I updated the list. No Jimmy Carter. And hopefully no duplicates.
The list still only adds up to 180, which seems 20 short, unless my math skills are on PTO as well.
Quick review…seems like Hotkarl’s picks are not in the full list.
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You are correct. Hotkarl’s list was below my pivot table data. I fixed that, as well as the two people who died in 2024.
If you need tragedy picks for other pools, one that didn’t qualify here due to no wiki is Govind Sandhu, a 38 yo tik tok executive.
More candidates discovered today that might be helpful for you depending on your pool rules:
Luděk Mikloško
Georg Koch
Nigel Latta
I made my DDP entry just now. I decided to retire my theme team Nearly Dead Kennedys, as someone poaching my theme took the fun out of that one for me. I entered a new theme.
Just making it in time for … 2024.
Cue another alternate!
- Black Bart
- Noam Chomsky
- Jack Nicholson
- Esther Rantzen
- Dick Van Dyke
- Dakota Fanning
- Adam Driver
- Clarke Gregg
- Matthew Mondine
- Richard Wilson
- Pete Davidson
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Judith Chalmers
- Liza Minnelli
- John Woodvine
For my other pool, the contest starts 1/15. News of their death needs to be picked up on a list of major US news sources, and like here they can’t be famous just for being old or sick. I’m interested in opinions on who to rule in or out based on pool rules.
The list of news outlets for a Quallifying obit is:
Summary
People I think I am ruling out as possibly not getting a QO in US outlets, although possible on tmz or People:
Esther Rantzen
James Whale
Ian Smith
Eleonora Giorgi
Dai Henwood
Georg Koch
Nigel Latta
Linda Nolan
Theo Burrell
People I think will probably get a QO but might be a little risky:
Black Bart
Wade MacLeod
Luděk Mikloško
Kathy Brown
People I think I am ruling out as illness is likely deemed primary reason for fame:
Govind Sandhu
Isabel Veloso
Debating whether Eugenia Cooney belongs in this category
Agree or disagree with any of these categorizations?
We have first blood: Agnes Keleti
I didn’t have her here, but she was on my list of contenders. She may not get a QO in my other contest.
The question: it was announced today, but did she really die this year? Or, is it delayed a couple days and she died last year?
News says she died today.
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OK, I thought the original link just said the Hungarian Olympic Committee reported she had died but now I see that it says she died today.
It looks like my name is not corrected and Johnnie Walker is still on my list
Last exam done looking strong out of the gate!
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I’ll fix it now, sorry.
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Ágnes Keleti: DEAD!
Ms. Keleti was a Hungarian and Israeli artistic gymnast and coach who won multiple Olympic medals. By age 16, she was the Hungarian National Champion in gymnastics. She survived the Holocaust by buying the papers of a young Christian woman. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics, earning 6 medals. Over her career, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals, and is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She is the first pool hit of 2025 as she died on January 2 at age 103.
LastExamDone starts off the pool with a unique hit.
Standings:
| contestant | Normal Deaths | Tragic Deaths | Unique Deaths | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LastExamDone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Maphistos_Sidekick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekial_Cumberland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| frummie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PatientZombie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macroman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| traina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ArthurItas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted_Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hotkarl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keep watching those obits!
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My DDP entry is You’ve Got a Shiva in the Dark
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Mine is Stiff Competition.
New theme team with low expectations is Good Trouble.
My DDP entries are
Deadpool Surprise
(THEME) The Talking Dead
DS managed to get to a 54 rank one year.