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I watched Liz Truss waffle unknowledgeably and dangerously about stuff she clearly didn't know enough about yesterday and then almost straight after heard an interview with Rory Stewart - what a contrast. Knowledgeable, thoughtful, balanced and statesmanlike - he may not be everyone's cup of tea and he may wear the wrong hat for most but he certainly is a cut above most of the shambles currently leading the country. EDIT: So when you're eating your nuclear mushroom this is who you can thank. Russia blames Liz Truss for nuclear 'special alert' Earlier, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace downplayed the nuclear "special alert" announced by Vladimir Putin, suggesting that the Russian president wanted to distract people from his forces' slower-than-expected progress in the invasion. Wallace told the BBC: "We will not do anything to escalate in that area, we will not do anything to feed any miscalculation - we take it very, very seriously. But at the moment this is a battle of rhetoric that President Putin is deploying." Now, the Kremlin has suggested comments from Foreign Secretary Liz Truss were the reason that Russia put its nuclear forces on heightened alert, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. "There had been statements by various representatives at various levels about possible conflict situations and even collisions and clashes between Nato and the Russian Federation," said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Vladimir Putin. "We consider such statements absolutely unacceptable. I will not name the authors of these statements, although it was the British foreign secretary." It's not clear which comments by Truss the Russian government objects to, although on Sunday she said she said she would support individuals from the UK joining an international force to fight for Ukraine.

Yadlapati Venkatarao dead at 102.

Death notice for American actor Peter Iacangelo (IMDb). Died off radar in November 2021, aged 73. Best known for playing bar owner Lou in Fight Club (and his last role before retiring).

You won't find anything in the media questioning his age, but then you won't find any mention of him in the media in the last few years at all. They seem to be ignoring him now... surely they must've clocked it's a big fraud? The claims of fraud (and that he was actually born in 1928) come from discussions on longevity-related forums. If you delve deep enough into Google it all comes up. Also, Guinness had him listed as oldest marathon runner for a while without actually verifying his age. After pressing the family for evidence and receiving nothing in return, they removed the record. Should've never been recognised in the first place tbh. In addition to Fraudster Singh, let's remember that Virginia McLying (wiki) is still around. She was born in 1917, though claims 1909, and danced with the Obamas when she was "106" (in reality 98), and you'd have thought the White House would've taken a glance at the birth records but hey...

Abuzed Omar Dorda, Gaddafi-era Prime Minister of Libya 1990-1994 (and later the head of the national intelligence agency) dead at 77: http://alwasat.ly/news/libya/350812 Lots of Gaddafi's Prime Ministers/"Heads of State" are still alive: Abdessalam Jalloud (1944-) PM 1972-1977 Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939-2023) PM 1977-1979, Head of State 1979-1981 Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (1939-2024) PM 1979-1984, 1986-1987 Muhammad az-Zaruq Rajab (1940-) PM 1984-1986, Head of State 1981-1984 Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (1943-) PM 1994-1997 Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (1967?-) PM 1997-2000 Imbarek Shamekh (1952-) PM 2000-2003, Head of State 2009-2010 Baghdadi Mahmudi (1945-) PM 2006-2011 Muhammad az-Zanati (1944-) Head of State 1992-2008 Miftah Muhammed K'eba (1947-) Head of State 2008-2009 Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (1952-) Head of State 2010-2011

I was reading @Death Impends marvellous obits on the DDP and did a double take as she brought to my attention that Gary Brooker was in The Paramounts and therefore this entry needs a wee update.

I'm partial to "The Grand Old Duke of Pork"

Anyone who got the bounce from my inbox feel free to resend, just deleted a bunch. Work's going to be hectic so don't expect to much in the way of responses from me until 7pm GMT.

They brought in a bunch of new players recently. This coincides with Banks O'Dee almost certainly winning their lower division title, which means bottom spot in the Highland League faces a relegation playoff for their spot with a very highly fancied former junior football side. This might go someway to explaining why the Fort have suddenly started playing like their lives depend on it...

American actor Ralph Ahn (wiki), dead at 95, according to a tweet from Karla LaFebre of the Motion Picture Association of America Had several Hollywood film credits in the 50s/60s (mainly uncredited ones), as well as later supporting roles on TV, including The Golden Girls. Also brother of legendary U.S. actor Philip Ahn (1905–1978) and Susan Ahn Cuddy (1915–2015) who was the first Asian-American woman to join the U.S. Navy. A unique pick on the DDP.

Report of the death of Alan Anderson, former captain of Heart of Midlothian for over 200 games after spells at Millwall and Scunthorpe United, aged 82:

Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60553124

Done. Cheers!

Well he won't have anywhere to spend the US$200 billion he's squirrelled away, that's for sure

March team submitted via PM. Been out of town and locked out of twitter so trying to research on the phone alone has been awful. Certainly no where near as thorough as I'd like to be so I've little confidence in moving past this month.

I’m sure she’d pass the famousness test, she’ll probably get a BBC Obit. Although, I don’t know if she’ll make 2023 sadly.

Getting fit for the upcoming tour by going to Spain and doing something more "holistic" in addition to the NHS measures: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/17788140/tom-parker-brain-cancer-treatment-spain/

Putin was the one directly playing the piano.

I was refering to this video suposedly of him. Yeah, he's our hero for sure.

LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 If both teams from any of these ties like this post, I will publicly post the results of the coin toss for their match.

Papua New Guinean politician Michael Somare died on this day a year ago, aged 84. American judge and television personality Joseph Wapner died on this day 5 years ago, aged 97.

A (likely non exhaustive) list of former Indian CMs who meet your age cut off @drol, as well as a few additional comments: SM Krishna (born 1932, will turn 90 on 1st March this year): Former CM of Karnataka + Minister of External Affairs. Was making public statements on politics as early as Jan of this year. B. C. Khanduri (born 1934): 4th CM of Uttarakhand, was making public appearances relating to politics as early as 2021 Manohar Joshi (born 1937): Former CM of Maharashtra and former speaker of the Lok Sabha. His nephew and fellow politician Sudhir Joshi died at age 81 a few days ago. N. Bhaskara Rao (born 1936): Short-lived former CM of Andhra Pradesh, was active in state politics as of 2019. B. B. Gurung (born 1929): Short lived 3rd CM of Sikkim. Can't seem to find much information on him, but a local paper was wishing him a happy birthday on Facebook as of 2020, and I can find no death notice for him. As noted below, however, my Deadpool research skills are limited at best. Lal Thanhawla (DOB is questionable - either 1938 or 1942): Ex-CM and longest serving CM of Mizoram, appeared in court as early as 2019. Retired from state politics in 2021 after 5 decades in the business. S. C. Jamir (DOB 1931): Served as CM and/or Governor of 5 different states, awarded Padma Bhushan in 2020. Wikipedia page is obviously propaganda, daughter died in the 1990s, mother at age 101 in 2016. D. D. Lapang (DOB 1934): Ex-CM of Meghalaya Shanta Kumar (DOB 1934): Ex-CM of Himachal Pradesh, was publically active commenting on politics as of 2021. I'm also wondering if MDR Ramachandran is still alive. There's no DOB on his Wikipedia and I can't seem to find a death notice (though I will note my research skills aren't all the greatest), but he was first elected CM of Puducherry in 1980, 40+ years ago, and I suspect if he's still alive he's definitely pushing 85. Additionally, while he doesn't make the age cutoff, Sharad Powar (born 1940) is an interesting name. Former Maharashtra CM and former chairman of the BCCI, he's still active in politics, and someone who would definitely QO, if only due to his relevance to Indian cricket. Underwent several medical procedures in 2021, including gall bladder removal, surgery for a mouth ulcer, and removal of a stone from his bile duct, all in very quick succession. He tested positive for Covid 19 in the last week of Jan 2022. Adding names here as they come to me: Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1937): Former VP of India, was giving interviews as of 2021 Natwar Singh (born 1931): Former Minister of External Affairs, was giving interviews as of 2021 Yashwant Sinha (born 1937): Former Minister of External Affairs + Finance, tweeting on Twitter as of Feb 16th 2022 Fali Sam Nariman (born 1929): Constitutional lawyer, former Additional Solicitor General of India

Most significant doesn’t mean most Important for you. Significant is in term of impact on culture, politic, society etc… I get that it’s interesting to compare each one point of views but I have to agree with Ulitzer on this one… maybe put your own personal significant death and then the significant death worldwide ? Anyway most significant worldwide : Sidney Poitier most significant in France : Gaspard Ulliel and Thierry Mugler

Madhur Jaffrey seems like a potential future candidate. She's well into her eighties and well known enough in UK.