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  3. Posted

    German librarian Klaus Otto Nagorsnik suddenly dead at 69:

    https://m.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv-fernsehformate/gefragt-gejagt-klaus-otto-nagorsnik-ueberraschend-gestorben-66294b91c419f44c65ebbc9

     

    Well-known for being the enemy of the participants in the German quiz show "Gefragt - gejagt". One of the few german shows I watched myself.

    A strangely low age for someone like him. You'd have guessed him dying at least in his 80s.

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  4. Posted

    Also, I am leaving for Italy on Friday afternoon, so be prepared that I might not be able to warn you of the final day to submit, etc....

    You all still have to send your teams, as expected. Some of you might still score and advance with a final hit. I'll be back at my computer on May 1st (but will watch and occasionally write from the mobile phone).

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  5. Posted

    Indeed, Frank Field is dead. The longtime Labour MP had been suffering from prostate cancer for quite some time, and he lasted about two years longer than most people, including himself, expected him to. As far as I can tell, he was an idiosyncratic politician - in fact, he reminds me of Joe Manchin as a sort of conservative member of the left-of-centre party. He was also quite religious and yet socially progressive - a man full of contradictions and secrets....

     

    Cpt. Hemlock was the only one patient enough to wait for Field's demise, and so, he is still in reach to catch max_bossetti with another unique hit. Cpt. Hemlock has the advantage on age I think.

    Also, my previous prediction that the opponents of both MariNisia and max_bossetti were still to score, has now come to pass.

     

    Perhaps 3-0 theoldlady

    GuyFromFuture 3-3 Hell

    DeathByArsenic 3-0 arghton

    wannamaker 3-7 MariNisia

    Banana 8-3 Annami

    CalebH 0-3 msc

    DevonDeathTrip 7-0 SirCreep

    max_bossetti 11-7 Cpt. Hemlock

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  14. Posted

    Leeway was a New York-based underground metal band in the 80s who made a couple of well-regarded albums but didn't quite break into the mainstream. Eddie Sutton was their frontman and had been suffering from cancer for quite a while. Banana was quickest to note the eventual downturn two days before the hospice news hit the public - and this forum. This advantage gives him unique joker points which puts Annami in need of two more hits.

     

    Perhaps 3-0 theoldlady

    GuyFromFuture 3-3 Hell

    DeathByArsenic 3-0 arghton

    wannamaker 3-7 MariNisia

    Banana 8-3 Annami

    CalebH 0-3 msc

    DevonDeathTrip 7-0 SirCreep

    max_bossetti 11-3 Cpt. Hemlock

     

    Edit: Let's put up a video of theirs - of one of their recent reunions/comebacks:

     

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  15. Posted

    Update, 2nd part:

     

    So, I am continuing to work my way back into the past, next one is Frederic Mitterrand, nephew of Francois, and so, the 2nd french "relative of a president" who was also a little notable on their own. Frederic was a former minister of culture and is a hit for therewillbedeaths7.

    Next one is M. Emmet Walsh, a unique hit for Tracy. Walsh was a reliable side actor on the big and small screen. Probably one of the biggest "I know the face" guys around.

    Malachy McCourt is a hit for two players, Etushipushingupdaisies and SalmonMousse. Also a relative of a maybe more famous person, McCourt was a well-known but not super-famous writer, but also a well-known but not super-famous actor. He was also the Green Party candidate for New York Governor, so you see, he was a little bit of everything. While initially,  he entered hospice for ill health, he recovered and was thrown out again. But then, his recovery couldn't last forever.

    Next up is Charlie Bird, the significant British reporter with the direct IRA connections. He was willing to go where nobody else went - including several jobs in war areas - and thus, his battle with ALS was widely covered, and exploited in this game.

     

    Okay, that's for the DDP hits, as far as I can tell. Do we have any other hits?

    Well, I see CalebH had KM Peyton - who however died in 2023 and has to be replaced with 1st sub Jimmy Carter.

    Joe Shannon was a pick for several players, but did not receive a QO - so yes, this does seem to be it.

    Quite a few names were missed, like OJ Simpson, for example, or Walid Daqqa.

     

    The new scoreboard shows Perhaps losing the lead to Banana and Cpt. Chorizo because of missing out on Charlie Bird. Perhaps still has his joker back in hand though, but.. ahem... it's only Jimmy Carter, who isn't dying anyway....

     

    Rank Team Score
    1 Banana 643
    2 Cpt. Chorizo 613
    3 Perhaps 611
    4 gcreptile 564
    5 RadGuy 546
    6 Funeralopolis 542
    7 wannamaker 522
    8 Book 483
    9 msc 471
    10 Toast 449
    11 tracy 425
    12 The Immortal 386
    13 Summer in Transilvania 380
    14 Pedro67 376
    15 Baby Blue 375
    16 Mr. Wonderful 372
    17 ThereWillBeDeaths7 363
    18 Salmon Mousse 358
    19 Etushipushingupdaisies 356
    20 DeathBecomesThem 345
    21 Caleb H 338
    22 Death Impends 335
    23 MariNisia 331
    24 The Unknown Man 293
    25 Buffalo Phil 277
    26 Cpt. Hemlock 276
    27 The old lady 268
    28 An Fear Beag 252
    29 Imelda 234
    30 Liz Lemon 230
    31 Lady Fiona 224
    32 Yorkshire Banker 217
    33 Charles De Gaulle 215
    34 Thatcher 213
    35 Bibliogryphon 203
    36 The Old Crem 202
    37 John Key 201
    38 The Daredevil 198
    39 Predictor 183
    40 Diego 161
    41 TQR 153
    42 Wormfarmer 140
    43 Sean 128
    44 Annami 120
    45 Torva Messor 111
    46 Sod's Law 76
    47 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73
    47 Young Willz 73
    49 arghton 67
    50 Gooseberry Crumble 31
    51 Hell 23
    51 chileanway 23

     

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  19. Posted

    On 17/04/2024 at 22:18, Zsa Zsa's leg said:

    Worth noting that his father, Donald Payne Sr. died in office of colon cancer in 2012. 

    If he doesn't survive, he'll be the second Payne in a row from this district to die in office. 

    Have to follow up on my post. Payne Jr. is not a state Rep, but a US Rep, so actually quite important as the Dems might have a chance to capture the speakership.

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  21. Posted

    Things seem to have calmed down a lot.

     

    As a reminder:

    These will be the potential matchup's in the next round:

     

    Perhaps or theoldlady vs. GuyFromFuture or Hell

    DeathByArsenic or arghton vs. wannamaker or MariNisia

    Banana or Annami vs. CalebH or msc

    DevonDeathTrip or SirCreep vs. max_bossetti or Cpt. Hemlock

     

    This weekend I will delete the old private messages to prepare for the next round. Please submit your teams from Sunday on.

    PLEASE RESPOND IN A NEW MESSAGE.

     

    Also, I will be in Italy from the 26th to 1st of May. So I'll have to resort to writing down the names manually, or I will save the email notifications that I get with a new private message. Probably the latter.

    I'll try to, but I might not be readily available in these final days of April.

    So try to send me a team with all eventualities, for example, a 2nd joker choice in case the first one dies too soon, etc....

     

  22. Posted

    It is time, don't you think?

    However, I think this will be one of two updates, as it's getting late, but I should get something done.

     

    Let us begin with.... ah yes, Iris Apfel. The fashion designer proved, much like Baddie Winkle, that if you're old, colourful clothing makes you famous. It is something I aspire to follow. The colours shall not match and the eyes shall hurt. She was a hit for two people, including Torva Messor who also scored with Don Murray, the Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor with an extremely long career.

    Next one is Cpt. Hemlock's unique hit of Bill Jorgensen. Who was that.... a longtime local New York anchorman. He got a New York Times obit  which might soon, i.e. next year,  be the only local obit source left standing. But you know, there's an exploit for any rule. And I love New York....

    Next one is astronaut Tom Stafford - popular pick because of his hospitalization in late 2023. I've written a few words on him in the Cup thread.

    Next up is Louis Gossett Jr., a hit for three teams. He'd been suffering from prostate cancer for a while. That, and his death, didn't keep him from appearing in four yet-to-be-released projects. He was a prolific actor, up until and seemingly even after his death.

    Now we get to Torva Messor's third hit in this update, postmodernist novelist John Barth. I have never read him, and he seems to write books that can be appreciated but not really liked - because they're more an experience than a story.

    Oh, and why not go ahead with Torva's hit number four as written above, Robert MacNeil. He was an esteemed Canadian journalist whose career really began with a bang when he accompanied John F. Kennedy during the ill-fated motorcade ride. He also worked for the BBC later on.

    Now, the fifth name Torva mentioned, Josip Manolic, does not seem to have received an obit yet. He got the Washington Post yesterday, but not yet the New York Times.

    Okay, and now that we've gone through Torva's unique hits, lets go back to Cpt. Hemlock's unique hits, specifically baseball coach and player Whitey Herzog. He was a World series champion as coach, not as player, seems to have done better there.

    Akebono Taro is a unique hit for ThereWillBeDeaths7. The star sumo wrestler had been suffering from ill health for many years, and it was simply a question of time when his early death would arrive. Now, in spite of their immense body weight sumo ringers don't seem to be THAT susceptible to ill health. He was quite exceptional though in his stature and his health problems.

    Banana scores a unique hit with college baseball trainer Pete Wilk. He had been suffering from glioblastoma and got a yahoo obit.

    Next we come to Joe Kinnear, hit for two teams. I read that he was an Irishman who cursed a lot - a bit redundant. The defender spent most of his career at Tottenham where he won a couple of European trophies. A managerial career followed.

    Then we get to Clarence "Frogman" Henry, a unique hit for Death Impends. One of those black musical pioneers you think they died in the 70s or something. Not many people are still alive who had hits in the 1950s....

    Yorkshire Banker scores with Lynne Reid Banks. The childrens' and young adult author had two massive hits with "The Indian in the Cupboard" and "The L-shaped Room".

    Two teams score with Philippe De Gaulle, Diego and The Daredevil. The french admiral was the son of Charles De Gaulle and "keeper of the flame", because he looked so much like his father, that people thought he had to be kind of the same person - or something like that. 

     

    Okay, let us remain at that. These are the publicly posted hits, and the DDP hits from now on back to 1st of April - which means, yes, the whole of March is still in need of updating.

    The 2nd half of this update will come later! Some patience please, it'll happen soon.

     

    Rank Team Score
    1 Perhaps 611
    2 Banana 594
    3 Cpt. Chorizo 564
    4 RadGuy 497
    5 Funeralopolis 493
    6 Book 483
    7 wannamaker 473
    8 gcreptile 466
    9 Toast 449
    10 msc 422
    11 tracy 390
    12 The Immortal 386
    13 Summer in Transilvania 380
    14 Pedro67 376
    15 Baby Blue 375
    16 Mr. Wonderful 372
    17 Etushipushingupdaisies 356
    18 DeathBecomesThem 345
    19 Caleb H 338
    20 Death Impends 335
    21 MariNisia 331
    22 ThereWillBeDeaths7 316
    23 Salmon Mousse 309
    24 The Unknown Man 293
    25 Buffalo Phil 277
    26 Cpt. Hemlock 276
    27 The old lady 268
    28 Liz Lemon 230
    29 Lady Fiona 224
    30 Yorkshire Banker 217
    31 Charles De Gaulle 215
    32 Thatcher 213
    33 Bibliogryphon 203
    33 An Fear Beag 203
    35 The Old Crem 202
    36 John Key 201
    37 The Daredevil 198
    38 Imelda 185
    39 Diego 161
    40 TQR 153
    41 Wormfarmer 140
    42 Predictor 134
    43 Sean 128
    44 Annami 120
    45 Torva Messor 111
    46 Sod's Law 76
    47 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73
    47 Young Willz 73
    49 arghton 67
    50 Gooseberry Crumble 31
    51 Hell 23
    51 chileanway 23
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