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Adlai Stevenson III, a former US Senator and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, has died. He was 90. Stevenson died of dementia according to his son, Adlai Stevenson IV. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/7/22661586/adlai-stevenson-iii-former-senator-illinois-candidate-governor-dead-obitutary

His father ran for president twice against Eisenhower and his great-grandfather was vice president under Grover Cleveland.

Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, Guatemalan businesswoman and philanthropist who managed the MacDonalds franchise in Guatemala from 1974 and is recognized to have created Happy Meal has died aged 86: https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/fallece-dona-yolanda-de-cofino-figura-del-emprendimiento-y-labor-social-en-guatemala-breaking/ From the wikipedia page: She created what she called the "Menú Ronald" (Ronald menu), which offered a hamburger, small fries and a small sundae to help mothers feed their children more effectively while at McDonald's restaurants. The concept was eventually brought to the attention of McDonald's management in Chicago. The company gave the development of the product to Bob Bernstein, who then came up with the idea for the Happy Meal.

Severian Yakymyshyn death notice http://archeparchy.ca/news_details.php?news_id=1072

Ok, so after all this chat about the Only Fools curse, I thought I'd do some digging and I've created this (not exhaustive) list. Main cast members who are dead are listed first, then the rest by age. I also checked up on some people who struck me as having roles in notable episodes, but as I said, it's not exhaustive: Buster Merryfield (Uncle Albert Trotter) - b. 27/11/20, d. 23/6/99, aged 79 (brain tumour) Roy Heather (Sid, the cafe owner) - b. 20/5/35, d. 3/9/14, aged 79 (undisclosed cause) Lennard Pearce (Grandad Trotter) - b. 9/2/15, d. 15/12/84, aged 69 (heart attack) Roger Lloyd-Pack (Trigger) - b. 8/2/44, d. 15/1/14, aged 69 (pancreatic cancer) Kenneth MacDonald (Mike "The Barman" Fisher) - b. 20/11/51, d. 6/8/01, aged 59 (heart attack) John Challis (Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce) - b. 16/8/42, d. 19/9/21, aged 79 (cancer) David Jason (Derek "Del Boy" Trotter) - b. 2/2/40 (81) Denis Lill (Alan Parry, Cassandra's dad) - b. 22/4/42 (79) - appeared once on tv since 2017 Sue Holderness ("All the boys remember" Marlene Boyce) - b. 28/5/49 (72) Paul Barber (Denzil) - b. 18/3/51 (70) Patrick Murray (Mickey Pearce) - b. 17/12/56 (64) - suffering from COPD since 2018 and retired from public life Tessa Peake-Jones (Raquel Turner, Del's partner) - b. 9/5/57 (64) - series regular in Grantchester Gwyneth Strong (Cassandra Trotter) - b. 2/12/59 (61) Nicholas Lyndhurst (Rodney Trotter) - b. 20/4/61 (60) - only child (a son) died September 2020, aged 20 Multiple appearances: Peter Woodthorpe (Reg Trotter, Del and Rodney's dad) - b. 25/9/31, d. 13/8/04, aged 72 (short illness) Christopher Mitchell (DS Terry Hoskins) - b. 21/5/48, d. 22/2/01, aged 52 (cancer) Wanda Ventham (Pamela Parry, Cassandra's mum) - b. 5/8/35 (86) - mother of Benedict Cumberbatch Nick Stringer (Aussie Man/Jumbo Mills) - b. 10/8/48 (73) - also in The Bill Jim Broadbent (DCI Roy Slater) - b. 24/5/49 (72) Andree Bernard ("Nervous" Nerys the Barmaid) - b. 29/11/66 - jobbing actress, still active Nula Conwell (Maureen the Barmaid) - b. 24/5/59 (62) - also in The Bill Steven Woodcock (Jevon, Rodney and Mickey's mate) - b. 23/2/64 (57) - also in Eastenders Tony Marshall (Chris, Rodney and Mickey's mate) - b. 14/5/64 (57) Ben Smith (teenage Damien Derek Trotter) - b. 27/12/89 (31) - still acting Julie La Rousse (Julie the Barmaid) - unknown Michele Winstanley (Karen the Barmaid) - unknown Peta Bernard (Joyce the Barmaid) - unknown Jamie Smith (young Damien Derek Trotter) - unknown, only appeared in OFAH Memorable appearances: Ann Lynn (Audrey Turner, Raquel's mum in "Time on our Hands") died in 2020, aged 86 (unknown causes) John Bardon (Tom Clarke, the supermarket security guard in "The Longest Night") died in 2014, from complications following a stroke, aged 75 Max Harvey (Mr Peterson, the supermarket manager in "The Longest Night") died in 2006, aged 64 (unknown causes) Tony Anholt (Abdul, Boycie's diamond-smuggling partner in "To Hull and Back") died in 2002 of a brain tumour, aged 61 Eva Mottley (Corinne, Denzil's wife in "Who's a Pretty Boy") died in 1985 of a drugs overdose, aged 31 Elizabeth Benson (Lady Ridgemere in "A Touch of Glass" [the Chandelier episode]) is still going, aged 95 Michael Jayston (James Turner, Raquel's dad who finds the fortune-making watch in "Time on our Hands") is nearly 86 Roy Marsden (Danny Driscoll [the tall one] in "Little Problems") is 80 Seymour Matthews (The Auctioneer announcing the watch had made £6m in "Time on our Hands") is 76 Christopher Ryan (Tony Driscoll [the short one] in "Little Problems") is 71 Philip McGough (Arnie the con man in "Chain Gang") is still going, no idea on age but he'll be 70-odd like the main cast I assume Angela Bruce (Councillor Murray, rescued by Batman and Robin in "Heroes and Villains") is 70 Daniel Peacock (Mental Mickey in "It's Only Rock and Roll") is nearly 63 Philip Pope (Tony Angelino, the singer with a lisp in "Stage Fright") is 60-odd - also a noted television composer Vas Blackwood (Lennox "The Shadow" Gilby, the wannabe supermarket robber in "The Longest Night") is nearly 59 Erika Hoffman (Anna, the pregnant German girl in "From Prussia with Love") is 56 As always, open to suggestions/additional information, but hope this is useful to someone.

Edward Barnes, co-creator of Blue Peter, being reported dead (reliable source I'd say): Also the head of Children's TV before Anna Home. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055581/

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-nsw/armed-robber-neddy-smith-dies-in-jail-hospital/news-story/6fb35b721b35d19dc057792058bb24f6 Neddy Smith, Australian criminal and gangster (convicted of drug trafficking, theft, rape, armed robbery, murder...) has died aged 76. Two meter tall, hundred kilogram heroin dealer with a violent temper. Had parkinson's since 1981 but it didn't stop him from attempting to escape during a heart-related hospital stay in 2017. Picked in multiple pools.

Imagine that. "Hey guys, Sidney Poitier died 6 months ago and no one noticed!" I do sometimes go through the names to see if anything interesting has happened, but sod all. Joanne Woodward for example wont get mentioned in the press until she dies.

Going through all the names in the insane hope to find someone has died without being noticed?

He's honored by the Oscar Academy museum. Only his wife gives a statement: https://rollingout.com/2021/09/04/sidney-poitier-to-be-honored-by-the-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures/

Definitely. Harvey was as famous in his era as Keith Miller & Richie Benaud were. Miller is remembered probably as he was more extrovert (like Botham, Grace, Stokes) & Benaud for his second career as a commentator in both England & Australia. Benaud seemed to work for whatever channel was televising the cricket & he married the amanuensis (not a euphemism!) of E W Swanton - a legendary cricket writer who was known for his snobbishness. He was born in Catford but said it was Forest Hill & was so pompous that Ray Illingworth said he was too much of a snob to ride in the same car as his chauffeur!!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fred-lowry-volusia-county-councilman-hospitalized-with-covid-19 Florida councilman Fred Lowry, 66, who called Fauci "Dr. Falsey" and thought that the pandemic was a hoax has now been in hospital for around three weeks with a severe case of covid...

AIDS activist and former Cup pick Carl Bean has died https://lasentinel.net/archbishop-carl-bean-has-passed-away.html

Anne Oake, the wife of Canadian sportscaster Scott Oake and the mother of illusionist and 2014 Britain's Got Talent finalist Darcy Oake, has died. Scott and she co-founded the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre in memory of another son, who'd died in 2011 of an overdose. The centre opened its doors earlier this year. https://winnipegsun.com/news/news-news/bruce-oake-recovery-centre-co-founder-anne-oake-dies-unexpectedly

73-year old Finnish journalist Rauli Virtanen is also in Afghanistan. Notable enough to have an English wikipedia page for covering lots of conflicts starting from the Vietnam War and will get far more attention if he dies in Afghanistan, taking videos of the women's protests, taking pictures where he poses with Taliban fighters and posting them into instagram and other social medias: https://www.instagram.com/raulivirtanen/ Also has one video of Taliban members debating the protestors...

update currently on a 140 days drought what we're trying to beat here is 151 days. (2011) after that we got 175 days (2003-2004) 177 days (2000-2001) and then 183 days (2002-2003) 11 days to go and we will be on the longest drought in deathlist history in a single year since 1991 (the year with 0 hits)

The point is well made though - Harvey in 1950s Australia was at least as famous a sportsman as George Best, say, in 1970s Britain. Definitely 2022-worthy.

No disrespect to Draper, Archer or Ash but Harvey is a much bigger name as a player than they are.

Third on the list behind Draper and another Aussie, Ken Archer, who has 5 test caps. This is for men only, obviously Eileen Ash at 109 is older than everyone.

Worth noting that the only other title credit of Up was Christopher Plummer, who also died this year.

Since I've joined, tons of squirrels have died.

Cedric Ceballos,the former Nba all star who played for La Lakers and Phoenix Suns during the 1990's is hospitalized with covid. His post seems a bit ominous like he doesn't excpect to pull through

Herbert Brimer, the oldest man in Atlanta, has died. He was 105. https://www.ajc.com/life/aging-in-atlanta/atlantas-oldest-man-dies-at-105/5U5WRLVB65GNHNYG64NLSZIDWI/

Sam "Bam" Cunningham, who had a legendary college football career at USC before spending his entire decade-long pro career with the New England Patriots, has died. He was 71. https://usctrojans.com/news/2021/9/7/usc-trojans-football-sam-bam-cunningham-passes-away-nfl-new-england-patriots-rose-bowl.aspx

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/