gcreptile 10,979 Posted June 30, 2022 As posted on the main board, Vladimir Zelenko has (probably) died. Regular DDT pick in the cup, but not in this round. Now that would have been spectacular... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted June 30, 2022 The 16 names that matter are: Andy Goram GCR, JRU Dave Taylor GCR DJ Deeon GCR, JRU Don West JRU Gary Stibolt GCR Henry Dickerson GCR Ishwar Singh Rajput JRU John Cannan GCR, JRU Jose Eduardo Dos Santos GCR, JRU Mark Fleischman GCR, JRU* Mike Davis GCR*, JRU Mint Sauce Small Q GCR Mutulu Shakur JRU Pervez Musharraf JRU Pinot Ichwandardi JRU Robyn Griggs Wiley GCR 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted June 30, 2022 I also had Dos Santos on my team but otherwise definitely looks to be an interesting finals match Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted July 1, 2022 Enjoyed playing this game. Good luck to the finalists. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 1, 2022 Alright, this is the first part of my promised name drop, first of all, my submitted team and the whole general 2022 candidates list, because I woke up to the fact that one of them, Indonesian politician Tjahjo Kumolo died today and is already a miss for me: Cup team finale 1 Jose Eduardo Dos Santos (died July 8th, 2022) 2 Mark Fleischmann (died July 13th, 2022) 3 John Cannan 4 Gary Stibolt 5 Robyn Griggs Wiley (died Aug. 13th, 2022) 6 Andy Goram (died July 2nd, 2022) 7 Mint Sauce Small Q (died Aug 20th, 2022) 8 Dave Taylor (Hancock Clarion) (died Sept. 8th. 2022) 9 Henry Dickerson 10 Mike Davis (scholar) (died Oct 25th, 2022) 11 DJ Deeon Sub1 Grant Turner Sub2 Frank Field Sub3 Giorgio Oppi (died July 26th, 2022) Sub4 Nasser Abu Hamid (died 20th of Dec 2022) Sub5 Carl Kabat (died Aug 4th, 2022) Sub6 Haris Ibrahim Sub7 Shadim Hussain Sub8 Ginna Barilone (probably dead) Sub9 Diane Berberian (died obitless in mid 2022) Not picked names for 2022: Mutulu Shakur Eric Levy (Julian Assange)? (died in 2022 with Guardian obit) Abdel Rahman Abu Zahra Steve Mongo McMichael Christy Warnock Peter Tobin (died Oct 8th, 2022) Vadim Zimin Koo Sze-yiu Allie Olson (artist) Chicco Peddis Alan Melinek (died Oct 21st, 2022) Yusuf al-Qaradawi (died Sept. 26th, 2022) Harry Greenway Sreenivasan Dianne Astle Michele Souma Scheve Gülden Özcan Akuku Danger Peter "Doubles" Daley Gert De Winter Mark Schuck Jayanta Mahapatra Shane Sabel Sean Damon Robert Alejandro Mr. Ibu Rob Tucker (NZ herald) Balwinder Safri (died July 26th, 2022) Abdulaziz Al-Anberi Yaqoub Qadri Maggie Robbins (lesfic) BJ Colangelo Nasty Suicide Uncle Fred Conway Hugo Gordijn Wayne Couzens Vibhu Raghave Padre Valdemar Cardoso Rep. Richard White Maumin Khabir Melvin Mayes Susie Steiner (died July 2nd, 2022) Lloyd Clark Fletcher Tony Vega Marisela Berti Ivan Krasko David Alexander (Falkirk) Satya Mohan Joshi (died Oct 16th, 2022) Khalid Ibrahim Madhabi Mukherjee DJ Dizzo Olivia Summer Hutcherson Mehmet Emin Özkan Abdusalami Abubakar Sacheen Littlefeather James Watson Peter Angelos Pope Benedict XVI Jools Topp Carlos Lehder Rivas Professor Jay Simphiwe Sibisi Anwara Begum Rita Lee Kathryn Bevis Edgar Smolensky Imtiaz Mahmud Jamie Klatt Savage Apple Watts Brandon Robinson (brain tumor) Allison Getz David Santalla Mark Steedman (coach) Larry Garza Nusifa Nakato Bonda Mani Severino Poletto Vicky Phelan Red Farmer Randall Froude T. Rajendar Norman Harris (guitars) Sergey Volina Denis Prokopenko Otto Szabo Bob Forrest Paul Stephens (Yukon) Don O'Leary Antonio Russo Spiriman Dave Taylor (Hancock) Dave Gaunce Jack Thomas (Boston Globe) Alan Dean Foster Jessica Shores (J Sho) Caroline Pauwels Mohammad Sharif "Chacha" Anthony Wameli Sasha Johnson Gerald Pizzuto Jr. Dean Peter Todd Joseph Estrada Julia Holz Gil Silgado LA Parka Scott Hargett Muhammad Mahbubur Raman Dwight Watson Roger Ceresi Kunwar Nameed Jamil Lil Tjay Luis of Orleans-Braganza Tanko Muhammad Tjahjo Kumolo (01.07.2022) G Rajashekhar Prakash Amte Milagro Sala Damita Chandler Zaheer Abbas Tarun Majumdar (04.07.2022) Sérgio Lopes 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 1, 2022 And this is my list of the still living extremely minor names accumulated through the years with the likelihood that I might never check up on them again. Jessie Duarte Lara Govendo Renee Sloan / Baio Dan Rojas Jessica O'Donnell Victoria Brownworth Tom Kreager (Hastings professor) Rembert Weakland Scott Smith (superintendent) Sir Peter Leitch Bobby Cox Scotty Broyles (mandolin) Alexander Peskov Ryan Livesey DJ Cheryl Waters Nurul Qomar Arthur Bell (Middletown) Jerry Grey Anastasia Golovashkina Larry Rulison Justin Bartlett (Metal) Anita Kupsch Chuck Christian Causion Mike Radcliff Floyd Jones Mike Romans (Beer) Jörg Krusche Brian Shawn Jason Lary Nathan Trueman Maryellen Goodwin Michael Gravelle John O'Donnell Gary Glenn Cynthia Mulligan Jack Conners Thomas Stegman Jesse Trevino Diego Sanchez Kaikala Satyanarayana Tom Ridge John Gwynne Jhala Nath Khanal Joah Falconer (local musician) Rae Spoon Antonio Inoki Jaya Sawant Zeba Begum Archie Roach Kurt Landsberg Eric Moore Dominic LeBlanc (first leukemia, now lymphoma) Russ Crespolini Jorge Kahwagi Paul Martin (radio) Gordy Pratt Kyle Dietz Steve Gretencord Yasser Latif Hamdani Mary Ladd Fernando del Solar Sharon Bell Lee Allen Zeno Jawaher Kasule Saidi Sunday Eboigbe Doug Harris Selina Dagdag Christy Lorio Milton Street Dipankar Battacharjee Nicolas Holveck Mike Boyle (sports) Parker Topping Jimmy Wong Destinee McEwen Hanna Olivas John Price (bassist) Joye Lee McNelis Joshua Brafman Arabella Proffer Marco Mancuso Paul DiMare Dr. John Mulinde Greg Lapointe Dave Tomassoni David Lichtenstein Chris Holmes (WASP) Helene Andrews-Polymenis Khaleda Zia Esther Lee Salah Aougrout 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,763 Posted July 1, 2022 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Satya Mohan Joshi I'm not suprised by how he wasn't picked here, but how the hell is he still alive? It first felt like he was sent home to die when he was discharged after that April hospitalisation with "UTI, swollen heart, atrial fibrillation, dilated cardiomyopathy, acute kidney injury, traction fibro-bronchiectasis with pleural thickening in his respiratory tract" at 101. I'll be suprised if he's alive at the end of the year but he could live for a few months, he isn't acutely ill but those heart problems won't go away. 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Rembert Weakland Kaikala Satyanarayana Weakland is a weird case. I have never heard what his illness is, but as mentioned here multiple times he's been in hospice atleast since around February 2019. Satyanarayana is one of those Indian miracles, "very critical" on ventilator with severe septic shock and multiple organ failure following covid and a fall, underwent tracheotomy, got out of hospital and seemingly recovered. Correct me if I'm wrong, the most recent update on his health was in January when he thanked the AP CM for paying for his hospital bills. He was unable to sign the letter and I am not even sure if the pictures on those articles were new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 1, 2022 11 minutes ago, arghton said: I'm not suprised by how he wasn't picked here, but how the hell is he still alive? It first felt like he was sent home to die when he was discharged after that April hospitalisation with "UTI, swollen heart, atrial fibrillation, dilated cardiomyopathy, acute kidney injury, traction fibro-bronchiectasis with pleural thickening in his respiratory tract" at 101. I'll be suprised if he's alive at the end of the year but he could live for a few months, he isn't acutely ill but those heart problems won't go away. Some combination of "respect for the elderly"/good elder people support system and media exaggeration I guess. We've had those cases before. Before your time here, there was Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji. His survival was a wonder for years. 26 minutes ago, arghton said: Weakland is a weird case. I have never heard what his illness is, but as mentioned here multiple times he's been in hospice atleast since around February 2019. Satyanarayana is one of those Indian miracles, "very critical" on ventilator with severe septic shock and multiple organ failure following covid and a fall, underwent tracheotomy, got out of hospital and seemingly recovered. Correct me if I'm wrong, the most recent update on his health was in January when he thanked the AP CM for paying for his hospital bills. He was unable to sign the letter and I am not even sure if the pictures on those articles were new. Weakland's hospice might have been a cover story for the Vatican "protection service". He was involved in scandals, I forgot exactly what it was. I didn't really stay up to date on Satyanarayana. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,763 Posted July 1, 2022 58 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Some combination of "respect for the elderly"/good elder people support system and media exaggeration I guess. We've had those cases before. Before your time here, there was Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji. His survival was a wonder for years. Some of Satya Mohan Joshi's health stuff was probably mistranslations as a lot of the Nepali to English articles on his health were badly translated, especially and mostly the medical terms (for example, one article claimed he had a heart tumor which I fail to believe was true), but a lot of it came from hospital sources. He's been on oxygen atleast three different times in those pictures taken at the hospital. I've seen the Sri Sri Sri's thread, it was a great read. Seems like in a lot of Asian countries they do everything to keep these ancient "cultural treasures" or other notable people alive, and often the government or local government pays the hospital bills like in Satyanarayana's case. There's a picture of Weakland on facebook taken in July 2018, he has a walker in it but doesn't look that ill. The scandals, he's admitted to allowing priests guilty of sexual abuse to continue as priests without warning the cops or parishioners, there's been around 8000 cases of child abuse in his archdiocese. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,992 Posted July 1, 2022 Had to do a double take upon seeing Sri Sri Sri described as before arghton's time. You feel more veteran than that now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 1, 2022 Looks like a great Final. Best of luck to both teams! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 745 Posted July 2, 2022 Great lists @gcreptile. I’m not sure I’d consider Tom Ridge a minor name though. He was a former 2 term governor of Pennsylvania and the first Director of Homeland Security after 9/11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted July 2, 2022 THERE'S ONLY NO ANDY GORAMS! Like the 1982 European Cup final, the goalkeeper goes off early here, with the former Rangers stopper and UVF afficionado succumbing to his recent very public cancer battles. No protest(ant)s from either gcreptile or Joey Russ, with both teams off the mark. gcreptile 3 vs Joey Russ 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 3, 2022 On 01/07/2022 at 23:26, Captain Hemlock said: Great lists @gcreptile. I’m not sure I’d consider Tom Ridge a minor name though. He was a former 2 term governor of Pennsylvania and the first Director of Homeland Security after 9/11 I didn’t even notice that (it didn’t register). WTH is wrong with colour-coding Tom Ridge? He had his heart attack a few years back and nothing since. In fact I think he was on Cancel My Appointments in 2018 maybe. Blast from the past. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 3, 2022 Oh, it was really just a list for people under Cup consideration that grew larger and larger. Most of them are really minor names that would otherwise mess up my longlist. Tom Ridge is important enough to be on both lists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted July 8, 2022 Jose Eduardo dos Santos is the next shared hit between us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted July 8, 2022 Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies, giving Dos teams points in this round. As with every other long-serving African leader of the 20th century, he was widely praised for his anti-colonialist stance and ability to transfer his country's economy, but criticised for being a corrupt pocket-filling crackpot. Scores remind tied at six-all, is John Cannan up next? gcreptile 6 vs Joey Russ 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted July 12, 2022 If it is still a draw on July 31, any objection to - instead of a coin toss to decide the winner - we go with sudden death? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 12, 2022 44 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: If it is still a draw on July 31, any objection to - instead of a coin toss to decide the winner - we go with sudden death? Heh, I wouldnt mind a shared win either, but yes, sudden death is probably fairer than the coin toss. I do think though, that my joker is a worse than Joey's. Apparently, Mike Davis' wife said that there wasn't any "immediate" danger, so he might just not be somebody for this month. Still, Joey's joker might decide not to go for the dignitas date after all, and then we're left with our differentials. They're kind of a bad bunch, I guess. Mine are okay, but might all just slip into the next month/s. Joey's differentials are not the best (IMHO) except for Don West, who might decide the game, and that's after all, all that's needed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted July 12, 2022 I definitely have no objection to sudden death if it still ends up tied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 13, 2022 Sir Creep's April pick Pakistani singer Rubina Qureshi has died: https://www.app.com.pk/domestic/legendary-sindhi-singer-rubina-qureshi-passes-away/ No news for the current game though. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,229 Posted July 13, 2022 Well this is the day that Mark Fleischman said he was going to die, so I’m on the lookout for obituaries for him now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 13, 2022 BBC has it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62155364 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,540 Posted July 13, 2022 Yep, looks like we've avoided any possible draw situations (unless Mike Davies dies, which he probably will). Mark Fleischman was the owner of Studio 54 - not the owner of Studio 54 in its heyday, but in the early 1980s - when Paul Heyman was working as a promoter, Rick James was smoking crack in the back and you could get a blowie off a 10-year-old Drew Barrymore for three Benson. The death of disco was an ugly thing. Fleischman spent June of this year telling everyone he was off to Dignitas, and unlike most other due-date announcers that have disappointed DDPers over the past decade (Frank Van Den Bleeken is still kicking), he went through with it. Joey goes three points ahead as a result. gcreptile 9 vs Joey Russ 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,979 Posted July 21, 2022 My last month's pick, Eric Levy, a "free Julian Assange" activist has died: https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/07/21/julian-assange-supporter-eric-levy-passed-away/ Bad luck for me... oh, my prospects are shrinking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
