In other words, my mother’s cooking.
Try the veal and be sure to tip your waitress.
Ricky Jay, actor and magician, has died. Age 70.
Definitely more known for his amazing card tricks, but also appeared on many TV shows and movies.
Trying to confirm this one, but only found mention in a blog so far.
There’s a $25,000,000 bounty on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. That should have been easy points.
Woohoo!! Fourth straight year with >200 points!!
The only downside is, now I’ve got to come up with another prospect for my 2019 list. (Holy cow, that thread opens in less than a week! :eek:**)
As good a time as any to announce that I will be (voluntarily and humbly) passing the baton back to the original Death Mistress Baker for the 2019 Celebrity Death Pool.
Like a proper spore, I have gradually grown on you, and will continue on with the lesser-played 2019 Themed Celebrity Death Pool. I will also create the Scorekeeper for those interested.
phungi
aka: the Shroom of Death
And let’sd hear a huge, I tell you, huge shoutout to the Death Shroom for picking up the baton last year and doing it this year as well.
HUZZAH!***
damn, now I have a hankerin’ for some baked mushrooms
I cannot believe how quickly this year has gone. Thank you to funguy er phungi for running the game this year.
Maybe we can stir up some interest in the themed version? It’s the only way I can be in the top 10.
Thanks for doing such a great job as Death Shroom these past two years! It’s been real - or should I say, it’s been fun, guy! 
ETA: Ninja’d on that joke by Queen Anne’s Lace. 
As noted in the CS thread, director/cinematographer Nicholas Roeg is dead at age 90.
Bernardo Bertolucci has foxtrotted off for 23 points.
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You’ve done a great job phungi! Thanks for keeping the game running.
I like the separate themed list even though my only points this year have come from my non-themed list.
Indeed, but now we are back to extra points for chocolate.
oh heck, I bet I wasn’t supposed to talk about that.
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob, dead at 57 from ALS. Unique Pick and 43 points for candide:
Rank Player Score Picks(Unique)
1 CAMJAY77 454 8(1)
2 jeezums 405 7(1)
3 Registered@Last 315 8(3)
4 phungi 277 6
5 candide 242 5(1)
6 RTFirefly 227 5
7 basset hound 192 3
8 GIGObuster 190 3
9 Loach 173 4(1)
10 Team Dirt 165 3
11 Martonio 160 4
12 Hoopy Frood 148 4
13 HappyLendervdr 120 3
14 FavreCo 117 3
15 carnivorousp 106 2
16 Jack Batty 101 4
17 tangent 100 3
18 RobotDevilDog 81 2
19 amarinth 79 3
20 42fish 78 2
20 Kitten Mitten 78 2
20 Squonk 78 2
23 ataraxy22 66 4(2)
23 Stephe96 66 4
25 NurseCarmen 62 1
26 irritant 60 5(4)
27 Bullitt 59 1
27 Little Nemo 59 1
27 melondeca 59 1
30 bowler girl 58 2
31 Allecher 57 1
32 bowler guy 56 2
33 computergeek 49 4
34 Jacquernagy 47 3(2)
35 1b3bz18c9ed… 44 3
36 Archeonomist 43 2
36 Grits&HardToast 43 2
36 Maus Magill 43 2
39 kayT 42 2
40 Dung Beetle 37 2
40 zoog 37 1
42 Catamount 36 3(1)
43 JohnT 35 2
44 Oakminster 32 2
44 The Vorlon 32 2(1)
46 Dr. Girlfriend 29 2
47 J-P-L 27 2
47 peedin 27 2
49 critter42 25 2
49 Jeep's Phoenix 25 3
51 Borborygmi 24 1
51 Dancer_Flight 24 2
51 krondys 24 1
51 Labtrash 24 1
51 McDeath_the_Mad 24 2
56 Biotop 23 1(1)
57 Old Wench 20 2(2)
58 5 time champ 19 1
58 Andrew21 19 1
58 BobLibDem 19 1
58 CreaseMunky 19 1
58 Lsura 19 1
58 Mahaloth 19 1
58 Monstera Delic 19 1
58 smithsb 19 1
58 superdude 19 1
58 vivalostwages 19 1
68 cardboardbox 18 1
68 Mona Lott 18 1
68 Sternvogel 18 1
71 Czarcasm 16 1
72 Rico 15 2(1)
73 picker 13 2
74 Clothahump 8 1
74 PaulParkhead 8 1
76 Spiff 6 2
77 boffking 5 1
77 Hal Briston 5 1
79 Tread 0 1(1)
Well, I got nothing nice to say about that. 
phungi, I think you updated from a old copy of the database, I have 3 stiffs, Young, McCain and Whitey Bulger.
Of course, a zombie outbreak in Washington would not be scoffed at before the end of the year…