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Hearing rumours Dawn Butler's been unwell, can anyone confirm?

Hans Trummer dead at 101. Either 2 or 4 left now.

It's a phrase from a hymn. The Queen used it in a speech once, so they are quoting her.

and no one caring

Based on this photo I do not think the Queen is a 2022 hit. However Four rows back The Duke of Kent looks like a walking sack of bones

Miguel Van Damme dead at 28.

Former football player and manager Gordon Milne celebrates his 85th birthday today. He briefly played for Englands national football team in the 1960s but had big stints at various clubs including Liverpool. He managed Leicester City for several years in the 1980s.

I don't know how many of you saw the Oscars telecast, but I also thought that Francis Ford Coppola looked like he has declined a bit. He's 82 now. It seems to me that his face looks more gaunt than it used to, and his voice was a bit raspy as well. Perhaps one to keep an eye on.

The BBC can't seem to win at this. On a day like today the tone will need to be respectful and dignified and I admit it can sometimes feel a little too forced but there are so many vultures waiting to pounce on any lack of respect There is a place for a serious look at the place the Royal Family occupies in our society and constitution but this is not it. However, when they do approach it in a serious journalistic style such as the recent Amol Rajan documentry about Prince William and Prince Harry everyone gets all upset This is an important point for all people who are pushing for constitutional reform. A rational debate needs to start as soon as possible because the circus following the Queen's death will drown out all those voices

Former Prime Minister of Uk John Major is 79 today Member of House of Lords of the United Kingdom Norman Tebbit is 91 today

She really is.

Lady gaga is 36 today

Your posting was close enough, time-wise, that I didn't bother with the Clive Dunn head usually reserved for duplicated entries.

Not the full story, though - she'd had a massive heart attack the year before, was subject of press rumours, and was reassuring friends at the Oscars that she was "on the mend" iirc.

Quite interesting looking at the reactions. Most of the UK-based members seem to have clocked that it was dark humour... others not so much.

Old news on the link but a greatest hits of health worries is covered in this article: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/phil-collins-brave-health-battles-23409137

She was just scared Will Smith would hit her

On this day in 2010 Canadian American actress and dancer June Havoc died aged 97.

British broadcaster, presenter, journalist and legend of the television celebrity interview Michael Parkinson turns 87 today.

Quentin Tarantino is 59 today

American actress May Allison whose first film role was in the 1915 silent movie' A fool there was' and whose career was predominantly in the silent movie era , died on this day in 1989 aged 98.

American actor and a crush of mine James Caan turns 82 today.

On this day in 2008 American actor Richard Widmark died aged 93. He starred in many Hollywood films including the Western 'Garden of evil' in 1954 alongside Gary Cooper, The Last Wagon, Death of a gunfighter and Who Dares Wins.

Mario Gigante (wiki), New York mobster and member of the Genovese crime family, dead at 98. Brother of the far more notable Vincent "The Chin" Gigante (wiki, 1928–2005). To my knowledge, he was the oldest notable member of any of the U.S. crime families. Only one of the Gigante brothers left alive – Louis Gigante (wiki), who was a Catholic priest and stayed out of organised crime but is alleged to have sexually abused young boys. I can't find an age for him anywhere.

Johnny Grier, the NFL's first black referee, has died at the age of 74. From what I remember, I thought he was actually a pretty good official, and I think most of them are terrible. RIP.