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Week 19 update

One death this week, the actor and comedian Jerry Stiller: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52616060

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Comedian Jerry Stiller, best known for his recurring role as George Costanza's father on TV's Seinfeld, has died aged 92, his actor son Ben has confirmed.

"I'm sad to say that my father passed away from natural causes," Ben wrote on Twitter, calling him "a great dad and grandfather" and "dedicated husband".

Jason Alexander, who played George on Seinfeld, called him "a great actor, a great man [and] a lovely friend".

Stiller spent many years in a comic duo with wife Anne Meara, who died in 2015.

His other roles included Arthur Spooner in TV sitcom The King of Queens.

Stiller appeared with son Ben in several film comedies, among them Zoolander, Zoolander 2 and The Heartbreak Kid.

He also had roles in both the original 1988 film of Hairspray and the musical adaptation that followed in 2007.

For many, though, he will be best remembered as Alexander's on-screen father in Seinfeld, a role he played for six years.

His role as the volatile and cantankerous Frank Costanza saw him nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1997.

I tried watching Seinfeld (the whole thing's currently on All4) recently and thought it was terrible, so I'm not well placed to judge. 

What I can say is, from seeing pictures of him when he was younger, he must have been born looking about 30 years old. In reality he was 92 when he died, so he's worth 33 Base Points. He was a Deadly Duo pick for @19QOS19 and @dundeefc1783, so it's 58 points total. As a result, the standings now look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 306
2. pub car king 205
3. Melanius Mullarkey 193
4. chomp my root 183
5. ToBeSomeone 174

6. JustOneCornetto 173
7. thistledo 158
8. sureiknow 141
9. weejack 140
10. Ned Nederlander 127

11. alta-pete, sparky88 124
13. statts1976uk 123
14. lichtgilphead 119
15. Ben Twilly, ICTJohnboy 107
17. Aim Here 106
18. paulathame 104
19. dee_62 99

20. Musketeer Gripweed 96
21. Hamish's Passenger 94
22. cdisaaccie, psv_killie 86
24. Arch Stanton, Mark Connolly 85
26. Fuctifano, The_Craig 83
28. weirdcal 82
29. sleazy, peasy23 77
31. Arabdownunder 64

32. 101, Savage Henry, Bobby Skidmarks 63
35 19QOS19, dundeefc1783 58

37. choirbairn 51
38. Speroni*1, mathematics, Speckled Tangerine 48
41. CountyFan, doulikefish 44
43. Indale WInton, Lofarl, The DA, The Naitch 42
47. lolls 35
48. Bold Rover, D.V.T. 34
50. Cardinal Richelieu 33

51. 50/50 Winner, Blootoon87, cambozpar, HI HAT, LondonHMFC, LoonsYouthTeam, Meden89, microdave, Scotty Tunbridge, Sergeant Wilson, shuggz 22
62. Everyone else 0 

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V64rLXKhrmZf-6K4D3RyN3cR5Z_i2rh-ztODUB_dQyI/edit?usp=sharing

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Vincent Malone, ex Bishop of Liverpool has kop-ped it (see what I did there) from Covid-19 

As has former Labour MP Bill Olney. His Wikipedia entry mentions that one of the most frequent topics he asked Commons questions on was funerals.. 

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1 hour ago, chomp my root said:

https://www.aol.co.uk/entertainment/2020/05/19/twilight-actor-gregory-tyree-boyce-dies-at-the-age-of-30/

Not exacty being in the Twilight target audience I don't know the boy but maybe worth checking this one really is deid and not sleeping.

There may be points at stake....

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