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James Lovelock is definitely famous enough both in his field and media presence in the past. June Spencer from the Archers is another centenarian name that strikes me as meeting the DL threshold.She is certainly better known than Clarissa Eden.Over 70 years (with a few breaks) playing the same character.Also the last original cast member of the Archers still in it.I think only her and Ysanne Churchman are the only living original cast members from the very beginning.Not sure if Pamela Mant the original Christine Archer is still alive. Both Lovelock and Spencer will get widespread coverage when they go.So will Clarissa Eden but not as much.

Congrats to @TomTomTelekom The first hit of he new pool occured on April first, and it was not a joke. Akasaki is worth 1.826 pioints: Physics-laureate (1.000) in 2014 (800) aged 92 (20) from Asia (6). An adequate inaugural first hit! https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/akasaki/facts/

And now his top advisor, diplomat Charles Hill (wiki), has died aged 84 from an infection. Also advised Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan and Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Japanese scientist Isamu Akasaki, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for his creation of energy-saving sources of white light, died at 92 years: https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2021040200887/ He was also the recipient of many other distinguished honors, including the Order of Culture from the Japanese Emperor Akihito.

Pahor is the only current well-known centenarian I've known for over ten years. I've seen his book "Necropolis" for a few times in flea markets. Lloyd is famous for being in some Hitchcock movies in the 40s/50s, especially from playing the villain in Saboteur (1942) but probably most of his current fame is from being an active centenarian.

Don’t make a post people can’t search. Include some content.

No need to be sorry at all - you won fair and square by the well-established rules of the game. No complaints here. A wise person (or maybe it was msc?) told me last year that you needed a bit of luck to win the cup and it is true. Last year I rode my luck to the final, avoiding the big-hitters along the way, before eventually catching Death Impends on a very rare off-day. This year my luck ran out - it was bound to happen eventually. 2 picks dying hours before the start line wasn't ideal. Peter Lorimer NOT dying before the start line also may have hurt me, as my back-up Joker would have scored. Joey's very harsh rejection of another pick (who died and got lots of coverage because she was so famous, Joey) also dented my chances. But to be honest, I compounded all of my bad luck with a suicidally cavalier attitude towards subs, so I've no-one to blame but myself. Against a lot of other opponents I would have got away with it, as 12 points will win a lot of matches in this game. But against a top player like yourself, I was always going to have to be on top of my game to get through, and unfortunately that wasn't the case.

Shaukat Ali is a first miss for all of us: https://images.dawn.com/news/1186906/folksinger-shaukat-ali-passes-away-in-lahore He was seriously ill on the 30th already. I didn't think it was credible enough though.

Eddie Farhat Jr., aka Captain Ed George, a wrestler & promoter and the son of the legendary Sheik (Ed Farhat), died March 22nd. He was 71. The cause of death was COVID-19 complications. https://411mania.com/wrestling/wrestling-promoter-son-original-sheik-eddie-farhat-jr-passes-away/

A handy guide for the Easter weekend from the local paper. It's usually the comments that are the best thing about "news stories" like this. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19203413.oxfordshire-beauty-spots-used-dogging

I've known about James Lovelock for...about 25 years now as he came up in a course topic in primary school! He was referred to as an old scientist back then and all!

When cephalopods attack. 1950s film I think. Australia: Geologist beaten up by 'angriest octopus' on beach - BBC News

Japanese scientist Isamu Akasaki, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 for his creation of energy-saving sources of white light, died at 92 years: https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2021040200887/ First hit for me

Gregory Kellam Scott, Colorado's first and only ever Black Supreme Court justice, has died. He was 77. Scott is the second Supreme Court justice from that state to die this week, following the death of Mary Mullarkey, the first woman to serve on the court (as noted in the Female Firsts thread). https://lawweekcolorado.com/2021/04/colorados-first-black-justice-dies/

"Chip" Fitzgerald, the longest incarcerated Black Panther, has died after 51 years behind bars. He was 71. https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/31/headlines/black_panther_activist_chip_fitzgerald_dies_after_51_years_in_prison

With the possible exception of Clarissa Eden, I don't think any of the current centenarians are well-known enough in the UK to be included on the deathlist. I don't think the likes of Boris Pahor or Norman Lloyd are household names. I hadn't heard of them until I started to take an interest in possible deathlist types.

It is over.The game not the pandemic sadly.

My Bloody Valentine removed all sign of themselves from streaming services ages ago to our dismay, but have reuploaded their full catalogue as of yesterday

Congrats to Banana for slaughtering me (again!).

Are you a 14 year old girl by any chance?

The subtitle for this thread should be "You have zero lives left."

This will appear on my 1924 births update on the Detective thread later this eve but worth also dropping here. Looking at the autograph hunter sites... a fan sent Joyce Randolph a letter in early March. She responded with an autograph on 27th March but said in her letter that she wasn't well.

He's in hospital now.

Scary stuff in here Reading every paragraph.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-56613391