gcreptile

I think you are actually Steven Crowder.

Mike Williams needs a "Hail Mary" says his mother: https://www.google.com/amp/s/fox2now.com/news/national/ex-nfl-receiver-mike-williams-needs-hail-mary-mother-says/amp/

Instragram gave you the Death By Selfie. YouTube gave you eating Tide Pods. Now every couple of weeks, some people die because of a stupid TikTok Trend. This week's drama: People dying by jumping off from moving boats and breaking their necks - https://www.today.com/news/boat-jumping-challenge-tiktok-deaths-rcna93368 Also this year, there was also the "Benadryl" challenge - drinking as much as you can of it: https://www.indy100.com/tiktok/tiktok-benadryl-challenge-what-is-2659878238 "Chroming", i.e. inhaling deodorant: https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/13-year-old-death-chroming-australia-flags-dangerous-social-media-trend-2385867-2023-05-29 Blackout challenge - dying by holding your breath / asphyxiation: https://www.afr.com/technology/profits-over-people-tiktok-s-algorithm-has-turned-deadly-20221205-p5c3v9 What do we have next week?

Dennis Austin, principal developer of PowerPoint, has died at 76: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/9/23865578/dennis-austin-powerpoint-co-creator-died

Teen dies after "one chip challenge" which is eating the tortilla chip advertised as the world's spiciest chip: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12479595/teen-Harris-Wolobah-dies-one-chip-challenge-tiktok.html

Buthelezi..... dead? https://mg.co.za/news/2023-09-09-ifp-founder-mangosuthu-buthelezi-has-died/ Edit: Yes, must be true: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-09/mangosuthu-buthelezi-south-africa-opposition-leader-dies-at-95

Only the Queen bee might remember (from queen to queen), the workers never knew her as their life expectancy is less than a year: https://www.orkin.com/pests/stinging-pests/bees/honey-bees/honey-bee-life-span

Charles marks the one-year anniversary jubilee mark of her death, and what a year it was! https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/king-charles-thanks-public-their-love-he-marks-death-late-mother-queen-elizabeth-2023-09-07/ Edit: Yes, yes, it might also belong in the Death Anniversary thread...but we didn't get to 200 pages!

Tangerine Summers, Atlanta drag queen, Gas died at 63: https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/tangerine-summers-drag-queen#toggle-gdpr

I kind of thought she was a little younger? She IS 82 now, so she could be doing much worse, i.e. not doing anything at all. She might enter DeathList consideration now.

Miriam Margolyes cant walk anymore because of her spinal stenosis: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/miriam-margoyles-fears-shell-wheelchair-30883830

Former mayor of Hamburg and minority whip for the Social Democrats Hans-Ulrich Klose has died at 86: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/hamburg-frueherer-buergermeister-hans-ulrich-klose-ist-tot-a-da068543-8eb2-4c1a-93cc-1a84b4ed149f

Ruschell Boone: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12483667/NY1-news-anchor-Ruschell-Boone-dies-pancreatic-cancer.html

James Whale has stopped the aggressive medication as it has become a life expectancy vs. life quality decision: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/james-whale-cancer-talkradio-host-113950292.html He says this christmas may be his last - which, of course, means that he should comfortably see the end of this year. I doubt there's a christmas 2024 in his future, but yes, sounds as if he survives this year.

Once you dig a little deeper, US congress is full of people who belong to a "dynasty", or got a heavy headstart because of a family member. Climbing the ladder is very often a multi-generational process, for example, from Ron Paul to Rand Paul. From George Romney to Mitt Romney. HOWEVER, now that I go through the list, it used to be much worse - when we had the Udall family, the Kennedies, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, and tons more. The recruitment process of the parties changed a lot I guess. Both parties now rely more heavily on their respective activists. Very soon, all the Addison Mitchell McConnell the Thirds, and John Cornyn the Thirds will disappear. Also, checking the list, the father of Ted Cruz, Rafael Cruz, is still alive at 84 and obitable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Cruz

Lisa Lyon gravely ill with pancreatic cancer: https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/04/playboy-model-lisa-lyon-hospice-pancreatic-cancer-19441282/ Also a Playboy model if anyone feels like cross-posting.

3rd hospitalization in 2023. Someone should compile the stats. Is it an average year?

He was on my very longlist for having prostate and throat cancer. First I thought that he's the 3rd Obama cabinet member to die, after Alan Krueger and Ash Carter. But no, he never was in the cabinet, he withdrew his nomination.

Are the "crumbles" what I think they are...? Edit: Okay, they are not the german word "Krümel".

Nick Anderton cancer-free: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66684366 I get the feeling though that there's going to be a deadly relapse not too far in the future.

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Damn, forgot to mark these as dead, adjusted.

This was the only place where I picked him, but it does put me at a glorious 22/50. Not sure John Key is still in it though, or around, or alive? But I think there have been absences before.

Sadly not, there are lots of other people with hits in this update. Current rankings are: Funeralopolis at 18 Banana at 17 Radguy, JoeyRuss, Death Impends, Summer in Transylvania and me at 15 Gooseberry Crumble, Grim Up North, msc, Perhaps and Cpt. Chorizo at 14.

This all cries for an update, don't you think? Today's hits are Mohamed Al-Fayed and Faye Fantarrow. Al-Fayed was not your usual old vaguely aristocratic British businessman, he was a born Egyptian who worked his way up into the highest circles of society and into the periphery of the royal family. He did so by partnerships with Haiti's dictator Papa Doc, working with Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, and helping Dubai transform into the plastic paradise it is today. He was a hit for a couple of people, Toast, RadGuy, and again, Gooseberry Crumble among them. Faye Fantarrow was a young woman who was just breaking into the music business, had her record deal, published a few songs, and then got cancer and died. Yes, we know such cases exist, we don't like it, but still we occasionally pick them in games like this. She was looking and sounding stable in the first half of the year, so Banana dropped her out. Missed chance, but not dramatic (yet). Otherwise, the pack scores as you'll see. Jango Edwards eventually got his Telegraph obit and some lucky players get their points. Mary Louise McLaws was a unique hit for me here and in the DDP. Yes, I almost went all in for this one, should have had her in my DDP main team... As Death Impends correctly put it, she was the Anthony Fauci of Australia during the COVID pandemic and so, an accidental national celebrity. Next up, two more Deathlist hits and hugely popular names, Michael Parkinson and Bob Barker. You've seen the obits, you wrote them yourself, lots of you score. Barker was even jokered a few times. Then we get to Yevgeny Prigozhin. I mean, I kind of announced I might be subbing him in here, but then didn't do it. My mistake. Some of you were cleverer. Yes, some people are just evil. Terry Funk was also a hit, here for two players, Cpt. Chorizo and ghosts of christmas past. Next up, Henry Dickerson, aka typical Yahoo something-with-baseball-or-basketball hit. Several players score. Then we get to Justin Yerbury, aka the ALS researcher with ALS. He died because his wife let him die, and didn't let him rot alive hooked up on machines. Two people score, msc and Perhaps. What next... Diego scores a unique hit with popular drug lord actor Mark Margolis. Thankfully, he lasted long enough to finish filming Better Call Saul, and I am amazed that he managed to actually appear more youthful in the prequel as he was approaching death. Then we have Michela Murgia whose end-stage cancer fight was already going on for a while but she only appeared on the radar mid-year close to death. She got the Guardian obit, and yes, I found her LGBT books in a bookstore in Florence, in the main shopping window, so I guess she was a bigger name. Next hit is British actress Doreen Mantle. I can't quite get into these British TV obits, not my forté (much like wrestling). But she was a unique hit for Toast, well done. Another surprise hit is René Weller who got the obit from the pugilist main media outfit The Sun. NOT a unique hit for Book, but for Therewillbedeaths7. His death was universally expected, the obit was the question. Typical tragic boxer story, and to be honest, most boxers dont get very old. Dementia caught up with him, but he was a bit of a tabloid mess before that already. He spent money faster than it got in. To each their own... Highest-scoring unique hit is Rodion Amirov for Summer in Transylvania. Well done. We know sarcoma can be pretty brutal on young people. He seemed to do a little better a few months before his death, but the disease is very treacherous. Now we get to the stage where I wonder if these names are already in.... Federico Bahamontes is a unique hit for etib80. First Spanish winner of the Tour De France, an all-around cycling icon. Did I already mention Malaysian pro-democracy activist Haris Ibrahim? Well, he's dead, and my second unique hit in this update. Well, and I guess this is it. It's getting a little unwieldy, isn't it? Looks like (almost?) everyone got points in this update.... Some more than others, and the biggest winner in this update might actually be me. There's still some suspense left as most of Banana's competitors still have their joker back in hand, be it Jonnie Irwin, Johnny Ruffo, or, well, Kate Keltie. Now let me see if we got another hit while I wrote this update... Rank Team Score 1 Banana 992 2 Funeralopolis 850 3 gcreptile 844 4 RadGuy 812 5 JoeyRuss 798 6 Perhaps 772 7 msc 747 8 Grim Up North 704 9 Cpt. Chorizo 702 10 Summer in Transylvania 689 11 Salmon Mousse 683 12 Book 667 13 An Fear Beag 636 14 Death Impends 586 15 ThereWillBeDeaths7 557 16 Toast 546 17 wannamaker 541 18 Buffalo Phil 535 19 DeathBecomesThem 470 20 Gooseberry Crumble 469 20 DevonDeathTrip 469 22 The Spinosaurus 468 23 The Daredevil 465 24 Joltin Joe 456 25 Drol 450 26 Mr. Wonderful 429 27 TheOldLady 416 28 GuyFromFuture 415 28 Thatcher 415 30 Wormfarmer 412 31 Sean 404 32 TheUnknownMan 403 33 TheQuimReaper 398 33 YoungWillz 398 35 Hell 395 36 Torva Messor 381 37 tracy 374 38 MortalCaso 372 39 Cpt. Hemlock 368 40 Predictor 350 41 The Old Crem 344 42 Charles De Gaulle 326 43 Etushipushingupdaisies 325 44 Annami 321 45 Diego 315 46 John Key 302 47 Liz Lemon 298 48 MariNisia 269 49 Nick 267 50 chilean way 265 51 JoeMoneypenny 254 52 CalebH 237 53 Lady Fiona 208 54 Mr. Custard 206 55 Great Uncle Bulgaria 204 56 Bibliogryphon 191 57 Pedro67 185 58 Ghostofchristmaspast 167 59 etib80 166 60 Famous6Eva 147 61 sam081 120