Charlie Pride, dead at 86 of COVID.
I did not know this fact. Charley Pride once pitched in the Negro Leagues.
John Le Carré has died, at 89 years old.
VILE PROFANITY.
I’m currently doing a read-through of his books and I’ve become a fan. Vaya con Dios, Mr. Le Carré.
Dammit, now I need to find someone to replace him on next year’s deathpool.
I’ll admit when I saw the first posts about Charley Pride dying, I had him confused with Charlie Daniels. So my first reaction was “I thought he died a few months ago. Is this a late post?”
But I was really confused to see he had pitched in the Negro Leagues.
At least for me, LeCarre was another of those “what, he was still alive?” deaths.
Biotop had LeCarre as a unique pick.
| 1 | Loach | 247 | 8 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | phungi | 223 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Happy Lendervedder | 217 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | RobotDevilDog | 208 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | CAMJAY77 | 196 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Registered at Last | 183 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Little Nemo | 156 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | melondeca | 147 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 143 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | RTFirefly | 143 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | 42fish | 137 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GIGObuster | 134 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | The Vorlon | 131 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | WolfpackJeep | 119 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | candide | 116 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | carnivorousplant | 112 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Crease Munky | 107 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | jeezums | 102 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Dung Beetle | 101 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | standard deviation | 99 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 91 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Superdude | 91 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | Hoopy Frood | 89 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | AiM33 | 86 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | FavreCo | 72 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Mahaloth | 70 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | J-P L | 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Maus Magill | 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Snowboarder Bo | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | amarinth | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | ataraxy22 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Oredigger77 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Rebo | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Biotop | 51 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | sweetpapalapa | 48 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Team Dirt | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | irritant | 46 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Dancer Flight | 45 | 4 | 1 |
| 40 | RollOutTheBarrel | 42 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | Kitten Mitten | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Lsura | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | arara123 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | stockton | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | rosemurray | 34 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | Cazzle | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | MrKnowItAll | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| 48 | Bayaker | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 48 | copmputergeek | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | KarlGauss | 29 | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | vivalostwages | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 52 | zamboniracer | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Personal | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | bibliophage | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Catamount | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | DarrenW | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Dr. Girlfriend | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | imthjckaz | 20 | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | Spoiler Virgin | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | swampbear | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Lamoral | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 61 | zadscmc | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | kopek | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | lel | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 65 | kayT | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 | Paul in Qatar | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | UltraVires | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Allecher | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | Baker | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 70 | GuanoLad | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | gwendee | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | TruCelt | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Annie X-mas | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 74 | Czarcasm | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | a35362 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | commasense | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Meeko | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Moving on up! Never had three of my celebrities die before.
You are tied with Snowboarder Bo for most unique picks, so far anyway.
I have two weeks for nine people to suddenly die. Starting to suspect I may not win this year.
Aww, I’m hoping for your own personal Christmas miracle, GuanoLad. Fingers crossed for ya!
Don’t taunt 2020.
Anthony Veasna So, Cambodian-American author leaves 72 points to the ether.
Podcaster Catie Lazarus, 44, will not be rising from the dead or using Ras al Ghul’s Pit.
I see what you did there.
Jerrold M. Post, who created the field of Political Psychology at the CIA and profiled various political leaders, dies of Covid at 86.
Oh crap! I need to get my 2021 list finalized!
Former Baltimore Raven Lorenzo Taliaferro is stopped just before the 29 yard line (not kidding. He would have turned 29 on December 23) from a reported heart attack.