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Alright, let's squeeze in the first update of the year here: Hits so far: Tom Long, Sultan Qaboos and Roger Scruton. Samantha Last is awaiting an obit. This is the first update with my new system (doesnt affect you at all), if there are omissions, please tell! Rank Team Points 1 RadGuy 152 2 Book 112 3 drol 108 4 Skinny Kiltrunner 84 4 Torva Messor 84 4 Toast 84 4 msc 84 4 Clorox Bleachman 84 4 Cpt. Chorizo 84 4 Joey Russ 84 4 Death Impends 84 4 DevonDeathTrip 84 13 gcreptile 44 13 The Mad Hatter 44 13 Etushispushingupdaisies 44 13 JiroemonKimura 44 13 The Quim Reaper 44 13 Banana 44 13 Kenny 44 20 John Key 40 20 ThePrematureBurial 40 20 Deadsox 40 23 markb4 0 23 The Unknown Man 0 23 theoldlady 0 23 YoungWillz 0 23 Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 23 Bibliogryphon 0 23 Gooseberry Crumble 0 23 Sean 0 23 Grave Danger 0 23 The Old Crem 0 23 Chilean Way 0 23 Pedro67 0 23 Sir Creep 0

Well, as the new committee is currently solving some unexpected problems with the new site (which we hope to overcome today), we can say that, most likely, the first member of the Drop 40 is dead.

Samantha Last obit: https://www.newsweek.com/samantha-jaelle-last-dead-brain-cancer-tumor-youtube-beauty-1481691

Well now she supposedly left hospital because treatment doesn't make sense anymore. https://thetimeshub.in/anastasia-zavorotnyuk-was-discharged-from-hospital-media/2109/ It all sounds a little sensationalist though, but maybe that's the translation, or that's just how it is there.

Well, after falling down into a Wikipedia rabbit hole with Sultan Qaboos and the House of Said.... ... the last Sultan of Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah, is still alive (born 1929) and lives in Portsmouth, UK, because why not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamshid_bin_Abdullah_of_Zanzibar

Well, Russian deadpooling superstar Anastasia Zavorotnyuk is "rapidly" losing fans on Instagram because of her cancer, how dare she? https://thetimeshub.in/anastasia-zavorotnyuk-is-losing-interest-fans-fans-unsubscribe-from-the-star/1969/

Lots of people with the sultan, lots of jokers. Sadly for me, I thought his mobility meant that he would at least last a few weeks.

It does seem like Samantha's age was widely misreported, as she died aged 51. All the sources said she's 49, including the GoFundMe page. Her birthday was Dec 31st though, but still, her given age should have been 50 then. But maybe 49 looks better? ... Well, I've been 29 for 8 years now.

Yeah, pretty much what was known in November though except it was supposed to be stomach cancer. I think his wife posted something on YouTube. I guess the difference is that esophageal cancer moves quicker (see Eddie Money, Gerard Basset).

I posted news on him twice here, but you said it doesn't belong here.

I guess that's all my three teams off the starting block after 10 days.

Fuck yes, he made it!

He was a, well, if not great, than at least good, man, a good ruler. An enlightened absolute monarch, like Frederick II of Prussia, probably about as gay. My main team had to take the unique possibility of having a hit from the country of Oman. Even if it was unlikely for him to enter the Drop 40. Maybe I should have beat the drum a little more?

Can I have my byline changed to "Red Giant about to discharge"?

Ah, surprising... although with hindsight it seems like his health was mentioned quite a few times on the web, often on the worst clickbait site I know, "Alternative Nation".

I'm about to explode with joy.

Yeah, I'm checking the news every single day. We will (probably) be alive to see it. A second moon in the sky. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/09/science/betelgeuse-supernova-fading.html?auth=login-email&login=email

Harry Hains of American Horror Story dead after "illness" and addiction problems: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7870663/American-Horror-Story-star-Harry-Hains-dies-27-addiction.html

Sad story, she resigned just over a month ago to spend more time with her family. But, as the Stage obit tells, her health declined much faster than expected. So it wasn't much time in the end.

Harry looks much more like Charles than William does. I'm happy for them. Harry was always the most relatable one of the bunch.

Hello Everyone, after Phantom of the Midway's year of professional high-quality hosting it is now me who is going to handle this massive deadpool that we all love just BECAUSE it is so big. Here is where you can dump all the rare names you had no use for and then pat yourself on the back for finding them. The general rules: Send me 50 main team names by pm or just post them in this thread, if you want, from right now until Dec 31st 2018, 23:59 GMT - preferably alphabetically. You can choose one joker with double points - and you can also submit up to five substitutes in case one of your 50 dies before the end of the submission window. You may also choose new subs before the game starts if they die. The scoring rule is slightly changed to make room for the people of the 21st century. Instead of the last two digits of the year of birth (i.e. 1934 = 34 points), we will now have the scoring rule [year of birth] - 1900 = score. So someone born in 2000 will get 100 points in case of death, instead of the "00" under the old rule. Every other year of birth sees no difference. You may submit the following people: living, not having set a precise date of death (by execution, dignitas, or whatever), at least 18 years old on January 1st 2019, and being somewhat notable. "Somewhat notable" means: they should at least be notable for something else aside from being terminally ill. "Something else" being something that has an effect on society. Terminally ill activists are okay if they've done at least something generally beneficial, a campaign, a book, a court case, or fundraising that might affect other people. If they're only in the news because of their tragedy or because they need our sympathy I will not accept them. So no "cancer mums with cancer kids", no "terminally ill fans", no "ordinary person in a coma because of a car crash". This also counts for brothers/sisters/children of notable people - unless they are so notable that every relative is also notable by default, like the House of Windsor, or maybe the Bush family. Unfortunately, it is me who will decide if the person is famous enough. Previous BBC coverage in whatever form will convince me. Substitution phase: On the 1st of July 2019 GMT you may switch 5 old people for 5 new ones for whom all the above rules also apply. When is a hit a hit: If the person permanently dies in 2019 (GMT!) and their death gets noticed in written form by qualifying media outlets within 2019 or the first seven days of 2020. The qualifying media outlets, i.e. QO rules are as such: Everything accepted by the Derby Dead Pool 2019 plus The New York Times. Your host: I will also submit a team and will do so two posts below, quickly after this post. I will hide the names with "XXXXX XXXXX" and reveal them on January 1st. I will not make use of the mid-year substitution. I will not read your submission emails until January 1st (I think you can check that) to prevent the impression that I might take a name from your posts for other deadpools. This also means that I might discuss borderline acceptable picks with you on January 1st or 2nd. We will have to talk then. If you're unavailable I might simply replace an unqualifying name with one of your substitutions. If you post your team right in this thread, you save me some work but also give away names. If you pm me, please make sure that I know what the mail is about in the header "Death By Numbers", "Team submission" or something like that. If you have other questions, you can also ask in this thread! Entrants: 1. Your host 2. markb4 3. theoldlady 4. The mad hatter 5. Yorkshire Banker 6. Bibliogryphon 7. YoungWillz 8. The Unknown Man 9. The Quim Reaper 10. The old crem 11. Deathray 12. Banana 13. Skinny Kiltrunner 14. msc 15. drol 16. Gooseberry Crumble 17. Cpt Chorizo 18. Sir Creep 19. Book 20. Clorox Bleachman 21. Joey Russ 22. Prophet 23. John Key 24. GraveDanger 25. Grim Up North 26. Phantom of the Midway 27. Death Impends 28. Fixed Business 29. Pedro67 30. DevonDeathTrip

No more final twists and turns in this game. Death Impends wins the Death By Numbers 2019, congratulations!!

Ah, the hairdresser of the stars! I wondered if he'd get many english obits. Dessange's name was last in the news because of the Panama papers (yes, he was a tax cheat).

Ah, well.... of course, I had her in contention (think she's on my salvage lot?). But until very recently she tweeted as always. And well, wiki says it was the dreaded complications...her cancer morphing into something else? It must have been a quick downturn.

Well, because of the movie, the grandma knows now: https://slate.com/culture/2020/01/farewell-lulu-wang-grandmother-learns-secret-hollywood-foreign-press-foreign-language-symposium.html