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    Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, Mudslides

    Was it Mustafa Koc who died in Gobbler's Knob? There really is a place called Gobbler's Knob???
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    World War II Veterans

    I'd guess it's going to be a German as well, because of the "Volkssturm" in the final months of the war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkssturm That's when the children had to die for Hitler as well. While I'm not sure and too lazy to find out, there might be WW II veterans born as late as 1932.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    If you're having them, I'm going for Amelia Earhart & Lord Lucan. And Shergar. There's obviously wiggle-room in the rules! ok then I'm taking Suzy Lamplugh, Jimmy Hoffa and D.B. Cooper Or Amelia Earhart! Or Czar Alexander I Edit: Eh, sorry time...I only saw Phantom's escalation.
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    2016 God Plans A World Tour?

    Did God create just this one universe or all parallel ones as well? The whole MULTIVERSE?
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    The dead of 2016

    None of the categories fit, I think... First Danish electronic music composer Else Marie Pade has died at 91: http://www.mixmag.net/read/first-ever-danish-electronic-music-composer-else-marie-pade-dies-news
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Edmonde Charles-Roux, french resistance fighter, turned editor of Elle and Vogue, turned acclaimed author of "To Forget Palermo" has died at 95: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/01/21/world/europe/ap-eu-france-obit-charles-roux.html?_r=0
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Kevin Junior, main force behind The Chamber Strings, dead at 46: http://pitchfork.com/news/63026-kevin-junior-of-the-chamber-strings-has-died/ He had a history of heart problems.
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    Deathlist Under 45

    There was a time when you chided me for marginally relevant obits. I had prepared to post the obit of a locally famous english barber, but then things settled down.
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    The Hare's Death Pool

    Wolfgang Schnur, "discoverer" and early mentor of Angela Merkel died on the 16th, my third hit: http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/wolfgang-schnur-ist-tot-krebs-a-1072932.html Why is my Hare's Deadpool team doing better than my deathrace team??? Edit: Just so that you know what this guy did... He was part of the revolutionary movement that toppled the dictatorship in East Germany. He was about to become the first democratically elected prime minister of East Germany when it was suddenly discovered that he was a STASI informant. The political scene of East Germany is still full of people with this kind of past, and it isn't even quite clear what Merkel did and by how much she was involved. I could even imagine the odd DDP qualifying obit for him, but it was just too much of a gamble, in spite of his terminal prostate cancer.
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    Joey Feek

    February 13th, because I want it that way.
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    Spanish Civil War Veteran(s)

    Mostly only two sides: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War Though it is still confusing to me how the republic sort of morphed into a socialist/communist force. Suddenly there was no more middle ground.
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    Spanish Civil War Veteran(s)

    Spanish Civil War, the one Hemingway was in and wrote about. Fascists vs. Republicans. Fascists win, Franco comes to power. Maybe the veteran in California was on the losing side?
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    Nicholas Parsons

    Hellooooo? He's 92, and still walking alone and in control of his appearance. He wears a leather jacket!!
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Eminent french writer Michel Tournier dead at 91: http://artdaily.com/news/84459/French-author-Michel-Tournier-dies-at-91#.Vp4nQCrhCUk His best-known work was "The Erl King".
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    Inverse Dead Pool 2K12

    Ok, my first attempt here: 1. Helen Fawkes 2. Dick Van Dyke 3. Daisy Berkowitz 4. Caroline Aherne 5. Clive James 6. Prince Philip 7. Joost Van Der Westhuizen 8. Rob Ford 9. Ian Brady 10. Henry Kissinger 11. Doris Day 12. Jenny Diski 13. Fidel Castro 14. Jimmy Carter 15. George H. W. Bush 16. Valerie Harper 17. Mary Tyler Moore 18. Liz Dawn 19. Chuck Berry 20. Bruce Forsyth 21. Jerry Lewis 22. Howard Marks 23. Vera Lynn 24. Stephen Hawking 25. Paul Gascoigne Good luck everyone!
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    Liza Minnelli

    David Gest, who was shortly being confused with David Bowie and believed dead, now leaves Celebrity Big Brother for health reasons: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/18/david-gest-leaves-celebrity-big-brother-davd-bowie
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    Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's

    Sumner Redstone's health mystery reaches the Guardian in an article that makes the case for his inclusion in the Death List, including the cute remark that Redstone believed that "he's not going to die": http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/18/sumner-redstone-health-viacom-cbs-lawsuit
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    Ennio Morricone

    After a problematic 2015 he feels good again, and this tour may not be his last: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/17/ennio-morricone-hateful-eight-oscar-nomination-interview-60-years-of-music
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    Magicians And Hypnotists

    UK magician Dynamo suffers from Crohn's Disease and thinks about how dying on stage could be good for his legacy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/dynamo-dying-on-stage-would-be-good-for-the-legacy/
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    Bill Clinton

    So apparently, he has developed a "tremor": http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3404305/Bill-Clinton-s-hand-appears-tremble-Iowa-rally-promotes-Hilary.html He says it's not Parkinsons's though. He's 69 years old now.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    My B team has 6 uniques, more than I expected. Noone else picked Ross Hannaford? Here, the obit is relatively likely. And Jim McLean, let's see how significant a one-sentence note about how he is relatively ill these days turns out to be... Similarly, Roh Tae-Woo. When the other South Korean president died, one article noted his absence from the public for 10 years. Could be significant, or not... Nikolaus Harnoncourt also a unique hit. People don't like to pick classical musicians it seems, even though their obits are 100% certain.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    Also, yay! Pierre Boulez a unique hit! If Michel Delpech gets his obit that could turn out to be a very significant boost. Top 10 was my goal. But yeah, I'd really like a top 5 position. I see someone else picked Jackie Storrar. Boo! Though, of course, the obit is dicey, again. On the other hand, I did not expect the Joey Feek story to explode that much as the year went on. So who knows what's in store for Storrar. Somehow I have 3 female country singers in my main team, funny, at least for me...
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    Thanks for the update, great work! Aahh... the lead for me, lol! I know it won't get much better than this for me this year. At some point my theme team will run out of obitable people, because the later they die, the unlikelier the obit. But my little provocation worked! I guess I need two more hits for the theme team crown. Doable, but not a sure thing. No previous theme team winner reached 60 points, so I guess that's what is needed, but then again, this year will be an absolute record year so who knows...
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    You should have got one, as I've sent it to everybody and have inputted your team... Ah, no sorry, I didn't receive it as far as I can tell. I submitted three teams in that same mail. But your word is all I need!
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    World's Oldest

    Now it's Ireland's oldest person: Molly Madden, dead at 109: http://www.thejournal.ie/oldest-person-dies-2552079-Jan2016/
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