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Do you have anyone in your family who have miraculously over-exceeded the predicted lifespan? Or do you come from a family with a history of long-livers? I'll start it off... My grandad's aunt lived until she was 105. In fact, she lived for so long that she even outlived him. Even at the age of 105, she would still do paintings - so she pretty much remained physically and mentally intact even at the very end.

This morning, my phone had a popup notification that there was going to be a new House Hunters episode tonight. I can only assume the AI leapt to conclusions off of my Suzanne Whang searches last year because I have never watched an episode. Next thing you know it'll assume I'm a big Jeopardy! fan. Oh wait, I am...

Oh, her... loved her in the Loriot movie. A face you remembered.

Sam Johnson, a long-time Texas congressman and Vietnam POW, has died. He was 89. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/05/27/longtime-texas-congressman-sam-johnson-pow-in-vietnam-dies-at-age-89/

If I may.... here are my guessess as we approach the middle of the year (% is the chance of them dying) Prince Philip : 65% - back in december I couldn’t see him survive a month but somehow he managed to make it through half of the year so now, why not holding on till’ december ? OdeH : 40% - yes she’s very old but You know... this is Olivia *sigh* Vera Lynn : 70% - could go anytime, I wouldn’t be surprised if she does die tomorrow Dick : 25% - I Don’t understand why he is so high, despite his age, he still looks healthy... Akihito : 20% - I personally would have dropped him, he doesn’t sound like a gonner to me... Pierre Cardin : 40% - at his age he could go anytime but he looked quite well at Gaultier’s final show and has an exhibition planned so... Bob Dole : 75% - I’m surprised he lasted that long, definitely could see him drop around october Murray Walker : 50% - honestly... I didn’t know Who he was before DL... and I still Don’t so I prefer not to make any prediction on this one Leon Spinks : 70% - sounds like a gonner but also sounds like a Bracknell situation... Betty White : 40% - has a movie coming in december and was said to be « great » during the pandemic, I would consider her as safe... as I used to for Honor Blackman Lansbury : 25% - Cf. Van Dyck (even though at her age...) Barker : 65% - as for dole, considering his hopsitalizations last year, I wouldn’t be surprised if he drops dead one morning Greenspan : 55% - that’s the picks I love, quiet for a while and dead after a dry period Kissinger : 70% - easily could be a gonner Carter : 60% - according to last year health issues, I’m surprised he’s still with us VGE : 60% - could see him last a bit longer but that harassment story with the german journalist may cause him some trouble Leslie Phillips : 80% - How can he still be here ?? Tony Bennett : 20% - Don’t see him going this year. Don’t know why. Don’t want to explain. Harry Belafonte : 70% - Can see him going this year. Don’t know why. Don’t want to explain. Nobby Stiles : 75% - a mix between the two Philips of our list : How can he still be here but now that we’re at it, I can see him going a bit further Sybil Fawlty : 50% - the kind of average picks I have no opinion on, as much as I would hate to see her go... Desmond Tutu : 30% - news about him were rather good those last times Delors : 60% - at his age, everyday is a challenge + has been really quiet these days Willie : 70% - it has been a pretty deadly year for country singers so far. I think his time is come. Edrich : 50% - see Murray Walker Bouteflika : 70% - he is a living corpse according to last Pictures of him Trebek : 75% - at this stage of his cancer, I wouldn’t give him 6 months left. Again, that’s What I said with Bracknell McGowan : 50% - almost forgot he was on the list, really Don’t know... The other Dick : 40% - seems safe... however RBG : 65% - so frail and ill but she’s à fighter The Lady Shoe : 60% - why not after all ? Carl Reiner : 75% - one time picked, one hit. Lester Piggott : 50% - see above with Edrich and Walker Woodward : 60% - can see her last a bit longer honestly, just like 8 months and die at the beginning of 2021, when the commitee has dropped her Crosby : 70% - Don’t know, really. Tom Smith : 80% - a sure hit imo LePen : 50% - red in an interview he wanted to be alive for french election in 2022 and I can see him pissing everyone of by doing so Musharraf : 15% - doesn’t seem his year Gates sr : 50% - I Don’t know, I Don’t care Attenborough : 60% - I hope not but... Sutcliff : 80% - would be surprised if he makes it through the year

Genuinely shocked this happened off radar. Quite a colourful life. His parents lobotomised him when he was younger (he had what would now be identified as autism). I imagine his obit will be worth a read!

Federico Garcia Vigil, uruguayan composer and conductor dies at 79, he was the conductor of the Montevideo Philarmonic Orchestra from 1994 to 2008.

MMMDP Form Guide #82 Leslie Philips Ding dong chaps, entries commence on Sunday, battle commences shortly thereafter and this grabber at life in general has been a perennial fancy of dead poolers for years. For the record he recently turned 96, and has been fond of a smoke, a drink and a good woman for years. His health is now famously frail and in recent pictures his famous features are hidden behind a substantial benign tumour on his nose.

The opposite issue to be frank. I'll consider drawing my pension an achievement by historical standards in our family, if retirement age ends up being 70 by then.

Emperor Palpatine, because UNLIMITED POWERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!1111

If you want to do a bit of math for fun then you can add up the probability of each of the 50 people on the list to die at their current age that year (depending on gender) and then add that together to find out what the average amount of expected deaths would be if you just picked random people: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

Tony Scannell, who played DS Ted Roach in the best era of The Bill, reportedly dead aged 74.

tbf BBC comedy is fed by the British comic circuit which has been predominantly left wing since the 80s when Alexei Sayle and Ben Elton became the big names to gravitate around. (Arguably you could go back further - Monty Python was clearly left in its agenda at the time - although I'm thinking of when Ben Elton and co started to mock the Bernard Manning generation. Also Sayle is a funny fucker whereas Elton is a git, but I digress.) Last Leg spent equal amounts of time taking the pish out of Corbyn and Labour to be fair. There's not much politics to discuss right now except coronavirus. Not a fan of Kumar or the Mash, and not seen HIGNFY in yonks, although it did help launch the Mayoral career of the current PM! Maitlis expresses her opinion on twitter as much as Neil does and hosts the show which has been the Analysis and Opinions on the News show for as long as I can recall. Paxman couldn't go 5 minutes with giving us his views on the days news. Andrew Neil is the boss at these sorts of shows, yes, but he's 71 now and winding down. She's not on that level but is an improving interviewer and is better than the awful Emma Barnett (too Paxman), Andrew Marr (clearly fucked by that stroke) and Robert Peston (losing his mind on ITV) as the other much used political interviewers on TV at the moment. Also Kirsty Wark still presents Newsnight on a Friday iirc. Maitlis Monday and Tuesday, the dreadful Emma Barnett on Wednesday and Thursday and Wark on Friday nights, I think that's the current schedule. PS Kirsty Wark is 65 now!!!!!

Ubaidur Rahman Zia, Pakistani Islamic scholar who opposed extremism.

Ron Smith, father of Aston Villa manager Dean Smith, has died of coronavirus. He was 79. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/27/aston-villa-manager-dean-smiths-father-ron-dies-after-contracting-covid-19

Anton Kontra, a Hungarian-born, Scandinavian violinist, leader of the Kontra Quartet and concertmaster, has died. He was 88. (I'm not sure the URL of the death notice below pays him much respect, given his demise is paired with a music giveaway.) https://mailchi.mp/dacapo-records/violinist-anton-kontra-has-died-get-a-free-cd-with-carl-nielsen

Death Notice for Rose Stephenson (nee Asquith) aged 94, the daughter of Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone, who in turn was the youngest son of former PM Herbert Henry Asquith: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242083/stephenson Married to John Stephenson, a former Lord Justice of Appeal who died in 1998. She's mentioned in most of the above Wiki links and also here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asquith_family And who says there isn't a class system and an Establishment.....

There is a rumour that Spitting Image is to make a return with appropriate social distancing and no spitting or coughing. The Boris Johnson puppet is to be a blubbering indecisive ventriloquist's dummy operated rectally by Dominic Cummings. Apparently rehearsals have already begun but without the voice actors or puppets.

You're creating another monster.

Former Gloucestershire captain Tony Brown has died aged 83. Led the county to Gillette Cup victory in 1973, scoring 77*, he also took 1-33 and was man of the match.

An unverified claim if ever there was one. Oba Samuel Afolabi, the Onilua of Ilua in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State and its oldest monarch, has died. It's being asserted he was 141. It gets better. According to the obit, he's BELIEVED to be the oldest king in Oyo State. But I guess they're not sure. https://www.voiceairmedia.com/2020/05/oyo-oldest-monarch-has-died.html

Ah, so a place to reference the fact that actor John Carlisle of Omega Factor fame (and one of those "Oh that guy" faces from the 1970s) died in 2011 so far off the radar the only reference was the Equity magazine in late 2014! As you can see from his imdb, he managed to die completely off the radar despite the fact he was still acting at the time!

Imagine that conversation now. "Hi Aretha, sorry to hear you have end stage cancer, I know how you are feeling, having briefly had an easily treatable different cancer years ago. Oh, that's not making you feel better, is it?" "Hi, sorry to hear you are about to be executed, but I feel your pain, I once lost a pet gerbil as a kid. We share a similar pain..."

That's right, blame the guy who reported the words you said.

Having never heard of him before, I do rather like the contrast between the Wiki pages for him and his wife: versus