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Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, who began his acting career appearing in the long-running soap opera "General Hospital", and best known for his starring roles in "MacGyver" and "Stargate SG-1", is 73 today. John C. Polanyi, the notable chemist and prestigious educator, one of the co-recipients, with his colleagues Dudley R. Herschbach and Yuan T. Lee, of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, who was born in Berlin, Germany, of Hungarian parents, is 94 today.

Just been on holiday so haven't been paying much attention to this forum, coming back soon Under the rules and guidelines: Candidates cannot be famous solely for the fact they are likely to die imminently - this includes people famous only for their advanced age. Probably the rule I would be strongest on. I don't believe Lucile Randon would be famous for anything other than her advanced age.

People in Birmingham think that THIS is a Kipper Tie . . . .

I wonder if it was a genetic link as well as football. All four siblings getting dementia is quite unusual even with football.

Her Twitter account is still active. Whether it is her that posts on it? The last pics I saw of her, she looked bloody superb for her mature years.

New Variety article about his health and last days, if anyone's curious. [Steve] Postell was on the phone with Crosby on Wednesday morning, going over plans they were laying for a two-night stand in Santa Barbara, set for Feb. 22-23, with plans to have the shows recorded for a possible live album. The planned shows, a 150th anniversary celebration of the Lobero Theatre, would have set the template for a tour to follow at mid-year. After hanging up with Crosby late in the morning, Postell spent the afternoon rehearsing the full set list they’d plotted out, staying in communication with James Raymond, Crosby’s son and a fellow member of the band. In the evening, Postell wrapped up his solo rehearsal and texted “Croz” with further thoughts, only to shortly get a text back from Raymond that his father had died. “There was some misinformation” about Crosby, 81, having been seriously ill, Postell says, “but there always is. It’s hard for people to get the straight story.” A press release that went out from a publicist unknown to most reporters, quoting Crosby’s wife as saying he died after a long illness, muddled the matter in the media, since the singer had not been known to be seriously ill. “That’s a very confusing thing,” says the musician. “He was a weakened guy from a lot of different preexisting conditions, and everyone knew it — he talked about it in his documentary [2019’s “David Crosby: Remember My Name] — but he was not dying. We were rehearsing. We were going out to dinner.”

New posters try looking up to see if thread exist challenge. Difficulty: impossible

One of those who could go tomorrow or in another five years.

Greatest German footballer to ever live, now in poor health and unable to attend both the World Cup and Pelé's funeral. Though he is very private on his health issues, he has recently revealed he is "doing well considering his condition", which is not so reassuring. Also looking very thin and yellowish. 80 seems a tall order.

American actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera celebrates her 90th birthday today.

It must be, one of the brothers didn’t play soccer. Also, the article stated Bobby was so ill with advanced dementia he could not attend his brother’s funeral (like he couldn’t attend Jack’s in 2020). Looks like a lock for 2023.

Fitting that Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson are next to each other in the Drop 40.

I've just seen which song in 1989 is no1 on week of my birthday. Paul McCartney - Ferry 'Cross the Mersey.

That’s actually not a bad idea. You will have a lot of work to do making sure all the candidates meet the required criteria though

You are suggesting he could hit TQR if this thread is closed?

King Albert is worthy of his own thread. He is not just Royal, but a former monarch. He is also using a cane.

FT Nairn 1-6 Fort

Aye, a popular pick indeed - for the record she was fielded by eight teams and the qo was always a shoo-in: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64314673 Lucile Randon – bk, di, ds, f6, n5, p6, to, tq

If Savile and Rolf have their own threads, Pell deserves one, too. George Pell is 77 years old, has heart trouble (though that may have been a sham to avoid flying home to face trial) and is due to have knee reconstruction work. Yet to be sentenced though judging by the judge's comments, he's had it: 10 years is the standard sentence for this kind of crime, putting him at 87 when he is released.

Rolf Harris is not going to die off-radar. The UK media won't let it happen.

Man working for Helsinki City leaves lunch break at a restaurant at Kalasatama's Kaupunkiympäristötalo to go to the toilet, according to co-workers "looked sick". Found dead on the loo around seven days later later. Would a one week dead body really smell more than the usual public toilet?

Both he and Bobby Charlton playing the last of those added on minutes.

Update on the above, the six year old shot his teacher after an "altracation" - so that's okay, then. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64200873 I mean, clearly she posed a significant threat to him:

Wagner stills posts about Natalie on his instagram, I can't imagine him having anything to do with it when he still brings it up all these years later. Natalie was drunk and taking sea sickness medication. The drugs and alcohol mixed causing Natalie to become disorientated. Fall into the water and drown.

Former Indiana governor Joe Kernan dead at 74 years: https://wsbt.com/amp/news/local/joe-kernan-dead-at-age-74