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  2. Tower1

    The 100 Club

    Yes, and 1914 still has 7 living people. Incredible.
  3. I've thought for a long time that the whole idea of privatising something as essential to life as water could only have dreamt up by someone who really hated the human race. It's like a grotesque mockery of free market capitalism with all of the drawbacks and none of the benefits. Whatever your opinions on the privatisation of gas/electricity, at least you can change suppliers if you're not happy with the service you're provided with. If you're not happy with your water supplier, then where can you go? Why even have privatisation without some kind of free market element?
  4. Ulitzer95

    Renowned Mountaineers, Feeling Peaky?

    And now gets a Times obit. Died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
  5. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Yeah I still think it's her. Just appeasing the masses
  6. Master Obit

    Widow(er) Shopping

    It definitely could be her - Shirley E Allder registered in Q1/1936, and the Shirley Eileen Reid who died in 2019 was born 10/03/1936.
  7. Octopus of Odstock

    Time Added

    Gordon Cowans has taken a detoriation (from X); Gordon Cowans is in a nursing home as his dementia takes a stronger hold. Goodness Sid you deserve much better for all that skill you gave us on the pitch and the laughs off the pitch.You maybe not able to remember much but we will remember always. God bless Sid
  8. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Hmmmmmmmm.... allllright you've convinced me. I'll edit the post slightly from likely dead to possibly dead.
  9. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Yeah, I found the plot on FindAGrave. I searched for her on there, and you're correct in saying she isn't on there. Though I'm not sure when that was last updated. Her death was more "recent". I'm still convinced it's her, I just can't work out why she died in Devon.
  10. Master Obit

    Widow(er) Shopping

    I stand corrected - my own fault for not being more thorough - I'd failed to account for the original change. Apologies.
  11. Spade_Cooley

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Right, this might help: here's one of those YouTube guys who wander around cemeteries and read out Wikipedia entries of famous people. Last year he went around Mike Reid's resting place: And if we take a screengrab of the money shot: Someone has left a "My Husband" memento on the stone. So unless Reid's ghost has an erotomania enthusiast, I think we can say Shirl's alive.
  12. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    I would dispute that. Birth record here. Born as Shirley E. Allder in 1936, then became Shirley E. Collins, then finally Shirley E. Reid. No?
  13. Spade_Cooley

    Widow(er) Shopping

    IMDB has helpfully confused her with the folk singer of the same name (unless someone decided to interview Mike Reid's widow in between David "Ram Jam" Rodigan and Goldie). Anyway, Reid, his son and his granddaughter (who both pre-deceased him) are all buried close together at St Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Essex, so there's presumably a family plot? The cemetery is still interring bodies, but FIndAGrave (not a perfect resource obv) doesn't mention anyone called Collins or with the first name Shirley buried there in the past decade.
  14. Master Obit

    Widow(er) Shopping

    @Ulitzer95 I think Shirley Collins was 1937 instead of 1936. Ancestry seems to suggest 1937.
  15. Master Obit

    Widow(er) Shopping

    It could be worse. A male friend of mine failed to notice that his phone had autocorrected "thank" to "wank" and consequently sent me a message that he had "a lot to wank me for" He's never actually made good on it, even though I have attempted to redeem it numerous times.
  16. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Changed to Freda. The annoying thing about doing these lists is they're time consuming as it is, so I type them out quickly.
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  18. Master Obit

    Widow(er) Shopping

    I never knew Norman Wisdom was that way inclined
  19. Ulitzer95

    The 100 Club

    I'm guessing this means that James Clayton Flowers is the last individual of note born in 1915?
  20. Ulitzer95

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Some popular deceased British comedians and their spouses: Barry Cryer OBE 1935–2022 Theresa Donovan b. 1932 <--- definitely still with us, unveiled a memorial to him lately Bernard Manning 1930–2007 Veronica Finneran 1929–1986 Bob Monkhouse OBE 1928–2003 Elizabeth Thompson b. c. 1927 <--- covered by the media in 2001 when their son died, I think there's a good chance she's still alive Jacqueline Harding 1935–2008 Charlie Williams MBE 1927–2006 Audrey Crump ? Janice Greener ? <--- I think I've found her in the residency records still living in Yorkshire but not sure Dudley Moore CBE 1935–2002 Suzy Kendall b. 1937 Tuesday Weld b. 1943 Brogan Lane b. 1955 Nicole Rothschild b. 1964 Eric Morecambe OBE 1926–1984 Joan Bartlett 1927–2024 Ernie Wise OBE 1925–1999 Doreen Blythe 1930–2018 Sir Harry Secombe CBE 1921–2001 Myra Atherton 1924–2017 Jim Bowen 1937–2018 Phyllis Owen b. c. 1937 Sir Ken Dodd OBE 1927–2018 Anne Jones b. 1942 Les Dawson 1931–1993 Margaret Plant 1937–1986 Tracey Roper b. 1951 Michael Bentine CBE 1922–1996 Marie Barradell 1919–2010 Clementina McCall 1927–2020 Mike Reid 1940–2007 Shirley Collins 1936–2019(?) <--- There is a Shirley E. Reid b. 1936, d. 2019 in Devon that COULD be her, though they don't seem to have a Devon connection. She looked frail at his funeral in 2007. Norman Wisdom 1915–2010 Doreen Brett 1923–2017 Freda Simpson 1928–1992 Peter Cook 1937–1995 Wendy Snowden b. c. 1939 Judy Huxtable b. 1942 Chiew Lin Chong 1945–2016 Peter Sellers 1925–1980 Anne Howe 1930–1982 Britt Ekland b. 1942 Miranda Quarry 1947–2020 Lynne Frederick 1954–1994 Ronnie Barker OBE 1929–2005 Joy Tubb 1932–2011 Ronnie Corbett CBE 1930–2016 Anne Hart 1933–2023 Sid James 1913–1976 Berthe Delmont 1911–1976 Meg Sergei 1913–1977 Valerie Assan 1928–2022 Spike Milligan KBE 1918–2002 June Marlow (aka June Marchini) 1929–2018 Patricia Ridgeway 1934–1978 Shelagh Sinclair 1944–2011 Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE 1940–2020 Christine Wheadon b. 1940 Tommy Cooper 1921–1984 Gwen Henty 1920–2002 Tony Hancock 1924–1968 Cicely Romanis 1930–1969 Freddie Ross MBE 1930–2022 Happy to add more names if anyone has any suggestions or wants me to look through records, but only deceased comedians and lets cap it at born 1940 or before
  21. TQR

    Inverse Dead Pool 2024

    Outstanding stats there @machotrouts, great work!
  22. Octopus of Odstock

    Widow(er) Shopping

    Is the question, who is the person who had the most famous partner, or is it who is the most famous widow/widower? If the latter: Jeffrey Durham David Sherlock Judy Loe If the former: The widows of Sean Lock and Rik Mayall would likely live for a while yet
  23. BuffaloPhil

    Inverse Dead Pool 2024

    Yep, I've fucked it already
  24. dimreaper

    Political Frailty

    He lost his Joementum.
  25. 28th March 24 Kate Nash — Foundations 23 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +1 23 Cascada — Everytime We Touch 23 Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone — Ridin’ 23 The Killers — When You Were Young 23 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 22 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 22 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 22 Rihanna — SOS 22 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California 22 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 21 Embrace — Nature’s Law +1 21 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me +1 21 Infernal — From Paris To Berlin 21 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 21 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 21 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 21 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand — Let Me Think About It 21 Bodyrox ft. Luciana — Yeah Yeah 21 T2 ft. Jodie Aysha — Heartbroken 20 LL Cool J ft. Jennifer Lopez — Control Myself 20 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 20 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 20 Justin Timberlake — My Love 20 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 20 Just Jack — Starz In Their Eyes 20 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 20 Mutya Buena — Real Girl 20 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland — Ayo Technology 20 Shayne Ward — No U Hang Up / If That’s OK With You 20 Take That — Rule The World 19 Rihanna — Unfaithful +1 18 Chris Brown ft. Juelz Santana — Run It 16 Eric Prydz ft. Floyd — Proper Education -6 14 Fergie — Big Girls Don’t Cry 12 The Pussycat Dolls ft. Will.I.Am — Beep  12 Shayne Ward — No Promises
  26. drol

    Mahathir Mohamad

    Being investigated for corruption. Hospitalised in 3,2,1...
  27. 28/3/24 24 Kate Nash — Foundations 23 Cascada — Everytime We Touch +2 23 Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone — Ridin’ +2 23 The Killers — When You We’re Young 23 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 22 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough  22 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 22 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 22 Eric Prydz ft. Floyd — Proper Education 22 Rihanna — SOS 22 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California 22 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 21 Infernal — From Paris To Berlin 21 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 21 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 21 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 21 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand — Let Me Think About It 21 Bodyrox ft. Luciana — Yeah Yeah 21 T2 ft. Jodie Aysha — Heartbroken 20 Embrace — Nature’s Law  20 LL Cool J ft. Jennifer Lopez — Control Myself 20 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 20 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 20 Justin Timberlake — My Love 20 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 20 Just Jack — Starz In Their Eyes 20 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 20 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 20 Mutya Buena — Real Girl 20 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland — Ayo Technology 20 Shayne Ward — No U Hang Up / If That’s OK With You 20 Take That — Rule The World 18 Rihanna — Unfaithful 18 Chris Brown ft. Juelz Santana — Run It 14 Fergie — Big Girls Don’t Cry 12 The Pussycat Dolls ft. Will.I.Am — Beep  12 Shayne Ward — No Promises -6
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