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Not ok... Also, another Home and Away fatality.

"Vanuatu's Brad Bitt", Mungau Dain, dead after a leg infection in his late 20s: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/mungau-dain-tanna-star-and-vanuatus-brad-pitt-dies-after-untreated-leg-infection

Niki Lauda back in hospital with the flu, dangerous for his new lung: https://m.bild.de/sport/motorsport/motorsport/niki-lauda-formel-1-legende-nach-lungen-operation-mit-grippe-in-klinik-59380650.bildMobile.html (German link)

Yeah, a few times I spent the whole free evening, 3-4 hours on it. So 200 minutes, i.e. almost 100 bullet games or 20 blitz games. When I got heartburn because of the constant adrenaline rush I realized I had to stop and I ...almost... did.

I know that too well. In my worst days I "forgot" to eat and drink - chess (blitz and bullet) is probably my worst addiction, one of the things where I can see the signs of an addict in myself.

I used to play much more - but now pretty much nothing for a few months, except chess (against people). My favourite games are role-playing games and strategy. When I stopped, I had open save files for Fallout 4, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dragon Age 3, hell, even Skyrim which I lost interest in after endless hours of Skyrim (I hate doing main quests before all side-quests). The last games I finished last year were Torment: Tides of Numenera and Mass Effect: Andromeda (underrated). I know I eventually want to play the Witcher series (got the first two lying around somewhere), and Divinity 2. I also was a huge fan of the Civilization series.

"She is going nowhere." - what, now bedridden!?

Eh ok, here's mine - to be ridiculed in 12 months: The Love Boat Fernando Ricksen (joker) - Yes, you never know quite know if someone with ALS just stops declining, like Steve Gleason, seemingly. Or Hawking, or Jason Becker. Yet, it does seem like Ricksen goes all the way down.. getting worse with every picture Paul Volcker- has cancer, and had gallbladder surgery => gallbladder cancer? A rare cancer that also killed Satoru Anzaki last year, and quite lethal. from stage II on. And he looked really bad. Will he be unique? Sutopo Purwo Nugroho - still managing disasters from his bed. Stage IV lung cancer. Could still last a while, but definitely terminally ill. Samula Anoa'i - stage IV liver cancer. I basically picked him because I think that wrestlers never really recover from their illnesses. Fatima Ali - already that late-stage cancer look (on Ellen?), and not long to live. So of course, she needs to be picked Gerard Basset - always bad when they are optimistic, but suddenly a downturn, oops, months to live. Couple more weeks I guess? Andrew Fairlie - well, already been on my B-Team and now looking swollen and everything. Sorry, but it's over for him after years of being stable David Smith - couldn't shake off his tumours for years, it always came back, and local articles sounded rather grim. He says he's dying from it. I believe him. Unique? Jacci Woodcock - already a candidate for Shameless 1.0 years ago. Since then, she built quite a campaign around her illness. Her good run is now coming to an end. Living in a hospice now. Aiming for a BBC local obit Kathleen Blanco - well, she says goodbye, I believe her Greg Gilbert - stable on the outside, but I chose to go for him because he felt weak and ill in December. I think he can only last so long, and the delay of death through immunotherapy is already past him. Slight gamble for the latter half of the year hit Lars Hogh - pancreatic cancer, though I don't know how severe. But then, sometimes you just have to go for it. Apparently a Danish national hero (according to Reddit) and a Schmeichel connection. So the obit should be safe. Jean-Louis Trintignant - well, promoted from the B-team, hoping for the Drop 40 bonus. Definitely gone. Johnny Clegg - I was just slightly hesitant to pick him. He is not looking that bad, and I do feel that there is a minuscule chance of him making it into 2020. On paper though a lock. Andrew McGahan - Dead any day now? Chris Doleman - glioblastoma, and not looking good. You can recover from your cancer, but not when you already look so far down the road as him Rodion GA (Rodion Rosca) - probably the biggest gamble? Liver cancer and thinking his career might be cut short, so it's dangerous. Guardian article in spring 2018. Hopefully unique Lloyd Klein - a lock on paper, but I've been burned with that other lock, Pauline Maroney, last year. Let's see how it goes. The Wildenstein connection is a safe obit. So far, nobody else picked him, but surely not unique. Billy Clayton - almost every tweet, every gofundme update sounded worse than the one before, going down sadly. Genesis P-Orridge - Well, I was so confident in him dying last year, I said it on the forum, too. But he survived. Then Spade mentioned the update, and now he's back on track (well, not a track you'd like to be on). The B-Team Deborah James (joker) - Adverse immune reaction, treatment changes. From Yellow alert to orange. Like Gilbert, the stage IV bowel cancer grace period eventually ends. Edmund Capon - waving goodbye, but only 7 points, so it was the B-team Pauline Maroney - still hoping for a quick and easy hit. But oh, what do I know..less than last year. Bob Dole - Looks like his year. Barely holding it together Joe Kadenge - In Ill health and even "dying" for years (aren't we all?). Let's see, my typical eccentricies I like to use in th B-team Denis Goldberg - slightly surprising he's still alive, but looking shaky. Fairly confident, this is the year Barbara Hammer - another B-Team speciality. She says she's dying from it and looks very frail. But another Cynthia Heimel here? George Alagiah - I think I have him slightly more likely to die in 2019 than some others on this forum. 66% chance I'd say Bill Heine - His timer would be running out this year. Nick Philippoussis - not recovering from his stroke, the doctors said. Could be kept alive artificially, but then Shalom Ouanounou and Taquisha McKitty also eventually died. John McCririck - trying to make up for my Wetton miss in the "Looks like dead" category, 10 point risk worth it. Sacheen Littlefeather - cancer for years, breast cancer and lung cancer (well, as I know now) Not a fantastic pick, but a good pick Lee Kerslake - I would be slighty annoyed if he makes the Drop 40. Otherwise he would have belonged on my main team. Chris Wilson - Eh, there was space on my B-team and "pancreatic cancer and waiting to die" belongs there in spite of the obit risk Dewayne Johnson - last minute cut from my main team. Didn't feel like pickig him there. Still a very likely hit Johnny Harris - stage IV lung cancer and I think a likely obit. Hidden gem if he's unique Keith Cass - Like Woodcock, made a whole lot out of a terrible disease and now his time is over. Bill Freehan - hospice for two years, so he doesn't HAVE to die just because he's in hospice. Let's see... Bob Hawke - I believe him Tommy Donbavand - through bits here and there, it doesn't look good for him at all. This one had main team potential.

Yes, there is a Rawstory article up - but the more interesting link is this one: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/magazine/harry-reid-senate-cancer-trump.html Money quote: "People close to him were saying that he had months left, if not weeks. "

Okay, countries. The Love Boat: 2015: Saudi-Arabia, USA, UK 2016: France, Canada, Czech Republic, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hungary, UK 2017: USA, UK, Russia, Australia, Japan, South Africa 2018: USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, Argentina 2019: The Netherlands, USA, Indonesia, UK, Romania, South Africa, Canada, France, Samoa, Denmark Hmm, maybe the eclectic approach pays off.... The B-Team: 2016: USA, UK, Serbia, Australia, Austria 2017: UK, USA, New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa 2018: UK, Australia, USA; Zimbabwe 2019: UK, Australia, Kenya, South Africa, USA Curiously, I've never had a German hit.

Bob Hawke (joker) Johnny Clegg Stirling Moss Sidney Poitier Nobby Stiles John McCririck Little RIchard Barbara Walters Jacques Chirac June Brown Bob Dole Robert Mugabe Herman Wouk Kirk Douglas Edit: 14 deaths

Woops...I must have made some last minute changes.... I might have made the decision not to pick him anywhere then... edit: Oh yeah, because you ruled out the unfamous picks. So I removed him myself.

Congratulations!! And with quite the margin, too!

QO for Trent, I suspect he was picked: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6546029/Purdue-fan-inspired-fight-against-cancer-dies.html

Golden banana for me with Tyler Trent

I sent a list - though I really wouldn't mind a tie! I suspect lots of similar names, too!

From the higher echelons of fame, I suggest André Previn.

Ok, guess I make one again as well...and eventually I WILL update my signature... The Deathlisters 1. Bob Dole 2. Herman Wouk 3. Robert Mugabe 4. Johnny Clegg 5. Javier Perez De Cuellar 6. Bob Barker 7. June Brown 8. Bob Hawke 9. Stirling Moss 10. Jacques Chirac 11. Nobby Stiles 12. Barbara Walters 13. Sidney Poitier 14. John McCririck 15. Little Richard 16. Shane MacGowan 17. Ginger Baker My worthy DDP-ers 18. Fernando Ricksen 19. Paul Volcker 20. André Previn 21. Franco Zeffirelli 22. John Williams 23. Mikis Theodorakis 24. Kathleen Blanco 25. Jean-Louis Trintignant 26. Genesis P-Orridge 27. Sumner Redstone (third sub) 28. Stanley Ho (first sub) 29. Joe Kadenge 30. Denis Goldberg 31. Lee Kerslake 32. George Alagiah 33. Dilip Kumar (bencher) 34. Tim Conway (bencher) 35. Benedikt XVI (bencher) 36. Thomas Keneally (bencher) From my Crowdsourced List / Predict the Deathlist entries 37. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 38. Sandra Day O'Connor 39. Diana Athill 40. Rosalynn Carter 41. Lyndon LaRouche 42. Gina Lollobrigida 43. Ian Holm 44. James Randi 45. Pelé 46. Frederik De Clerk 47. Lil Xan 48. Ennio Morricone Two freebies: 49. Le Duc Anh 50. Violetta Chamorro

Vanderpump Rules "star" Ariana Madix just had "a lil bit of cancer removed": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6545365/Vanderpump-Rules-star-Ariana-Madix-reveals-bit-cancer-removed-Instagram-post.html Now I wonder if there's a rapper named "Lil Cancer". Probably. Edit: Yes, he exists and is a soundcloud rapper and has absolutely no flow...

The committee is banking on a repeat of Mark E Smith.

The masterlist is now 99,9% finished. I hope there are no mistakes on it, but you can check it and notify me. As I said before, I will be away from home from the 3rd-6th. I assume there will be hits by then. But the scoreboard will have to wait. Also, if the giant list creates problems for the forum, let me know. Then I change the format to Phantom of the Midway's horizontal listing of last year. Edit: Also thank you to those who added birthyears to the names, that will prove useful!

Yes, I saw that, too. Last year I was gr.

Fairlie leaves and the place falls apart...

Oh dear, what's wrong with Chris Lowe?

How do you know? Did you shoot a man just to watch him die?