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By now, I actually think it was just an excuse not to leave the house anymore, and to spend the time with Rosalynn who might actually be worse off.

I am receiving your PMs. I won't adjust the longlist here in this thread, because it's so big, it's a pain in the ass. I have received Perhaps, Spinosaurus, LadyFiona and wannamaker.

Daniel N. Paul is a unique hit for me.

Daniel N. Paul is another hit for me, also unique, it seems: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia That's four hits in June. Sadly, death has skipped Mutulu Shakur and James Whale so far. So my team might be running out of gas soon, but maybe it's enough.

Ryan Siew, guitarist of Polaris has died at 26 after a "serious personal crisis": https://www.kerrang.com/polaris-guitarist-ryan-siew-has-died-aged-26

He reminds me of David Bowie in his final days in these pictures: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12238301/Jonnie-Irwin-looks-good-spirits-attends-TRIC-Awards.html

Ha, indeed it is. Though I'm 100% sure the Financial Times and other sources will join in.

In the context of Ben Ferencz' death, I was wondering how many eyewitnesses of the top Nazi echelon there might still be. I forgot about Ruf though. I assume the last people who saw Hitler eye to eye were those unfortunate 16 year old boys of the Volkssturm.

Yup, had the same idea, last month: Do people really want to miss out on such an obvious choice?

Only one necessary replacement for me so far, Kate Figes. And the replacement, Rush Limbaugh, died, too, of course. So it seems like I have 11 hits so far. Is that good or bad? Well.... let's see in another 5 years.

Alright posting my team to work on it myself, I think I lost track early 2021 or so. 1. Michael Robinson (the football player) 2. Genesis P-Orridge 3. David Gulpilil 4. George Alagiah 5. Jacci Woodcock (Right to work campaigner) 6. Nick Hitchon (of the 7-Up crew) 7. Attaulah Esakhelvi 8. Lou Gramm 9. Chris Rea 10. Noel Conway 11. Wattie Buchan 12. Herol Graham 13. Val Kilmer 14. Mike Peters (The Alarm) 15. Rodrigo Londono (Timochenko) 16. Shane MacGowan 17. Kate Figes Rush Limbaugh 18. George Telek 19. Sir Richard Hadlee 20. David Thomas (Pere Ubu) 21. Lady Jane Campbell 22. Robbie Coltrane 23. Paul Lamb (right to die campaigner) 24. Hanif Kureishi 25. Michel Houellebecq 26. Phil Collins 27. Nile Rodgers 28. Harvey Weinstein 29. Michael Moore 30. Willie Thorne 31. Adam Ant 32. Jimmy Calderwood 33. Barry Bennell 34. Ron Jeremy 35. Siouxsie Sioux 36. William Hurt 37. Ernst August of Hanover 38. Andrew Eldritch 39. Debbie Rowe (the Michael Jackson ex) 40. Rose West 41. Randy Quaid 42. Ann Wilson (Heart) 43. Bjarne Stroustup 44. Bootsy Collins 45. Frank Miller 46. Alan Moore (comics) 47. Bill Murray 48. Rajinikanth 49. Kamala (wrestler) 50. Gary Rossington

Yeah, she should be Guardian catnip... good luck!

A handy list of all the fat people of My 600 Lb Life who have died, 15 people in 11 years: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12218751/All-stars-600-Lb-Life-whove-passed-away.html

Genichiro Tenryu out of hospital after a year: https://411mania.com/wrestling/genichiro-tenryu-released-from-hospital-after-nearly-year/

Hits, hits, hits!! Thank you all for mentioning the names above, especially the rarer ones. Especially Gooseberry Crumble and Cpt. Hemlock continue their streak of left-field unique hits. Researching night club owner/criminal figure Ronnie Knight was enjoyable, I remember. Pat Cooper as well... I added him to my longlist and even gave him a "50% chance of dying this year"... missed chance for me I guess, but not for Cpt Hemlock. Glenda Jackson another hit for Gooseberry Crumble, who needs one more hit to share the "most hits of the year" record. Edna Child, unique hit for Joe Moneypenny, was another gem to research. Though I guess, being the oldest olympian of the UK at the time should have put her on more radars (she floated kind of under the surface, hurr hurr). She was not picked for the DDP, but here! There were also the big names Silvio Berlusconi, Ted Kaczynski, Pat Robertson, Gordon McQueen, Teresa Taylor and the like. Frequently picked names. Christy Dignam, also very prominent, but picked here only once, by Sean, who kept the faith, congrats! I thought I had picked Frederic Forrest in everything, but I guess news arrived too late to pick for me in this pool. But three of you score. Winnie Ewing is a unique hit for YoungWillz, and Francoise Gilot is a unique hit for Death Impends. Anita Cornwell does not have a QO for this game. I am not sure if it will come, to be honest. Let's see. Scorewise it wasn't that exciting at the top, but SalmonMousse missed Kaczynski, which might make a difference in the end. The field catches up though. Finally, another reminder to email me your midyear substitution picks, you can switch up to five names (with those on your team who are still living). I will put my two own substitutions in this thread in a couple of days to give you a heads--up. Currently debating with myself whether to pick Yevgeni Prigozhin.... Rank Team Score 1 Banana 756 2 Salmon Mousse 628 3 Funeralopolis 593 3 Perhaps 593 5 JoeyRuss 591 6 Death Impends 482 7 Grim Up North 468 8 gcreptile 465 9 Cpt. Chorizo 463 10 Book 460 11 RadGuy 445 12 DeathBecomesThem 415 12 msc 415 14 Gooseberry Crumble 414 14 wannamaker 414 16 Sean 404 17 Summer in Transylvania 392 18 An Fear Beag 390 19 Joltin Joe 378 20 Wormfarmer 357 21 Toast 356 22 Buffalo Phil 350 23 Drol 345 24 The Daredevil 332 25 tracy 319 26 The Spinosaurus 310 27 ThereWillBeDeaths7 308 27 YoungWillz 308 29 Hell 305 30 Etushipushingupdaisies 296 30 Mr. Wonderful 296 32 DevonDeathTrip 283 33 Thatcher 282 34 TheOldLady 281 35 Torva Messor 276 35 Diego 276 37 MortalCaso 271 38 TheUnknownMan 270 39 The Old Crem 266 40 GuyFromFuture 251 41 Predictor 245 42 Charles De Gaulle 222 43 Annami 217 44 Nick 212 45 JoeMoneypenny 199 46 John Key 198 47 TheQuimReaper 192 48 chilean way 184 49 Cpt. Hemlock 172 50 Liz Lemon 159 51 Famous6Eva 147 52 Bibliogryphon 136 53 MariNisia 128 54 Mr. Custard 122 55 CalebH 116 56 Lady Fiona 104 57 etib80 92 58 Ghostofchristmaspast 68 59 Pedro67 64 60 Great Uncle Bulgaria 62 61 sam081 30

I cant... I only saw it through Google.

Update behind paywall: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/esther-rantzen-cancer-interview-2023-hkf7bvzsh

Frederic Forrest...a unique hit for me?

I wonder if Steven Seagal ever met Yevgeni Prigozhin and said, "You know, I used to be a cook, too."

Frederic Forrest is a hit for a few: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12229049/Bette-Midler-reveals-Rose-costar-Frederic-Forrest-died-age-86.html

Frederic Forrest: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12229049/Bette-Midler-reveals-Rose-costar-Frederic-Forrest-died-age-86.html

His gofundme said they needed money for the care for roughly half a year, and they were spot-on!

Must be the first time ever I'm leading this pool.

Sky News presenter and one-time press secretary for Nick Clegg, Rae Stewart, dies at 56, following an 'illness': https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12214963/Sky-News-ITN-presenter-Rae-Stewart-dies-aged-56.html

He's wasting away in the "better to be dead" kind of way that Joost Van Der Westhuizen also did. For some reason, these people can still go outside and more or less participate in things. There's also the kind of "bedridden and begging to die" kind of case that Steve McMichael has to suffer through. And there's the "looking stable but organs damaged, so need a ventilator" category that is/was represented by Noel Conway. I don't know if one can do an analysis on these types for our purposes, but I guess one conclusion is, that I'd rather have none of them.