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Actress Rhonda Fleming was a Big Deal in the 1940's and 50's, but now she's dead and Bob Lyhus ends his 4 year solo vigil as he picks up his fifth hit and moves up to 8th place.

Congratulations, Bob!

Roberta McCain has died at 108 and 5 players picked her, including Grady Harmon, who has a 6th hit for the second time in his career, and moves up to second place.

Shelley Brown's List 1 and Lindsey Roke each snag their fifth hit. Carol Ann Roke gets her fourth, and Kelly Keegan's List 3 gets his third.

Congratulations, all!

Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney

Baseball guy Whitey Ford has died at the age of 91, and 2 players picked him: Natalie Tyler's Sporting Chance List gets a second hit, while rookie Charles Lathrop's Over the Fence List makes the board for the first time.

Congrats, Natalie and Charles!

(sigh...) So apparently Eddie Van Halen saw that Bob Razem wasn't satisfied with only a 1 hit lead over the rest of us and gave him a seventh hit of the year. This is the first time that Bob has hit 7 hits.

Rookie Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List picks up his third hit of the game.

Congratulations, Bob & Tobin!

Blurb credit: Mike Spinney

MLB Hall of Famer Bob Gibson has died at the age of 84, and 5 lists picked up the hit, including Bob Razem, who extends his lead by being the first player this year to get 6 hits. This is the fourth time in his career that Bob has gotten 6 hits*.

Kelly Keegan got a 5th hit on 3 of his lists: Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List, List 2, and List 5, while Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List snags her 4th hit.

Congratulations, all!

*Looks like there's a problem with the player career page not reflecting the current year's stats. I'll look into it at some point.

Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heap drummer Lee Kerslake has died at 73, performing one last drum solo for Bob Razem as his 5th hit, giving Bob the lead.

Note that Kerslake died 5 days ago, and when I looked in the news to verify, there were only 2 other news reports. He's definitely borderline on the fame level, but still within the cut-off.

Congratulations, Bob!

NFL legend Gale Sayers has died at 77. Mike Roche's Sporting Guys List receives a solo on his 2nd hit of the game and moves up to 34th place.

Congratulations, Mike!

Blurb credit: Mike Roche

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed her final judgement, and 13 lists had her. Receiving a fourth hit of the year were 7 lists, with Bob Razem leading the pack at 3rd place. Kelly Keegan had 3 lists: Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List, List 5, and List 2. Shelley Brown's List 1, Bob Lyhus, and Myself round out the 4th-hitters.

Getting a third hit: Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List, Joe Biasi, and Aunti Di's List 2 .

Mike Roche's Politicos List gets a 2nd hit, as do Natalie Tyler's The C Files and My Heart Will NOT Go On lists.

Congrats, everyone!

Media mogul Sumner Redstone has died at 97, with 4 players tuning in, including our first 5-hits of the year as Grady Harmon extends his lead. Kevin Byrnes joins him in the 5-hit club, taking up the number 2 spot.

Bob Razem gets his third hit, and Joe Biasi picks up his second.

Congrats, all!

Here's something interesting: Wilford Brimley was only 50 when he starred in Cocoon 35 years ago, playing an 85 year old. He's died now at the age of 85. So obviously Cocoon was a documentary.

Mike Roche's Hollywood List picks up the solo with his second hit of the game, and moves up to 35th place.

Blurb credit: Bob Lyhus

I hope everybody's nice and comfortable, because this is a big one, folks! Olivia DeHaviland has died at 104, and she was on 22 lists. Before we get to that, let's take a look at the Celeb Stats page, where we see that Ms. DeHaviland was the last living celeb on the Most-Picked of all time list. Until today she was #1 on the Still Alive list, and she was on the top 10 most-picked list for 8 years. She was also responsible for breaking up our 19-list 3-hit-logjam.

13 players got their fourth hit, and these are now (obviously) the new Top 13:

1. Grady Harmon
2. Kelly Keegan's List 4
3. Aunti Di's List 1
4. Kevin Byrnes
5. Nathan Raupach
6. John Downey
7. Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List
8. Jimmy Casino
9. Paul Lineback
10. Carol Place
11. Toe Tag
12. Lindsey Roke
13. Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List

9 players got a third hit, and strangely, nobody got a first or second:

• Kelly Keegan's List 5
• Gene Kaufman
• Judith Place
• Shelley Brown's List 1
• Carol Ann Roke
• Brad Hope
• Bob Lyhus
• Michelle Downey
• Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List

Congratulations, all!

Blurb credit: ME!, but some honorable mentions:


Gone... (Mike Spinney)
Olivia Dead Havilland (Rich Place)

TV Host Regis Philbin has died at 86, with one person picking up the solo hit: Shelley Brown's List 3 gets her third hit, moving up to 4th place.

Congrats, Shelley!

Civil rights legend Congressman John Lewis has died at 80, and 17 lists picked up the hit: Kelly Keegan's Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List, Nathan Raupach, Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List and Paul Lineback all pick up their third hit, peacefully disrupting the Top 10.

Those getting a second hit: Bob Razem, Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List, Kelly Keegan's List 5 , Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List, Rob Dunmire, Gene Kaufman and Mike Spinney.

Snagging a first hit of the year: Mike Roche's Politicos List and Natalie Tyler's The C Files , Old Writers Never Die... , I`m Ready for my Close-Up, Mr. Reaper , What the `L? and My Heart Will NOT Go On Lists.

(Sorry for the delay - been busy with home projects!) British actor Earl Cameron died on July 4th at 102, and Aunti Di's List 2 picks up the solo with her second hit of the game, moving up to 26th place.

Congrats, Aunti Di!

News journalist Hugh Downs has died at 99. He was our 9th-most picked of the year, and #10 on the Still Alive list. 14 lists got the scoop, including 7 that now have a third hit of the year: Kelly Keegan's List 2 (which leads this group and moves up to 4th place), Jimmy Casino, Carol Place, Lindsey Roke, Brave Sir Robin, Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List and Sarah Wallace.

Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List, Judith Place, Shelley Brown's List 1, Brad Hope and Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List all grab their second hit

Christina O`Sullivan's Blame it on the Carcinoma! List and Natalie Tyler's Ohio and Goodbye-O List each pick up their first hit.

Congrats, everybody!

Blurb credit: Christina O`Sullivan

Actor and funny guy Carl Reiner has died at 98. He was in the top 10 most-picked for the last 3 years, and 13 players got the hit, including Aunti Di's List 1, which gets a third hit of the year and moves up to 3rd place. Also getting a third hit are Toe Tag and Shelley Brown's List 2, which move up to 6th and 7th place.

Sheila Place, Carol Place, Carol Ann Roke, Brave Sir Robin, Michelle Downey, Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List and Sarah Wallace each snag their second hit.

Neil Hall, Brad Hope and Mike Roche's Hollywood List all make the board with their first hit of the year.

Congratulations, all!

Here we are literally at the halfway point of the game already if you can believe that! This has been an extremely crazy year, and I thank you all for being there through all of this!

WWII actress & singer Vera Lynn has become the 3rd celebrity in 2020 to die at the age of 103. She was featured on 8 lists, including Kelly Keegan's List 4, which gets his 3rd hit of the year jumping up to 2nd place.

Natalie Tyler's Taps For Troubadours and Golden Oldies Lists, Lindsey Roke, Nathan Raupach, Toe Tag, Shelley Brown's List 2 and Paul Lineback each snag their 2nd hit of the year.

Congratulations, all!

Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has died at 84, and Kelly Keegan snags him on 4 lists: List 4, Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List and List 3 all pick up their second hit of the game; all 3 break into the top 3, with List 4 moving up to 4th place. Finally, Kelly's List 5 gets it's first hit of the year.

Congrats, Kelly!

One of our favorite TV dads, Jerry Stiller has died at 92, and 2 players grabbed their first hit of the year: Laura Welliver's Jerry Jerry Jerry List and Aunti Di's List 2.

SERENITY NOW, Laura and Aunti Di!

Blurb honorable mention:
Bob Lyhus - Not So Happy Festivus

Little Richard is dead at 87, and he'd found his way on to 4 lists, including Jimmy Casino, who picks up his 2nd hit of the year, and moves up to 7th place. Making the board for the first time this year: Rich Place and Taps For Troubadours and You Little Dickens, You! Lists.

Hands-down, my go-to Little Richard track is his cover of I feel pretty, if for no other reason than his SHUT UP! at the end.

Congratulations, all!

Blurb credit: Bob Lyhus

SHUT UP!

Former NFL coach Don Shula is one of those rare sports celebrities that even I recognized his name. He's died today at the age of 90, shutting down Natalie Tyler's Sporting Chance List's three year solo vigil with her first hit of the year. This list moves up to 14th place.

Congratulations, Natalie!

Former Bond girl Honor Blackman has died at 94, and 2 players pick up the hit: Shelley Brown's List 3 and Bob Lyhus each snag their second hit of the year and move up to 6th and 7th place.

Congrats, Shelley and Bob!

Country music superstar Kenny Rogers has died at 81, and rookie Tobin Lathrop's The Carsophagus Crew List makes quite the entrance with his first hit of the game, a big-name solo that had never been played before.

Congratulations, Tobin!

Blurb credit: Mike Spinney

Honorable mentions:
Knew when to Fold 'em (Mike Spinney and Rich Place)
No longer sitting at the table (Bob Lyhus)

NFL HOFer Henri Richard has died at 84, giving the assist to Mike Roche's Sporting Guys List, as Mike ends his 5 year solo vigil with his first hit of the game, moving in to 9th place.

Congratulations, Mike!

Blurb credit: Mike Roche

Former UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar has died at 100, giving Brave Sir Robin a solo with his first hit of the game. BSR moves up to 25th place.

Congratulations, Brave Sir Robin!

James Lipton has died at 93, giving a solo and a first hit to Shelley Brown's List 3. Shelley moves into 10th place

Congrats, Shelley!

Blurb credit: Aunti Di

Physicist Freeman Dyson has died at 96, giving John Downey a solo as he becomes the third player to get 3 hits this year. John moves up to third place

Congratulations, John!

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at 91, giving John Downey his second hit of the year, and Natalie Tyler's Politics Can Be Deadly! List her first. John and Natalie move up to 5th and 7th place.

Congratulations, John and Natalie!

Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney

Mobster John `Sonny` Franzese has died at 103, and 3 people got the hit: Grady Harmon and Kevin Byrnes become the first to get a third hit this year, as they move up to 1st and 2nd place.

Shelley Brown's List 2 scores her first of the year.

Congratulations, all!

Actor Robert Conrad has died at 84, ending Judith Place's 6 year solo vigil. Judith gets her first hit of the year and moves up to 7th place

Congratulations, Judith!

Blurb Credit: Mike Spinney

LISTEN UP, FOLKS! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

Our #1 most-picked celeb has died:
- Most picked of all time: 454 picks (35.1% of all picks)
- Most picked every year from 2016-2020
- On the top 10 most-picked every year since 2003

Yes... Spartacus himself, Kirk Douglas has died at the age of 103, and 27 (43.5%) of our players' lists get the hit:
Kelly Keegan's List 2, Aunti Di's List 1 and Kevin Byrnes each get their second hit and move up to 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

Getting their first hit of the year:
- John Downey
- Shelley Brown's List 1
- Sheila Place
- Lindsey Roke
- Mike Spinney
- Joe Biasi
- Bob Broadhurst
- Jimmy Casino
- Nancy Freebery
- Kelly Keegan's Kelly and Craig - Do It Again List
- Nathan Raupach
- Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List
- Michelle Downey
- Bob Lyhus
- Carol Place
- Carol Ann Roke
- Natalie Tyler's Most Likely to Succeed: Class of 2020 List
- Natalie Tyler's Golden Oldies List
- Rob Dunmire
- Toe Tag
- Kelly Keegan's List 3
- Gene Kaufman
- Paul Lineback
- Sarah Wallace

Congrats, all!

Blurb Credit: Rich Place

Convicted fraudster Bernie Ebbers has died at the age of 78. Grady Harmon picks up the solo and becomes the first player of 2020 to get a second hit

Congrats, Grady!

Blurb credit: Mike Spinney

Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones has died at 77, and 2 players picked him: Aunti Di's List 1 and Grady Harmon. They move up to 3rd and 5th place.

Congratulations, Aunti Di and Grady!