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For the second year in a row, we have some Christmas Day Deadpool action, and it's actually 1+ celebs. Now, the better-known person who died today was Eartha Kitt, but she hasn't been picked since 2005. But don't despair - we've still got more with the news that playwright Harold Pinter died yesterday at the age of 78. Two players picked Pinter - Natalie Tyler's Writing Oneself To Death List records her third hit, moving from 16th up to 8th place, and Charlie Daley gets his first hit of the year.

Congrats, Natalie and Charlie!

Mark Felt, Deep Throat himself, has died at 95, handing our game a mighty shake-up in the process. But no cover-up here - we have a new leader - Kelly Keegan's Repeat champ and Newsguy team up List gets his fourth hit of the year, sliding into first place, with News Guy Craig right behind him tied for second with The Ever Hopeful Democrat. They were in 4th and 5th place previously.

Kevin Byrnes gets his 3rd hit of the year, and Candy York's List 2 sees her second hit.

I'll be honest - I hope that we get another hit just to break up the tie for second place. Only 12 days left in the game - plenty of time, right? Especially since we've had 3 hits in the last week alone.

Anyway - Congrats, all!

NFL Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh is dead at 94. Bob Broadhurst picks up his third hit of the game and his first career solo as he moves up from 10th to 6th place.

Congrats, Bob!

P.S. Everybody getting their list ready for next year?

Proving that there's still some life left in this year's oh-so-slow game, 40's heartthrob Van Johnson has died at the age of 92, giving Michelle Stoken her first solo and second hit of the game. Michelle moves from 40th up to 19th place.

Congrats, Michelle!

Our 7th-longest Dry Spell has finally broke with the news of the death of Studs Terkel at the age of 96. Four players picked him, including Mike Spinney who is our second player to get 4 hits, and moves up to second place from fifth.

Natalie Tyler's Writing Oneself To Death List and Terry Csipkes's CSip's Second List each see their second hit of the game, while Mike Roche makes the board for the first time this year.

Congrats, all!

Exiled Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is dead at 89, and 3 comrades picked him: John Downey and Bob Lyhus get their second hit, and move up to 14th and 15th place. (John has included Solzhenitsyn on his last 6 lists!)

Natalie Tyler's Writing Oneself To Death List sees it's first hit of the game.

Congrats, all!

Golden Girl Estelle Getty is dead at 84, and 5 players picked her: 2002 KDP Champ Mike Spinney gets his third hit of the year, moving from 11th to 5th place.

Kristen Peters marks her second hit, while Sarah Jane Wallace, Rich Holland's Dust In The Wind List and rookie Christine Valentine all get their first hit of the year.

Congrats, all!

Baseball Hall of Famer All-Star player and announcer Bobby Murcer is dead at 62, and two players picked him. This is only the second time that we've gotten three hits in one day.
2004 Champ Bob Razem becomes only the second player in the history of the KDP to get 2 hits on the same day. Considering that he was scoreless as of yesterday - he's definitely having a good day as he slides into 5th place. Also getting his second hit of the year is Kevin Byrnes.

Congratulations, Bob and Kevin!

Hey Kids! Woke up this morning to the news of 2 folks who decided this would be a good day to exit, stage left. A combined KDP update is a pretty rare thing around here, so let's see how it goes.

First up, former Bush mouthpiece Tony Snow ran out of sound bites, and 7 players had something to say about it: The Ever Hopeful Democrat becomes the first player this year to score 4 hits, further securing their lead.
Former champ Kelly Keegan's The 3 Peat List, Mike Roche's List 4 and Bob Broadhurst all see their second hit of the game.
2004 KDP winner Bob Razem, 2005 KDP champ Joe Biasi and Jill Manczka get their first this year.

Next, Dr. Michael De Bakey will be making no new hearts as 3 people picked him: Brave Sir Robin gets his second hit of the year, while Natalie Tyler's Old Friends List and rookie Judith Place make the board for the first time.

Congrats, all!

Senator Jesse Helms is dead at 86, and 2 players picked him - The Ever Hopeful Democrat gets their third hit and moves from 8th up to 4th place.

Kevin Byrnes makes the board with his first hit.

Congratulations, all!

Sportscaster Jim McKay is dead and only one player scored gold - Mike Roche's List 2 makes it to the board for the first time. McKay's solo lifts Mike to 24th place.

This is, of course, our 5th hit in less than 2 weeks!

Congratulations, Mike!

Blurb credit: Bob Lyhus

Our 4th hit in a week! Bo Diddley is dead at 79, and 3 players are definitely NOT singing the blues - Cathryn Innacola gets her third hit of the game and moves back into the lead.

James the Giant Peach and Andrew Gonzalez each make it to the board for the first time this year.

Congrats, all!

Blurb credit: Kelly Keegan

Fashion designer Yves St. Laurent is dead at 71, and 2 players were fashionable enough to become this year's first to get 3 hits. Kelly Keegan's Repeat champ and Newsguy team up List and News Guy Craig take the top 2 spots on the leaderboard.

Wow, this slow year has had 3 hits in less than a week!

Congratulations, Kelly and Craig!

Looks like this game might finally be moving with our second hit in 3 days. Harvey Korman is dead at 81, giving Katy Conlin's List 2 a solo and her second hit of the game as she moves from 21st up to 7th place. Katy is the 8th player to get two hits.

Congrats, Katy!

Director and actor Sydney Pollack has died at the age of 73, and 3 players picked him: Cathryn Innacola and Toe Tag get their second hits, and take over the Top 2 spots, while Brad Hope makes the board for the first time this year, moving up to 13th. Interestingly, Pollack was the #1 pick for all 3 players.

Congrats, all!

As usual - I go on vacation, and people die! While we were away, Winemaker Robert Mondavi died on May 16th at 94, and Rich's dog Clint Place's 3 year vigil has finally paid off with his first hit of the game, bringing him up to 21st place.

Good Doggy, Clint!

Country music superstar Eddy Arnold (that's how the headline I saw described him) is dead at 89, and my 10 y/o daughter Madison Kaufman gets her 4th career hit and 3rd career solo. This is her first hit in 772 days, and she moves up to 21st place. Which means, of course, that her randomly-generated list is doing better than 53 of you!

The inventor of LSD, Dr. Albert Hofmann, is dead at 102, and 3 players picked him: Bob Broadhurst, The DJ Assassin and Rich Holland's Legion of Doom List.

All three scored their first hit of the game.

Congrats, all!

Blurb credit: Kelly Keegan

Charlton Heston throws down his staff and parts the Dead* Sea that is the state of the current game with the news of his death at 84. 12 players picked him: Kelly Keegan's Repeat champ and Newsguy team up List, Mike Spinney, Grady Harmon and News Guy Craig all get their second hit and move up to the top 4 spots respectively.

Crossing over to the land of milk and dead celebrities with their first hit: Rich Place, Bill Hillegas, Terry Csipkes's CSip's Second List, John Downey, Jeremy Valentine, Natalie Tyler's Politicians and Proseletyzers List, Bob Lyhus and Katy Conlin's List 2 List.

In addition, rookie Jeremy Valentine sees his first hit of the game.

Congrats, all!

*Yes, I'm aware that Moses parted the Red Sea, but the joke isn't as funny like that.

Blurb credit: Kelly Keegan

Bad-ass actor Richard Widmark is dead at 93, and three players got their first hit of the game. Kristen Peters, Sandy Downey and rookie Michelle Stoken move into 13th, 14th, and 16th place, respectively.

Congrats, all!

The Ever Hopeful Democrat scores their second hit of the game with the news of William F. Buckley Jr.'s death. EHD moves into the lead as we're ALL Ever Hoping this game starts to move along.

Jaws actor Roy Scheider is dead at 75, giving us our first solo of the year as News Guy Craig makes the board, coming in at 11th place.

Congrats, Craig!

Former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz is dead at 98 and 2 players get their first pick of the game: Brave Sir Robin and The Ever Hopeful Democrat, who are now tied for 11th place.

Congrats!

We have our first hit of 2008 - Suzanne Pleshette is dead at 70, and 10 players scored a First Blood hit:
Cyn Hechinger and 2006/2007 KDP Champ Kelly Keegan's The 3 Peat List are tied for first place.
Mike Roche and 2001/2002 KDP Champ Mike Spinney, Candy York's List 2 List, Bonnie Dell, Cathryn Innacola (who holds the record for First Blood hits with this, her 5th), Kelly Keegan's Repeat champ and Newsguy team up List, Toe Tag and Grady Harmon also got their first hit of the game.

Congrats, all!

So 2007 is in the books, and we're off on to the next one already. The website has been updated. We have 74 entries this year - 3 more than 2007. Thanks to everyone for getting the word out and making this game better year after year.

I encourage everyone to check out the site and please confirm that I have entered your lists correctly. Also - if you don't see your list, please let me know ASAP.

One last thing - please send in your entry fees before you forget. Thank you to everyone who has already paid their entry fees.

Good luck to everyone!

The 2007 KDP is over and Kelly Keegan wins for a second year in a row. Kelly wins 75% of the $680 collected, for a total of $510.

News Guy Craig finishes in second place, which earns him a 15% stake, or $102, and Cathryn Innacola rounds out the top 3, winning 10% ($68).

Congratulations, Kelly, Craig and Cathryn!

I'm still getting the website re-tooled for 2008 - hopefully be ready by Tuesday afternoon (I've got to get some sleep now).

Thank you to everyone who played in 2007, and here's to hoping that 2008 is just as fun!