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Realized that quite a few people from the early days of Thomas The Tank Engine are still around, not just Ringo. Christopher Awdry - Son of The Rev. Wilbert Awdry. 82 years old and looked frail in an appearance back in 2015, not really any news since then. Britt Allcroft - 80 years old. Creator of the television series. Still quite active online. Robert Cardona - 92 years old. Produced the first two series of the show. Hardly notable so only worth considering for the more lenient dead pools. Michael Brandon - Not involved in the early days of the show, but narrated the American version of the show for a long time. Junior Campbell - Composed the music for the early seasons along with Mike O'Donnell (who's not notable).

Death Notice for Eileen Whitelaw aged 107: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/262517/whitelaw The 12th oldest person according to the list currently here over 107: http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/living.php/living.php?region=I Edited above - not in the whole UK, never sure of these lists. Had another look - this seems to be the list and she's already off it: http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/living.php?region=H

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/duran-duran-guitarist-andy-taylor-cancer-update-trying-stay-alive New update

William MacDowell, jailed in September for the previously unsolved murder of his wife and child in the seventies, dead aged 81. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-64655571.amp

Aye, so the assassins are wasting bullets, but if they get a fucking huge magnet...

Sunny Gale (Wiki), classic pop singer of 50s looks like dead a year ago. Mentioned on others threads like Dead Pop Stars and Deadpool Detective Work

Don't know where else to put this. Alec Baldwin accidentally kills woman when a prop gun misfired.

Thought I would predict the Drop 40 layout for next year`s DDP as well as predictions about who on it will die and when.Feel free to post your own guesses. 1)Zsa Zsa Gabor -9th February 2)Billy Graham-15th January 3)Sam Simon-1st March 4)Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh 5) Kirk Douglas -18th December 6)Muhammad Ali -25th December 7)Clive James 8)Vera Lynn -25th May 9)Bhumibol Aduladej -1st January 10)George H.W Bush 11)Fidel Castro 12)Denis Healey -23rd October 13)Nancy Reagan-August 19th 14)Dr Kate Granger-March 17th 15)Joao Havelange-June 15th 16)Paul Gascoigne-29th December 17)Joost Van Der Westhuizen 18)Kristin Hallenga 19)Olivia De Havilland 20)Valerie Harper 21)Helen Fawkes -1st July 22)Robert Mugabe 23)Rob Ford 24)Peter Sallis -30th March 25)Amanda Bynes 26)Hosni Mubarak 27)Mary Tyler Moore-January 26th 28)Caroline Aherne 29)Liz Dawn 30)Jimmy Hill 31)Peter Sutcliffe -14th November 32)Daisy Berkowitz--6th May 33)Leonard Nimoy 34)Terry Pratchett 35)Ian Brady 36)Morrissey 37)Shane Macgowan 38)Glen Campbell 39)Christopher Lee 40)Bruce Forsyth 17/40 Total

50 Belinda Carlisle – Heaven Is A Place On Earth 47 Enya – Orinoco Flow 42 The Bangles – Eternal Flame 31 Pet Shop Boys – Heart +4 31 Madonna – Like A Prayer 30 Black Box – Ride On Time 30 Tiffany – I Think We´re Alone Now -4 29 Lisa Stansfield – All Around The World 28 Simple Minds – Belfast Child (Ballad Of The Streets EP) 27 Kylie Minogue – Hand On Your Heart 25 Soul to Soul ft Caron Wheeler – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) 25 S-Express – Theme from S-Express 25 Kylie Minogue – I Should Be So Lucky 23 Aswad – Don’t Turn Around 20 Yazz & the Plastic Population – The Only Way Is Up 15 Marc Almond/Gene Pitney – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart 12 U2 – Desire -2 6 Robin Beck – First Time

per The Guardian, "Other Lives" obits are for "people less in the public eye, or lives lived beyond formal recognition."

Former Taiwanese 'superstar' singer Liu Wen-cheng died last October 29th at age 69. His manager confirmed the singers passing today (February 15th). He also acted in his homeland. Wen-cheng was the nephew of a farmer U.S. ambassador to Burma. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202302150019

His racehorse Afternoon Deelites (wiki) has been euthanised, aged 31.

On this day 4 years ago in 2019, Lee Radziwill,prominent American socialite and sister of former American First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, died aged 85.

British actress Jane Seymour celebrates her 72nd birthday today.

Most people on Grindr are disrespectful, in my experience...

Sheikha Intisar is an interesting personality. She's suffered from PTSD since the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, in addition to that stuff mentioned in the quoted post she's worked with UN's Sustainable Development Goals program and founded atleast three non-profit organisations, the Intisar Foundation that helps women affected by war and trauma in the Arab World, etc, helped make the Arabian Peninsula a slightly better place. Major name in Kuwait, but only 58 and hopefully not a pool possibility soon. Here with her father Sheikh Salem around 2019 or 2020, picture from her Instagram account: Sheikh Salem's donated a lot to charities too and usually donates in millions. His net worth is likely in billions as he's been getting rich from the oil since the 1950s. Also, that dead Saudi Arabian prince seemingly turned out to be a son of King Saud who was the successor (and son) of Ibn Saud/King Abdulaziz. I can understand how he was confused with that son of Ibn Saud.

10 killed, more injured in shooting rampage after a Chinese (lunar) New Year celebration. 2023: The Year of the Gun.

Free on a commuted sentence actually but close enough. A man who was sentenced to death for murdering two gardaí in a bank raid in Roscommon in 1980 has died at his home in Connemara. Peter Pringle (84) served 15 years in jail before he was released in 1995 after his convictions were deemed unsafe and quashed. He was sentenced to death for the capital murders of two gardaí, John Morley and Henry Byrne, during a bank robbery in Ballaghaderreen in July 1980 that shocked the nation. SC

No major news sites are reporting it though. Only tabloids.

Jesus Stephen and Billy haven't aged well

Wow, sad news. RIP to my 17th hit.

Ageing Hollywood glamour puss Angie Dickinson turned 89 yesterday. Many Happy returns!

I had high hopes for the news-worthy if not obit-worthy Chandlers, but it looks like they've been dashed.