I’ve mentioned a few of the Tuskagee Airmen in the Death Pool before as well. I met most of the remaining members about 8-10 years ago when they gave a talk at my then-workplace. Amazing group of men. It’s shame how many of them have passed on since then.
Rugby legend Jonah Lomu dies of kidney failure, aged just 40.
Folks, we are almost 90% of the way through this contest. Time to go over your lists and be sure no one died without you knowing about it.
In just nine days the OP for the 2016 Death Pool will be posted. So it’s also time to decide if you will recycle your current lists, or change things up.
Be prepared for a surprise announcement during the OP for the 2016 thread.
A suggestion for 2016: when you list the players, put in links to their entries. That way people can check that you’re looking at the correct entries.
That’s a lot of work for Baker, who is already doing so much for this game besides whatever she has going on in her real life.
Rather, I’d suggest each player keep a copy of his/her list in an easily accessible place, and check it themselves every time a death is reported.
I think what **Quartz **means is that the link can be checked in case there is any confusion as to which celebrity is meant, such as those with the same names. Two Billy Grahams, two Raul Castros, and so on. I don’t think **Quartz **means I should check, personally, each and every link. I do think it’s a good idea to keep a copy of one’s own list in a seperate document though.
The spreadsheet I keep for the choices each player has made also has added to it the post number of their list. If they alter the list for any reason I also list that post number as well, so I can be sure as to which is the FINAL list for each player.
I agree.
:dubious:
You are going to let us…intervene…with our Contestants?
Neato!
I think it’ll be a side pool where everyone bets on whether or not one of my list of immortals might actually shuffle off this mortal coil.
Makes a steeple of her fingers, while a white Persian cat purrs in her lap. “Interesting, very interesting. But not correct.”
Is she wearing a german army helmet?
Nope!
So my guess must be the right one. YES!
Is our beloved Death Mistress about to call it quits?
I hope not, but we know it hasn’t been an easy year for you, Baker.
But I know just the guy to take over - ME, of course! And I’ll do it for a mere 5-point bonus in this year’s Death Pool. 
Nope to you too!
Even if it was remember, you and I are still tied this year, I could run side bets on MY list. But that’s not it either, heh, heh.
It had been dead for years; ir just hadn’t stopped moving yet.
What I need to get some points is for Hollywood to make a sequel to Space Cowboys, with real old NASA astronauts. In this movie, instead of killing off one of the guys, it could be a lot more! Even better, make it a joint mission with old Soviet cosmonauts.
I have been catching Hell in another thread for mentioning the death, and calling it, “Badly drawn, badly lettered soap opera comic strip”.
It is all the Comic Curmudgeon’s fault; he reviews several comics, and I could not believe that Apartment 3-G could be as bad as he suggested.
It was.
I don’t know why my previous post is showing empty spaces, but I was talking about the movie Space Cowboys, and I said a lot more could get eliminated in the movie.