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Manon Fire Apologies for the delay – looks like someone didn't pass the "famous enough that I find out about her death promptly from the Twitter trends" test. Susie Steiner, former Guardian journalist, has died of brainworms at the age of 51. The author of the Manon Bradshaw detective novels, she will certainly "Remain Silent" now that she's "Missing, Presumed" dead. Those are titles of her books. Sorry, references don't tend to land when they're about "Persons Unknown". That was another one. If there's one condition that inverse deadpoolers know to be scared of, it's obscurity – you know someone's really fucked when they crack the DDP Drop Forty without a Wikipedia page. For the most part, Steiner was picked by only our bravest players i.e. the ones already on the bottom of the scoreboard – thank you to @Doulton, @Hell, and @Neobrakeon for conspiring to preserve my mother's dignity down there – but it's also time to shuffle off for @MortalCaso, who becomes the latest victim picked off from the Zero Points Club. And then there were seven... GAINED TOTAL 1. Death Impends 0 1. Sean 0 1. YorkshireBanker 0 1. theoldlady 0 1. Grim Up North 0 1. Sideik 0 1. machotrouts 0 8. YoungWillz 1 9. Nick 2 9. Pedro67 2 11. Funeralopolis 3 12. BuffaloPhil 4 12. Newjack 4 14. LizLemon 5 15. MariNisia 6 16. MortalCaso +7 7 16. Predictor 7 16. Perhaps 7 16. wannamaker 7 20. drol 8 20. CaptainChorizo 8 22. Sir Creep 11 22. Toast 11 22. Bibliogryphon 11 25. CastAway 12 25. msc 12 25. Banana 12 28. Spade_Cooley 13 28. Annami 13 30. GuyFromFuture 14 30. An Fear Beag 14 32. Joey Russ 15 32. gcreptile 15 34. TQR 17 34. Book 17 36. Philip 18 37. The Unknown Man 19 37. deadsox 19 37. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 40. Pedro67's wife 21 41. The Old Crem 23 42. BabyBlue 24 43. ThereWillBeDeaths7 25 44. chilean way +2 31 45. machotrouts' mum 35 46. Doulton +12 42 47. Hell +10 45 48. Neobrakeon +12 55

My wife frequently jokes that my family are hewn from stone as we seem to have greater longevity compared to her side of the family I am currently in my early 50s I am teetotal (lifelong) and vegetarian (26 years) which I think are both things that would potential improve my potential lifespan but I was diagnosed as prediabetic last year and so have had to make several adjustments to my diet to hopefully overcome that. Though no longer working in an office where the vending machine dispenses hot chocolate for 35p per cup will also probably help.

American vocalizer Annette Warren (Wiki) turns 100 today She is best known for her vocal dubbing of such stars as Ava Gardner in the 1951 version of Show Boat and Lucille Ball in both Fancy Pants and Sorrowful Jones.

The "foreign court" she speaks of is part of the Council of Europe, a body independent of the EU and founded during the Second World War by none other than Tory poster boy Sir Winston Churchill. Apparently, Suella disagrees with Churchill. Braverman is truly awful: she's one of the small group of Brexiteers who voted against the May withdrawal bill on all 3 occasions - even Boris voted for it the third time.

I'm applying to become a Chinese ruling class cadre.

Isn’t he rich? Why’s he still there? It’s weird he’s still hanging around, In disrepair Send out the clown It’s taking the piss No one approves He likes it when others ‘go down’, But now he won’t move Make him back down Send out the clown Government’s stopped! Leadership wars! Scraping the barrel for Cabinet ministers Down on all fours How can we trust him again with our national affairs? ‘Resign’ means ‘Resign’ But he’s still there Thrown out on his arse By mutineers So borrow a flamethrower back from Ukraine To persuade him, my dears He let us all down Send out the clown Oh, hubris, you’re here! Call out his lies Gone are his spells Kind of ironic the ones in the sewer Have found out it smells Now they’re all clean Digging a ditch His whole career Using the power of hatred, corruption, and fear Send out the clown Then ‘release the hounds’ So he can’t reappear

This picture was posted on a TV fan site on facebook of her travelling first class Does not yet look ripe for inclusion here

YW's coomer critiques are an underrated part of the DL experience.

I try to stop myself getting angry about things, because apparently stress is the primary cause of cancer.

Barry Sinclair, Test cricketer, hit for six: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-new-zealand-captain-barry-sinclair-dies-aged-85-1324065

To not die, I look both ways when crossing the road, avoid free-climbing up tower blocks, and resist BASE jumping.

Considering all the awful press about the various candidate flying about at the moment is it actually possible that Tom Tugendhat is actually Jim Hacker and becomes PM because everyone else it too awful

Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican film, stage and television actress winner of four Ariel Awards (Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars), is 69 today. As an actress, she has also worked in famous Mexican telenovelas. Spíndola serves as a teacher in her own acting school. Most recently, she was Griselda Salazar in AMC's "Fear the Walking Dead". Spíndola is a breast cancer survivor.

On this day in 2005 british actress Gretchen Franklin died aged 94. Best known for playing eccentric gossip Ethel Skinner in BBC soap EastEnders Gretchen had a long career in acting on stage and screen prior to the widespread fame EastEnders brought. Her big career break came during the second World War when she was cast in a successful series of revue shows at the New Ambassadors theatre alon Hermione Gingold. Appearances on the big screen included Before I wake(1955) with Maxwell Reed and Jean Kent, Twisted Nerve (1968) with Hywel Bennett and Hayley Mills and The Night Visitor (1971) with Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. She originally played Ethel for 12 years from 1985-1997 before her character was sent to live in a care home offscreen. An exit she felt very disappointed and angry about feeling that if Ethel had to leave she deserved a big exit storyline. Alas this was remedied 3 years later in the year 2000 when a dying Ethel returned for a critically acclaimed heart wrenching but controversial euthanasia storyline. One off appearances in a number of british television shows over the years such as the elderly girlfriend of Hyacinths Daddy in sitcom Keeping up appearances in 1990, a troubled mother Miss Janes in an episode of the TV adaptation of Enid Blytons The Famous five and and the Witch Cordelia in the first episode of Black Adder in 1983. Married only once to writer John Caswell Garth who died of cancer aged 50. They had no children. Gretchen was announced to be presenting her friend June Brown a lifetime achievement award at the British Soap awards in 2005, however she became too ill to attend and EastEnders original cast member Anna Wing presented the award to June instead. Just a few months later Gretchen died.

It's always the times I don't double check that a duplicate happens, lol. Anyway he has been replaced with Noam Chomsky.

Legendary Italian fashion designer and businessman Giorgio Armani celebrates his 88th birthday today.

Those two are dead too... https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20220620/8352565/fallece-102-anos-jaume-navarro-superviviente-quinta-biberon.html https://politica-china.org/areas/taiwan/muere-el-jesuita-gallego-andres-diaz-de-rabago-tras-decadas-de-servicio-en-taiwan Already updated here https://oldestsandlasts.com/index.php?title=List_of_surviving_veterans_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War 27 names left, 2 in both sides

Trena peed, and Waynesha, too. I am, once again, reminded of the lobby lady of the New York Madame Tussaud's whose name was the word "charisma", spelt in a very mutated way, a q at the beginning, for example.

Larry Storch is a hit here for @ajlposh lots of people off the starting blocks now

Canadian musician Jerry Doucette, whose rock hit "Mama Let Him Play" crossed over to the United States and smooth "Nobody" planted his band Doucette in the yacht rock movement of the late 1970s, has died at 70. His wife confirmed that the Juno-winning artist died Monday of cancer at a hospice in Delta, B.C., surrounded by family. SC

DAME PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE: English actress, comedian and singer with a career of 70 years. Patricia Routledge started working in TV in the early 1950s, but she also recorded an album, "Presenting Patricia Routledge", and worked in feature film productions and radio as well. She's an accomplished stage actress. She has had a great career in theatre. She made her stage debut in 1952 and her Broadway debut in 1966. Routledge's singing voice is genuinely impressive. Her vocal range was labelled as a mezzo-soprano and a contralto. She won a Tony Award for her performance in the musical "Darling of the Day" in 1968. She won an Olivier Award for her work in "Candide" in 1988. She found a second home in the Hollywood cinema, starring in a number of successful films such as "To Sir with love" (1967) with Sidney Poitier, "30 is a dangerous age, Cynthia" (1968) with Dudley Moore, "Pretty Polly" (1968) with Hayley Mills, "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom" (1968) with Shirley MacLaine or "The Imitation Game" (1980) with Nicholas Le Prevost. She starred in the first-ever "Talking Heads" monologue by Alan Bennett. Routledge starred in another two Bennett monologues, delivering a BAFTA-nominated performance for "A Lady of Letters" in 1988. She starred in "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", a BBC detective drama series from the 90's. She portrayed a formerly working-class woman in the comedy series "Keeping Up Appearances" in 1990. She still gets "Keeping Up Appearances" fan mail from all over the world. Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1993. Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004. She received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Lancaster University for her contribution to drama and theatre in 2008. Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to theatre and charity in 2017. She received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from University of Chester for her contributions to theater and television in 2019. Honorary president of the Association of English Singers and Speakers. Ambassador for the charity Royal Voluntary Service. A classy lady, a top rated actress and a wonderful human being.

Former Ireland national team player Jimmy Conway dead at 73 years: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0214/1115318-former-ireland-international-jimmy-conway-dies-aged-73/ He played for Manchester City and Fulham for many years.

Former race car driver Bubby Jones who won 22 races in the USAC Sprint Car series, dead at 78 years: http://usacracing.com/component/k2/item/9020-bubby-jones-passes-away-at-78/