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@Wormfarmer... The rule says: "Person was born in the year 1942 or later = 2 points". Bob Jenkins was born in 1947: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jenkins Well, I believe that Bob Jenkins has a value of 2 points more, if I'm not mistaken.

Thought this was done already but couldn't find it. Anyhow, longest droughts in the DL. (Not counting 1987-89 due to rumours there was no 1988 DL) 1. Jill Ireland to Jim Joel 1990-1992, 676 days 2. Papandreou to Xiaoping, 1996-97, 252 days 3. Sugar Ray Robinson to Ray Moore, 1989, 233 days 4. Clement Stone to Hardy Amies, 2002-2003 183 days 5. Bunny Austin to Stanley Kramer, 2000-2001, 177 days 6. Kitty Godfree to Dan Maskell, 1992, 175 days 7. Elia Kazan to Queen Juliana – 2003-2004, 175 days 8. Les Dawson to Bill Bixby, 1993, 165 days 9. Betty Ford to Harry Morgan, 2011 – 152 days 10. Mondale to Bouteflika 150 days 11. Since June Brown, 2022, 132+ 12. Deng Xiaoping to Jacques Costeau, 1997, 125 days 13. Arthur Ashe to Les Dawson, 1993, 123 days 14. Secombe to Longford, 2001, 114 days updated 14th August 2022 Let's see how far up the table this current run gets. Top ten doesn't feel out of reach.

I've submitted it to IMDb. So looking at the IMDb cast list for AYBS, there appears to be only 7 names left who appeared in more than a single episode: Mike Berry (b. 1942) The only regular cast member remaining. Raymond Bowers (b. 1936) His last credit was in 2003. Living in 2013 according to 192.com, and can't find anything in the GRO up to 2019 so presumably living. Louise Burton (b. 1955) Keith Hodiak (b. 1950) Gave a video interview in 2017 about his dancing career in Guyana before emigrating to the UK. Penny Irving (b. 1942) Vivienne Johnson (b. 1946) Doremy Vernon (b. c. 1934) Sourced her estimated DOB from Ancestry (it says "born 1933–1935"). Older than I thought she was.

This isn't really a call for help, more a curio I thought @Ulitzer95 and others would like. Actor Anthony Ainley, who played The Master in the 1980s, is long gone now, of course. Died in 2004. Popular chap at conventions, he used to bring food to his convention Q&As to share with the fans! Anyhow, there used to be a mystery over his date of birth which the obits cleared up (as much as possible) by giving him a DOB of 1932. However, as someone reminded me about the old rumour that Ainley was considerably older than he claimed, I remembered that you can find him in the BMD's and it's an odd one. (In the pic, 2nd row, Holmes, Anthony, born Marylebone.) Now, what's odd about this is that its WRONG. Ainley wasn't born in 1938. He moved to the Actors Orphanage in Surrey in 1938 and that's when his birth was recorded for the first time. (He attended the 1940s equivalent of latter stage high school/secondary school in 1948-50 and had his first adult job in late 1950, in case people need more convinced the BMD has inaccurate info.) So the reasoning behind this is murky but seems to be: Ainley's father was a famous actor who slept around a lot. This produced a lot of kids, one of whom was the future Dr Who actor, at some point in the 1930s. One can fill in the gaps of child left to live with his mother who didn't register him, then later moving to the orphanage who died. But also the "much older" legend is clearly a myth going by his school years. He was born 1932. Anyhow, it ended well for Anthony (apart from the whole dying aged 71 of cancer bit) - he wound up inheriting his dad's fortune and by his 40s was considerably richer than his early childhood. However, I thought, if this is one case the birth certificates are bogus, perhaps we should be wary of them being similar wrong with cases we are not so familiar with?

Good catch! @Wormfarmer I believe MariNisia is leading by 8 points, not 7. She should get 2 points for Jane Withers, for the last name, for a total of 2 + 3 (solo)=5 for Jane Withers.

I am missing points for the following: Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 2 pts Limbaugh, Rush 2 + 2 (born in or after 1940) Noble, Lee 2 + 2 (born in or after 1940) + (either +3 for a solo hit or +1 for a duo hit. See posting by Greptile who mentions he chose Lee Noble to replace Nick Hitchon who was posted twice on his list. Creep never corrected this situation.) 27 + 10 + (Either + 3 or +1 see comments about Noble) So I have either 40 or 38 points. Me thinks that Banana won this!

My original post was made on my old laptop running Chrome; I just looked on a different laptop (newer, slightly bigger screen, running vivaldi), and the Karl Denver one is now showing the date! So I still don't know.

Bob Jenkins QO…I think… https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/more-sports/bob-jenkins-legendary-voice-of-indy-500-dies-he-was-one-of-us-in-every-way/ar-AAN7J93?ocid=st

He hasn't accused him of being overweight though, which makes a change.

I'm on PC using Google Chrome. I've had another look...sometimes if I enlarge the zoom the date appears, sometimes if I reduce the zoom, it's there, but on 90% mostly not showing. I checked the one I was looking at with no date....and the bloody date has appeared on 110% zoom. At least I know where I'm looking for it now, thanks!

Oh I wasn't say the records are discredited, more that it might explain discrepancies with other actors who may have had similar life experiences. It's not like how some records (most baptismal and educational but those things can be useful too) in Glasgow are lost because the daft sods forgot to remove the records from the buildings they were in before their demolition!

Fuck me. You've mentioned Guy bloody Scott 9 times since October 2020 according to the search tool. That's my deja vu explained.

Tim Audette, former guitarist of Fuck the Facts, dead of M.S.: https://loudwire.com/tim-audette-died/

Emilio looks much better than last month. Also, the reason his eyes are not open is because he is blind. Saw a video of him from around a month ago where he said his name loudly. In a much better condition than I thought.

American space scientist James Van Allen died on this day 15 years ago, aged 91.

Bodybuilder, coach, and YouTube personality, John Meadows, dead at 49. He’d had some health problems over the years. Probably no need, but I wouldn’t anticipate a QO.

Jane Withers is a hit for me: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-jane-withers-dead-former-24716869

American astronaut James Irwin died on this day 30 years ago, aged 61.

Peter Jennings signed off for the last time on this day 16 years ago, aged 67.

Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore died on this day 80 years ago, aged 80.

And in about 18 months time, Future Me - "Oh wow, Mario Adorf is still alive, I better write that down somewhere!"

 Congolese Roman Catholic cardinal, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, passed away today at the age of 81. 

Jazz-legend Svend Asmussen died, 100 years old. http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/jazzlegenden-svend-asmussen-er-doed-100-aar-gammel

German Physicist and Computer scientist Heinz Billing is dead. He was 102 years old.