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Some protestors yesterday evening staged a Die-In outside Dominic Cummings’ house, playing dead across his road while holding signs telling him how much of a cunt he is.

The only one I think is near dying is Tom Smith. The others: not so much. For some reason I voted for Desmond Tutu though because of Covid-19 and because South Africa is being hard hit now - but that is the only reason. ( I would have voted Tom Smith under normal circumstances.)

I’ve just discovered that Renee Simonot used to dub Olivia. Now Renee is the oldest living actress in the world, followed by Olivia. Funny coïncidence.

Save me the “we didn’t know for sure if Hutton’s dead” there’s at least one paparazzi assigned to Mel Gibson at any time of Every day, He either attended a funeral or he didn’t.

I’m missing Jerry Sloan points

Did anyone predict mudslide?

Nigel's widow and Adam's mother, Valerie Buxton now dead: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242226/buxton

Did the dirty on Mary Roos too, which is why her performance of 'Aufrecht Geh'n' at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest is interesting to watch when you know the background to why she seemed so distracted*. *She found out that Böhm's mistress was expecting his child shortly before.

Trump finally gets wall built. Around the Whitehouse. Because he's frightened of placards and dissent.

That picture of Steve Priest above isn't very recent - it's around 10 years old. He lost a shedload of weight about two years ago. Such sad news, especially as there'd been recent news that he was recovering from (certainly at the time non--Covid-related) pneumonia and was doing better. Though I'm just slightly too young to remember The Sweet in their glam heyday, though do remember and liked at the time 'Love Is Like Oxygen', they were always my favourites of that era. In fact, I think I'd go as far as to say they were the best band not only of glam but of the early/mid 70s. Superb, and their records still sound fantastic to this day (apart from Call Me, which was always shit). RIP Steve

Abbado has died. No, not the frail looking conductor, he is already dead. This time it is his brother, a pianist. Abbado brothers now in heavenly concert. https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/abbado_morto_marcello_fratello_claudio_pianista_compositore-5268663.html

Hutton Gibson NYT obit. Family so asshole they didn't confirm.

He's also the younger brother of the late David Cassidy.

Headline of the day. "Porn star Nacho Vidal held in Spain after man dies in toad-venom ritual". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52920291

Too many sweets!

Also, @Sir Creep: any chance of Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak getting this Gris Gris callup in 2021?

Ah, I see! Sheer luck is what made me find him in the first place. I was just casually looking for pictures of baby marsupials....

1,2,3.4 and... Spirits move me, everytime I'm near you Whirling like a cyclone in my mind...etc.

Looks like a scene from The Omen or something.

Popular german singer Werner Böhm, better known as Gottlieb Wendehals died at 78 years: https://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_87993404/werner-boehm-78-ist-tot-mit-kunstfigur-gottlieb-wendehals-wurde-er-bekannt.html

Sesame Street colouring book gone wrong xD

Death Notice for Lisa Simone (aka Lisa Simon), former wife of the American actor Steve Barclay: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=lisa-simone&pid=196204448 Starring role in the 1959 move The Giant Gila Monster, as the uninspired named Lisa!

Addendum while I'm locking up. I'm rather proud that this pool has never had a player end up with a zero, every player who has entered has scored every year. Well done!