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Holy shit! That's amazing. A £5 saving when you shop at sports direct.

Heh, and I see three birthdates, 1935 in the DDP database, 1936 in the English Wikipedia, 1934 in the German wikipedia. Well, the age bracket stays the same, and I will never look at it again...

American painter Philip Jamison who is known for working with watercolour as a medium in his many works that include landscapes, seascapes, and flower arrangements, died at 96 years: https://www.foundsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Philip-Jamison-Jr?obId=22234793#/obituaryInfo

Or am I just providing the dead pooling equivalent of rehashing the the winning formula, y'know, the way Glitter did with that timeless classic...Hello! Hello! I'm Back Again

Wrote an autobiography and his wife, Thia, passed away earlier this year apparently https://www.sanluisobispo.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article253750243.html

Tunch Ilkin, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and broadcaster has died from ALS. DDP hit for my Rolls Off The Tongue theme team if a UK obit surfaces. I also picked him in alt.obits deadpool. https://www.wpxi.com/sports/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/former-steelers-broadcaster-tunch-ilkin-dies/JOV7FRKTQZDIFIPOSVPSMBER6Y/

Alain Croubalian (nicknamed Dead Alain, really... look it up) from the great Dark Cabaret band The Dead Brothers has passed away yesterday, as revealed in the Swiss media. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/12464619-carnet-noir-le-journaliste-alain-croubalian-est-decede.html

Steve Lawler "The Brawler" dead aged 56: https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2021/09/03/southern-wrestler-steve-the-brawler-lawler-dies-of-covid/ Later an instructor at Bill Eadie's wrestling school

The funny thing is that you refuse medications and vaccines approved by international health agencies and take the first drug you find mentioned in a dubious deep web site.

Long live THE WOMBLES.

You now have the comfort of knowing that your immunity has been massively boosted by actual infection.

Recovering now having tested positive middle of last week (got it off a young womble who went to a pop festival in Cornwall and brought it back with him, as did tens of thousands of others). Been jabbed twice so thankfully only like a moderate bout of flu, but still not very pleasant for a few days. Accepting the line that vaccines reduce the severity of symptoms by about 70%, without the jabs it would have been pretty sh*tty. Would recommend any waverers to get it. (The young womble (20) had a moderate cold for 3-4 days and recovered quickly).

@Lord Fellatio Nelson

You can see the punchline coming here. Apparently some papers would like to run an obit for him but thanks to the pandemic, their budgets are severely reduced. That's right....wait for it... money's too tight to mention.

My first pick. Great man great senator, ww2 vet, should have beaten president Clinton in 96

I'm going for the great senator Bob Dole as my first pick and comment since joining!

Damn this one hits close. My uncle and aunt saw in person Mikis Theodorakis perform at the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics while they were on their honeymoon. Mikis conducted a song called "Romiossini", which was sang by soprano Agnes Baltsa (who is still alive at 76 years old, just letting you know) and they were blown away by the performance. It still remains my aunt's favorite memory from that day and started my aunt's love for opera. https://youtu.be/IzGCXdX6gig?t=8823 shows Mikis Theodorakis. The full performance of Romiossini is from 2:25:29 to 2:29:26

FIFY.

Rafael Wardi dead at the age of 93: https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007998483.html He was an artist for 70 years and an art therapist working at a mental asylum in the 1950s but got famous for painting Finnish pres 2000-2012 Tarja Halonen's controversial official portrait in 2002: Halonen and Wardi in 2019.

Not a good promo for Red Bull.

As mentioned in the American Football Players thread, took him in under a year.

You have to feel sorry for Mike Leander; arguably, if it hadn't been for an eagle-eyed PC World nerd, Leander's reputation as songwriter and sonic pioneer would be rightly recognised, not copycat Krautrock bores like Neu. I wonder if he knew what Glitter was up to... no reason to think he did, and he was already dead by the time of his downfall.

Lucia Hiriart discharged...yaaaawn