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Some of those song titles, though.

Scoreboard #3 - 16 Nov 2020 Banana (26) gcreptile (25) HDS (20) Joey Russ (18) CaptainChorizo (17) Death Impends (17) Etushispushingupdaisies (16) Sir Creep (15) Book (15) WEP (13) The Old Crem (12) msc (11) markb4 (10) Great Uncle Bulgaria (10) The Old Lady (9) Toast (8) DeathByArsenic (8) Yvonne (5) GuyFromFuture (3) Yorkshire Banker (2) Wormfarmer (2) Joe Moneypenny Bibliogryphon

Prince Philip, Bob Dole, Pope Benedict XVI, Jimmy Carter and Henry Kissinger should be in the top 5 in my opinion. If they all are alive untill 2021.

Turtles guitarist Jim Tucker has died - https://www.theunion.com/news/jim-tucker-rhythm-guitarist-for-the-turtles-and-grass-valley-resident-dies-at-74/

Gary Dee Bradford, a child gospel singer born with thalidomide-like handicaps and a regular on lists of the worst ever album covers, died with little notice in 2019. https://usobit.com/obituaries-2019/04/gary-deebradford-1964-2019/

Wow, this was hard, and what I did find was somewhat limited sadly. Peter J. Hammond was born in 1934 as per BFI. Now, they have been wrong in the past but they're generally reliable on this front. I had a look through the birth index. There are loads of people called Peter Hammond born in 1934. The only one who stands out with a "J" as an initial is a Peter J F Hammond born in Hendon circa September 1934. He married a Shirley Eldridge circa June 1957 in Wood Green. Could be him but I wouldn't bet on it. Writers have a habit of adding/changing middle initials so in reality he could be any of the ones born that year... and that's not even taking into account the year being incorrect! "Cressida" didn't turn up any marriage records, nor could I find a Cressida Hammond on residency records. Henric Hirsch. Nada. There was a HENRICK HIRSCH who married a Sandra R. Geissler in Islington circa December 1977. The only close match. Neither of them appear in any UK records after this date so maybe this is him and the two of them moved to Australia. Now you can search Aussie death records (not on Ancestry but at each state's respective sites) but the family research pages only go up to 1990, so you may have to wait some years and then look again to get an answer. Paul Erickson is a pseudonym. Thankfully his death certificate on Ancestry for 27th October 1991 in Lambeth lists both his pseudonym and his real name, Frederick Redwood Watts. He was born in Cardiff 22 November 1920, so the info on the wider web is correct. Now, Wiki says him and Lesley Scott were married briefly. What does briefly mean? Presumably the two of them wrote The Ark in 1966 shortly before it was released. The reason why I question the language "briefly" is that this appears to be her, and it's from 15 years prior: c. June 1951, Kensington, FREDERICK R WATTS (it also says aka PAUL ERICKSON) + GEMMA SIGHE (it also says aka GEMMA VITALE). I believe Lesley Scott was Gemma Vitale/Sighe. Sadly, here is where the trail ends. I can't find any other trace of where she came from or where she went to!! Now, there is a marriage in Lambeth in 1986 for a Frederick R Watts and a Monica A Baker. He died in Lambeth. Could this have been a later spouse? Yes, the marriage certificate also lists his pseudonym of Paul Erickson. In other words, not much use. But I did try, and at least there's a supposed birth year for Hammond and the proper bio details for Erickson himself, with the likely true identity of "Lesley Scott". Maybe someone a little less amateur than myself can use them and pursue this further.

Here is the results for this round ! 14th of November : Sean 16th of November : WEP 17th of November : Deadpool 18th of November : Joey Russ 19th of November : CoffinLodger 20th of November : book 21st of November : RolandDeschain 22nd of November : redrumours 23rd of November : Bibliogryphon 26th of November : roaming_comrade 27th of November : Chilean way 28th of November : The Daredevil 29th of November : theoldlady 30th of November : Cant Wait 1st of December : The Quim Reaper 2nd of December : Putin 3rd of December : ObakeFilter 4th of December : Perhaps 5th of December : paddyfool 6th of December : Gemineye 7th of December : Arsewipe 11th of December : the engineer 12th of December : The Old Crem 13th of December : Sir Creep 19th of December : Genfærd 25th of December : The Unknown Man January 2021 : msc please @paddyfool and @Marenghi, if you wanna play, chose another date, yours were already taken…

Stevie Cusack, drummer for Kissing The Pink, reportedly dead.

I'm thinking she's gold for Deathrace/HPDP and one or two others. Deffo 101 by the time they all kick off.

Just had a look at the England and Wales probates for this year, which returned nothing, and she isn't in the GRO up to December 2019. Possible that she has died since then but I think it would've been noticed. I would say likely she is still alive.

My biggest bugbear (and I have a few) is the "could of/should of/would of" usage. I internally scream every time I see it. I have quite possibly mentioned it before.

Well, I did it again! Tay Vaccine Trial were still asking for volunteers yesterday so I sent an email, got an automatic response saying that someone would be in touch. Not so much travelling involved with this one as it is centred in Dundee and Kirkcaldy.

The one that annoys me most, I think, is the your/you're mistake. Jealousy/envy confusion gets my goat too. I should whinge on this thread more often.

Bob Hamilton, the long-time voice of KMOX radio St. Louis, having been a news anchor for 20 years, from the early 1980s through until the 2000s, has died. He was 82. There are conflicting statements on how he died. The obit says COVID-19, a friend of his says kidney failure. https://www.radio.com/kmox/news/local/longtime-voice-of-kmox-bob-hamilton-has-died

Jac Kreemers, the original drummer for the Australian prog rock band Madder Lake, has died. https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/madder-lakes-original-drummer-jac-kreemers-has-died-2817558

Japanese actor Akira Kubodera dies of a suspected suicide. He was 43. https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/asianbuzz/japanese-actor-akira-kubodera-dies-at-43/ar-BB1b4iH7

John Shimooka, a former world tour surfer-turned-broadcaster, has died. He was 51. https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/16/sport/john-shimooka-death-surfing-spt-intl/index.html

My best purchase this year was a £20 Wii on eBay, which I modded to access the internet. I might sound like a boomer with a flip phone, but it's really all I need. I've got my money's worth many times over. £20 is also the most I'd be willing to fork out right now.

Where the fuck is the Nintendo Switch?

Says the person who hasn’t presented any argument.

Happy 51st Birthday to the Clangers which made its debut on 16th November 1969, narrated by Oliver Postgate.

Update: Doge is sick, but again looks better than a while ago. Pictures from today: http://kabochan.blog.jp/archives/42287639.html

Just recently tested myself for Covid-19. Luckily it was negative.

She has a lot of pain & problems with walking. https://www.survivornet.com/articles/olivia-newton-john-shares-new-updates-on-her-remarkable-battle-with-metastatic-breast-cancer/

The Masterlist Airport 77’ (Book) Lee Grant Michael Emmett Walsh Monte Markham The Age of Innocence (Toast)* Joanne Woodward Norman Lloyd Miriam Margolyes Marnie (The Old Lady) Tippi Hedren Bruce Dern Diane Baker Pulp Fiction (The Quim Reaper) John Travolta Christopher Walken Harvey Keitel Forget Paris (GCReptile)** Rush Limbaugh Paul Westphal Liz Sheridan Nobody Runs Forever (aka The High Commissioner) (Handrejka)* Christopher Plummer Derren Nesbitt Clive Revill Airport 1975 (MarkB4)* Nancy Olson Larry Storch Conrad Janis Oh God (AjlPosh) William Daniels Paul Sorvino Teri Garr The Wrestler (Spade Cooley) Necro Butcher The Blue Meanie John Zandic Death on the Nile (paddyfool) Angela Lansbury Maggie Smith Mia Farrow Psycho (1960) (Dying Probably)* Vera Miles Patricia Hitchcock Paul Jasmin The People Next Door (En Passant)** Hal Holbrook Cloris Leachman Nehemiah Persoff Half Moon Street (time) Michael Caine Ram John Holder Nadim Sawalha Willow (Bibliogryphon) Jean Marsh Val Kilmer Phil Fondarco The Boyfriend (YoungWillz)* Barbara Windsor Tommy Tune Brian Murphy Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (msc)* Russ Tamblyn Jane Powell Julie Newmar The Jackel (Grim Up North)* Sidney Poitier Leslie Phillips Larry King Quartet (Rover and Out)* Tom Courteney Trevor Peacock Gwyneth Jones The Wild Bunch (Captain Chorizo) Elsa Cordena Alfonso Arau L Q Jones Debbie Does Dallas (Great Uncle Bulgaria) Herschel Savage Robin Byrd Eric Edwards Father Came Too (The Daredevil) Leslie Phillips Stanley Baxter Kenneth Cope Sharkey’s Machine (Death by Arsenic) Henry Silva Earl Holliman Darryl Hickman Buona Sera Mrs Campbell (Torva Messor) Gina Lollabridgida Lee Grant Philippe Leroy Toy Story 4 (Perhaps)** Estelle Harris Betty White Mel Brooks Meet Me In St. Louis (The Old Crem) June Lockhart Margaret O’Brien Darryl Hickman Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (Guy From The Future) Robert Wagner Burt Bacharach Jeanette Miller The Right Stuff (An Fear Beag)** Tom Dahlgren David Gulpilil Chuck Yeager All You Need Is Cash(1978) (Yorkshire Banker)** Jeannette Charles Henry Woolf Barry Cryer 29. Snow Dogs-2002 (Joe Moneypenny) Nichelle Nichols Bria Doyle-Murray Graham Greene