Death By Numbers 2019

[The Old Crem 3,607]

Pleased to get off the starting blocks here.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

On 31/12/2018 at 22:02, Sir Creep said:

Sir Creep's Entry:
 

50. Mike Willesee

You know what they say—better late than never!

 

[gcreptile 10,978]

Next update:

The new hits, as far as I am aware: Mike Willesee, Manohar Parrikar, Edmund Capon, Samantha McConnell

 

Hmm, that's actually less than I thought. If I see it correctly, nobody picked Dick Dale, nor Angus Sinclair, nor Jan-Michael Vincent, etc...

However, Bernice McCabe got her belated obit.

 

As such, the result is this:

 

Rank	Team name	Points
1	GCReptile	628
2	Phantom of the Midway	624
3	Cpt Chorizo	574
4	Devon Death Trip	573
5	Joey Russ	558
6	Clorox Bleachman	548
7	Sir Creep	478
8	drol	477
9	msc	464
10	Death Impends	461
11	Banana	446
12	Skinny Kiltrunner	412
13	Grim Up North	289
14	YoungWillz	268
15	Book	129
16	Yorkshire Banker	124
17	Fixed Business	84
18	Prophet	83
19	markb4	81
20	Deathray	73
20	Gooseberry Crumble	73
20	John Key	73
23	Grave Danger	56
24	theoldlady	49
24	The mad hatter	49
26	The old crem	35
27	Bibliogryphon	0
27	The Unknown Man	0
27	The Quim Reaper	0
27	Pedro 67	0

 

 

Ahem, yes I am leading after three hits in this update. However, I previously said that I will not use the replacement period. So I am not going to lead after July.

 

Feel free to point out any mistakes or omissions! Especially those UK-centric celebrities I tend to miss.

 

Edit: Baroness Warnock for the next update

[gcreptile 10,978]

BBC obit for Con De Lange:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/47986814

[gcreptile 10,978]

Alright, a quick update before I leave for a few days and before the ketchup bottle of death ejaculates:

 

New hits: Baroness Warnock, Bill Heine, Con De Lange

Also: I only just realized Cpt. Chorizo had Pedro Morales - who died in February with NYT obit. Sorry!

 

This is the new scoreboard, and it shows that Con De Lange was a very significant hit for the new leader! (Gets me out of that awkward position, too....)

 

1	Death Impends	736
2	GCReptile	725
3	Phantom of the Midway	624
4	Cpt Chorizo	616
5	Banana	588
6	Devon Death Trip	573
7	msc	561
8	Joey Russ	558
9	Clorox Bleachman	548
10	drol	522
11	Sir Creep	478
12	Skinny Kiltrunner	412
13	Grim Up North	334
14	YoungWillz	268
15	Yorkshire Banker	148
16	Book	129
17	Fixed Business	84
18	Prophet	83
19	markb4	81
20	Deathray	73
20	Gooseberry Crumble	73
20	John Key	73
23	Grave Danger	56
24	theoldlady	49
24	The mad hatter	49
26	The old crem	35
27	Bibliogryphon	0
27	The Unknown Man	0
27	The Quim Reaper	0
27	Pedro 67	0

[markb4 902]

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, is a hit for me.

[theoldlady 2,305]

Le Duc Anh is a hit for several of us.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Fuxsake I (team #18) haven’t checked in on this one in a while.  I have FIVE dead unaccounted for.  But I believe only Parrikar has a QO.  

SirC

[gcreptile 10,978]

Funny how it goes. Sometimes it takes three weeks for three hits, sometimes just three days.

[gcreptile 10,978]

3 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

Fuxsake I (team #18) haven’t checked in on this one in a while.  I have FIVE dead unaccounted for.  But I believe only Parrikar has a QO.  

SirC

I am behind in striking through the names - the scores are up-to-date though (Well, before Cass, Jean and Anh).

[Pedro67 232]

Anh I'm off zero at last.

 

[gcreptile 10,978]

On 23/04/2019 at 20:13, Pedro67 said:

Anh I'm off zero at last.

 

Two more possible hits for you, as Granville Coggs and Mary Stopes-Roe await confirmation or a QO.

The former had an interesting life, let's see if it's enough. The latter should come with time.

[markb4 902]

Doris Day is a hit here.

[theoldlady 2,305]

Tim Conway is a hit here, my 4th. ( @gcreptilePlease  also mark off Peter Tork on your master list under my name.) 

[The Unknown Man 586]

I'm finally off the zero mark with Tim Conway now dead.

[TQR 14,400]

A full 33 points for me. Look at that. What a pro.

[Pedro67 232]

4 hits in 8 days, obits permitting for a couple, with Coggs, Stopes-roe, Day and Conway.

[YoungWillz 21,057]

Bob Hawke a fourth hit for me here.

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,346]

Bob Hawke a success for me too in this pool. 

[theoldlady 2,305]

I.M. Pei is my 5th hit here. 

[gcreptile 10,978]

Yes, time for an update after these very busy recent days.

The Hawke / Conway combo was chosen frequently, and although they only yield few points individually, the combo is nothing to sneeze at.

 

Other hits are I.M.Pei, Brian Walden (another one of Gooseberry's left-field but successful unique hits!), Doris Day, and the now more distant hits of Le Duc Anh and Grand Duke Jean. These two were the only hits in almost 4 weeks!

The jury is still out on Tommy Donbavand, Granville Coggs, Mary Stopes-Roe and Ezra Castro (Pancho Billa, who qualified because in contrast to Tyler Trent, was already notable BEFORE his terminal illness).

Unfortunately, the jury seems to be in a bad mood...

 

There was also one non-obit I hadn't noticed previously, I think, it must have been Representative Jean Price of Montana.

 

The resulting scoreboard is this:

 

1	Death Impends	769
2	GCReptile	725
3	Cpt Chorizo	678
4	Phantom of the Midway	657
5	msc	623
6	Banana	621
7	Joey Russ	620
8	Clorox Bleachman	610
9	Devon Death Trip	602
10	drol	571
11	Sir Creep	511
12	Skinny Kiltrunner	412
13	Grim Up North	367
14	YoungWillz	297
15	Yorkshire Banker	230
16	Prophet	186
17	markb4	154
18	Gooseberry Crumble	134
19	Book	129
20	theoldlady	119
21	Fixed Business	117
22	The mad hatter	102
23	John Key	93
24	Deathray	92
25	Grave Danger	85
26	Pedro 67	72
27	The old crem	56
28	The Unknown Man	33
28	The Quim Reaper	33
30	Bibliogryphon	0

 

First reminder: The substitution period is still 6 weeks away, but maybe you can already start thinking about your 5 substitutions. As promised in the initial post, I will not participate.

[Grim Up North 3,726]

1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

and Ezra Castro (Pancho Billa, who qualified because in contrast to Tyler Trent, was already notable BEFORE his terminal illness).

 

Thanks for the explanation.

(I think you have enough wiggle room for me to grudgingly accept ).

[theoldlady 2,305]

Herman Wouk is another hit for me.  My  6th.

[markb4 902]

10 hours ago, gcreptile said:

 

17	markb4	154

 

@gcreptile My score should actually be 157 (not counting the recently deceased Herman Wouk). Is this a typo or are you not using the 1922 birth year for Doris Day? Just wanna check.

[gcreptile 10,978]

8 hours ago, markb4 said:

 

@gcreptile My score should actually be 157 (not counting the recently deceased Herman Wouk). Is this a typo or are you not using the 1922 birth year for Doris Day? Just wanna check.

Yes, I used the wiki DoB. Ah, now I remember there was an issue. What's your suggestion?

 

I might just do another update this weekend, with Wouk, Pongia and possibly Bobby Joe Maxwell.

 

Edit: I did find some Doris Day-related clunkers. Yes, I will be going with the 1922 DoB, I don't know what happened there. The update will come this weekend.