213 19 Sir Creep 212 20 DevonDeathTrip 208 21 The Unknown Man 206 22 Etushispushingupdaisies 189 22 Toast 189 24 YoungWillz 178 25 theoldlady 175 26 Sean 166 27 The Old Crem 152 28 Kenny 149 29 Great Uncle Bulgaria 101 30 markb4 71 31 Bibliogryphon 42 32 ThePrematureBurial 40 32 Chilean Way 40 32 Pedro67 40 35 Gooseberry Crumble 0 A familiar name back on top :). But the scoreboard is basically thrown into chaos with each additional death.

In the end, Velasquez might "only" be my John Lewis, who I couldn't pick because I committed to submitting my team a little earlier. Still, If Pete Felton dies and obits, it's almost mathematically impossible to beat my team - simply because of the still outstanding canon picks which we either all get or not at all (esp. Trebek, Banali, Sang-Chul). And David Hagen, well, he's in hospice Ricksen-like. That aside, I should have just picked John Andretti instead of whoever you think is my weakest pick (Kerslake?). It's still going to be very close. Edit: Score update tonight, it was already going to come because of Kirk Douglas.

Yeah, really a bit of a risk... with him being a shady criminal, and with the social media addicted wife, it could have been an overblown situation. Hit for Banana and me. (Come on, Genesis!) And it did turn out that the esophageal cancer killed him quite quickly. He was supposed to have a few more months left. Edit: QOs everywhere....even in Germany full coverage...strange. I underestimated the notoriety.

We're on reddit:

Congratulations Mr. Cow!

Ah, the bane of the Death List gone.... RIP...

Canadian microbiologist Frank Plummer dies at 67: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51317386 He was at the forefront of the fight against HIV and Ebola. Just two weeks ago he got pioneering brain surgery to treat his alcoholism ... maybe too pioneering? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50858172

Indeed.... sorry, the Welsh thing must have led you astray.... ...after that, it gets easy...

Very sorry, the Welsh origin was a fuck-up of mine. See post above.

Asa Branca died today according to Wikipedia.

I have made a mistake...ahem... while the musician has made use of the Welsh language, he isn't welsh himself... more like Cornish... (sorry)

Okay, it's the late 90s, like, very late. In spite of it being the biggest hit, it was only Top 20, not Top 10. But it's still regarded as a classic by many critics and listeners.

God, if I could vote, it would definitely be Bloomberg now. They need to reform the whole party apparatus. The Clintonites probably thought they were such great organizers, but in the end, their success was completely created by Bill's charisma. Then Obama left the people of his 2008 campaign out to dry and compromised too much. Now the Democratic party is a mess. Iowa caucus turnout was on 2016 levels. The Republicans are completely eclipsing the Democrats in the use of social media. Mike Bloomberg is the only one I can see who would put the right people in the right places. He's the true candidate of the "Defeat Trump at all costs" faction. Yes, he will not create "bold" change, but he will govern quietly and effectively. He'll pick the right judges.

Tom Smith, fairly soon.

32 correct guesses, lol...

BBC obit: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27498749

Imran Aliev, a political blogger who spoke out against the Chechen leader, found dead in Lille: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/outspoken-chechen-blogger-found-murdered-in-lille

It's not fishy, it's just incompetence and an unnecessary novelty factor.. ... it does make me wish for Michael Bloomberg to just wash away the rest of the field with billions of dollars and executive comepetence.

Okay, next hint: If the song only has one line of lyrics, it's not a rap song, is it? It's more.... electronic.

Oh wow....

So Doleman got a tribute at the Superbowl. Made the Guardian liveblog. I like how everything is connected.

I have updated the score for Mad Mike Hoare....only now the german language might cause problems, because the "Who's dead so far" page doesn't recognize the difference between January and february. I'll fix it in the coming days...I hope. Maybe there'll be a couple day of relative silence.

Well, I googled that rapper.... and then that feature song with that band... and then the former members, and then that band (had to check several people AND bands...) and then the song on that album.... Okay, next song.... biggest chart success of this Welsh musician. The video is about twice as long as the song and contains 44 uses of the word "fuck". The song itself only has one intelligible line, in french.

Vietnamese entrepreneur and "start up queen" Thuy Thanh Truong died a couple of days ago: https://news.zing.vn/ban-be-dong-nghiep-dau-buon-khi-thuy-muoi-qua-doi-post1040421.html (Vietnamese link) DDP pick.

Okay, I put in some effort as you apparently want to give the hosting duties away quickly.... is it.... "Crowbar" by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes?