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1. A South African actor, mid-60s, who was in at least one Nelson Mandela biopic. 2. Spanish footballer and manager, late 80s, no international caps despite scoring heavily for one of La Liga's mid-tier teams like Villareal. 3. Someone from a central European nation, early 80s, who has a ridiculous list of jobs that reads something like "TV personality, war criminal, veterinarian, Minister for Culture (1993-2015)". 4. Guy with a red link who played bass/keyboards in the 80s for a band who were famous in the 70s. 5. Italian politician listed as "deputy," which you immediately misread as "deputy PM".

One of the first women to receive a Michelin Star, Joyce Molyneux who ran The Carved Angel in Devon, reportedly dead aged 90:

Just to be clear, the next voter has to use this one: 40 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 37 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 36 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 35 Slade - Coz I Luv You 32 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 32 T. Rex – Get It On 31 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 21 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 18 T. Rex – Hot Love 17 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 3 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)

I had a post 'liked' by someone other than diego.

If he isn’t liking every fucking post he sets eyes on, he’s posting utter shite.

This isn't going so well, is it.

Margaret I of Denmark died on this day 610 years ago, aged 59. Margaret (or Margrethe) was the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark. She married Haakon VI of Norway, and had a son, Olaf (II of Denmark and IV of Norway), who would become the king of Denmark following his grandfather's death in 1375- with his mother's help, arguing against her brother in law, Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg. As Olaf was a child when he was crowned, Margaret ruled as regent. Margaret was widowed in 1380, and their son would also become king of Norway because of this. Olaf died suddenly at the age of 16 in 1387. Margaret was chosen as regent during this time, and would soon be known as the "Lady King" to her subjects due to her effective statesmanship. In 1388, Margaret sent troops to help depose the unpopular king Albert of Sweden, who was defeated in battle the following year. Margaret was instated as queen of Sweden, giving her control over much of Scandinavia. In 1397, Margaret united the three countries into the Kalmar Union (which lasted until 1523). Margaret is considered to be among the most powerful women of her time. It wasn't until 1972 that another female would become the queen of Denmark- she would also be named Margrethe.

40 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 37 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 35 Slade - Coz I Luv You 34 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 32 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile 30 T. Rex – Get It On 31 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 23 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 18 T. Rex – Hot Love 17 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 7 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) So this must be the correct score. @TheSpinosaurus please try again.

Imagine being a regular poster reading this who has never had a post liked by @diego

Its 12 years since the death of US actor James MacArthur, aged 72. The adopted son of playwright Charles MacArthur and actress Helen Hayes, he started as a boy actor in radio and theatre work, initially in productions with his mother where a boy actor was needed, before his first TV role at 18; he was contracted to Disney for a time, leading to other work for the studio for which he dropped out of Harvard. Notable films were Kidnapped! and Swiss Family Robinson, both 1960, the same year he made his Broadway debut, opposite Jane Fonda, which would be his only Broadway role, and also the year he had a couple of (very) minor hit singles. Other film roles followed, including one in Hang 'em High, which would lead to his most famous role, Danny 'Danno' Williams in the original Hawai'i Five-O. He reprised the role in an unaired pilot for a 1997 reboot, with Gary Busey, and was to have made a cameo appearance in the 2010 reboot, but died before filming. An on-air tribure was made before the 1 Novermber broadcast.

And the oldest bartender in France has died as well: https://time.news/at-104-the-most-famous-bar-owner-has-died/

She seems to be dead: https://www.plus.ac.at/kunst-musik-und-tanzwissenschaft/abteilung-kunstgeschichte/die-abteilung/in-memoriam/

Dennis Franz, the noted American actor who won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for playing the strong Detective Andy Sipowicz on the television series "NYPD Blue" from 1993 to 2005, is 78 today. He previously appeared as Detective Sal Benedetto and Lt. Norman Buntz on "Hill Street Blues". Dennis Franz served in Vietnam with an airborne unit for 11 months. Charo López, the great and hypnotic Spanish film, stage and television actress, a force of nature who was an erotic myth in the 70s and 80s thanks to a famous scene of a female masturbation in the noted television adaptation of "Los gozos y las sombras", one of the towering works of Spanish narrative of the 20th century, is 79 today.

Wasn't much help for many of these BUT I did find a newspaper clipping from the Cheshire Observer about Fred Sutcliffe's death. It's here and I've updated his Wiki. Cheers!

American television writer and producer and most importantly creator of the legendary sitcom The Golden Girls ,Susan Harris, celebrates turning 82 today. British actress Joan Plowright celebrates her 93rd birthday today.

41 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water +1 37 Freda Payne – Band of Gold 36 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 35 Slade - Coz I Luv You 34 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Voodoo Chile +2 32 T. Rex – Get It On 31 Dave & Ansel Collins – Double Barrel 22 Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking +1 17 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 15 T. Rex – Hot Love -3 0 Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) -3 Ernie would've worked better as a picture book IMO.

Done. Hope it's correct now.

Some stuff I've found... Greek show wrestler Alex Iakovidis or Iakovides died in 2020 at 91. Never mentioned before here but he's marked living on Wikipedia twice on this page and mentioned as the "third-oldest professional wrestler currently living" Cowboy Bob Ellis is (possibly) still alive in Oklahoma. When was the last time professional wrestler/bodybuilder/actor Samson Burke was seen? I can't find anything from the last decade. Here's a picture of him with Robert Culp in 2005: Not sure if Big Bill Verna is alive either. For those who want to try searching, he's also been called "Big Bill Verne". And here's Billy Two Rivers early this month:

Bill Rodgers (right), Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, the oldest surviving of the 'Gang of Four' SDP founders, is 94 today. He suffered a stroke in 2001.

Isn't it strange that in a week's worth of voting by pretty much the same people we've gone from the top to the bottom.

Bernie Ecclestone is 92 today Bill Gates is 67 today

MMA bad boy Anthony Johnson is apparently very ill, but it's unclear what exactly it is: https://www.mmanews.com/2022/10/anthony-johnson-health-update-october/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(fighter) It's been an ongoing issue since last year. He had been retired from 2017 to 2021, only to immediately drop out again because of his problems.

I've looked extensively for all 3 of these. Whilst I can find Pye in the GRO, I can't find anything strong enough to link it up on Wikipedia. As for Durkin, newspaper obit here. Alas, doesn't mention age, DOB or that he was a footballer! I've moved all 3 to possibly living on Wiki until stronger sources appear. Hopefully Hugman's can verify + update but it doesn't look like their site is getting many updates recently!