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DJ Bubba Bo Boulanger has died, hit for wannamaker: https://www.wvxu.org/media/2023-02-05/remembering-eric-bubbo-bo-boulanger-radio-host-tvkiese (Edit: He died on Friday, so steals the Bobby Deane award retroactively, so to say - if you go by date of death instead of reported day of death)

The Daily Mail obits don't always appear for me - maybe a location issue. I have been unable to find these oobits even with extremely narrow searches - I think it's the wire articles that have this problem for me, not the regular Daily Mail articles.

Another dirty Yahoo QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/hsing-yun-buddhist-abbot-built-073046983.html Though I strongly suspect that he'll get something else, it's just that Yahoo is often the fastest.

Dirty yahoo obit: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/press-digest-york-times-business-061823450.html

Jim Beaver himself recently had an aggressive prostate cancer but is currently cancer-free: https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1363849/the-boys-jim-beaver-details-battle-with-aggressive-prostate-cancer

Marvin "Marv" Kellum, a linebacker who helped the Pittsburgh Steelers to two superb owls has died at 70: https://www.wibw.com/2023/02/05/lecompton-native-who-helped-lead-steelers-2-super-bowl-victories-dies-70/

Pervez Musharraf is an exception to the observation that almost all Deathlist names found fame before the 90s. He barely even counts as a 90s name, as he couped his way to power in 1999 but only really got notable in the aftermath of 9/11.

Dead: https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/05-Feb-2023/former-pakistan-president-pervez-musharraf-passes-away

Jürgen Flimm, A-list german stage director dies at 81: https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/regisseur-flimm-gestorben-101.html He once was a young radical who got his start at Cologne's university theatre. They're very proud of him there.

Yeah, all the photos for William Gage I found were "licensable" or whatever it's called. I was hesitant to use these. As you can see, we're almost done. Some missing photos are even just spelling errors for the file names. These will be corrected. We're not done yet.

I guess you deserve an update... Sorry for taking such a long time, but these few weeks were a battle between exhaustion and doing DDP work. However, I'd say the latter is almost done now. Collecting the new photos is almost complete (announcement in a few days). So, I hope I get most of the hits in. Forgive me, if I miss someone. Missing names will be found though, as I will go through all the new names of this year and add the data necessary for this game. But first things first - the technical: The formula for the score has been corrected. Everyone should have their points for Frank McGarvey now. Two deaths that didn't deliver points were Christina Strutt and Mark Stokes. Christina Strutt's premature death in 2022 means that a sub gets used. She was on my team, so I actually had to make use of my ... fifth (?) sub. The teams who picked Mark Stokes might have wished that he had died prematurely, seeing that he has received no obits so far. The year is still very young though, but I do wonder where such an obit could still appear. Let's wait and see. As far as the hits go, well, January wasn't exactly the busiest month, but Roberto Dinamite is a differential here as well as in the DDP and keeps Banana in the lead. He also had Randy Gonzalez, but is not alone in this as RadGuy had him, too and follows him with a yet unused younger joker back in hand. RadGuy would also benefit immensely from a late Mark Stokes obit. But well, for now it doesn't really matter that much yet who's in the lead. Other hits were, as mentioned above, Jean-Pierre Jabouille for three teams, Sylvia Sims, the former "Grande Dame of British cinema (wikipedia)" a unique hit for Gooseberry Crumble, then lots of points across the board for those who picked King Constantine II of Greece. Lucile Randon was a hit for four teams and delivers four points each. Maybe that one is going to make the difference? Similarly, the old Canadian mayor Hazel McCallion delivers 21 points for three teams. Italian A-list hit Gina Lollobrigida scores for two teams, Thatcher and chilean way. David Crosby was also a hit for two people, Mortal Caso and BuffaloPhil. Maybe one might have expected him on more teams? Finally, Yoon Yeong-Hee was unique hit for Cpt Chorizo who went all in on this name, and it pays off. If those are all the hits, then this is the result.... if a name is missing, tell me, but I'll definitely check a couple more times before the next update: Rank Team Score 1 Banana 326 2 RadGuy 248 3 Perhaps 224 4 The Spinosaurus 210 5 Cpt. Chorizo 204 6 msc 202 7 ThereWillBeDeaths7 184 8 Toast 175 9 JoeyRuss 168 10 Funeralopolis 160 10 wannamaker 160 10 Grim Up North 160 13 Thatcher 155 14 DevonDeathTrip 151 15 TheUnknownMan 128 15 Wormfarmer 128 17 GuyFromFuture 127 18 Diego 125 18 Summer in Transylvania 125 20 gcreptile 120 20 Famous6Eva 120 20 Etushipushingupdaisies 120 20 Death Impends 120 20 Drol 120 20 Predictor 120 20 Book 120 20 Salmon Mousse 120 20 An Fear Beag 120 29 Buffalo Phil 105 30 DeathBecomesThem 104 30 Joltin Joe 104 30 Nick 104 30 The Old Crem 104 30 The Daredevil 104 35 TheOldLady 99 36 chilean way 95 36 Torva Messor 95 36 Sean 95 39 Annami 68 40 Gooseberry Crumble 65 41 CalebH 64 41 TheQuimReaper 64 41 YoungWillz 64 41 tracy 64 41 Mr. Wonderful 64 41 MariNisia 64 41 etib80 64 41 Hell 64 41 Pedro67 64 41 Mr. Custard 64 51 MortalCaso 45 52 John Key 40 52 Charles De Gaulle 40 54 JoeMoneypenny 0 54 Liz Lemon 0 54 Bibliogryphon 0 54 Cpt. Hemlock 0 54 Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 54 Ghostofchristmaspast 0 54 sam081 0 54 Lady Fiona 0

I am completely amazed that Mark Pilgrim is still alive. I think he is the current leader of "looks like dead but isn't", if you care to see. Almost reaches the level of that dried out yogi last year.

Sally Perel, Holocaust survivor / jewish Hitler youth, has died at 97: https://globeecho.com/news/europe/germany/hitler-youth-salomon-sally-perel-died-at-the-age-of-97/ That's popular DDP pick Solomon Perel.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille is the first hit? https://www.gpfans.com/fr/f1-actualites/100585/jean-pierre-jabouille-renault-f1/

Congrats Crem! This competition does have a lot of dramatic potential.... I assume, with the bonusses factored in, there was tons of drama going on, chronologically. A little randomness is still there, my score still sucks... but I guess Perhaps would have a better right to complain, and Crem got a high enough number of hits. After all, the DDP doesn't factor in the sheer number of hits either.

Brian Morris, the terminally ill golfer who was on one PGA tournament in late 2021 has now died: https://www.royalgazette.com/golf/sport/article/20230130/professional-golfer-brian-morris-dies-aged-55/

Australian (!) Bobsledder Duncan Pugh dead of an aneurysm at 48: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/duncan-pugh-dead-winter-olympics-29095877

Lady Rupert Nevill, a personal friend of the Queen since childhood, died last week at 97: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/royal-tragedy-queens-most-mischievous-29091939 She helped her sneak out of the palace unrecognized.

Ed Rudy seems to be missing from this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Beatle There -almost- was once a theme team. I'd add Yoko, too. But since George Martin's death, such a team has been impossible.

2021 name Jaya Sawant has died, I think (this is probably her): https://bollywoodgaram.com/148493/rakhi-sawants-mother-jaya-bheda-passes-away-age-73/

Natalie Fornasier, the very, very, very marginal writer, basically only notable as a cancer blogger, has died: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/aussie-writer-natalie-fornasier-dies-at-28-after-losing-terminal-cancer-battle-c-9595384

From least likely to most likely to die... Donald Trump Bill Cosby Prunella Scales Rupert Murdoch Dick Van Dyke David Attenborough Buzz Aldrin Tim Bilton Billy Connolly Yoko Ono Mel Brooks Francoise Hardy Janey Godley Willie Nelson Linda Nolan Randy Jackson Kate Keltie Phil Collins Shannen Doherty Shane MacGowan Vladimir Putin Tony Bennett Burt Bacharach Rhod Gilbert Andy Taylor Sub: Michael J Fox Thank you and good luck!

Esther Rantzen was only a sub for that broadcasting team. But I forgot who died to make room for her, maybe it was even a case of one of the original 20 names being picked twice.

Sounds like a very slow and unaggressive cancer that was allowed to spread and become terminal out of sheer negligence. At that speed, death could still be months away. The jaw problems could affect his eating though.

Germany's oldest person Charlotte Kretschmann has a SPIEGEL interview, behind paywall: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/leute/charlotte-kretschmann-ist-113-jahre-alt-ans-sterben-denke-ich-nicht-ich-habe-ja-noch-zeit-a-6037fb19-419a-4d4c-a1a3-88616bebbd1d She's in excellent mental health and doesn't think of dying. She just doesnt want to see a third World War.