Sod's Law 219 Posted March 2 On 16/02/2024 at 12:13, BuffaloPhil said: Looks like Alexei Navalny is a nice little hit for me here, picking up the "Most Surprising Death by Natural Causes" award (sponsored by Vladimir Putin.) I think he is my only hit so far, and also the youngest on my list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted March 3 Oops wrong thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted March 16 Probably the most obscure person on my list, Bill Jorgensen has died and got a yahoo obit! https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bill-jorgensen-dies-tv-anchor-182234790.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 529 Posted March 18 Tom Stafford is a hit here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 3,498 Posted March 30 Louis Gossett, Jr. is a hit for a few of us: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/29/louis-gossett-jr-actor-dies 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 252 Posted April 3 Postmodernist novelist John Barth is a hit for me. Obit from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/03/john-barth-death-american-novelist-dies-dead-aged-93 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted April 11 Akebono Taro is a hit here for at least one team. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted April 12 Robert MacNeil is a hit for me. Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS... | Daily Mail Online 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 252 Posted April 15 Robert MacNeil and Josip Manolič are my second and third hits to date this month. This pool seems to be the only place I am gaining points this month. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted April 16 Whitey Herzog is a hit for me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,236 Posted April 18 It is time, don't you think? However, I think this will be one of two updates, as it's getting late, but I should get something done. Let us begin with.... ah yes, Iris Apfel. The fashion designer proved, much like Baddie Winkle, that if you're old, colourful clothing makes you famous. It is something I aspire to follow. The colours shall not match and the eyes shall hurt. She was a hit for two people, including Torva Messor who also scored with Don Murray, the Oscar-nominated Hollywood actor with an extremely long career. Next one is Cpt. Hemlock's unique hit of Bill Jorgensen. Who was that.... a longtime local New York anchorman. He got a New York Times obit which might soon, i.e. next year, be the only local obit source left standing. But you know, there's an exploit for any rule. And I love New York.... Next one is astronaut Tom Stafford - popular pick because of his hospitalization in late 2023. I've written a few words on him in the Cup thread. Next up is Louis Gossett Jr., a hit for three teams. He'd been suffering from prostate cancer for a while. That, and his death, didn't keep him from appearing in four yet-to-be-released projects. He was a prolific actor, up until and seemingly even after his death. Now we get to Torva Messor's third hit in this update, postmodernist novelist John Barth. I have never read him, and he seems to write books that can be appreciated but not really liked - because they're more an experience than a story. Oh, and why not go ahead with Torva's hit number four as written above, Robert MacNeil. He was an esteemed Canadian journalist whose career really began with a bang when he accompanied John F. Kennedy during the ill-fated motorcade ride. He also worked for the BBC later on. Now, the fifth name Torva mentioned, Josip Manolic, does not seem to have received an obit yet. He got the Washington Post yesterday, but not yet the New York Times. Okay, and now that we've gone through Torva's unique hits, lets go back to Cpt. Hemlock's unique hits, specifically baseball coach and player Whitey Herzog. He was a World series champion as coach, not as player, seems to have done better there. Akebono Taro is a unique hit for ThereWillBeDeaths7. The star sumo wrestler had been suffering from ill health for many years, and it was simply a question of time when his early death would arrive. Now, in spite of their immense body weight sumo ringers don't seem to be THAT susceptible to ill health. He was quite exceptional though in his stature and his health problems. Banana scores a unique hit with college baseball trainer Pete Wilk. He had been suffering from glioblastoma and got a yahoo obit. Next we come to Joe Kinnear, hit for two teams. I read that he was an Irishman who cursed a lot - a bit redundant. The defender spent most of his career at Tottenham where he won a couple of European trophies. A managerial career followed. Then we get to Clarence "Frogman" Henry, a unique hit for Death Impends. One of those black musical pioneers you think they died in the 70s or something. Not many people are still alive who had hits in the 1950s.... Yorkshire Banker scores with Lynne Reid Banks. The childrens' and young adult author had two massive hits with "The Indian in the Cupboard" and "The L-shaped Room". Two teams score with Philippe De Gaulle, Diego and The Daredevil. The french admiral was the son of Charles De Gaulle and "keeper of the flame", because he looked so much like his father, that people thought he had to be kind of the same person - or something like that. Okay, let us remain at that. These are the publicly posted hits, and the DDP hits from now on back to 1st of April - which means, yes, the whole of March is still in need of updating. The 2nd half of this update will come later! Some patience please, it'll happen soon. Rank Team Score 1 Perhaps 611 2 Banana 594 3 Cpt. Chorizo 564 4 RadGuy 497 5 Funeralopolis 493 6 Book 483 7 wannamaker 473 8 gcreptile 466 9 Toast 449 10 msc 422 11 tracy 390 12 The Immortal 386 13 Summer in Transilvania 380 14 Pedro67 376 15 Baby Blue 375 16 Mr. Wonderful 372 17 Etushipushingupdaisies 356 18 DeathBecomesThem 345 19 Caleb H 338 20 Death Impends 335 21 MariNisia 331 22 ThereWillBeDeaths7 316 23 Salmon Mousse 309 24 The Unknown Man 293 25 Buffalo Phil 277 26 Cpt. Hemlock 276 27 The old lady 268 28 Liz Lemon 230 29 Lady Fiona 224 30 Yorkshire Banker 217 31 Charles De Gaulle 215 32 Thatcher 213 33 Bibliogryphon 203 33 An Fear Beag 203 35 The Old Crem 202 36 John Key 201 37 The Daredevil 198 38 Imelda 185 39 Diego 161 40 TQR 153 41 Wormfarmer 140 42 Predictor 134 43 Sean 128 44 Annami 120 45 Torva Messor 111 46 Sod's Law 76 47 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 47 Young Willz 73 49 arghton 67 50 Gooseberry Crumble 31 51 Hell 23 51 chileanway 23 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,847 Posted April 18 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: .... if you're old, colourful clothing makes you famous. It is something I aspire to follow. The colours shall not match and the eyes shall hurt. Ugh, for some reason your formatting won't delete This reminded me of the poem "Warning" by Jenny Joseph: When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple With a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin candles, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people’s gardens And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat And eat three pounds of sausages at a go Or only bread and pickles for a week And hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry And pay our rent and not swear in the street And set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practise a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,236 Posted April 19 Thanks Toast, I like it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,236 Posted April 20 Update, 2nd part: So, I am continuing to work my way back into the past, next one is Frederic Mitterrand, nephew of Francois, and so, the 2nd french "relative of a president" who was also a little notable on their own. Frederic was a former minister of culture and is a hit for therewillbedeaths7. Next one is M. Emmet Walsh, a unique hit for Tracy. Walsh was a reliable side actor on the big and small screen. Probably one of the biggest "I know the face" guys around. Malachy McCourt is a hit for two players, Etushipushingupdaisies and SalmonMousse. Also a relative of a maybe more famous person, McCourt was a well-known but not super-famous writer, but also a well-known but not super-famous actor. He was also the Green Party candidate for New York Governor, so you see, he was a little bit of everything. While initially, he entered hospice for ill health, he recovered and was thrown out again. But then, his recovery couldn't last forever. Next up is Charlie Bird, the significant British reporter with the direct IRA connections. He was willing to go where nobody else went - including several jobs in war areas - and thus, his battle with ALS was widely covered, and exploited in this game. Okay, that's for the DDP hits, as far as I can tell. Do we have any other hits? Well, I see CalebH had KM Peyton - who however died in 2023 and has to be replaced with 1st sub Jimmy Carter. Joe Shannon was a pick for several players, but did not receive a QO - so yes, this does seem to be it. Quite a few names were missed, like OJ Simpson, for example, or Walid Daqqa. The new scoreboard shows Perhaps losing the lead to Banana and Cpt. Chorizo because of missing out on Charlie Bird. Perhaps still has his joker back in hand though, but.. ahem... it's only Jimmy Carter, who isn't dying anyway.... Rank Team Score 1 Banana 643 2 Cpt. Chorizo 613 3 Perhaps 611 4 gcreptile 564 5 RadGuy 546 6 Funeralopolis 542 7 wannamaker 522 8 Book 483 9 msc 471 10 Toast 449 11 tracy 425 12 The Immortal 386 13 Summer in Transilvania 380 14 Pedro67 376 15 Baby Blue 375 16 Mr. Wonderful 372 17 ThereWillBeDeaths7 363 18 Salmon Mousse 358 19 Etushipushingupdaisies 356 20 DeathBecomesThem 345 21 Caleb H 338 22 Death Impends 335 23 MariNisia 331 24 The Unknown Man 293 25 Buffalo Phil 277 26 Cpt. Hemlock 276 27 The old lady 268 28 An Fear Beag 252 29 Imelda 234 30 Liz Lemon 230 31 Lady Fiona 224 32 Yorkshire Banker 217 33 Charles De Gaulle 215 34 Thatcher 213 35 Bibliogryphon 203 36 The Old Crem 202 37 John Key 201 38 The Daredevil 198 39 Predictor 183 40 Diego 161 41 TQR 153 42 Wormfarmer 140 43 Sean 128 44 Annami 120 45 Torva Messor 111 46 Sod's Law 76 47 Great Uncle Bulgaria 73 47 Young Willz 73 49 arghton 67 50 Gooseberry Crumble 31 51 Hell 23 51 chileanway 23 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torva Messor 252 Posted Wednesday at 05:29 Postupdate drop: Terry Carter. So many drops i should name my team april shower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,103 Posted Wednesday at 06:55 Frank Field a hit here - for me as well: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68887629 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites