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Oh no..... that sucks. I met him and had a right lovely conversation with the man about hockey, sports law, etc. A very nice and accommodating individual, little pretense whatsoever, given his stature. RIP SirC

You do realise that you will never hear the last of that now?

He's not. The list in that section isn't GRG verified...

"McCririck, 78, was the face of British horseracing for as long as anyone can remember." Cheers, that makes me feel ancient. I remember watching racing on TV for years before McCririck showed up. There used to be Julian Wilson on BBC, and ITV had John Rickman, a genial old boy who always wore a trilby hat, which he courteously used to raise when signing off at the end of the programme.

Here's a sentence whose meaning is entirely changed by a misplaced comma. "He is also suspected of murdering his first wife Kathleen McCormack Durst, who went missing in 1982 and is accused of murdering Susan, who was shot in the head in Beverly Hills, California, shortly before she was set to speak to investigators about Kathleen’s disappearance. "

79 today! Looks 85, but 79 nonetheless.

Plot twist to the whole metoo campaign: Kevin Spacey rapes Harvey Weinstein, and is suddenly seen as a hero and inspirational figure all around the world. They build statues of him, name streets after him, and an annual award called The Kevin Spacey KBE Anti-Predatory Behaviour Award is established.

Hey I WORKED for Thomas Keating!!! (A lawyer in Detroit area). SC

As we are told -- the alternative is worse. Or is it? Sorry to hear this is Wickens' future.

He’s in, just after jacques dessanges

Wait...... He's in Saint Vitus? And has Parkinson's? Lol. How very apt.

Some french possibilities : - Micheline presle - Jacques Delors - René de obaldia (i feel like it’s His time this year) - soulages (idem) - Claude Sarraute - Jacques dessanges - Uderzo - Laurent de Brunhoff - Michel Piccoli - Roland Dumas (definitely !!) - Jean Marie Le Pen (the rumor of his death and his hospitalisation maybe good hints) - Jean Louis Trintignant (has stopped chimiotherapy and is « ready to die » as he Said in july, my personal strongest bet for 2019, should be on the official list) - Philippe de Gaulle - zappy Max - Edgar Morin - Philippe Jacottet - Françoise gilot - Judith Magre - Michou - lucettes destouches, Robert marchand, renee simonot, Hubert de lapparent : HOW THE FUCK ARE THEY STILL ALIVE ?? - Édouard Balladur - Georges loinger ( not enough famous to be part of the list i guess but still acurate...) - Suzy Delair (is she the new Danielle Darieux or gisele casadesus ?) - Anouk Aimée - greco of course What do you think ??

I remember there was another "Duc" who used to piss me off... oh, wait, there still is.

Kudos for having the strapline a Pogues song. Blowing my own trumpet for the luckiest hit, Lindsay Kemp in the Silver Screen pool. Wasn't my first choice of film, so picked him once I'd got two others who won't make old bones. Hadn't heard of him in years, but 6/7 days later its gif

I'm just curious as to whether her conversion will miraculously cure her of her mental health issues or mental health issues can be the trigger in people becoming religious. Maybe.

Why should paddyfool 'consider fucking off from here'? Because you don't agree with him, perhaps? What a stock LFN response: predictable, abuse-laden bile. Have you considered being any less belligerent and bilious towards other people on here? No? Perhaps give that some consideration please. Don't bother replying to this, it'll only be another unnecessary stream of vitriol. Probably accusing me of being a snowflake or Z or a similarly obvious and nauseating response.

Nothing Compares to the Quran

Another of the last living Monuments Men, Harry L. Ettlinger, dead at 92. Not yet updated for Ettlinger's death, but the Monuments Men Foundation website helpfully notes the remaining survivors: Richard M. Barancik (b. 1924) Nicholas Defino (b. 1924) Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (b. 1927) Rouben Sami (b. 1921)

More subs: 1)Winnie Ewing 2)Hugh Downs 3)Rolf Harris 4)Wilford Brimley 5)Olivia Newton John 6)Shane MacGowan 7)Val Kilmer 8)Bruce Anstey 9)Michael Schumacher 10) Artie Lange 11)June Brown 12)June Spencer 13)Jean Kennedy Smith 14)Ethel Kennedy 15)Sidney Poitier 16)Harry Belafonte 17)Stuart Hall 18)Chris Denning 19)Malcolm Hebden 20)Jean Marie Le Pen

My provisional shadow 2019 list 1)Leah Bracknell 2)Herman Wouk 3)Kirk Douglas 4)Vera Lynn 5)George H W Bush 6)Olivia De Havilland 7) George Alagiah 8)Clive James 9)Bill Turnbull 10)Nobby Stiles 11)Javier Perez De Cuellar 12)Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 13)Tim Conway 14)Murray Walker 15)Robert Mugabe 16)Valerie Harper 17) Jill Gascoine 18) Jacques Chirac 19)Stan Lee 20) Betty White 21)Doris Day 22)Nicholas Parsons 23)John Paul Stevens 24)Sheila Mercier 25)Trevor Peacock 26)John Hume 27) Baroness Trumpington 28)Douglas Hurd 29)Bob Dole 30)Leslie Phillips 31)Glynis Johns 32)Barbara Windsor 33)Jimmy Carter 34)Henry Kissenger 35) Desmond Tutu 36) Gerd Muller 37)Martin Peters 38) Jimmy Greaves 39)Joni Mitchell 40)Paul Gascoigne 41)Kenny Sansom 42)Barbara Walters 43)Stirling Moss 44)Pope Benedict 45)Valery Giscard D'estaing 46)Jean Louis Trintignant 47)Billy Mcneill 48)June Whitfield 49)Daniella Westbrook 50) Terry Jones Sub:Billy Connolly

TBH even if he's a "mere" 100 that doesn't make his ability to rebound from hospital trips like nothing any less impressive.

He is being heavily played on Radio 2 over the past few weeks so I think there is new material. I just try to avoid listening to it.

??? Front page of BBC News website, at least two newspaper front pages as well unless Ant and Dec get killed by a reanimated stegosaurus wearing a bra on the same day.

Working this morning, but in front of fire with booze. Can't be hooped cooking. Working all day tomorrow too. Yet, all is good Present received of Will be getting worn at the weekend in the mixed pub for the fitba......