Dead Pool 26th July 2020

Let’s begin by congratulating Sarai for scoring on what had to be the dullest week of the year until yesterday! She correctly guessed that Regis Philbin would depart this year, so 62 points awarded! Apologies for the lack of interesting content this week, by Thursday I started listing people with silly names, like Dick Bond… Yeah… I know…  

Look Who You Could Have Had:

In Other News

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Chi Chi DeVayne has provided an update on his health after being hospitalised with suspected kidney failure. DeVayne – an American drag queen and reality star – said he is “better” but “drugged out” after undergoing a biopsy. Speaking to his fans on Instagram Live, DeVayne said: “I told them I need some of that shit they put me on so I can take it home.” DeVayne spent three hours on dialysis “to see if they can get his kidneys back functioning”. “It went by smooth – they injected me with some stuff before I went in and I didn’t feel a thing,” he said. DeVayne – whose real name is Zavion Davenport – rose to fame in the eighth season of RuPaul Drag Race, and also appeared on the third All Stars outing. He told his fans he is “ready to get back to doing what I love”, adding: ”I’m gonna fight to survive of course but I’ve been fighting too mentally, because this is a new experience for me. But I got it under control. I’m gonna be okay.” Upon being admitted to hospital, DeVayne had said: “I let it go too long without going to the doctor and these are the consequences. Take care of your body.”  

Australian actor Mel Gibson was admitted to hospital in April after contracting coronavirus, it has emerged. A representative for the 64-year-old Braveheart star confirmed that Gibson had been in private hospital care for at least one week. He has since tested negative for the virus several times. “He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital,” said Gibson’s rep, who also revealed that Gibson had been treated with the drug Remdesivir while in hospital. “He has tested negative numerous times since then as well as positive for the antibodies,” they continued. Gibson is the latest celebrity to have been reported as contracting the virus, which can be deadly. Gibson was at the centre of a controversy last month, when actor Winona Ryder alleged that Gibson referred to her as an “oven dodger”, in an anti-semitic reference to her Jewish heritage. A representative for Gibson denied the allegations, stating that they were “100 per cent untrue” and accused Ryder of continuously lying about the encounter.   

All Blacks great Andy Haden is battling a cancer relapse and is “gravely ill”. The former lock, who played 117 matches and 41 tests for the All Blacks between 1972 and 1985, is considered one of the greats of the game. He also captained the All Blacks on eight occasions. A spokesperson for the family told us: “Andy is gravely ill and the family would appreciate that their privacy is respected at this difficult time”. In 2003 Haden, now 69, confirmed he had chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and was undergoing treatment. Haden played a part in one the All Blacks’ most controversial wins in the 1978 test against Wales in Cardiff when he dived out of the line-out and gained a penalty for Brian McKechnie to kick the winning goal. After his rugby career he ran a celebrity management service, with clients including Kiwi supermodel Rachel Hunter.

On This Day

  • 1745 – The first recorded women’s cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.  
  • 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world’s first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.  
  • 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.  

Deaths

  • 1919 – Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
  • 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)  
  • 1984 – Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)  

A Sad Comic Strip About Death 

Last Week’s Birthdays

Kate Beckinsale (47), Jason Statham (53), Sandra Bullock (56), Helen Mirren (75), Kevin Spacey (61), Nana Visitor (63), Eve Myles (42), Mick Jagger (77), Matt LeBlanc  (53), Iman (64), Elisabeth Moss (38), Anna Paquin (38), Summer Glau (39), Jennifer Lopez (51), Lynda Carter (69), Danny Dyer (43), Daniel Radcliffe (31), Woody Harrelson (59), Charisma Carpenter (50), Ronny Cox (82), Slash (55), Willem Dafoe (65), Danny Glover (74), Rhys Ifans (53), Terence Stamp (82), Louise Fletcher (86), Alex Trebek (80), Paloma Faith (39), Ross Kemp (56), John Woodvine (91), Diana Rigg (82), John Francis Daley (35), and Gisele Bündchen (40).

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