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I wonder what the cause of death was? I WAH-WAH-WAH-wonderrr.

We do have a second DL-birthday today: Beside Pierre Cardin we can congratulate Imelda Marcos, 91 today!

Chiu Chuang-huan (try saying that with a mouthful of noodles), Vice Premier of Taiwan (81–84) dead at 94.

State of Indeepindanse. With apologies to Donna Summer and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Max Crook, co-writer of - and keyboard player on - Del Shannon's smash Runaway, dead aged 83: http://delshannon.com/

Linda Cristal Telegraph Obit for the DDP: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/07/02/linda-cristal-actress-played-fiery-mexican-western-series-high/

There's a good chance that this will be my last obit for a while, as I got some IRL stuff coming up soon. Although if more hits come during July, I should be back to writing obituaries by August or September...

we will continue to be ahead of every previous year until at least August 2, which is the previous earliest date for an 11th hit , in 2008.

Sad loss. Runaway captures lostness so brilliantly and Crook's keyboards are a big part of that.

Will still be the case if the Duke dies there.

98 today!

FOREVERTON GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 12/50 1st July 2020 Barbados cricket legend Everton Weekes has died at 95 in order to get ahead of the record pace of the Deathlist. Weekes first played on a trial match in 1945 representing Barbados on a Goodwill tour of Trinidad and Tobago. Though not the best performance he had in cricket, he certainly showed some potential for the sport. In 1948, Weekes became one of the "Three W's" alongside Clyde Walcott and Frank Worrell which were known for their test debut against England. They kept a close friendship for each other long after their cricket career until their eventual deaths. As for Weekes' career, he participated in the West Indies tour in 1948 which lead him to a batting average of 82.46 and passed 1,000 test runs in the 12th inning (one less than past deathlist hit Don Bradman). He continued to be a force to be reckoned with in cricket, eventually being named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951. Though he retired in 1958, he set himself as one of the greats in cricket during his career in the sport. He suffered a heart attack in July of last year and never really recovered from that heart attack. He died 2 weekes after our last hit Vera Lynn, bringing the score up to 12 hits total. Though a very impressive run so far, it still is currently one hit behind the pace of the record breaker in 2017 which suggests the list might come up short of the record...

Clearly too frail for a car or train journey.Too long. I have a feeling it's a trip he may never return from ...Did Queen Victoria not die at Balmoral.It's a bit like elephants go certain places to die.Royals are the same.

So I nip away for a few hours relaxation and it seems like Weekes. Yes, the Poker Tourney scores it's first ever first day double with the death of a cricketing legend, Everton Weekes. So we not only have Yorkshire Banker in the lead now playing his Red Joker already, at the other end we have our first Sub faller - for Sean. Yorkshire Banker picks up the 50 Point bonus for a Joker hit. Sean draws Q Spades for 12 Points. Bibliogryphon hits an A and gets an additional 5 Points. Other scorer was Joe Moneypenny who joins the leaderboard. Leaderboard updated.

Well, there should be at least one more hit in 2020, as mind one of the long standing quirks of DL: "Never 11 hits without a 12th..."

1920 - Irving Kanarek, Franca Valeri 1921 - Philippe de Gaulle, Francoise Gilot 1922 - George Blake, Qin Yi 1923 - Sumner Redstone, Rhonda Fleming 1924 - Johnny Gilbert, Maria Riva 1925 - Mahathir Mohamad, June Lockhart 1926 - Robert Clary, Ann Turner Cook 1927 - Harry Whittington, Gina Lollobrigida 1928 - Hans Kung, Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 - Gaston Glock, Vera Miles

Kind of off topic but meh, shoot me... still more constructive than discussing whether the Grim Reaper is like “an enema”. The number of centenarians is decreasing to a notable extent in the UK. The ONS stats now have the centenarian numbers published up to 2018. It has fallen to around 13,000 individuals. Sounds like a lot but it has been considerably higher before. The reason is attributed to the sharp fall in births during WWI. Life expectancy also remains fairly static, so we shouldn’t expect to see an increase for a few years at least.

This time last year we were on 4 hits. How did we cope?!

Back to the Future II MAIN CAST: Michael J. Fox // Marty McFly, Mart McFly Jr. & Marlene McFly (1961-) Christopher Lloyd // Dr. Emmett Brown (1938-) Lea Thompson //Lorraine Baines (1964) Thomas F. Wilson // Biff Tannen & Griff (1959-) Elisebeth Shue // Jennifer Parker (1963-) Jeffrey Weissman // George McFly (1958-) SUPPORTING CAST: James Tolkan // Mr. Strickland (1931-) J.J. Cohen // Skinhead (1965-) Casey Siemaszko // 3-D (1961-) Billy Zane // Match (1966-) Charles Fleischer // Terry (1950-) MINOR ROLES: E'Casanova // Michael Jackson Video Waiter (1958-2009) | Cause of death: Cardiac Arrest (aged 50) Jay Koch // Ronald Reagan Video Waiter (1926-2007) | Cause of death: Heart Failure (aged 81) [!] Charles Gherardi // Ayatollah Khomeini Video Waiter (Lack of information regarding age) Ricky Dead Logan // Data (1967-) Darlene Vogel // Spike (1962-) Jason Scott Lee // Whitey (1966-) Elijah Wood // Video Game Boy (1981-) [!] John Thornton // Video Game Boy (Lack of information regarding age) Stephanie Williams // Officer Foley (1957-) Mary Ellen Trainor // Officer Reese (1952-2015) | Cause of death: Cancer (aged 62) Flea // Needles (1962-) Jim Ishida // Fujitsu (1942-) Al White // Dad (1942-) [!] Junior Fann // Mom (Lack of information regarding age) George 'Buck' Flower // Bum (1937-2004) | Cause of death: Cancer (aged 67) Neil Ross // Museum Narrator (1944-) [!] Tamara Carrera // Jacuzzi Girl (Lack of information regarding age) Tracy Dali // Jacuzzi Girl #2 (1966-) Lise Freeman // Babs (1957-) John Erwin // Radio Sportscaster (1936-) Harry Walters Jr. // Marvin Berry (1953-) Tommy Thomas // Starlighter saxophone player (1957-1999) | Cause of death: Lung cancer (aged 42) [!] Granville 'Danny' Young // Starlighter bass player (Lack of information regarding age) David Harold Brown // Starlighter drummer (1961-) Lloyd L. Tolbert // Starlighter pianist (1961-) Wesley Mann // CPR Kid (1941-) Donald Fullilove // Goldie Wilson (1958-) Sean Michael Fish // King Neptune (1964-) Joe Flaherty // Western Union Man (1941-2024) | Cause of death: Unknown illness (aged 82) NOTEABLE CREW: Robert Zemeckis // Director & Writer (1951-) Bob Gale // Writer & Producer (1951-) Neil Canton // Producer (1948-) Kathleen Kennedy // Executive producer (1950-) Frank Marshall // Executive producer (1946-) Steven Spielberg // Executive producer (1946-) Alan Silvestri // Music (1950-) Dean Cundey // Cinematographer (1946-) Harry Keramidas // Editor (1940-) Arthur Schmidt // Editor (1937-2023) | Cause of death: Natural Causes (aged 86) Linda DeScenna // Set Decorator (1949-) [!] Joanna Johnston / Costume Designer (Lack of information regarding age) [!] Pat Romano // Michael J. Fox Stunt Double (Lack of information regarding age) Cheryl Wheeler Duncan // Darlene Vogel Stunt Double (1960-2020) | Cause of death: Shot dead (aged 59)

Given how long Sooty has worked with him I’m surprised he has said nothing about this.......

There is a man in Eithiopia who claims to be 114. He also has recovered from Covid.

24th June 1939 my grandparents got married. Apparently my grandmother made this dress.

Fucking hell! Your neighbours aren't Stuart Hall and Rolf Harris, are they?