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Thank you deadsox, it was an honor! Have to admit, the next month is giving me trouble. I was away from home for half of May, tried to make up for it in recent days. But there aren't THAT many names around, it seems.

Yeah, I also thought I'd never hear of that person again. Hadn't yet deleted her from my longlist though.

Time for a poll?

Munawwar Rana

Yeah, I'd be more surprised if she didn't.

Oh, I think microplastics will turn us all into immortal dolls. I'm 40 years old now, but feel like 25. I'll keep on drinking out of plastic bottles until I'm 100% plastic and recycleable.

Alright, let us see if I can squeeze in an update in my lunch break. Thankfully, the deaths in this update were not very obscure, and you notified me of the rest, so it should be easy. Obviously, Rolf Harris was picked by almost everyone, even sam081 - meaning everybody is now on the board! He was a joker for a few players, too. LadyFiona did get her obit for Kenneth McAlpine, nothing to worry about. Cpt. Hemlocks unique left-field hits continue with Richard Riordan and Gordon Lightfoot, quite impressive. Banana scores a unique hit with Robert Zimmer. While DDP QO was tricky, the NYT obit probably wasn't in doubt. Barry Humphries was a unique hit for Goooseberry Crumble, who is indeed doing very well with all the minor but plentiful hits. Tina Turner was a sad hit, but maybe a little reading between the lines should have made her a more popular hit. Eventually, the tank runs out of gas. Ed Ames was a unique hit for Torva Messor. He got Yahoo, too, but as with Robert Zimmer, the New York Times stepped up. Here's a surprise: Superstar Billy Graham was a UNIQUE hit, for Death Impends. Everybody got kind of tired of him, but who can blame us... Jim Brown was another unique hit, for tracy. Tim Keller was a well-timed not-quite-gamble for a couple of players. And finally SR Hinduja, member of the "UKs richest family" (even before the Windsors? If you factor in all the secret accounts and holdings, I guess not!) another unique hit, like, really unique, for msc. Wait... that's not it. Denny Crum, of course. Already a while back. And Menahem Pressler, unique hit for Radguy, the only one to pick both Presslers. Larry is still taking his time though. Oh, and Carolyn Bryant Donham, the Emmett Till accuser. You know, updating this pool always feels a bit like a mop-up situation, everybody picked in any pool anywhere already, is also picked here. Okay, I am hoping that this is everything, but before I leave you with the scoreboard, one notice for the replacement period: THE REPLACEMENT PERIOD ENDS on "the beginning of July 1st", meaning you have until the end of the 30th of June to give me 5 new names you want to use instead of five other names you want to switch out. As soon as you give me the names for the switch, the old ones will no longer score, even if they die immediately afterwards. And the new names will only score with the beginning of July. That means, yes, there is a "dead zone" between submitting the replacements and July 1st, in which you'd score for neither name. Names that fail the fame requirement will not count. Once you submit your names to me, there can be no second list, i.e. this is it. So please, be sure of the names you submit. Rank Team Score 1 Banana 652 2 Salmon Mousse 524 3 Funeralopolis 515 3 Perhaps 515 5 JoeyRuss 487 6 Death Impends 419 7 RadGuy 403 8 Cpt. Chorizo 401 9 Grim Up North 390 10 gcreptile 361 11 Toast 356 11 Book 356 13 msc 353 14 Summer in Transylvania 350 15 Gooseberry Crumble 344 16 DeathBecomesThem 337 17 An Fear Beag 328 18 wannamaker 320 19 The Spinosaurus 310 20 ThereWillBeDeaths7 308 21 Joltin Joe 306 22 Drol 303 23 Sean 292 24 The Daredevil 290 25 Wormfarmer 285 26 DevonDeathTrip 283 27 YoungWillz 279 28 Diego 276 29 Buffalo Phil 272 30 The Old Crem 266 31 Hell 263 32 Mr. Wonderful 254 33 GuyFromFuture 251 34 Predictor 245 35 tracy 241 36 Thatcher 240 37 TheOldLady 239 38 Torva Messor 234 38 Etushipushingupdaisies 234 40 TheUnknownMan 228 41 Nick 212 42 MortalCaso 193 43 TheQuimReaper 192 44 Charles De Gaulle 186 45 chilean way 184 46 JoeMoneypenny 177 47 John Key 156 48 Famous6Eva 147 49 Annami 145 50 Cpt. Hemlock 143 51 Bibliogryphon 136 52 MariNisia 128 53 Liz Lemon 123 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

Yep, Hollywood's classic "found spelunking in a men's bathroom" case.

Looks like Eric F James, the local historian died a couple of days ago, but only an indirect facebook comment mentions it: https://www.facebook.com/strayleaves/

I just saw Maude Apatow guest starring on RuPaul's Drag Race. So if I go ahead with the above theme team idea, I might be convinced in picking her, to pick up the torch, so to say. Also, that theme team above would have had two hits, ONJ, and Georgia Holt. I had no idea about Cherry Valentine's troubles though.

Reminds me of the former school pal (heterosexual) who like to read those thin, dime-a-dozen romance novels you see in the train station. He also likes to ride busses and is a member of the (geman) green party.

"Simply at Rest" - sad to say, I like it.

Robert Zimmer is a hit for me: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/robert-zimmer-dead.html

Sorry, noted. Next weekend is a longer one for me. Some updates will happen.

Snap decision, Ethel Kennedy.

Quite the turnaround.

Shame, loved her. Tried her songs quite a few times at Karaoke. Nutbush City Limits, Steamy Windows, and what I like to call my favourite song of all time, River Deep, Mountain High. She deserved to turn her life around after the 70s and succeeded. In the end, a life well-lived.

I pretty much managed to pick all the wrong differentials and will have no role in this. Andrea Gibson, and, since today, Troy Stolz are in remission. Chris Snow got a new position just yesterday. I think the winner could still be quite random, i.e. someone picking exactly the right DeathList/Drop 40 names. Watch for Jimmy Carter and Linda Nolan and Shane MacGowan. Between Kate Keltie fakes, Jeannette Lee improvements, and several missing QOs, we wont quite reach the more recent lofty heights.

New sub: Jimmy Carter please!

What a terrible group of people. Kind of makes you happy that Hillary lost the election.

Jason Carter even believes that Jimmy will reach his next birthday in Octobre.

Germany's most notorious unemployed guy, Arno Dübel, dead at 67: https://m.bild.de/news/2023/news/medienbericht-arno-duebel-67-ist-tot-er-war-deutschlands-frechster-arbeitsloser-84039184.bildMobile.html A very prominent defender of the "working is stupid" argument, reliable talk show guest in the 2000s.

I think "hospice" is just his way of getting free servants.

Update: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/entertainment/jeff-bridges-tumor/index.html Cancer has shrunk, but I was kind of amazed he hadnt beaten it yet, and, surprise, the article says that the cancer is advanced.

Robert Zimmer, former University president of the University of Chicago, dead at 75: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/obituaries/former-university-chicago-president-robert-zimmer-has-died Pick in a couple of pools on this site. He retired for health reasons a year ago, then sold his house.