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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.

Being an arsehole isn't confined to the male sex.

Incredible to think I just about remember the Silver Jubilee in 1977. We had a street party where the entertainment was a man with a beard playing an organ in the street. Now 45 years later I have a partner with beard in my bedroom wanting to play with my organ. What goes around comes around.

Dana Carvey is 67.

Report that Goro Mutsumi died June 2021: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616163/

Irish folk singer, tenor Phil Callery of The Voice Squad, reportedly dead: In happier times:

Stop bashing the bishop Mary!

Walter Abish, an unique pick for Bangers And Mash on the DDP @gcreptile, dead. QO....optimistic?

Miss Boudicca and Sir Creep attended ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ in Detroit, MI. We can’t post videos here I guess so allow these few still photos to do the event no justice. It was great. SC

@chilean way... @Hell was faster than you with:

@Grimgrass... @Hell has Luis Echeverría, too.

On this day in 1889 , british quaker John Cadbury, a businessman who traded in tea and coffee and most significantly was the founder of the Cadburys chocolate company, died aged 87. Probably the most famous chocolatier ever.

On this day in 1938 Kano Jigoro the founder of the Japanese martial art Judo died aged 77.