“Brubeck was one day short of his 92nd birthday.” Under English common law you turn a year older the day before your birthday, so he was officially 92 years old. Sorry to try to steal one more point from garygnu, but has this question of the official determination of age been addressed?
We’re not in England.
That whole bit was in the List of Grievances in our (US) Declaration of Independence. One of the primary reasons for the revolutionary war.
As DeathMistress I’m going to give out the full nine points.
And a heads up, check the 2013 for a special announcement/question!
You always do the ri…wait a minute, is he higher than twelve? No. the right thing, Death Mistress! 
And garygnu leaps from being tied for 123rd place to being tied for 106th place.
Time to re-do your score card post?
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And then have someone else kick it after that?
The headline on this obituary agrees with your decision. However, had I made the pick, I would honor Brubeck’s most famous number and only “Take Five”!
Meanwhile, David Oliver Relin committed suicide at the age of 49. The book Three Cups of Tea, which Relin cowrote, came into controversy last year when much of the text was attacked as fabrication.
It hasn’t changed enough for me to post it again so soon.
Question: If I picked Bessie Cooper, would I have lost 16 points?
No, you wouldn’t have lost points. All she would have done for you though is to count towards the “Quantity, Not Quality” award.
My grandmother wasn’t quite up there with Bessie, but she just passed away a month short of her 108th birthday.
And speaking of centenarians - Dame Elizabeth Murdoch - mother of Rupert, gardening enthusiast, and charity and community icon in the state of Victoria has departed this mortal coil aged 103.
He’s 81. Do you suppose he’ll live another 20 years? :eek: 
Oh no! Dame Elisabeth was a real class act. Ok, she unleashed Rupert on the world, but she worked tirelessly for charity to make up for it. 103 is a damn good innings but I’m still sorry to see her go.
Another centenarian, Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has died.
Marmalarde … dead!
Damn. His hot dogs were so good.
Well played…
The architect had a first name –
O S C A R
He also had a second name –
N I E M E Y E R
Oh, I’m announcing his death today
And if you ask me why I’ll say,
“'Cause Oscar Niemeyer had a way
With B R A S I L I A!”
throws rotten tomatoes