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Lester Piggott dead.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32)  1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (4/56)  1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Liza Minnelli (1/50)  2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (3/50)  2015: Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (3/50)  2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Lester Piggott, Paul Gascoigne (7/50)  2017: Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Emperor Akihito (7/50)  2018: Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (15/50)  2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (15/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Lester Piggott, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (21/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jacques Delors, Ali Khamenei, David Crosby, Prunella Scales, Tony Bennett, Rosalynn Carter, Dick Cheney, Queen Elizabeth II, Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Barbara Walters, Pope Benedict XVI, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Betty Boothroyd, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Bernard Cribbins, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (36/50) Updated for Lester Piggott.

George Shapiro, manager of Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Kaufman, also a prominent talent scout and producer, dead at 91: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10864427/George-Shapiro-talent-manager-repped-stars-Jerry-Seinfeld-Andy-Kaufman-died.html

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski hospitalised with pneumonia. And a lot of trials going on of course.

Very sad but inevitable after last weeks news.His record of 9 Derbys will never be beaten. My first hit not the way I wanted to get of the mark. He was simply the greatest jockey. RIP Lester.

Abdoulaye Wade is 96 today Peter Higgs is 93 today

Bandy On May 16, in Moscow, at the age of 74, the most successful and titled specialist in domestic and world bandy, Chairman of the Coaching Council and member of the Executive Committee of the Bandy Federation of Russia, Honored Coach of the USSR Vladimir Yanko, died suddenly. 5-time champion of the USSR (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976 and 1978). 3-time second medalist of the championships (1968, 1974 and 1977). In the lists of the 22 best hockey players of the USSR - 7 times (1972, 1973, 1975-1979). 3-time winner of the European Cup (1975, 1976 and 1978). As part of the USSR national team, he won four world championships (1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979). Under his leadership, Yenisei became the champion of the USSR (1988 and 1989), the owner of the European Champions Cup (1987 and 1988); "Vodnik" - 7-time champion of Russia (1996-2000, 2004 and 2005), winner of the Russian Cup (1996, 2000 and 2005 (spring), winner of the European Champions Cup (2004 and 2005), winner of the World Cup (2003 and 2004) ; Moscow "Dynamo" - the champion of Russia (2006 and 2007), the owner of the Russian Cup (2005 (autumn) and 2006), the owner of the European Champions Cup (2006), the owner of the World Cup (2006); "Dynamo-Kazan" - the champion of Russia ( 2011) and World Cup winner (2010), Russian Cup winner (2013). In 1987, for the first time, he headed the national team of the country, and later became the only specialist in the history of world bandy, who led his wards to victories at 6 world championships (1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2006 and 2008). http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/15943/

I could have sworn that was reported when it happened. He never looked the picture of health. He also looked like that Lion in the original Wizard of Oz, but that's another matter.

QO.

Egyptian-American billionaire (Wiki) Fayez Sarofim dead at age 92-93. Well-known in Texas, Houston especially, as he donated millions to the area. A part-owner of the NFL team Houston Texans as well. Not particularly note-worthy unless one is a business/stocks aficionado.

I thought she was brilliant in Eldorado as Gwen Lockhead. I firmly believe caving into the press and axing Eldorado was a big mistake by the BBC. The shows ratings had significantly improved and its teething problems/early difficulties pretty much ironed out.

John Hinckley Jr., attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan, is 67. Whether this is a "happy" birthday depends on your view of Reagan. What's happened since then? He was released from psychiatric care in 2016, and is scheduled to be unconditionally released next month. Oh, and he joined social media in 2020. Profiles below:

Played by Danny De Vito in Man on the Moon. Shapiro was consultant on the film.

Everything Everywhere All at Once An incredible onslaught on senses and mind. The sheer intensity of everything gets a little watered down because the movie is 20 minutes too long, but until then, two thumbs up.

Well said. I for one find this thread very interesting.

Wasn’t extremely old nor have a known illness that looked fatal. It was just luck he died on a year when he was not on the list.

BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood celebrates her 60th birthday today. American singer LaToya Jackson, the seventh child of the famous Jackson family and older sister of Michael and Janet Jackson , turns 66 today. Less commercially successful in her career in music than some of her more famous siblings LaToya still had a respectable career particularly in the 1980s when she wrote and she was one of the singers and celebrities who performed the anti drugs song 'Stop the madness' as part of the 'Just Say No' initiative by first lady Nancy Reagan in her famous antidrug campaign .

On this day in 2005 Liberal Democrat MP Patsy Calton died from breast cancer aged 56. She was first diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and it returned early 2005. Patsys political career began in Stockport Metropolitan council were she rose to the level of deputy leader but was first elected to the House of Commons in 2001 , beating sitting conservative MP Stephen Day but only just- she achieved an ultra slim majority of 33. She was relected in 2005 with a much increased majority of over 4000 despite not being well enough to campaign for votes. Patsy died less than four weeks after she was relected and just five days after she was sworn back in the House of Commons seriously ill in a wheelchair by speaker Michael Martin. Martin broke with convention at Patsys swearing in and shook her hand and kissed her saying Welcome home Patsy. I think what happened to Patsy is terribly sad so I hope this doesn't sound cruel or insensitive but I genuinely struggle to put myself in her shoes and understand why when she was clearly dying after her cancer returned in her spine in February 2005 she bothered to put herself forward for reelection? Perhaps some rules over nomination papers? I'm not sure but I do vaguely recall there was some muted criticism of the situation just after she died but it obviously didn't gain much traction because of the sadness of the circumstances and fear of seeming heartless.

Brilliant thread as ever, Ulitzer. Easily one of the best for easily sourcing information in the last few years.

Larry Storch, new picture 22nd of May 2022 posted on his facebook page Doesn't look bad for a 99-year-old but there's also a video in which he sounds very frail. (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=559771408864383)

Robin Parkinson a hit for @Grimgrass. Congratulations. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/18525112/robin-parkinson-dead-aged-92-actor-allo-allo/ next round: 1922 Mildred T. Stahlman / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Woody Woodbury 1925 Mildred Kornman / Johnny Lujack 1926 Gudrun Ure / David Frankham 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Ruth Westheimer / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Barbara Barrie / Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, died on this day 201 years ago, aged 51. There are many, many things to be said about his conquest of Europe, and the Battle of Waterloo- so I'm going to delve into his seldom-talked about exile on Saint Helena. Following his famous defeat, Napoleon was sent to said island, which is located in the southern Atlantic Ocean, far from any other landmass. A troop of British soldiers were sent with him to prevent his escape, as he had done from Elba in 1814. Napoleon was sent to live at Longwood House, a dilapidated mansion that was formerly a farm of the colonial East India Company. Napoleon complained about his living situation, which was in a damp environment, and caused illness to both him and his attendants- perhaps in an attempt to get him to die faster. While on Saint Helena, Napoleon wrote memoirs about his life, and a biography about Julius Caesar. He was also taught how to read in English. To cure his boredom, he often played solitaire. Napoleon's isolation led to depression, and he confined himself to Longwood for the final few years of his life. His health rapidly deteriorated in early 1821, and he was bedridden by March of that year. The most common theory on how Napoleon died was from stomach cancer- the surgeon who performed his autopsy had found an ulcer, and his family had a history with the disease- Napoleon's father Carlo had also died from it. Arsenic poisoning was also suggested- people at the time were constantly being exposed to it via glues and dyes, the wallpaper in Longwood contained copper arsenite (for the dye), and the arsenic levels in Napoleon's body were 100 times above normal.

Businessman and founder of drugstore DM Götz Werner died at 78 years: https://www.bild.de/geld/wirtschaft/news/goetz-werner-dm-gruender-goetz-werner-ist-tot-79085080.bild.html

German Actor Dieter Mann died at 80 years: https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/dieter-mann--schauspielstar-ist-gestorben-31596306.html He portayed Wilhelm Keitel in "Downfall":

Third hit in our DACH-List. Austrian Poet Friedricke Mayröcker died at 96 years: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/literatur-schriftstellerin-friederike-mayroecker-tot-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210604-99-859067