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FFS, what'd you take me for, someone who goes round telling little kids the truth about Santa?

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Peter Alliss, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (6/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson, Sean Connery (2/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50)  2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai, Diego Maradona, Olivia de Havilland (3/50) 2006: Vera Lynn, Abdelaziz Bouteflika (2/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (4/50)  2008: Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (4/50)  2009: Pierre Cardin (1/50)  2010: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Frank Bough, Angela Lansbury (4/50)  2011: Olivia de Havilland, John Edrich, Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Pierre Cardin, Vera Lynn, Michael Douglas (8/50) 2012: Olivia de Havilland, Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, James Randi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (6 /50) 2013: Prince Philip, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (5/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Lynn, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (8/50)  2015: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn (7/50) 2016: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Phillip, James Randi, Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Vera Lynn, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Murray Walker, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (16/50)  2017: Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Jill Gascoine, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (17/50)  2018: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jill Gascoine, Vera Lynn, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Sean Connery, Louis Farrakhan, Ian St. John, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (26/50) 2019: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jerry Stiller, Bob Barker, Murray Walker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Nobby Stiles, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Ed Asner, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Little Richard, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (32/50) Updated for Jill Gascoine

The death of Ernst Zägel means there are now only four living people who played international football for Saarland: Kurt Clemens, Werner Otto, Karl Ringel and Willi Sippel.

Wtf phone the other day. Pliers. Really? **Tigers obviously a wee bit understandable.

Brought Forward Though April Showers May Come Your Way, You Hope Your Picks Are Dead By May. Round Up #7 Ron Wylie: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52286303 Ed Genson: Awaiting Obit. Howard Finkel: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/other-sports/breaking-howard-finkel-dead-legendary-21878587 Gene Deitch: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8232549/US-animator-filmmaker-Gene-Deitch-dies-Prague-95.html Ronan O'Rahilly: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-52362113 Tom Lester: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8238127/Green-Acres-star-Tom-Lester-dies-age-81-following-battle-Parkinsons-disease.html Shirley Knight: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/11458063/oscar-nominated-actress-shirley-knight-dead-83/ Rory Gilsenan: Awaiting Obit. Peter Jonas: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/apr/23/sir-peter-jonas-obituary Per Olov (PO) Enquist: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52432215 Tony Occleshaw: Awaiting Obit. Michael Robinson: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52455424 Irrfan Khan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-52468343 Jill Gascoine: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52471574 Hayley Casey: Died 2019.

Yeah , I agree. The next hit will probably happen in the first 7 days of May

There are five teams one hit away and thirty six names that will end the game. This is the league table with number of ways to win @time who has 10 ways to win @YorkshireBanker who has 9 ways to win @spadecooley who has 8 ways to win Bibliogryphon who has 5 ways to win @deathimpends who has 4 ways to win I bet you all got really excited then. The winning list has not changed since February

Yeah the 4 teams that all picked him for 2019 and dropped him for 2020 including GUN Fishing left kicking themselves. Should have phoned a friend. RIP Irrfan - I love Slumdog Millionaire but sure you have a lot of other great Bollywood work that I am unfamiliar with.

Rest In Peace Irrfan Khan.

Happy 87th birthday Willie Nelson

so far, there have been a maximum of 22 days between the deaths this year 1st death Terry Jones on 22th January and then again exactly 22 days between death of P-Orridge and Honor Blackman. So from a mathematical point of view, the next hit could happen soon, on 4th May at the latest.

For the stats chasers among us, here's the Drop 40 record since 2004 (when there was enough teams for a Drop 40 to be relevant): 2004 (6/40) - Reagan, Alice, Wray, Arafat, Benkner, Lauder, 2005 - (13/40) Pope JP2, Mills, Heath, Best, Schmeling, Callaghan, Pryor, Eddie Albert, Doohan, Gretchen Franklin, Rehnquist, Wisenthal, Fahd) 2006 (7/40)- Ford, Pinochet, Hussein, Barbera, Rawls, Al Lewis, Davidson 2007 -(10/40) Astor, Lady Bird Johnson, Messner, Tomlinson, Al-Tikriti, Pavarotti, Al-Bandar, Mercado del Toro, Yeltsin, Manning) 2008 (5/40) - Heston, Pinter, Clarke, Christodoulos, Hofmann) 2009 (12/40)- Swayze, Robson, Richard, Ted Kennedy, Allingham, Goody, Fawcett, Tony Hart, Patch, Malden, Atkins, Jackson 2010 (6/40) - Wisdom, Foot, Rubinstein, MacCorkindale, Hopper, Dio 2011 (6/40) - Jong-il, Taylor, Hitchens, Ballesteros, Ford, Falk 2012 (12/40)- Al-Megrahi, Gibb, Etta James, Patrick Moore, Geoffrey Hughes, Andy Williams, Niemeyer, Borgnine, Clive Dunn, Shamir, Sykes, Stynes 2013 (11/40) - Mandela, Thatcher, Chavez, Biggs, Winner, Nolan, Cecil, Wing, Franklin, Kimura, Cliburn 2014 -(11/40) - Jaruzelski, Sharon, Wallach, Paisley, Rooney, Crowe, Attenborough, Farmiloe, Kasem, Dora Bryan, Jardine 2015 (4/40) - Sam Simon, Denis Healey, Christopher Lee, Leonard Nimoy 2016 (13/40) - Gabor, Crowe, Ali, Castro, Feek, Reagan, Granger, Angelil, Bhumibol, Marks, Ford, Aherne, Havelange 2017 - 15/40 - Forsyth, van der Westhuizen, Glen Campell, Downie, Christie, Sallis, Brady, Booth, Jerry Lewis, Snuka, King Michael, Skellern, Meads, MT Moore, Wetton 2018 - 14/40 - Bush Sr, McCain, Rev Graham, Stefansson, Cryne, Jowell, Elias, Lima, Miller, Nevin, Ricketts, Hawking, Stan Lee, Norden 2019 - 12/40 - Bracknell, Clive James, Mugabe, Ricksen, Doris Day, Harper, Blanco, McCririck, Vervoort, Conway, Clegg, Fairlie 2020 - currently 8/40 - Kirk Douglas, Terry Jones, Andretti, P-orridge, Doleman, Moss, Scruton, Gascoine) Bold is the current record holder - fair bit to go to challenge that one!

Jill Gascoine goes for my Battleship at #11 now. That'll teach me to gloat about Robinson!

Guardian Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/robert-may-former-uk-chief-scientist-led-chaos-theory-lord-dies-aged-84

Let's spare a thought for Frank Ifield in his final few hours. As a pick in the Cup!!!!

Last I heard his latest bitch was ill with the COVID. So that publicity story died. On holiday when the 'rona was on the rise worldwide, hid in Chequers offering herd immunity and death to thousands when it arrived, allegedly caught it (does anyone believe that) so off for weeks, now he'll be off due to this birth (not doing PMQs today). If he was an employee anywhere else, he'd have been retired on ill health or told to pack his box and leave.

Through this is widely seen to be a cover story for something more dodgy.

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, former President of the Royal Society, dead at 84.

Carrie's given birth to his 6th/7th/8th kid, a son. Warmest congratulations to them, and sincere hopes that the littlun ends up absolutely nothing like his father.

Do you think it could be a 2008 situation again ? (A lot Of deaths within 4 months, and then nothing for a LONG while) I am not used to wait that long between two deaths this year, hurry up

yes though they still need the proper q/o to count if they die

He is right though all you and a couple of others do is look down on others and create a hostile atmosphere. I mean what do you even get out of it at this point. Lard Bazaar is gone and Charon ended up getting in legal trouble because of the crap he pulled on this site (I think, not totally sure) and now your internet son\punching bag Death ray is gone as well. All your posts just breed negativity and hostility. From the time I've started (nearly six years ago now) you've been saying the exact same shit about how this forum is not as good as what it was and how you hate the new users here honestly you haven't changed at all in the slightest, Rob? This shit has gone on for far too long. @Banana you are a wonderful audition to this site and one of the most memorable users we have had here in years. Honestly with LFN going at you and all I can't help but see a bit of 14 year old me in you. I am going to tell something I wish someone told me when I started here. Don't listen to him and don't react to him because the moment you do people like @Toast come out of the woodwork to join and from what I've seen this site is so closed minded that they'll automatically side with old users regardless of the situation. And eventually they'll break you down until you find yourself lashing out at others until you get a negatative reputation which will cause you to lash out even more. Just put LFN on ignore he doesn't "win" If he makes you feel bad, he doesn't win if he drives you off this site. He wins if you stay on this site and continue engaging with him and others hoping that one day you'll prove them wrong. He wins if he makes you just ss miserible as he made me and @Deathray. Stay strong @Banana I know the people like to pretend what they say has no effect on you but it does in the end of the day it does and you just need to remove yourself from this toxicity. @DevonDeathTrip, or Paul or Death Impends please approve this post I know it might be controversial but I think some things need to be said besides I've spent half an hour writing this.

Yay, coloring pages. That’s exactly what I need in order for you to earn my vote in November. It’s not health care for all, or free college, or a living wage, or legalized marijuana. It’s coloring pages. You fucking imbeciles...

End of dancing cheek to cheek for Ginger Rogers on this day 25 years ago, aged 83.

Happy 100th birthday to Marthe Cohn! French nurse who became a spy during World War II and survived the Holocaust. Later became a memoirist about her experiences.