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Lichauco was kind of a "family of the famous" name, as she was the widow of a diplomat. Not really sure how much her charity work actually contributed to her fame. Hure was certainly more famous, atleast in my opinion for being an ambassador of France three times (to Cameroon 65-68, Israel 68-73 and Belgium 73-80) Most of the "notable living centenarians" wikipedia list seems to be made up of people who have gained fame very late (S. Kowalski, D. Carlsson...), are slightly famous for other reasons than age but wouldn't have gotten a wiki page at, for example 90 (probably over half of them) or the family of the famous types (the first ladies, spouses of famous people, other family) and the actual amount of others is probably pretty small. Boris Pahor, Art Rupe, Lise Nørgaard, Marsha Hunt, Rene de Obaldia, Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, June Spencer, James Lovelock, Nehemiah Persoff and Charles Njonjo are some of the ones who don't fit in those categories from the 101+ ones.

Nah I don't trust our MPs enough to do that!

See how it works and some changes may become obvious for the second round

Norwegian actor Vegar Hoel has died aged 48 (Norwegian paywall link). Far better known in his homeland, but he did have some international fame as the lead actor in Dead Snow and its sequels. They were a bunch of cult B-movie horror films about zombie Nazis attacking some couples on a romantic getaway. The sequel involves Hoel's character raising a zombie Soviet Russian army to take on the dead Nazi stormtroopers, while he tries to bring his girlfriend (she died) back to life. It's the sort of kitchen sink drama stuff we've been missing in modern cinema, really.

@Toast is the perennial bridesmaid of the Scavenger Hunt. Always within 1 of victory before a winner has been declared. Will it be 4th time lucky? I suspect there may be a few more closing in before we're done, though...

New board game out in time for Christmas:

Apparently believed to be suffering from pulmonary fibrosis according to that and other articles. His ex-wife and former first lady Susana Higuchi in ICU "in serious condition", some articles say that she's in coma

1. Michel Bouquet 2.Bob Dole 3.Vaclav Klaus 4.David Gulpilil 5.Abdullah The Butcher 6.F.W. de Klerk 7.Larry Pressler 8.Fay Vincent 9.Luis Echeverria 10.Pat Carroll 11.Vicente Fernandez 12.Francoise Hardy 13.Claire Maurier 14.Jean Louis Trintignant 15.Parnelli Jones 16.Willie Mays 17.Monica Vitti 18.Gene LeBell 19.James Dewey Watson 20.Violetta Chamorro

I am also uneasy about teams being held back once the game has started because you can be strategic with your replacements by effectively scuppered people's uniques but if you cannot see all the teams it is not a level playing field

Seeing other people's teams exposed before the start of the game is off-putting for me. It also makes a nonsense of the uniques bonus.

As much classic pop culture nonsense as I consume, these two areas are both blind spots to me

He suggested today that he’s about to give it up in the next couple of days because he doesn’t want it to impact his health. Sensible decision. He’s done well and he got a lot of media attention to the cause, which I suppose was the key aim.

Notable mentions in (Autumn–Winter) issue of Equity magazine The passings we've already mentioned on DL: June Abbott (IMDb) died 23/12/20 Mike Amatt (IMDb) died 28/6/21 Edwin Apps (wiki) died 16/4/21 Tony Armatrading (IMDb) died 10/5/21 Ned Beatty (wiki) died 13/6/21 Christopher Coll (IMDb) died 29/5/21 Arthur Cox (wiki) died 9/4/21 David de Keyser (wiki) died 20/2/21 Veronica Dunne (wiki) died 5/4/21 Lucinda Edmonds (or Riley, wiki) died 11/6/21 Avril Elgar (wiki) died 17/9/21 Roy Everson (IMDb) died 1/4/21 Robert Fyfe (wiki) died 15/9/21 Ian K. Gardiner (IMDb) died 17/8/21 Leon Greene (wiki) died 19/6/21 Charles Grodin (wiki) died 18/5/21 Damaris Hayman (wiki) died 3/6/21 Alan Igbon (wiki) died 9/12/20 Douglas Livingstone (IMDb) died 19/4/21 André Maranne (wiki) died 12/4/21 Freddy Marks (wiki) died 20/5/21 Sally Mates (IMDb) died 30/01/20 Yvonne Michel (IMDb) died 8/3/21 Judy Norman (IMDb) died 1/4/21 Tom O'Connor (wiki) died 18/7/21 Colette O'Neil (wiki) died 11/7/21 Brian Osborne (wiki) died 8/7/21 Anthony Parker (IMDb) died 27/7/21 Graham Rigby (IMDb) died 5/4/21 Lucinda Riley (wiki) died 11/6/21 Ben Roberts (wiki) died 7/6/21 Roy Scammell (wiki) died 15/5/21 Tony Selby (wiki) died 5/9/21 Felix Silla (wiki) died 16/4/21 Anne Stallybrass (wiki) died 3/7/21 Pauline Tinsley (wiki) died 10/5/21 Nikki van der Zyl (wiki) died 6/3/21 Ralph Watson (wiki) died 20/6/21 Everyone we haven't mentioned whose deaths were largely noticed elsewhere: Lynette Clarke (IMDb) died 14/2/21 – British actress, had recently appeared in TV's "It's a Sin" NME obit Lee Dunne (wiki) died 11/4/21 (aged 86) – Irish writer with a numerous screenplay credits Irish Times Paul Eastwood (IMDb) died 28/7/21 (aged 46) – English comedian, died after falling from a balcony local press Trader Faulkner (wiki) died 14/4/21 (aged 93) – Australian-British actor and raconteur Guardian obit Lynn Ruth Miller (IMDb) died 7/9/21 (aged 87) – American-born UK-based comedienne with some acting credits Telegraph obit Seun Shote (IMDb) died 15/3/21 (aged 47) – British actor who had recently appeared in Dune (2021) Guardian Jane Wenham-Jones (wiki) died 22/8/21 (aged 59) – British author and presenter who died of cancer Local obit Tessa Worsley (IMDb) died 2/9/21 (aged 89) – British actress, lots of credits in TV from 1977 to 2004 (including The Bill, Emmerdale, Crown Court, Casualty), also appeared in The Football Factory. Stage obit. Those who have died largely/completely off radar: Alan Charles Thomas (IMDb) died ? – British actor, mentioning because he had a minor credit in Doctor Who Shirley English (IMDb) died ? – British actress with minor credits in 3 Carry On films, EastEnders, Mind Your Language, Minder, Are You Being Served?, Only Fools and Horses and George & Mildred Ida Goldapple (IMDb) died ? (aged 95/96) – British actress, supporting roles in UK TV, last credit 2008 Gerry Hinks (IMDb) died c. 27/6/21 (aged 81/82) – British actor with long running recurring roles in Coronation Street from 1997 to 2011 (latterly as the Vicar), last credit was in 2017. Church notice, Facebook post. Seems to have been a bigger name on stage. Paula Jacobs (wiki) died 26/6/21 (aged 88/89) – British actress, recurring roles in Brookside, Scully, Coronation Street. Movie roles include An American Werewolf in London and The Remains of the Day. Widow of actor David Swift! Times death notice David Monico (IMDb) died 4/5/21 (aged 83) – British actor, roles in The Fortunes of Nigel, Colditz, Nicholas Nickleby etc. Tribute on his personal website here Alec Monteath (wiki) died 9/3/21 (aged 79) – Scottish actor, appeared in 183 episodes(!) of Take the High Road as Dougal Lachlan, also had roles in Monarch of the Glen, Grange Hill, Taggart, Brookside etc. Equity mag have added a written obit for him here. Really shouldn't have died off radar, I'll send this on to the Scotsman/Herald. Tony Nelson (IMDb) died ? – British actor, minor roles in All Creatures Great and Small, Last of the Summer Wine and Heartbeat. Retired 1992 (and he looked ancient then, so god knows how old he was when he died!). Nigel Nevinson (IMDb) died c. 30/9/21 (aged ?) – English actor, based in Brighton. Lots of TV and stage credits. Death notice from Brighton Fringe on Facebook here. Son of prominent English actress Nancy Nevinson (1918–2012) and brother of English-Australian actress Gennie Nevinson (b. 1951). Kay Noone (IMDb) died ??/7/21 – British actress who mainly played old ladies in supporting roles, notably appeared as Lizzie in Derek for 8 episodes (2012–2014). Tweet from her agency paying tribute here. Donalda Samuel (IMDb) died ? – Scottish actress with recurring roles in Monarch of the Glen from 2000 to 2004, and Taggart from 1987 to 2000. Brian Smith (IMDb) died ? (aged 87/88) – British actor with scores of credits on TV, film and stage from 1950 to 1996. James Telfer (IMDb) died ? – British actor and screenwriter with credits between 1977 and 2003.

Commentator Gerald Sinstadt dies aged 91. Don't recall him ever making the list, despite many asking.

Isn't he the one talked about as a future PM when Cameron was in charge? Quite the fall from grace.

He was a nobody - FFBI - he'd been to WSOP or similar before but super minor placing.

Not the point. As Biblio says, it needs to be the same for everyone. Too late now, the cat is out of the bag.

I do think that the timing is not the best, February or March might be better... ...however, let me just look at the 20 most recent names I suggested on the forum (With minor editing by me): 1. Victor Orena 2. Amanda Lear 3. Brigitte Bardot 4. Recep Erdogan 5. Michael Graydon (poker player - not the Irish one...) 6. Brian Morris (golfer) 7. Esther Lee (Williams Sister therapist) 8. Steve Harwell (Smash Mouth) 9. Jack Thompson (Aussie actor) 10. Richard Blum (US investor) John Toschak 11. Tony Jacklin 12. Madison Cawthorne No, let's change that to Theodore McCarrick 13. Robert Durst Louis Anderson Frank Field 14. David Bailey 15. Morteza Mehrzad (Paralympian) 16. Davie Wilson (Glasgow Rangers) 17. Clive Brittain 18. Mustafa Kayirici (rapist) Les Shapiro Jeff Innis Isabel Torres Frank Beckmann Vicky Phelan 19. Michael Dobbs, Baron 20. Gary Burgess Catherine Wybourne C.W. McCall

Austin Currie former, North Ireland Civil Rights activist and TD (Irish MP) and one time Irish Presidential Candidate in 1990 Dead aged 82 Was the last surviving founder of the SDLP

Princess Marie Alix of Schaumburg-Lippe (wiki) dead at 98. Was the 2nd oldest living European royal according to this.

Irish banker Sean Fitzpatrick, aged 73. Was one of the key men in Irish banking with the Anglo Irish Bank for decades until his bank went to the floor in 2008 as part of the recession, which was more keenly felt in Ireland due to, well, even more incompetent bankers and politicians than most. This led to one of the calmest newspaper headlines of the century. Incidentally, Michael Fingleton's meant to be in poor health too.

Great news, Demi has released their first official sex toy, the Demiwand. I do wonder where it is meant to be in this photo though as it's not in the box...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/08/tory-mp-faces-bankruptcy-over-unpaid-taxes-and-may-have-to-step-down-adam-afriyie There is a possibility of yet another by election various UK newspapers are reporting. Conservative MP for Windsor Adam Afriyie might soon be declared bankrupt as a result of unpaid taxes and thus be forced to resign.

Didn't voice Frieza in Dragon Ball Z, but rather in some of the later Dragon Ball series. In DBZ it was actually a woman... Linda Young (wiki). As far as I'm aware, all of the voice cast of the main English dub of DBZ are quite incredibly still with us, but a lot of the original Japanese voices are dead. Used to love DBZ when I was a kid. Went round to my neighbours house every day after school to watch it because we only had terrestrial TV in my house until I was 12!

Robert Fyfe brings me up to 16/50