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German former professional footballer and world cup winner Bernd Hölzenbein, who played as a striker, died at 78 years: https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/tot-mit-78-eintracht-frankfurt-trauert-um-weltmeister-hoelzenbein-87900948.bild.html At international level, he was a member of the Team that won the World Cup 1974.

No, nobody knows. It’s uncartered territory.

Werner Spitz, a forensic pathologist who testified at OJ’s trial, has died aged 97. He had also worked on the investigations of the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King.

It would be fun to meet @diego and @chilean way! And the North Americans too! Maybe next time!

16/Apr/2024 61 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 36 Adele — Chasing Pavements +1 34 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +3 29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 09 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -1 09 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life -1 05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 00 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova -4

Emperor Otho died on this day 1955 years ago, aged 36. - Otho's full name was Marcus Salvius Otho. Before he became emperor, he was appointed the governor of Lusitania (Portugal and western Spain) in 58 by emperor Nero- after Nero forced him to divorce his wife Poppaea so that he could marry her himself. - Otho did not forgive Nero for separating him from his wife, and would ally himself with Galba in his rebellion against Nero in 68. Galba would soon become emperor, and Otho accompanied him on the way to Rome. - Galba was hated by the Praetorian Guard, and they killed him in January of 69- and then proclaimed Otho as emperor. However, Otho's reign was entirely defined by fighting a rebellion led by Vitellius, and he committed suicide after a three-month reign in order to prevent a civil war; his forces had suffered a defeat in battle immediately beforehand. Vitellius became his successor. - Otho was the second emperor in the Year of Four Emperors (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian). - In life, Otho was known for his lavishness and narcissism. He was known to gaze at himself in a mirror before entering battle, and would plaster dough on his face to make himself look more handsome.

16/04/24 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 32 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +2 31 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 10 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand 00 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -6

Wait. So he is out and about carrying a Times? Of course he is, he is a Times traveller! (Coat donned...).

Plot twist: mymango was Jimmy Carter trolling us the entire time

will post the thread for 24/25 in a few days

discharged from hospital It was initially feared that he had broken his neck in the collision

Are you having a DL convention with Diego?

Greetings from Buenos Aires! 15.04. 2024 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 48 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror +4 30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 09 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 06 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -3 06 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -2 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -1

But we're voting on the music, not the artist. Piece Of Me is a good catchy song, and definitely shouldn't be going out ahead of some of the others in this list. That said, it's not good enough for me to be upvoting it 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 44 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +2 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2 29 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 09 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 09 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 08 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -6 07 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand

16/4/24 06:37 hrs 63 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +2 36 Adele — Chasing Pavements 36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror +2 31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 09 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 3 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -6

Bobby Vinton is 89... ...and Akon is 51.

Also the property developer in Still Game. That's what I know him from (along with Trainspotting).

Tue 16 Apr 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 42 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind -6 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me +4 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 06 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 06 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand Prolonging the inevitable but never mind eh

Longtime sports broadcaster John Sterling is retiring this week due to “health concerns” https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/sports/yankees-john-sterling-expected-to-retire-this-week-due-to-health-concerns/

Josip Manolic hit six for me.

German A-list actor Til Schweiger (International audiences may have seen him in Inglorious Basterds) suffers from sepsis and is hospitalised: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/til-schweiger-leidet-offenbar-an-sepsis-a-392f145a-bc47-48de-990e-a03da4a45b95 He has an open leg wound since last August.

Even rarer is the group that came before this - a concept where the Mouseketeers were in a band. Pilot was shot but Walt couldn't get it picked up. I only know of 1 person, since passed, who was involved. No idea how many were involved or who was beyond that one person. I'd expect the Mouseketeers to get qualifying obits though. Too famous in US culture not to get something from the AP or Reuters, or maybe the BBC. (Ironically, to run this around to the topic of this thread more directly, he told me a hilarious story about him trying to woohoo Annette in 1962 or so during the filming of a Wonderful World of Disney episode they appeared in together. To to that all off, apparently Annette lived next to another friend of mine, a lawyer out of Southern California, in the years before she died.)

Luis Echeverria please!

He's had an action filled life, that one.

Hyun Soong-jong please.