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Joe Mercer, the man, the myth, the legend, dead at 86: https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/riding-legend-and-brigadier-gerards-jockey-joe-mercer-dies-at-the-age-of-86/490348 DDP Pick, QOs guaranteed.

Same top 4 since August 2019 (Matsushita's death). Tanaka-Randon-Dos Santos-Bot

OK.

I suspect when the grim reaper arrives at her door to inform her that she has "kicked the bucket", no doubt she will grimace and inform him it's, "kicked the bouquet" and shut the door in his face.

Thread for Microsoft founder and general IT guru Bill Gates, also notable for being the son of former DeathList star William H. Gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates He famously started Microsoft in a garage, has been known for working for 90 hours without sleep, and has become one of the world's biggest philantropists. However, now it turns out that his marriage was a mess, he's been having affairs for many years, and he's been frequently meeting with disgraced "investor" Jeffrey Epstein. Until quite recently, I would have said that it's 20 years too early to start a thread for him, but what if his post-career "clean nice-guy" image was just a facade? Could he be a heart attack waiting to happen?

Paul Allen died at 65, Gates still has time until October to die at the same age as Allen. Could still live quite long but he won't get near the age daddy got to, though

Some good news: Gibraltar is now officially Covid-free. Previously it was generally only small island nations who were able to say that (and, briefly, New Zealand of course). At the other extreme the US has just passed 600,000 deaths, on Worldometers if not on all news sources. I'm expecting India's toll to pass Brazil's before the end of July. And yes, Hungary the first country to report a death rate of 3000 per million. No-one else is that close - and death rates in Czech Republic are well down now - so they may have that unhappy distinction to themselves.

Contrary to the hedonistic vision of the 2020s outlined in the opening post of this thread, I'm rather minded to believe that the pandemic might finally spur those who inhabit our sacred planet to understand that they can live without the excesses of the last seventy or so years, and instead focus on family and close friendships, rather than mass participation and culture driven distraction that often serves only to benefit big corporations that sell alcohol and criminal networks who sell drugs. I'm rather hoping we'll see the slumbering twenties with a death of mass-participation activity, a mellow musical tone - perhaps the return of classic style pop crooners to the mainstream and small pub events being the mainstay of the entertainment industry rather than decadent raves. Maybe just maybe, the nation could at last find it's god again as well.

Ten Entries Received Two weeks left Still waiting on Eleven former players but happy to welcome anyone new to the party

It's been 50 years since Charles Colson (1931-2012) compiled the Master list of Nixon's political opponents. John Dean (b. 1938) provided the list to the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973. Well, who's still alive from the list? Organizations are not listed. Senators (12 in total): Fred R. Harris (b. 1930) Members of the House of Representatives (9 in total): Pete McCloskey (1927-2024) Elizabeth Holtzman (b. 1941) Black Congressmen and Congresswomen (12 in total): Charles Rangel (b. 1930) Bill Clay (b. 1931) Other politicians: None alive Labor: None alive Media (61 in total): Carl Bernstein (b. 1944) Bob Woodward (b. 1943) James S. Doyle (b. 1935) Martin F. Nolan (b. 1940) Morton Kondracke (b. 1939) Ted Knap (1920-2023) Milton Viorst (1930-2022) Garry Wills (b. 1934) Dan Rather (b. 1931) Marvin Kalb (b. 1930) Unknown if alive: James H. Laird Celebrities (13 in total): Bill Cosby (b. 1937) Jane Fonda (b. 1937) Joe Namath (b. 1943) Barbra Streisand (b. 1942) Business people (24 in total): Unknown if alive: George Hillman Business additions: None alive Business (24 in total): Clifford Alexander (1933-2022) Victor Palmieri (b. 1930) Academics (22 in total): Derek Bok (b. 1930) Noam Chomsky (b. 1928) Daniel Ellsberg (1931-2023) Matthew Meselson (b. 1930) George Drennen Fischer (1925-2021) "Nixon's Enemies List" memo, 1971 (20 in total): Morton Halperin (b. 1938) Sidney Davidoff (b. 1939)

Obituary for Toni Dalli, Italian born but brought up in Sheffield, only to become an international singing sensation in the late 1950s/early 1960s, died back on 28 April: https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/people/singing-star-and-proud-sheffield-lad-who-became-a-household-name-dies-at-home-in-spain-3239388 IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198081/ Here's Alma Cogan, trying to keep up:

Lars-Gunnar Bodin (1935-2021) died on May 10, at his home in Gnesta, Sweden. He was the most well-known Swedish composer of electronic (electro-acoustic) music and also a poet and visual artist. https://www.facebook.com/jon.appleton.12/posts/2238192476312121

American professional wrestler Jerome "New Jack" Young has died age 58 https://www.cnn.com/2021/entertainment/obituary-new-jack-wrestler-death-trnd/index.html

Your name really was well-chosen, wasn't it.

The Queen is a woman of duty, and unlike Prince Albert's her husbands death was relatively expected. She knows the line between duty and personal, and she did a grand job of the state opening under difficult circumstances.

It's rare that I'm anything other than cynically depressed by a footballer's interview, but Allison's post-match talk was really quite moving, and articulate for a non-English speaker (except the bit about God). Also, he nodded home the first goal by a Liverpool keeper in their/its storied history to keep the CL flame flickering. A few minutes later, I was moved to laughter at the whining of mealy-mouthed Fat Sam bemoaning officials and VAR and probably God too (yes, I know WBA got slightly gypped on the night, but still). Never mind, I'm sure a nice chunky brown envelope will put a smile back on his enormous face.

Bill Bruford, another King Crimson member, is 72 today

Felicia Elizondo, transgender activist has died aged 74. https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news/304996

Really annoying "buyer" on Ebay. Pester pester pester. It started with them asking how much to post to France. I'd only listed UK postage. I wish I had just said No. After that it was question after unnecessary question, then they wanted me to stop the auction and sell it to them. I said no, just leave a bid. They kept on. For days. Eventually I enabled the "Best Offer". No offer came. Then they said Ebay wouldn't let them make an offer from France And demanded that I stop the auction and sell it to them privately. I said No, it was against the rules, and blocked them. This didn't prevent them messaging me again with the same demand, upon which I told them I would report them to Ebay if they tried to contact me again. All this for a postcard sized item priced at a fiver.

Sorted

Just lurking. Had Covid, recovered. Couldn't get into old account so set up new one with old name plus1

Arranger, educator, and beloved pianist Norman Simmons, who collaborated with such luminaries as Helen Humes, Sarah Vazghan and Anita O'Day, died at 91 years: https://www.wbgo.org/music/2021-05-13/norman-simmons-pianist-who-made-an-elegant-art-out-of-accompaniment-dies-at-91 He arranged Ramsey Lewis' "Wade in the Water" in 1966. It became a huge commercial hit for the two. And he also worked with the legendary Joe Williams.

Q. What would you be if you weren't a pro footballer? Peter Crouch: A virgin

Joey Essex actually makes a living from it.....!

This will be the list with the names of centenarians picks in this deadpool and a little description of them. I keep updating new names of famous centenarians here. Survivors 2024 1. Inah Canabarro: b. 1908 june 8, brazilian supercentenarian and religious sister. 3. Ethel Caterham: b. 1909 august 21, british supercentenarian. 4. Saalumarada Thimmakka: b. 1910 (claimed), indian environmentalist. 5. Marie-Rose Tessier: b. 1910 may 21, french supercentenarian. 7. Andrée Bertoletto: b. 1911 january 1, french supercentenarian. 8. Margarete Tröstl: b. 1911 february 26, austrian supercentenarian. 9. Marita Camacho Quirós: b. 1911 march 10, former first lady of Costa Rica, widow of former president Francisco Orlich. 10. Fauja Singh: b. 1911 april 1 (claimed), british Sikh centenarian marathon runner of Punjabi indian descent. 11. Viola Fletcher: b. 1914 may 5, american Tulsa race riot survivor. 12. Anne Baker: b. 1914 may 14, british writer of historical biographies, she received a merit award from the NSPCC for more than 50 years of volunteer work. 13. Edith Renfrow Smith: b. 1914 july 14, american student. 14. Lessie Benningfield Randle: b. 1914 november 10, american Tulsa race riot survivor. 15. James Clayton Flowers: b. 1915 december 25, american tuskegee airman. 16: Bill Monfort: b. 1916, Pearl Harbor survivor. 17. Geneviève Callerot: b. 1916 may 6, french farmer and novelist. 18. Käthe Menzel-Jordan: b. 1916 september 7, german architect and preservationist. 19. Frederico Fischer: b. 1917 january 6, brazilian athlete, is the current Masters M90 and M95 world record holder in the 100 metres. 20. Frank Chuman: b. 1917 april 29, japanese-american attorney. 21. Song Ping: b. 1917 april 30, chinese communist revolutionary and a retired high-ranking politician, he was a member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee and is considered the only living member of the Second Generation of Chinese Leadership. 22. Ena Collymore-Woodstock: b. 1917 september 10, jamaican barrister and magistrate. 23. Yang You: b. 1917 october 17, chinese scientist. 24. Sir Lloyd Geering: b. 1918 february 26, new zealand theologian who faced charges of heresy in 1967. 25. Elisabeth Waldo: b. 1918 june 15, american violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist. 26. Brenda Milner: b. 1918 july 15, british-canadian neuropsychologist, referred as "the founder of neuropsychology". 27. Elly Laabs: b. 1918 august 12, german centenarian. 28. Paul Mwazha: b. 1918 october 25, zimbabwean clergyman. 29. Caren Marsh Doll: b. 1919 april 6, american stage and screen actress and dancer specialising in modern dance and tap, she appeared in motion pictures with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Studios from 1937 to 1948, including dance stand-in in The Wizard of Oz and Ziegfeld Girl. 30. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu: b. 1919 april 23, ghanaian islamic cleric. 31. Władisław Siemaszko: b. 1919 june 8, polish publicit and lawyer. 32. Nancy Stratford: b. 1919 june 12, american aviator. 33. Eileen Bennett: b. 1919 july 8, british actress. 34. John Allman Hemingway: b. 1919 july 17, irish Royal Air Force fighter pilot. 35. Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit: b. 1919 august 15, argentine human rights activist. 37. Howard Bier: b. 1919 august 20, american politician. 38. Jean Schmidt: b. 1919 august 21, american catholic nun and chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team, known as Sister Jean. 39. Klaus Obermeyer: b. 1919 december 2, german-american businessman, founder of Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. 40. Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn: b. 1919 december 9, german noble and photographer. 41. Henry Hu: b. 1920 january 20, chinese barrister in Hong Kong, served as the vice-chairman of the Reform Club, Legislative Council member and vice-chairperson of Urban Council. 42. Marthe Cohn: b. 1920 april 13, french author, nurse, former spy and holocaust survivor, she wrote about her experiences in the book Behind Enemy Lines. 43. John Alexander Cruickshank: b. 1920 may 20, scottish World War II veteran, he is the last living recipient to have been awarded the Victoria Cross during the World War II. 44. Yvonne Alice Curtet: b. 1920 may 28, french olympic athlete. 45. Sir Patrick Duffy: b. 1920 june 17, british econoist and Labour Party politician. 46. Thomas Franklin Vaughns: b. 1920 july 7, american tuskegee airman. 47. Émile Idée: b. 1920 july 19, french road bicycle racer. 48. Charles Burrell: b. 1920 october 4, american classical and jazz bass player. 49. Paul Ignatius: b. 1920 november 11, american government official. 50. Ira "Ike" Schab: b. 1920 december 3, american Pearl Harbor survivor. 51. Franca Pilla: b. 1920 december 19, italian socialité, aka Franca Ciampi, widow of former president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. 52. Iris Cummings: b. 1920 december 21, american Olympic swimmer and aviator. 53. Juan Mariné: b. 1920 december 31, spanish cinematographer and Spanish Civil War veteran. 54. Elizabeth Kelly: b. 1921 march 29, british actress, known for her roles in television series and oper soaps. 56. Pe'l Schlechter: b. 1921 april 20, luxembourg architect and graphic designer. 57. Zeynep Korkmaz: b. 1921 july 5, turkish scholar and dialectologist. 58. Edgar Morin: b. 1921 july 8, french philosopher and sociologist. 59. Ella Blumenthal: b. 1921 july 25, polish holocaust survivor. 60. Joe Caroff: b. 1921 august 18, american graphic designer. 61. Eddy Goldfarb: b. 1921 september 5, american toy inventor. 62. George Joseph: b. 1921 september 11, american insurer. 63. Betty Reid Soskin: b. 1921 september 22, american ranger with the National Park Service, she retired at 100. 64. Julia Dingwort-Nusseck: b. 1921 october 6, german business journalist. 65. Ted Bassett: b. 1921 october 26, american racehorse breeder. 66. Margot Friedländer: b. 1921 november 5, german holocaust survivor. 67. Ken Stevens: b. 1922, american Pearl Harbor survivor. 68. Hugo Broch: b. 1922 january 6, german pilot. 69. Ray Anthony: b. 1922 january 20, american trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter and actor. 70. Rhoda Wurtele: b. 1922 january 21, canadian olympic alpine skier. 71. Induratana Paribatra: b. 1922 februry 2, thai royal. 72. William R. Lucas: b. 1922 march 1, american scientist. 73. John Luckadoo: b. 1922 march 16, american pilot. 74. Thomas Rew: b. 1922 march 18, american Air Force major general. 75. Ann Wylie: b. 1922 april 12, new zealand botanist. 76. Valérie André: b. 1922 april 21, french general officer, neurosurgeon and aviator. 77. Gerald Holton: b. 1922 may 23, american physicist. 78. Judy Hall: b. 1922 july 2, australian pianist. 79. Annette Warren: b. 1922 july 11, american singer and actress. 80. Rachel Robinson: b. 1922 july 19, american professor and nurse. 81. Sara Luzita: b. 1922 august 11, spanish dancer and actress. 82. Arch Jelley: b. 1922 august 13, new zealand athletics coach. 83. Annabel Maule: b. 1922 september 8, british actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film. 84. Peter Sichel: b. 1922 september 12, german-american wine merchant. 85. William Leuchtenberg: b. 1922 september 28, american historian. 86. Yang Chen-Ning: b. 1922 october 1, chinese theoretical physicist. 87. Pauline Clayden: b. 1922 october 12, british ballerina. 88. Gaositwe Chiepe: b. 1922 october 20, botswana politician and diplomat. 89. Dieter Gruen: b. 1922 november 21, german-american scientist. 90. Jacqueline White: b. 1922 november 27, american actress. 91. Du Daozheng: b. 1923, chinese journalist. 92. Virginia Halas McCaskey: b. 1923 january 5, american owner of the Chicago Bears of the NFL. 93. Vija Vētra: b. 1923 february 6, latvian dancer and choreographer. 94. David H. Murdock: b. 1923 april 11, american businessman and philanthropist. 95. Sen Soshitsu XV: b. 1923 april 19, japanese Grand Master of Urasenke. 96. Francis Graham Smith: b. 1923 april 25, british astronomer. 97. Paul Shooner: b. 1923 may 2, canadian politician. 98. René Henry Gracida: b. 1923 june 9, american roman catholic bishop. 99. James H. Harvey: b. 1923 july 13, american USAF officer. 100. Rudolph A. Marcus: b. 1923 july 21, canadian chemist and Nobel Prize recipient. 101. Jack Van Nordheim: b. 1923 july 31, american naturalist, author and influencer. 102. Aileen Adams: b. 1923 september 5, british consultant anaesthetist. 103. Socorro Ramos: b. 1923 september 23, filipino entrepreneur. 104. Margaret Papandreou: b. 1923 september 30, greek-american first lady, widow of Andreas Papandreou. 105. Mary Morello: b. 1923 october 1, american activist. 106. Robert Kuok: b. 1923 october 6, malaysian businessman, investor and philanthropist. 107. V. S. Achuthanandan: b. 1923 october 20, indian politician. 108. Ida Vitale: b. 1923 november 2, uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic. 109. Guillermo Rodríguez Lara: b. 1923 november 4, ecuadorian politician and military leader, President (1972-1976). 110. Józef Hen: b. 1923 november 8, polish novelist, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and reporter. 111. Gloria Whelan: b. 1923 november 23, american poet, short story writer and novelist. 112. Vincent Ball: b. 1923 december 4, australian radio, stage and screen actor. 113. Johnny Pate: b. 1923 december 5, american jazz bassist. 114. Jacqueline Fleury: b. 1923 december 12, french resistance fighter. 115. Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat: b. 1923 december 29, french mathematician and physicist. 116. Grégoire Maertens: b. 1924 january 1, belgian Esperanto speaker. 117. Anne Vernon: b. 1924 january 9, french actress. 118. Khamtai Siphandone: b. 1924 february 8, laotian politician, Prime Minister (1991-1998) and President (1998-2006). 119. Charles Coste: b. 1924 february 8, french cyclist. 120. Tomiichi Murayama: b. 1924 march 3, japanese politician, Prime Minister (1994-1996). 121. William H. Webster: b. 1924 march 6, american attorney and jurist. 122. Art Schallock: b. 1924 april 25, american baseball player. 123. Laurie Webb: b. 1924 may 6, welsh actor. 124. Gwen Moffat: b. 1924 july 3, british mountaineer and writer. 125. Eva Marie Saint: b. 1924 july 4, american actress. 126. Oscar Wyatt: b. 1924 july 11, american businessman and millionaire, he founded Coastal Corporation. 127. Marianne Bernadotte: b. 1924 july 14, swedish actress, fashion icon, philanthropist and Countess of Wisborg. 128. Duchess Marie Christine of Württemberg: b. 1924 september 2, liechtenstein royal. 129. Russell M. Nelson: b. 1924 september 9, american religious leader and surgeon.