Youth in Asia

What is the name for the phenomenon where a band is called by a girl's name or nickname which is not in fact her name or nickname, but everyone assumes it is? I''m thinking of Roxette, Blondie, and there must be others.

I should have picked her for this year, I had known of her imminent demise for some time, but it never occurred to me she could be someone that would get an obit, although it now seems obvious

Hit by a transit van in the 1970s according to the Sun. Also his UAE restaurant closed in September.

Interview with him in the Telegraph: The truth is, he never usually walks on the beach. ‘Because my knees hurt a bit.’ He laughs. ‘I should have died years ago.’ Hmmm

Marieke Vervoort, my DDP joker from last year, has euthanised herself.

Belinda Charlton Gilfoyle (my unique pick) has apparently died, although her death was not publicised. So no qualifying obit. Also according to Google she died last 14 December. Can I use my sub? https://www.twipu.com/FionaThrust/tweet/1082009684972838915 Err, Ok, I just checked, my next sub available is Huston Smith, who died in 2016. Clearly I'm not very good at this game.

Who are the Ricksens and Bracknells of next year?

I'm still shocked by the death of Karel Gott.

I'm gutted about Karel gott, first because he was a legend and second because I picked him in 2016 and had considered it again for 2019, but he seemed to have recovered.

3rd hit of the year, but since every other team had him too, then no biggie

Can't believe I didn't choose him. He lives about 10 minutes drive from me, and I saw him in the supermarket a couple of years ago, and even then he needed help picking up the mangoes.

Finally get my first hit of the year, and it's the joker! “Although the doctors say that I don’t have so much time left, in my last days, I want to try to do good, to be useful. That’s so much better than having a long life but making people miserable!” Great philosophy to have!

I was sure he was on my list ... but no!

" People have this preconceived notion that cancer is a death sentence, but you can now live with it like a chronic illness. I’m lucky and I take a lot of medicinal cannabis and I’m doing great. " from her interview in the Telegraph today

as I thought