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Source is a Twitter message from "King of Sweden". Sounds reliable.

Chrysostomos is now in critical condition but dead. https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/news/local/cyprus-greek-orthodox-archbishop-chrysostomos-ii-dies-at-81/

I see what you did there! Not going to lie, I bloody love The Bee Gees. And Blondie. And ABBA. And Boney M and Kate Bush are nae bad either.

Vera Miles is a great "new" recommendation, I really like. @Gooseberry Crumble, thank you very much.

With 11 teams in already the most popular newcomers to date are: 1. Popular TV star 2. Royal figure 3. Former TV name 4. Popular director 5. Drol favourite 6. WTF still alive pick 7. Another Drol favourite This will all change long before Hogmanay, of course.

If you want yet another very ill Orthodox leader, Irenaios of Crete (Greek wiki) who was the Archbishop of Crete from 2006-2021, has suffered from ALS for years, was seriously ill in 2020 with respiratory failure and underwent tracheotomy. He's 89! I think it's pretty impressive he's survived so long with ALS and a tracheotomy. Not to be confused with Irenaios of Jerusalem, 140th patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem 2001-2005 who suffers from a serious chronic lung disease and had pulmonary edema in 2019. Has needed an oxygen tank for atleast three years.

(Wiki) Raheem Brown (stage name Tame One) died Nov. 5th age 52. Member of groups The Artifacts, Leak Bros, and The Weathermen. He is a first cousin of rapper (Wiki) Redman.

Rio Ferdinand, the charismatic and talented British professional footballer, one of the finest defenders of his generation, who made his debut in the Premier League in 1996, is 44 today. Rio Ferdinand spent the best years of his career at Manchester United. Eric Kandel, the prominent Austrian-born American psychiatrist, neuroscientist, one of the most significant brain researchers of our time, professor of biochemistry and biophysics and writer of books such as "In Search of Memory", is 93 today. Eric Kandel won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on neuroplasticity and the nervous system.

At this point, @wannamakerleads with 5.624 points followed by @MortalCasowith 3.630 points and @Salmon Mousse with 2.730 points. If Prescott scores, @arghtonwould be on second place!

Now there's also this: Still no actual obituary anywhere though

So, the same facial recognition expert who identified the two Russians involved in the Novichok attack in Britain says the ageing Aussie and Lucan are the same guy: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/lord-lucan-photos-exact-match-for-british-oap-in-australia-276599/?fbclid=IwAR10Pw_W8A_skIfCtXb0JndN1xEyUf_cc3SkF8CcID-Igs9iBQTRkfo-8GM

Tyrone Downie dead.

Music legend Joni Mitchell celebrates her 79th birthday today. Scottish singer Sharleen Spiteri , lead singer of hugely successful band Texas, celebrates her 55th birthday today.

Constantine II is very ill, long history of ill health including severe stroke in 2018 and heart attack in 2019 and now on oxygen. I'm suprised he even looked that great in those new pictures as he hadn't been seen since around December 2021 when he was in critical condition with pulmonary edema/pneumonia.

On 06.11.2022, Archpriest Mikhail Vasilyev, a cleric of the Moscow diocese, rector of the Church of Great Martyr Barbara and St. Elijah of Murom, Patriarchal Metochion at the headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces in Vlasikha village, Moscow region, died in a special military operation in Ukraine. As a priest he participated in missions in Kosovo, Bosnia, Abkhazia, Kyrgyzstan, in the North Caucasus and Syria. He has 11 parachute jumps to his credit. Archpriest Michael recently said on the TV channel Spas that running away from mobilisation is akin to women having an abortion. In the Kherson region, an AFU missile strike hit Russian paratroopers along with the archpriest. Russian Orthodox Church, Thomas magazine, Interview on Spas, War correspondent blog

Oh come now Nostradamus, one suspects you hardly have your finger on the pulse of taste hereabouts - you were going to vote for Tie a Yellow Ribbon

Luckily the female voices are much more represented in the second half of the 70's: Tammy Wynette, ABBA, Tina Charles, (Brotherhood of Man), Kiki Dee, Pussycat, Julie Covington, (Manhattan Transfer), Deniece Williams, Donna Summer, Baccara, Althea & Donna, Kate Bush, Boney M., Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor, Anita Ward, (Buggles), Lena Martell and the Bee Gees.

I just added your 2nd recent golfer fatality to the scoreboard. I had to find a 3rd yahoo article after two previous ones didnt allow for the uk.news.yahoo URL. So yeah, Dow Fürstenberg (?) is in, just barely, but he's in. Peter Butler though is likely lost. Edit: Lol, I called him Fürstenberg, but his name is Finsterwald. There are two towns surrounding Berlin called Finsterwalde and Fürstenberg. Guess I chose the wrong one. Ah, also, while I update the DDP scoreboard via database, the Theme Team standings need to be updated manually on the website by Death Impends. She usually does it once every month or so.

Died back on August 2nd. Sorry if reported elsewhere.

Spouses of the 10 oldest serving state leaders: Elizabeth II (b. 1926) - Widowed, was Prince Philip (1921-2021) Raul Castro (b. 1931) - Widowed, was Vilma Espin (1930-2007) Colville Young (b. 1932) - Lady (Norma) Young (born around 1934, 86) Paul Biya (b. 1933) - Chantal Vigoroux (born 1970, 50) was married to Jeanne-Irene Biya (1934-1992) before until her death. Michel Aoun (b. 1933) Nadia el-Chami (couldn't find birth date or age with a quick search. They were married in 1968.) Mahmoud Abbas (b. 1935) Amina Abbas (born around 1946, age was reported to be 68 when she was hospitalized in 2014) King Salman (b. 1935) Multiple, the mother of the crown prince died in 2011. Francis (b. 1936) Pope, nope Harald V (b. 1937) Queen Sonja (born 1937) Cornelis A. Smith (b. 1937) Stephanie Lilly Smith. (Couldn't find any information about her) Castro and Colville Young are both retiring this month. Other notable political spouses not often mentioned anywhere: Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi (1923-2021) First Lady of Nigeria 1966, widow of Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924-1966). Still seems to be healthy. Aura Herzog (1924-2022) First Lady of Israel 1983-1993, widow of Chaim Herzog (1918-1997). Ankica Tuđman (1926-2022) 1st First Lady of Croatia 1991-1999, widow of Franjo Tudman (1922-1999). Noor Aishah Mohammad Salim (b. 1933) 1st First Lady of Sri Lanka 1965-1970, widow of Yusof Ishak (1910-1970). Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat (b. unknown, according to some sources 1931) First Gentleman of India 2007-2012, only living former spouse of an Indian president since the death of Vimala Sharma (1927-2020) Muza Niyazova (b. 1938) 1st First Lady of Turkmenistan 1990-2006, widow of the Saparmurat "Asshole" Niyazov (1940-2006) Sara Nazarbayeva (b. 1941) 1st First Lady of Kazakhstan 1991-2019, overweight wife of dictator Nazarbayev.

1965. "I Belong" a great song and good performance, but for once the UK actually deserved to come 2nd as France Gall's "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" was even better IMHO. Bugger about Kathy Kirby though. I was just thinking yesterday how I should put her down on my 2012 Death List...

Astronomer Fred Hoyle, who rejected the idea of the 'Big Bang' in favour of his own 'Steady State' theory of the universe, died on this day in 2001...

Seemingly alive and well in New Zealand or maybe not Amazing

( C ) rappers beware! I have found the next big thing: Fat boy pop sensation Apparently it's a song about having diabetes... Is he No.1 in Holland yet, Magere Hein?

Thank the sweet lord for you maryportfuncity. That was giving me brain ache