Sir Creep 7,071 Posted June 24, 2017 23 hours ago, RadGuy said: What do Briggs, Elias, Kobayashi, Lakovic, Nevin, Perez, and Van-Zandvliet all have in common? None of them showed up in my search terms! Some of these names were even mentioned on the forum, ffs. Also hoping to do better research next year, and have some new strategies in mind that might help me. Well yes but how are the obits working out? Not so well. Lakovic is killing me -- this year's Tony Adamowicz. Sonovabitch. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,263 Posted June 24, 2017 9 minutes ago, Sir Creep said: Well yes but how are the obits working out? Not so well. Lakovic is killing me -- this year's Tony Adamowicz. Sonovabitch. SC Here's a solution: don't go for Us/Canadian sports people unless they are actually well known in the U.K. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted June 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Here's a solution: don't go for Us/Canadian sports people unless they are actually well known in the U.K. Sir Creep gets a pass on Lakovic.... Although in fairness, another 50/50er I am pretty sure me and DI were both going for, went in late December without a single British obit. Sods law, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,619 Posted June 24, 2017 1 minute ago, msc said: Although in fairness, another 50/50er I am pretty sure me and DI were both going for, went in late December without a single British obit. Sods law, really. Alphonse Mouzon? He was supposed to be Sir Creep's joker, actually. Dodged a bullet with that one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 24, 2017 Kobayashi knew how to do family photos. All should be thus 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted June 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, RadGuy said: Alphonse Mouzon? He was supposed to be Sir Creep's joker, actually. Dodged a bullet with that one. I'd win a lot of DPs if I did what I was supposed to do in late December. I had forgotten that name in fact until now. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted June 24, 2017 14 minutes ago, RadGuy said: Alphonse Mouzon? He was supposed to be Sir Creep's joker, actually. Dodged a bullet with that one. *nods* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted June 24, 2017 Mouzon was a name I might have considered in earlier circumstances, but similar names not QOing that year made me realize even before his death that "played with a lot of jazz giants" wasn't the safe ticket to a Guardian obit I thought it was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 24, 2017 "Played with a lot of jazz giants".... I've 'heard' of that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,126 Posted June 27, 2017 Italian presenter and music expert Paolo Limiti has died of cancer, aged 77. Funny guy, cryptogay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 28, 2017 Michael Nyqvist of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo fame: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/michael-nyqvist-dies/8658282 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeretBleu 142 Posted June 29, 2017 Louis Nicollin, president of Montpellier HSC is dead . One of the biggest personnality of french football. RIP . https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Louis-nicollin-est-mort/814528 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 29, 2017 1 hour ago, BeretBleu said: Louis Nicollin, president of Montpellier HSC is dead . One of the biggest personnality of french football. RIP . https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Louis-nicollin-est-mort/814528 Condoléances. Je n'ai pas suivi le football français avant, mais j'ai décidé d'adopter Amiens SC Licornes comme mon équipe. Ils font leurs débuts à la Ligue 1 cette année. Leur premier match sera contre Paris Saint-Germain, donc j'espère qu'ils seront annihilés. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,071 Posted June 30, 2017 Nigerian entertainer deaths so far in 2017. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 30, 2017 Put on a funeral veil for Simone Veil: http://www.dw.com/en/simone-veil-the-best-of-france-dies/a-39489101 Also, Marine Le Pen has been charged with fraud. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,184 Posted July 3, 2017 Former Ugandan Democratic Party President John Ssebaana Kizito has died aged 83. https://www.independent.co.ug/dp-president-emeritus-ssebaana-kizito-dead-83/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,184 Posted July 5, 2017 On 11/30/2014 at 00:26, Predictor said: This discussion about German Nazi-era film stars reminded me of Anneliese Uhlig. Born in 1918, she is still alive and actually appeared in a German TV movie called George in 2013. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2485900/ She resides in California nowadays: https://familysearch...3/1:1:QJF8-HFN5 Reportedly dead. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faz.net%2Faktuell%2Fgesellschaft%2Fmenschen%2Fanneliese-uhlig-ist-tot-die-frau-die-sich-goebbels-widersetzte-15092590.html&edit-text Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted July 5, 2017 5 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Reportedly dead. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.faz.net%2Faktuell%2Fgesellschaft%2Fmenschen%2Fanneliese-uhlig-ist-tot-die-frau-die-sich-goebbels-widersetzte-15092590.html&edit-text Interesting lady. Refused to jump onto Goebbel's casting couch, thus finishing her German film career. She was only 22 at the time, so it was a brave thing to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebless 203 Posted July 8, 2017 Italian actress and star of Le Rouge Et Le Noir Elsa Martinelli has died aged 82. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/italian-actress-elsa-martinelli-dead-10760645 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,061 Posted July 12, 2017 "Legendary" South African musician Ray Phiri dies just days after news of his terminal lung cancer hit the web: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mpumalanga/riprayphiri-legendary-musician-has-died-10247197 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted July 12, 2017 5 hours ago, gcreptile said: "Legendary" South African musician Ray Phiri dies just days after news of his terminal lung cancer hit the web: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/mpumalanga/riprayphiri-legendary-musician-has-died-10247197 Gets a BBC obit as well, though not too surprising as BBC's Africa Live ticker reported on the diagnosis a few days ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,626 Posted July 12, 2017 Pop stars from major Anglophone African nations are guaranteed as BBC pick-ups now, a lot more than the equivalent famed star from, say, Germany or France would be. Yes I am still annoyed about Michel Delpech. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted July 12, 2017 Does seem that way, I think that's the fourth or fifth South African pop star to get a BBC obit in the past year now? Him, Mandoza, that jazz singer Mandela liked and a gospel singer, and probably a few others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,536 Posted July 12, 2017 28 minutes ago, Death Impends said: Does seem that way, I think that's the fourth or fifth South African pop star to get a BBC obit in the past year now? Him, Mandoza, that jazz singer Mandela liked and a gospel singer, and probably a few others. Mandoza. I'm just going to assume that he was a cert on you and Spade's teams, and thus only a 10 pointer... November/December is the graveyard of smart "could have been" DDP picks. April/May is the graveyard of foolish picks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted July 12, 2017 The judge in France's most notorious murder mystery, the Gregory Villemin case, appears to have committed suicide: http://www.dw.com/en/former-judge-in-french-child-murder-mystery-found-dead/a-39662032 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
