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On this day in 2001, Pauline Kael, one of the most influential film critics of her era died aged 82. She wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968-1991. .Fellow film buff and critics Roger Ebert praised her posthumously as having a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other person for the last three decades. He highlighted that her approach to film reviews didn't go off any standard theory, ideas, guidelines , no set objective standards There wasn't an understandable formula or style to her approach that could describe the Pauline Kael way- it was all intensely personal and subjective but expressed so well . Some in the field have argued that in that very passionate and personal approach to film critique she kind of reinvented the art of review or at least gave it a big shake up. She sometimes went happily against the tide of popular or conventional opinion on certain films. She loathed West Side Story and was very much in a minority amongst film critics in panning it., dismissed Dances with Wolves as a nature boy movie and said 2001 A Space Odyssey a "monumentally unimaginative movie ' when it received almost universal praise elsewhere. Her praise of the MASH movie was credited with giving it a huge popularity boost at the box office. Whereas The Warriors (1979) and Last Tango in Paris (1972) she hugely praised when most critics considered them failures. She was referred to as the nemesis of Clint Eastwood as she reviewed both his films and acting especially negatively. In 1981 she was diagnosed with parkinsons disease but retired a decade later when her health was becoming a much bigger struggle and she also felt depressed by the state of american films stating "I had nothing new to say". She had one child, a daughter Gina from a brief marriage to poet and filmmaker James Broughton.

Doc Severinson, one of America's Top Trumpet performers, used to play trumpet on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He lead the Tonight Show band for many years. He is now retiring at the age of 95. I think you could definitely start purring him on the list, starting next year: https://bestclassicbands.com/doc-severinsen-final-concert-8-31-22/

3 time Olympian and two time silver medalist, American shot putter George Woods dead at 79. Missed out on the gold in '72 by 1cm!

Just in case the auditors pick up on it?

Let Me Hear Your Body Cark Call her "Oia", because she won't be needing that second syllable anymore – Olivia Newton-John, British-Australian-Xanadian pop icon, isn't feeling very well-a well-a well-a, uh, anymore, anymore, as she has died at the age of 73, after a 146-year battle with cancer. Now when one is asked "did she put up a fight?", one can simply answer "yes", without it being a tacit admission of sexual assault. She's our biggest landmine yet – insofar as every unsuspecting modern pop fan who dares to explore her discography on the strength of 'Physical' is horrified to find it full of Hot AC country ballads. But yes, she's also a landmine in this contest, as this year's 15th most popular Inverse pick. It's bad news for 35 of you, but amongst the lowlights are former Inverse Dead Pool champions @Bibliogryphon, @Spade_Cooley, @TQR, and @BabyBlue all slumming it in the bottom 13, and five evictions from the Zero Points Club, including a devastating 20 points for @Death Impends, and an even more devastating 7 points for your poor host @machotrouts – can you blame me for dragging my feet on this update? But congratulations to last remaining 0-pointers Seany Zuko and thepinklady, who go together like ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong and are now flying their car into space to crash into the Sun or whatever it is that's happening at the end of Grease. Tell me more! Tell me more! Yes, I know I've got three more of these to write, but I need a nap or two, so hopefully this was the one that you wanted (the one that you wanted) ooh ooh ooh. GAINED TOTAL 1. Sean 0 1. theoldlady 0 3. YoungWillz 1 4. Nick 2 5. Pedro67 +1 3 6. BuffaloPhil +2 6 6. Newjack +2 6 8. machotrouts +7 7 9. Sideik +9 9 10. YorkshireBanker +10 10 10. Grim Up North +10 10 12. Sir Creep 11 13. msc 12 14. Funeralopolis +11 14 14. GuyFromFuture 14 14. An Fear Beag 14 17. CaptainChorizo +7 15 17. gcreptile 15 19. drol +9 17 19. Book 17 21. wannamaker +11 18 21. Joey Russ +3 18 21. Philip 18 24. The Unknown Man 19 25. Death Impends +20 20 26. LizLemon +16 21 27. MariNisia +16 22 27. Predictor +15 22 27. Banana +10 22 30. Toast +12 23 30. Pedro67's wife +2 23 32. Perhaps +17 24 32. deadsox +5 24 34. ThereWillBeDeaths7 25 35. MortalCaso +19 26 36. Bibliogryphon +16 27 37. CastAway +17 29 38. Annami +17 30 39. The Old Crem +8 31 40. Spade_Cooley +19 32 41. TQR +16 33 42. Great Uncle Bulgaria +19 38 43. BabyBlue +15 39 44. Doulton +8 50 45. chilean way +23 54 46. Neobrakeon +1 56 47. machotrouts' mum +23 58 48. Hell +19 64

It's not often I would post the death of a local politician. But this has to be done. Death Notice for John Corbet-Singleton aged 94, Tory Councillor first elected to Kensington And Chelsea Council in 1956 and a former Lord Mayor for the area: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259299/corbet-singleton So here's a story the Daily Mail did on him from 2018, about a Homeshare scheme which paired folks from different generations to share living space: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5332445/Britains-unlikely-flatmates-Poppy-24-John-89.html I wonder if Poppy has moved on before this or is now looking for new digs. And think of the poor relatives of John, who will have to decide what to do with that five storey Regency townhouse a stone's throw from the King's Road.

80% survival rate, meaning one in five die. My mother had it, she lasted about four months after diagnosis. Only got halfway through her course of chemo.

Jane Fonda announces cancer diagnosis https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/02/entertainment/jane-fonda-non-hodgkins-lymphoma/index.html

Not wound up at all. Just doing my civic duty in reminding him that he's a retard.

who?

He was born on the same day as GGUB.

Could’ve just done a 5 second Google to get your answer rather than write out a long ass comment, but alas you’re not too bright.

Mickey Dolenz sues the FBI to reveal what information they held about The Monkees on their files

I actually did have a delicious chicken curry a few days ago but it was a divine plate of homemade spaghetti bolognese last night that really put satisfied my appetite!

On this day in 2001 american actor Troy Donahue died aged 65 . As a young man he was spotted by Hollywood producer William Asher and director James Sheldon on a diner in Malibu and they insisted he have a screen test. With Columbia Pictures. Alas it was unsuccessful but he was to get a second chance when famous discoverer of male heart throbs and pin ups Hollywood talent agent Henry Willson signed him up. He also represented or discovered Rock Hudson, Guy Madison, Tab Hunter, Robert Wagner, Rory Calhoun, Clint Walker and John Saxon. His speciality was casting male talent but he did also discover actresses like Rhonda Fleming and helped in Lana Turners earlier career development. Troy Donahue is a stage name-created by Willson as it seemed more marketable than his real name Merle Johnson jnr. Troys career in film and television acting began in 1957. After a few uncredited small roles his first credited role was in The Tarnished angels (1957) the leading cast being Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone . A movie about a disillusioned world war one flying ace pilot spending his time during the great depression of the 1930s touring rural air shows with his wife, son and mechanic in tow. A Journalist (Hudsons role) was intrigued by the 'gypsy' lifestyle constantly touring and not settling down of the former war hero but was disappointed at his cavalier treatment of friends and family. He has romantic designs on the pilots wife but tragedy ensures before there is any possibility of a happy ever after. Other film credits include The Crowded Sky(1960) co-starring Dana Andrews and Rhonda Fleming, Susan Slade (1961) in which Troy was the lead actor starring with Connie Stevens and Dorothy McGuire, The Perfect Furlough (1958) with husband and wife acting duo Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, A Distant Trumpet(1964) a west in which his leading lady was also his wife at the time Suzanne Pleshette and martial arts movie Low Blow(1986). Troy married 4 times , with at least one of his exes alleging cruel treatment by him but had one child with a woman he had a very brief fling with. He was not aware of his sons existence until the early 1980s until he ran into the woman again. Donahue struggled with drug and alcohol addiction ,regularly consuming huge quantities of cocaine and vodka. A period of financial ruin and homelessness living in a bush in Central Park New York followed. After his fourth marriage broke down in 1981 he sought help for his problems and went on to join alcoholics anonymous- which he credits with helping him get his life back on track and alcohol free. He eventually returned to Hollywood from New York after moving because he felt he didn't know how to fit in with all the changes in Hollywood. He had sucess as a jobbing actor but was never to receive his previous levels of recognition again. Infact after he died in 2001 Joan Collins, who was a friend, expressed surprise at how little attention and reaction his death received .

Just realised I never posted anything for yesterday! Totally forgot with having a mad busy day and snatches of sleep. So here it is belatedly.. On September 1st (yesterday) in 1997 Hungarian International footballer Zoltan Czibor died aged 68. He played for Hungarys national team from 1949-1956. A death that most likely received. much less news coverage and media attention than it would have usually got because of the death of Princess Diana the day before in a car crash.

No idea where to put this so Diane Berberian has apparently died:

Google is not my friend. Every time I search for Liz Truss, it comes up with a gentleman's support with the Queen's face on it.

Bill Turnbull is a hit for a few of us here.

They can have a fireside chat in the great hereafter now.

PERISH-STROIKA! 15/50 30th August 2022 One of the most noteworthy statesmen of the 20th Century, Mikhail Gorbachev has died after a long illness. In the modern world, after 20 plus years of Vladimir Putin, it is perhaps strange to look back on a time when a Russian leader was praised, worldwide, as a diplomat and peacemaker. Even Putin himself felt compelled to give tribute to his predecessor and long time rival. Rumours the Russian leader was last spotted in the vicinity of a Moscow hospital clutching a pillow cannot be confirmed, however. A committed Communist from an early age, Gorbachev belonged to the generation of politicians in Russian who felt they would have to wait until the old guard died before they were given any opportunities. This proved entirely accurate, but in a stroke of luck for Mikhail (and the world), just as the Cold War got to its coldest in decades, the entire old guard snuffed it in a matter of a few years. The world had gone from "Only Nixon can go to China" to watching Threads and fearing nuclear Armageddon. Over in America, they had the softer and friendlier The Day After, which terrified the shit out of elderly President Ronald Reagan. Gorbachev was elected to the Politburo in 1979, but by then, through his involvement in Russian agriculture (which had suffered three bad harvests in a row through mismanagement) he had already had his Damascus moment on reform. He was also to prove a canny political operator, not revealing to the old men who controlled his career that he disagreed with their invasion of Afghanistan. He became close with Yuri Andropov, who replaced the brutal Brezhnev in 1982, and when Andropov died in 1984, he named Gorbachev as his successor, only for the older Politburo members to say that, aged 53, Mikhail was too young and inexperienced to be leader. So he would have to wait his time. He would have to wait...13 months. In those 13 months, he became chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, in which he travelled the world as an official representative, and made friendly contacts in America and with Margaret Thatcher herself. He also built up friendships and allies in Russian political circles, as everyone knew the ailing Chernenko would barely last as leader. When the man died, Gorbachev was made the new General Secretary, as he was now a mature and experienced 54 years old. He spent his first year in charge smiling at crowds, and encouraging the older Politburo members to retire or take honorary alumni positions, at which point they were replaced with younger allies. Ironically, Gorbachev managed to gain a majority on the Politburo through bribery and persuasion faster than Stalin had by just killing people. And then he brought in Perestroika and Glasnost. Under the former, market reforming and decentralisation occurred. Under the latter, greater degrees of political freedom and freedom of speech, which directly led to the other countries in the USSR announcing their political freedom. Dissidents were freed and private enterprise encouraged. Talks were held on nuclear limits with Reagan, and the cold war thawed out, despite both men' distrust of the other. Gorbachev had hoped his reforms would lead to a democratic USSR, but the union cracked up instead, and in his defining moment as leader, he agreed to the reunification of Germany. He had gone the typical Russian route of sending in the tanks earlier on when states declared independence, but once the Baltic countries declared independence, he announced it was an internal matter instead. And so went the entire bloc, one by one. In 1991, a coup of hardliners attempted to party like it was 1917, but the popular drunk Russian, Boris Yeltsin, lead a popular uprising against it to protect Gorbachev. Gorbachev and Yeltsin were rivals, but everyone saw where this was heading, by the end of the year, Boris Yeltsin was in charge. Of the country, as well as the vodka cabinet. Gorbachev's legacy is complicated. He was not a flawless liberal and if we had more space we could brush on his multi-faceted achievements - but we've already written quite a bit! Through most of the world, he is acclaimed as the Soviet leader who ended the dreadful Cold War and brought independence, however unintentionally, to the former USSR. In the former Iron Curtain countries, his legacy is more mixed, though the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza paid tribute, noting Gorbachev as the right man in history at the right time. (Yes, Rad, a Polish newspaper quoted on Deathlist, who'd have thought it?) His popularity in Ukraine was not great after muddled comments post-Invasion of Crimea in 2014, although Gorbachev's last public statements were against the 2022 invasion. In Russia, however, there was a strong wind of media opinion that he brought their whole house of cards crashing down, a view promoted by his strongman successor Putin. In 2017, he had an approval rating in Russia of -31, which is worse than Donald Trump and Boris Johnsons in their respective countries. Gorbachev was not easily forgiven. In 1996, he ran to be the democratically elected President of Russia, and won 0.5% of the popular vote. Not a typo. While many of his predecessors and successor would cry foul and harm people, Gorbachev instead became the star of a surprisingly successful Pizza Hut advert campaign! It had Russians arguing his legacy before all agreeing that at least he brought pizza. It was banned in Russia, and the money was used to fund The Gorbachev Foundation, which promotes Russian history and democracy. In summary, Gorbachev's legacy can be summed up thusly. As General Secretary, he could have strengthened his own position and wealth, and been leader for life, like so many before him. Instead, through acting in what he felt was the best interests of the country, he wound up dismantling his own position. In terms of the people who successfully climb the Greasy Pole, that attribute is, indeed, rare. Gorbachev was an ever-present since the first Crowdsourced Deathlist, and was 91 years old.

Johnny Ruffo vows to be alive for Christmas: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11162463/Home-Away-star-Johnny-Ruffo-vows-alive-emotional-Christmas-milestone.html Seems there is some uncertainty?

Feeling a bit bad about this now. My wife has had her vinyl Mike Nesmith albums on ebay for over a year and we sold one in all that time. We have now had two bids in a week

Yes. It's true. There's the taste of each one. Maybe... I have a great admiration for an actor or a singer and you know, you might think, for example,... Please there are a lot of celebrities with more talent.

Australian Minig legend Sir Arvi Parbo dead at 93 years: https://thewest.com.au/business/mining-legend-and-former-head-of-western-mining-corporation-bhp-and-alcoa-sir-arvi-parbo-dies-at-93-ng-b881185045z He was head of companys like Western Mining, BHP and Alcoa.