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Ah, had him on my longlist. There's a history. First time, one of my suicide suspicions turned out to be correct.

Okay, Excel file is updated.... John McCririck is a hit for about 2/3rds of the players here - Yorkshire Banker cashes in the joker points. 1 GCReptile 906 2 Death Impends 883 3 Cpt Chorizo 871 4 Clorox Bleachman 807 5 Devon Death Trip 779 6 Phantom of the Midway 778 7 Banana 728 8 msc 690 9 Joey Russ 687 10 drol 678 11 Grim Up North 627 12 Skinny Kiltrunner 578 12 Sir Creep 578 14 Yorkshire Banker 310 15 YoungWillz 297 16 Prophet 249 17 Book 245 18 The mad hatter 217 19 John Key 215 20 Fixed Business 191 21 Grave Danger 185 22 theoldlady 174 23 markb4 172 24 Gooseberry Crumble 157 25 The Unknown Man 155 26 Deathray 150 27 Pedro 67 140 28 The old crem 133 29 The Quim Reaper 73 30 Bibliogryphon 41 I'm considering a rule change next year - to connect my Death By Numbers spreadsheet with my longlist, I want you to submit the teams in the best way for my tables: Alphabetically by their first name. No numbers and no birthdates. So it's probably easier for you. And if you do that, there'll be some easy bonus points right away. More details in a few months. Also, it seems like there's a common consensus about some of the suitable names for replacement. Kind of everyone has Tom Long, Ivan Milat and Lee Noble. (Plus many have Michael Sleggs) So I think I might allow myself 2-3 subs in the next year. It's not like I could steal these picks if everyone knows them anyway..... Here also, more details in a few months.

After a family related absence of mine for three days, I have updated the masterlist now completely. Book cannot use Vincent Lambert. But he provided Ivan Milat as a sub. The Unknown Man: You want to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but she's not on your team. That, plus your late submission means that I can only give you four subs, so your 5th sub, Stan Bowles, will not be used. Once I worked out my excel spreadsheet I post an update with just one hit, but a fairly big one, John McCririck.

Peter Gotti, probably still the boss of the Gambino crime family from prison, seeks compassionate release for 22 reasons, cancer, dementia, heart, kidney, etc.... https://nypost.com/2019/07/05/gambino-boss-peter-gotti-wants-compassionate-prison-release/

Confirming our suspicions, it was lung cancer: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9447954/john-mccririck-dead-wife-channel-4-sacked/

Gorbachev

Bit of a brain fart for me. I saw that June picture and made a memo on my phone to add him to the roster - only I forgot to do it...

Kathleen Blanco doing so-so at the naming of a highway in her honor: https://eu.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2019/07/02/blanco-nearing-final-days-but-calls-wonderful-time-her-life/1630162001/

She's getting better with every album!

Her 90th birthday party was spoiled by rotten food: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1148461/imelda-marcos-birthday-party-90-food-poisoning-manila She was not affected though.

Former Senator Norm Coleman has surgery to have bits of his lungs removed: https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/02/norm-coleman-to-undergo-surgery-for-cancer-mid-july/

Let's see if I am faster than the other person in this thread.... Brendan Grace cancels his tour after a diagnosis of lung cancer: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9426482/father-ted-star-brendan-grace-cancels-ireland-tour-following-shock-lung-cancer-diagnosis/

Vincent Lambert's life-support about to be turned off: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/french-doctors-life-support-vincent-lamber-right-to-die I'm surprised the case got this huge coverage after all. DDT was ahead of his time.

Bit of a Cup miss. I might have picked him, but then, it's so easy to be a smart-ass from the sidelines.

Corrected - I don't know what happened there.

I think you'd be really good at it. I will submit at least something - with the hope of doing (much) better than this year.

Spade's recent mention of Lina Wertmüller's lifetime achievement award inspired me to look who else got such an award recently. Quite a lot actually: Esoteric guru Deepak Chopra: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/dr-deepak-chopra-receives-mindbodygreen-lifetime-achievement-award BBC's India veteran journalist Mark Tully: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mark-tully-gets-lifetime-achievement-award-for-role-in-uk-india-ties-119062900497_1.html (mentioned by me last year after a spell of ill health) CBS journalist Erin Moriarty: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erin-moriarty-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-the-alliance-for-women-in-media-foundation/ ("I am not done yet!") Gay Byrne, who could not attend the ceremony "due to a broken wrist and chest infection": https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0628/1059121-gay-byrne-honoured-with-lifetime-achievement-award/ Motorcycle memorialist Sammy Miller MBE: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2019/june/sammy-miller-mbe-lifetime-achievement-award/ Cancer survivor Lily Tomlin: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/lily-tomlin-to-receive-traverse-city-film-festival-lifetime-achievement-award Bill Murray: https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/06/25/bill-murray-to-get-lifetime-achievement-award-at-rome-fest.html Yiddish showman Joel Grey: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Joel-Grey-To-Receive-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-From-National-Yiddish-Theatre-Folksbiene-20190627

Yes, please! @Skinny kiltrunner Okay, I read your names. It's still wrong though, because it's supposed to happen on July 1st. And yes, the names to be replaced are missing.

Thank you! However, same rules for everyone - so they need to be posted here. As an exception, I can do it on July 1st myself. I don't know yet when exactly during the day I get the chance to do it - just saying it could be in the evening in the worst case. So there might be a slight risk involved, in the case of one of your subs dying early on the 1st. You can still do it yourself, of course, if you want to eliminate that risk. Transfer day is July 1st, your old picks count until then, even if you notified me before.

Yes, bad journalism.

I submitted a few hours ago. Good luck everyone!

Okay, here's a quick update. Mainly to remind you of the substitution period on July 1st. Post up to 5 replacements here in this thread on July 1st, UK time zone. If your replacement dies on July 1st, they only count if you posted here before their time of death. If your replacement died before, even if it was only found to be the case after, they don't count. If it is unclear whether they died before you placed them into your team, I will tend towards being lenient. Fame requirements are the same as half a year ago: I allow any name if it is more than just a sob story. Terminally ill fan who gets into the news because of his illness = no. Terminally ill fan who was a household name before his illness = yes Terminally ill fan who gets into the news, founds a cancer awareness charity, becomes an MBE, changes laws, plays a role in society, etc... = yes By the way... any "Oldest person of/in XYZ" is allowed. Not much harm done, I suppose. But sometimes, 5 points is better than 0. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, so since last update we only had three hits: Helen Legh, Beth Chapman and Maria Robucci (MASSIVE 3 points to Pedro!). So the half-time standings is this: 1 GCReptile 866 2 Death Impends 843 3 Cpt Chorizo 831 4 Clorox Bleachman 767 5 Devon Death Trip 739 6 Phantom of the Midway 738 7 msc 690 8 Banana 688 9 Joey Russ 687 10 drol 638 11 Grim Up North 587 12 Skinny Kiltrunner 578 12 Sir Creep 578 14 YoungWillz 297 15 Book 245 16 Yorkshire Banker 230 17 Prophet 209 18 The mad hatter 177 19 John Key 175 20 markb4 172 21 Gooseberry Crumble 157 22 Fixed Business 151 23 Grave Danger 145 24 Pedro 67 140 25 theoldlady 134 26 The Unknown Man 115 27 Deathray 110 28 The old crem 93 29 Bibliogryphon 41 30 The Quim Reaper 33 I scored with both Legh and Chapman and get the lead. And with me not using the replacements - I think it was good while it lasted! DI missed the Chapman hit, but among his close competitors only Cpt Chorizo had her.

I'm not sure where to post this, but, this weekend it's the Frankfurt Ironman - exactly when the European heatwave is going to hit there. I predict fatalities. https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/diagnose/ironman-bei-40-grad-wichtige-tipps-fuer-extremsport-bei-hitze-a-1274888.html (german link)

Probably not in the obitable zone, but interesting to see how long he lasts: "Former New York "Disco Icon" disc jockey Paco Navarro has dementia, Alzheimer's and pancreatic cancer: https://celebrityaccess.com/2019/06/25/74648/

Okay, to avoid revealing my poker names, I guess I have to use all my would-be-rejected-by-Willz-picks here: 1. Luis Alvarez 2. Vincent Lambert 3. Ruth Morrissey 4. Randy Romero 5. Nick Hitchon (7 up crew)