Losing Dan Simmons is one that hurts. I’m currently working my way through The Rise of Endymion, the last of the four books in his Hyperion Cantos. I started reading the first book, Hyperion, because it is one of the most often recommended books on the major print science fiction subreddit, and was not disappointed.
Longtime MLB umpire Bruce Froeming died February 25 at 86. Normal life expectancy is between 78.4 to 79 years old, so Froeming was just a bit outside of the zone.
I’ll show myself out.
Lorraine Bayly, Australian actor, aged 89.
If anyone is interested, “Sedaka” is “justice” or “righteousness” in Hebrew.
I get off my zero. Mohammad Pokpour is dead. More to come, I’m sure.
I think we should wait a bit with Iran-related deaths until we get confirmation.
Here is your coat, the door is over there.
It does help a lot if you spell the name correctly. I know Arabic-ish vowels are not consistent, but still …
Then, there is the issue of how many points he is actually worth. The literal birthdate is not, so far, provided, just, 1961, so how that is calculated is uncertain. It is only one point, so it does not make that much of a difference in the standings.
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Deutsche Welle is reporting that the Ayatollah has likely been killed in attacks on his compound. A handful of us had him, though he is not very pointful.
If I recall the rule correctly, if an exact date is not available, or there are conflicting birth dates, the lower number of points is awarded.
Reuters reporting:
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/israel-us-launch-strikes-iran-2026-02-28/
Still, points are points, and Ayatollah Assahola seems to be dead!
I listened to his (Sedaka’s) episode of the Gilbert Gottfried podcast tonight. He sings on it quite a bit. He even sings with Gilbert.
My sister has helped me fix my mouse so tomorrow afternoon I will go overseveral dead celebs and tote up the points players have earned
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