Phantom

Cuban dissident Miguel Valdes Tamayo has died of a heart attack at the age of 50

Not for me he aint - hit number two! Aren't you supposed to wait for an obit for the DDP?

Only about an hour after we've already heard of his death. And in case you weren't aware, that site doesn't mention anything about his death I have a copy of his book Campus Crusade For Cthulhu, one of these days I'll get around to reading it

Except for Ruth Bernhard, unless my page isn't refreshing properly, which I think it's not, because I've been told Bezzerides is on the front page... Same here with Wilson and selection. Now that really will be bad luck if Wilson doesn't get an obit either. Yeah, Bernhard's still on on the version I have as well.. It could just be a matter of waiting, don't forget it was a good 2 weeks between Robert Earl Jones' death before an obit appeared anywhere

Except for Ruth Bernhard, unless my page isn't refreshing properly, which I think it's not, because I've been told Bezzerides is on the front page... I will be irritated if Robert Anton Wilson doesn't get an obit

I guess he got a RAW deal I'll get my coat

I thought she had already been in a hospice for a couple of months Hospice is frequently a program, not a location. She can be in hospice and still be in her own home. I'll have to get used to the US way of phrasing things. To me a convalescence home would imply that the person is on the mend, whereas a hospice is where you go to get 24 hour care while you're in your last days

Hardly a near miss if he's still alive [Good point. Posts moved to seperate topic -- MH]

Both have died, but two spring to mind. Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree and Martin "Giant Haystacks" Ruane er, wouldn't Giant Haystacks also be a metaphor (unless he was a relative of the Scarecrow out of Wizard of Oz)? Some possibles: Mike "Baddest man on the planet" Tyson? Debatable; There's a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers called "Fast" Willie Parker, which is true, he is fast, although not very imaginative, and he's unlikely known much outside the US; Glenn "Pigeon" McGrath who apparently has pigeon legs, but this probably crosses into metaphor territory; Michael "the German F*****g cheat" Schumacher (or is it Michael "the cheating F*****g German" Schumacher? I always get that one mixed up); "Bonking" Boris Becker, star performer at Wimbledon and the broom closet at Nobu West End; Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, an American football running back so named for his zany running style; Ian "Beefy" Botham was quite beefy; David "Safe Hands" Seaman, which would meet MPFC's qualifications were it not so laughably inaccurate (an American friend, watching his first England football match on TV, remarked upon seeing him, replete with moustache and flowing locks - "that guy looks like a porn star, what's his name?" I don't think he believed us when we told him....) Oh I think I get how you mean. How about Steve "Interesting" Davis ?

Does anyone have any health info on Baron Francis Pym ? I know he'll be 85 in February but that's about it.

Terry Waite does suffer from asthma a fair bit and has been an advocate of asthma awareness. Nice bloke, saw him once at Waterloo Station As far as I'm aware both seem to be fairly healthy. Waite is getting on a bit in years, but should be around for a bit longer, as for McCarthy he will be 51 this year and seems to have no health problems.

Harper Lee makes rare public appearance at a high school

I thought she had already been in a hospice for a couple of months

No, because if you read closer, it's not been totally confirmed and now if you read the breaking news headline on CNN, you'll see the following

I don't think Abe Vigoda was ever in WKRP. Abe Vigoda wasn't in WKRP unless he did an uncredited cameo appearance

Wasn't there a seperate thread for Yvonne De Carlo?

I put Emilio Navarro on one of my dead pool lists. At 102 he's bound to go sooner or later Ron Santo seems to be doing fine, well as fine as he can be at the moment

No, because if you read closer, it's not been totally confirmed

Both have died, but two spring to mind. Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree and Martin "Giant Haystacks" Ruane

you love us really I have to stop laughing before I can respond properly

I had to read most of this thread to work out who Andy Fordham is. I must be getting old as I haven't heard of a single darts player since the days of Jocky Wilson, Eric Bristow and Keith Deller

It's almost as creepy as when they were all dancing around his open casket at the funeral service.

Now he has "two days to two months" to live. It's working, although slightly in my favour as I have him on one of my dead pools

Which other ones are "made up"?

Why do all the wrong Israelis keep dying? Sharon or Shamir next please... That I could live with if either Sharon or Shamir were to go next. I'm having the same problem with NASCAR drivers, I picked Parsons and then Bobby Hamilton & Dan Shaver both die Can't see any of them getting UK obits. As long as Parsons gets any obit, I still get a point I forgot to get my entry in for the DDP as I was out most of the weekend before the new year, so hopefully next year I'll get my selections in on time