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The annual @christhebarker "Sgt Pepper" cover of the year's deceased has been released (no key as yet, so if anyone can tell me who the guy sitting at the front is, I'd be grateful. eta, don't worry I know now!)

Another "last of a country's WW II fighters" death, this one with better documentation: Sgt. Horacio Castilleja Albarrán, whom Mexico’s Defense Department says was the last veteran from the relatively small contingent that fought in World War II from that country, has died. He was 98. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/last-of-mexicos-world-war-ii-veterans-dies-at-age-98/2022/12/01/578d3542-71cf-11ed-867c-8ec695e4afcd_story.html

That’s how old it is!

Marty Feldman died on this day 40 years ago, aged 48. Feldman was a comedian known for his bulging eyes, which came from a condition that was a complication of thyroid disease. This may have been worsened by a childhood injury, vehicle crashes, and botched attempts to fix it. Originally wanting to be a musician, Feldman soon decided to become a comedian. In 1955, he made his first TV appearance on the show Showcase as part of the comedy troupe Morris, Marty and Mitch. Feldman would then become a scriptwriter on shows such as Bootsie and Snudge, Round the Horne, and The Frost Report, often collaborating with Barry Took. In 1967, Feldman made his official acting debut on At Last the 1948 Show alongside future Monty Python members John Cleese and Graham Chapman, as well as The Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor. Feldman would soon get some shows of his own, although they were short-lived. Feldman's health was in a tumultuous state in the 1970s, and in 1974, he made his final appearance on British TV with Marty Back Together Again in response to claims of bad health. Produced by Dennis Main Wilson, Feldman performed a variety of sketches, including three Tom Lehrer songs ("Pollution", "National Brotherhood Week", and "The Vatican Rag")- Feldman had consulted Lehrer during the production of the special, and the songs were used as a musical interlude. From there, Feldman took to acting in films, and became a close collaborator with Mel Brooks. He played Igor (Eye-gore) opposite Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein, and had a starring role in Silent Movie as Marty Eggs. Feldman made one final TV appearance in a 1980 episode of The Muppet Show. Feldman died of a heart attack during the production of the film Yellowbeard (written by and starring his colleague Graham Chapman, who was present with him). The film was dedicated in his memory.

William Rice, a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal for his service with the Tuskegee Airmen, flying in a P-51 Mustang as a Red Tail Fighter with the 332nd Fighter Group in Europe during World War II, has died days before his 99th birthday. https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-tuskegee-airman-dies-carey-20221201-tvypm6mlsfaavku5zvtm3njzuq-story.html

Sylvia La Torre, Filipino singer and actress. Known as Queen of kundiman and grandmother of actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, dead at 89

He's right above Meat Loaf/Robbie Coltrane

Death Notice for Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Knight, a former UK Military Representative to NATO: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/260984/knight Wiki refers to his marriage as extant, but the death notice specifies that Patricia has already died.

Chemistry: Rudolph Arthur Marcus Peace: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Literature: Alice Ann Munro Medicine: Hamilton Othanel Smith Physics: Leo Esaki Economic Sciences: Harry Max Markowitz

Ghana: 1 - Uruguay: 1 South Korea: 1 - Portugal: 3 Cameroon: 1 - Brazil: 4 Serbia: 3 - Switzerland: 2 Chester: 3 - Blyth Spartans: 1

Execution cancelled because the state of Idaho doesn't have the necessary chemicals: https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/11/30/idaho-inmate-pizzutos-execution-canceled-state-doesnt-have-lethal-injection-chemicals/

Chemistry: Kurt Wüthrich Peace: Aung San Suu Kyi Literature: Peter Handke Medicine/Physiology: Werner Arber Physics: Herbert Kroemer Economic Sciences: Daniel Kahneman

Everyone I've heard of has already been snapped up, so here is a list of old people I know nothing about. Chemistry Elias James Corey Peace: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Literature Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa Medicine/Physiology: Torsten Nils Wiesel Physics: Roger Penrose Economic Sciences Edmund Strother Phelps

Chemistry: Alan Jay Heeger Peace: James Earl Carter Literature: Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux Medicine: Andrew Victor Schally Physics: Jerome Isaac Friedman Economics: Israel Robert John Aumann

Proper broadsheet obit for Derek Granger; I particularly liked this passage.

Zhu Rongji

For those not on Tumblr. People have worked in unison somehow like a weird hive mind by making everyone believe an unreleased Martin Scorsese movied called Goncharov exists. It's beautiful as i've never seen Tumblr people work in unison so much and hundreds of fanfics have been written (400+ on Archive of Our Own). Even the actual Lynda Carter is taking part saying she auditioned for the movie. It has also reached Martin Scorsese because his daughter posted on TikTok showing the man talk about it. It's Wikipedia. A post on Tumblr: Goncharov (1973) is the most tangible proof of a hive mind on Tumblr. (link)

Not under Vogel, not under Coupe. But under everybody else by the sounds of it...

Bastards. Bay City Rollers. FFS.

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

Henry Kissinger

DEAD

and has now died. Wow, and just 66 years old. Apparently, some people are actually able to die of shame.

15th April 1989.... YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE...

I do agree that it expensive for what is really just 'cheese on toast', but when the need arises it can be satisfying.