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Write a horror story in 6 words. Poor man's Margaret Thatcher elected PM.

Carol Lawrence, American film, stage and television actress best known for portraying Maria on Broadway in the original production of the musical "West Side Story" in 1957, is 90 today. Bob Newhart, American actor and stand-up comedian remembered for two long-running hit sitcoms, "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart", is 93 today.

Aye, the joke used to be: - What's blue and fucks pensioners? - Hypothermia! Ask the same question around Christmas and I wonder how many people would say Liz Truss?

Expected order surviving PMs will die John Major Tony Blair Gordon Brown Boris Johnson Theresa May David Cameron Liz Truss

Right, time to address this one. Don Kennedy (wiki / IMDb) IMDb says he was born as Donald Kennedy in Beaver, Pennsylvania on June 8, 1920 and died on October 30, 1991 (aged 71). This is utter nonsense. The Don Kennedy who was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania was the American radio personality, who was born March 2, 1930, and is still living. I can't find a single record of a Donald Kennedy born on June 8, 1920 so I don't know where that comes from. As for the death date... the Donald Kennedy who died on October 30, 1991 was a DONALD JAY KENNEDY who was born on 24 June 1919 and he died in Minnesota. So IMDb is very confused. So there is virtually nothing online about this guy anywhere. No media coverage, obit etc. so we need something to start from. On this fan website about The Rifleman, a series which Kennedy starred in, it repeats the incorrect information that he was supposedly born on June 8, 1920 in Beaver, Pennsylvania. However, it also states that he was the son of actor Tom Kennedy (wiki, 1885–1965). Let's assume this to be true for now, and prove it later. Here are two pics of Don Kennedy in The Rifleman. And here's a picture of Tom Kennedy, also featured in The Rifleman. If you ask me, they're a spitting image of one another, but let's check. Using info on Wiki/IMDb, Tom Kennedy was married to Frances Marshall and had four children with her. We find them all listed on this family tree; Mary (b. 1916), Madeline/Madelain (b. 1918), Donald (b. 1921) and John (b. 1928). Using the mother's maiden name of Marshall, we can pull up all their birth records to prove this. Mary Madelain Donald John Note they were all born in Los Angeles, CA, where their father would have worked as an actor. NOT in Pennsylvania. Don's record confirms he was born on September 3, 1921 as DONALD F. KENNEDY. Mary died aged 11 in April 1927. Her FindAGrave page here cites the flu pandemic as the cause of her death. Next to fall was the father, Tom, in 1965. Here's his newspaper obituary: It mentions the survivors being his widow Frances, his daughter Madelyn (or Madeline/Madelain), and two sons; John and Bud. Bud must have been a nickname for Donald/Don. It mentions that both John and "Bud" are "film workers". There really is nothing on Don/Donald/Bud after this point, minus his filmography. His last credit was in 1988, which would put him around 67 when he retired. Family trees on Ancestry state that he died in 2014 or 2015 but they don't list a date and it looks like information based on contributors trying to recollect a year more than anything else. Using his DOB of Sep 3, 1921, we find his death information listed on MyLife. He died on April 3, 2013 (aged 91) in Del Mar, CA. In the 2014 Special Issue of SAF-AFTRA magazine, he's listed on page 96 as Donald Kennedy and it confirms the date of death is correct.

Former Soviet boxer Boris Lagutin, who won 241 fights and lost only 11, died at 84 years: https://www.sport-interfax.ru/860700 (only russian source yet) He won gold medals in the light middleweight class at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.

I'm impressed you managed to get a photo of them outside the same house!

Obit for Sir Francis McWilliams (wiki), aged 96, Scottish engineer and Lord Mayor of London (1992–1993). Mentioned before in the QEII thread as one of just a handful of knights who was older than the Queen. Notably disqualified for driving at the age of 89 in 2015 when he was boozing in his Jaguar outside the Bank of England... as you do. Note: McWilliams was the last living Lord Mayor of London born in the 1920s. The oldest now was born in 1935, so quite a jump!

Australian actor George Lazenby, the second actor to portray 007 James Bond onscreen, celebrates his 83rd birthday today.

Actress and Hollywood legend Raquel Welch celebrates her 82nd birthday today. She is often regarded as one of the biggest sex symbols of her generation.

Not oldest names, but it did twig to me earlier that with Tobin's health issues, the Candy Krush Killer and John Cannan both dying, the Unabomber's alleged terminal illness and the Australian killer getting palliative care, deadpoolers might be spoilt for choice for "good riddance" picks soon.

What odds she goes to Balmoral in something akin to this.

Catherine Parr died on this day 474 years ago, aged 36. Parr had two husbands before Henry VIII- Edward Burgh, whom she married in 1529, and died in 1533, and John Neville, whom she married the following year, and who died in 1543. Catherine's mother Maud was close friends with Henry's first wife Catherine of Aragon, and used that to become friends with her daughter, the future 'Bloody' Mary I. Henry proposed to her almost immediately, and they were married within four months of John's death. Catherine was the first consort to be referred to as the Queen of Ireland, after Henry added the title to himself in 1542. When Henry went to France in 1544, Catherine led the regency- it was comprised of people close to her, including her uncle Thomas Cranmer. During this time, Catherine controlled finances for Henry's campaign in France, and also oversaw growing tension with Scotland. Henry died in 1547, leaving a £7,000 annual pension to Catherine. Thomas Seymour, a former suitor of her (and the brother of Henry's third wife Jane), returned to Catherine and asked for her to marry him. Catherine accepted, and the two had a daughter named Mary. Catherine died from complications of childbirth (likely a bacterial infection) six days after Mary was born.

Worth noting that the death of Pauline Stroud means that the only credited cast member of Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) is now Anne Heywood (b. 1931). Joans Collins (b. 1933) and Jean Marsh (b. 1934) were uncredited cast members.

American literary agent Sterling Lord dies at 102 years: https://apnews.com/article/sterling-lord-obituary-b26e28d95a13ebe758b48bf8ab994813

Mentioning a few remaining Mafia bosses, cpts, caporegimes, etc born in the 1920s here...interesting stories, not sure if all of these are still alive and the list is incomplete. Lawrence Dentico (1923-2018?) Quiet Dom's predecessor as the Consigliere of the Genovese Crime Family. Said to be alive in 2021 but no actual proof exists. Salvatore "The Engineer" Greco (1924-2003) Powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia, international fugitive since 1963. Was alive in 2001, could've died since. Pasquale Conte (1925-2014 or 2017 off the radar) Former Gambino family caporegime. Likely died 2014. Luigi Manocchio (1927-2024) Boss of the Patriarca Crime Family 1996-2009. Old school mafia boss with a criminal record dating back to the 1940s. George McLaughlin (1927-2022) Irish-born US Charlestown Mob member. Alive? Only has an Italian wiki and according to it he's still in jail. Gaetano "Corky" Vastola (1928) Captain for DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey, first arrest was in 1946. Also worked as a concert promoter for Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. John Gotti didn't succeed in murdering him. Louis "Bracciole" Ricco (1929-2019?) Gambino caporegime, excluded from the casinos of Atlantic City. Suffers from diabetes and hypertension and other ailments. Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo (1929-2024) Briefly the Genovese crime family acting boss when Chin Gigante was imprisoned. Boxer, wrestler in the 1940s. Allegedly ordered the murder of his son on Mother's Day 2004. Currently a consigliere, advisor to the boss. Or possibly retired. Seems to be very frail now. Thomas Gambino (1929-2023) Gambino caporegime, son of Don Carlo Gambino. Portrayed by the late John Sirico in 1998 TV Film Witness to the Mob. Louis "Bobby" Manna (1929-) Genovese crime family consigliere. Involved in a lot of murder plots, unfortunately for him the FBI recorded his conversations. Currently incarcerated at Federal Medical Center, Rochester, meaning that he might be a goner soon.

Oh aye, and...

I remember watching the (David McCullough promoted) series The Presidents, for the first time, and noting how it claimed that between Ulysses Grant and Teddy Roosevelt it was "twenty-five years of mediocre Presidents". Oh how I laughed. Oh dear.

Wow. And that’s YouGov. Also, just laughing now at the idea that, after all this, Rishi Sunak won.

They’re polling the strongest since 2002. They’re almost 20pts ahead. Again, you’re talking shite for the sake of it.

Yes, just seen this. So IMDb and StarTiger have been spreading misinformation again – she was actually still alive until recently.

Is he the first faller from House of Games?

Add in Vince McNeice to make it a trio of ex Watford players passing away within days of each other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McNeice

Panamanian boxer Rigoberto Riasco counted out at 69. Was WBC Super bantamweight champion in 1976

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