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He was in hospice, but still had appetite as of last week. I thought it might be an April death. Also, well done to us! No. 1 dead, and fifth hit. DACH- and french list are doing pretty excellent so far.

It's been this way for at least four years.

Louis Walsh has that rare but relatively mild Waldenstrom type of leukemia: https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/celebs/louis-walsh-vows-be-better-28878414

Richard Scolyer announces that he's cancer-free: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13230075/richard-scolyer-brain-cancer.html Let's see how long it lasts. But maybe it's a revolution.

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera was the president of Real Betis (Sevilla) for 10 years from 1996-2006. In 1997 he managed the then most expensive transfer in history for Brazilian player Denilson. A divisive figure, he once had a stadium named after him, and then his name removed again. He also participated in the traditional Spanish sport of confusing football business with public interest. MariNisia scores a unique hit, AND joker points, very well done! AltObitsGuy 0-3 theoldlady Perhaps 0-0 TheKillingTime Spade_Cooley 0-4 GuyFromFuture Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Grim Up North 0-4 Death By Arsenic Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 arghton wannamaker 6-0 Wormfarmer MariNisia 11-0 JoeMoneypenny Banana 3-0 MortalCaso Annami* deadsox 0-3 CalebH msc 3-4 therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip 6-0 justonecornetto Sir Creep 3-0 diego An Fear Beag 0-6 max_bossetti Cpt. Hemlock 4-0 Bibliogryphon

You are terribly wrong and should feel stupid.

This is a terrible website and you should feel stupid.

So, the dice rolls: Perhaps 0-0 The Killing Time Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 Arghton Perhaps, Hell, Cpt Chorizo are heads. The Killing Time, Famous6eva and Arghton are tails. Best of 5 mode: Perhaps vs. The Killing Time: 3-2 Hell vs. Famous6eva: 3-2 Cpt. Chorizo vs. arghton: 1-4

Sometimes they do chemo after they've removed the tumor, so that it doesn't come back. It must be an aggressive kind of tumor.

Meghan must have smuggled in some radioactive present.

Update: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/21/sport/sven-goran-eriksson-cancer-england-football-spt-intl/index.html He's in treatment and it's going so-so. Probably not in super-immediate danger but you can never tell.

Later tonight the dice rolls will happen. You can start submitting your teams after that.

I laughed about the headline, but the article was actually quite terrifying.

Larry Whittaker, a member of America's most inbred family, dies of a heart attack at 67: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/breaking-larry-whittaker-member-americas-32408053 Some members of the family only comminicate with grunts and barks.

Looks like I'm now at 14 hits with George Alagiah, Barry Bennell and Shane MacGowan. You know who didn't obit? Nick Hitchon, of the BBC series 7Up. What a farce. He's eligible for replacement now I am going to replace him with polish composer Jan AP Kaczmarek.

James Ward, one of Gary Gygax's most senior co-players and fundamental early shaper of the Dungeons and Dragons world, dead at 72: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56515/rip-james-m-jim-ward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Ward Co-wrote the Pool of Radiance series, and also, the 2nd Dragonball Z related death within a few days.

Alex Ferguson joins Eintracht Frankfurt (???): https://m.bild.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/eintracht-frankfurt-sir-alex-wird-lebenslanges-mitglied-87572722.bildMobile.html

I'm conflicted hosting such a time-sensitive pool like the Cup but also giving notable deadpooling news that could affect the competition. But I decided to post it, because I accidentally found it while looking for my ABC pool prospects (and also, I geniunely like to post the news, like I often do). Journalist/Ice cream author Amy Ettinger is now in hospice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/03/09/amy-ettinger-hospice-cancer-inspiration/ She's also a DDP pick, and I am interested if she gets more than her WashPost coverage.

So... how did this game end?

Next hit, Nr. 34, Schlager singer Hans Blum aka Henry Valentino: https://m.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/leute/seinen-groessten-hit-kennt-jeder-schlager-star-henry-valentino-ist-tot-87565640.bildMobile.html

Sven-Olof Sallström finally received a qualifying obit. He was a sitting member of the Swedish parliament for the Sweden Democrats since 2010. I guess, only because he was an incumbent did the obit appear in a qualifying form on the parliament's own web page. Incumbent politicians dying are always a big deal, though I can't really tell that he was all THAT important in the grand scheme of things. But he scores. Also dead is American Astronaut Thomas "Tom" Stafford. As a member of the Apollo program he flew to the moon but didn't land on it. Later on, he was one of the three Americans who docked with three Soviet astronauts - in space. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was seen as an important step in defusing the Cold War. It also was the last hurrah of the Apollo modules before the age of the Space Shuttle. These two deaths greatly reduce the number of dice rolls I would have to do. Neither of the picks were unique as their bad health was publicly known. Tom Stafford also had a widely publicized hospitalisation late last year and, thus, is a standard name in this year's pools. Max_bossetti is the only one with a double hit in this update and msc is the only one who catches up in score, turning, for now, into this round's "best loser". AltObitsGuy 0-3 theoldlady Perhaps 0-0 TheKillingTime Spade_Cooley 0-4 GuyFromFuture Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Grim Up North 0-4 Death By Arsenic Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 arghton wannamaker 6-0 Wormfarmer MariNisia 3-0 JoeMoneypenny Banana 3-0 MortalCaso Annami* deadsox 0-3 CalebH msc 3-4 therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip 6-0 justonecornetto Sir Creep 3-0 diego An Fear Beag 0-6 max_bossetti Cpt. Hemlock 4-0 Bibliogryphon

Well, good timing. The new sub is then American comedian Joe Flaherty.

1. Sonia Gandhi 2. Khaleda Zia 3. Bam Margera 4. Tin Oo 5. King Charles III 6. Jair Bolsonaro 7. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz 8. Jacob Zuma 9. Empress Michiko 10. Milos Zeman Subs: Alberto Fujimori, Pope Francis

I pick german actor Fritz Wepper.

I actually think that counts, as it's an official, curated source of information. I'll update tomorrow.