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Someone on Twitter decided to do a roundup of which celebrities had the most appearances on Blankety Blank over the years so I thought I would condense it down to those that were still breathing Lorraine Chase (28) b. 1951 Sandra Dickinson (16) b. 1948 Barry Cryer (14) b. 1935 David Hamilton (13) b. 1938 Karen Kay (13) b.1947 Aimi MacDonald (11) b.1942 Liza Goddard (11) b.1950 Dana (10) b 1951 Joe Brown (10) b.1941 Ruth Madoc (10) b.1943 Duncan Norvelle (9) b.1958 Nerys Hughes (9) b.1941 Two former Mrs Who, a member of the European Parliament and the mum of Jarimoquai number in () is the number of appearances they made These are the only survivors from the top 35

Amy Winifred Hawkins has hung up her TikTok and curled up her toes: https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-09-13/wales-oldest-woman-and-tiktok-star-amy-winifred-hawkins-dies-aged-110

Dead.

Death Notice for Philippa Mather (nee Bewicke-Copley), widow of the former Tory MP for Esher Sir Carol Mather (who died in 2006): http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/252081/mather-philippa-selina I can't quote the post of Carol Mather's death on the Forum, I think it's in a locked thread. Philippa Mather was the daughter of the 5th Baron Cromwell.

Oh shit.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2021

A name, which I don't believe has ever been mentioned hereabouts, but is assured a QO when she dies, is Charlotte Bingham, a list of writing credits as long as your arm, aristocracy, MI5 connections & widow of Terence Brady. She'll be 80 next year; I have no idea of her current health situation - for all I know she might be around for another 20 years, but I thought her name worthy of throwing in for consideration.

The orchids look wonderful though

John Shelby Spong, Episcopal bishop of Newark NJ and quite the controversial figure in his day, dead at 90. https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/12/john-shelby-spong-liberal-episcopal-bishop-dies-ag/

day 146 we're now entering the final week. this is quite monumental, what a streak! on the 19th the record will officially be broken.

First and unique hit for Great Uncle Bulgaria, as Amy Winifred Hawkins has Welshed on her contract with life. No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

Ha, that's one of my favourite clips on the subject. In The West Wing there is also this line from the French ambassador when asked to intervene on Americas behalf because they don't want to be seen acting first for political reasons only as being called on to assist... "You are always stating you are the leaders of the free world, so... lead". The common theme? Both scenes are written by Aaron Sorkin.

https://politics.com.ph/sc-mourns-death-of-ex-justice-ruben-reyes/ Dead. Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla, another Associate Justice but one I did not include on the list due to how recently she was one (2020) and her age (63) died two weeks ago: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/801188/former-supreme-court-justice-priscilla-baltazar-padilla-passes-away/story/

Former Wales international (1 cap v Namibia, 1990) Owain Williams has died aged 56, cancer. He had a career post-rugby as a set designer, being in charge of that department for long-running TV programme Casualty.

A while ago I did some forum searching that did not result in anything but now I've found this: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190391647/shirley-c-cochell His wife died in December 2003, was atleast still alive back then. And the picture of the grave seems to have been added in 2019.

1Sir Antony Sher 2Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples 3Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton 4Terry Lubbock 5June Spencer 6Bob Dole

In terms of timing this is about the worst possible from a recognition by the Death list community. There are no live competitions that will start until advent avalanche and he will be penciled into many 2022 shortlist with the expectation of being struck through

Ben Best, the co-creator of the TV series Eastbound & Down, who also played Clegg in the series, has died. He was 46. No cause of death was given. https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ben-best-dead-dies-eastbound-and-down-1235062536/

For completeness, BBC, Metro, Independent, Telegraph obit.

I track Doctor Who related stuff on Twitter and found that the actress Tanya Fear is currently missing and has been since 9th September. Daily Mail

Great thread. The rant he eventually goes on during this clip really encapsulates it for me, and @Lord Fellatio Nelson I agree, the U.K is not perfect but we aren't subjected to the insane levels of brainwashing that USains are.

That’s exactly what @msc said…

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

Perhaps there's a reason why they've been leaked at this time.

We really do wonder why Sarah Harding wasn't picked by the Committee because she was the perfect pick: British, very ill, well-known personality, great media coverage... We = Annami, Book, Buffalo Phil, Prophet, RoverAndOut, Steve, The Old Crem, The Quim Reaper, TomTomTelekom and Vaagheid.

Don Maddox obit: https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/don-maddox-final-member-of-maddox-brothers-rose-has-died/