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@WEP... It's good to see you here! But... Joanne Linville, who played a Romulan commander in a great Star Trek episode, died on June 20. She was 93 years old: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/joanne-linville-dead-star-trek-twilight-zone-1234971547/ You need a new woman for 1928. And... welcome aboard.

(Private Eye)

Taking stupid to a new level, anti-mask, anti-vaxxer Chris Saccoccia aka Chris Sky, gave out his telephone number at a rally and is upset when people call.

Ukrainian born British journo Greg Miskiw, co-ordinator of the Fake Sheikh and involved heavily in the phone hacking scandals at the News Of The World, dead at 71: https://pressgazette.co.uk/greg-miskiw-dies-71-phone-hacking-news-of-the-world/ Set out to destroy people's lives - I'd suggest not just the rich and famous.

TVAM reporter Paul Reizin has died and Lorraine Kelly isn't happy: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1498941/Lorraine-Kelly-Twitter-TVam-Paul-Reizin-dead-death-news-update-latest Became a small screen producer then an author. It took me nearly 20 minutes to find this thread!

Michael Tylo, US soap actor in possibly all the best known ones, particularly Young And The Restless, Guiding Light, dead at 73: https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/soap-alum-michael-tylo-passes-away-at-73/ Appeared as Alcade Luis Ramone in the early 1990s Zorro series. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878951/

Avril Elgar gets the full Guardian Obituary treatment - hurrah! https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/sep/29/avril-elgar-obituary

Just so nobody picks dates already chosen. The following dates have been/were picked. @MortalCaso , @wannamaker, @Philip - you need to pick new dates due to them being taken before you posted. September 20th - DCI Frank Burnside 21st - The Unknown Man 22nd - deathisallaround 24th - arghton 25th - chilean way 27th - Charlotte's Controller 30th - theoldlady October 1st - ladyfiona 2nd - Bentrovato 3rd - Putin 4th - Sean 7th - ThereWillBeDeaths7 8th - the_engineer 10th - Bibliogryphon 15th - wannamaker 22nd - MortalCaso 29th - Redrumours November 3rd - Genfærd December 25th - Miranda lass

German right wing politician and physician Axel Gehrke has died aged 79: https://www.stern.de/gesellschaft/regional/afd-bundestagsabgeordneter-axel-gehrke-gestorben-30766964.html During the 1990s Gehrke served as professor for physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Hannover Medical School and as president of the German society for physical medicine and rehabilitation as well. Since 2017 he was member of the federal parliament "Bundestag" for the Euro-critic party "Alternative für Deutschland" ("Alternative for Germany), short AfD. His Wikipedia article says, we won't stand for re-election in September 2021.

Well, Nancy Stewart has apparently died:

Four time gold medallist between 1968 and 1984 in canoeing, Romanian Ivan Patzaichin has died aged 71: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&u=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/ivan-patzaichin-a-murit-la-71-de-ani-3720967&prev=search&pto=aue A Scavenger Hunt miss.

German politician and member of this years DACH-List Kurt Biedenkopf died at 91 years: https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/ehemaliger-ministerpraesident-von-sachsen-kurt-biedenkopf-gestorben-77371234.bild.html This is hit No. 8, one more than DeathList.

Sir Richard Sutton one of the UKs richest men has been stabbed to death in his mansion.

The article said "He was found dead on March 4 at his home in Bonn by a family member." Sounds like a forgotten body.

Critical statement read and accepted. Now adding an "Austrian I have never heard of": Conservative poltitician Wolfgang Petrik, long-time member of the Vianna municipalty and state council (Gemeinderat und Landtag) has died : https://apps.derstandard.at/privacywall/story/2000123759028/langjaehriger-wiener-oevp-politiker-wolfgang-petrik-verstorben Apology offered!

And one more: Wilhelm Knabe, ecologist and politician, co-founder as well as former head of Germany's Green Party, dead at 97: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/gruenen-mitbegruender-wilhelm-knabe-ist-tot-li.136581

Bahrain prime minister and prince Sheikh Khalifa dead at 84 years: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/bahrain-prime-minister-sheikh-khalifa-bin-salman-al-khalifa-dies-13516250

Aviation pioneer Max Ward, most famous for founding the Canadian airline Wardair in 1953, died at 98 years: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/max-ward-obituary-1.5788258 He was a member of both Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame and the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.

Iraqi Vice President (1979-2003) Izzat al Douri died at 78 years: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/saddam-hussein-s-aide-izzat-al-douri-dies-in-iraq/2019160

Breaking News: German politician and member of the Social Democratik Party, Thomas Oppermann died at 66 years: https://www.bild.de/politik/2020/politik/medienberichte-bundestagsvizepraesident-thomas-oppermann-ist-tot-73594826.bild.html

DEAD Drol was right, indeed only few hours.

Ageing Hollywood glamour puss Angie Dickinson turned 89 yesterday. Many Happy returns!

American Television executive and president of CNN Reese Schonfeld died at 88 years: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/media/reese-schonfeld-obituary/index.html

American Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, who spent two years working as pianist, arranger, and occasional composer for Woody Shaw's band. dies at 70 years: https://www.wbgo.org/post/onaje-allan-gumbs-pianist-whose-reach-spanned-soulful-and-smooth-dies-70#stream/0

Angie Dickinson out and about at a classic Hollywood film festival very recently.