Bully Wee Villa Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Poet, occasional actor and Villa supporter Benjamin Zephaniah, 65. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 13 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Poet, occasional actor and Villa supporter Benjamin Zephaniah, 65. Good guy! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 What's Up, Doc? Well, Ryan O'Neal's dead, that's what. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 28 minutes ago, Dan Steele said: What's Up, Doc? Well, Ryan O'Neal's dead, that's what. MmlBnH.mp4 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 Yikes. https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/o-neal-accidentally-hit-on-daughter-at-1722980.php 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Dan Steele said: What's Up, Doc? Well, Ryan O'Neal's dead, that's what. Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick's prettiest and most underrated film. Also I don't want to be greedy, but I want even more points this week. @psv_killie - my team is coming to get you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 32 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Yikes. https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/o-neal-accidentally-hit-on-daughter-at-1722980.php He probably wanted to pape her moon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv_killie Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Aim Here said: Barry Lyndon is Stanley Kubrick's prettiest and most underrated film. Also I don't want to be greedy, but I want even more points this week. @psv_killie - my team is coming to get you! I'm expecting the surviving members of my team to see out the year so I think its more than possible. Nice to be top but pretty certain a few teams will be ahead of me at the end of year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: He probably wanted to pape plaster her moon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 20 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: He probably wanted to pape her moon. More likely Coming Soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 Week 49 update Three deaths this week. Up first, politician Glenys Kinnock: Lady Kinnock of Holyhead obituary | Labour | The Guardian Quote Glenys Kinnock, the former MEP and minister of state at the Foreign Office, who has died aged 79, was a determined feminist who realised her political ambitions by securing recognition as an international stateswoman, after having spent nearly 30 years as a classroom teacher. Despite her delight in her second career, Lady Kinnock of Holyhead, as she became in 2009, on taking office in the last year of the then Labour government, was the first to insist that she would greatly have preferred to fulfil her earlier ambition to help achieve the election of a Labour government under the leadership of her husband, Neil Kinnock. A democratic socialist, she was raised by politically aware parents to regard herself as a citizen of the world. It meant that she was always her own person, knew her mind and never accepted attempts to label her as a woman or a political activist, still less as a wife. She deftly developed her own role as the equal partner in a mutually supportive marriage and became a model for modern leftwing and thoughtful feminism. This obituary - very detailed and very complimentary - paints the picture of a politician who was both capable and a nice person. What an odd concept. Kinnock died at 79 so she's worth 46 Base Points for @Aim Here - a Deadly December bonus doubles that, and a Solo Shot adds 50 for a total of 142 points. ============ Second death this week is screenwriter Norman Lear: Norman Lear: Sitcom writer and producer dies aged 101 - BBC News Quote Sitcom writer and producer Norman Lear has died aged 101, a spokesperson for his family has confirmed. Lear was best known for his trailblazing sitcoms in the 1970s and 80s, including Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons. The celebrated US writer was a five-time Emmy Award winner and a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In a statement, his family said knowing Lear had "been the greatest of gifts". They added: "Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honour of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. "Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all." Lear died of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. Unquestionably one of the most influential people in American television. And I've never seen any of it. Lear died at 101 so he's worth 24 Base Points for @Christophe. He gets the Deadly December bonus and a Solo Shot for a total of 98 points. ============ Final death this week is actor Ryan O'Neal: Ryan O’Neal, Hollywood actor and star of Love Story, dies aged 82 | Ryan O'Neal | The Guardian Quote The younger O’Neal then went on to chronicle some of the television shows and films that launched his father into global superstardom. “My dad became an international movie star with Love Story at the beginning of the 1970s, a decade he absolutely crushed by starring in movies like What’s Up, Doc?, Paper Moon, Barry Lyndon, A Bridge Too Far, The Main Event, and The Driver. He is a Hollywood legend. Full stop,” he wrote. The news of O’Neal’s death comes in the wake of two cancer diagnoses. The actor had been diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and then with prostate cancer in 2012. O’Neal made his way as an actor by starring in various US television shows in the 1960s. He was a guest actor on shows like The Untouchables, General Electric Theater, Leave It to Beaver and more. He went on to be a regular on NBC’s Empire and later the primetime serial drama Peyton Place. He catapulted to global fame in 1970 upon starring opposite Ali MacGraw in Love Story, a film that nabbed him Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. He's not an actor I'm familiar with, despite his filmography and the praise he's been receiving in articles like this. But then, I saw somewhere he's the man in this video: Some actors can work for decades and be in hundreds of films and never be as memorable as this. O'Neal died at 82 so he's worth 43 Base Points for @Aim Here. Deadly December doubles that and a Solo Shot adds 50 for 136 points. After that, the standings look like this: 1. psv_killie 436 2. Aim Here 433 3. cdhafc1874 422 4. JustOneCornetto 405 5. Arbroathlegend36-0 402 6. gkneil 369 7. Desp 324 8. Karpaty Lviv 300 9. Ned Nederlander 299 10. Miguel Sanchez 297 11. Michael W, Scorge 295 13. Mark Connolly, peasy23 288 15. Bert Raccoon 282 16. chomp my root 271 17. Arabdownunder 267 18. microdave 265 19. sparky88, ThomCat 264 21. weirdcal 263 22. qos_75 260 23. Chris Partlow 254 24. The_Craig 247 25. sophia 246 26. LoonsYouthTeam 245 27. lolls, The Naitch 240 29. Christophe, throbber 237 30. The DA 235 31. Frosty 233 32. Indale Winton 232 33. ICTJohnboy 230 34. Ludo*1 227 35. buddiepaul, HI HAT 226 37. Billy Jean King 225 38. amnarab, TxRover 219 40. pub car king 217 41. thistledo 215 42. mozam76 200 43. alta-pete 199 44. djchapsticks, Enigma 197 46. DG.Roma 193 47. Bully Wee Villa 192 48. kilMARKnock 187 49. Arch Stanton 186 50. Donathan, sleazy, Sweaty Morph 179 53. HK Hibee 173 54. Melanius Mullarkay, Shotgun 170 56. Savage Henry 169 57. dee_62, statts1976uk 167 59. D.V.T. 166 60. Fuctifano 164 61. ParsJake 160 62. willie adie 159 63. Oystercatcher 157 64. HTG 154 65. BillyAnchor, paulathame 153 67. German Jag 148 68. dagane 147 69. alta-pete 139 71. get_the_subbies_on 138 72. blackislekillie 134 73. pawpar 126 74. nessies long lost ghost 124 75. Priti priti priti Patel 122 76. atfccfc, Ray Patterson 121 78. Moomintroll 118 79. doulikefish, tamthebam, The Master 111 82. Dunning1874 105 83. DeeTillEhDeh 101 84. ayrunitedfw, Lofarl, San Starko 99 87. weemac 97 88. lichtgilphead 96 89. mizfit, Suspect Device 92 91. The Hologram 87 92. El Guapo, Lex 85 94. btb, Jimmy Baker, senorsoupe 71 97. choirbairn 70 98. superwell87 69 99. mathematics 62 100. 101, Bazz891, expatowner, invergowrie arab, Les Cabbage 60 105. superbigal 58 106. Empty It 48 107. Duszek, Oceanlineayr, Salvo Montalbano, Shipa 39 111. 10menwent2mow, parxyz, scottsdad 32 114. Derry Alli, stanton 31 116. HibsFan, PWL 29 118. ZERO POINTERS - @Bold Rover, @Curmudgeon, @Eednud, @gingette, @Helpma, @Polarbear, @Raven, @Richey Edwards, @rowsdower, @Sergeant Wilson, @shivute, @thisal The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: 118. ZERO POINTERS - @Bold Rover, @Curmudgeon, @Eednud, @gingette, @Helpma, @Polarbear, @Raven, @Richey Edwards, @rowsdower, @Sergeant Wilson, @shivute, @thisal Absolute top lads about to Brechin City this years Dead Pool. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 I've just realised I missed a death last month. Astronaut Frank Borman: Frank Borman obituary | Space | The Guardian Quote On Christmas Eve 1968, as commander of Apollo 8 – the first manned lunar orbital mission – Frank Borman, who has died aged 95, came out with words that, alongside Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind”, from Apollo 11 in 1969, and Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell’s “OK, Houston, we’ve had a problem”, from Apollo 13 in 1970, defined an era. In that moment before the moon programme became mundane, when astronauts were prime time, Apollo 8’s broadcast ended with the crew – Bill Anders, Lovell and Borman – reading the story of Earth’s creation as written in the book of Genesis. It was Borman’s conclusion, “Good night, good luck, a merry Christmas and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth”, that clinched it. For Gene Kranz, Nasa’s chief of flight control operations in Houston, the phrase was “literally magic. It made you p***kly. You could feel the hair on your arms rising, and the emotion was just unbelievable.” Something about the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to space has always bugged me. The entire premise. That going into space is boring. I don't care about Space X and that British guy that played David Bowie songs really annoyed me, but seeing the sentence "the moon programme became mundane" is extremely surreal to me. Humans actually walking on the moon. And it's... what? Nothing? And this is in 1970, they barely had colour TV! What else was so interesting that watching humans on the moon became everyday? Anyway, Borman died at 95 so he's worth 30 Base Points for @stanton, with a Solo Shot giving him a total of 80. The scores have been updated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Willie McCulloch who played for Alloa and Airdrie, also managed Cowdenbeath, has died aged 75 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCulloch_(footballer,_born_1948) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) Shockeroony !!! Cornetto off the medal podium ! Edited December 10, 2023 by Florentine_Pogen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Shockeroony !!! Cornetto off the medal podium ! Still time but starting to lose patience with my big hitters. heads will roll. Oh wait, that''s given me an idea, does anyone know where Chris Dreja lives? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell, of ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,’ dead at 29…nice work staying under the radar, only announced the cancer 10 months ago…surprised our professional ghouls missed one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Shirley Anne Field: Alfie actress dies aged 87 - BBC News 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) Andre Braugher, Brooklyn 99 star, 61. Edited December 13, 2023 by Bully Wee Villa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 51 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Andre Braugher, Brooklyn 99 star, 61. Shock and a half there. Show only ended a couple years ago and hadn’t heard he was ill or anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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