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I may have posted some of these before but the list has been updated a lot since and s ton of the ones on the old list have died. Interesting and less interesting "last living survivors" from this wikipedia page. Not sure if all these are completely truthful Karina Vasilieva (89) Last survivor of the SS Chelyuskin disaster, 1934 Bill Eiserman (93/94) Last witness to the Battle of Barrington, 1934 ... John Hemingway (103) Last of The Few, 1940 Robert R. Johnson (102) Last survivor of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, 1941 Mikhail Petrovich Sidko (86) Last living survivor of the Babi Yar Massacre, 1941 Ray Anthony (100) Last member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1942 Traute Lafrenz (103) Last member of the White Rose, 1943 Ruth Slenczynska (97) Last pupil of Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1943 Aliza Melamed Vitis-Shomron (93/94) Last participant of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 Emanuele Di Porto (91/92) Last survivor of the Raid of the Ghetto of Rome, 1943 Robert Hébras (97) Last survivor of the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre, 1944 Teruo Murakami (102) Last participant of the Cowra breakout, 1944 Bill Leibold (99/100) Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Tang Ivan Martynushkin (98) Last liberator of Auschwitz, 1945 Luciano "Louis" C. Graziano (99) Last witness to the German Surrender ceremony, 1945 Arsilan (99) Last participant in the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, 1945 Galina Brok-Beltsova (97) Last member of the women's aviation regiments founded by Marina Raskova, Night Witches, 1945 ... Richard M. Barancik (97/98) Last of the Monuments Men, 1946 Simeon II (85) Last Tsar of Bulgaria, 1946 Benjamin Ferencz (102) Last prosecutor during the Nuremberg Trials, 1946 Marlene Hagge (88) Last founder of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, 1950 14th Dalai Lama (87) Last monarch of an independent Tibet, 1951 Tsuzuko Sugawara (95) Last performer at the 1st NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, 1951 Kanchha Sherpa (89/90) Last member of the 1953 British Everest Expedition Fuad II (70) Last King of Egypt and the Sudan, 1953 Mort Prince (98/99) Last inventor of Bell Labs' first solar cell, 1954 Gordon Moore (93) Last member of the Traitorous eight who founded Silicon Valley, 1957 Bobby Charlton (85) Last Manchester United F.C. player to survive the Munich air disaster, 1958 A. J. Foyt (87) Last driver to participate in the Races of Two Worlds, 1958 Dave Burgess (88) Last recipient and nominee of the 1st Annual Grammy Awards, 1959 ... Anatoly Kryuchkovsky (82) Last crew member of Self-propelled barge T-36, 1960 Boris Volynov (87) Last living member of the First Squad of Soviet Cosmonauts, 1960 Kurt Diemberger (90) Last person to make the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres, 1960 Željko Matuš (87) Last football player in the 1960 European Nations' Cup Final, the inaugural UEFA European Championship final, 1960 Valentina Tereshkova (85) Last cosmonaut who flew in a Vostok mission, 1963 Audrey Nell Edwards (75/76) Last member of the St. Augustine Four, 1963 Bob Welch (93) Last known participant in the Great Train Robbery, 1963 Clint Hill (90) Last passenger of John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine after Kennedy was shot, 1963 Albert H. Crews (93) Last astronaut from the Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar program, 1963 Jamshid bin Abdullah (93) Last Sultan of Zanzibar, 1964 Alexei Romanoff (86/87) Last surviving participant of the 1967 civil demonstration at the Black Cat Tavern, 1967 James A. Abrahamson (89) Last astronaut from Manned Orbiting Laboratory Group 3, 1967 Fred R. Harris (92) Last living member of the Kerner Commission, 1968 Walter Cunningham (90) Last crew member of Apollo 7, 1968 Joe Engle (90) Last X-15 pilot, 1968 Thomas P. Stafford (92) Last crew member of Apollo 10, 1969 Buzz Aldrin (92) Last crew member of Apollo 11, 1969 ... Richard Schultz (84/85) Last living attorney from either side of the Chicago Seven trial, 1970 Jacques Rose (75) Last perpetrator of the October Crisis, 1970 David Scott (90) Last crew member of Apollo 15, 1971 Harrison Schmitt (87) Last crew member of Apollo 17, 1972 Constantine II (82) Last King of Greece, 1973 Joseph P. Kerwin (90) Last crew member of Skylab 2, the first manned mission to Skylab, 1973 Jack R. Lousma (86) Last crew member of Skylab 3, 1973 Edward Gibson (86) Last crew member of Skylab 4, the final manned mission to Skylab, 1974 Gordon C. Strachan (79) Last member of the second Watergate Seven, 1974 Lowell Weicker (91) Last living member of the United States Senate Watergate Committee, 1974 Khamtai Siphandone (98) Last Pathet Lao leader in the Vietnam War, 1975 Fernando Suárez González (89) Last minister who served in Francisco Franco's regime, 1975 Gary Hart (86) Last member of the Church Committee, 1976 Pope Benedict XVI (95) Last living cardinal created by Pope Paul VI, 1977, Last surviving participant of both 1978 papal conclaves. Khieu Samphan (91) Last senior member of the Khmer Rouge, 1979 ... Robert Crippen (85) Last crew member of STS-1, first flight of the Space Shuttle program, 1981 Brian Willson (81) Last participant in the Veterans Fast For Life protest, 1986 Karel Urbánek (81) Last General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 1989 Egon Krenz (85) Last Chairman of the State Council of East Germany, 1990 Milan Kučan (81) Last President of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, 1991 Vasiliy Dobritsa (97) Last full bearer of the Order of Glory, 1991 Denis Sassou Nguesso (79) Last President of the People's Republic of the Congo, 1992 ... Haris Silajdžić (77) Last Prime Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997 Try Sutrisno (87) Last Vice President of Indonesia to serve during Suharto's Era, 1998 Alberto Alemán Zubieta (71) Last Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission, 1999 Kwai Ping-hung (62) Last mobster of Hong Kong's 'King of Thieves', 2003 Gyanendra (75) Last King of Nepal, 2008

Ronnie Biggs died on this day 9 years ago, aged 84. A lot of people here already know the below information- but for those new: Biggs was a burglar who was dishonorably discharged from the RAF. In 1963, desperate for cash to buy a house for his family, Biggs and a group of fourteen others (including Bruce Reynolds, whom he had met in prison) robbed a Royal Mail train, taking 2.6 million pounds- he received 147,000 of them. Biggs would be caught and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment- he escaped fifteen months in. From there, Biggs managed to flee to Brussels, asking his wife to meet him in Paris with their children. In 1966, they then went to Australia, and moved to Brazil in 1969 when Interpol was closing in on them. Brazil did not have an extradition treaty with the UK at the time. Biggs was found in 1974, but was not extradited even after an extradition treaty was made in 1997. Due to his worldwide travels, he earned the nickname "The Ambassador". In 2001, Biggs decided to return to the UK to die. He was immediately arrested upon landing, and did not receive any extra time on his sentence for escape and evading authorities. His health continued to deteriorate while imprisoned, which included contracting a severe staph infection and a rumored heart attack. In 2009, following a series of strokes, Biggs was released on compassionate grounds. Sometime during 2010, Biggs became aware of this site, having made appearances on every list since 2000, except for 2001- often appearing within the top five spots each year. His publisher (@CriticalDivide) provided updates on him, and Biggs would make Facebook posts after having purchased (currently unavailable) DeathList merchandise. Biggs also mentioned DeathList at his autobiography launch in 2011. Biggs is so far the only DeathList alumnus to have publicly reacted to being on the list- the "Ambassador" nickname was also apt for this reason. Following his death, one final statement was released: "You always did warn me that you would win in the end, so congratulations and thanks for your patience over these many years. I was honoured to be your ambassador and will miss you probably more than you will miss me. And if you ask, yes it was a life worth living, even with the regrets. I hope you all get as much out of life as I have. See you on the other side."

Nazi hunter Jack Kooistra, who traced doen Luitjens in Canada in 1992 and also known as "the Frisian Simon Wiesenthal", is still alive at 92.

He is probably one of the referees

...but I'm glad that this tune made the Grand Final! A true classic

Discharged and back at home.

King Constantine II of Greece, king of Greece from 1964–1973. He turns 83 years old next year and has been seen using a wheelchair for a while now. He was in hospital in 2018 after having a stroke. And was in hospital with covid-19 in January this year. He did not attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II this year. I don't think he has much time left.

37 Donna Summer – I Feel Love 37 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 31 Gary Numan – Cars 30 Blondie – Heart of Glass 27 David Bowie – Space Oddity 27 10cc – I'm Not in Love +4 23 The Sweet – Blockbuster 22 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 22 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 22 Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 22 ABBA – Knowing Me , Knowing You 21 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water 20 ABBA – The Name of the Game 20 Nilsson – Without You 16 T.Rex – Get It On 14 Don McLean – Vincent 13 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 12 Alice Cooper – School's Out  12 Suzi Quatro – Can the Can  04 ABBA – Waterloo -6

His bitter fued with Barry Manilow (yeah, me neither) has been ended from beyond the grave, or summat

Including a correction to @Book's score where he repeated the old lady's +4 for the Alan Partridge song, and moved it up the ranking - but didn't actually change its points total. Too busy writing eulogies for Althea and Donna through the tears eh? Thus proving that even the game runner is only human like the rest of us who have messed it up on occasion. 37 Donna Summer – I Feel Love +4 34 ABBA – Knowing Me, Knowing You 33 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 31 Gary Numan – Cars 30 David Bowie – Space Oddity 25 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 23 10cc – I'm Not in Love 22 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 22 Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 22 Blondie – Heart of Glass 21 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water 20 Don McLean – Vincent 20 ABBA – The Name of the Game 20 Nilsson – Without You 19 The Sweet – Blockbuster 16 T.Rex – Get It On 13 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown -6 12 Alice Cooper – School's Out  12 Suzi Quatro – Can the Can  10 ABBA – Waterloo

France: 2 - Argentina: 2 Yellow cards: 2

According to some rural chinese news outlet free speech supressing couple Wang Hanbin and Peng Peiyun made a rare appearance last month. Image was a bit stretched but they are now both wheelchairbound and Wang Hanbin looks pretty frail. (Looks tired and in pain. Thought of saying he'll be dead within around 6-10 months, but it's been almost a full year since Khamtai Siphandone's "bullet train appearance" and he's still alive somehow)

Which hospital was that, then? We have more than one hospital here. Give it time. The Tories still have about a year and a half-ish.

Cut me some slack, I've not been on here properly in months. Saw this on Facebook and thought I'd share here - turns out that was a mistake...

On this day 30 years ago in 1992, american actor Dana Andrews died aged 83. His film credits include playing a world war two veteran in the multi Oscar winning film The Best years of our lives (1946) co-starring with Myrna Loy and Virginia Mayo, Fallen Angel (1945) with Alice Faye, Where the sidewalk ends (1950) alongside Gene Tierney, film noir crime drama Boomerang (1947) with Karl Malden and Jane Wyatt, Elephant Walk(1954) with Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Finch leading the cast, hit musical State Fair (1945) with Jeanne Crain as his leading lady and 1954 western Smoke Signal with Piper Laurie. Later roles in television include The Love Boat, The Twilight zone and Falcon Crest.

Manuel Munoz dead at 94.

A video has gone viral of South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit peeing himself in public: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11542319/South-Sudans-71-year-old-president-wets-live-television-opening-new-road-project.html

Will try to submit any theme teams next week and then my main team the 29th or 30th (taking a trip in the interim). Think I've settled on swinging for the fences with some QO risks after my disappointing performance with an overly "safe" lineup this year.

That's begging a sweepstake - I've outed myself here as someone who held tickets for three cancelled O2 shows supported by Judas Priest. They've sold the fourth date, me and my date ducked booking it - not convinced there's medication out there that'll help him sustain a proper tour.

He was in that band on French and Saunders, wasn't he?

A Guardian article notified me that Yuri Averbakh celebrated his 99th birthday last week, and could become the first centenarian grandmaster: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/yuri_averbakh_celebrates_his_99th_birthday/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/12/magnus-carlsen-survives-disgusting-blunders-against-daniil-dubov

Happy 85th!

Official Neilson death notice here. I always thought he had his own thread. http://www.bbc.co.uk.../world-16242235