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  1. 5 points
    Legendary hurdler Istabraq is 30 today which is the equivalent of about 90 in human years. Looks good as well.
  2. 4 points
    Following his second unique hit @RoverAndOut must become the favourite to take the title now. As he has two ways of going out 1. John Aniston (ro) 2. Vasily Borisov (to) 3. Irene Camber (to) 4. Kenneth Clarke (ro) 5. Norman Fowler (ro) 6. Tom Gayford (ro) 7. Gordy Giovenelli (to) 8. Roy Hattersley (ro) 9. Douglas Hurd (ro) 10. Nigel Lawson (mc) 11. James Mackay (bp) 12. John Morris (bp) 13. Koji Murofushi (to) 14. Bob Richards (to) 15. Bill Rodgers (bp) 16. Norman Tebbit (ro) 17. Anthony Zerbe (ro) Of the seventeen possible hits to go out Rover now has 8 of them adding two Star Trek actors and another Olympian. Interestingly adding the first and last alphabetically of the Star Trek picks However any of the pennies could go over the cascade so anyone who is mentioned above needs to be thinking about their Game V categories
  3. 3 points
    Kim Jong-Un himself carries the coffin, and notably does not wear a mask: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/23/kim-jong-un-buries-mentor-amid-north-korea-covid-crisis
  4. 3 points
    Fon Angwafo III of Mankon (wiki) dead at 97.
  5. 3 points
    William Kidd, better known as Captain Kidd, died on this day 321 years ago, aged 47. Born in Scotland in 1654, Kidd settled in New York as a young adult. He soon became a seaman's apprentice on a privateer ship. In 1689 Kidd and several other crewmates mutinied and ousted their captain, and Kidd was either elected or appointed as the new captain. They headed to the colony of Nevis, and helped defend the island from the French (whom the English were at war with at the time). Kidd soon returned to New York, where he married a wealthy twice-widow (who was still in her 20s) and helped fund the construction of Trinity Church (which still stands in downtown Manhattan). In 1695, New York's colonial governor requested Kidd to go on a mission to attack known pirates (and enemy French ships)- he accepted, considering he would appear disloyal to the crown if he refused. In September of 1696, Kidd and his crew began their journey towards the waters surrounding southern Africa- a third of his crew died of cholera, his ship suffered from leakage, and he failed to find any pirates. This may have caused Kidd to go off the deep end. He began to abuse his power, citing his noble friends in England would vouch for him if he was reported. In 1698, Kidd seized an Indian fabric and gold ship, and when the news came to England, he was labelled a pirate and his capture was ordered. Kidd encountered the pirate Robert Culliford on Madagascar, and the majority of his crew abandoned him to work for Culliford. Kidd decided to return to New York, and he hid his ship on an island in the Caribbean, and hid or sold his stolen treasures along the way. New York's governor Richard Coote was in Boston at the time that he heard about Kidd's return, and lured him to the city promising to pardon him- this was a lie, as he believed that he would be implicated with the pirates if Kidd was allowed to stay free. Kidd was arrested on July 6, 1699, and was sent to England for trial in 1700. Kidd was sentenced to death. On execution day, Kidd needed to be hung twice- the first noose snapped, and Kidd survived the fall. Some called this divine intervention and believed that he should be released, but he was successfully hanged the second time. His corpse was hung over the River Thames until 1704 as a warning to other pirates.
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  7. 1 point
    Personally, I do not feel that this has decisively tipped the balance in my favour, though obviously more outs is a positive. Nicking Tebbit from BuffaloPhil may yet be my biggest masterstroke.
  8. 1 point
    Tomiko Itooka (b 23 May 1908), new doyenne of Hyogo, was validated. A photo of her at 113
  9. 1 point
    Grats, arghton! 1922: Ray Anthony / Jacqueline White 1923: Rudolph A. Marcus / Ida Vitale 1924: Lubomir Strougal / Mildred Miller 1925: Mahatmir Mohamad / Virginia Patton 1926: Ed Williams / Betye Saar 1927: William Daniels / Gina Lollobrigida 1928: Federico Bahamontes / Jutta Müller 1929: X.J. Kennedy / Vera Miles 1930: Bernie Ecclestone / Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1931: Mario Zagallo / Kyoko Kagawa 
  10. 1 point
    Congrats Arghton
  11. 1 point
    She’s an epic bullshitter/attention seeker so I would take anything she says with a pinch of salt. If it was terminal though, we’d know because she’d be screaming about it and the Daily Record (or the “Daily Janey” as it should be known given their obsessive coverage of her) would do a 6 page spread on it.
  12. 1 point
    She was recently preparing for her "final" chemo treatment and hoped that the cancer would be gone: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/janey-godley-shares-positive-cancer-26986031 Maybe it wasn't a complete success?
  13. 1 point
    After 20 hits the leaderboard looks like: MariNisa - 5 Yvonne - 3 Bibliogryphon - 3 Hell - 2 Arghton - 2 Death Impends - 1 Lady Fiona - 1 Doorslammer - 1 Chilean Way -1 Grimgrass - 1
  14. 1 point
    Congrats @arghton 1922 Rachel Robinson/John B Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Georgia Holt/Timothy Dudley-Smith 1927 Leontyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Queen Ratna of Nepal/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine 1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates
  15. 1 point
    Unless, of course, you know different!
  16. 1 point
    Congrats Arghton  1922     Rhoda Wurtele / Jean Malaurie 1923 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat / Jack Burke 1924 Carole Cook / Jimmy Carter 1925 Angela Lansbury / Dick van Dyke  1926 Queen Elizabeth / Stanley Baxter  1927 Genevieve Page  / Vin Scully 1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Joss Ackland 1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Tippi Hedren / Rolf Harris  1931 Claire Bloom / Robert Duvall
  17. 1 point
    Drew Carey is 64. (he's the one on the left... if you couldn't tell)
  18. 1 point
    The one and only british actress, author and all round lady of epitomising exceptional glamour and style Joan Collins, celebrates her 89th birthday today.
  19. 1 point
    Andrei Shevchik, Russian-appointed mayor of Enerhodar in intensive care after getting wounded in an explosion: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-backed-mayor-ukraine-nuclear-plant-town-wounded-by-explosion-reports-2022-05-22/
  20. 1 point
    Voted for Jinping because I still don't completely believe the stuff on Putin's health. Even if he goes on tv and announces he has cancer, I'll believe it only when I see him dead...but I hope it'll happen very soon. The Chinese old guard hasn't started dropping yet but I agree there will be a lot of funerals there soon. Lots of centenarians and nonagenarians and Jintao's generation isn't that young anymore either. I find it interesting how Chinese doctors manage to somehow fix them or keep them alive no matter how dying they seem to be. Like Hu Qili who was according to RFI critical and dying in 2018. Zhu Rongji pictured in 2020
  21. 1 point
    Report of the death of mezzo-soprano Anne Howells from myeloma aged 81: https://slippedisc.com/2022/05/great-british-mezzo-soprano-dies-of-myeloma/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398084/
  22. 1 point
    Slade's Don Powell had surgery for bowel surgery: https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2022/05/21/slade-legend-don-powell-recovering-from-bowel-cancer-operation/ He's been mentioned on the forum before because of a stroke.
  23. 1 point
    Doesn't surprise me tbh? Angell was widely considered one of the best American sports writers of the 20th Century, akin to their Hugh McIllvanney or Brian Glanville, and I'd certainly heard of him as a result long before I knew about Deathlist. (And note I don't do baseball, at all.) The BBC's standards have gone down somewhat of late, but I'd have considered him a potential BBC name about 20 years ago too. In general sports terms. Good news for most of us then, being Thistle, Clyde, Carlisle, Northampton and other wonderfully mediocre side fans!
  24. 1 point
    American professional wrestler and professional baseball player best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling Randy Savage died on this day 11 years ago, aged 58. Austrian Formula One driver and aviation entrepreneur Niki Lauda died on this day 3 years ago, aged 70. British singer, songwriter and record producer, who gained worldwide fame as a member of The Bee Gees pop group with older brother Barry and fraternal twin brother Maurice Robin Gibb died on this day 10 years ago, aged 62. American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer Patricia Morison died on this day 4 years ago, aged 103.
  25. 1 point
    English actress Jill Ireland died on this day 32 years ago, aged 64. American actor Charles Grodin died on this day a year ago, aged 86.
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