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Ok, there is a slight trend from my query so I would follow that and prepare a KoS of UK No.1-hits of the 60's. The ESC-winner-KoS (with almost 70 winning songs) can be postponed until later or next year so that we don't have two larger games running in parallel. That wouldn't be a big problem, but we have all the time in the world, so there's no need to rush. Thanks for your opinions! And now keep on killing and keep on saving

You can fuck your allegiance. Does that count as swearing allegiance, you boot licking turds?

One of those days where the obitwriting took up most my Saturday, haha, so glad to hear it's appreciated. Belafonte was my first obit of this length in some time, iirc longest since the Queen, so definitely crossing fingers whenever it's Carter's time that it's during a dry spell!

Guitarist Tim Bachman, who co-founded the Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive along with his brothers Randy and Robbie Bachman, and Fred Turner, in 1973, died yesterday (April 28, 2023). https://bestclassicbands.com/tim-bachman-bto-obituary-4-29-23/

April 30th 2023 65 No Doubt – Don’t Speak 44 White Town – Your Woman +4 40 Madonna  – Vogue 24 Fatboy Slim – Praise You 21 The Fugees – Killing Me Softly 10 Shakespear's Sister – Stay -6 08 Adamski – Killer Still can't get over Your Woman reaching #1. Weird lo-fi pop is my absolute jam and it's cool that the UK public agreed for one week in 1997. Props to my British brethren.

Peter Mayhew died on this day 4 years ago, aged 74. - Mayhew was diagnosed with gigantism at the age of 8, and reached the height of 7 foot 3 (2.2 meters). - Mayhew's first role he was hired for was as Minoton the robot minotaur in the film Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger- he got the role after one of the producers found him from a newspaper article about men with large feet (no clue why they chose him for that over his height). The film, however, was released a few months after the first Star Wars film. - Initially, Chewbacca was to be portrayed by David Prowse- who became the man in the Darth Vader suit (with James Earl Jones providing his iconic voice). Mayhew got the role after standing up in front of George Lucas, and Mayhew studied the behaviors of bears, monkeys and gorillas to inspire his performance. - Most of Mayhew's roles following this were Chewbacca, but there were some exceptions. He played a mechanic in the 1978 film Terror, and the villain in 2008's Yesterday Was a Lie. Mayhew even got into voice acting, providing the voice of Susha in the English dub of Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy. - Outside of Star Wars properties, Mayhew would portray the character in several television shows, ranging from The Muppet Show to Glee. - Mayhew became a naturalized American citizen in 2005.

Carl XVI (Gustaf), the king of Sweden since 1973, is 77.

British peer, investment banker and a member of the Rothschild banking family Jacob Rothschild is 87 today. American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer Jerry Seinfeld is 69 today.

List sent via messenger on Wednesday a few days ago. Thanks for doing this again.

Don Sebesky, a composer, arranger and conductor, has died. Sebesky worked with such orchestras as the London Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Pops, The New York Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic of London, and the Toronto Symphony. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Don-Sebesky-Broadway-Orchestrator-of-PARADE-and-More-Has-Passed-Away-20230429?fbclid=IwAR0NQ5IF-iiAYtuDmyOd6Q0hqSXRd6F3nXphi2KSlTyW8tzNA89BDT3th7U

On the 27th April episode of ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast Alastair Campbell revealed that he had recently participated in the preparation of an obituary for Rupert Murdoch which concluded with them being asked if overall he was a force for good or for bad. Apparently this is a common thing now with public figures but the most high profile example I remember of this recently was the Queen and it appeared she wasn't around very much longer after the interviews took place.

I’d bet more people know about/remember the Queen Mother outside of the UK tha know about/remember Kissinger outside the US. He’s not even Scottish.

Belgian Prime Minister Mark Eyskens is 90 today.

Since he’s been in hospice, Jimmy has outlived Betty Boothroyd, Paul O’Grady, Nigel Lawson, Mary Quant, Barry Humphries, Harry Belafonte, Len Goodman, Jerry Springer, a member of The Script, a handful of gay pornstars and the bloke from S Club 7. Long may he reign!

Ian Kershaw, 80, is an English historian and professor whose work centers around 20th-century German history. Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield until his retirement, he is regarded as one of the leading scholarly authorities on Adolf Hitler and Nazism, being particularly notable for his biographical work on the German dictator.

He was not an actor or comedian. It's a total insult to the dedicated professionals. His life was very sad. He was nearly illiterate and he couldn't even write his name. He was a poor indigent, whose infectious laughter brought him global fame, and whose body was not claimed by family members or friends after his death.

Felicity Crump, oldest ever in Alderney, dead at 110.

Jim Fox, British athlete who won Gold in the Modern Pentathlon (Team) at the 1976 Montreal Games, has died aged 81. Obituary: The Guardian

Carter. Its time.

Ukrainian Vira Krepkina, 1960 Long Jump gold medallist for the USSR, has died aged 90. She was a sprinter, competing in the 100m and 4x100m in 1952, 56 and 60, being eliminated in the heats, but in 1960 also entered the long jump, and surisingly won with a jump of 6.37m (OR).

Sandy Gall

Cleo Laine? Rosalynn Carter? Estelle Parsons?

Not dead, the now 90 year old Ray Austin was interviewed in last week's Radio Times. Stuntman, actor, director of every major 70s show (Avengers, Randall and Hopkirk and so on.) Shagged Cary Grant's wife, taught Diana Rigg kung fu. Anyhow apparently he's meant to be in good nick and writing his memoirs.

Indian-born British property developer and polo player Kuldip Singh Dhillon (wiki) dead at 72. Brits on here will remember the big controversy in 2009 when it was revealed that Charles' nickname for Dhillon was "Sooty". Dhillon not only defended Charles but said he was called it by all of his friends and he liked it. Times obit.