Death By Numbers 2022

[markb4 902]

Bill Turnbull is a hit for a few of us here.

[MariNisia 4,202]

14 hours ago, markb4 said:

Bill Turnbull is a hit for a few of us here.

 

Just a few? 

[gcreptile 10,979]

Alright, where were we?

Carl Kabat has indeed received the rare New York Times only obit. Well done, Salmon Mousse. It's something Mildred Kornman hasn't yet achieved for the players who have picked her.

Most of the attention however goes to our three big hits of the past weeks: Mikhail Gorbachev, Tom Weiskopf and Bill Turnbull. Those names ensure that almost everybody gets some points now. 

But also, there was Lenny Johnrose who actually was a unique hit for Sean, well done!

And this seems to be it? No Helen Grayco, Tim Page, Jerry Allison, etc.... well, if there's one name, just tell me.

Edit: I see, someone had picked Robyn Griggs Wiley, as Robyn Griggs. Interesting! Scoreboard updated.

 

The scoreboard is a little more crowded at the top now. And the lower ranks get a nice boost almost across the board. Everybody is now in the triple-digits!

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Banana	1173
2	Salmon Mousse	1124
3	An Fear Beag	1117
4	gcreptile	1046
5	msc	1039
6	Book	1007
7	Predictor	970
8	Joey Russ	945
9	Cpt. Chorizo	888
10	Death Impends	838
11	drol	791
12	DevonDeathTrip	742
13	MariNisia	735
14	Kenny	673
15	Guy From Future	646
16	Toast	614
17	Sean	592
18	Great Uncle Bulgaria	583
19	Theoldlady	558
20	Annami	489
21	JohnKey	478
22	Torva Messor	471
23	The Daredevil	456
24	JoeMoneypenny	440
25	The Unknown Man	423
25	Wormfarmer	423
27	Buffalo Phil	417
28	The old crem	409
29	CalebH	397
30	Baby Blue	373
31	YorkshireBanker	364
32	Pedro67	312
33	Liz Lemon	310
34	Bibliogryphon	254
35	YoungWillz	248
36	markb4	238
37	chilean way	203
38	Famous6Eva	181
39	Doulton	149
40	keltos31	147
41	Captain Hemlock	144
42	Hell	130
43	The Spinosaurus	127
44	Gooseberry Crumble	120

 

 

Edit: Need to add Claes Oldenberg for doulton

Need to add Jill Knight for Torva Messor

Edit: Chor Yuen: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hk-actor-director-chor-yuen-030100868.html

[Salmon Mousse 473]

2 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Edit: I see, someone had picked Robyn Griggs Wiley, as Robyn Griggs. Interesting! Scoreboard updated.

 

Going to be pessimistic and predict my sloppiness in forgetting to pick her up at the trade deadline will be what costs me this game.

[gcreptile 10,979]

21 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

 

Going to be pessimistic and predict my sloppiness in forgetting to pick her up at the trade deadline will be what costs me this game.

Yeah, I know how you feel.... Like you, I'm second behind Banana in AltObits. And in both pools, we scored with Bill Turnbull and Banana didn't. And in both pools we should have picked Robyn Griggs.

Only after it was too late did I discover that I actually had her on my longlist before you mentioned her in the Cup. I had just forgotten about it because I didn't have the time for my annual longlist check last December.

 

Edit: While I'm at it, my prediction of the Death By Numbers winner this year though, is neither you, nor Banana (nor me), but An Fear Beag. Had the feeling from the start.

[Banana 859]

8 hours ago, gcreptile said:

Yeah, I know how you feel.... Like you, I'm second behind Banana in AltObits. And in both pools, we scored with Bill Turnbull and Banana didn't. And in both pools we should have picked Robyn Griggs.

Only after it was too late did I discover that I actually had her on my longlist before you mentioned her in the Cup. I had just forgotten about it because I didn't have the time for my annual longlist check last December.

 

Edit: While I'm at it, my prediction of the Death By Numbers winner this year though, is neither you, nor Banana (nor me), but An Fear Beag. Had the feeling from the start.

 

I was keeping tabs on her late last year which is why I had her in AltObits, seemed like a guarantee to me. Didn't pick her in anything else though because I thought she'd be a longshot for a QO, but yea I was terribly wrong on that front. My strategies for next year are gonna be mighty different. 

 

And yea I'm not too confident I'm gonna hold the lead here.

[gcreptile 10,979]

The search function tells me that somebody here has picked Lars Vogt - can't find it right now without my Excel sheet. This player can enjoy a Guardian QO:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/06/lars-vogt-royal-northern-sinfonia-trust-and-generosity-michael-odonnell

 

Edit: By the way, here's another way of saying he died, "he slipped away in hospital".

 

Second Edit: Seems he was just a sub for Predictor. Well, I'll check again.

[Predictor 1,018]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

The search function tells me that somebody here has picked Lars Vogt - can't find it right now without my Excel sheet. This player can enjoy a Guardian QO:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/06/lars-vogt-royal-northern-sinfonia-trust-and-generosity-michael-odonnell

 

Edit: By the way, here's another way of saying he died, "he slipped away in hospital".

 

Second Edit: Seems he was just a sub for Predictor. Well, I'll check again.

Yep, he was my sub in both this and the Hare's deathpool. Thought he was doing well enough to survive the year. Oh well, may he rest in peace.

 

Out of curiosity, are there any top teams whose jokers haven't died yet? Kinda regret going with Barkan instead of Burgess.

 

[markb4 902]

Queen Elizabeth II is a hit for many of us.

[markb4 902]

Also Marsha Hunt is a hit for many of us.

[gcreptile 10,979]

Indeed, let's get this out of the way.

 

Both Marsha Hunt and Queen Elizabeth II are new hits for this update. Frequently picked, more points for many players. I don't add to the myriad of obituaries here.

HOWEVER, I also belatedly want to add the scores for three names that passed by me. I combed through the names, and stumbled across them... I will do so before the end of the game, again, no name will be left forgotten.

But for now, let's add Claes Oldenburg for doulton. A swedish artist and sculpturist (?) whose work I incidentally stumbled upon in Frankfurt last month. His "inverted tie" is prominently placed there.

Torva Messor gets points for Jill Knight, who is actually Baroness Knight. That name divergence is how it evaded me - though I did add her in the DDP... ah well.

And finally, Joe Monepenny's heavy focus on Asian names pays off here with Chor Yuen, who had also been picked in the DDP and got a qualifying Yahoo obit. I guess, I couldn't imagine anyone picking him here, how wrong I was!

 

So, these 5 new hits don't change the world, but they move it a little, with JohnKey the highest-ranking player now with new points:

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Banana	1173
2	Salmon Mousse	1124
3	An Fear Beag	1117
4	gcreptile	1046
5	msc	1039
6	Book	1007
7	Predictor	970
8	Joey Russ	945
9	Cpt. Chorizo	888
10	Death Impends	838
11	drol	791
12	DevonDeathTrip	768
13	MariNisia	735
14	Kenny	716
15	Guy From Future	646
16	Toast	614
17	Sean	592
18	Great Uncle Bulgaria	583
19	Theoldlady	558
20	JohnKey	521
21	Torva Messor	494
22	Annami	489
23	JoeMoneypenny	474
24	The Daredevil	456
25	The Unknown Man	449
26	The old crem	435
27	Wormfarmer	423
28	Buffalo Phil	417
29	CalebH	397
30	Baby Blue	373
31	YorkshireBanker	364
32	Liz Lemon	336
33	Pedro67	312
34	markb4	281
35	Bibliogryphon	254
36	YoungWillz	248
37	chilean way	203
38	Famous6Eva	181
39	Doulton	178
40	Hell	173
41	keltos31	147
42	Captain Hemlock	144
43	The Spinosaurus	127
44	Gooseberry Crumble	120

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Jean-Luc Godard a hit for me in this pool.

[markb4 902]

Irene Papas is a hit for a few of us.

[gcreptile 10,979]

Update time with dramatic news...

The hits: Mildred Kornman, one of the last living silent movie actors, thanks to her being a very young child in the Our Gang movies, gets a late New York Times obit, and CalebH and Predictor rejoice. Mark Souder is a substitution hit for SalmonMousse and Banana. Guess I might have picked him, too! Irene Papas and Jean-Luc Godard are hits, too, as you pointed out above. Plus, we have colourful wrestler Antonio Inoki and the activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who are a nice one-two punch for SalmonMousse and quite a few other players, drol, for example.

The dramatic news is that this one-two punch puts SalmonMousse at the top, and even with a little distance - as we enter the fourth quarter. There's also been quite the rise by Predictor.

We are still about 270 points away from the winning score of last year, by the way.

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Salmon Mousse	1263
2	Banana	1223
3	An Fear Beag	1117
4	msc	1082
5	Book	1053
6	gcreptile	1046
7	Predictor	1041
8	Joey Russ	988
9	Cpt. Chorizo	931
10	Death Impends	881
11	drol	865
12	DevonDeathTrip	768
13	MariNisia	735
14	Kenny	716
15	Guy From Future	689
16	JohnKey	639
17	Toast	614
18	Great Uncle Bulgaria	612
19	Sean	592
20	Theoldlady	558
21	Annami	535
22	Torva Messor	524
23	The Daredevil	482
24	JoeMoneypenny	474
25	Buffalo Phil	463
26	The Unknown Man	449
27	CalebH	448
28	Baby Blue	442
29	The old crem	435
30	Wormfarmer	423
31	YorkshireBanker	395
32	Liz Lemon	336
33	Pedro67	312
34	markb4	307
35	YoungWillz	278
36	Bibliogryphon	254
37	chilean way	203
38	Famous6Eva	181
39	Doulton	178
40	Captain Hemlock	176
41	Hell	173
42	keltos31	147
43	The Spinosaurus	127
44	Gooseberry Crumble	120

 

Edit: Maury Wills added, and a mistake regarding Frank Williams.

[Captain Hemlock 745]

You missed Maury Wills for me.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11232025/Legendary-Los-Angeles-Dodgers-shortstop-Maury-Wills-dies-aged-89.html

[MariNisia 4,202]

The only place I had Phil Read:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20034131/phil-read-motorcyle-world-champion-dead/

You gave me the idea of adding him to my list, @gcreptile.

It's always good to read all your posts. 

[gcreptile 10,979]

Quick update....

Yes, I had to add Maury Wills for Cpt. Hemlock. Another left-field hit for him...it took some time, but now, they are finally falling one by one. Plus, I also had to correct an obscure error that happened because I had so many Frank Williams' in my excel file... Grand Uncle Bulgaria profits, for one.

In terms of new hits, we had Phil Read for MariNisia and me. Indeed, my posts are always worth reading But there is also Bruno Latour, for drol, msc and DevonDeathTrip.. Plus, there is mother of country Loretta Lynn, hit for quite a few people. And finally, Peter Tobin also goes into the bin here. Many players rejoice.

The Top two are unbothered by all the hits, but the followers are making up some ground.

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Salmon Mousse	1263
2	Banana	1223
3	An Fear Beag	1163
4	msc	1129
5	gcreptile	1085
6	Book	1053
7	Predictor	1041
8	Joey Russ	988
9	Cpt. Chorizo	931
10	drol	912
11	Death Impends	881
12	DevonDeathTrip	861
13	MariNisia	774
14	Kenny	716
15	Guy From Future	689
16	JohnKey	639
17	Toast	614
18	Annami	613
19	Great Uncle Bulgaria	612
20	Sean	592
21	Theoldlady	558
22	Torva Messor	524
23	The Daredevil	482
24	The Unknown Man	481
25	JoeMoneypenny	474
26	The old crem	467
27	Buffalo Phil	463
28	Wormfarmer	455
29	CalebH	448
30	Baby Blue	442
31	YorkshireBanker	395
32	Liz Lemon	368
33	Pedro67	312
34	markb4	307
35	YoungWillz	278
36	Bibliogryphon	254
37	Hell	205
38	chilean way	203
39	Famous6Eva	181
40	Doulton	178
41	Captain Hemlock	176
42	keltos31	147
43	The Spinosaurus	127
44	Gooseberry Crumble	120

[YoungWillz 21,067]

Angela Lansbury points for me please.

[Sean 6,337]

Robbie Coltrane was on my list.Knew I had the big guy somewhere.

[YoungWillz 21,067]

On 11/10/2022 at 20:42, YoungWillz said:

Angela Lansbury points for me please.

And also Jerry Lee Lewis points as well in addition moreover...

[gcreptile 10,979]

Indeed, we've got some big ones.

 

Angela Lansbury, Jerry Lee Lewis, Robbie Coltrane, huge A-list names, points for everyone!

We've also had Tony Brown, the NBA referee. Scoring for quite a few people, an important name... Then there was Pierre Soulages not picked?? Can't believe it, but okay... Jimmy Millar was a unique hit for drol, well done!

 

As for the scoreboard, the Salmon Mousse / Banana merry-go-round has taken another round. Tony Brown makes a big difference.

 

Rank	Team	Score
1	Banana	1325
2	Salmon Mousse	1263
3	An Fear Beag	1230
4	msc	1196
5	gcreptile	1120
5	Book	1120
7	Predictor	1108
8	Joey Russ	1055
9	drol	981
10	Cpt. Chorizo	966
11	Death Impends	916
12	DevonDeathTrip	896
13	MariNisia	774
14	Kenny	716
15	Toast	699
16	Guy From Future	689
17	Sean	677
18	JohnKey	639
19	Annami	613
20	Great Uncle Bulgaria	612
21	Theoldlady	593
22	The old crem	527
23	Torva Messor	524
24	The Daredevil	517
25	JoeMoneypenny	509
26	CalebH	508
27	The Unknown Man	506
28	Wormfarmer	490
29	Baby Blue	477
30	Buffalo Phil	463
31	Liz Lemon	428
32	YorkshireBanker	420
33	Pedro67	362
34	YoungWillz	338
35	markb4	332
36	chilean way	263
37	Bibliogryphon	254
38	Hell	230
39	Famous6Eva	181
40	Doulton	178
41	Captain Hemlock	176
42	keltos31	172
43	The Spinosaurus	127
44	Gooseberry Crumble	120

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,347]

Oh dear @gcreptile I do hope I can improve on my last place position before the end of the year!!

[gcreptile 10,979]

2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Oh dear @gcreptile I do hope I can improve on my last place position before the end of the year!!

I wish you luck!

 

I wish everybody luck! But oh, if we're all first, then everybody is also last!

 

Some of your people, like Bernadette Chirac, are alive beyond all expectations. Maybe it still works out.

[Salmon Mousse 473]

Knew about Tony Brown just could not imagine him getting a QO.  Still shocked by it.  Hell, Berberian seemed to be a more notable human being and she has not even gotten a local obit.  Congrats to you Banana for having the stones to pick him.

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

Mike Davis was also a hit for a few of us in this pool.