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One less Pearl Harbor survivor now. Frank Emond, who was a Chief Warrant Officer when the attack happened, has died. He was 104. https://weartv.com/news/local/pearl-harbor-survivor-from-pensacola-dies-at-age-104

I didn't know that. He could have won me the Scavenger Hunt 4 if it was still going!

Mentioned previously in this thread - Hussein el-Husseini, former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament who orchestrated the Taif Agreement which ended the Lebanese Civil War, has died aged 85.

On this day 26 years ago in 1997 british actress, comedienne and performer in English music hallsJill Summers died aged 86. Jill was in showbusiness for 80 years. Infact she was born into a family of performers, her father was a circus tightrope walker and her mother a revue artist. She found national level fame late in life when she was cast in Coronation Street as eccentric purple haired pensioner Phyliss Pearce, who was slightly obsessed with trying to pursue a romantic relationship with pensioner Percy Sugden. Up to a point Phyliss was a bit of a comedy character and was often heard saying in a sort of raspy and flamboyant voice Oooh Percy. Percy Percy! as she chased him in pursuit of love!!. Many Coronation Street cast members who worked with Jill and wrote autobiographies such as Julie Goodyear, Bill Waddington and Lynne Perrier, spoke extremely highly of Jill, her professionalism and her naughty cheeky humour. I am aware of chatter in some of the working mens clubs and Royal British legion clubs in Merseyside of pre Coronation Street stories of Jill when she performed in this venues pretty much universally saying the same thing. A lovely warm hearted lady with a heart of gold but with an incredibly dirty and vulgar sense of humour who told some incredibly dirty jokes!! More so off stage after the show or in the dressings rooms

Shimon Baadani finally dead.

Constantine I of Greece died on this day 100 years ago, aged 54. Constantine was the son of king George I, and was known for helping organize the first modern Olympics in 1896. In 1897, Constantine became the commander-in-chief of the Army of Thessaly during the Greco-Turkish War, and would again lead this army in the First Balkan War in 1912. Constantine became king after the assassination of his father in 1913, and soon had to decide whether to join World War I- his PM, Eleftherios Venizelos, wanted to fight for the Allies, while Constantine wanted to remain neutral (likely due to Kaiser Wilhelm being his brother-in-law). Venizelos soon formed a militia that declared war on the Central Powers, and led to a period known as the "National Schism". The Allies soon put pressure on Constantine to abdicate, and after Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in 1917, none of their leaders supported Constantine. Threats from the Allies to bomb Athens caused him to flee to neutral Switzerland, with his son Alexander becoming king in his absence. Constantine would return to Greece as king in 1920 after Alexander's death from sepsis and Venizelos losing the election. The country was in the midst of another war with Turkey (at the time breaking away from the disintegrating Ottoman Empire), and attempted to siege Ankara- this failed, and after another military revolt, Constantine abdicated, with his son George II succeeding him. He would die of heart failure in Italy four months later. The newly-deceased Constantine II was his grandson (his father was King Paul, George II's successor).

Respect to the independent bookshop that thought up this display!

Let's celebrate the DL birthdays, not only the deaths 05.01.1931 Robert Duvall 17.01.1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto 24.01.1928 Desmond Morris 27.01.1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed 28.01.1936 Alan Alda 30.01.1941 Dick Cheney 10.02.1930 Robert Wagner 11.02.1932 Dennis Skinner 16.02.1961 Andy Taylor 18.02.1933 Yoko Ono 23.02.1959 Linda Nolan 27.02.1930 Joanne Woodward 29.02.1928 Joss Ackland 01.03.1927 Harry Belafonte 06.03.1926 Alan Greenspan 11.03.1932 Nigel Lawson 20.03.1931 Hal Linden 28.03.1935 Michael Parkinson 29.03.1931 Norman Tebbit 30.03.1930 Rolf Harris 01.04.1929 Milan Kundera 11.04.1928 Ethel Kennedy 19.04.1939 Ayatollah Ali Kamenei 29.04.1933 Willie Nelson 12.05.1928 Burt Bacharach 24.05.1926 Stanley Baxter 27.05.1923 Henry Kissinger 20.06.1928 Jean-Marie Le Pen 22.06.1932 Prunella Scales 28.06.1926 Mel Brooks 02.07.1929 Imelda Marcos 20.07.1925 Jacques Delors 27.07.1922 Norman Lear 03.08.1926 Tony Bennett 11.08.1943 Pervez Musharraf 18.08.1927 Rosalynn Carter 05.09.1929 Bob Newhart 07.09.1930 Sonny Rollins 19.09.1925 Pete Murray 30.09.1931 Angie Dickinson 01.10.1924 Jimmy Carter 01.10.1927 Sandy Gall 11.10.1937 Bobby Charlton 28.10.1927 Cleo Laine 26.11.1939 Tina Turner 12.12.1923 Bob Barker 13.12.1925 Dick van Dyke 25.12.1944 Nigel Starmer-Smith 25.12.1957 Shane MacGowan 29.12.1946 Marianne Faithfull What a coincidence that almost half (24) of the DL candidates have their birthdays in the first third (until the end of April) of the year. Looking at the list from the oldest to the youngest candidate, 24 again stands out: this number was born in the 20s: 27.07.1922 Norman Lear 27.05.1923 Henry Kissinger 12.12.1923 Bob Barker 01.10.1924 Jimmy Carter 20.07.1925 Jacques Delors 19.09.1925 Pete Murray 13.12.1925 Dick van Dyke 06.03.1926 Alan Greenspan 24.05.1926 Stanley Baxter 28.06.1926 Mel Brooks 03.08.1926 Tony Bennett 01.03.1927 - 25.04.2023 Harry Belafonte No. 5 18.08.1927 Rosalynn Carter 01.10.1927 Sandy Gall 28.10.1927 Cleo Laine 24.01.1928 Desmond Morris 29.02.1928 Joss Ackland 11.04.1928 Ethel Kennedy 12.05.1928 - 08.02.2023 Burt Bacharach No.2 20.06.1928 Jean-Marie Le Pen 27.01.1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed 01.04.1929 Milan Kundera 02.07.1929 Imelda Marcos 05.09.1929 Bob Newhart 10.02.1930 Robert Wagner 27.02.1930 Joanne Woodward 30.03.1930 - 10.05.2023 Rolf Harris Nr. 6 07.09.1930 Sonny Rollins 05.01.1931 Robert Duvall 20.03.1931 Hal Linden 29.03.1931 Norman Tebbit 30.09.1931 Angie Dickinson 11.02.1932 Dennis Skinner 11.03.1932 - 03.04.2023 Nigel Lawson Nr. 4 22.06.1932 Prunella Scales 18.02.1933 Yoko Ono 29.04.1933 Willie Nelson 28.03.1935 Michael Parkinson 28.01.1936 Alan Alda 11.10.1937 Bobby Charlton 19.04.1939 Ayatollah Ali Kamenei 26.11.1939 Tina Turner 30.01.1941 Dick Cheney 11.08.1943 - 05.02.2023 Pervez Musharraf No.1 25.12.1944 Nigel Starmer-Smith 29.12.1946 Marianne Faithfull 17.01.1952 - 28.03.2023 Ryuichi Sakamoto Nr. 3 25.12.1957 Shane MacGowan 23.02.1959 Linda Nolan 16.02.1961 Andy Taylor

I think Constantine was one of William's godfathers.

Congrats, MariNisia! 1923: Rudolph A. Marcus / Ida Vitale 1924: Lubomir Strougal / Mildred Miller 1925: Mahatmir Mohamad / Lee Grant 1926: Ed Williams / Betye Saar 1927: William Daniels / Gina Lollobrigida 1928: Federico Bahamontes / Jutta Müller 1929: Dick Button / Vera Miles 1930: Buzz Aldrin / Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1931: James Earl Jones / Silvia Pinal  1932: Valentino / Harriet Andersson

Congrats MariNisia 1923: Roedad Khan / Tunku Ampuan Najihah 1924: Oscar Wyatt / Grace Onyango 1925: Ronnie de Mel / Reuma Weizman 1926: KH Ali Yafie / Irene Camber 1927: Harvey Carignan / Aira Samulin 1928: Archbishop Demetrios of America / Nguyễn Thị Bình 1929: Tahar Zbiri / Farida Khanum 1930: Emmanuel Milingo / Biljana Plavšić 1931: Michael Hardie Boys / Carroll Baker 1932: Tep Vong / Lora Yakovleva

Constantine although a miss isn't that great a miss as he was only known to be in poor health and in his 80s rather than being ancient or known to be terminally ill.

Hi @Summer in Transylvania MariNisia has already nabbed Bob Barker

I actually considered her at some point last year for my dames team but didn’t even put her a sub depsite the fact she is 90 in a few weeks. If she makes 2024 she will be on it for sure. In fact depending on her health she could be a contender for the main list - she is famous enough

How is Juan Carlos of Spain's health because I annoyingly put him in one of my pools rather than King of Greece who has now died.

prescient words indeed.

A few recent articles. Translated with Google Translate https://peopleenespanol.com/noticias/lista-predijo-muerte-reina-isabel-ervela-nombres-de-celebridades-que-moriran-2023/ People en Espanol's article. The chilling list —in which no one wants to appear— enjoys great prestige for having accurately predicted the death of many celebrities, as was the case with its list that by 2022 included Queen Elizabeth II , who died on September 8 of that year (at) 96 years . For this 2023 the list includes the rocker Tina Turner, currently 84 years old and who tragically lost her son in 2022. According to its authors, the increasingly famous list follows rigorous criteria. --- Univision: https://www.univision.com/entretenimiento/cultura-pop/the-deathlist-lista-predicciones-famosos-2023 In 2022 they predicted some deaths that did come true and resounded in every corner of the planet, such as that of Queen Elizabeth II at 96 years of age and the most recent, that of soccer player Pelé who faced a tough battle against cancer. In total last year, of its 50 mentions, 14 were correct, which included Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, the renowned Franco-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard or the prodigious American pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, just for mention a few. --- Last but not least Slovakia's Plus jeden deň's article: https://www1.pluska.sk/soubiznis/zahranicny-soubiznis/foto-naj-morbidnejsi-rebricek-roka-je-tu-tieto-zname-osobnosti-su-listine-smrti-2023 Every year, the website deathlist.net publishes the names of world celebrities who belong to the 50 unlucky ones . The ranking is made up, as every year, by well-known personalities from all spheres of social life. See with us a selection of the most famous ones. And if you were surprised by any of the nominations, know that the person in question was probably much more surprised than you... The year 2022 was one of the darkest in terms of mortality. In the previous year, well-known celebrities went to the starry sky. Among them were American actor Clarence Gilyard Jr., Scottish comedian and actor Robbie Coltrane, German actor Ralf Wolter, French writer Jean Teulé, American rapper Coolio, former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, keyboardist and founder of Depeche Mode Andrew and Brazilian football legend Pelé . They also have introductions for some of the DL celebrities, Robert Duvall's one says: Legendary actor Robert Duvall (91) is one of the last living actors from the legendary Godfather. The representative of Michael Corleone's court lawyer and adviser will soon celebrate his 92nd birthday. Despite his advanced age, the actor is extremely active and has not yet nailed the film craft.

Tate is one of the biggest online personalities in the world right now and definitely merits his own thread if fame alone is the measure. However... Is he old? No. Is he ill? No. Would he kill himself? No. Could somebody kill him? Very remote chance. Creating a thread for him will just create a surge of off topic discussion like the Prince Harry, Trump, Truss, Johnson, Obama threads etc.

With Pearl Harbour there are both military veteran survivors and civilians both on the base and outside the base - some civilians were killed outside of military land and thar would include children who witnessed it and might only be 87 or so.

Heard a good line today: "Never in the field of human history has one man moaned so much about so little."

I think I should have points for Frank McGarvey, to join the 120 club.

Potential dates for 2023 hits 5th January: Nigel Starmer-Smith 14th January: Joss Ackland 28th January: General Pervez Musharraf 17th February: Milan Kundera 21st February: Harry Belafonte 23rd March: Ryuichi Sakamoto 2nd April: Joanne Woodward 4th May: Rolf Harris 26th May: Sandy Gall 18th June: Tony Bennett 7th July: Andy Taylor 9th August: Jimmy Carter 17th August: Ethel Kennedy 19th September: Dennis Skinner 2nd October: Cleo Laine 11th October: Sonny Rollins 14th November: Jean-Marie Le Pen 23rd November: Linda Nolan 27th November: Yoko Ono 4th December: Bobby Charlton 27th December: Robert Wagner

Nice, a great opportunity to steal all the jokes everyone else has already made about "Elton Jhon" and the King of England.

American educator and debate coach Thomas Freeman died at 100 years: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Texas-Southern-to-say-goodbye-to-longtime-debate-15343493.php Martin Luther King, Politician Barbara Jordan and actor Denzel Washington were some of his students.

Indeed! Perhaps healthy enough to reach the century milestone like Olivia and Kirk?