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Tim Curry is... 77! Outside of Rocky Horror, It, and Home Alone 2, he also did some voice roles I'd like to show: Besides Hexxus, he also voiced Professor Calamitous in Jimmy Neutron and Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11987769/Barry-Humphries-rushed-hospital-major-health-setback-Dame-Edna.html Rushed back to hospital due to complications and health has now worsened according to this new article.

Hey, some people did sourdough during early lockdown, I did this. I promise if we ever get another global pandemic, or I'm confined to a hospital bed for a week or so but can still use my arms, I will finish this off.

Asahel Porter died on this day 248 years ago, aged 23. - You're probably wondering why I've chosen a seemingly insignificant person for today (I couldn't even find a portrait of him)- but he wasn't. - Porter was a clothing seller from Woburn, Massachusetts, following in his father Josiah's footsteps. In 1773, he married a Ms. Abigail Brooks and had a son, Asahel Jr (who was two months old when his father died). - On the morning of April 19, 1775, Porter and his brother-in-law Josiah Richardson set out on horseback to go to the Boston market. As they entered West Cambridge, the two of them were captured by British officers (possibly believing them to be associated with the Midnight Ride hours before)- despite their pleas of innocence, they were arrested and forced to accompany the troops to Lexington. - The British let the two go there under condition that they remain peaceful- Porter ran off in a panic (likely once the "shot heard round the world" was fired) and was killed from the ensuing exchange of gunfire between the minutemen and the redcoats. - In short, Porter's significance in history was that he was the among the first casualties of the American Revolution.

Didn’t last long:

So, if he does that planned next tour he'll literally be a hip-op artist

Just been to see the new Dungeons & Dragons film. It is pitched absolutely perfectly. So much fun

Thanks to the final stretch of the Windy City pool, here's a Gordon McQueen update: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11911157/Hayley-McQueen-speaks-father-Gordons-dementia-battle-deserted-PFA.html When they announced his dementia with the "cannot eat" bit late 2021, he was actually receiving home hospice care, but he somehow got better and is back to eating solid food again. Still bedridden most of the time.

This has been the bridesmaid pool for me and I'm second again. Frank Field would see me jump over Perhaps but get gazzumped by TheOldLady so I think a Francoise Hardy death might be my best shot.

46 All Saints – Never Ever -3 45 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 45 ATB – 9 P.M. (Till I Come) 44 Jamiroquai – Deeper Underground 44 Britney Spears – Baby One More Time 44 Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden – You Don´t Know Me 43 B*witched – C’est La Vie 40 Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevin – It’s Like That 40 Manic Street Preachers – If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next 39 Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way+2 38 Cornershop – Brimful of Asha+2 33 All Saints – Bootie Call 29 Aqua – Turn Back Time 26 Madonna – Frozen -3 24 Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate 24 S Club 7 – Bring It All Back 23 Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee)  21 Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy

Renowned Irish climber Noel Hanna has died during a descent of Annapurna; he was selected by @Grim Up Northfor the 2021 Deathrace. Peaked too early there, or summit!

Stanley Tam is an unique hit for @WEP CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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

Maxine Klibingaitis, best known as teen punk Bobbie Mitchell in Prisoner Cell Block H and Terry Inglis an original character who was married to Paul Robinson in Neighbours, reportedly dead aged 58:

Those past days have been dry as a nun's pussy in terms of notable deaths. That said, at the moment no one of the hospitalised/ill ones seems on the verge of croaking.

Jimmy Carter, just to say something different :))

Skinner wins! Wow! I really didn’t see this one coming.

Biden's travelling to Northern Ireland on April 11th, then onto the Republic of Ireland. No President attends the coronation.

He's a recovering alcoholic - something that's been in the public domain since Michael Moore started making it an issue and the Bush White House simply ignored it rather than engage and face Moore. That said, he's a successful recovering alcoholic and stands with the likes of Ringo Starr as evidence that it's possible to avoid major relapse.

XXXtentacion (mentioned by The Engineer earlier in thread) must be unusual in that he qualifies for the Scrabble deficit with both his stage name and his real name Jahseh Onfroy. Died when he was 20. Apologies for going off topic. Great thread Spade.

April 13th.

I went to the Pet Shop Boys at the Royal Opera House. (woo-hoo) I enjoyed it very much.

Rumour has it that Neil Young and Marni Nixon are the parents of a secret love child; I doubt it's true though.

How about a girl with a wooden leg who tap dances? Yes, that's an idea but the leg would have to have woodworm

"Hostage" - one of Bruce Willis's best, I think.