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Possibly also Foxy Brown. Let's look at her personal life: Assault, car crash, confrontation with police, another assault, another assault, jail.

Piers Sellers would have been 12 Pts, or 24 as your joker... Instead, you have Dreyer as Joker who gave you 18 pts. So with Sellers, you would have 6 pts more than you currenlty have PLUS the 9 pts Dreyer would have given you alone. John Glenn would have given you 5 more pts (maybe a tiny chance of 8 pts if he had made the Drop 40?). So you might have 20-23pts more right now than you currently have, that's 44-47. Shameless has 60 now. I expect about two-three more hits for Shameless resulting in about 20-25 pts (most likely Irfon Williams, Bobby Zarin and Sophie Sabbage). So your team needs about 80-85pts, or about 40 more out of your remaining members. Not impossible, but I think most of the ways involve Stephen Hawking dying.

So Turkey voted for Erdogan's reforms. Around 52%/48% in favor. In Berlin, about two thirds of the Turkish population voted for him.... which is confusing me.... as if the people are drifting further apart instead of growing together.

Interesting. She likes to create trouble and is a bit of an opportunist. An idiot with a blog, so to say. But she could sue herself into the DDP.

Updated list of ancient living cabinet members - some ancient french politicians still alive... International Cabinet Members before 1980 USA Johnson Cabinet Attorney General Ramsey Clark (born 1927) - involved in Civil Rights Movement, turned leftist Postmaster General Marvin Watson (born 1924) died Nov 26th, 2017 Secretary of Transportation Alan S. Boyd (born 1922) - earliest surviving cabinet member Nixon Cabinet Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (born 1923) - Nobel Peace Prize Winner Treasury secretary/SoS/OMB/Labor George P. Shultz (born 1920) - political veteran Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (born 1922) - "Vietnamization" died 16th of November, 2016 Secretary of Commerce Peter "Pete" Peterson (born 1926) - Billionaire, still involved in politics died, March 20th, 2018 Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (born 1922) Ford Cabinet Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932) - served under Bush Jr as well Secretary of Agriculture John A. Knebel (born 1936) Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr. (born 1923) died 10th of December 2016 Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Forrest David Matthews (born 1935) HuD secretary Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934) - small trailblazer, public figure, on corporate boards Secretary of Transportation William Coleman (born 1920) - oldest living former cabinet member died 31st of March 2017 WH chief of staff Richard "Dick" Cheney (born 1941) - also Vice-President Head of CIA George H.W. Bush (born 1924) - also President died, November 30th , 2018 Carter Cabinet: Jimmy Carter Himself (born 1924) Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal (born 1926) - political veteran, director of Jewish Museum in Berlin Secretary of Defense Harold Brown (born 1927) died January 4th, 2019 Attorney General Benjamin R. Civiletti (born 1935) Secretary of Interior Cecil Andrus (born 1931) - also very popular Governor of Idaho died 24th of August 2017 Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland (born 1928), died December 9th, 2018 Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall (born 1928) Secretary of Health, Education, Welfare Joseph A. Califano Jr. (born 1931) - also newspaper columnist HuD Secretary Moon Landrieu (born 1930) - also popular Governor of Louisiana Secretary of Transportation Neil E. Goldschmidt (born 1940) - also Governor of Oregon, lobbyist Secretary of Defense/Energy Charles William Duncan Jr. (born 1926) - Coca Cola president Secretary of Education - Shirley Hufstedler (born 1925) - first SoE, also a trailblazing judge died 30th of March, 2016 Vice President Walter Mondale (born 1928) Chief of Staff Jack H. Watson (born 1938) EPA Chief Douglas M. Costle (born 1939), died Janaury 13th 2019 U.N. ambassador Andrew Young (born 1932) - ally of Martin Luther King, mayor of Atlanta U.N. ambassador Donald McHenry (born 1936) OMB director James T. McIntyre (born 1940) CIA chief Stansfield Turner (born 1923) died January 18rd 2018 National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski (born 1928) - globally known commentator until today died 26th of May 2017 Chairman of Council of Economic Advisors Charles Schultze (born 1924) died 27th of September 2016 ____________________________________________________________________________ West Germany Adenauer IV Walter Scheel (born 1919) - also became federal president died 24th of August, 2016 Kiesinger I Justice, Special Affairs, Chancellery, Post & Communication, Research & Technology - Horst Ehmke (born 1927) died 12th of Marcch 2017 Economic Cooperation - Erhard Eppler (born 1926) - leftist critic died 19th of October 2019 Brandt I Interior Secretary - Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927) - became statesman under Kohl died 31st of March 2016 Education and Science Secretary - Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) - later mayor of Hamburg Brandt II Secretary of the Economy - Hans Friderichs (born 1931) - turned lobbyist and CEO Youth, Family and Health - Katharine Focke (born 1922) died 10th of July 2016 Urban Development & Construction - Hans-Jochen Vogel (born 1926) - became Berlin mayor & party leader of the Social Democrats, also served under Schmidt Schmidt I Urban Development & Construction - Karl Ravens (born 1927) died 8th of September 2017 Education & Science - Helmut Rohde (born 1925) died 16th of April 2016 Schmidt II Interior - Gerhard Baum (born 1932) - civil rights defender Labour and Social Order - Herbert Ehrenberg (born 1926) died Feberuary 20th 2018 Urban Development & Construction - Dieter Haack (born 1934) Research & Technology - Volker Hauff (born 1940) Education & Science - Jürgen Schmude (born 1936) Economic Cooperation - Rainer Offergeld (born 1937) Schmidt III Finance - Manfred Lahnstein (born 1937) - in council of Haifa University, former member of the Trilateral Commission, Consultant for Rothschild Bank and private media pioneer Education & Science, Nutrition, Agriculture and Forestry - Björn Engholm (born 1939) - leader of SPD Youth, Family & Health - Anke Fuchs (born 1937) died October 14th 2019 Research & Technology - Andreas Von Bülow (born 1937) - 9/11 truther _________________________________________________________________________ United Kingdom Heath Ministry 1970-1974 Treasury/Social Services/Industry/Environment - Patrick Jenkin (born 1926) died 20th of December 2016 Agriculture, Fisheries & Food/Northern Ireland/Employment- James Prior (born 1927) died 12th of December 2016 Defense/Energy/Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs - Lord Carrington (born 1919) - NATO head & leader of Falklands War died July 9th 2018 Wilson Cabinet 1974-1976 Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection - Shirley Williams (born 1930) - also served under Callaghan, became Professor at Harvard Wales - John Morris (born 1931) Callaghan Cabinet 1976-1979 Foreign Secretary David Owen (born 1938) - led talks on Former Yugoslavia SoS for Prices and Consumer Protection Roy Hattersley (born 1932) SoS for Transport William Rodgers (born 1928) First Thatcher ministry (1979-1983) SoS for Energy/Transport David Howell (born 1936) SoS for Trade/Defence John Nott (born 1932) - involuntarily involved in Falklands' War SoS for Wales Nicholas Edwards (born 1934) SoS for Employment/Trade & Industry Norman Tebbitt (born 1931) Financial Secretary to the Treasury, SoS Energy, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson (born 1932) - global warming skeptic SoS of Environment/First SoS/Defence Michael Heseltine (born 1933) SoS for Health & Social Services Norman Fowler/Employment/Transport/Minister of Transport Norman Fowler (born 1938) SoS of Environment/Northern Ireland/Defence/Employment/Transport Tom King (born 1933) ________________________________________________________________________________________ France Gouvernement Debré 1959-1962 Agriculture - Edgard Pisani (born 1918) - also European commissioner of development died 20th of June 2016 Economy & Finance Valéry Giscard D'Estaing (born 1926) - later president Pompidou V 1967-1968 Post and Telecommunication/Information Yves Guéna (born 1922) died 3rd of March 2016 Industry/ later Justice - Albin Chalandon (born 1920) - director of Elf Aquitaine (1977-1983) Gouvernement Chaban-Delmas 1969-1972 Environment - Robert Poujade (born 1928) Messmer I 1972/73 Post and Telecommunication/Relationship to Parliament - Hubert Germain (born 1920) Agriculture and Rural Development Jacques Chirac (born 1932) - became president Chirac I 1974-1976 Economy and Finance/Equipment Jean-Pierre Fourcade (born 1929) Labour/Reforms Michel Durafour (born 1920) - also a writer under alibi died 27th of July Health - Simone Veil (born 1927) - Holocaust survivor, president of European Parliament 1998-2007, legalized abortion in France died 30th of June 2017 Agriculture/Interior Christian Bonnet (born 1921) Barre II 1977/78 Agriculture/later Justice Pierre Méhaignerie (born 1939) Barre III 1978-81 Youth, Sports/Labour/ of State/Agriculture & Rural development Jean-Pierre Soisson (born 1934) Women's Issues Monique Pelletier (born 1926) Transportation Daniel Hoeffel (born 1929) A couple of those were news to me, including the death of Helmut Rohde.

Unbelievable to me, she would have received a DDP-qualifying obit because of Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-minister-idUKKBN1622FJ I'm currently updating my long-list as you might see....

So reports are saying that Taylor's last husband Larry Fortensky already died last year. http://extratv.com/2017/04/13/liz-taylors-ex-husband-larry-fortensky-dead-at-64/ Apparently , he suffered from melanoma. It has gone unreported the whole time as he cut contact with his family. I wonder if it's actually true. You'd think the usual papers would report.

Also, I wonder who was the oldest person alive to never be the oldest person alive....if you know what I mean, or well, let's say, the oldest ever person to be the second-oldest person alive without eventually becoming the oldest person alive. Maybe it's going to be Nabi Tajima. As far as I can tell, the current record-holder is Tane Ikai, at 116 years and 175 days, who died while Jeanne Clament was still alive and 4 years older than her.

The BBC apparently believes that there is another 117-year old woman alive, Elizabeth Gathoni Koinange: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04zrgbg I think she's, at most, 110.

I've got something ready. Will send in about a week.

9/11 first respondent (hey, also a terror victim) and pick of my B-Team Ray Pfeifer now in hospice care: http://pix11.com/2017/04/04/dying-firefighter-sick-from-911-illness-fights-last-battle-a-spot-on-fdny-wall-of-honor/ He's the public face of the campaign to give first respondents financial compensation (The Zadroga Act) so I'm fairly certain a QO will come. I should have put him in my main team...

Well, it was this "nearly killed me" that led me to post this. I was wondering if it was known that he actually had cancer, not just Barrett's syndrome, but indeed, we knew.

Morrissey set for comeback after "fighting cancer": http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bigmouth-signs-again-morrissey-set-10234900 He had to cancel a gig in Mexico last week after losing his voice. He also says recording his last album, or to be more precise, working with THAT record company, almost killed him.

Update after a fairly quiet month for Sara Hankins, Bruce Langhorne and Emma Morano, plus a couple of changes for Shameless-y picks that have hardly any effect on the scores (except for Ben Suisala). I changed the chance of Langhorne dying from 70% to 100% and reduced his obitability from 80% to 70%, though personally, I believe he'll get the obit. 1. Golden Slumbers (171,13) 2. To Kill a Gabor Sister (169,73) 3. David Quantick's Showbiz Pals (168,74) 4. Thomas Jefferson Survives (160,93) 5. Poochie died on the way back to his home planet (157,85) 6. The Love Boat (157,28) 7. Still Life (156,77) 8. Deceased Hose (153,73) 9. Dead Ends (153,0275) 10. The Living End (151,79) 11. New Years and Drinks All Night (151,76) 12. drollercoaster (151,54) 13. Heading Nowhere (151,22) 14. Day in the Death (150,01) 15. This Mortal Coil (146,262) 16. I will not die, it's the world that will end! (146,23) 17. Buckets of Blood (145,90) 18. Pan Breed (145,19) 19. I'm Sorry for your Trouble (144,87) 20. Drunkasaskunk (144,61) I have to calculate the result for Bucket of Blood, looks pretty good, to be honest. I didn't have this team on my radar. Edit: Buckets Of Blood is at 145,90pts. Edit2: I just noticed an embarassing mistake in my Excel table regarding the score of Deceased Hose, it is two points higher than I previously thought. @ msc: Among the changes of the Shameless-y picks was the reduction of Suisala's obitability to 30%. This is as low as I will go before his death. On the other hand, I might as well do a Top 20.

According to her last tweet, Debbie Blackhurst, picked by Shameless last year, and by Diana Rots this year, had 4-6 weeks left mid-February. But I can't find more news at first glance.

Prominent furry Takaza J. Wolf dead at 40/41: http://www.flayrah.com/6909/mff-co-founder-takaza-j-wolf-passes-away-1976-2017 Posted here to give you an entry into the rabbit hole...

Aaawww no.... You're pretty definite with this? I would love you to "hold the keys" of it all, but to share the responsibilities more. I mean, the most stress it at the beginning of the year, isn't it? Maybe recruit one or two other people to do that work with you? Edit: At least for now, I think it's too early to already call the Theme Team League. Francis of Arse-Easy will get more hits, I think. I'll need 1-2 more hits to win. On the other hand, I'll retire Shameless for the (hopefully) next DDP, because, yes, I do think I will win, and I think Shameless will always win the Theme Team League whenver it enters. It has already made it's gigantic, rotten impact on deadpooling and deserves to die itself.

Surely, a Guardian obit will appear post-Easter? For some reason, I thought he had cancer. But Wikipedia has him dying from stroke complications. He survived rather long in hospice, far longer than the 6 months imlied by hospice admission laws. Though at some point, I read that it was not a hospice but "merely" a care home. I might be reading it all wrong though.

Wouldn't it be funny (and complicated) if Benedict survives Francis?

Guardian report on Jones' dementia: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/16/monty-python-terry-jones-learning-to-live-with-dementia He's doing ok, except for losing speech.

Congratulations!

Men: 1. Irfon Williams 2. Sandy Gallin 3. Pete Sampras Women: 1. Connie Johnson 2. Vanessa Goodwin 3. Sophie Sabbage

American soprano Kathleen Cassello dead at 58: https://slippedisc.com/2017/04/sad-news-one-of-three-sopranos-has-died-aged-58/ She was one of the "Three Sopranos", a project created after the phenomenal success of the "Three Tenors", but they never made it that big.

Mario Balotelli is on the list, but Mario Zagallo isn't - sacrilege? Anyway, time for a new team, and I'm having a hard time compiling it. The roster is rather preliminary I guess: # SUBJECT OCCUPATION SUMMARY BORN DIED LISTED REMOVE 1 Michael Royalty King of Romania, 1927-30 and 1940-47 25-Oct-1921 TBD 14-Apr-2017 2 Ginger Baker Drummer Drummer for Cream 19-Aug-1939 TBD 14-Apr-2017 3 Lou Brock Baseball Stole 938 bases 18-Jun-1939 TBD 14-Apr-2017 4 Glen Campbell Country Musician Rhinestone Cowboy 22-Apr-1936 TBD 14-Apr-2017 5 Mary Carlisle Actor Dead Men Walk 03-Feb-1912 TBD 14-Apr-2017 6 Della Reese Musician Touched by an Angel 06-Jul-1931 TBD 14-Apr-2017 7 Billy Graham Religion Televangelist 07-Nov-1918 TBD 14-Apr-2017 8 Dilip Kumar Actor Shakti 11-Dec-1922 TBD 14-Apr-2017 9 Barys Kit Scientist Rocket Propellant Handbook 06-Apr-1910 TBD 14-Apr-2017 10 Manuel Noriega Head of State Panamanian dictator 11-Feb-1938 TBD 14-Apr-2017 Already replaced Ginger Baker with Hutton Gibson. Replaced Mary Carlisle with Bobby Doerr Replaced Barys Kit with George Bush Sr. Replaced Lou Brock with Johnny Hallyday Edit: Note to myself: Subs: Charlotte Rae, Joe Jackson, Peter Sallis, Jacques Chirac, Bouteflika (!)

Yes, same here. I mean, I take it, but The Sun and Mirror cover Sally Major's story just days before her death and then fail to mention it. Jessica Allen was out of the news for about half a year and then makes it. It's always a bit of a lottery. Initially, I expected Shameless to get 5 sure hits that would make it defend the title. Those were Lisa Magill, Hannah Lyson, Ben Suisala, Bobby Zarin and Jay Clark. I don't think Suisala will obit anymore, but Irfon Williams recently made the jump from BBC local news to Mirror. Sophie Sabbage is also a good candidate. I didn't really bank on Major and Allen, but you can always expect one or two to obit. Interesting story: Sophie Sabbage's book was read by Leah Bracknell shortly after her diagnosis: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/meet-cancer-patient-sophie-sabbage-12814766