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Paul Ritter (IMDb), English actor, has died aged 54. He appeared in films Quantum of Solace, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as well as TV shows Friday Night Dinner and Chernobyl. Obituaries: Daily Mirror, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Express.

"Myself and the wife" .....

Looking good here:

Make of this report of Alcee Hastings' death what you will: Longtime Poker Tourney pick, whoever he is/was.

Are you telling us you haven't seen Chernobyl? You need to address that situation pdq. It's only five episodes, not some marathon multi-season epic that doesn't get going until halfway through.

Shocked and saddened. Terrible, terrible news. Superbly talented actor, comedy and otherwise. Friday Night Dinner’s getting a bit of a hammering what with Frances Cuka and Rosalind Knight also dying this past year

No-one has to check anything, but sometimes it pays to. Anyway, its the 21st century, why are people still going to church?

Capt Sir Tom 100: Family unveils NHS fundraiser's 'birthday challenge' Published 12 minutes ago Share IMAGE COPYRIGHTPA MEDIA image captionCaptain Sir Tom Moore, originally from Keighley near Bradford, raised almost £33m for charities supporting the NHS The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore have encouraged people to take on their own "100" challenge on what would have been his 101st birthday weekend. The Army veteran, who raised almost £33m for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden before he turned 100, died on 2 February. People have been asked to create their own challenge around the number 100 to raise money for charity. His daughter was quoted as saying 'Please support this and keep buying the merchandise to ensure I stay in the public eye. I intend to try to get on Pointless Celebrities, Celebrity First Dates and the jungle programme before the end of the year - all to ensure his legacy is not forgotten, of course'

Warwick University have won this year's University Challenge. It's a decent accomplishment, but still ranks well behind the creation of The Death List ( or Deathlist if you prefer).

This is why the cup is fun. 7 players have scored but only two of them are winning whereas nine players have not scored and are better off (ATM) than one of the players who has scored.

Oh, why not, the most niche list ever. People Ric Flair beat for wrestling titles. Various World Titles 1. 17/9/1981 – Dusty Rhodes (1945-2015, died after a combination of cancer and a fall.) 2. 9/2/1982 – Dusty Rhodes (see above) 3. 7/9/1982 – Jack Veneno (1942-2021) 4. 10/1/1983 – Carlos Colon (b. 1948, big name in Puerto Rican wrestling, helped cover up Bruiser Brody’s murder, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2014.) 5. 11/2/1983 - Victor Jovica (b. 1945, another Puerto Rican name and WWC promoter there) 6. 24/11/1983 – Harley Race (1943-2019, the great Harley Race died after a battle with lung cancer.) 7. 23/3/1984 – Harley Race (see above) 8. 24/5/1984 – Kerry Von Erich (1960-93 – shot himself) 9. 9/8/1986 – Dusty Rhodes (see above) 10. 26/11/1987 – Ronnie Garvin (b 1945) 11. 7/5/1989 – Ricky Steamboat b. 1953, had to retire from active competition in 2010 after a near fatal haemorrhage but seems in OK nick for it, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2009.) 12. 11/1/1991 – Sting (b. 1959, currently active in AEW as manager/wrestler, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2016 - fun note, he patented the name before the singer, who pays royalties to the wrestler to use the name.) 13. 19/5/1991 – Tatsumi Fujinami (b. 1953, still wrestlers, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2015) 1/9/1992 - WWE title - Randy Savage 14. 18/7/1993 – Barry Windham (b. 1960 – suffers from the traditional Windham family heart problems, had a serious HA few years back, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2012.) 15. 27/12/1993 – Vader (1955-2018) 16. 21/4/1994 – Ricky Steamboat (see above) 17. 23/6/1994 – Sting (see above) 18. 27/12/1995 – Randy Savage (1952-2011, died due to heart attack/car crash combination just as he seemed to be getting his life back on track.) 19. 11/2/1996 – also Randy Savage 20. 14/3/1999 – Hulk Hogan (b. 1953, you know who he is.) 21. 7/5/2000 – Jeff Jarrett (b. 1967, works backstage for WWE, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2018) 22. 29/5/2000 – Kevin Nash (b. 1959, legit 7-footer, full time career ended in-ring after a heart attack in 2005 but still managed to pull off 2 Rumble appearances and 1 ladder match in the last decade, because nutter. For a 7-footer with heart problems he seems in decent health these days, but has spent 15 years telling interviews he wont see 70 due to a history of heart issues in his family. A two time Hall of Fame inductee (2013 and 2020).) Won the Mid-Atlantic World title 4 times, each time off Wahoo McDaniel who died in 2002. TV titles 1. 8/2/1975 – Paul Jones (1942-2018) 2. 4/4/1977 – Rufus R Jones (1933-93) US title 1. 29/7/1977 – Bobo Brazil (1924-98) 2. 9/4/1978 – Mr Wrestling (1934-2002) 3. 1/4/1979 – Ricky Steamboat (see above) 4. 19/4/1980 – Jimmy Snuka (1943-2017) 5. 24/11/1980 – Greg Valentine (b. 1950) 6. 7/7/1996 – Konnan (b. 1964, a number of kidney related health issues in recent years) Tag title opponents not previously mentioned 1. 4/7/1974 – Bob Bruggers (b. 1944, retired after the famous plane crash in 1975.) 2. 6/7/1977 – Dino Bravo (1948-93, rather infamously murdered, possibly by mob connections.) 3. 6/7/1977 – Tiger Conway Jr (b. 1953) 4. 26/12/1976 – Gene Anderson (1939-91, heart attack) 5. 26/12/1976 – Ole Anderson (b. 1942, MS and burned every bridge in wrestling over past 40 years by being grumpy fucker.) 6. 8/8/1979 – Baron Von Raschke (b. 1940) 7. 14/12/2003 – Dvon Dudley (b. 1972 works for WWE but recently suffering a “health issue”.) 8. 14/12/2003 – Bubba Ray Dudley (the Dudleys were one of the greatest tag teams of the past 30 years, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2018. Still wrestles.) 9. 22/3/2004 – Booker T (b. 1965, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2013 and 2019 – still regularly appears and looks great.) 10. 22/3/2004 – Rob Van Dam (b. 1970, inducted into the WWE HOF in 2021 – still wrestles but has signs of early health decline from his style – the repeat headaches, memory issues etc) 11. 5/11/2006 – Kenny Doane (b. 1986 12. 5/11/2006 – Mike Mondo (b. 1983) IC title 1. 18/9/2005 – Carlito (b. 1979 – Carlos Colon’s son, made a recent appearance in the Royal Rumble.) Just enough left for a theme team!

Sarah Hughes QO: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/apr/06/brilliant-and-versatile-observer-and-guardian-journalist-sarah-hughes-dies-at-48 Excellent unique hit for me in the DDP, maybe my team has some life left after all. That said, I really liked and actively followed her Game Of Thrones coverage. Very sad.

Some good potential for the Scrabble thread in the posts above, however none of the deceased poets make the final cut.

Reports on Twitterscreen that Jack Veneno has died.

Couple of Observer journalists tweeting about it so I would assume they're not jumping the gun

Wow.That one is a shocker.Brilliant actor and no age at all

Christ you don't want to have been in a James Bond film at the moment!

The Chesham and Amersham by-election should be a non-event. The Conservative vote here has not dipped below 50% since it's creation. The only way it would be a story is if Boris were to lose it and under current polling that does not look likely.

Update for the death of Dame Cheryl Gillan: nantonion2013:40 Bibliogryphon:30 Gooseberry Crumble:30 GraveDanger:30 Sean:30 The Old Crem:10 No one appears to have picked Neil Gray.

Clearly some deadpoolers got angry with wasting a pick every year.

Wang Long, a steel factory worker in China jumped into a blast furnace and died after discovering he lost more than $9,000 on the stock market. With the name Wang Long you’d think he had something else to live for... SC

Never heard of him. I would have guessed DMX was a sort of bike.

They would still have the right to refuse the vaccine. But others would have the right to choose only to admit vaccinated people to their events or premises.

Nay. People should have the right to refuse the vaccine, it is completely up to us what we decide to put into our bodies - not the government. We should not have to earn back our human rights on the count of some higher power.

He said his last words. Then, after a brief silence, he went over to the other side.