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Also a new portrait released of the cancer-riddled girl on her deathbed.

Some people just feel like future 8 time plus front pagers for death list. She is one of those!

She may well outlive another going by how she seems on the BBC Platinum jubilee coverage. Just been watching her chat with Kirsty Young and she seems to be in very good form and full of zest.

Did the BBC forget that the Cambridges have another sprog, or has Prince Louis left for a life in California too?

Peter Sallis died on this day 5 years ago, aged 96. Sallis was initially a theatre actor- the peak of this was in 1968 from the first West End production of Cabaret, in which he played Herr Schultz. He also starred in episodes of Danger Man, The Avengers, and Doctor Who. In 1973, Sallis was cast as Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine. This character was the only one to appear in all 295 episodes of the show, and he delivered the last line of the series in its 2010 finale: "Did I lock the door"? In 1983, stop-motion animator Nick Park asked Sallis to voice the main character in a short film he was making, and Sallis accepted on the basis that Park donate £50 to his favorite charity. The film was released in 1989- it was called A Grand Day Out- the first Wallace and Gromit cartoon. Sallis would go on to voice the character until the 2010 miniseries Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention, and Ben Whitehead took over the role. The character's affinity for Wensleydale cheese caused sales of it to increase by 23% following the release of the only theatrical Wallace and Gromit film, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, in 2005. Sallis retired from acting in 2010 due to failing eyesight. In 2013, he made his first appearance on the DeathList, and would make a consecutive five appearances before his death.

Its the bloody yanks - 6 Feb in UK is 2-6 in yankeeland, and 2 June is 6-2, hence the confusion.

Only 4 hits by June? No wonder with poor picks like this chap.

Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death (1896):

Florida man (who else...) looking for frisbees in the water was not alone. Eaten by alligator.

Marion Barber III, who was a running back for the Dallas Cowboys from 2005-2010, dead at 38 https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2022/06/01/former-cowboys-and-bears-running-back-marion-barber-iii-has-died-at-38/

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe

Yayyyy. I'm havings Ukrainian. Language barrier is hell, but fortunately I've got an app that helps. Looks like we'll be speaking Ukrainian in a few weeks and they'll be speaking with a Scottish accent soon too.

It's during half-term so the kids don't get any extra time off. They're basically creating a whole generation of republicans.

What is it with these women suffering from narcissist syndrome like Amber Heard, Rebekah Vardy, Heather Mills, Meghan Markle? Congrats to Johnny Depp for exposing the issue of female abusers (although he's hardly a saint himself!).

On this day in 1997 american tennis player who won nine Grand Slam titles died in New York aged 88. Helen was said to have a powerful serve and overhead smash , a good backhand but never excelled in mastering the art of hitting a flat forehand despite being coaches by some of the best. Nevertheless that did not overly hinder her sporting success, nine grand slam titles, ranked in the top ten US tennis players by the respected US Tennis association every year between 1927 and 1941 except 1930 and 1938- and ranked number 1 by them in 1936 and featured heavily in the worlds top ten between 1928 and 1939 among her best accomplishments. In 1933 she dared to break with tradition and was the first woman to wear man tailored shorts at Wimbledon. Away from tennis during World War two Helen served as a commander in Navy intelligence- one of only five women to achieve that status in the Navy. Helen Jacobs was openly lesbian in her own social circle and was in a relationship for nearly ten years with Henrietta Bingham, daughter of the US ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert Bingham.

Ron Rice, the creator of Hawaiian Tropic sunscreen, has died. He was 81. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2022/06/01/ron-rice-asheville-native-and-hawaiian-tropic-sunscreen-creator-dies/7460698001/

I had heard mention of his death this morning on 60s radio yet oddly couldn't find any related Twitter chatter. Though unfortunately they played Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini immediately after in tribute!

Nah he's strong, he'll want to keep fighting so he can watch Scotland in the World Cu.... oh.

This is going to irritate a lot of you, but the first day of Summer is 21st of June. I take no notice of weather forecasters changing it June 1st,just to make their job easier to explain the seasons.

On this day in 1941 Hans Berger a german neurologist died aged 68. He is best known for being the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) method of recording electrical activity in the brain which helped in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy as well as assessing the extent of brain damage or if brain death has occurred. He also discovered the alpha brainwave.

@WEP, nice to see you. But Betye Saar and Mikhail Gorbachev are busy with other things:

On this day in 1988 australian actor Wayne Jarratt died of a brain tumour aged just 31. He was best known for playing prison officer Steve Faulkner in cult australian soap Prisoner Cell block H.

On this day in 1994 the leader of the official opposition party the Labour Party in the UK John Smith , died suddenly aged 55. His unexpected death from a heart attack paved the way for the future Prime minister Tony Blair to be elected leader of the Labour Party . There has been much debate, speculation and discussion among commentators, political anoraks and the like about whether Labour would still have won such a big landslide in 1997 if John Smith hadn't died or if they had of won at all. His sad death really changed politics in the UK many would argue.

On this day in 1964 pioneering russian avant garde painter Mikhail Larionov died aged 82. He was behind the first approach and style of Russian abstract painting.

On this day in 1936 King Fuad I of Egypt- the ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan died aged 68. He was part of the Muhammad Ali ruling dynasty and succeeded his brother to the throne after his nephew declined the position. From 1917 to 1922 his title was Sultan but after the 1919 Egyptian revolution for independence and the unilaterally declaring of Egypts independence by the United Kingdom in 1922 he then changed his title from Sultan to King. In 1923 he enacted a new constitution for Egypt that significantly restricted and cut back the powers of Parliament in favour of rule by monarch. King Fuad the first dismissed and dissolved parliaments , governments and political leaders when they displeased him. A rather autocratic leader. However in 1935 the constitution was changed again to strengthen parliament and government and weaken the powers of the monarch after public levels of dissatisfaction and anger rose considerably. His widow was estranged from her son who succeeded his father King Fuad and exiled herself in the United States and converted to Catholicism.