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  2. Posted

    On 03/01/2024 at 21:49, The Old Crem said:

    I know but he is at that level of fame where his death would obit but his poor health doesn’t seem to getting major coverage. 

     

    Reuters

    Daily Mirror

    Irish Independent

    Yahoo

     

    Quite a bit of coverage now.

     

    This report not only has the latest update; " still in stable condition at Hospital Prevent Senior, in the South Zone of São Paulo , according to his wife. Fittipaldi remains sedated and intubated. "At the moment he is stable and we are waiting for him to wake up. Due to Parkinson's, recovery is slower. I count on prayers and positive vibrations of health and recovery for Wilsinho", said Rita Fittipaldi."

     

    But there's a photo of him, from what presumes is only hours (or less) before his choking from his 80th birthday. Looks far older. Link

     

     

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  4. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Deathrace said:

    Hall is certainly in the Rolf Harris category that when he does die we almost certainly won't hear about it for several weeks after his death to enable a funeral and cremation to take place. 

     

    I think Hall might be more in the Chris Denning category and we only find out a good while after.

     

    Maybe @Master Obit could check the GRO to see if he's gone unnoticed already.

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  5. Posted

    2 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Windsor’s theme team will still be ahead with a 97 year old vs the deathlist with a 100 year old. 

     

    Depends if it's unique as Johns is drop 40.

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  6. Posted

    35 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Maybe the D40 but he doesn’t seem like he is well known enough for the list. There is currently no Q/O sources reporting his current condition for example. 

     

    He'll absolutely blitz a QO immediately. 

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  7. Posted

    28 minutes ago, diego said:

    Wilson Fittipaldi has cardiac arrest and has been intubated since December 25

    Wilson Fittipaldi tem parada cardíaca e está entubado em hospital - Notícia de Fórmula 1 - Grande Prêmio (grandepremio.com.br)

     

    Crumbs.

     

    What a terrible birthday present. Doesn't sound too promising, especially when you add Parkinson's into the mix.

     

    EDIT He was without a pulse for 12 minutes reading some other reports. Given everything, I'd be astonished if he makes a complete recovery (or as much as you can given living with Parkinson's)

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  8. Posted

    Tom Stafford and Roy Battersby will almost certainly die in 2024 but wouldn't be drop 40 to make it worthwhile with too many other pick to choose.

     

    Bobby Mailman and Steve Gaines, I wondered about QO. 

     

    Terry Jon Martin I can see dying without any news reports.

  9. Posted

    Here's my lists.

     

    In the end, quite straightforward with not that many surprises.

     

    Beccy Barr

    		JOKER
    Matt James  
    Rob Burrow  
    Stuart Gray  
    Dario G  
    Jonnie Irwin  
    Chuwit Kamolvisit  
    Steve McMichael  
    James Whale  
    Charlie Bird  
    Michael Tilson Thomas  
    Esther Rantzen  
    Frank Caprio  
    Jimmy Carter  
    Simon Cowell (animal)  
    Kieran Cavanagh  
    Franz Beckenbauer  
    Derek Draper  
    Jason Smith  

    Patrick Murray

     

     

    and for this year, a theme team:

     

    Nigel Starmer-Smith JOKER
    Jimmy Calderwood  
    Darti Brown  
    Corey Williams  
    Eddie Annand  
    Mika Immonen  
    Dikembe Mutombo  
    Billy Bean  
    Craig Shakespeare  
    Steve DiMeglio  
    Julian Bailey  
    Wilfred Benitez  
    Steve Smith  
    Lem Barney  
    Cesar Luis Menotti  
    Enzo Osella  
    George Eastham  
    Mike Beckwith  
    Mario Zagallo  
    Ian McMillan  

     

  11. Posted

    25 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    Worked in media for years. Never heard of him. Got a BBC breaking news notification.

     

    I'm familiar with him, had quite a few TV documentaries and books to his name too. Quite prominent late 80's to mid 90's.

    Fancied himself as quite a hard-hitting journalist but he was his own biggest fan.

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  14. Posted

    38 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Will he? He doesn’t strike me a confirmed Q/O type. Non British footballers have patchy Q/O chances. 

     

    Yes, 100% QO. One of Europe's top strikers of the 1990's.

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  15. Posted

    Just entered my two teams.

     

    My main team, hoping to do better after an abject 2023. At one stage, if Tongo had got a suitable obit, I was in the lead. He didn't and then pretty much everyone recovered or were never ill (Eric Lamaze and Kate Keltie, I'm looking at you here)

     

    My theme team is a sports team which, all in all, I consider almost as strong as the main team. I certainly had more angst who to drop.

     

     

  16. Posted

    27 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    I stopped watching the video at 0:25 after realising the whole thing is like a Microsoft Power Point slide I could create myself when I was 12.

     

    Tis no the same level as Dear Auntie, TOC. Merry Christmas to you all the same.

     

    Sky's effort was like one of those awful YouTube videos. TCM and BBC got it right

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  22. Posted

    2 hours ago, Youth in Asia said:

    Whenever an attention-seeking celeb says it's their last Christmas, it's pretty sure they'll still be around next Christmas.

    See also Jonnie Irwin and James Whale.

     Add Linda Nolan who said the same thing in 2020!

  23. Posted

    10 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

     

    Had you, like many other people, combined her, Bella Emberg and Grotbags into one person?

     

    My wife genuinely thought Mo Moreland and Bella Emberg were one and the same when I told her the news yesterday.

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