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I had him last year! My primary reason for dropping him this year was that I'm very bad at DDP.

french perfumer Jean Kerléo (wiki) who founded the Osmothèque (a museum of perfume) in Versailles and worked for Jean Patou is still alive at 91. A niche name but I'm currently doing a thesis on perfume and tried to get in contact with him for my researches. Quite a brillant person though.

A great, gifted footballer, but he was an amazing human being. Rest in Peace, Luis Márquez.

Burt Bacharach number 17 on the green list Ryuichi Sakamoto number 17 on the red list

Yeah, I saw that and figured it's The Guardian so she did actually answer the questions. Then again, David Crosby (oft fingered hereabouts as a dodgy pick) was happily unleashing his drol humour on social media, rehearsing his band ahead of some gigs, and then he went for a nap. He was younger than Tina Turner

She is the oldest known person born in Serbia since 20/Apr/21

Marcelino Abad Tolentino's claimed 123rd birthday confirmed. Unfortunately he is now wheelchair-bound. https://www.gob.pe/institucion/pension65/noticias/738924-pension-65-el-usuario-mas-longevo-del-pais-cumplio-123-anos

Bill Butler is a hit for me and others.

Rosa Grilo not getting any older: https://buenosairesherald.com/society/indigenous-survivor-rosa-grilo-dies-at-115

Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg has died aged 97.

Did he pop out for a packet of fags?

So all the kebab shops will be shut then.

It's an ill family... Queen Mother Sirikit - Debilitating severe stroke in 2012, hospitalised multiple times since with bladder, lung, etc infections. Likely suffering from dementia. Extremely frail for the last five years but currently impressively stable, miracle that she's still alive. King Rama X - US cables said he was suffering from HIV/Hepatitis C and blood cancer in 2009, in ICU with "respiratory problems" last year. I wouldn't be suprised if he dropped dead suddenly, people with such lifestyles usually don't see 75+. Princess Sirindhorn - Ill with heart diseases since atleast 2019. Undergone a lot of treatment. Princess Soamsawali - Two strokes in 2019, other ailments. Princess Chulabhorn - Systemic lupus, pancreatitis in 2014, sometimes has inflammations/infections, stomach problems... Princess Bajrakitiyabha - currently gravely ill with heart problems. Chakriwat Vivacharawongse - neurofibromatosis. + Induratana Paribatra - ex-royal, centenarian. Not made appearances since around 2017 when she was already in quite frail health. + Bandhu Savali Kitiyakara - mother of Princess Soamsawali. Wheelchairbound and very frail for atleast ten years.

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is 78 today! The Indian politician, former Chief Minister of West Bengal who tried to industrialize the state, has been ill with COPD, heart and lung diseases for ages and is mostly bedbound nowadays

American actor Joe Don Baker is 86 today. Recognisable from Cool Hand Luke, Mars Attacks! and Cape Fear but most known for his roles in 3 Bond films – Whitaker in The Living Daylights and then Wade in GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies. A pick for 3 teams in the DDP...

Gotta love merkins...

In order to have a QO, you must be dead. I stand by that theory. SC

The NFL is overwhelming the number 1 sport in America and Bart Starr is an Icon of one of it's most popular teams.If Kirk Kekorian and Fergie Frederiksen met the threshold for Us name inclusion in the past, I don't see why Starr couldn't get a spot in the top 50 should he be alive Jan 1.

I searched his name and couldn't find a reference to him specifically my apologies if already posted. Former BC Premier Bill Bennett passed away yesterday from complications of Alzheimers. He was quite controversial. I even wrote a song about one of the scandals for a staff holiday party. CTV Link: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/former-b-c-premier-bill-bennett-dies-at-age-83-1.2687580

Both, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and songwriter Steve Gaines and lead singer Ronnie van Zant, and 4 other passengers/pilots were killed in a tragic plane crash on October 20, 1977, when the plane carried the band between two shows. They were 28 and 29 respectively.

Today in 1978 Belgian singer and composer Jacques Brel died, aged 49. regards, Hein

Today in 1955, James Dean, who was in 'East of Eden' directed by Kazan, died in a car crash aged 24...

That's 2 world wars for you... That and the stress of being married to women!

It looks to me as though Her Majesty is scowling on that picture. Catherine Masters has died aged 111 years. Believe me Windsor, when you get past 50 a scowl means: "happy as a pig in shit." One loses use of the muscle that lifts one's mouth corners.