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David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, former Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh elected at a by-election in 1994 and held the seat until 2005 following which he was elevated to the Lords, being reported dead, aged 79:

Sofia Rojas of Colombia is now validated as 8th oldest living person. She is the oldest ever validated supercentenarian from Colombia.

How about Ethel Kennedy? She’ll be 95 next year. Famous enough?

Ah yes, I remember well the circumstances of that by-election.

I’d like to see Yoko Ono, Willie Nelson, Vanessa Redgrave, Imelda Marcos and Bob Newhart return in 2023. I doubt Pope Benedict, Joanne Woodward and Linda Nolan will make the 2023 starting line but should they somehow, they really should return.

Excellent because I specifically said there were none. So you haven't missed out :). @Gooseberry Crumble may have been responsible for their creation. One is like the bastard child (there's a clue there too) of the very worst parts of soap opera's (which is some feat because to me that's every single moment of every one of them) combined with the results of some godawful reality tv non-entities sticking it up one another. The other is more of the same with a title that means I get a little bit of sick in my mouth every time I see it because somebody added a post. I'm sure I've ranted about them. Still I suppose that may only be actually within them, so if you have the good sense to avoid them completely you'd never know.

Thank You @Toast but that has put the cat firmly amongst the pigeons Jackie/Jack Robinson a veteran of the 1948 London Games was a unique hit for @BuffaloPhil but he was also his sixth hit in a fourth category which means he only needs a UK Cabinet Minister to win. However he shares three of his cabinet minister picks with @msc and by both metrics (uniques and total number of hits) Buffalo Phil will claim precedent so there are now three players who can all finish in the same way (one in each category) but the number of picks that will finish the game only increases by two. 1. Vasily Borisov (to) 2. Irene Camber (to) 3. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 4. Roy Hattersley (mc) 5. Douglas Hurd (bp) 6. Nigel Lawson (mc) 7. James Mackay (bp) 8. John Morris (bp) 9. Koji Murofushi (to) 10. Bob Richards (to) 11. Bill Rodgers (bp) 12. Norman Tebbit (bp)

American actress from Chicago Mary Ann Thebus dead at 89 She was known for her performance on stage and 90s films like Rudy, My Life, Blink, There are no children here etc

I am guessing which year did Joni Mitchell appear on the Deathlist wasn't one of the questions?

Lots of new photos from the Mayor of Toulon on his Twitter account : he came to visit her for her birthday, as he does every year. She seems quite fine physically I think, we’ve seen people of 80 looking like corpse for ages. Still amazed by Tanaka and her. Despite saying that she wishes to « join god soon », randon also said that « it’s possible for her to beat Calment’s age ». Will see how it turns out. don’t remember how Tanaka was at 118, was she healthier than Randon, anyone remembers ?

Video of Lucile Randon with her 118th birthday cake.

A hit, I think? (Not for me) https://www.facebook.com/OldestOlympians https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jack-robinson-obituary?id=32926632&fbclid=IwAR1kXC_EE4upesG6_hLkAOi3t8ehepIzjHuh7ucigW287rm69TWzxneSzvU

Reports on Twitter that Russia is starting to withdraw large numbers of troops.

If this (excellent idea) is implemented, I’d also suggest upping the daily reaction quota quite a lot.

I don't know... Putin getting assasinated just seem unrealistic.

Pneumonia and UTI. Suprised he even survived that at 101 or 102. With a quick search seems like he's been having health issues for a while: December 2014: Hospitalised with pneumonia, pleural effusion, UTI and gastritis at 95. Reportedly bedridden. February 2016: "Cough, cold, high BP" June 2021: Hospitalised with pneumonia and heart issues, wearing nasal cannula in pictures. February 2022: Hospitalised with pneumonia and UTI. He wasn't in a wheelchair a year ago.

I'd have a use for that. One (in fact now 2) specific threads come to mind. No prizes for guessing which.

A former Louisiana Supreme Court Justice and Lake Charles resident has died. Judge Jack C. Watson, who served 17 years on the Louisiana State Supreme Court, died Friday evening at age 93. Watson also served as a Lake Charles city prrosecutor and assistant Calcasieu Parish district attorney, a judge at the 14th Judicial District Court and a judge at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. SC

It's telling of how much traffic they're getting that they haven't updated their sidebar for approx 11 years. Jake & Taylor dating? Well I wish them a long and happy future...

Jesus 93. Could easily pass for 80

Where did you find this story about eleftheria ? I doubt she’s 118 as she claimed anyway…

Compare this to neighboring Germany, a country with even bigger population which only has 2 people 113+ (and these still UNvalidated actually)in it's history (Ollmann and Mange-not counting Gerneth).

want to sleep last night thinking about her upcoming anniversary. Seems quite fine, despite her voice which seems more and more shaky but hasn't lost anything of her mind. The video also talks about another supercentenarian, Aline Blain, born 1911 who seem extremely healthy and clear of mind for a 110 yo woman. In some hours, Randon will be the official 4th validated person to ever reach 118, which has been achieved by 2 French woman out of the 4.

I haven't got the patience to listen to podcasts. I could read a transcript of it in a fraction of the time. Same goes for all the videos on the BBC website - as soon as I click on an item and see it leads to a video or audio thing I move on. Give me a couple of paragraphs to read instead. As for Joni Mitchell, I cannot stand her shrill voice. It's like a squeaky blackboard eraser.

Hamilton Bohannon, Motown drummer who went on to have a successful solo career as a named artist, sometimes credited as simply Bohannon, reported dead on the Twittersheeple: UK #6 (July 1975) Disco Stomp