2020 Celebrity Deathpool

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  • I rather liked Hart to Hart when it was on. These days there would have to be edginess, or disfunction between the couple. They were simply a happy couple with a healthy relationship.
  • Van Halen bassist Mark Stone has died.
  • Simon ToadSimon Toad Shipmate
    edited September 2020
    How awful that I lead because Terry Jones and RBG has passed :cry:

    Australian cricketer Dean Jones passed away after suffering a heart attack in India, there to commentate on the IPL or some such.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I used to work for a genetics researcher whose speciality was arrhythmic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a hereditary heart condition which often causes premature death in people who were apparently perfectly fit. Whenever I hear of someone like Mr. Jones dying suddenly and prematurely, I wonder if ARVC might have been an issue in their family.

    A large part of my former boss's work was encouraging people who lost relatives to ARVC to have a genetics test, as there are measures that can be taken to prevent health issues if the gene is present.
  • Helen Reddy has been pulled into the celestial radio.
  • Mac Davis might now find it a little easier to be humble.
  • Nuclear physicist, Soviet dissident, and founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group Yuri Orlov has died.
  • Hall of Famer Bob Gibson has died. Yet another baseball great that I failed to put on my Kiss-Of-Life list. My apologies, Mr. Gibson.
  • And just in case you are not familiar with Bob Gibson, the Baseball Hall of Fame has put together a nice 4=minute summary of his life.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Frank Windsor, who will be remembered from Z Cars by Brits of a certain age, has died.

    Now I've given you all an earworm ... :wink:
  • Kenzo Takado has died https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54410063 his fashion had such beautiful shapes.
  • Did anyone select a certain American political leader recently hospitalized with inconsistent reports of health status? Suspect he's not worth many points.
  • Did anyone select a certain American political leader recently hospitalized with inconsistent reports of health status? Suspect he's not worth many points.

    Rumour is, he is not worth much of anything.
  • I think there are a number of shipmates with that particular gentleman on their lists.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Gentleman???
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host, 8th Day Host
    Are you talking about Mr. Superspreader?
  • Yes. He appears too weak to spread marmalade on his maskless face just now.
  • Eddie Van Halen died.Cancer 65.
  • RIP Eddie.
  • BakerBaker Shipmate
    Six players have President Chump. Oh please, oh please.

    Nobody had Eddie.


  • Let's hope there's no brown M&Ms in heaven.
  • balaambalaam Shipmate
    Mark Stone (original bassist) less than two weeks ago, now Eddie van Halen. The band are reforming in heaven.
  • balaam wrote: »
    Mark Stone (original bassist) less than two weeks ago, now Eddie van Halen. The band are reforming in heaven.
    That is an assumption on multiple fronts.

  • It has been a rough year for baseball greats. I have another hit, with the death of Whitey Ford.

    My memory is crap, but I think this is the first time I have ever had two people on my list die. :(
  • Unbelievable. I truly hate this year. Another baseball Hall of Famer (but not on my list) has died: Joe Morgan. One of the all-time best second basemen to play the game.

    Since the start of September, baseball has lost: Tom Seaver, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford and now Joe Morgan. All in less than a month and a half.
  • BakerBaker Shipmate
    Well, yours truly is now the absolute last player in place. I too neglected to remember that folks dying over the age of 100 get negative points.

    Roberta McCain, mother of deceased US Senator John McCain, has passed away at the age of 108.

    1 Simon Toad 36 2 1
    2 Spike 27 2 0
    3 Hedgehog 25 1 1
    4 Priscilla 23 1 0
    4 Schroedingers Cat 23 1 0
    4 Sipech 23 1 0
    7 Leorning Cniht 19 2 0
    8 Wet Kipper 10 1 0
    9 la vie en rouge 9 1 0
    10 jedijudy 8 1 1
    11 Eigon 4 1 0
    11 Phantom_Flan_Flinger 4 1 0
    13 McMaverick -6 2 2
    14 Baker -8 1 1
  • I really would rather not have gotten the points, but don't I have 20 for the death of John Lewis (#10 on my list)?
  • @Baker you don't have me in your list - is that because all my picks are still alive?
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I'd assume so, @TheOrganist - that'll be why I'm not there either.
  • Nor I (assuming I managed to scrape an entry together this year...) - if McMaverick and Baker are on minus points, there should be a bunch of us in equal 12th with zero, shouldn't there?
  • BakerBaker Shipmate
    Crœsos wrote: »
    I really would rather not have gotten the points, but don't I have 20 for the death of John Lewis (#10 on my list)?

    Yes, you do. I think what happened is that you listed him as John Robert Lewis and I searched using just John Lewis.

    1 Simon Toad 36 2 1
    2 Spike 27 2 0
    3 Hedgehog 25 1 1
    4 Priscilla 23 1 0
    4 Schroedingers Cat 23 1 0
    4 Sipech 23 1 0
    7 Croesos 20 1 1
    8 Leorning Cniht 19 2 0
    9 Wet Kipper 10 1 0
    10 la vie en rouge 9 1 0
    11 jedijudy 8 1 1
    12 Eigon 4 1 0
    12 Phantom_Flan_Flinger 4 1 0
    14 McMaverick -6 2 2
    15 Baker -8 1 1


    Also, speaking of negative points, would anyone object if, for next years game, the rule was changed to simply give anyone over 100 zero points, not negative points? You would still get listed for unique picks, or for simply having an elder as a pick.

    On two other boards where I moderate DPs this is accepted. I have a themed list on one of them, where nobody is under 97.

    I have two new names I encountered this year for the elder list. You should check out Ben Ferenex and Gail Halverson.
  • I'm ok with that rule change
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Sounds good to me.
  • jedijudyjedijudy Heaven Host, 8th Day Host
    I agree.
  • Fine by me.
  • Makes sense to me.
  • EigonEigon Shipmate
    Me too - and also I've just heard that Jill Paton Walsh has died, at the age of 83. Children's author, detective fiction (Imogen Quy) and the continuation of the Lord Peter Wimsey series.
  • Hedgehog wrote: »
    @McMaverick, Baker can give the official explanation, but I have always read it as follows: the first is the score based on the ages of the deceased. The second number is the number of correct predictions made. The third number is based on whether the prediction was "unique"--only one player listed that name.

    So, for example, not many people list baseball players on their lists, so almost every correct guess on my list is likely to be unique. But if Trump should kick the bucket, many people had him on their list and get points, but nobody gets a "unique" designation.
    Thank you! Sorry I didn’t see your reply before!

  • Baker wrote: »
    Hedgehog has it. So McMaverick has the most unique picks, with two, but is tied with a couple other players for correct picks.
    Thanks! Sorry I missed your post until now!
  • Helen Reddy has been pulled into the celestial radio.
    😢

  • McMaverickMcMaverick Shipmate
    edited October 2020
    Eigon wrote: »
    Me too - and also I've just heard that Jill Paton Walsh has died, at the age of 83. Children's author, detective fiction (Imogen Quy) and the continuation of the Lord Peter Wimsey series.
    Oh! She wrote the wonderful Golden Grove, Unleaving that I’ve kept on my shelves. Powerful and beautiful!
  • Spencer Davis of the eponymous group has died
  • SipechSipech Shipmate
    James Randi, the magician who made showmanship out of exposing frauds, has died at the age of 92.
  • BakerBaker Shipmate
    I didn't add Whitey Ford for Hedgehog. They are sneaking up on the lead!

    1 Simon Toad 36 2 1
    2 Hedgehog 34 2 2
    3 Spike 27 2 0
    4 Priscilla 23 1 0
    4 Schroedingers Cat 23 1 0
    4 Sipech 23 1 0
    7 Croesos 20 1 1
    8 Leorning Cniht 19 2 0
    9 Wet Kipper 10 1 0
    10 la vie en rouge 9 1 0
    11 jedijudy 8 1 1
    12 Eigon 4 1 0
    12 Phantom_Flan_Flinger 4 1 0
    14 McMaverick -6 2 2
    15 Baker -8 1 1
  • Sipech wrote: »
    James Randi, the magician who made showmanship out of exposing frauds, has died at the age of 92.
    I think someone needs to investigate the truth of this claim. Perhaps a seance to ask the man himself?
  • lilbuddha wrote: »
    Sipech wrote: »
    James Randi, the magician who made showmanship out of exposing frauds, has died at the age of 92.
    I think someone needs to investigate the truth of this claim. Perhaps a seance to ask the man himself?

    Paging Uri Geller.
  • About 50 years ago, when I was living in the same area of New Jersey as Mr. Randi, my mother and I passed him on the highway (well, our car passed his car). I knew nothing about him, but my mother recognized him, especially since he was driving with a parrot sitting on his shoulder.
  • Songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker has died. His most famous composition was "Mr. Bojangles", covered by artists across a wide range of genres.
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