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Guardian obit for British clown Arthur Vercoe Pedlar (wiki), aged 89. He was also President of the World Clown Association... yeah, apparently that's a thing. Lost my patience with the search function trying to see if we had a thread on clowns. Hundreds of results came up, but nearly all from the Boris Johnson thread.

Times death notice for Adam Clapham (wiki), aged 82, BBC director and producer of television programmes and films, including "Doomsday Gun" (1994), which starred Frank Langella and Alan Arkin. Also wrote an illustrated history on nudists... and was surprisingly unmarried.

Duncan's obit says he died from a fall... I'm getting rather suspicious now...

Taken from FB. A picture of Ray Marshall circa November 2021 celebrating his 75th wedding anniversary with his wife. She died in January. There's another pic of him on a Zoom call around the same time period. He looks frail but "normal" for a man of 93 (now 94).

He's a busted flush. He got Brexit then fucked off before he had to do any heavy lifting. People mostly see him for what he is; a cunt in cunt's clothing.

Both of the websites you mentioned actually prove my point. The news article is clear that the UN Ambassador has been cabinet level at the behest of the president at various points. The White House website lists all of those positions last in order of presidential succession because they aren’t in succession. A better thing to look at would be the process by which the Department of Homeland Security was erected and a cabinet position created (in presidential succession) not a cabinet level position which is obviously more impermanent. Furthermore, the White House website lists the Chief of Staff (!) as a cabinet position, he does not run an executive department and is not confirmed by the senate. Cabinet level in terms of privilege, sure, actual member of a cabinet, no.

As much as I hate disagreeing with you that is not entirely correct. The Ambassador to the UN, the head of the OMB, etc. are not and never were cabinet officials. They have been at various points, including now, cabinet level positions. This gives them certain legal abilities which other heads of executive departments lack but which the president for one reason or another may wish them to have - and the president gives this to them by fiat. However, to be a proper cabinet department it’s head must be in the line of presidential succession as defined by the 25th amendment and must be erected by congress. Various departments have been created and made proper cabinet departments over time (energy, va, homeland security), some have been split or combined (health, education & welfare), some have been renamed (war became defense), and some have been demoted entirely (post office). This means that the individuals you mentioned, while an interesting category worthy of discussion, do not fit the parameters above. Carter only has four cabinet officials still living, but seven cabinet level officials. Perhaps this seems to be a distinction without a difference it may be, but it remains a distinction we make.

Alumni is plural. This one comes straight from Latin, with male and female forms: alumnus, alumni (m) alumna, alumnae (f)

Tony Lo Bianco, American film, stage and television character actor specialized in playing Italian gangsters and probably known for his roles in the critically acclaimed films "The French Connection" and "The Honeymoon Killers", is 86 today. George Fenton, the prodigious British composer on major American and British films who began to write scores for television and found fame with his collaborative score for "Gandhi", is 72 (some sources say 73) today. His film credits include "The Company of Wolves", "Cry Freedom", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Memphis Belle", "The Fisher King", "Final Analysis", "Hero", "Groundhog Day", "Shadowlands", "You've Got Mail" and so many more. George Fenton has won 28 awards for music composition including Baftas, Emmys and a Classic Brit Award.

Tweet reporting the death of Alastair Fowler CBE (wiki), aged 91–92, Scottish literary critic, editor and authority on Edmund Spenser, game theory and Renaissance literature.

Yes, and they also forgot Donald McHenry (wiki, b. 1936) and James T. McIntyre (wiki, b. 1940). There are seven still living, as the Office of Management and Budget Director and the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. were Cabinet positions within his administration. Could be another 15+ years before the last surviving member of Carter's Cabinet dies.

One of the BTL comments about Ronnie: "If you go to a museum you will see younger looking men in the Egyptian Mummy section. "

Not only that, an alumnus/alumna is a former member (usually of a particular school or college, so generally used to mean a graduate). If Gambon is a current alumnus, he'd have previously been on the list but not currently on it.

Sorry I'm a bit crap at this, done this piecemeal. So the Space 1999 website said she moved to France in the 1990s. So I found this: https://www-acte--deces-fr.translate.goog/acte-de-deces-hucqueliers?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Jan Rennison (Jan Virginia Rennison) born Feb 25, 1945, died 30 January 2020. To have probate granted in the UK, she probably had property here. Voila!

Love your work, Suella. (Drawn by Balcony Shirts)

I'm having a look around, it's possible Jan Rennison was the Australian entrant for the 1965 Miss World competition, certainly looks like the same girl: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/leaving-for-the-miss-world-beauty-contest-held-in-london-news-photo/1078931612 If so, she was 20 in that year, so born around 1945 and died aged 74/75? Edit: the Space 1999 site gives a dob of 1947 but confirming she is the same lassie: https://catacombs.space1999.net/main/crguide/vcgar.html Yep definitely dead @whoismakoto

Robert Gordon obit: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robert-gordon-singer-dead/

First time Raglan (visiting stepson) second time at stepsons wedding. Athenree, but visited Tauranga, rotorua, Hamilton, swam with sharks at Kelly Tarltons in Aukland, Mainly done the touristy things in the northern half of the north island.

Jonathan Swift died on this day 277 years ago, aged 77. Swift was considered to be one of the best satirists of his time, with his first major work A Tale of a Tub being an allegory of the division between religious sects of Christianity, represented by three brothers (Peter- Catholicism, Martin- Anglicanism, Jack- Protestantism). Published in 1704, it was considered profane at the time- with Queen Anne being one of its detractors. In 1726, Swift wrote his most famous book, Gulliver's Travels- which on the surface seems like a fantasy adventure story, but has since been interpreted as satirizing the relation between France and Great Britain (as seen with the nations of Liliput and Blefuscu), and the character Flimnap is reportedly a parody of prime minister Robert Walpole. In his almanac Predictions for the Year 1708, Swift predicted that the astrologer John Partridge would die on March 29th- Partridge himself could absolutely be considered an early deadpooler, as he made yearly predictions of the deaths of notable people, particularly church officials (Partidge has no discernable death date, so I'm mentioning him here). This was due to Partridge calling the Church of England "infallible", but the sarcasm went over Swift's head. Swift would then write a letter claiming Partridge died, and when Partridge refuted it, Swift said "they were sure no man alive ever to writ such damned stuff as this". Partridge's unpopularity amongst the church led to the hoax continuing until his actual death in 1714 or 1715. Swift wrote his own obit in 1731, and it was published in 1739, six years before his death. It has been speculated that he began suffering from dementia by 1738, and had a stroke in 1742.

John Lithgow is 77.

Irish English actor and current DeathList alumni Michael Gambon celebrates his 82nd birthday today. British wrestler Peter Thornley, better known by his stage name Kendo Nagasaki, celebrates turning 81 today.

Some good news on this front. British ballerina Pauline Clayden (wiki) has just been moved into the Living People category on Wiki as a an article has appeared confirming she is alive and just turned 100! Also, The Royal Ballet Twitter account have also noted it:

Who knows when she'll die? The Japanese have some kind of magic ability to keep people alive until they get sick, just look at Nabi Tajima.

Charles Duncan Jr., former U.S. Energy Secretary and Deputy Defense Secretary under Carter, died in Houston, Texas today according to his Wikipedia page. Doesn't appear to be vandalism. The editor seems to have a close connection to the Duncan family judging from his past edits. Incredible that DL gets intel on U.S. Cabinet Secretary deaths before the media does in 2022. No wonder journos read this forum... Could still be nonsense ofc... let's see.

Willie, is that you?