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Oh fear not, you're hardly alone. I looked at this and thought the only thing likely to run longer is the 50/50 one is it called? Where everyone had to be born in 1950 or later. Further, as I'm lazier than a dog in front of the fire there was no attempt to skim the sickness rules as closely as possible so as far as I know I have 5 famous folk in the rudest of health, they're not even all 1931 vintage. That's my moth to your street lamp matey.

I know it's become part of the DL forum shorthand dictionary, but it never fails to make me laugh when I see people use the terms "skills" and "research" to mean "google dying celebs once a month".

Hmmm So, did the conversion late in life lead him to re-visit the original "God told me to do it" claim he made in police interviews in 1981?

With an extra Bank Holiday having been announced for her 70th year on the throne in 2022, it doesn't look like 'Authority' thinks she is going anytime soon.

Sent my team in earlier today - passed with flying colours, which was nice. Also means none of them will likely die in the next 5 years but you can't win 'em all! Out of interest, how long are people anticipating this will run? Since we're going with more run of the mill names, not necessarily the sickest of the sick, are we anticipating a swift conclusion? Longer the better for me in some cases...

Leslie Caron turns 90 next year

Centenarian currently promoting his new book - just heard him on Radio Four

Ok, it's late, so i'll try not to waffle, but this is her. Firstly, I agree. The photos are a likeness because of her unique nose. Secondly, I've found their marriage. Dear old Aunty be telling little white lies in the interest of "good taste" though because they wed c. June 1953 after the birth of their daughter! IRENE A KING + ROBERT J WISE / JUN 1953 / ISLINGTON Using the age from the BBC 51 Annual, we get her birth record. IRENE A KING / DEC 1925 / SHOREDITCH Then we occur a slight problem – FreeBMD is missing 1000s of (mainly death) records from the 1980s. They are not on the GRO or Ancestry either. But there's another way around this. Google Irene King and Johnny Wise together and they actually recorded on a number of records together as per credits lists like this Harry Hayes discography. That list features pretty much all the same names listed on the link that gives King's death date. Convinced it's her now. Merci, added.

Here is a link to a better picture of The Keynotes: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/the-keynotes-close-harmony-singers-with-the-british-radio-news-photo/886667966?adppopup=true Now Irene King is on the left. That's definitely the girl in The Coronets picture posted by @Ulitzer95 at the front on the left. Solved?

She should put it back.

If this year ends without either Bob Dole or Leslie Philips dying something has gone badly wrong! Surely it isn't possible !

No need for insults, it was only a joke!

I must be honest, I’ve not a clue how long this will run for! AFAIK this kind of anti-skill based DP is kind of unproven here, but I’m guessing it won’t be short...

I wonder if Irene King is also the Irene King who sang with The Keynotes (with Pearl Carr), a close harmony vocal group who appeared on the radio programme Take It From Here. It would make sense if she was. If so, she was 26 in 1951, married to a drummer called Johnny Wise and had a daughter Penny. (Penny Wise? What were they thinking?!!) https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/BBC-Annual/BBC-Year-Book-1951.pdf (search for "Irene"). Also https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9bEUAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq="Irene+King"+"The+Keynotes"&article_id=7170,1092892&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_j8vM3_vsAhWQecAKHZL6AdAQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q="Irene King" "The Keynotes"&f=false Now according to this there's an Irene King died July 17, 1986: http://www.r2ok.co.uk/yearb.htm Would that tie in with our dame?

Been trying to prove you wrong that Mike Redway is the last one left, without success. However, I can confirm Michael Reddyhoff was born in March q. 1940 in Leeds - confirmed by checking his parent's wedding (in the article he says Leonard and Margery). By a similar method I'm pretty sure Marion Gay was born in December q. 1933 in Pontypridd (it's the only year remotely like the one you mention that fits her birth and just happens to match exactly). They're really tricky to track down because they're not obviously from one place, they just all ended up in London together. I'm suspecting given the name that Ross Gilmour is Scottish? The smallest clue I've found on Valerie Bain is this lineup for the Coronets which mentions a Valerie Taylor - I'm wondering if that's either her married name or her maiden name? I've not found anything to corroborate either though (a Valerie Bain marries a Taylor but it's in the 80s, which seems unlikely for something like that to have been updated on the page). Nothing for Irene King either.

Iconic New York artist DJ Spinbad has shockingly died at the young age of 46. The musician, whose real name was Chris Sullivan, passed away in the city on Tuesday, his friend confirmed. only spinning he will be doing is in his grave. SC

Not sure. I can see "AAAAAAHHHHAAAOOOUUH OW WO UH UH UHHAHAHAHA" taking off if someone comes out with a dance remix. She really is a mad bint.

Given the recent tax, er, issues that have come to light and his recent electoral defeat I wonder if we are all going to bow down to your prescience in a couple of months? I'm impressed anyway.

will update this wed or thursday

As opposed to the traditional Eastenders offering of rape, domestic abuse, suicide and Sonia Jackson?

Whilst we import a lot of US Drama and comedy with game shows we tend to import the format Match Game became Blankety Blank Hollywood Squares became Celebrity Squares We had our own version of Wheel of Fortune and The Price is Right

Prince Philip 1618 (6th, 3rd) Rush Limbaugh 1284 (NEW) Bob Dole 1262 (5th, 6th) Jimmy Carter 1183 (6th, 5th) Pope Benedict 1082 (6th, 30th) Leslie Phillips 1028 (6th, 23rd) Tom Parker 942 (NEW) Mikhail Gorbachev 932 (6th, 10th) Leon Spinks 908 (NEW) Beverly Cleary 893 (4th, 18th) James Whale 885 (NEW) Larry King 864 (2nd, 27th) Tom Smith 822 (2nd, 32d) Glynis Johns 812 (5th, 25th) Linda Nolan 809 (2nd, -) Betty White 792 (3rd, 19th) Henry Kissinger 777 (2nd, 22nd) Bob Barker 757 (3rd, 24th) Carlos Menem 742 (NEW) Yoko Ono 693 (2nd, -) Jimmy Greaves 665 (2nd, 42nd) Dilip Kumar 664 (4th, 31st) Captain Tom Moore 627 (NEW) Norman Lloyd 606 (NEW) Joanne Woodward 604 (4th, 41st) Shannon Doherty 530 (NEW) Clarissa Eden 529 (2nd, 46th) Olivia Newton-John 527 (3rd, -) Rosalyn Carter 523 (3rd, 28th) David Gulpilil 510 (2nd, 15th) Murray Walker 496 (NEW) Sidney Poitier 493 (5th, 29th) Jean Louis-Trintignant 488 (3rd, 16th) Sarah Harding 474 (NEW) Harry Belafonte 448 (NEW) George Alagiah 429 (3rd, 14th) Prunella Scales 416 (2nd, 44th) Barbara Walters 413 (NEW) Gerd Muller 395 (NEW) Monica Vitti 381 (3rd, -) June Spencer 381 (NEW) Dai Davies 350 (NEW) Angela Lansbury 340 (NEW) Queen Elizabeth 336 (2nd, -) Bill Turnbull 307 (2nd, -) Bob Newhart 305 (NEW) Eva Marie Saint 304 (2nd,45th) Noam Chomsky 293 (NEW) Willie Nelson 273 (2nd, 34th) Imelda Marcos 268 (NEW)

Royal experts have usually been wrong. I'm betting Phil, Elizabeth, Camilla and Charles will go during the next ten years. First two within five, Camilla not long after if not even before.

They'd have to rename it Strictly Corpse Dancing.

Motherfucker, every time I see her thread bumped I keep thinking she's deid because of that Unstable marker beside her name.