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Renée Simonot finally dead at 109. Would have become a supercentenarian in two months. A pick for 7 DDP teams.

Inspired by my earlier discovery in the woods today; Had a few hours to kill today so went to Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit. A fair number of powerful Michigan celebs are here but the goal was to see Rosa Parks’ grave. Here ya go. SC

Tiddles, the church cat. 1963 - 1980. Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Just looking at the data on my graph the longest gap I can find is 151 days in 2011 which followed Another long gap of 105 days. In 2003 the last hit was over 100 days before the end of the year but I do not have data for 2004 on my spreadsheet so I don't know when the first hit was in that year. 2013 has a gap of 96 days We are currently at 86.

Joyce MacKenzie (wiki), actress from 1940s/50s Hollywood films, most notably the eleventh to play Jane in a Tarzan movie (opposite Lex Barker), died on June 9th aged 95 according to a post on the StarTiger community which reads: "13/7/2021: Got a letter from a Mr. Jeffrey Siegel which says that Mrs. MacKenzie died on June 9th 2021. "

Just walk away Renée, you won't see me follow you back home... Indeed, we bid adieu to the 109-year-old doyenne of French cinema, Renée Simonot, known for dubbing Olivia de Havilland among others in the 1930s and being the mum of Catherine Deneuve. Three teams take a bow - Annami and markb4 for 30 points, and BabyBlue off the mark with 10.

Gudrun Nymoen, the oldest living person in Norway, has died at the age of 110. She died July 8. https://www.tv2.no/a/13883371/. The page is written in norwegian

Darcelle XV, world's oldest drag queen at 90 years old: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/oldest-drag-queen-darcelle-covid-lgbt Still performing though (!)

Family statement released, he has died. Assassination successful.

Something to be said for the Fabulous Moolah having her entire Wikipedia entry (with the exception of the bits alleging, well, you know) on her grave:

Pan Breed is currently on its longest gap since 2015!

A few things on Simonot... As far as I can see (using Wiki's lists of centenarians), Simonot was the oldest actor/actress of note ever, outliving Switzerland's Helli Stehle (1907–2017) by a few months. No notable actors have yet made it to 110 (though animator Ruthie Tompson and screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas did work in the same industry). The oldest actor/actress of note is now Mary Ward (b. 1915), assuming there isn't anyone else still around that we're unaware of. The oldest French person known for reasons other than age alone is now pianist Colette Maze (b. 1914) who is still releasing new music and may reach supercentenarian status.

Kenneth Kaunda? Jiang Zemin?

Marianne Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg, aunt of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Margrethe II of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece is 97 today. She's a part of the Swedish royal family. Swedish royals seem to live very long, as the last two kings lived to 92 and 90. None of the king's sisters have died yet even though most of them look horrible. 75+ Swedish royals as of 15th of July 2021: Marianne Bernadotte (b. 1924) Carl XVI Gustaf's aunt, widow of Sigvard Bernadotte (1907-2002) Princess Margareta (b. 1934) King's oldest sister, widow of John Ambler (1924-2008) Princess Birgitta (1937-2024) King's older sister, widow of Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932-2016) Princess Desiree (b. 1938) King's older sister, widow of Niclas Silverschiöld (1934-2017) Princess Christina (b. 1943) King's older sister, married to Tord Magnuson (b. 1941) Queen Silvia (b. 1943) Queen Consort of Sweden, fall at the start of the year and has had some mild health troubles before. Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) King of Sweden. I'd be suprised if he wasn't the last person alive from this list. Silvia has one living sibling, her oldest brother Ralf Sommerlath (b. 1929)

Dick Tidrow, a former major league pitcher and longtime member of the San Francisco Giants' front office, has died. He was 74. He died unexpectedly Saturday in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Tidrow pitched parts of 13 major league seasons for the Indians, Yankees, Cubs, White Sox and Mets. The 6-foot-4 right-hander had a 100-94 career record with a 3.68 ERA over 620 appearances with 138 starts. SC

Jeff LaBar of Cinderella has died at the age of 58

1: Hamed Bakayoko (1965-2021) Ivory Coast Prime Minister 2020-2021 on 10th of March from covid and malaria. 2: John Magufuli (1959-2021) Tanzania President 2015-2021 on 17th of March from covid and an artery disease he had for over a decade. 3: Idriss Deby (1952-2021) Chad President 1990-2021 on 20th of April, killed while commanding army troops. 4: Jovenel Moise (1968-2021) Haiti President 2017-2021 on 7th of July, assasinated. Picture from a couple of hours ago:

I feel like we have the "Elizabeth II will live for a while yet" conversation every 3 months on here. 92 pages of it. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. And that's coming from a big monarchist. FTR though, I agree, and that's why we shouldn't have wasted a DL space on her, and picked.... ooo I dunno... Larry King? Dilip Kumar?

KTS Dre, a local Chicago rapper, was gunned down via a hail of bullets just after leaving jail. According to reports, the 31-year-old artist was reportedly shot 64 times this past Saturday across the street from the Cook County Jail and was pronounced dead on the scene. SC

Indian former-cricketer, umpire & coach Yashpal Sharma has died aged 66. He was a member of the ODI team that won the World Cup in 1983 (scoring 11 in the final) against a West Indies team containing Greenidge, Lloyd, Richards, Marshall, Holding & Roberts.

DEAD 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms who was in a Federal Prison from 2002 to 2011 following his conviction on racketeering charges, died at 93 years.

Well done, Richard.

Stand around in town centres, listen to him and stop traffic, mainly

Christ sake - are you people still posting anyone who is diagnosed? How about hospitalised at least. SC

6 years late for this thread. But it made me laugh a bit. Weirdoes the lot of them. ‘Worst day in pigeon racing history’: Thousands of birds vanish during race (msn.com)