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The Duke of Kent was at the Falklands Memorial Chapel today. Several photos

Yep

I see that he has postponed the remaining summer dates for his show, due to band members Edgar Winter and Steve Lukather having tested positive for COVID: https://bestclassicbands.com/ringo-starr-postpones-tour-2022-covid-6-11-22/

The wife of Robert Zemericks, who is an author in her own right and not only had a close relationship to the subject but arguably was the one who brought Rowland back to public attention in the first place. Even Wikipedia allows for exceptions to the no Twitter/Facebook sources, and this is a good example of when FB can be used.

Donald Singer, Scots born medical researcher/lecturer/consultant, ironically on heart and lung issues, reportedly dead of a heart attack: A co-founder of the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine with Michael Hulse.

Given his current (and, indeed, historic) conduct, one might have assumed he never had an ethics advisor.

On this day in 1996 legendary american jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died aged 79.

Unlucky break for two DDP teams!

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttttttttttttttts Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssstttttttttttttttttmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasss Biiirrrrrthday! Everyone's favourite gran lookalike, Noddy Holder is 76 today.

Trust me, I run the house budget, I know that one! I can call him a cunt more often if you'd like. Therapeutic. As for why him and not others, I can only speak for myself. Oppositions are mostly navel gazing debating societies, as useful as a chocolate teapot. (They're also really good at battering themselves to bits, as you may have noticed!) Governments are where power and responsibility lies. A government which promotes damaging policies is much worse than an opposition talking bollocks. Any time someone new becomes PM, they start with a clean sheet for me and rapidly move with their actions in office (because history is full of, for example, Great Chancellors who were shit Prime Ministers and vice versa). If Keir Starmer becomes Prime Minister, he'll start the same, and be judged appropriately. It's the political system we've got. I've no time for the anarchist view that if everyone stops voting we can tear up the system and create Utopia, in the real world we have actual people to help. (And even if you are a own bootstraps kind of person, that is reliant on the government not shooting their own economy in the foot, like Rishi Sunak, who is also a cunt btw () is alleged to have done with his sheer useless incompetence.) Churchill said during WW2, on proposing an alliance with Stalin to the horror of his own benches, that if Hitler invaded Hell, he'd provide a favourable reference for the Devil! That's roughly my view when it comes to crap governments and their only alternative! But that is just me, other views are available. Anyhow, you do know I come here to get AWAY from politics? But that said... If this financial crisis goes on for 2 years the government is FUCKED. More fucked than the people in your recently shagged thread, mate. But for the record, I hope it bloody well doesn't go on for much longer, because I fucking live here.

Deborah James, who seemingly has danced and jigged her way on various platforms and on holidays while drawing a salary from the BBC for years is now living life to the full by quaffing champers and having a flutter on the horses at Royal Ascot. I won't be contributing when others put their hands in their pockets when the inevitable gofundme for her surviving family is launched. I don't deny her profligacy at this time, but if you piss away your kids' inheritance, the public shouldn't support your fun. Maybe grumpy, best get my dinner.

On this day in 2019 Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli died aged 96. Some of the films he directed include Romeo and Juliet (1968), Brother sun sister moon (1972) , Tea with Mussolini (1999) Endless Love (1981) , Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and The taming of the shrew (1967) He also became involved in politics in his later years and served in the Italian senate between 1994 and 2001 for the right of centre Forza Italia party

Clive Leighton, technical co-ordinator and studio lighting on Doctor Who's The Web Of Fear, reported dead: Worked on The Two Ronnies, Grange Hill and Top Of The Pops. If he died in France, unlikely he will appear on the usual British probate sites.

Report of the death of Tommy Dysart, Scottish born Australian actor, best known here as murdering officer Jock Stewart in Prisoner: Cell Block H: https://www.shannons.com.au/club/news/shannons/vale-tommy-dysart-1935-2022/ Interesting that Wiki has him born 1940, death report has him born 1935. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0246005/

Video from Basilio Gonzalez's 109th (or 107th?) birthday celebration. Looks...well, like he's 107/109. Ivan Grobelnik dead at 101. On Gonzalez, there's more or less only 11 Chaco War (1932-1935) veterans left. Paraguay's side has nine according to government sites (up to 23 according to certain news articles, but that's likely outdated information), Bolivia has two: José Pradel Loyza (1914-2022) Wheelchairbound but stable and cared for by two nurses. Samuel Chuquimia Murillo (1916) "Very tired" according to article from two days ago Latest one to die from Bolivia's side was Emeterio Ernesto Talavera Choque (1918-2022), who died in February. I have mentioned all three before.

It would greatly sadden her but she is very used to loss. As well as her husband sister and daughter in law plus has already lost around 15 cousins . I think Margaret Rhodes was her closest cousin and she passed a few years ago.Duke of Kent certainly the closest currently and on her father`s daide. Plus given how he looks I doubt his dearth would come as a shock to his family.

This always comes to mind when I see this thread

@Wormfarmer... Tom Parker was a hit here, too. He was a popular name for 4 players at the T and P spot: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60934411 Michel Bouquet was a solo hit for @DeathByArsenic: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/michel-bouquet and Art Rupe was a solo hit for @Death Impends: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18283990/art-rupe-dead-104-specialty-records-little-richard/

Yes, I see your point, @YoungWillz. But Teresa Berganza was one of the greatest of all time. I cried during one of her performances. Her talent was really impressive. And she seemed like a good person, always doing concerts for the benefit of associations dedicated to children with autism. I'm happy for her QO.

@Bibliogryphon... James Olson is a hit too. He died on April 17 but his death was announced this week: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/james-r-olson-dead-andromeda-strain-rachel-rachel-1235143789/

Enjoying 'Slow Horses'. Gary Oldman is excellent and TLK fans will recognize Young Odda as a baddie wanting to cut a pakistani-born student's head off.

French singer, songwriter and actress Belle du Berry died at 53 years: https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/08/12/belle-du-berry-chanteuse-de-paris-combo-est-morte_6048775_3246.html

Former german politician and minister Hans-Jochen Vogel died at 94 years: https://www.bild.de/politik/2020/politik/hans-jochen-vogel-tot-frueherer-spd-chef-stirbt-im-alter-von-94-jahren-72071600.bild.html He was also major of Munich and leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Award-winning French actor Michel Piccoli, who has appeared in films for six decades, including You Haven't Seen Anything Yet (2012) died at 94 years: https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2020/05/18/news/e_morto_michel_piccoli-256987863/

"Last living star of Burlesque's Golden Age" Betty Rowland may have died off the radar in April if this tweet is to be believed. Weird, I thought she might be a 50/50 shot at a QO, rather than a "die without any press at all".