gcreptile

I posted it somewhere else....but this was the thread I was looking for...

So, before I'll be gone for a week, have an update. The biggest name in this update, especially in terms of who many players picked him, was Labour politician Frank Field. Because he survived so long, he might not have been a favourite DDP pick, but he definitely was someone for your top 50 lists. Another name, as mentioned above, was american actor Terry Carter, mostly remembered for his Battlestar Galactica appearance. Coincidentally, I now realize that I watched him about a month ago in blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown as Pam Grier's sidekick. TorvaMessor gets another fascinating unique hit. Next hit, as I can recall by memory, is cancer awareness raiser Kris Hallenga. Yes, her cancer made her famous, but she eclipsed the narrow definition of cancer celebrity with tons of TV appearances, her own blog in The Sun, and the charity she founded. When the British overlords hand out MBEs and OBEs, I can be sure in accepting that the person has had a "wider impact on society". And the DDP committee thinks the same. Two players picked her, Cpt. Chorizo and me, making her my joker. Fourth hit in this update is Welsh football legend Terry Medwin. A player in the 1958 World Cup, he also won a few english trophies with Tottenham. He was a unique hit for Yorkshire Banker. Next one is prominent author Paul Auster, a hit for three players. He had quite the distinguished career that only missed out on the Nobel Prize. But the highlights stretch from the New York Trilogy in the mid 80s to monumental 4 3 2 1 in 2017. Another dead author, and another hit, is British crime writer CJ Sansom. A somewhat bigger deadpooling name two years ago, he was now a unique hit for Toast, congratulations! That seems to conclude the update. Kris Hallenga pushes the two teams she was on to the top. And while I am at 1st now, Cpt. Chorizo still has an unused joker in Rob Burrow. Edit: I now realize that msc and Cpt. Chorizo also have a non-obit in Amy Ettinger. She has received a Washington Post obit but that doesn't count here. I need a QO for her in the ABC pool, but it doesn't seem to be happening. Rank Team Score 1 gcreptile 776 2 Cpt. Chorizo 740 3 Banana 685 4 Perhaps 653 5 RadGuy 588 6 Funeralopolis 584 7 wannamaker 569 8 msc 560 9 Book 525 10 Toast 501 11 tracy 467 12 The Immortal 428 13 Summer in Transilvania 422 14 Pedro67 418 15 Mr. Wonderful 414 16 Salmon Mousse 400 17 Etushipushingupdaisies 398 18 DeathBecomesThem 387 19 Caleb H 380 20 Death Impends 377 21 Baby Blue 375 22 MariNisia 373 23 ThereWillBeDeaths7 363 24 The Unknown Man 335 25 Buffalo Phil 319 26 Cpt. Hemlock 318 27 The old lady 310 28 An Fear Beag 294 29 Yorkshire Banker 291 30 Imelda 276 31 Liz Lemon 272 31 Predictor 272 33 Lady Fiona 266 34 Charles De Gaulle 257 35 Thatcher 255 36 Bibliogryphon 245 37 The Old Crem 244 38 John Key 243 39 The Daredevil 240 40 Diego 203 41 TQR 195 42 Wormfarmer 182 43 Sean 170 44 Annami 162 45 Torva Messor 139 46 Great Uncle Bulgaria 115 46 Young Willz 115 48 arghton 109 49 Sod's Law 76 50 Hell 65 50 chileanway 65 52 Gooseberry Crumble 31

Like, in the voting booth?

Thank you all! And thanks a lot Cpt. for hosting! I guess Kirsty Smitten was the winning pick. Otherwise, the team didn't exactly feel like a winning one in the end, with the nr. 1,7 and 8 not dying. Hell, even Steve McMichael is STILL alive. But I guess I have to be glad I didn't put him or Black Bart Harris higher. Carter was a shared no. 1 by almost everybody anyway. A couple of lucky survivors worked in my favour, MariNisia had James Whale at 1st (Book had him at 6th, Perhaps at 14th)., so... thank you, too, James Whale?

Theo Burrell will be abseiling for charity soon: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/27790247/antiques-roadshow-terminal-cancer-update-theo-burrell/ Her regular scans have shown no cancer regrowth so far.

Maybe I missed it, but we never posted the cancer diagnosis of actress Olivia Williams: https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/olivia-williams-pancreatic-cancer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Williams Well, she recently revealed that it's "rare" pancreatic cancer that she still has, and that is being managed (maybe the neuroendocrine variant?): https://uk.news.yahoo.com/olivia-williams-cancer-not-cured-060000013.html Edit: Ok, Wikipedia says it's a VIPoma, i.e. yes, an endocrine cancer.

Current presidential candidate RFK Jr. was once thought to have a brain tumour, right when Ted Kennedy was dying from it, but on further inspection, it was a dead parasite: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

Boeing 2-1 Whistleblowers

Never really listened to the song before, didn't know it was a Pet Shop Boys rip off, especially It's a Sin.

It does look like those of you who submitted their teams with a warning that there weren't many super good picks around were right.... Starting on friday, I will have another absence, this time for a whole week. But it will not interfere with any deadlines. If you ask me, we can expect 2-3 hits in that time.

My first sub Kris Hallenga died just before entering the team. I'd like to nominate author Caleb Carr now.

Sounds like two of my personal favourites, Croatia and Ireland have quite the bit of momentum. Maybe I'm too mainstream?

She is probably cancer-free but the doctors don't want to call it that at this moment: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/princess-beatrice-update-sarah-ferguson-cancer-battle/

Sudarshan Maharaj might have pulled off the - almost - impossible, for now: https://www.nhl.com/news/anaheim-goalie-coach-sudarshan-maharaj-announces-cancer-status

Well, that was extremely fast: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rapist-victor-farrant-who-drowned-32744947