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Perpetual bedblocker Leslie Phillips is 98.

Australian actress Elspeth Ballantyne who is most famous for her role as prison warden Meg Morris in hit australian television soap Prisoner Cell block H celebrates her 83rd birthday today. She was the longest serving cast member and the only one to stay with the show for the whole of its run.

Pontiac, chief of the Odawa tribe, died on this day 253 years ago, aged about 48. Pontiac is best remembered for the war named after him, which lasted from 1763 to 1766. It was the result of growing animosity between the Odawa and the British, who had captured Fort Detroit during the Seven Years' War and refused to leave following France's defeat. Some notable consequences of the war included an early case of biological warfare (Jeffrey Amherst, a British general, despised Native Americans, and gifted blankets laced with smallpox to native diplomats in hopes of spreading the disease), and the Proclamation of 1763 (American colonists resented this, as they felt that they had earned western lands ceded from France- this was one of the first British policies that sparked the American Revolution). He was assassinated by a Peoria warrior, in retaliation for stabbing his uncle.

Reported death of (Wiki) Bob Latz. Local politician in Minnesota including State House Rep. from 1959-66 + Assistant AG from 1955-58

I finally hear a death reported in Pat Robertson's thread and it's his wife. NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Unfortunately, a young Italian actress died during the night involved in a road accident: it’s about Ludovica Bargellini girl of 35 years born in Pistoia and living in Rome, the city where unfortunately the tragedy took place. The accident is happened at one in the morning, and although the dynamics and reasons are not very clear, among the hypotheses there is also that of a sleepiness that would have hit her and led her to crash into the wall. Ludovica Bargellini, among other jobs, had also collaborated with Sorrentino for The Young Popethe TV series on Sky Atlantic. SC

Longtime Phoenix muralist and beloved community member Pablo Luna has died. He was 52. Pablo Luna checked into the hospital on Feb. 24 with undiagnosed diabetes. After his diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis, Luna suffered a heart attack and battled pneumonia. After being hospitalized for 55 days, his heart stopped at 1:33 a.m. on April 19, ending his battle with diabetes, double pneumonia and Valley Fever, Not sure if anyone else has ever had a DL Cup entry die of Valley Fever. I’ll claim it as a first. SC

Well, Facebook says that my Joker (Dick Brewer) though 85 has nothing more than MSD and two days ago went back to the shop and is making surfboards again. So that’s a miss. However - Pablo Luna all but assures victory! All hail the Phoenix, AZ muralist! https://amp.azcentral.com/amp/7372942001

Jan Stangryciuk - I will let Dan Snow explain:

Hospitalised. Not scheduled this time.

I have noticed that dislike of a Clockwork Orange meets with disagreement on the Internet. There have been attempts to convince me of the movie, too. I don't like it either.

7 for me, but none from this millennium so far. Surprised that Doris Lessing doesn't feature anywhere.

Handmade's Tale and Hitchhiker's Guide here. Wolf Hall is on my shelf, and in the pipeline, so to say. We almost purchased Shuggie Bain at the store a few times. Might still do. ^^ Yes! I also couldn't stand Clockwork Orange! That stupid language pissed me off immediately.

Maria Sharapova is 35 today

People interested in the well-being of Clare Marx may want to listen to this BBC programme next week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016jvh

MND charity activist and superfan Chris Rimmer has died at 39: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/inspirational-liverpool-fc-fan-who-23722744 List of the Missed, 2020.

Designer Quiteria Kekana dies shortly after announcing his cancer diagnosis at just 38: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18305031/celebrity-fashion-designer-quiteria-dead/

I am presuming this is field hockey and therefore should be in Summer Games.

He was picked again later but it wouldn't be a record anyway, Henry Lincoln was picked in 2006 and died this year. Jack Newton could've outdone even that if he didn't return as a pick this year. It was his first year in the DDP since 2003!

Retired American actress and the first ever winner of the Miss USA beauty pagent / competition Jackie Loughery turns 92 today She was married three times and her husbands included american singer Guy Mitchell and american actor Jack Webb.

Well, yeah...or maybe she's quietly put herself on Tinder and the attention has cheered her up

In fact the Queen has seemed to be remarkably cheerful since Philip died. I can't remember seeing her smiling and laughing so much as she has this past year. I think it's the opposite - his death came as a relief from the stress of worrying about him as his health declined in recent years. I don't think they actually spent a lot of time together until the pandemic forced them into isolation together at Windsor - remember he used to spend most of his time in a cottage at Sandringham. So she also has the comfort of knowing that they made the most of the time he had left, and no regrets over lost time.

You're not observing anything. You are comparing two totally different scenarios. In one a niece visited a cancer stricken uncle when she happened to be in France. In another a grandson who lives in the USA visited his grandmother when he was in Europe. Why is it so difficult for 'observers' to understand that she is 95 years old, 96 in 5 days time. How many 95 year olds do you know who are upright and able to the stand long enough to present 190 sets of fucking coins. She's fucking old. Not dying. Just fucking old and will survive long enough in her armchair.

Those of us oldies who care to remember….a disgraced, ex member of the. Royal Family now exiled abroad suddenly and surprisingly has a meet up with Queen Elizabeth II…something thought impossible until then. The occasion? HM Queen visiting her uncle, the former monarch The Duke of Windsor, in Paris in 1972. 10 days after her visit he died. Just observing.

Thanks for keeping this up to date - brilliant job