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So, Toast's public spiritedness and my credit card have combined to make the Dogs Trust (no apostrophe before the grammar Nazis descend!) richer to the tune of £10, plus gift aid benefits. The only remaining question being whether this thread will now die more quickly than the twenty low hanging talents who couldn't match Willie Thorne's winning performance.

'their maths GCSE' for anyone who flunked their English GCSE Sorry couldn't resist.

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 (1/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Vera Lynn, Louis Farrakhan (3/50)  2008: Vera Lynn, Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  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 (7/50) 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 (4/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, James Randi, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett, Ed Asner (7/50)  2015: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts, Vera Lynn (6/50) 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 (15/50)  2017: Vera Lynn, Prince Phillip, Pierre Cardin, Olivia de Haviland, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Nobby Stiles, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Ian St. John, David Prowse, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (16/50)  2018: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Betty White, Linda Nolan, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, 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 (25/50) 2019: Olivia de Havilland, Prince Philip, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Carter, Pierre Cardin, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, 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, Larry King, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (29/50) Updated for Vera Lynn

Updating for Dame Vera Lynn, songstress, national icon, oxygen thief and White Cliffs lover. 169 Points to entertain the troops for markb4, Joey Russ, The Quim Reaper; msc; Prophet; JoeMoneyPenny; Torva Messor; Yorkshire Banker; Etib80; The Old Crem (doubled for WILDCARD); Toast; Great Uncle Bulgaria; Grim Up North; Sean. She was a popular sub too. Placing her there torpedos many chances to keep up. Still tight at the top, Joey Russ gets to double figures and clings to his lead. Major beneficiary is The Old Crem, coming from literally nowhere to fourth by virtue of his Wildcard. Joey Russ - 764 Points (10 Hits) (Scruton; T. Jones*; arap Moi; K. Douglas; Watanabe; P-Orridge; S Moss; Gascoine; L. Richard; V. Lynn) JoeMoneyPenny - 712 Points (5 Hits) (P-Orridge; Pei-tsun; Glezos; Ho*; V. Lynn) Grim Up North - 660 Points (8 Hits) (Doleman; Andretti; K. Douglas; P-Orridge; S. Moss; Finkel; Goldberg; V. Lynn) The Old Crem - 620 Points (5 Hits) (Parsons; K. Douglas; S. Moss; Gascoine; V. Lynn*) The Quim Reaper - 608 Points (7 Hits) (T.Jones; Parsons; K. Douglas; de Cuellar*; S. Moss; L. Richard; V. Lynn) Captain Chorizo - 545 Points (9 Hits) (Belso; Scruton; Jones; Ebbers; Watanabe; P-Orridge; Harris; Goldberg; Weighton) JiroemonKimura - 513 Points (6 Hits) (Hannesschlager; Watanabe; P-Orridge; Blackmore; Gauthier; Sinclair) RadGuy - 481 Points (6 Hits) (Long; T. Jones; Andretti*; Robinson; Lloyd; Ryder) msc - 473 Points (5 Hits) (Parsons; K. Douglas; Dyson; Frankland; V. Lynn) drol - 445 Points (8 Hits) (Qaboos; Scruton; Kyuk-ho; Andretti; arap Moi; P-Orridge; Goldberg; Fashek) The Unknown Man - 401 Points (8 Hits) (T. Jones; Doleman; Andretti; arap Moi; K. Douglas; de Cuellar; P-Orridge; Lloyd) Death Impends - 389 Points (6 Hits) (Hoare; Carr; Cary; de Cuellar; Frankland; S. Moss) Wormfarmer - 386 Points (6 Hits) (Stern; arap Moi; K. Douglas; P-Orridge; Frankland; Fashek) The Mad Hatter - 378 Points (8 Hits) (Scruton; Heath; T. Jones; Andretti*; arap Moi; K. Douglas; P-Orridge; L. Richard) Yorkshire Banker - 376 Points (6 Hits) (B. Brown (1923); arap Moi; Gray; Johnson; Dyson; V. Lynn) Toast - 373 Points (4 Hits) (Carr; Medwin; S. Moss; V. Lynn) Prophet - 370 Points (6 Hits) (Scruton; Andretti; arap Moi; K. Douglas; Frankland; V. Lynn) Great Uncle Bulgaria - 340 Points (4 Hits) (arap Moi; K. Douglas; S. Moss; V. Lynn) John Key - 340 Points (7 Hits) (Qaboos; Doleman; Andretti; K. Douglas; Gray; P-Orridge; Lloyd) the engineer - 339 Points (6 Hits) (Scruton; Doleman; Andretti; K. Douglas; Gascoine; Goldberg) An Fear Beag - 337 Points (6 Hits) (T. Jones; Doleman; arap Moi; K. Douglas; P-Orridge; Weighton) Torva Messor - 331 Points (4 Hits) (K. Douglas; Cary; P-Orridge; V. Lynn) Skinny Kiltrunner - 322 Points (5 Hits) (Doleman; Andretti; Ebbers; Obayashi; B. Watson) Banana - 315 Points (7 Hits) (Belso; Hannesschlager; T. Jones; Doleman; G. Lewis; Richard; Blackmore) NB Pena is a null entry as underage. Banana playing a team of 24. Sean - 314 Points (5 Hits) (T. Jones; Parsons; K. Douglas; de Cuellar; V. Lynn) markb4 - 309 Points (5 Hits) (Tolkein; Parsons; K. Douglas; de Cuellar; V. Lynn) gcreptile - 304 Points (6 Hits) (Simpson; Oosthuizen; Portune; Velasquez; Bonetti; Joers) GraveDanger - 296 Points (5 Hits) (T. Jones; Doleman; Andretti*; P-Orridge; Gascoine) theoldlady - 281 Points (5 Hits) (arap Moi; K. Douglas; Gray; de Cuellar; S. Moss) Etushispushingupdaisies - 225 Points (7 Hits) (Scruton; T. Jones; Allen; Andretti; arap Moi; K. Douglas; P-Orridge) Pedro67 - 217 Points (3 Hits) (T. Jones; K. Douglas; Ryder) Predictor - 213 Points (3 Hits) (K. Thompson; Cooper; Image) Etib80 - 204 Points (2 Hits) (K. Douglas; V. Lynn) Book - 179 Points (2 Hits) (Ziemann; Piccoli) LizLemon - 166 Points (2 Hits) (K. Douglas; Stiller) Fixed Business - 142 Points (3 Hits) (arap Moi; K. Douglas; P-Orridge) nantonian2013 - 140 Points (2 Hit) (Scruton; L. Richard) Whoaml - 138 Points (4 Hits) (T. Jones; Andretti; K. Douglas; Johnson) Clorox Bleachman - 106 Points (3 Hits) (Truong; Andretti; Watanabe) YoungWillz - 27 Points (1 Hit) (Parsons) Everyone Else (Deathray and Bibliogryphon)- 0

I don't know where, don't know when I'll tally up the points for Vera Lynn. Actually I do. Right now. The Forces' Sweetheart was picked by 6 teams. 45 points for Old Crem, 40 for Great Uncle Bulgaria and Toast, 35 for Pedro67 and YorkshireBanker, and 25 for Torva Messor. Things continue to be excitingly close at the top, with Yorkshire inching up to equal footing with RadGuy while maryport maintains his slender lead. 1. maryportfuncity 217 =2. RadGuy 214 =2. YorkshireBanker 214 4. CaptainChorizo 208 =5. Book 174 =5. drol 174 7. Toast 162 8. Sir Creep 155 9. gcreptile 150 10. Clorox Bleachman 147 11. Pedro67 140.19 12. theoldlady 135 13. time 130 14. msc 128 15. DeathByArsenic 126 =16. Great Uncle Bulgaria 110 =16. Joey Russ 110 =16. the_engineer 110 19. Skinny kiltrunner 109 20. The Old Crem 105 21. markb4 89 22. Banana 87 23. The Mad Hatter 86 24. The Unknown Man 84 25. Exu 82 26. Torva Messor 75 27. Etushispushingupdaisies 64 =28. Bibliogryphon 63 =28. JoeMoneypenny 63 30. Prophet 60 31. Sean 49 32. John Key 40 33. The Quim Reaper 15 =34. Death Impends 0 =34. DevonDeathTrip 0 =34. Kinnock 0 =34. YoungWillz 0

Vera Lynn's death might be Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart to eight teams's chances, but fear not, We'll Meet Again in 2021, even if Vera won't... 1. gcreptile 4 2. Death Impends 8 3. drol 9 4. The Old Crem 12 5. Newjack 13 =6. Joey Russ 14 =6. The Quim Reaper 14 8. Grim Up North 16 9. machotrouts 18 =10. LizLemon 21 =10. Pedro67 21 12. Toast 22 =13. Bibliogryphon 23 =13. The Dead Cow 23 15. Spade_Cooley 24 =16. CaptainChorizo 25 =16. paddyfool 25 =18. Annami 27 =18. Great Uncle Bulgaria 27 20. Book 29 21. Philip 31 22. An Fear Bag 32 23. Clorox Bleachman 35 24. Torva Messor 36 25. Sir Creep 37 26. deadsox 42 27. Skinny kiltrunner 43 28. BuffaloPhil 44 =29. Etushispushingupdaisies 46 =29. YoungWillz 46 31. Mercarte 48 32. The Unknown Man 54 33. grobler 57 34. theoldlady 64 35. Neobrakeon 74 36. msc 80

We do know, because one of our long-time respected users and top class researchers cracked it and found it originated from at least over a decade ago. The houses are clearly not Parisian in the photo either. What more evidence do you need to get it through your head that it’s an old photo that someone rehashed and now it’s gone viral?

WTF? This is the Vera Lynn thread and she just died - show a bit of respect.

Muricans are generally uninformed about international affairs. There’s an endless stream of drama within their own country to keep them amused.

Most popular pick Vera Lynn sadly has died, she is a hit for @Bibliogryphon, @SusanStoHelit, @Joey Russ, @deadsox, @drol, @Perhaps, @Great Uncle Bulgaria, @Death Impends, @Annami, @Sean, @The Old Crem, @CaptainChorizo and @GuyFromFuture CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL!!!

King The Old Crem has died from severe burns. Nobody knows quite how he ended up inside that furnace. All hail king markb4!

RIP Vera Lynn what a wonderful legacy and a fantastic innings we won’t see her like again.

Points for everyone, everywhere!

Big shocker ! After her recent chart hit and rallying the country over corona virus I was certain she would last a year or 2 at least. Really is the death of a legend this time Dame Vera R.I.P

Well done to the indomitable Olivia de Havilland and her numerous pickers, especially Joey, Unknown Man, RadGuy, Predictor, Davey Jones' Locker, ImNotHades, Deathtreat23 who went for her before any of the other candidates were dead Thread closed

What number is she on the list? I’ll give Smith a break this time and pick Spinks. Also, make the votes visible.

Olivia - Completing the over 100 hat trick.....

It's been around for about 60 years in the US (as a sort of "remember the fallen" gesture iirc it was big in the US military) so I've no idea either. I knew it wasn't George RR Martin however.

Dead on the 18th of june, the day of De Gaulle’s call for resistance

That's 2 in 2 days must be summat wrong with the water!

Do people (you, Steve) honestly need to post their whole list again after every hit? Lynn a hit for all three of these: QR: 14 CS: 12 DL: 11

Really sad about this one.As MSc said a true icon.

Tibor Benedek hungarian water polo player has died too https://hungarytoday.hu/tibor-benedek-dies-aged-47/

A big hit for the DL, as this makes 3 of the top 5 and 4 of the top 7 who have died this year. And we're only in June. It's another hit on my Top 50 too, although picking someone 103 years old isn't exactly a brilliant pick.

Next hit wont be for a while. I reckon COVID has created a reason for seniors to hold onto life until its all over - as we are all determined to come out of it victorious. Not saying that death has to do with a mindset but I reckon it definitely plays a factor. My prediction is August 1st.