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Former outspoken mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregard has died after a loooong cancer fight at 81: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/nekrolog-aldrig-ligegyldig-de-fleste-havde-en-mening-om-ritt-bjerregaard

I just assumed he might have been. He has been mentioned on the forum a few times, but yeah, it was just a guess.

He wasn't picked anyway, as far as I am aware. If he was, he'll be subbed. Standard procedure has been that we'll replace dead people whose death we get to know of before the game goes live.

"Meh" QO for Arthur Duncan: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/arthur-duncan-kept-virtuoso-tap-015701445.html?

I think we might go live this weekend. Jeff Beck Shimon Baadani Ronald Blythe Bill Campbell Constantine II Carole Cook Walter Cunningham Roberto Dinamite Bessie Hendricks Bernard Kalb Gina Lollobrigida Frank McGarvey Dick Savitt Gianluca Vialli Fay Weldon David Sutherland David Crosby Lucile Randon Arthur Duncan Yoon Jeong-Hee Lin Brehmer And we await QOs for . . . Abdelsalam Majali Mark Stokes Marcel Zanini List of the Missed: Gino Odjick Lisa Marie Presley Sgt. Stan Pepper Karl Alexander Müller (?) Paul Johnson (?) Jim Molan (?) Lise Norgaard (?) ...probably like 20 more names...

I've been hearing that song EVERYWHERE in recent weeks. I'm very intrigued by how it got around.

Well done to all, and congrats Death Impends! It dawned on me around half-time that my team was a little weak. No excuse for that.

Some cancer that has spread to the liver: https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/01/17/messina-denaro-is-seriously-ill-says-oncologist_428f7c44-0042-422a-be5b-93b3c1bdb25a.html It does however remind me very much of ETA leader Josu Ternera, who is still alive more than three years after his arrest at a cancer facility: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eta-terrorist-leader-josu-ternera-arrested-at-cancer-clinic-after-17-years-on-the-run-8pg0760tw

Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd has blood cancer and a damaged immune system; https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rochdale-mp-tony-lloyd-begin-25987274

Shimon Baadani has a yahoo obit that works with the required uk.news.yahoo.com URL format.

Yep, she died 4 years younge than her, and missed the in-and-out-of-hospital, "cut off the leg" period of the very late Zsa Zsa.

Yes, BILD has it, too. Broken leg since September, never got out.

I wonder if we could have sniffed it out watching her on her political campaign, or whatever that was. Very hard to pinpoint her death, she loved the spotlight until her death. Edit: Breaking news here, lol.

TikTok "star" Grandma Holla has died at 97: https://www.indy100.com/news/tv/grandma-holla-died-tiktok Have a feeling I've heard of the name before, maybe a DDP pick.

Oh, but that's pretty much the only reason he lives for.

I think it's somewhat slow-moving, so I'll be on the look out for that swollen look like Bill Turnbull, Gary Burgess and James Whale. That's when it's only going to be a few months left. Still, the hat and sunglasses show that it's not been a cakewalk.

I think it's pretty good, at least 10 hits and 100 points.

To be honest, we never really discussed the the credentials of the name, it seemed obvious he was notable enough, or excelling in his field, from the good bye messages he received after that final tweet. But yes, some of that attention might have been the "cancer mum" sympathy effect.

From a game runner's perspective, it's a relief to have this resolved. He's not unique and the obit is not a given. But it is a gamble that's probably easier to play if you've won the competition already. Much like poker players can make better decisions if their life does not depend on the next pot.

He is, for one team.

Going to hop on to this. More hits: Shimon Baadani Carole Cook Jeff Beck Constantine II Gina Lollobrigida Ronald Blythe Awaiting obits: Mark Stokes Arthur Duncan Dead too soon: Alan Bocking Cledwyn Jones Christina Strutt

Madhu Hinduja, wife of Britain's richest man SP Hinduja, died on January 4th:: https://theprint.in/world/wife-of-sp-hinduja-dies-in-london/1302256/ Makes you wonder if her dementia-stricken husband is affected by it.

Sometimes it works copying/pasting the list into Word and then turn on/turn off the numbering function (you know what I mean?).

It has happened before, starting with less that 20 players. But your combination of disqualified/dead after submission/dead off the radar, but before the game is up, is unique.

Maybe he forgot about these documents because of dementia? Well, while do like him and what he represents, there should be someone else in 2024. The party must give a chance to "young" 50-year olds. Just look at Hakeem Jeffries, he seems okay.