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Quentin Blake is 90. Best known for illustrating many of Roald Dahl's books.

Juliette Bildé dead at the age of 113. Lucile Randon is now the last known living French born in the 1900s.

In remission

Harland Sanders died on this day 42 years ago, aged 90. Sanders became a Kentucky Colonel in 1935- he did indeed serve in the army, but never achieved that rank. During the Great Depression, Sanders opened a gas station, where he would serve travelers food such as steaks, ham, biscuits, and fried chicken. He soon built a restaurant nearby called the Sanders Cafe, which was destroyed in a fire in 1939. The cafe would be rebuilt with a new motel next to it. In 1952, Sanders franchised his secret recipe, which managed to find a niche in the fast food industry (then dominated by burger joints). Within a decade, Kentucky Fried Chicken was the largest fast food business in the United States. Sanders was unable to manage its over 600 restaurants, and so he sold the company- he was in his early 70s, and did not have an heir to the recipe. Sanders would remain the face of the company after selling it- and remains so long after his death... which includes some weird things. (Yes, KFC actually made these. This post is a reminder that Colonel Sanders was a real person and not just a corporate mascot.)

Over 6 years between the oldest and second-oldest living French person.

Respectfully shut the fuck up. I've read this reworded nonsense too many times recently.

Oscar winning British American actress Joan Fontaine died on this day 9 years ago in 2013 aged 96. She was the younger sister of Olivia De Havilland. On this day 56 years ago in 1966 , the one and only legendary Walt Disney died aged 65. The entrepreneur, animator and film producer has a huge back catalogue of iconic animated films and or characters as a testament to a legacy that has endured and stood the test of time . Bambi, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, The Lion King, Thumbelina, Dumbo the elephant, Snow White, etc

Christopher W. Newman, a pilot graduate of the Tuskegee Flight School who survived two crashes and flew 84 missions as a fighter pilot in World War II with the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100. Newman passed on October 21st. His death was reported on December 8th. https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/christopher-w-newman-heroic-tuskegee-airman-passes-at-100/article_3f1916ae-7678-11ed-b3bf-435eea4c8994.html

Nelson Robinson, the last Tuskegee Airman from San Diego, has died. He was 94. Robinson began as an aviation mechanic, later advancing to become a pilot and an engineer. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diegos-last-tuskegee-airman-dead-at-94/509-d8ad843f-1f5a-4376-a2d1-bf5b4a107f99

Wes Wise, the mayor of Dallas from 1971 to 1976, has died. He was 94 (albeit Wikipedia gives his age as 93). https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/12/14/former-dallas-mayor-broadcaster-wes-wise-dies-at-94/

Ok, well that will do regardless

Grammy-winning songwriter Shirley Eikhard has died at 67: https://zoomerradio.ca/news/2022/12/15/grammy-winning-canadian-songwriter-shirley-eikhard-dead-at-67-publicist-eric-alper/

Ex - East 17 singer Brain Harvey is in a bad way Singer Brian Harvey is in a critical condition in an east London hospital after he fell under the wheels of his own car, police have said. That excuse is going to cause some merriment at the Pearly Gates if he pops off pver this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4597607.stm

Celestine Mushy, the Tanzanian ambassador to Austria, has died in a car accident. Yes, there is a joke in there about him possibly being Mushy in more ways than one.

American singer Cindy Birdsong, famously a member of The Supremes, celebrates her 83rd birthday today.

Why God? WHY couldn't you have taken dull, droll Trotsky Mark Kermode instead?!

All I could think about when reading this list was mmmm.. fried bacon (Best said in a Homer Simpson drawl...)

I think this is the release that has the oldest living person on it, Al G. Wright is still with us aged 103 (turns 104 in July).

Does Janet 'Penelope Pitstop/Judy Jetson' Waldo count as a big one? She's 85 according to wiki and 91 on imdb. I wonder if she's done the wild thing with Peter Perfect yet. http://abc7.com/entertainment/voice-of-judy-jetson-janet-waldo-dies-at-age-96/1383083/guess we'll soon find out !AwwwwRIP So wait she was in her late 40s and 50s doing a teenager voice? An aside, unlike 90% of the recent additions I like the cut of your jib CoffinLodger. Keep up the good work. SC Thanks, I'll try my best !

QUAFFING? I love your vernacular, DDT! One of my favourite woody words.

Having had cause to try a proxy server (to watch something on pbs that is IP restricted) I took the opportunity to look at the National Enquirer site having seen here that you can't access it from the UK, I hastily disengaged the proxy and decided I don't mind being excluded from some places.

Toni Iommi licking his lymphoma to the point of participating in a fundraising CD: http://label.tanzanmusic.com/catalogue/various-artists/great-lefty-live-forever

Mohammed Oudeh a.k.a. Abu Daoud, leader of the Black September movement, "key planner of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes", has died in Syria aged 73.

S'okay. Most of the lookers amongst the sheep only have one pair of back legs. You've gotta get really close to Sellafield before that rule ceases to apply.