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1960 Gold medalist American rower Ted Nash dead at 88. Unpicked in Scavenger Hunt.

Close! She was a name I had considered, but for some reason didn't make the final selection. I just don't know enough about any of these people.

Speaking of off the radar character actor deaths @YoungWillz, been assured a Leon Greene obit is on the way.

Servus, Grüezi und Hallo! Welcome everybody to a little German/Austrian/Swiss pendant to our very beloved bible „DeathList Top 50“ and to its equivalents of the French, the Canadian and the Australian/New Zeelandian DeathList, created by forum users. We, the German forum fellas frleon, gcreptile, Prophet, TomTomTelekom, WEP and Book, created a list of 50 German, Austrian or Swiss people (from the so-called D-A-CH-countries*) of who we think that 2021 could be their final year. *By the way, D-A-CH means D = Deutschland (Germany) A = Österreich (Austria) CH = Schweiz (Switzerland) „Dach“ is the German expression for „roof“. First we collected several names which came to our mind, also of people who were born in the German speaking countries or later became a citizen of that countries. Then everyone selected 50 names and put them in order 1 to 50. First place = 50 points, last place = 1 point. At the end I added up all the points and the result was the German DeathList, now called The D-A-CH-DeathList. I'm sure you'll find some surprise inclusions but also some “obvious misses!” Every obit in the German language is accepted, because dead means dead Maybe this thread could also be used for German deaths generally, like the ones for the Danes or the Slavs or the famous Belgians. So, to cut a long story short: In the next post are the 50 German, Austrian and Swiss people of our very first D-A-CH-List 2021! Thank you for your attention. Enjoy!

DEAD: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/former-himachal-cm-virbhadra-singh-dies-of-covid-complications-at-87-279722

I'm quite hoping they win now, just because of the all the craic you'll get on Twitter with this post-Brexit leaving the E.U then pumping them at their football tournament. Piers Morgan might actually explode. Also Marcus Rashford and Gareth Southgate are such righters they'd be well able to fend off any Tory-led jingoistic bollocks from Boris & Co if it does come to pass and will have none of their shite. Thank God they won't be able to be wheel out Captain Tom. Anyways it'll be Engerlandshire 2 Italy 1 Probably.

This is something that I really despise, and it mostly seems to be Scots who indulge in this childish nastiness. It's going on in another forum I use atm as well. If England had been knocked out earlier and it had been Scotland playing tonight, I would have been cheering them on. Same if it had been Wales, or one of the Irish teams. I am happy to see anyone from our islands do well. It's fine to have favourites, but ugly to hate another country's team to such a degree. I always cheer for Andorra. I have a soft spot for the ridiculous little place.

Busy day!

England 5 - 0 Italy ()

Huh, I'm lost? I was rooting for Denmark, on the spurious reasons that I quite like Denmark, and am a sucker for sporting underdogs? And you don't get more underdog than your best player nearly dying on the fucking pitch! (But being honest, I am fairly chilled about this English team. No outright gobshites like John Terry or Ashley Cole or the like in the side to make you root for Andorra instead!) I tend to ignore Windsor's hategasms about everything in his own country tbh. (But yes, 44th in the world Scotland actually qualifying for something and holding the joint-favourites to a draw was an achievement in context. Unionists who see everything in society through the lens of Sturgeons smile are as bad as the cybernats imo.)

German right-wing MP Martin Hebner dead of brain cancer (undisclosed) at 61: https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/martin-hebner-ist-tot-a-1b7b33c2-363c-4d09-85d3-85e51604f62e

Chris Romero, known during his career as Chris Youngblood, where he portrayed a Native American along with his brother Mark is dead at 55.

British foil gold medallist from 1956, Gillian Sheen (Donaldson) Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/07/gillian-sheen-obituary

The funeral of Friederike Mayröcker was public and I attended it. I was unfamiliar with her work, but am working on a project regarding Vienna's Central Cemetery and considered it research . Most surprising was the choice of music: instead of hymns, the songs that were played included Procul Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" She is buried with her partner, Ernst Jandl. They lived in the same apartment complex but with two separate apartments... I think we can learn a lot from this!

The great spanish journalist Tico Medina dies at 86. Indisputable teacher of journalists and unique communicator: https://digismak.com/spanish-journalist-tico-medina-dies/ Between his awards, Medina has been graced with two Ondas Awards and a Golden Antenna. He has also been an honorary academic at the Granada Academy of Good Letters.

Sue Barker's mother is 100 in a few days.

Cher’s mom, singer and actress is still alive at 95 : https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Holt Maybe one to watch

His daughter revealed that he was in an artificial coma for a week: https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/blatter-nach-einer-woche-im-kuenstlichen-koma-von-der-intensivstation-a-f3a225d5-7ae7-4064-9140-5fe0d6080dda

Most definitely he will be shot - leading cause of death for rappers.

Sepp Blatter currently in hospital. His health condition is described as "serious", but probably out of danger: https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/fifa-sepp-blatter-im-krankenhaus-lage-um-84-jaehrigen-angeblich-ernst-74794062.bild.html

German Footballer Horst Eckel, last survivor of the world champion team of 1954, released from hospital after fall: https://www.rheinpfalz.de/sport_artikel,-nach-seinem-schweren-sturz-horst-eckel-ist-bereits-wieder-am-ball-_arid,5152166.html?reduced=true

The D-A-CH-DeathList 2021 (11/50) 01. Rainer Langhans, German writer, filmmaker and activist, *19.06.1940 02. Uta Ranke-Heinemann, German theologian, academic and author, *02.10.1927 - 25.03.2021 (93) 03. Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor, *17.12.1930 04. Benedict XVI, German Pope Emeritus, *16.04.1927 05. Ingrid van Bergen, German actress, *15.06.1931 06. Gerd Müller, German football player, *03.11.1945 - 15.08.2021 (75) 07. Fritz Pleitgen, German television journalist and broadcast director, *21.03.1938 08. Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, *18.06.1929 09. Traute Lafrenz-Page, German physician, member of resistance group “White Rose”, *03.05.1919 10. Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress, *11.10.1929 11. Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress, *16.03.1929 12. Tony Marshall, German Schlager and opera singer, *03.02.1938 13. Martin Walser, German writer, *24.03.1927 14. Freddy Quinn, Austrian Schlager singer, *27.09.1931 15. Klaus von Dohnányi, German politician (SPD), Mayor of Hamburg, *23.06.1928 16. Uwe Seeler, German football player, *05.11.1936 17. Horst Eckel, German football player, *08.02.1932 - 03.12.2021 (89) 18. Janosch, German children's book author and illustrator, *11.03.1931 19. Hans Modrow, German politician (PDS), last communist premier of the GDR, *27.01.1928 20. Rolf Eden, German businessman and night club owner, *06.02.1930 21. Ursula Haverbeck, German author, Holocaust denier, *09.11.1928 22. Gottfried Böhm, German architect and sculptor, *23.01.1920 - 09.06.2021 (101) 23. Henry Kissinger, German-American politician and diplomat, *27.05.1923 24. Philipp Mickenbecker, German YouTuber, *27.06.1997 - 09.06.2021 (23) 25. Michael Schumacher, German racing driver, *03.01.1969 26. Friedrich Nowottny, German television journalist and broadcast director, *16.05.1929 27. Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician (CDU), *28.01.1930 - 12.08.2021 (91) 28. Helmut Berger, Austrian actor and enfant terrible, *29.05.1944 29. Alfred Biolek, German TV Showmaster and producer, *10.07.1934 - 23.07.2021 (87) 30. Nino de Angelo, German Schlager singer, *18.12.1963 31. Egidius Braun, German president of the DFB, *27.02.1925 32. Täve Schur, German cyclist, *23.02.1931 33. Jürgen Schneider, German real estate entrepreneur and scammer, *30.04.1934 34. Rolf Schimpf, German actor, *14.11.1924 35. Friederike Mayröcker, Austrian poet, *20.12.1924 - 04.06.2021 (96) 36. Ralf Wolter, German actor, *26.11.1926 37. Margit Carstensen, German actress, *29.02.1940 38. Maria Riva, German actress and daughter of Marlene Dietrich, *13.12.1924 39. Heide Simonis, German politician (SPD), *04.07.1943 40. Arthur Cohn, Swiss film producer, *04.02.1927 41. Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Austrian photographer and jet set expert, *09.12.1919 42. Margret Homeyer, German actress, *17.10.1927 43. Gerhard Richter, German artist, *09.02.1932 44. Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, *10.01.1945 45. Franz Josef Wagner, German journalist and writer, *07.08.1943 46. Werner Herzog, German filmdirector and screenwriter, *05.09.1942 47. Herbert Köfer, German actor and TV presenter, *17.02.1921 - 24.07.2021 (100) 48. Arnulf Rainer, Austrian painter, *08.12.1929 49. Trude Unruh, German politician (several parties) and author, *07.03.1925 - 30.11.2021 (96) 50. Anne Buydens Douglas, German-American philanthropist, producer, widow of Kirk Douglas, *23.04.1919 - 29.04.2021 (102)

Another interesting one Marcel Berthomé who ran at age 98 for a tenth term as a mayor and lost in the 2nd round by only 33 votes could become 100 next April. https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Berthomé If he had win he could become first centenarian serving mayor. https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/municipales-marcel-berthome-deviendra-t-il-le-premier-maire-centenaire-7800062270