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Death By Numbers 2023

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Alright, let us see if I can squeeze in an update in my lunch break.

Thankfully, the deaths in this update were not very obscure, and you notified me of the rest, so it should be easy.

 

Obviously, Rolf Harris was picked by almost everyone, even sam081 - meaning everybody is now on the board! He was a joker for a few players, too.

LadyFiona did get her obit for Kenneth McAlpine, nothing to worry about.

Cpt. Hemlocks unique left-field hits continue with Richard Riordan and Gordon Lightfoot, quite impressive.

Banana scores a unique hit with Robert Zimmer. While DDP QO was tricky, the NYT obit probably wasn't in doubt.

Barry Humphries was a unique hit for Goooseberry Crumble, who is indeed doing very well with all the minor but plentiful hits. 

Tina Turner was a sad hit, but maybe a little reading between the lines should have made her a more popular hit. Eventually, the tank runs out of gas.

Ed Ames was a unique hit for Torva Messor. He got Yahoo, too, but as with Robert Zimmer, the New York Times stepped up.

Here's a surprise: Superstar Billy Graham was a UNIQUE hit, for Death Impends. Everybody got kind of tired of him, but who can blame us...

Jim Brown was another unique hit, for tracy.

Tim Keller was a well-timed not-quite-gamble for a couple of players.

And finally SR Hinduja, member of the "UKs richest family" (even before the Windsors? If you factor in all the secret accounts and holdings, I guess not!) another unique hit, like, really unique, for msc.

 

Wait... that's not it. Denny Crum, of course. Already a while back. And Menahem Pressler, unique hit for Radguy, the only one to pick both Presslers. Larry is still taking his time though.

Oh, and Carolyn Bryant Donham, the Emmett Till accuser. You know, updating this pool always feels a bit like a mop-up situation, everybody picked in any pool anywhere already, is also picked here.

 

Okay, I am hoping that this is everything, but before I leave you with the scoreboard, one notice for the replacement period:
THE REPLACEMENT PERIOD ENDS on "the beginning of July 1st", meaning you have until the end of the 30th of June to give me 5 new names you want to use instead of five other names you want to switch out.

As soon as you give me the names for the switch, the old ones will no longer score, even if they die immediately afterwards. And the new names will only score with the beginning of July. That means, yes, there is a "dead zone" between submitting the replacements and July 1st, in which you'd score for neither name. Names that fail the fame requirement will not count. Once you submit your names to me, there can be no second list, i.e. this is it.

So please, be sure of the names you submit.

 

Rank Team Score
1 Banana 652
2 Salmon Mousse 524
3 Funeralopolis 515
3 Perhaps 515
5 JoeyRuss 487
6 Death Impends 419
7 RadGuy 403
8 Cpt. Chorizo 401
9 Grim Up North 390
10 gcreptile 361
11 Toast 356
11 Book 356
13 msc 353
14 Summer in Transylvania 350
15 Gooseberry Crumble 344
16 DeathBecomesThem 337
17 An Fear Beag 328
18 wannamaker 320
19 The Spinosaurus 310
20 ThereWillBeDeaths7 308
21 Joltin Joe 306
22 Drol 303
23 Sean 292
24 The Daredevil 290
25 Wormfarmer 285
26 DevonDeathTrip 283
27 YoungWillz 279
28 Diego 276
29 Buffalo Phil 272
30 The Old Crem 266
31 Hell 263
32 Mr. Wonderful 254
33 GuyFromFuture 251
34 Predictor 245
35 tracy 241
36 Thatcher 240
37 TheOldLady 239
38 Torva Messor 234
38 Etushipushingupdaisies 234
40 TheUnknownMan 228
41 Nick 212
42 MortalCaso 193
43 TheQuimReaper 192
44 Charles De Gaulle 186
45 chilean way 184
46 JoeMoneypenny 177
47 John Key 156
48 Famous6Eva 147
49 Annami 145
50 Cpt. Hemlock 143
51 Bibliogryphon 136
52 MariNisia 128
53 Liz Lemon 123
54 Mr. Custard 122
55 CalebH 116
56 Lady Fiona 104
57 etib80 92
58 Ghostofchristmaspast 68
59 Pedro67 64
60 Great Uncle Bulgaria 62
61 sam081 30

 

 

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Here's a surprise: Superstar Billy Graham was a UNIQUE hit, for Death Impends. Everybody got kind of tired of him, but who can blame us...

 

^_^ I had him because I thought still picking Superstar in things was the most hilarious looking shitpost. Somewhat similar to how picking Napoleon XIV here and there just looked funny. Rule of funny wins big this year.

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1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

Tina Turner was a sad hit, but maybe a little reading between the lines should have made her a more popular hit.

 

My guess is nobody wanted her to die, so we were all in denial.

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Pat Robertson, a hit for me and some others.

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Anita Cornwell died 27th May so is a hit for me. (obit)

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Hits, hits, hits!!

 

Thank you all for mentioning the names above, especially the rarer ones. Especially Gooseberry Crumble and Cpt. Hemlock continue their streak of left-field unique hits. Researching night club owner/criminal figure Ronnie Knight was enjoyable, I remember. Pat Cooper as well... I added him to my longlist and even gave him a "50% chance of dying this year"... missed chance for me I guess, but not for Cpt Hemlock. Glenda Jackson another hit for Gooseberry Crumble, who needs one more hit to share the "most hits of the year" record.

Edna Child, unique hit for Joe Moneypenny, was another gem to research. Though I guess, being the oldest olympian of the UK at the time should have put her on more radars (she floated kind of under the surface, hurr hurr). She was not picked for the DDP, but here!

There were also the big names Silvio Berlusconi, Ted Kaczynski, Pat Robertson, Gordon McQueen, Teresa Taylor and the like. Frequently picked names.

Christy Dignam, also very prominent, but picked here only once, by Sean, who kept the faith, congrats!

I thought I had picked Frederic Forrest in everything, but I guess news arrived too late to pick for me in this pool. But three of you score.

Winnie Ewing is a unique hit for YoungWillz, and Francoise Gilot is a unique hit for Death Impends.

 

Anita Cornwell does not have a QO for this game. I am not sure if it will come, to be honest. Let's see.

 

Scorewise it wasn't that exciting at the top, but SalmonMousse missed Kaczynski, which might make a difference in the end.

The field catches up though.

 

Finally, another reminder to email me your midyear substitution picks, you can switch up to five names (with those on your team who are still living).

I will put my two own substitutions in this thread in a couple of days to give you a heads--up. Currently debating with myself whether to pick Yevgeni Prigozhin....

 

Rank Team Score
1 Banana 756
2 Salmon Mousse 628
3 Funeralopolis 593
3 Perhaps 593
5 JoeyRuss 591
6 Death Impends 482
7 Grim Up North 468
8 gcreptile 465
9 Cpt. Chorizo 463
10 Book 460
11 RadGuy 445
12 DeathBecomesThem 415
12 msc 415
14 Gooseberry Crumble 414
14 wannamaker 414
16 Sean 404
17 Summer in Transylvania 392
18 An Fear Beag 390
19 Joltin Joe 378
20 Wormfarmer 357
21 Toast 356
22 Buffalo Phil 350
23 Drol 345
24 The Daredevil 332
25 tracy 319
26 The Spinosaurus 310
27 ThereWillBeDeaths7 308
27 YoungWillz 308
29 Hell 305
30 Etushipushingupdaisies 296
30 Mr. Wonderful 296
32 DevonDeathTrip 283
33 Thatcher 282
34 TheOldLady 281
35 Torva Messor 276
35 Diego 276
37 MortalCaso 271
38 TheUnknownMan 270
39 The Old Crem 266
40 GuyFromFuture 251
41 Predictor 245
42 Charles De Gaulle 222
43 Annami 217
44 Nick 212
45 JoeMoneypenny 199
46 John Key 198
47 TheQuimReaper 192
48 chilean way 184
49 Cpt. Hemlock 172
50 Liz Lemon 159
51 Famous6Eva 147
52 Bibliogryphon 136
53 MariNisia 128
54 Mr. Custard 122
55 CalebH 116
56 Lady Fiona 104
57 etib80 92
58 Ghostofchristmaspast 68
59 Pedro67 64
60 Great Uncle Bulgaria 62
61 sam081 30

 

 

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I emailed the obituary team at The Guardian to see if they are going to do Anita Cornwell anytime soon and apparently they are overwhelmed and may not be able to do one for her. #worthashot

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Yeah, she should be Guardian catnip... good luck!

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John B Goodenough is a hit for me. (NY Times)

 

A hit for Diego I think as well.

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OUT:

Tori Black

Dick Van Dyke

Alberto Fujimori

Kate Keltie

Miloš Zeman

 

IN:

Stanley Baxter

Liza Minelli

Mark Rydell

Ethel Kennedy

Michael J. Fox

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1 hour ago, The Unknown Man said:

OUT:

Tori Black

Dick Van Dyke

Alberto Fujimori

Kate Keltie

Miloš Zeman

 

IN:

Stanley Baxter

Liza Minelli

Mark Rydell

Ethel Kennedy

Michael J. Fox

You’re very early with those 

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Posting my replacements here just in case (originally sent via PM) since I won't have the time to post them later.

 

Replace Naina Yeltsina with Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
Replace Kate Keltie with Ryan Minor
Replace Buzz Aldrin with Henri Pescarolo
Replace John Devitt (Swimmer) with Zoleka Mandela
Replace Christina Applegate with Johnny Ruffo

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I am receiving your PMs. I won't adjust the longlist here in this thread, because it's so big, it's a pain in the ass.

I have received Perhaps, Spinosaurus, LadyFiona and wannamaker.

 

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Just putting my replacements here that I sent a few days ago via message. Lets see if I regret this in 6 months time.

 

Remove

  • Kate Keltie
  • Dalai Lama
  • James Earl Jones
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Paul Hogan 

Replace with

  • June Squibb
  • Esther Rantzen
  • Duchess of Kent
  • Prunella Scales
  • Micheline Presle
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I also pm’d them but in case they didn’t go through:

 

Mid year substitutions

 

Out:

Dan Rather

John Cleese

John Fetterman

Linda Ronstadt

Lucinda Williams

 

In: 

Bob Barker

George Alagiah

Gay Talese

James Whale

Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Trying to remember here in the office, but I think that if Daniel N Paul fails to get the QO, and Lord Ogilvy gets one, then Gooseberry Crumble advances to having hte most hits so far.

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