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Sonny Barger, a founding member of the Hells Angels and the author of the book 'Sons of Anarchy', has died. He was 83. A unique DDP pick, too. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/06/29/sonny-barger-famous-hells-angel-and-bestselling-author-dead-at-83-of-cancer/

I think it is what he would have wanted. In life he raised money for valued public servants in the NHS and now he provides opportunities for other public servants such as auditors, lawyers and law enforcement agents. As well as providing employment opportunities for investigative journalists

Went to post Bernie Ecclestone's latest gibberings in the Bernie Ecclestone thread, only to find we don't have one. Surely the most surprising omission around these aprts?

Death Notice for John Manningham-Buller, 2nd Viscount Dilhorne, aged 90: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/258109/dilhorne His sister is the still living Elizabeth Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, the former Head of MI5, who I'm sure got her job on merit and not on some sort of nepotism.... The 3rd Viscount will be the eldest son James (b.1956) who may not trouble us for some time.

Well.. Irena Martial, doyenne of Guadeloupe and second-oldest French person dead at 113: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=5871667252862533 Edit: Oh, and she with her sister Leone Beziat (1911-2021) were the first known case in history of two siblings both being alive aged 110+.

Former Warwickshire & England Cricket captain MJK Smith is 89 today. Born in, and played for Leicestershire before moving to Warwickshire to become their captain (back when you needed to be an amateur to Captain a county side, and Warks. had no-one suitable), a role he held for 10 years. He made his Test debut in 1958 and was in and out the side, making the last of 50 appearances in 1972, captaining the side 25 times. He retired from playing in 1975. He's the last Englishman to become a double-international (i.e. represent the country at two different major sports) by virtue of his sole Rugby Union international appearance (v Wales) in 1956 to add to his cricket caps. He's also Sebastian Coe's father-in-law. Pictured at the official unveiling of the "MJK Smith Gates" at Edgbaston, August 2019.

Deborah James Book 11+1 Margaret Keane Annami 4+1 Book 12/50 theoldlady 8/50 John Key 8/50 wannamaker 8/50 The Daredevil 8/50 gcreptile 7/50 TQR 7/50 jonnythegamemaster 6/50 Salmon Mousse 6/50 six feet blunder 5/50 Nick 5/50 MariNisia 5/50 _floydylan_ 5/50 Annami 5/50 Main Deathlist 4/50 Hell 4/50 Pop_Zeus 4/50 Death Duke 4/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 3/50 markb4 3/50 The Old Crem 3/50 Gooseberry Crumble 3/50  Bibliogryphon 2/50 earl 2/50 Doulton 2/50 dimreaper 1/50 arghton 1/50 Miranda lass 1/50 Dying Probably 1/50 Redrumours 1/50 DieHardGiantsFan 0/50

Robert Ballard, underwater archaeologist who found the wrecks of the Titanic and the Bismarck, is 80.

John Visentin, the CEO of Xerox Holdings Corp., has died after a long illness. He was 59. Visentin, who was also the vice chairman, joined Xerox as its CEO in May 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/tech/xerox-ceo-john-visentin/index.html

Derek McManus of the Band The Supernatural died on Monday.

Alright, as you have started posting and its now the 30th in Germany my two replacements are, unsurprisingly, Andy Goram and John Cannan for Khaleda Zia and Milos Zeman.

A grand New York Times obit for Betty Rowland. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/arts/betty-rowland-dead.html

Irena Martial celebrated her 113th yesterday. Now on oxygen and completely bedbound.

Excluding those considered as claimants; 1. Lucile Randon, 118. Seemingly doing fine. 2. Tekla Juniewicz, 116. In great condition for someone her age and still able to walk. 3. Maria Branyas Morera, 115. Declined during recent months, judging on how in recent pictures of her she's on a hospital bed. 4. Fusa Tatsumi, 115. Wheelchairbound since her centenarian years, now bedbound and incredibly frail, as R. Young said she was in worse condition on her 115th birthday than Kane Tanaka was around a week before she died. 5. Sofia Rojas, 114. Oldest Columbian ever, wheelchairbound. 6. Bessie Hendricks, 114. Had "no major illnesses" a year or a few ago but looked a bit frail on her 114th. 7. Mila Mangold, 114. Wheelchairbound since atleast 109. 8. Edie Ceccarelli, 114. Physically in pretty good health, but suffers from dementia. 9. Kahuro Furuya, 114. Oldest person ever with a pacemaker. 10. Erna Zahn, 114. wheelchairbound

Jasmine "Jazz" Burkitt, "star" of BBC show Small Teen Bigger World has died at 28. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/incredible-former-bbc-reality-star-24338327 Last year, she apparently had mental problems.

I was watching Twitter tag about his set live and the first hour people were complaining because they didn't know a lot of the new songs. Then it started getting more positive as time went on. Having seen him live at the O2 in 2018 (I think). He was great then and great last night. Especially with the added John Lennon back up vocals thanks to Peter Jackson.

Hello Predictor, hope you're doing well. Yes, you are right. I had Jana Bennett a year younger than she actually was. Must have been because when I first heard of her, and entered her into my lists, I only knew the age, not the year of birth. This score change of 1 has that effect on everyone who picked her. You'll see it next time.

Rock cocks (and tits) immortalising artist Cynthia Plaster Caster is now a stiffy.

Antoni Vadell Ferrer dies at 49: https://www.archytele.com/antoni-vadell-i-ferrer-the-auxiliary-bishop-of-barcelona-dies/

The Kunts, off of Basildonian punk and Boris Johnson songs, did a poll on this:

Olsen Filipaina dies at 64: https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2022-olsen-filipaina-dies-aged-64-kidney-failure-new-zealand-balmain-tigers-north-sydney-bears/news-story/e3eadd88d802a3efc04e58c133b9f217

@Wormfarmer... I was doing a little bit of research yesterday and there's one more for you to add to your scoring table... Gary Burgess is a solo hit for @YorkshireBanker: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/17199880/itv-news-reporter-gary-burgess-dead-cancer/ 2 folks + 2 folks = 4 folks. In my village... 2 plus 2 is always 4. Why Jana Bennett is a duo? 5/4 or 4/3? Because if first name and last name are independent... then Sarah Harding was a solo hit for @Great Uncle Bulgaria at the S spot and Terry Lubbock was a solo hit for @Banana at the T spot. However, neither the one nor the other was what happened. And my apologies if I'm wrong about this.

Lata Mangeshkar dies at 92: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60094193

Gamer Byron Bernstein, otherwise known as Reckful who gained popularity playing games like World of Warcraft and Heartstone on Twitch and YouTube, died at 31 years: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/byron-reckful-bernstein-dies-at-31/ He had more than 250,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Former left arm medium bowler for England Brian Bolus, who won the Priestley Cup in 1983, and became a Test selector for England in the 1990's, died at 86 years: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/52580857