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1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (5/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50) 1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Desmond Tutu, Liza Minnelli (2/50)  2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Bob Dole, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (4/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger (2/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (3/50)  2015: Leslie Phillips, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (4/50)  2016: Bob Dole, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Desmond Tutu, Lester Piggott, Jimmy Greaves, Paul Gascoigne (11/50)  2017: Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Betty White, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito (10/50)  2018: Betty White, Linda Nolan, Bob Dole, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, June Brown, Louis Farrakhan, Jimmy Greaves, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (19/50)  2019: Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Betty White, June Brown, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Desmond Tutu, Vanessa Redgrave, Jimmy Greaves, Sidney Poitier, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (21/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Dole, Betty White, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Desmond Tutu, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Lester Piggott, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Tom Smith, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (26/50) Updated for Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The 2006 list is now extinct.

Dead . Algerian Presidency and Medias says. RIP President Puppet

Even if his death doesn't affect me, I'm also happy about the 8th hit for the DL. And I hope @Gooseberry Crumble is right: After the ebb comes the flood. It would be necessary.

@Wormfarmer... Abdelaziz Bouteflika is a solo hit for @Great Uncle Bulgaria: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56269634 Congratulations... @Great Uncle Bulgaria

I thought you'd be pleased? You've had such a long wait for some relief.

Abdelazzizn’t anymore

Yes now starting to be confirmed and reported more widely beyond Algeria. Rarely have so many people felt so happy and relieved at a plop and splosh in a toilet bowl! The enema has finally delivered and hopefully quelled the doubts ,fears and strengthened the faith of many in this glorious nanosphere and ecosystem on the Internet! Change is on the way. All hail the enema!

Finally after almost 5 months now

Anonymous of Fukuoka, 8th oldest living person and 62nd oldest person ever, name is revealed to be Yoshi Otsunari.

Bob Newhart

Oh this is just the beginning! Somebody's got to be first out and I have sometimes found in the bathroom the higher quality stuff comes out a bit later!

I've gone optimis... nah, None of the Above.

Well done to Ripley, arghton, Altroieri, Thatcher, and soapywater who all guessed correct. Thread closed.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, 79-year old man who was part of the team that investigated the first ebola outbreak says that ebola is defeated: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210917-ebola-is-defeated-says-congolese-professor-who-discovered-virus

OK... Jane Powell another hit for @chilean way!!! Congratulations. What a day!!! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jane-powell-dead-seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-1235015318/ next round:  1921 Wanda Półtawska / Kenneth "Ken" Thomas Casanega 1922 Joan Copeland / Ronald Blythe 1923 Virginia Halas McCaskey / Larry Storch 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Solomon Perel 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Joanne Woodward / Jean-Louis Trintignant

Antony Hewish a hit for @chilean way. Congratulations. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/16/professor-antony-hewish-astronomer-jointly-won-nobel-prize-discovery/ next round: 1921 Wanda Półtawska / Kenneth "Ken" Thomas Casanega 1922 Joan Copeland / Ronald Blythe 1923 Virginia Halas McCaskey / Larry Storch 1924 Kirsi Kunnas / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Solomon Perel 1926 Irene Papas / Kees Rijvers 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Joanne Woodward / Jean-Louis Trintignant

American academic McGeorge Bundy died on this day 25 years ago, aged 77.

I met her on several occasions. A lovely lady, and a respectable artist in her own right so it upsets me that the media have to make the story of her death all about Boris. I have one of her paintings in my living room, she came over to hang it and we had tea and biscuits.

Canadian flying ace of the First World War Billy Bishop died on this day 65 years ago, aged 62.

1921 - Hans Albert | Ágnes Keleti 1922 - William Edward Leuchtenburg | Rose Lee Maphis 1923 - James L. Buckley | Yuriko, Princess Mikasa 1924 - Jimmy Carter | Eva Marie Saint 1925 - Sydney Samuelson | Ruth Slenczynska 1926 - Alan Greenspan | Ann Turner Cook 1927 - Vin Scully | Cleo Laine 1928 - Federico Martín Bahamontes | Marion Ross 1929 - Bob Newhart | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 1930 - Gene Hackman | Carmen Sevilla

American chef and humorist Justin Wilson died on this day 20 years ago, aged 87.

American dancer and actress Vera-Ellen died on this day 40 years ago, aged 60.

American singer, film actress and dancer Dixie Dunbar died on this day 30 years ago, aged 72.

North Africa in general has lot to offer in matter of old politicians. Tunisia: *Rachid Sfar (1933), former PM. *Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1936), president and PM, now exiled, but in good health despite rumours. If for "good health" you mean "terminal prostate cancer" *Hédi Baccouche (1930), former PM who is now a writer. *Hamed Karoui (1927), rumoured to be dead last year, he actually lost his brother a month later circa. His nephew will run for president. *Fouad Mebazaa (1933), President before Essebsi, he condoled his death today. *Habib Ben Yahia (1938) Foreign Minister, now jailed for power abuse. *Abdelbaki Hermassi (1937) Foreign Minister *Ahmed Ben Salah (1926): he was born to bring socialism and revolution in Tunisia, but failed. Now president of his own party. Algeria: *Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Ali Bou. Well, you all know the Living Dead and all hope for a state funeral to be held really soon. *Liamine Zeroual (1941), young, but has great health problems and was reported dead different times. *Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936), PM, who is now a writer. *Sid Ahmed Ghozali (1937) Famous for his papillon, was bound to be a presidential candidate last year. *Belaid Abdessalam (1928): a PM who has fought Islamists like no one. *Ali Haroun (1927): member of the High Council of State. Morocco: *Ahmed Laraki (1931), from Laraki family, one-time PM and multiple times Foreign Minister. *Ahmed Osman (1930), PM, brother in law of King Hassan II. *Abderrahmane Youssoufi (1924), the real Moroccan star. Goes in and out of hospital for pneumonia, still made it to 95. Human rights activist. *Abdelouahed Belkeziz (1939), Foreign Minister. *Mohamed Benaissa (1937), quite a celebrity in the Country. Libya: *Mustafa Ben Halim (1921): Last PM of the KIngdom of Lybia and one of those who plotted against Gheddafi. Who tried to have him killed many times, of course. *Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939), Foreign Minister, arrested and released in 2011. Egypt: *Hosni Mubarak (1928), the ethernal fucker *Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), deposed Mubarak. *Kamal Ganzouri (1933), former PM. *Hazem El Beblawi (1936) ousted Morsi. *Ahmad Fathi Sorour (1932), Mubarak associate, who was ousted in 2011 as well. *Amr Moussa (1936) Foreign Minister