Savage Henry Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Frank Dobson ex Labour MP aged 79 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50391439?ns_linkname=news_central&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_politicsFrank Dobsgone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Bill Barr 18 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said: James Le Mesurier has popped his clogs in Turkey. Dad's Army won't be quite the same again. Wooft Destroying Airdrie fans from beyond the grave. Edited November 12, 2019 by thisal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 11 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: Checking my list in preparation for DP2020 and found that the passing of ex Vietnamese president Le Duc Anh back in April escaped my attention. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/general-le-duc-anh-obituary Solo shot for me I believe. Points please @Miguel Sanchez Good find. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Somebody's bound to have had Niall Toibin - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50406818 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 "The Eternal Second", Raymond Poulidor, breathes his last.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/50403160 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 2 hours ago, peasy23 said: "The Eternal Second", Raymond Poulidor, breathes his last. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/50403160 Keeping up his nickname to the end. Didn't beat Death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Jean Fergusson: Last of the Summer Wine actress dies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50431493 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Jean Fergusson: Last of the Summer Wine actress dies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50431493Howard will be devastated. First Pearl and now Marina. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Week 46 update One death this week, which actually comes from April. Former Vietnamese President, Lê Đức Anh: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/general-le-duc-anh-obituary Quote Le Duc Anh must have ranked among his proudest moments the day in May 1975 when he marched through Vietnam’s former southern capital of Saigon at the head of the parade celebrating the victory of the north, an end to more than a decade of war and the country’s long dreamed-of reunification. But as with his eventual promotion to the presidency, in 1992, he may have owed the distinction to political expediency as much as to merit. Anh, who has died aged 98, was one of the last of the generation of Vietnam’s leaders whose careers spanned the wars against France’s colonial rule and then US forces propping up the south. As such he brought a measure of continuity to the country’s leadership as Vietnam struggled to break free from the mire of doctrinaire communism and disastrous economic misrule, and adapt to the ways of a market economy. Yet despite the high rank he achieved in party and state, including five years as president, Anh remained an anonymous figure, whose ideas and personality, such as they were, left little impression outside the party he served. His name rarely surfaces in histories and personal memoirs of Vietnam’s epic struggles for independence. Anh himself may have felt he rose higher than his talents would ever have led him to expect. No wonder nobody noticed him dying. He was a Solo Shot for @Arabdownunder. He was 98 when he died so he's worth 27 Base Points, with the Solo Shot bonus amounting to 77. As a result, the standings now look like this: 1. Oooooft 728 2. alta-pete 715 3. chomp my root 601 4. sparky88 550 5. Ned Nederlander 545 6. Bishop Briggs 494 7. DBA 469 8. Indale Winton 456 9. Once A Rover always a Rover 427 10. The Naitch 410 11. Mark Connolly 399 12. cdisaaccie 378 13. The DA 373 14. peasy23 372 15. Savage Henry 371 16. JustOneCornetto 370 17. Fuctifano 369 18. RadgerTheBadger 361 19. gingette 339 20. lichtgilphead 335 21. Arabdownunder 330 22. JamieStevenson 329 23. weirdcal 328 24. lolls 323 25. Lex 309 26. Karpaty 307 27. Miguel Sanchez 294 28. 10menwent2mow 276 29. Sweaty Morph 274 30. psv_killie 268 31. Meden89 264 32. Melanius Mullarkey 250 33. HI HAT 240 34. Ross. 233 35. Ziggy, gkneil 217 36. Blootoon87, ICTJohnboy 213 37. qos_75 209 38. Bert Raccoon 206 39. LoonsYouthTeam, choirbairn 201 40. nessies long lost ghost 194 41. statts1976uk 190 42. atfccfc 179 43. Arbroathlegend36-0 165 44. microdave, sleazy 164 45. Musketeer Gripweed, Sloop John B 152 46. Billy Jean King 145 47. Gareth_Glasgow 140 48. cambozpar 139 49. Willie adie 128 50. weejack 123 51. thisal 111 52. mathematics 109 53. Ben Twilly 93 54. wellinwigan, BWAClyde 92 55. Lofarl 84 56. AyrTroopMajor 82 57. The Master 70 58. Bold Rover 69 59. Sergeant Wilson 49 60. killiefan27, Henderson to Deliver..., Kilbowie's Finest 46 61. expatowner 45 62. Eednud, ToBeSomeone 36 63. pub car king 30 64. MixuFixit 27 65. Everyone else 0 It's also worth me pointing out here that before the end of the year I will check every pick to see if they've died. Until then if someone can offer a good suggestion on how to keep track of all these names, I'm all ears. The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NlaNlT-7ZGlQGqszGFfBb49tVzFpWITUAR7BUjApJUc/edit?usp=sharing Edited November 24, 2019 by Miguel Sanchez week 46, not 45 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: One death this week, which actually comes from April. Former Vietnamese President, Lê Đức Anh: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/30/general-le-duc-anh-obituary Le Duc Anh must have ranked among his proudest moments the day in May 1975 when he marched through Vietnam’s former southern capital of Saigon at the head of the parade celebrating the victory of the north, an end to more than a decade of war and the country’s long dreamed-of reunification. But as with his eventual promotion to the presidency, in 1992, he may have owed the distinction to political expediency as much as to merit. Anh, who has died aged 98, was one of the last of the generation of Vietnam’s leaders whose careers spanned the wars against France’s colonial rule and then US forces propping up the south. As such he brought a measure of continuity to the country’s leadership as Vietnam struggled to break free from the mire of doctrinaire communism and disastrous economic misrule, and adapt to the ways of a market economy. Yet despite the high rank he achieved in party and state, including five years as president, Anh remained an anonymous figure, whose ideas and personality, such as they were, left little impression outside the party he served. His name rarely surfaces in histories and personal memoirs of Vietnam’s epic struggles for independence. Anh himself may have felt he rose higher than his talents would ever have led him to expect. No wonder nobody noticed him dying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Terry O'Neill: British photographer to the stars dies aged 81 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50452568 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 31 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Terry O'Neill: British photographer to the stars dies aged 81 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50452568 He was gone in a flash. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, supermik said: He was gone in a flash. That's not a negative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 15 hours ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Terry O'Neill: British photographer to the stars dies aged 81 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50452568 The fool didn't make it public he had photos of a certain royal did he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 The fool didn't make it public he had photos of a certain royal did he?He’d have been exposed if he had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 On 17/11/2019 at 17:46, supermik said: He was gone in a flash. Will be interesting to see how this develops. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/professor-john-brown-obe-1947-2019 Prof Brown has gone into the great beyond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/professor-john-brown-obe-1947-2019 Prof Brown has gone into the great beyond. [emoji20]Show us his deeds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Show us his deeds. He is deed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/professor-john-brown-obe-1947-2019 Prof Brown has gone into the great beyond. I'm sure there's a song about that..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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