Week 36 update
Two deaths this week. Up first, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev: Mikhail Gorbachev obituary | Russia | The Guardian
Late 80s/early 90s history? Why, I bet there's a Simpsons moment that defines my understanding of these events
"I just drop by with present for warming of house. Instead find you grappling with local oaf."
Gorbachev died at 91 so he's worth 34 Base Points for @10menwent2mow, @Fuctifano, @HI HAT, @lichtgilphead, @Mark Connolly, @paulathame and @scottsdad, with @Hamish's Passenger getting a Vice-Captain bonus for 51 points.
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Second death this week was the TV presenter Bill Turnbull: Bill Turnbull obituary: Beloved BBC Breakfast host - BBC News
Ironically for an obituary about someone who was clearly a very good journalist and broadcaster, the BBC doesn't really write these things in a condensed enough fashion to quote effectively here, so rather than any details about him or his his life you can just get that bit about his cancer diagnosis. By my count almost all of the people participating in the Dead Pool this year have prostates, so regardless of what age you are give this a read and keep it in mind: What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? | Prostate Cancer UK
Turnbull died at 66, so he's worth 59 Base Points for @Aim Here, Bishop Briggs, @buddiepaul, @chomp my root, @D.V.T., @Fuctifano, @gkneil, @HI HAT, @Indale Winton, @lichtgilphead, @peasy23, @psv_killie, @qos_75, @senorsoupe, @The_Craig, @The DA and @thistledo.
After all of that, the standings look like this:
1. Bishop Briggs 691
2. Indale Winton 635
3. chompmyroot 551
4. Ned Nederlander 496
5. sparky88 445
6. JustOneCornetto 431
7. Billy Jean King, gkneil 382
9. weirdcal 372
10. Arch Stanton 358
11. psv_killie 353
12. Sweaty Morph 342
13. Savage Henry 338
14. mathematics 321
15. peasy23 318
16. Moomintroll 293
17. The DA 263
18. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
19 The Master 244
20. lichtgilphead, The_Craig 237
22. scottsdad 233
23. Arabdownunder 230
24. microdave 228
25. thistledo 226
26. senorsoupe 219
27. Aim Here, buddiepaul 205
29. Fuctifano, jimbaxters 196
31. Desp 188
32. pawpar 187
33. pub car king 181
34. Raidernation 174
35. Florentine_Pogen 173
36. tamthebam 169
37. Melanius Mullarkey 163
38. thisal 160
39. Blootoon87 151
40. gingette 150
41. cdhafc1874 130
42. Lofarl 127
43. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
45. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112
47. Mark Connolly 109
48. Miguel Sanchez 105
49. Bully Wee Villa 104
50. HI HAT 93
51. sleazy 92
52. scorge 85
53. ayrunitedfw, Les Cabbage 82
55. The Hologram 73
56. ThomCat 69
57. D.V.T., qos_75 59
59. Willie adie 57
60. Cardinal Richelieu, djchapsticks, Enigma, get_the_subbies_on, Lex, RossBFaeDundee 52
66. Ray Patterson 47
67. Bert Raccoon, statts1976uk 39
69. 10menwent2mow, paulathame 34
71. cambozpar, Karpaty Lviv 30
73. Everyone else 0
The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing