The entrant put Mark Pilgrim (Presenter). I removed this pick and put in the first tragedy alternate, Keith Ape. Thanks for catching these!
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Due to Pele’s passing, the following celebrities are on the list:
Bruce Willis
Geneviève Callerot
Jeremy Paxman
Burned my second alternate. Just missed on a unique pick
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Barbara Walters, two people need their Alts
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oh, I’m one of them
that’s 2 alts for me. last year i think i had 3
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I updated the lists to remove Barbara Walters and Don West. Elton John, Fauja Singh and Ed Hearn are now among the celebrities. Bad luck to them!
Also, mad props to the group here. You helped me go back to back in a pool with 78 and 73 entries for 2021 and 2022, respectively. The lists here helped me generate my entries for both years, and I can confidently say that I wouldn’t haven’t been able to do so without the lists this group makes.
My other dead pool does a late start, with a 1/15 submission due date. Last year this dead pool did help me a lot, as I added a couple of good candidates I didn’t find in my own research that both wound up dying. I did win that pool by a pretty wide margin.
I think I’m better at researching this now, because I already have all of the popular selections on my longer list. There are some unfamiliar names picked by 1 or 2 people that I need to research before I make my other submission.
Died 12/31… more alternates!
RIP though
First blood!
I made a themed entry Laugh-in to the Grave (people associated with Rowan and MartIn’s Laugh-in tv show) and my usual entry There’s a Shiva in the Park.
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Gianluca Vialli
BBC News - Gianluca Vialli: Former Chelsea, Juventus and Italy striker dies aged 58
5 plus years after pancreatic cancer diagnosis, that’s a good run. Might have dashed someone’s entries in years past.
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Art McNally: DEAD!
Mr. McNally was an American football executive who was director of officiating for the NFL] from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming director of officiating, McNally served as a field judge and referee in the NFL for nine years from 1959 to 1967. During a 22-year span, he officiated over 3,000 football, baseball, and basketball games, which included one year in the NBA. In 2022, McNally became the first NFL game official to be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He died January 1 at age 97.
@ArthurItas officially gets the first hit in the pool with a unique hit.
| contestant | Normal Deaths | Tragic Deaths | Unique Deaths | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArthurItas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| soyleche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maphisto’s_Sidekick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| frummie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PatientZombie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| traina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macroman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| twig93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hotkarl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gianluca Vialli: DEAD!
Mr. Vialli was an Italian soccer player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli played for clubs Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus and Chelsea in a career that started in 1980 and ended in 1999. After his playing career, he managed Chelsea and Watford. Vialli’s international career included 59 appearances for Italy, scoring 16 goals. He died January 6 at age 58.
@ArthurItas extends the lead, followed by @Macroman, @PatientZombie, @traina and @Maphistos_Sidekick
Standings:
| contestant | Normal Deaths | Tragic Deaths | Unique Deaths | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArthurItas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Macroman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| PatientZombie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| traina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Maphistos_Sidekick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| soyleche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| frummie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| twig93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| hotkarl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Geez, January 8 and I’m already tied for 6th / last place. 
One of the folks that didn’t make my final cut but was on my longer list passed:
RIP