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TCM have very kindly updated their annual tribute. They've added Barbara Windsor, Jeremy Bulloch and production designer Peter Lamont, and they haven't scrubbed anyone out. Got to give them their credit, they're bloody dedicated. I wish there was a body who did this annually for musicians. Sadly MTV has long lost its way. Focus is on reality programmes like "16 and Pregnant" and "Date My Mom" rather than actual music nowadays.

The salesman said, "This sofa will seat five people without any problems." "Fuck that," I thought, "where am I supposed to find five people without any problems."

The Nolans were easily as big as Kobe Bryant.

Will he go to the funeral on his bike?

Emil Cadkin (wiki), TV and film composer, with credits including SpongeBob SquarePants, the Donna Reed Show, and Tarzan, dead at 100. Can’t seem to locate a pic of him.

Yeah, we’re in the topic « foreign personnalities » so obviously this is not a huge one in UK. What’s the point in correcting everyone all the time ?

For all you golfers https://www.uroclub.com

Like Kobi whassisname?

Here it is, I found the puppy:

Is this the same Diane Ladd who was told she had "six months to live" in 2018? She should definitely be on radars and if anyone needs a loose name to round their team up to 20, there's much worse picks.

Everyone in the UK: this is currently at No.2 in the charts. No, seriously. Help get it to No.1!

Good luck and all the best. I hope it all goes well.

1. Prince Philip 2. Philippe De Gaulle 3. Walter Bernstein 4. Dan Tolkowsky 5. Leroy J Manor 6. Louis Witten 7. Whang od Oggay 8. B.B Lal 9. Gerhard Sommar 10. Edgar Morin 11. Aaron Beck 12. Francisco Morales- Bermudez 13. Song Ping 14. Allen Dines 15. Ali Kandil

Great conjunction live.

BBC Sports personality of the year is utter shite. It is something that would have been ok in the 50s but, decades later, it is fucking embarrassing to watch a cringe fest. It needs to be shot, burnt and then buried somewhere. Just sayin, like.

Chris Rea is actually short for Christmas Rearrangements.

In Australia we had the Moir Sisters. Basically one hit wonders with Good Morning How Are You , and yes it was as lame as the title suggests. One of them passed back in 2015

In 1979, the pop world lay at the feet of The Dooleys, but where are they now?! (Rhetorical question, no answers on postcards please) Personally, I was never caught by the Dooleys.

Couldn’t agree more, never heard of the Nolans, Linda’s death would barely be reported in France...

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.

I just remembered this a few minutes ago when we were discussing 80s acts. I see someone at this Stock Aitken Waterman blog has linked to DeathList and asked an open question about whether he's dead or not. Wiki have also removed his date of death due to it being unsourced. I know Mike Stock semi-acknowledged the death rumour in a subsequent tweet without actually confirming whether it was true or not. So now that the 2019 deaths are listed in the GRO and I'm a bit better at this, here's proof of his demise: Jason John (aka Jason Herbert) is commonly cited to having been born 18 Mar 1967 in Coventry. The only person with the surname Herbert who was both born in 1967 and died in 2019 according to the GRO is: Reverse this in FreeBMD and we get our man's birth in Coventry (registered in the 2nd quarter even though he was born in the first, not uncommon though): So, he's definitely dead.

Surely he would fall into in the William H. Gates category of "worthy" picks.

I never actually saw the offending tweet - so it was just "Meh" in response to someone asking his opinion? "i know you're not into metal david, but what's your opinion on eddie van halen?" So not referring to EVH's death at all. What a fuss about nothing.

Just thought I would update this thread for the second half of 2020. R.I.P. July: Ennio Morricone/Olivia de Havilland (both from Hollywood in the mid-1900s) August: John Hume September: Ruth Bader Ginsburg October: Sean Connery November: Diego Maradona December: Chuck Yeager (unless of course the Queen or Joe Biden die before the end of the year.)