Well played. 
That was a while back, AFAICT. Aretha was on 23 players’ lists in 2012, but on a decreasing number of lists since.
Kofi Annan is at peace.
She survived certain death. Hard to bet against that.
The man from Ghana is now long-gone-a.
In our little corner of the internet, it’s just a pointless death…
He’ll be buried in his Kofi grounds.
Sorry, not even slightly original. It was used in that “Hu’s the leader of China?” [del]Abbot[/del] Bush & [del]Costello[/del] Rice routine.
Woo hoo, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, 57 points!
Second City co-founder Barbara Harris has died. Some sources say she was 83, others say 84.
That’s a shame. But I’ll take the points.
Looks like 12 players had him.
I see that she was the mom in the original Freaky Friday. I was just a kid, but I had a bit of a crush on her in that.
I had Lyle and haven’t received the points. Not sure if anyone else had him.
Out of town, doing the “drop the kid off at college” but will update later tonight…
Booooo!!! No excuses!
57 Points for Loach, Registered at Last, tangent, candide, jeezums, phungi, team dirt, CAMJAY777, RTFirefly, basset hound, allacher, GIGObuster and first points of the year for allacher
Rank Player Score Picks(Unique)
1 jeezums 346 6(1)
2 CAMJAY77 331 6
3 phungi 258 5
4 Registered@Last 221 5(2)
5 basset hound 192 3
6 GIGObuster 190 3
7 Team Dirt 165 3
8 RTFirefly 149 3
9 candide 121 2
10 Loach 114 3(1)
11 carnivorousp 106 2
12 tangent 81 2
13 Hoopy Frood 70 2
14 ataraxy22 66 4(2)
15 Martonio 64 1
16 NurseCarmen 62 1
16 RobotDevilDog 62 1
18 Allecher 57 1
19 HappyLendervdr 42 1
20 bowler girl 39 1
20 FavreCo 39 1
22 bowler guy 37 1
22 zoog 37 1
24 Oakminster 32 2
25 Jacquernagy 28 2(2)
26 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2
26 computergeek 25 2
26 critter42 25 2
29 Archeonomist 24 1
29 Borborygmi 24 1
29 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1
29 Grits&HardToast 24 1
29 kayT 24 1
29 krondys 24 1
29 Labtrash 24 1
29 Maus Magill 24 1
29 Stephe96 24 1
38 Biotop 23 1(1)
39 Czarcasm 16 1
39 JohnT 16 1
41 Old Wench 13 1(1)
41 The Vorlon 13 1(1)
43 irritant 10 1(1)
43 Rico 10 1(1)
45 Clothahump 8 1
45 J-P-L 8 1
45 PaulParkhead 8 1
45 peedin 8 1
45 picker 8 1
50 amarinth 1 1
50 Catamount 1 1
50 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1
50 Spiff 1 1
You pick up 57 points, and you think, “great, I’m gonna move up in the standings!”
Then you find out that while only 11 other players had him, 7 of them were ahead of you already on the leader board, so from 9th place, you go all the way up to…8th.
In other Death Pool news, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is apparently still alive, dammit.
Ed King, at 68.
Turn it up
CAMJAY777 is claiming an additional 64 points in post #1053.
Thanks for keeping me up-to-date. 64 points, indeed, for CAMJAY777, as well as the lead in points and picks:
Rank Player Score Picks(Unique)
1 CAMJAY77 395 7(1)
2 jeezums 346 6(1)
3 phungi 258 5
4 Registered@Last 221 5(2)
5 basset hound 192 3
6 GIGObuster 190 3
7 Team Dirt 165 3
8 RTFirefly 149 3
9 candide 121 2
10 Loach 114 3(1)
11 carnivorousp 106 2
12 tangent 81 2
13 Hoopy Frood 70 2
14 ataraxy22 66 4(2)
15 Martonio 64 1
16 NurseCarmen 62 1
16 RobotDevilDog 62 1
18 Allecher 57 1
19 HappyLendervdr 42 1
20 bowler girl 39 1
20 FavreCo 39 1
22 bowler guy 37 1
22 zoog 37 1
24 Oakminster 32 2
25 Jacquernagy 28 2(2)
26 1b3bz18c9ed… 25 2
26 computergeek 25 2
26 critter42 25 2
29 Archeonomist 24 1
29 Borborygmi 24 1
29 Dr. Girlfriend 24 1
29 Grits&HardToast 24 1
29 kayT 24 1
29 krondys 24 1
29 Labtrash 24 1
29 Maus Magill 24 1
29 Stephe96 24 1
38 Biotop 23 1(1)
39 Czarcasm 16 1
39 JohnT 16 1
41 Old Wench 13 1(1)
41 The Vorlon 13 1(1)
43 irritant 10 1(1)
43 Rico 10 1(1)
45 Clothahump 8 1
45 J-P-L 8 1
45 PaulParkhead 8 1
45 peedin 8 1
45 picker 8 1
50 amarinth 1 1
50 Catamount 1 1
50 Jeep's Phoenix 1 1
50 Spiff 1 1