gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 13 Philippe De Gaulle is our 4th hit this month, and the 4th unique hit at that! So much for competitive cult picks.... He was the son of a french president, a Navy man, and also a bit of a politician.... That career path reminds me a bit of one of the Roosevelts, can't quite remember who. Apart from the prominent father, he also received some of that World War II fame which is slowly becoming a rarity. Death By Arsenic goes into the lead with their real team, you know, not the one with Sophia Loren. Also, that Eric Dornfeld obit, it's not really coming, is it? At least, now we know where to draw the line: Still active college football players in their 20s and dying of sarcoma - yes, college hockey players in their late 50s who played for a short time in the 80s - no. AltObitsGuy 0-0 theoldlady Perhaps 0-0 TheKillingTime Spade_Cooley 0-4 GuyFromFuture Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Grim Up North 0-4 Death By Arsenic Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 arghton wannamaker 0-0 Wormfarmer MariNisia 0-0 JoeMoneypenny Banana 0-0 MortalCaso Annami* deadsox 0-0 CalebH msc 0-4 therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip 0-0 justonecornetto Sir Creep 0-0 diego An Fear Beag 0-0 max_bossetti Cpt. Hemlock 4-0 Bibliogryphon 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted March 13 Paid obituary for Eric Dornfeld: https://www.bradshawfuneral.com/obituaries/eric-dornfeld 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,426 Posted March 14 Are those considered QO for this pool? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted March 14 Probably not, but I thought I'd include it anyway, in case it is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted March 14 Ftr I would’ve disqualified that obit if I was hosting so probably gonna have to dig deeper 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 14 Yes, the paid obituaries dont count. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 14 Sven-Olof Sallström is dead, needs the obit now. https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/sd-toppen-sven-olof-sallstrom-dod-/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max_bossetti 123 Posted March 14 Sven-Olof Sällström is dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 14 Just now, max_bossetti said: Sven-Olof Sällström is dead. "Timeless love reflections" does not count though - obvious AI generated clickfarm. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 1,993 Posted March 14 https://time.news/sven-olof-sallstrom-key-player-in-sweden-democrats-success-and-political-loss/ How about this one for Sven-Olof Sällström? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 14 2 hours ago, theoldlady said: https://time.news/sven-olof-sallstrom-key-player-in-sweden-democrats-success-and-political-loss/ How about this one for Sven-Olof Sällström? I need to have a closer look at this later. At first glance, it appears to be another clickbait auto-translate site. The english is pretty bad, the age is wrong. The url does not look official, I think this site just re-arranges the letters of the "New York Times" into " Time News". The typeface is the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 15 Yeah, about time.news, no. This article here: https://time.news/the-furniture-champions-of-added-value/ Badly auto-translated from here: https://www.lefigaro.fr/placement/investir-dans-le-design-quels-sont-les-meubles-qui-prennent-de-la-valeur-20240315 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 15 Well, several players might soon receive some points if I-Ho Pomeroy has indeed died: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,067 Posted March 15 KK Kabobo has died https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/ghana-mourns-highlife-legend-kk-kabobo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MortalCaso 1,426 Posted March 15 3 hours ago, gcreptile said: Well, several players might soon receive some points if I-Ho Pomeroy has indeed died: https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/forever-in-our-hearts-i-ho-pomeroy-beloved-restaurateur-and-bozeman-city-leader-passes-away Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 15 Ah yes, the blockage has been fixed. Bozeman city commissioner I-Ho Pomeroy has died. As mentioned elsewhere, she had a brain tumour and surgery. While the surgery was initially successful, the tumour came back with a vengeance and killed her pretty quickly. Watchul observers noted her entering hospice. She seems to have been well-respected in the city, for her political work and her restaurant. You could say, she was the Councillor Jason Smith of Montana.... Also, Ghanaian musician KK Kabobo has died. Can't say I've heard of him before, so here you go: Well, it sounds meh... He died of a liver disease that he was battling for decades and leaves behind 16 children. These two hits are the first ones in this round that are not unique. So a few players rejoice, and curiously two players have both of these names, wannamaker and DevonDeathTrip: AltObitsGuy 0-0 theoldlady Perhaps 0-0 TheKillingTime Spade_Cooley 0-4 GuyFromFuture Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Grim Up North 0-4 Death By Arsenic Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 arghton wannamaker 6-0 Wormfarmer MariNisia 0-0 JoeMoneypenny Banana 3-0 MortalCaso Annami* deadsox 0-0 CalebH msc 0-4 therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip 6-0 justonecornetto Sir Creep 0-0 diego An Fear Beag 0-0 max_bossetti Cpt. Hemlock 4-0 Bibliogryphon 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted March 16 17 hours ago, wannamaker said: KK Kabobo has died https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/ghana-mourns-highlife-legend-kk-kabobo My baby, KKK, was taken away. In an attempt to learn from others, here is the original Facebook post (embedded) about KKKs liver condition. There isn’t a single search term that anyone would use to find this. I would chalk it up to dumb luck but not when @DevonDeathTrip is involved. What the hell — do you have time to search every known ailment? Who the hell searches ‘liver disease’ or any non cancer specific disease — not that it matters, she never said liver disease, only ‘battling a liver problem’. Even if you searched ‘liver disease’ this wouldn’t pop up. I want to know how you found this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
max_bossetti 123 Posted March 16 Let's try again: https://english.samnytt.se/sven-olof-sallstrom-sd-has-passed-away-akesson-a-dark-day/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 1,993 Posted March 16 9 hours ago, max_bossetti said: Let's try again: https://english.samnytt.se/sven-olof-sallstrom-sd-has-passed-away-akesson-a-dark-day/ Thank you @max_bossetti. @gcreptile NB! Samnytt is a Swedish Newspaper in both Swedish and English . https://samnytt.se I read Swedish and can confirm there are about a dozen mentions about Sven Olof’s death on the Internet from Swedish newspapers (i.e. Aftenposten & Aftonbladet) and from Sweden’s government sourses (Sveriges Riksdagen) since he was a well-known politician in Sweden. His memorial service will be on Wednesday March 20th at 4 p.m. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 16 Scrabbling in the dirt for QOs, typical cup. (The above looks like a blog to me...). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,290 Posted March 16 14 hours ago, Sir Creep said: My baby, KKK, was taken away. In an attempt to learn from others, here is the original Facebook post (embedded) about KKKs liver condition. There isn’t a single search term that anyone would use to find this. I would chalk it up to dumb luck but not when @DevonDeathTrip is involved. What the hell — do you have time to search every known ailment? Who the hell searches ‘liver disease’ or any non cancer specific disease — not that it matters, she never said liver disease, only ‘battling a liver problem’. Even if you searched ‘liver disease’ this wouldn’t pop up. I want to know how you found this. "Deteriorating Health" is a good search term. In my experience African media seem to use it as a euphemism for "about to drop dead", hence me including our man Kabobo when I saw this at the end of February. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 17 23 hours ago, max_bossetti said: Let's try again: https://english.samnytt.se/sven-olof-sallstrom-sd-has-passed-away-akesson-a-dark-day/ Unfortunately, this doesn't work either. It's auto-translated from this real article: https://samnytt.se/sven-olof-sallstrom-sd-ar-dod-akesson-en-svart-dag But the link above is not the english-language version of that newspaper but something else, not even a blog. All the links on the web page don't work... and what is it about that "Sample Page". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 1,993 Posted March 17 On 14/03/2024 at 13:30, gcreptile said: Sven-Olof Sallström is dead, needs the obit now. https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/sd-toppen-sven-olof-sallstrom-dod-/ https://www.riksdagen.se/en/members-and-parties/member/sven-olof-sallstrom_06776272-4f62-44c7-9011-f66349279c88/?riksmote=2020%2F21&p=2 How about Sven-Olof’s English Language Death Notification from Sweden’s Parliamentary website — Riksdagen English Pages? He was a big deal in Sweden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 17 9 hours ago, theoldlady said: https://www.riksdagen.se/en/members-and-parties/member/sven-olof-sallstrom_06776272-4f62-44c7-9011-f66349279c88/?riksmote=2020%2F21&p=2 How about Sven-Olof’s English Language Death Notification from Sweden’s Parliamentary website — Riksdagen English Pages? He was a big deal in Sweden. I actually think that counts, as it's an official, curated source of information. I'll update tomorrow. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted March 18 Sven-Olof Sallström finally received a qualifying obit. He was a sitting member of the Swedish parliament for the Sweden Democrats since 2010. I guess, only because he was an incumbent did the obit appear in a qualifying form on the parliament's own web page. Incumbent politicians dying are always a big deal, though I can't really tell that he was all THAT important in the grand scheme of things. But he scores. Also dead is American Astronaut Thomas "Tom" Stafford. As a member of the Apollo program he flew to the moon but didn't land on it. Later on, he was one of the three Americans who docked with three Soviet astronauts - in space. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was seen as an important step in defusing the Cold War. It also was the last hurrah of the Apollo modules before the age of the Space Shuttle. These two deaths greatly reduce the number of dice rolls I would have to do. Neither of the picks were unique as their bad health was publicly known. Tom Stafford also had a widely publicized hospitalisation late last year and, thus, is a standard name in this year's pools. Max_bossetti is the only one with a double hit in this update and msc is the only one who catches up in score, turning, for now, into this round's "best loser". AltObitsGuy 0-3 theoldlady Perhaps 0-0 TheKillingTime Spade_Cooley 0-4 GuyFromFuture Hell 0-0 Famous6eva Grim Up North 0-4 Death By Arsenic Cpt. Chorizo 0-0 arghton wannamaker 6-0 Wormfarmer MariNisia 3-0 JoeMoneypenny Banana 3-0 MortalCaso Annami* deadsox 0-3 CalebH msc 3-4 therewillbedeaths7 DevonDeathTrip 6-0 justonecornetto Sir Creep 3-0 diego An Fear Beag 0-6 max_bossetti Cpt. Hemlock 4-0 Bibliogryphon 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
