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From R&D FC twitter AFC Rushden & Diamonds (@AFCRD) / Twitter I support a non-league team and when Griggs took over he merged Rushden Town and Irthingborough Diamonds. He then bankrolled a meteoric rise through the pyramid and in a sense he was to blame (in my view) for a number of clubs throwing money around they didn't have in order to try to keep up with R&D. A number of clubs in non-league went full-time as a result and since then we've seen a number of clubs endure boom and bust times. My own view is that this is a bad thing, but times have changed forever. R&D then spent many years being a tenant of various clubs after they were locked out of their own ground which was subsequently flattened.

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Twitternonsense reporting that Lisbon Lion and Republic of Ireland international Charlie Gallagher has passed his last baw. Awaiting, awaiting, ya de ya de yah...

Clare Peploe, a BAFTA award-nominated film director and the widow of Bernardo Bertolucci, died June 23rd. She was 78. Peploe's nomination was for the short film 'Couples and Robbers', though she also directed a handful of feature-length films. Peploe was married to Bertolucci for nearly 40 years. Her death was announced a couple of days ago. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jul/04/clare-peploe-obituary

No but she is a Jock Ewing....

Not to mention all those sharing the contact number 0121-do-1

*The thread of the Recently Shagged is what we're now calling it. Awaiting mod approval on that one!

Could you narrow it down?

Anyone else going to miss seeing that apparently Fred West and Harold Shipman have just been in for a pint before us?

Melvin Copeland, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who joined in 1943, later leaving the service and becoming a decades-long teacher in Illinois, has died. He was 96. https://abc7chicago.com/tuskegee-airman-melvin-copeland-elgin-death/10851782/

Paul Huntley, a Tony award-winning wig designer, has died. He was 89. Huntley was known for his work on the original productions of some of the most iconic plays of the last few decades, including the Producers, Cabaret, Cats and Hairspray. https://www.broadway.com/buzz/200984/paul-huntley-legendary-tony-winning-wig-designer-dies-at-89/

Tom Lumby, the oldest man in Ottawa, has died. He was 108. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/egan-ottawas-oldest-man-dies

Aye, going first with the worst safety record of the dick-wavers. You get the feeling that somewhere along the way it's going to end badly for one of them.

George Gershwin, one of the greatest composers and songwriters of all time known for popular songs as well as classical compositions, died of a glioblastoma of the right temporal lobe on this date in 1937. He was 38 years old. Gershwin had been in psychoanalytical care for some time and was hospitalized a few weeks before his death. He created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden. The opera Porgy and Bess was one of his creations. George Gershwin was buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery at Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester, New York, where his mausoleum is still visited.

From those photos I'd say Boycott is likely to be one of the next to go but we knew that anyway. Gower and Botham have aged quite a lot recently but don't look ill. Most of the others pictured look ok. Brearley hasn't changed much recently. Gooch looks very good for late 60s and will probably make old bones. Entire Australian squad from that series are all still batting (unlike England) but not much recent photographic evidence to go on.

Thanks. This news has certainly pushed Princess Alexandra much further down my long list and hence a lot further away from making it onto any short or final list. Her lack of activity in many regards did cause me to speculate but as things stand with this news, the chances Princess Alexandra will make it onto any of my lists in 2022 is decreasing.

An article with current photos of the surviving members of the 1981 Ashes England team which may be of interest

An update on Mr Kilmer, Val Kilmer film is poignant yet bittersweet, say critics - BBC News

Actor Stuart Damon (who I think is a DDP pick - he was in 2019) best known this side of the pond for playing Craig Stirling in The Champions, being reported dead: Think that just leaves William Gaunt from that show.

Israeli singer Shulamit Livnat has died: https://mkisrael.co.il/culture/2021/06/23/umerla-pevica-shulamit-livnat.html https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/shulamit-livnat-israels-songress-of-the-ungerground-dies-age-91-671828 Born in Vienna in 1929, she was a member of the pre-national underground movement. Her daughter Limor Livnat is member of the Knesset and was Minister for culture and sports from 2009 to 2015.

Doreen Mantle is 95 today; best known for playing Mrs Warboys in One Foot in The Grave, here she is doing sterling work for the Athens Tourist Board

Only 5 of the male grandslam winners since 1960 have died, yes. But that's still almost entirely sports men aged under 85. The fatal 5 Vitas Gerulaitis died aged 40 in a tragic carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty chimney in a house he was a guest in. Arthur Ashe died of AIDS aged 49 due to a blood transfusion fuckup. Andres Gimeno died in 2019 aged 82 after being ill for a long time. Rafael Osuna was killed aged 30 in a plane crash. Chuck McKinley died aged 45 of brain cancer. Tennis is meant to add years to your life (there is no cure for accidents or plane crashes) but it's 80s+, so Ullrich is still at the higher end of tennis longevity.

Former leader of the Lib Dems, Sir Menzies Campbell is 80 today.

Famed salsa singer and bandleader from Puerto Rico Tito Rojas, known as "El Gallo Salsero" (The Salsa Rooster), died at 65 years after heart attack. He's had a prolific decades-long career as both a solo artist as well as a member of notable orchestras. https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/abci-muere-salsero-puertorriqueno-tito-rojas-65-anos-202012261344_noticia.html

Yes, it's a singular thread. The Lisbon Lions were the first team in the uk to win the European Cup.