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RQ 241: So long 2016
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Gareth Owen
Jan 2, 2017, 3:00:06 AM1/2/17
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Sorry about the delay - I wanted to see what Dec 31 had in store for us.
Rightly or wrongly, 2016 got the reputation as a year in which we lost
an inordinate number of beloved people. Please identify these people
from semi-cryptic clues,listed chronologically by date of death.
1. Father of film director Duncan Jones [Jan 10]
2. *SPOILER* Fancr xvyyf Qhzoyrqber [Jan 14]
3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24]
4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26]
5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16]
6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19]
7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6]
8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8]
9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22]
10. "No flipping" [Mar 24]
11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6]
12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21]
13. The Greatest [Jun 3]
14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6]
15. Only actually recorded a goal, an assist and a fight twice [Jun 10]
16. Sang for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and others [Jul 24]
17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco Kid [Aug 29]
18. Iced tea and lemonade [Sep 25]
19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28]
20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7]
21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25]
22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18]
23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25]
24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27]
25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28]
Happy New Year!
Rightly or wrongly, 2016 got the reputation as a year in which we lost
an inordinate number of beloved people. Please identify these people
from semi-cryptic clues,listed chronologically by date of death.
1. Father of film director Duncan Jones [Jan 10]
2. *SPOILER* Fancr xvyyf Qhzoyrqber [Jan 14]
3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24]
4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26]
5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16]
6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19]
7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6]
8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8]
9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22]
10. "No flipping" [Mar 24]
11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6]
12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21]
13. The Greatest [Jun 3]
14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6]
15. Only actually recorded a goal, an assist and a fight twice [Jun 10]
16. Sang for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and others [Jul 24]
17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco Kid [Aug 29]
18. Iced tea and lemonade [Sep 25]
19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28]
20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7]
21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25]
22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18]
23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25]
24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27]
25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28]
Happy New Year!
Gareth Owen
Jan 2, 2017, 3:00:47 AM1/2/17
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