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Vasily Reshetnikov dead at 103.

Great idea for a thread, if a little depressing.

Henny Cruyff, older brother of the late Johan Cruyff, sometime father-in-law of Ruud Gullit and father of Dutch model and fashion designer Estelle Cruyff, reportedly dead after suffering from Alzheimer's for many years: https://nos-nl.translate.goog/artikel/2468325-sportondernemer-henny-cruijff-broer-van-johan-overleden?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Well, she was listed twice!

Walter Gassire, Uruguayan goalkeeper had died aged 76. Obit (In Spanish). Petar Nadoveza, Croatian striker and manager has died aged 80. Obit (In Croatian).

61 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta´s Paradise 43 Livin’ Joy – Dreamer 43 Whigfield – Saturday Night 42 Stiltskin – Inside 37 Pato Banton – Baby Come Back 37 Take That – Back For Good 32 D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better 32 Baby D. – Let Me Be Your Fantasy 26 Toni di Bart – The Real Thing (If I Can't Have You) 25 Blur – Country House +4 23 Shaggy – Boombastic 20 Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist And Shout 18 Mariah Carey – Without You 18 Take That – Never Forget 14 Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom 14 Michael Jackson – Earth Song 09 Symbol (Prince) – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 09 Take That – Everything Changes 04 Cher, Neneh Cherry & Chrissie Hynde with Eric Clapton – Love Can Build A Bridge -6

Just wait until Candle In the Wind in 1997.

I know that is Prince Philip's last photo, but it's not nearly as iconic as the one that started that Prince Philip is a zombie/vampire meme.

28 Livin´ Joy – Dreamer +4 26 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta´s Paradise 26 Shaggy – Boombastic 25 Stiltskin – Inside 24 Whigfield – Saturday Night 24 Pato Banton – Baby come back 24 Toni di Bart – The real thing (If I can't have you) 23 Baby D. – Let me be your fantasy 22 Take That – Back for good 22 Take That – Never forget 21 Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom 21 D:Ream – Things can only get better 20 Oasis – Some might say 20 Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist and shout 20 Mariah Carey – Without you 20 Doop – Doop 20 Symbol (Prince) – The most beautiful girl in the world 20 Celine Dion – Think twice 20 Cher, Neneh Cherry & Chrissie Hynde with Eric Clapton – Love can build a bridge 20 Outhere Brothers – Don´t stop (Wiggle Wiggle) 20 Michael Jackson – You are not alone 20 Simply Red – Fairground 20 Blur – Country House 17 Michael Jackson – Earth Song 15 Take That – Sure 15 Take That – Everything changes 15 Wet Wet Wet – Slush is all around -5 14 Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe 14 Robson Greene & Jerome Flynn – Unchained Melody/The white cliffs of Dover 14 Robson Greene & Jerome Flynn – I believe / Up on the roof  0 Man Football Squad – Stick to kicking a ball around -1

Aye, relevant atm because Bojo faces a hearing on Wednesday into whether he misled parliament. He's already been refused permission for his lawyer to speak on his behalf so if it goes really badly he could be suspended for long enough that the rules regarding a constituency recall petition might apply. Basically, if enough people officially ask he'd be forced into a by-election, that'd be tasty too.

24 Blur – Country House 24 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta´s Paradise 24 Toni di Bart – The real thing (If I can't have you) 20 Chaka Demus & Pliers – Twist and shout 20 D:Ream – Things can only get better 20 Mariah Carey – Without you 20 Doop – Doop 20 Take That – Everything changes 20 Symbol (Prince) – The most beautiful girl in the world 20 Stiltskin – Inside 20 Wet Wet Wet – Love is all around 20 Whigfield – Saturday Night 20 Take That – Sure 20 Pato Banton – Baby come back 20 Baby D. – Let me be your fantasy 20 Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe 20 Celine Dion – Think twice 20 Cher, Neneh Cherry & Chrissie Hynde with Eric Clapton – Love can build a bridge 20 Outhere Brothers – Don´t stop (Wiggle Wiggle) 20 Take That – Back for good 20 Livin´ Joy – Dreamer 20 Outhere Brothers – Boom Boom Boom 20 Take That – Never forget 20 Michael Jackson – You are not alone 20 Shaggy – Boombastic 20 Simply Red – Fairground 20 Robson Greene & Jerome Flynn – I believe / Up on the roof 20 Michael Jackson – Earth Song 16 East 17 – Stay another day +2 16 Oasis – Some might say +2 14 Robson Greene & Jerome Flynn – Unchained Melody/The white cliffs of Dover -6 14 Manchester United Football Squad– Come on you reds

61 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode +4 58 Shakespear’s Sister — Stay 58 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 48 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 29 Snap! – Rhythm Is a Dancer -6 25 2 Unlimited – No Limit 19 Bluebells – Young at Heart

Eternal cancer fighter Ronnie Atkins still stage 4, still fighting, but still everything fine: https://blabbermouth.net/news/pretty-maids-singer-ronnie-atkins-who-is-battling-stage-four-cancer-offers-update-on-his-health

32 Ace of Base – All That She Wants +1 30 Shakespeares Sister — Stay 26 Bluebells – Young At Heart 26 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode +2 24 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 23 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 23 2 Unlimited – No Limit +1 22 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 20 Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl 20 KWS – Please Don´t Go/Game Boy 20 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 20 Jimmy Nail – Ain´t No Doubt 20 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road 20 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 20 Gabrielle – Dreams 20 Take That – Pray 18 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room! 18 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 18 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) 18 Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 16 Take That ft. Lulu – Relight My Fire -6 10 Charles and Eddie — Would I Lie To You 10 Mr. Blobby – Mr. Blobby 08 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 08 UB40 – (I Can´t Help) Falling In Love With You 08 Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy

49 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 49 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives 46 Adamski – Killer 44 Madonna – Vogue +4 08 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -6

61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 48 Adamski – Killer 42 Madonna – Vogue +4 35 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives 24 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -6 4 Snap! – The Power It’s the longest day of the week here in the U.S.of A., so I’m voting early and preparing for 1992-93 on the morrow.

Jim Durkin, founding guitarist for thrash band Dark Angel, has died. He was 58. https://www.revolvermag.com/music/jim-durkin-dark-angel-guitarist-dead-58

Israeli army colonel during World War II Alex Ziloni (Wiki) dead at 107

Dunno where else to put this, frankly - but this woman has sampled scones in every National Trust location. 49 years old or not I'm wondering how her heart health is holding up, note the cream on the plate in the picture. Her husband was battling cancer and didn't see the end of his journey in assisting her. Seriously doubt his consultant suggested additional baked goods and jam was an ideal treatment. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64822669

I don't have an exact birth date, but according to this French language article from January 2022, Len 'Kojak' Shelley was 81 at the time it was written. Presuming Shelley is now 82, he was likely born in 1940. https://www.viva-media.ca/la-voix-regionale-vaudreuil-soulanges/culture-vs/arts-visuels-vs/dune-toile-a-lautre-pour-len-shelley/

A quite interesting topic, I decided to check which country/autonomous territory flags have alive designers. What I found (only ones known to be alive included): Flag of Nigeria: Taiwo Akinkunmi (1936-2023) Flag of Greenland: Thue Christiansen (1940-2022) Flag of North Macedonia: Miroslav Grčev (b. 1955) Flag of Grenada: Anthony C. George (1938-2024) Flag of the Marshall Islands: Emlain Kabua (1928-2023) also the widow of 1st President Amata Kabua (1928-1996) Flag of Bangladesh: Shib Narayan Das (1946-2024) Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mladen Kolobarić (1933-2009)

@Octopus of Odstock Terry Regan b. 26 Jun 1926, Bradford, EN (Hugman's) As per Electoral Register: Name Mr Terence Regan Birth 1924-1926 Residence 2005-2006, 2008-2010 Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England And as per 192 People... still in Ilkley in 2020. Doesn't appear in Probates so still alive. ------------------------- Alf Horne b. Alfred Horne 6 Sep 1926 in Brixworth, EN (Hugman's) Record match: Name Alfred T Horne Birth Oct 1926 Brixworth, Northamptonshire Family tree match: Name Alfred T Horne Spouse: Audrey M Sutton Vaux Birth: Dec 1926 Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England (presumably says Dec because his birth was registered in quarter 4 i.e. Oct–Dec) Death: Jun 1967 Watford, Hertfordshire, England And here's that record from the official death index: Name Alfred T Horne Birth abt 1922 Death Apr 1967 Watford, Hertfordshire, England Problem – it says he was 45, and gives his year of birth as "about 1922". However, it wasn't unheard of for information to be recorded wrongly in the death index during this period – I found loads of this when I was doing my own family tree, and also British musicians. I still think this is him. ------------------------ Alec Montgomery Easy one. A unique name by English standards. Here he is in the Electoral Register: Name Mr Alec Montgomery Birth 1924-1926 Residence 2003-2008, 2010 Atherstone, Warwickshire, England Still there as of 2021 according to 192 People. ---------------------- Bill Anderson b. William Anderson 6 Nov 1926 in Lochore, Fife, Scotland (Hugman's) This COULD be him (via an Ancestry family tree): Bill Anderson b. 1926 Fife, Scotland d. 1987 Hounslow, England Check the death index and here it is: Name: William Anderson Death Age: 60 Birth Date: 26 Nov 1926 Registration Date: Aug 1987 Registration District: Hounslow Inferred County: Greater London Volume: 13 Page: 987 So a slight variance in the DOB (6 vs. 26), like we've seen before but my hunch is this is him. Probably worth ordering the certificates (the birth certificate from Scotland's People and the death certificate from the GRO) to see if there are matches (e.g. birthplace, parents names etc). That will give the answer. That's all of 1926 now done.

Aye, has anyone checked Tinder to see if he's set up a profile?

I'm actually finding this a bit annoying. Was he really that great? He's definitely not the best black footballer I've ever seen that was Tony Fuckin Yeboah, thanks. He's probably not gonna die but they're gonna report every time he's in hospital over the next decade until he does.....