2022 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool

I’d have to say my favorite headline is from Fark: Queen Reunites with Freddie Mercury

Me too! Six way tie for 58th place!

And I;m still behind you!

And in other death news, long time CNN anchor Bernard Shaw signs off for the last time.

I had her as an alternate. Does that count?

That’s why I didn’t have her either–thinking that if her mother made it to 100+, then she would too. This article says that Covid could have shortened her life: Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96 After a Series of Health Issues

Jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died.

Ramsey Lewis, Jazz Pianist Who Became a Pop Star, Dies at 87, multiple sources, I’m a phone luddite, so not much else when i try to post from it.

Link for confirmation.

Fade-to-black for French movie director Jean-Luc Godard at age 91:

Spanish novelist Javier Marías dies in Madrid hospital aged 70
Javier Marías: modern literature’s great philosopher of everyday absurdity.

[whew, back on actual computer]

It doesn’t break my heart to read about Ken Starr. He was the guy who recruited Brett Kavanaugh to his Clinton Whitewater investigative team.

Disgusting. I had no idea.

Yeah, this is definitely disgusting. One of our Supremes.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Ken Starr’s most recent action has been widely praised.

Ms Lewinsky reminds us that this must be difficult for his family,

Definitely one of those “He was alive?” moments for me.