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Luigi De Magistris dead at 95.

Pheung Kya-shin, chairman of Myanmar's Kokang special region, longtime Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army commander in chief dead at something between 91 and 94: https://news.ifeng.com/c/8Dg7etK6j2T He established a heroin factory in the region in the 1970s, later legalized opium planting and was involved in drug trafficking for around 30 years until making the region "drug free" (or not, according to narcotics experts) His region and army had two major clashes with Myanmar's army, in 2009 and in 2015.

Bappi Lahiri, "legendary" film composer and singer known for wearing gold chains, dies at 69 from COVID: https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/entertainment/story/bappi-lahiri-passes-away-at-69-in-mumbai-hospital-322733-2022-02-16 I immediately recognized the name from my own past Cup searches. He must have been in poor health for a while.

Why not pick a surviving Columbo killer? Lee Grant (b. 1925), Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) Susan Clark (b. 1943) Lady in Waiting (1971) Vera Miles (b. 1929) - Lovely but Lethal (1973) Dick van Dyke (b. 1925) - Negative Reaction (1974) George Hamilton (b. 1939) - A Deadly State of Mind (1975) - the one with the evil Doctor who uses hypnotism to kill, Caution Murder Can Be Hazardous to your Health (1991) Hector Elizondo (b. 1936) - A Case of Immunity (1975) William Shatner (b. 1931) - Fade in to Murder (1976), Butterfly in Shades of Grey (1995) Joyce van Patten (b. 1934) - Old Fashioned Murder (1976) Trish Van Devere (b. 1941) - Make Me A Perfect Murder (1978) Clive Revill (b. 1930) - The Conspirators (1978) Tbh I mistook Revill for Davis above hence this. This far and no further? Anthony Andrews (b. 1948) - Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) Fisher Stevens (b. 1963) - Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989) Lindsay Crouse (b. 1948) - Sex and the Married Detective (1989) Robert Foxworth (b. 1941) - Grand Deceptions (1989) Patrick Bachau (b. 1938) - Murder A Self Portrait (1990) Ian Buchanan (b. 1957) - Columbo Cries Wolf (1990) Helen Shaver (b. 1951) - Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo (1990) James Read (b. 1953) - Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990) Andrew Stevens (b. 1955) - Murder in Malibu (1990) Gary Hershberger (b. 1964) - Columbo Goes to College (1991) Stephen Caffrey (b. 1959) - Columbo Goes to College (1991) Dabney Coleman (b. 1932) - Murder of a Rock Star (1991) Tyne Daly (b. 1946) - A Bird in the Hand (1992) Greg Evignan (b. 1953) - A Bird in the Hand (1992) Faye Dunaway (b. 1941) - Its All in the Game (1993) Claudia Christian (b. 1965) - Its All in the Game (1993) Ed Begley Jr (1949) - Undercover (1994) George Wendt (b. 1948) - Strange Bedfellows (1995) Shera Danese (b. 1949) - A Trace of Murder (1997) - Peter Falk's widow David Rasche (b. 1944) - A Trace of Murder (1997) Billy Connolly (b. 1942) - Murder with Too Many Notes (2001) Matthew Rhys (b. 1974) - Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003) Jennifer Sky (b. 1976) - Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003) Someone else did this list years ago but it appears to have been deleted, for shame. Anyhow, most of the best Columbo villains have joined Falk on the other side, including Patrick McGoohan, Jack Cassidy, Theodore Bikel, etc. Of the living classic era killers, Shatner's probably the best, though Van Devere's 4 minute murder getaway is still an engaging bit of TV - even if it wouldn't work today. Just one more thing - Bob Dishy who appeared twice as overeager Sgt Wilson is still alive and just turned 88. Also, while Playback's killer died decades ago, his put upon wife, Gena Rowlands (b. 1930) is likewise still with us.

When you say 'over', what exactly do you you mean?

You would need to smoke a joint, or 10, to sit through that Super Bowl shite.

DL pick No. 8 June Brown celebrates her 95th birthday today

I have now managed to find some replacements (this is getting hard to find for some years) Ruth Bidgood replaced by Joan Langdon Gloria Whelan replaced by Jill Knight Estell Harris replaced by Queen Ratna of Nepal

You wile away a couple of mins a day on Wordle, don’t you? And it’s piss easy. How about trying Worldle? Guess the country.

American production designer, writer and director Alfred Sole (Wiki) dead at 78. He was known for his work directing Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)

1960s rock drummer Sandy Nelson dead at 83

Looking through the list of weekly winners, there are no sports players represented; Sports journalists on the other hand, fare rather better, with Chris Hollins, Colin Murray & Mark Chapman all amongst the weekly winners.

If Nelson QOs, that's a first hit for my US chartoppers theme team. Bit interesting that three of four Teddy Bears had a noted musical claim to fame wholly unassociated with the group (Spector is obvious, Connors with the Rocky theme, and Nelson with his solo drum hits).

Guessing we'll see a "hospitalisation" in the days before 11 April

Yeah, I'd say the John Promfumo route (quietly spending the rest of his life doing good charitable work helping others) would be beyond his skillset. They could try a comeback on the panel game circuit - his appearance on Would I Lie to You might be interesting.

Another one from my team is down: drummer Sandy Nelson dead. This is actually a painful hit as the timing of it completely screws me in every death pool on this side of the pond.

Bollywood singer and composer, Bappi Lahiri, has passed away at the age of 69. (For some reason, the link won't paste.)

Does anyone really believe he didn't do it? Does anyone really believe she isn't after money? The rest is fluff and spin.

Geraldo de Jesus has died according to his niece on Facebook.

Sandhya Mukherjee a hit for me: https://popnews247.com/iconic-bengali-singer-sandhya-mukherjee-dies-at-90/ next round: 1922 Janis Paige / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Leo Esaki 1926 Irene Papas / Roscoe Bartlett 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Line Renaud / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant 1931 Barbara Barrie / Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

American singer, jazz pianist, and actor Nat King Cole died on this day 57 years ago, aged 45. English actress, television and radio presenter Caroline Flack died on this day 2 years ago, aged 40.

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Emanuel Marx (wiki), Israeli anthropologist, reportedly dead at 94.

20 years ago country singer Waylon Jennings, youngest and the first Highwayman to die rode off into the sunset at the age of 64. He had suffered from decades of cocaine and amphetamine use until quitting in 1984 and smoked around six packs a day until quitting in 1988. These combined with a poor diet and being overweight caused him to develope Type II diabetes. He underwent a bypass surgery later in 1988 and for his last two years suffered from serious complications of his diabetes, including blood circulation problems that led to amputation. He died in his sleep from diabetes complications on the 13th of February 2002