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John Jacob Astor IV died on this day 111 years ago, aged 47. - Astor was (of course) a member of the wealthy Astor family, who got their money from the fur trade. His sister Helen married a James Roosevelt- making him the half-brother-in-law of president Franklin D. Roosevelt. - Astor published a science fiction novel titled A Journey in Other Worlds in 1894, making predictions on what the year 2000 would be like. Among the things it got right was a global phone network (kind of like the Internet) and solar power. - In 1897, he built the Astoria Hotel- this soon became the original Waldorf-Astoria, which was demolished to construct the Empire State Building. - Astor served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War (rather than using his fame and money to buy himself out), and became a colonel. - Astor married his second wife Madeleine when he was 47 and she was 18. While in France, he got her pregnant, and he wanted their baby to be born in America. They boarded the RMS Titanic in Cherbourg along with their dog named Kitty. - After the ship fatefully scraped the iceberg on the night of April 14, Astor remained unconvinced the ship would sink- he and his wife went to the ship's gym, and he even cut open the lining of a lifejacket thinking it wouldn't work. - Astor eventually helped his wife into Lifeboat #4, and then ordered two female passengers to fill up the remaining seats. He was last seen alive at 1:55 AM on the starboard bridge, smoking a cigarette. - Astor's cause of death remains uncertain- reports stated that he either drowned, froze, or was crushed when the first funnel collapsed about 20 minutes after he was last seen. - At the time of his death, Astor was one of the world's richest people, with a net worth of $87 million (equivalent to $2.5 billion today).

Radha Devi Joshi dead.

Sorted. Thanks!

Angie at the TCM Classic Film Festival yesterday. Wow! Doesn't she look and sound the healthiest 91 year old ever? Drop Angie and Imelda for 2024, DL Committee!!! https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tcm-festival-angie-dickinson-steven-spielberg-classic-film-1235583643/

A couple of weeks ago I was told I passed my final research paper, which means I have obtained my bachelor at university! It's something I'm quite happy with. And all of that while taking part in deathpools, talking about having priorities And this evening I got the news we'll get a kitten, she'll be welcomed in our home in May if everything goes to plan. It'll be the first time we have a cat since our last one passed away aged 17 at the end of 2021. It will be quite a change to suddenly have such a young animal at home but I'm looking forward to it.

The Godfather of soul has prostate cancer. He has told doctors 'I don't feel good' and will be going for surgery next week.

"Records indicate the buyer is fellow Brit and London-based gallery owner India Rose James — an heiress to her late grandfather Paul Raymond’s multimillion-dollar porn and property empire — who doled out $6.5 million for the place, or nearly $5 million more than the legendary Monty Python star and his wife Tania paid musician Mike Oldfield for the property some 18 years ago, back in April 1995." Why are American journalists so thick?

Garn Stephens (Wiki), American actress who played Harriet Hasting in sitcom Phyllis dead at 87 She also appeared in other sitcoms like Barney Miller, All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Jackie Stewart must be one of the last alive (and possibly the last) to have won a race on the Aintree Grand Prix circuit - having won the Formula 3 race there in 1964, the circuit's final year.

Another veteran German actress has died: Maria Sebaldt at age 92 on April 4th. She is best known for starring in 80s TV series like "Ich heirate eine Familie" and "Die Wicherts von nebenan". I always liked her and her acting characters. R.I.P. https://www.gala.de/stars/news/maria-sebaldt------der--ich-heirate-eine-familie--star-ist-gestorben-23050718.html

Holy shit. I was going to see them in October... I knew Paul had issues but figured he would get healthier by October for the tour. This song hits different now:

"Sweet" Charles Sherrell, bassist with James Brown in the late 60s, having earlier played with Aretha Franklin's backing band and later with Al Green, reportedly dead having recently turned 80: https://www.soultracks.com/story-sweet-charles-sherrell-dies He features on this track for example:

This year Premier League relegation battle is the tightest it has ever been with 4 points separating the bottom nine clubs The BBC have just published the chances of survival Half the Premier league clubs now have a different manager than they did at the start of the season, some clubs changing more than one

She hasn't resigned yet. SNP might be quite glad to get someone in place to prove themselves, but it's a terrible swing seat which could easily go to Labour. Who knows?

Remember Devin Lima, who died of cancer back in 2018? Well, the man he replaced in LFO, original member Brian "Brizz" Gillis has also now reportedly died: This means that there is only one surviving member of that group now alive - Brad Fischetti. While Gillis was with the group, they had a minor UK chart hit with If I Can't Have You, reaching #54 in May 1999:

Anne Clark seems to have recovered well enough to tour again, but she was in intensive care for a while: https://www.side-line.com/anne-clark-back-on-tour-after-battling-with-cancer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anne-clark-back-on-tour-after-battling-with-cancer

Antonín Hájek, Czech ski jumper has been found dead in Indonesia aged 36. Competed in 2010 and 2014.

Tauno Honkanen, 1948 Winter Olympics Military Patrol is still alive as far as I know despite not being mentioned on the Oldest Olympians list. 2014 YLE mention, 2019 image from Facebook. Should be one of the last people to participate in that still alive. Jaroslav Šír is the only one marked living on Wikipedia, on the Czech team Otto Skrbek and Karel Dvořák are likely dead, same for Romanians Niculae-Cornel Crăciun and Ion Kasky. All the others are confirmed to be dead.

By-Election is on. He has just resigned from the commons.

So near yet so far. "Joanna Lumley reveals she was ambushed by bandits in Haiti". https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/joanna-lumley-reveals-she-was-ambushed-by-bandits-in-haiti/ar-BB10FS6V?ocid=spartanntp

I saw a photo of Hillary Clinton today. I think she's turning in to Cilla Black!

That's right Bruno, it's not football unless someone picks up the ball and runs with it. Why one would dress up like a moto-cross rider to play is beyond me.

I blame Beverley Knight.......