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I am so happy that this Celine Dion thread is tagged as "celine dion" and "Celine Dion" otherwise I wouldn't get what this thread is all about.

I'm entering for first time.

Pretty sure we haven't had an exorcist death since. So here we go with a Guardian obit for Jeremy Davies, co-founder of the International Association Of Exorcists: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/father-jeremy-davies

Johnny Johnson being reported dead on Facebook, aged 101. The last Dambuster. RIP. Edit: Link.

35 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights +2 34 Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking 28 Police – Message in a bottle +2 25 Bee Gees – Night Fever 25 ABBA – Take a chance on me 24 The Buggles – Video killed the radio star 24 Police – Walking on the moon 24 Tubeway Army – Are “friends” electric 24 Boney M. – Mary´s boy child / Oh my Lord 24 Blondie – Sunday Girl 24 Gary Numan – Cars 23 Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Hit me with your rhythm stick 22 Bee Gees – Tragedy 21 Blondie – Heart of glass 21 The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap 20 10CC – Dreadlock Holiday 20 Anita Ward – Ring my bell 19 Art Garfunkel – Bright eyes 19 Gloria Gaynor – I will survive +3 18 Cliff Richard – We don´t talk anymore 17 Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall 17 Rod Stewart – Da ya think I´m sexy 16 The Boomtown Rats – I don´t like Mondays 15 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – You´re the one that I want 14 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – Summer Nights 14 Brotherhood of Man – Figaro -6 9 The Commodores – Three times a lady 8 Village People – Y.M.C.A. Thought it would be nice to have Kate Bush on top for a bit (as per the occasional fantasy, ca 1981) Otherwise I am a man of my word, Figaro duly downvoted. Its time has come...

Jule Campbell, the founding editor of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, died November 19th. She was 96. Her death was being reported on December 7th. She worked at Glamour prior to her stint at SI Swimsuit. https://swimsuit.si.com/swimnews/si-swimsuit-founding-editor-jule-campbell-has-died

Rumours that Roddy Jackson has died. Any info on the book of face or otherwise? All I have is the usual clickbait sites.

Updated this a bit. Hans van den Broek has suffered from Alzheimer's for atleast four years. Not sure about the others but René Steichen already looked horrible in 2014, and he's just 80. As Michael O'Kennedy died earlier this year, only Davignon and Baron Tugendhat remaining from the Thorn & Jenkins Commissions.

Fionna Duncan, Scottish trad jazz singer who could have made it big in the US but made it rather less big with the Clyde Valley Stompers, has died aged 83: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23178248.obituary-fionna-duncan-influential-widely-admired-jazz-singer/ Salty Dog

Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg (1918-2019)'s son, Heinrich Reuss (1951), stylized as Prince Heinrich XIII, has been arrested yesterday for his involvement in the coup d'état plot to overthrow the German government. According to reports, he was the intended monarch for the revolutionary government. While not an imminent suicide risk or the likes, it's a clear sign he has completely lost all sense of reality. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/key-figures-behind-alleged-far-right-plot-to-overthrow-german-government

There are now 9 entries in Five have been fully verified One name is on all five verified lists

20/50 Dead    Johnny Johnson

Peter Cooper, a Nashville singer, journalist and Country Hall of Fame executive, has died. He was 52. https://variety.com/2022/music/obituaries-people-news/peter-cooper-dead-country-nashville-journalist-singer-hall-fame-1235453101/

The last Dambuster George "Johnny" Johnson takes me to 12 hits. Thank you for your service, sir, blue skies....

Johnny Johnson is a hit for @Famous6Eva, @ThereWillBeDeaths7, @Hell, @Bibliogryphon and @Thatcher CONGRATULATIONS!!! https://ukaviation.news/johnny-johnson-goodbye-to-the-last-dambuster/

33 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 30 Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking 26 Police – Message in a bottle 24 The Buggles – Video killed the radio star 24 Police – Walking on the moon 24 Tubeway Army – Are “friends” electric 24 Boney M. – Mary´s boy child / Oh my Lord +4 24 Blondie – Sunday Girl 23 Bee Gees – Night Fever 23 ABBA – Take a chance on me 22 Bee Gees – Tragedy 21 Blondie – Heart of glass 21 The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap 20 Ian Dury & the Blockheads – Hit me with your rhythm stick 20 Brotherhood of Man – Figaro 20 10CC – Dreadlock Holiday 20 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – Summer Nights 20 Rod Stewart – Da ya think I´m sexy 20 Anita Ward – Ring my bell 20 Gary Numan – Cars 19 The Boomtown Rats – I don´t like Mondays 18 The Commodores – Three times a lady 18 Cliff Richard – We don´t talk anymore 17 Art Garfunkel – Bright eyes 16 Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall 16 Gloria Gaynor – I will survive -6 15 Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta – You´re the one that I want 11 Brian & Michael – Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs 9 Village People – Y.M.C.A. No surprise what I am voting up

Tullio Moneta, Italian mercenary and actor who lead the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt with Mad Mike Hoare (Hoare's second-in-command) reportedly died in March at 84 without much fanfare.

Here is my entry for this year's pool! Rosemary Squires (joker) Queen Paola of Belgium Ron Ely Pope Benedict Fred Talbot Luke Halpin Kerri Parker (british glamour model) Frank Field Anita Bryant Nigel Lawson David Ogilvy Liza Minnelli King of Bahrain Barbara Walters Fay Weldon Paul Biya President of Cameroon Julie Goodyear Christina Crawford Ronnie Knight Jim Bolger (former PM of New Zealand) John Savident Bernadette Chirac Wendy Williams The Duchess of Kent Mary Quant Sidney Cooke Stella Stevens Mohammed Al Fayed Joni Mitchell Sir Bernard Ingham Ethel Kennedy Barry Humpheries (Dame Edna Everage) King Juan Carlos of Spain Alan Greenspan Jimmy Carter Sylvia Sims Freddie Foreman Pat Boone James D Watson Joan Bakewell Linda Ronstadt Jackie Loughery (First Mrs USA) Bill Wyman Tina Turner Gene Hackman Raquel Welch Glenda Jackson Edgar Pearce (mardi gra bomber) Terence Stamp June Spencer Subs Linda Nolan Rolf Harris Eileen Derbyshire Jacqueline White Rose West Petula Clark Shirley Maclaine Arthur Scargill Elizabeth Kelly (eastenders actress) Barbara Rush Thanks very much for your efforts running this brilliant pool again! Gooseberry

It is about time there was a specific thread for this French music icon. She has been fighting laryngeal cancer for years and has recently lost the ability to sing, owing to effects of cancer treatments. In the below recent article, it explains how Hardy now needs help going to the toilet and is in a very fragile state at the moment, according to her son. https://www.public.fr/Elle-a-des-gens-pour-la-toilette-Francoise-Hardy-affaiblie-par-la-maladie-son-quotidien-est-devenu-un-enfer-Un-proche-balance-1750927 And in the following even more recent article, it is revealed Hardy feels too tired to come to see her son. https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/thomas-dutronc-s-inquiete-pour-sa-mere-francoise-hardy-elle-se-sent-trop-fatiguee-c-est-complique-20221201

Jaroslav Bogdálek passed away on November 7 at the age of 93, participated in 3 Olympic trials in 1956 https://brnensky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/zemrel-brnensky-olympionik-jaroslav-bogdalek-bylo-mu-93-let-20221207.html

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Julian Knight, MP for Solihull, has reportedly had the tory whip removed following a complaint made to the Met police. No further details at this time about the nature of said complaint. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/07/conservatives-remove-whip-from-mp-julian-knight-after-complaint-to-met

The only rule I'll change is the last one, entries close on December 31st.

I was brought up on Top Of The Pops until they axed the main show in 2006. Though it was slowly crashing due to BBC moving the date/times of the show from like a Friday to Sundays etc. You can still catch edited past versions of the show on Dave or other random channels. Honestly why perform live to possibly 2 million viewers who may be eh about your music when you can upload to your own personal Youtube channel where you have 16 million subscribers and you possibly even get a % of that revenue. Adele's most recent music video got her 18 million views. Taylor Swift 34 million and don't get me started on Kpop.

Class footage Octi, many thanks. I agree, it looks like Dana's route outta there is scuppered by hitting the wreckage ahead of the spinning car. Hell of a testament to the way they've improved car safety though, so much carnage, so few flames.