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For a minute there, when I saw unread content in this subforum, I thought someone on the list had died... then I saw that the two threads bumped were Leslie Phillips and QE2 and realised exactly the contrary.

That's incredible!!! You went to school?

Look at him,seductively lying there with his spleen and pancreas out. If he’s not careful, he could end up being @Gooseberry Crumble‘s next avatar!

Former Epstein associate Steven Hoffenberg is dead at 77

After Liz Truss responds to the fairly xenophobic question “Is Macron a friend or foe” with an (on-brand) extraordinarily crass and thick answer of “Jury’s out”, Macron is asked about this. Warning for gammons: he’s speaking in foreign. Translation: "It is never good not to lose these bearings too much. The United Kingdom is a friendly nation, regardless of its rulers, sometimes in spite of its rulers.” I am not exactly a Macron cheerleader but credit where it’s due, this is a great, classy answer. And listen to the giggling before the answer. The UK is literally a laughing stock now.

Lord Ashcroft takes out an advert on Twitter trying to influence the result of the 2023 Deathlist selection

American writer Barbara Kremen (Wiki) dead at 100 Her work consisted of fiction, poetry, and literary essays, including Out Of, a poetry collection; Tree Trove, a botanical fantasy on trees for children and adults; The Damsel Fly and Other Stories; and essays and poems published in Sewanee Review, Pembroke Magazine, Philological Quarterly, and Romance Notes.

Prince Richard , The Duke of Gloucester , Royal cousin to Queen Elizabeth ll and working member of the British Royal family for nearly 50 years celebrates his 78th birthday today. Like his wife, a very uncontroversial hard working member of the British monarchy . Patron of dozens of charities and has carried out many of the less publicised under the radar , unglamorous Royal engagements over the decades .

Arghton's suggestion Abigail Kawananakoa hospitalised in serious condition after a fall. Onto the list if she survives.

Small list of the oldest religious leaders with Wikipedia pages - born 1922 and before. Incomplete, and I might add 1923 and 1924 later. Bishops Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1924), Serafín Luis Alberto Cartagena Ocaña (1924) and Gaetano Bonicelli (1924) not included, no English wiki page. Saifur Rahman Nizami not included - age fraud. Ramadan Dib (1920) and Non Nget (1922) also not included due to lack of wiki page. Paul Mwazha (25 October 1918?) Zimbabwe Leader of the African Apostolic Church since he founded it in 1959. I've started to doubt his age, he doesn't look 103 at all and according to atleast one source he's 10 years younger, born 1928. Osman Nuhu Sharubutu (23 April 1919) Ghana Ancient Chief Imam of Ghana. Not completely sure if he's 103 either, but he sure looks like it and nothing points otherwise. Addold Mossin (12 December 1919 - 16 March 2024) Estonia Neopaganist priest. As far as I know hasn't been seen since he was in his 90s, but seems to be alive. Picture from 2016. Erwin Schild (9 March 1920 - 6 January 2024) Canada German-born Canadian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Adath Israel Congregation until 1989. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Pravrajika Bhaktiprana (October 1920 - 11 December 2022) India Hindu nun, fourth president of the Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission in Kolkata. Frail for years. Zuriel Shaked (1920 - 23 September 2023) Libya-Israel Rabbi, ancient leader of a Libyan-Israeli Jewish community. Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1 January 1921) Iran Iranian author and Grand Ayatollah, considered to be the most learned Shia authority alive. Current head of the Qom Seminary. Elyakim Schlesinger (September 1921) United Kingdom London rabbi and rosh yeshiva. José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra (1 January 1922) Mexico Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, only current centenarian bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Gershon Edelstein (18 April 1923 - 30 May 2023) Israel Israeli Haredi rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. See the Rabbi Thread for more. Ezekiel Guti (5 May 1923 - 5 July 2023) Zimbabwe Zimbabwean televangelist, leader-founder of the massive Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) and Forward in Faith Ministries International. René Henry Gracida (9 June 1923) United States Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, second-oldest bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. Giuseppe Casale (28 September 1923 - 18 May 2023) Italy Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino. Shubert Spero (29 September 1923) United States US Rabbi: See the Rabbi Thread for more. Henry Wylie Moore (2 November 1923) United Kingdom/Cyprus Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf 1981-1986. Peter Gumpel (15 November 1923 - 12 October 2022) Germany German Jesuit priest. Luigi Bettazzi (26 November 1923 - 16 July 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, former Pax Christi International President. Last European participant of the Second Vatican Council. Old friend of Benedict XVI. Augusto Lauro (29 November 1923 - 9 March 2023) Italy Catholic Church, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea Georg Hille (28 December 1923 - 14 July 2023) Norway Lutheran, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Hamar. His father Henrik Greve Hille (1881-1946) and grandfather Arnoldus Hille (1829-1919) were also Bishops of Hamar. Stanisław Szymecki (26 January 1924 - 26 September 2023) Poland Oldest Polish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok. Hospitalised in 2018, but the prayers worked. Colin Stannard (8 February 1924 - 4 August 2023) United Kingdom Church of England Archdeacon of Carlisle 1984-1993. Peter Takaaki Hirayama (31 March 1924 - 15 July 2023) Japan Korean-born Japanese Bishop Emeritus of Oita. Settimio Todisco (10 May 1924) Italy Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Brindisi-Ostuni. Thích Thanh Từ (24 July 1924) Vietnam Major Zen Buddhist monk. Frail for decades. Daniel Verstraete (31 July 1924) South Africa Belgian-born South African catholic prelate, Bishop-emeritus of the Diocese of Klerksdorp Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924 - 11 September 2022) India Hindu leader, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and the Jyotir Math in Badrinath. Seems to be in war with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, ISKCON, Shirdi Sai Baba's followers and seemingly very controversial. Also apparently defended pedophile Prakashanand Saraswati, so quite a cunt. Has been hospitalised a few times for heart issues. Russell M. Nelson (9 September 1924) United States President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 2018. Albert Houssiau (2 November 1924) Belgium Catholic prelate, Bishop Emeritus of Liège. Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (8 November 1924) South Korea Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju. Shmuel Kamenetsky (12 November 1924) United States See the Rabbi Thread. Du Shuzhen / Aminah (1924-?) China Imam from Henan, alive? Thomas Zhao Duomo (1924-2018 Off radar) China Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xuanhua. Apparently incumbent, so probably alive. Karuna Mary Braganza (1924-2019 Off radar) India Nun leader, principal, Society of the Sacred Heart 1925: 10 1926: 18

Death Notice for David Shaw, former Tory MP for Dover 1987-1997, aged 71: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259170/shaw Embroiled in the Pamella Bordes scandal, brothel worker who had a pass from him into the House of Commons and who was alleged to be having sex with Andrew Neil, David Trelford, Colin Moynihan (then Minister for Sport fnah fnah) and Adnan Khashoggi, story written by nobody's friend Max Clifford. True, Tory Dover MPs really do have a shit reputation, no matter the office holder...

In 2015 he suffered septic shock and liver and kidney failure.Certainly one to keep a close eye on.

Oh decisions decisions!!

The linked articles are paywalled so I can't see if there are further details there. But "cousin" isn't a term limited to first cousins, it can be pretty general. I have five first cousins, and a lot of other relatives who are cousins in various degrees, but I tend to refer to them as "my cousin" as frankly people aren't interested in whether they're first cousins once or twice removed, second cousins or whatever.

Laura Branigan's hits were also featured in two iconic scenes in American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. @Gooseberry Crumble will enjoy the first one

On this day 36 years ago in 1986, american actor Ted Knight died aged 62 from colon cancer. He excelled in and is best known for playing comedic roles including Ted Baxter in The Mary Tyler Moore show, Henry Rush in Too close for comfort and Judge Elihu Smails in movie Caddyshack .

Steve Carlson, American ice hockey forward well known as one of the enthusiastically aggressive Hanson Brothers in the hockey film "Slap Shot", is 67 today. Mark Snow, American composer who works for film and television best known for the iconic theme music for sci-fi television series "The X-Files", is 76 today. Snow also composed music for the series "Blue Bloods", "Millennium", "One Tree Hill", "Smallville" and "The Guardian". His wife, Mary Glynn Daly, is the sister of actors Tim and Tyne Daly.

Death Notice for Sir Robert Walmsley, former Vice Admiral and Controller of the Royal Navy, aged 81: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259161/walmsley

Agreed. The Queen stays in Balmoral every August–October. Why should she have to interrupt her holiday for either of those halfwits?

Ashes to be launched into outer space. https://consequence.net/2022/08/ashes-nichelle-nichols-gene-rodenberry-space

"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue." (Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey in the film "Airplane!", 1980)

Laura Branigan died on this day 18 years ago, aged 52. Branigan's eponymous debut album was released in 1982, and contained the single "Gloria"- a translated cover of a song by Umberto Tozzi. While radio stations did not play it much early on, it gained traction at dance clubs, and it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of that year, and stayed there for two weeks (Lionel Richie's "Truly" and Toni Basil's "Mickey" were the songs preventing it from getting to the top). It was, however, a number-one hit in Canada and Australia. Branigan would also see major success with the 1984 song "Self Control", but not much after. Her final album was released in 1993 to little fanfare. In 2002, she would star in the off-Broadway production of Love, Janis, but quit after two shows reportedly due to the producers failing to properly file with the Actors' Equity Association. Branigan died in her sleep of a brain aneurysm. Interest in her was renewed in 2019 when the St. Louis Blues NHL team played the song during each commercial break in the stadium after a club member kept requesting it be played. The team has since adopted "Gloria" as its unofficial victory song.

Sitting in silence, living in fear?

Two Queens...

Irish Politician Jackie Fahey dead at 91 years https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/former-junior-minister-jackie-fahey-dies-aged-91-37925486.html