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His IMDb page. Do blush Sir Cunto.

Sir John Roch, former Judge of the Court of Appeal, death notice: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253923/roch One of the judges who quashed the convictions of the Bridgewater Four. Imagine discovering corruption and mismanagement in the Police...as if that would happen today....

Death Notice for Ewen Brodie of Lethen, former Lord-Lieutenant of Nairnshire: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/253937/brodie-of-lethen Interesting story he related to the Inverness Courier earlier this year about his involvement with the Duke of Edinburgh: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/elephant-mystery-was-solved-for-duke-234963/

Wow, just the one? Go to Menu > Account > Ignored Users, you can add Sir Creep whoever you want to block there.

If he makes it to January 1st I assume MC Ren will be #1 on the list.

What a Kare on.

Social media seems to have her as dead. Awaiting for more info though…

Denis O'Brien (wiki), American attorney and manager of George Harrison, dead at 80.

I can see all of these being considered bar Shalit and Scully who IMO don’t feel famous enough in the Uk to feel deathllisty.

At first, I was worried you were talking about me.

Times death notice for David Young MC, aged 100. Member of the Royal Engineers during WWII and recipient of the Military Cross. Took part in the Battle of Kohima. Some coverage of him from a few years ago here when he returned to Kohima aged 98. 10,386 MCs were awarded for WWII. I'd love to know how many are still alive. Must be less than 100, perhaps less than 50.

You really can't tell anything about a person's complexion from a photo on a screen. Far too many variables.

Not sure if mentioned before, but Mao Zedong still has around three living legitimate children: Yang Yuehua (1929-) Daughter of Mao and Mao's third wife He Zizhen. Alive? Li Min (1936-) Daughter of Mao and He Zizhen. Li Na (1940-) Daughter of Mao and his fourth wife: politician Jiang Qing. Widowed in March.

Welcome to the 9th annual Hares Death Pool. As another year winds down, and the 2021 Hares Death Pool hots up, its time to start looking ahead to next years event. Since Deathray does not appear to have been granted clemency by the Mods to rejoin the site and reclaim his game, I will be taking on the task for another year. As always, should Deathers return and express a wish to take over, the game will be handed back. We have had an impressive number of 43 teams for the past 3 years (with a little cheating last year!), and we are hoping to exceed that target this year. It’s the easiest of pools to enter- pretty much anything goes. Old or young, massively famous or fairly obscure, domestic or from the far-flung reaches of the globe. Just chuck together a team and send it in. They just have to die, and they have to take their bloody time about doing it. The rules are published below. They are pretty much the same as every other year, but your attention is drawn to a couple of points. Firstly, the criteria for fame is being tightened up a little, while still allowing for the vast array of obscure overseas picks that liven up this pool. But if you want to have a high-school tiddlywinks coach on your team, they better be a hall-of-fame high-school tiddlywinks coach. And if you want a cancer-mum, they better have done a little more than cried a few times to the Daily Mail. Secondly, and importantly, I will not be spending much time (or indeed any time) clarifying who a player meant with a pick, as Deathers was always so good at in the past. A quick Google search is all they are getting, and I will then assign the pick in accordance with the rules. So, make sure that they are spelled correctly, put a brief description in brackets if necessary, and feel free to add a link if they are particularly obscure. Otherwise, you have no-one to blame but yourself. SEND YOUR TEAM TO ME BY PM, OR POST IT UP ON THIS THREAD. NO OTHER METHODS OF ENTRY ARE ACCEPTED. To make life a little easier on me, you are kindly asked to enter your team in the following format. · List picks in alphabetical order of first name. · Do not put numbers in front of the name. · Put description in brackets after name · Mark one pick as a Joker (or wildcard- I’m not getting into that discussion again!) I will accept entries that are not in this format. However you may be subject to a torrent of abuse of Deathray-ian proportions. Best of luck to you all.

Chemistry: Walter Gilbert Peace: Muhammad Yunus Literature: Orhan Pamuk Medicine: Leland H. Hartwell Physics: Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. Economics: Daniel McFadden

Actor? The obit mentions his WWII service. The obit mentions his tenure on some soil conservation board. The obit mentions his lion taming and barbershop quartet performances. Ok I made that up, just like YOU fucking made up that he was ‘an actor’. SC

Interview with BBC, still sharp and sprightly considering his age. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-59510523

German Hollywood actor Hardy Krüger will undoubtedly get a qualifying UK obit when he goes and as he will be 94 next year, he may well be a sensible shout for the 2022 DL.

Picture of Baddiel from yesterday. He can't recognize his children anymore but apparently can still talk. Adele Springsteen, on the other hand, can still recognize her children according to Bruce but can't talk (or stand, or feed herself).

I'd rather pick Buzz than Alan Greenspan, but I'd rather pick Frank Field than either.

I’m doing the fucker’s appraisal in January

Save Your Kisses For Me by Brotherhood Of Man and Abba's Fernando ahead of Music for the three weeks Music at #3. I don't mind any of them tbh.

Did he stutter? (meme)

I disagree on that. He surely isn't a statesman.

Report of the death of Alan Grahame, British Speedway rider prolific in the 1970s and 1980s, aged 67: