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Hey, I got a night in a top Leeds hotel AND met Jenny Hanley off Magpie - I think we know who the winner is here, pal. Also two Sun front pages, I think that makes me at least C list

Less than 48 hours to go and the tables are filling up. The following teams are in: YoungWillz markb4 Yorkshire Banker* Bibliogryphon Great Uncle Bulgaria theoldlady Gooseberry Crumble DeathByArsenic GuyFromFuture Joey Russ msc Death Impends JoeMoneypenny gcreptile Toast Perhaps Sean The Quim Reaper CalebH Miracle Aligner The Old Crem Captain Chorizo Clorox Bleachman Banana Grim Up North An Fear Beag Yorkshire Banker - check your inbox for outstanding query. If your team isn't mentioned in the list above, it's not in and approved. That last minute queue can be a dodgy one to get my attention, and the bouncers are prepped for the curfew cutoff date!

People who use the word 'doggo' when referring to canine animals. They're dogs for fuck's sake, and you're an adult. Grow up.

D (part 2/4) Lynsey de Paul 11 Jun 1948 – 01 Oct 2014 (66) Guardian obit Wiki UK pop singer-songwriter from London, real name Lyndsey Rubin 19/08/1972 Sugar Me #5 02/12/1972 Getting a Drag #18 27/10/1973 Won't Somebody Dance with Me #14 08/06/1974 Ooh I Do #25 02/11/1974 No, Honestly #7 Theme to the British sitcom No, Honestly 22/03/1975 My Man and Me #40 26/03/1977 Rock Bottom #19 Released as Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran / The UK's entry in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest (finished second) Teri DeSario 27 Nov 1951 – Living Wiki American disco and funk singer-songwriter from Miami, Florida 02/09/1978 Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You #52 Stephanie de Sykes 1948 – Living Wiki UK pop singer-songwriter from Harlow, Essex, real name Stephanie Ryton, started her career on the television programme Opportunity Knocks 20/07/1974 Born with a Smile on My Face #2 Released as Stephanie de Sykes with Rain 19/04/1975 We'll Find Our Day #17 William DeVaughn 28 Nov 1947 – Living Wiki American R&B and soul singer-songwriter from Washington D.C. 06/07/1974 Be Thankful For What You Got #31 Dead End Kids Discogs UK bubblegum pop and glam rock boy band from Ayrshire, Scotland, started playing in local pubs in 1974 and supported the Bay City Rollers on tour Robbie Gray 23 Feb 1957 – Living Colin Ivory 29 Sep 1959 – Living Davey Johnston 27 Jul 1955 – Living Alistair Kerr 15 Mar 1956 – Living Ricky Squires 05 Dec 1956 – Living 26/03/1977 Have I the Right #6 Cover of a single by The Honeycombs NB: DOBs taken from this image, but other sites note than Ivory was only 15 at the time Have I the Right was released, so possible that the record company inflated his age. Dave Dee 17 Dec 1941 – 09 Jan 2009 (67) Guardian obit Wiki UK pop singer-songwriter from Salisbury, Wiltshire, better known as the lead singer of pop band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich 14/03/1970 My Woman's Man #42 Kiki Dee 06 Mar 1947 – Living Wiki UK pop and blue-eyed soul singer from Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, real name Pauline Matthews 10/11/1973 Amoureuse #13 07/09/1974 I've Got the Music in Me #19 Released as The Kiki Dee Band 12/04/1975 (You Don't Know) How Glad I am #33 Released as The Kiki Dee Band 03/07/1976 Don't Go Breaking My Heart #1 Released as Elton John and Kiki Dee 11/09/1976 Loving & Free / Amoureuse (re-release) #13 19/02/1977 First Thing in the Morning #32 11/06/1977 Chicago #28 B-side to Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance) by Elton John Deep Feeling Discogs UK progressive rock band from Gravesend, Kent, formed in 1969 and disbanded in 1971, singer John Swail later had a solo career under the name Guy Darrell Dave Clare n/a – deceased Mention of death Derek Elson no info available Dave Green 08 April 1944 – 13 Dec 2011 (67) Mention of death Martin Jenner 26 May 1943 – 07 May 2003 (59) Obit John Swail 09 Dec 1944 – 03 May 2013 (68) Mention of death 25/04/1970 Do You Love Me #34 Cover of a single by The Contours, popularised in the UK by The Dave Clark Five NB: Lineup taken from this image. Deep Purple Wiki UK rock band from Hertford, Hertfordshire, formed in 1968, considered to be one of the most important pioneers of heavy metal and hard rock, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and "the globe's loudest band" for their 1972 London concert at the Rainbow Theatre, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes were also members of Black Sabbath Ritchie Blackmore 14 Apr 1945 – Living David Coverdale 22 Sep 1951 – Living Ian Gillan 19 Aug 1945 – Living Roger Glover 30 Nov 1945 – Living Glenn Hughes 21 Aug 1951 – Living Jon Lord 09 Jun 1941 – 16 Jul 2012 (71) Guardian obit Ian Paice 29 Jun 1948 – Living 15/08/1970 Black Night #2 27/02/1971 Strange Kind of Woman #8 13/11/1971 Fireball #15 01/04/1972 Never Before #35 16/04/1977 Smoke on the Water #21 15/10/1977 New, Live & Rare (EP) #31 07/10/1978 New, Live & Rare Vol. II (EP) #45 Rick Dees and his Cast of Idiots 14 Mar 1950 – Living Wiki American radio personality, voice artist and comedian from Jacksonville, Florida 18/09/1976 Disco Duck (Part One) #6 Def Leppard Wiki UK rock band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, formed in 1977, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, lead guitarist Steve Clark was found dead by his girlfriend in January 1991 after consuming a lethal mix of alcohol and prescription drugs Rick Allen 01 Nov 1963 – Living Steve Clark 23 Apr 1960 – 08 Jan 1991 (30) FindAGrave memorial Joe Elliott 01 Aug 1959 – Living Rick Savage 02 Dec 1960 – Living Pete Willis 16 Feb 1960 – Living 17/11/1979 Wasted #61 Desmond Dekker 16 Jul 1941 – 25 May 2006 (64) Guardian obit Wiki Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer-songwriter 10/01/1970 Pickney Gal #42 Released as Desmond Dekker and The Aces 22/08/1970 You Can Get it if You Really Want #2 10/05/1975 The Israelites (re-release) #10 30/08/1975 Sing a Little Song #16 Delegation Wiki UK soul group from Birmingham, formed in 1975 and disbanded in 1999 Ricky Bailey no info available Len Coley no info available Roddy Harris n/a – 11 Nov 2008 Mention of death Ray Patterson no info available 23/04/1977 Where is the Love (We Used to Know) #22 20/08/1977 You've Been Doing Me Wrong #49 NB: According to their official website, Harris sung on the first single but had been replaced by Patterson before their second single. This image tends to confirm that. The Delfonics Wiki American R&B and soul vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1965, Wilbert and William Hart were brothers Randy Cain 02 May 1945 – 09 Apr 2009 (63) NME obit Wilbert Hart 19 Oct 1947 – Living William "Poogie" Hart 17 Jan 1945 – 14 Jul 2022 (77) Mention of death 10/04/1971 Didn't I (Blow Your Mind) #22 10/07/1971 La-La Means I Love You #19 Originally released in the U.S. in 1968 16/10/1971 Ready or Not Here I Come #41 Originally released in the U.S. in 1968 'Deliverance' Soundtrack Discogs American session musicians consisting of guitarist Mandell and banjoist Weissberg who recorded this cover of a 1955 composition for the soundtrack of the 1972 film Deliverance Steve Mandell 06 Nov 1941 – 14 Mar 2018 (76) Obit Eric Weissberg 16 Aug 1939 – 22 Mar 2020 (80) Rolling Stone obit 31/03/1973 Dueling Banjos #17 Richard Denton no info available and Martin Cook no info available Discogs UK instrumental duo, both were also guitarists, keyboardists and orchestra leaders, known for scoring theme tunes for BBC television programmes during the 1970s and 80s 15/04/1978 Theme From 'Hong Kong Beat' #25 Theme to the TV documentary series The Hong Kong Beat John Denver 31 Dec 1943 – 12 Oct 1997 (53) Independent obit Wiki American folk and pop singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and humanitarian from Roswell, New Mexico, one of the best-selling American artists of the 1970s, died in October 1997 in an aviation accident whilst piloting an experimental plane 17/08/1974 Annie's Song #1 Denver wrote this for his then wife Ann Martell Deodato 22 Jun 1942 – Living Wiki Brazilian pianist, composer and record producer from Rio de Janeiro 05/05/1973 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) #7 Derek and the Dominos Wiki UK/American blues rock band from London, formed in 1970 and disbanded the following year, frontman Eric Clapton later had a hugely successful solo career and was awarded a CBE in 2004, Duane Allman was also a member of The Allman Brothers Band but died in October 1971 in a motorcycle crash, bassist Carl Radle died in May 1980 from a kidney infection caused by the effects of alcohol and narcotics Duane Allman 20 Nov 1946 – 29 Oct 1971 (24) FindAGrave memorial Eric Clapton 30 Mar 1945 – Living Jim Gordon 14 Jul 1945 – 13 Mar 2023 (77) Times obit Carl Radle 18 Jun 1942 – 30 May 1980 (37) FindAGrave memorial Bobby Whitlock 18 Mar 1948 – Living 12/08/1972 Layla #7 Detroit Emeralds Wiki American R&B and soul vocal group from Little Rock, Arkansas, Abrim and Ivory Tilmon were brothers and originally in a quartet with two other brothers before recruiting childhood friend James Mitchell James Mitchell 27 May 1949 – Living Abrim Tilmon 12 Jan 1945 – 06 Jul 1982 (37) Obit Ivory Tilmon 14 Sep 1941 – 13 Sep 2014 (72) Mention of death 10/02/1973 Feel the Need in Me #4 05/05/1973 You Want it, You Got it #12 11/08/1973 I Think of You #27 18/06/1977 Feel the Need (re-recording) #12

Well, there's nothing to indicate it is the same guy except the full name. It does look like Philip Latham, a DDP Pick for me, has died if this death notice is anything to go by: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242684/latham Lord President Borusa in The Five Doctors. Maybe msc or Bibliogryphon could use their contacts to confirm?

Replying to at the quoted bit as clicking on the laughing like bit for an old footballer dying feels a bit inappropriate!

Here are a few ideas for next year- Jackie Stallone- Stylvester Stallone's mum and iconic CBB participant. Turning 99 this year Eileen Ash- Oldest International cricketer turning 109 this year Dame Barbara Windsor- Turning 83 this year , EastEnders actress with Dementia Mikhail Gorbachev- Former USSR leader- turned 89 years old Shaun Ryder- Singer and heavy drug addict turning 58 years this year

Tom Finn, the last original member of The Left Banke and the last to appear on Walk Away Renee, reportedly dead: https://bestclassicbands.com/tom-finn-left-banke-walk-away-renee-members-6-28-20/

https://www.birminghammusicarchive.com/delegation/ Lorna august 3, 2018 at 21:02 Founding member Roddy Harris was my father, he sadly passed away 11.11.08.

You sure about that? I thought Hillary Clinton’s career died all the way back in 2016.

Mimi Soltysik, the Socialist Party USA candidate in the 2016 American presidential election, has passed away aged 45 from liver cancer. He only got a few thousand votes. He's a fringe politician, but he's also the first of the many, many """notable""" (enough to get a Wikipedia page for his candidacy) candidates from the 2016 US Presidential election to pass away from what I can tell. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/28/interview-mimi-soltysik-1974-2020

Delegation. Jesus nobody wants to talk about the band - they just "formed". Bailey's everywhere on the net but nothing on his background except he was born and raised in Jamaica (sound familiar?) so will we ever know? Len Coley: interesting snippet here: I found this regarding a Roddy Harris from 2013: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/York/The-Old-Ebor/Roddy-Harris/11821734/ Whether it is our Roddy Harris, who knows, but the repertoire sounds promising. So, York maybe? For Ray Patterson, I guess you could contact this Twitter poster:

Thanks YW, updated. There's 6 Derek Elsons that could be him in the GRO. Most likely one is a Derek Elson b. 1942 in Thanet, Kent (as the band were from Gravesend, Kent). In saying that, whilst researching the others I noticed they were all born in different parts of the country, so could mean nothing for all we know!

Deep Feeling. Hmm. Problems sorting anything out, but this page from 2018 indicates they are all dead except Derek Elson: https://theseconddisc.com/2018/06/20/do-you-wanna-dance-pop-and-prog-meet-on-cherry-reds-expanded-deep-feeling/ Seems Elson worked at the BBC but I can't find much on this.

Bugger. Points for me perhaps in due course, but I'm really sad.

Well, it depends what you mean by 'celebrity'. We do have one published author, scriptwriter, journalist etc on here......and one old bird that was on Countdown but did not win.

Joe Bugel, a long-time coach in the Washington Redskins organization and a two-time Super Bowl winner, has died. He was 80. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/joe-bugel-longtime-redskins-coach-and-two-time-super-bowl-champion-dies-at-80/

Kay Hawtrey, Canadian actress died yesterday (27th June) at the age of 93 according to an edit that has now been reverted. Seems to have taken on mainly minor roles. Appeared in Police Academy 4 and was one time married to English actor John Clark (b. 1932).

NYT obit.

Yeah, Shaun Ryder was never suggested in this thread.

Just noticed 'Johnson Out' trending on twitter. Thought I'd missed something (or people were having a very strong reaction to a press-up) Turns out its Bristol City fans calling for the sacking of Lee Johnson.

Happy 92nd birthday to Hans Blix

And Droukdel won’t be the youngest hit of the year. I had Marian Cisovsky on me. He was another replacement pick after so many names rejected, so it’ll be interesting times ahead... EDIT: It’s a duet with WEP

Maybe he doesn’t remember having it diagnosed....