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King Edward VII died on this day 113 years ago, aged 68. - Considering what today is... Edward's coronation took place on August 9, 1902, over a year and a half after the death of his mother Queen Victoria. It was originally planned for June 26, but he was diagnosed with appendicitis two days prior, and had to undergo surgery to remove an abscess from his appendix. - Edward's mother blamed him for the death of his father (Prince Albert)- Edward had an affair with a woman named Nellie Clifden, and Albert went to his house to scold him- while it was raining. Albert would be diagnosed with typhoid fever and die not long after this, and Victoria wrote that "I never can, or shall, look at [Edward] again without a shudder". - Clifden was not the only woman Edward had an affair with- historians believe that he had over 50 mistresses, and several of these occurred while he was wed to Alexandra of Denmark. This earned him the nickname "Dirty Bertie". - Edward was known for his progressive views on race- he stated that just because Indians have "a black face and a different religion from our own, there is no reason why he should be treated as a brute", and he would also socialize with Jewish financiers during a time when anti-Semitism was everywhere. - Edward was known to eat five meals a day (ten courses each), and he had a waistline that had a circumference of 48 inches (122 cm). - Edward's favorite pet was his Wire Fox Terrier, Caesar, who was present at his funeral. - One of Edward's mistresses was a woman named Alice Keppel- she was the great-grandmother of Queen Consort Camilla (Camilla's grandmother was a legitimate child, so only Charles is a descendent of Edward). - Only one of Edward's subjects is still alive- 113-year-old Ethel Caterham.

Zero Lives of Ryuichi Sakamoto Yes, I still hadn't done this one yet. Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died of colon cancer at the age of 71. He will be remembered for his influential electronic music production, his work in the band Yellow Magic Orchestra, his scores for films like The Last Emperor, The Revenant, and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and that one weirdly hot album cover of him holding a lamp in a bathtub. Probably lucky to have lived for another 45 years after that. Now, excuse me while I bring this quote over from the Ryuichi Sakamoto thread to put all the coffee posts in context, because I wasn't sure what you were all on about until I read it: Well, fortune favours the bold... in games other than the Inverse Dead Pool, which is largely unrewarding for the bold, but thank you @Sir Creep for keeping the game interesting at your own 25-point expense. Unfortunately, coffee enemas are ineffective at treating colon cancer. The biggest leaderboard drop, however, is @msc, whose 14-point hit drops him 41 places after he was among the 11 who didn't bet on Bacharach – which means we have our first distinct top 10 of the year, all on 0 points. But for how long? Until 11 days ago, actually, but I'm catching up. The only other points are the 9-osaurus for @TheSpinosaurus, and 1 for @MariNisia, who actually rises 2 places at Creep and Spino's expense. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. CaptainChorizo 0 = 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 = 1. Perhaps 0 = 1. Summer in Transylvania 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Death Impends 0 = 1. Alcalina 0 = 1. Book 0 = 1. Annami 0 ▲ 11. Spade_Cooley 1 ▲ 12. diego 2 ▲ 12. Sean 2 ▲ 14. Grimgrass 3 ▲ 14. gcreptile 3 ▲ 16. marinade 4 ▲ 16. BuffaloPhil 4 ▲ 16. Nick 4 ▲ 16. machotrouts 4 ▲ 20. BabyBlue 6 ▲ 21. Captain Hemlock 7 ▲ 21. ThereWillBeDeaths7 7 ▲ 21. Newjack 7 ▲ 24. Joey Russ 9 ▲ 24. Pedro67 9 ▲ 24. MortalCaso 9 ▲ 27. Funeralopolis 10 ▲ 27. Hell 10 ▲ 27. En Passant 10 ▲ 30. The Unknown Man 11 ▲ 30. nantonian2013 11 ▲ 30. chilean way 11 ▲ 30. YoungWillz 11 ▲ 30. The Old Crem 11 ▲ 30. An Fear Beag 11 ▲ 36. Bibliogryphon 12 ▲ 36. Torva Messor 12 ▲ 38. deadsox 13 ▲ 38. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 38. theoldlady 13 ▲ 38. Wormfarmer 13 ▼ 42. msc +14 14 ▲ 42. Toast 14 ▲ 44. wannamaker 16 ▲ 44. CalebH 16 ▲ 46. TQR 17 ▲ 47. MariNisia +1 21 ▼ 48. TheSpinosaurus +9 25 ▲ 48. machotrouts' mum 25 ▼ 50. Sir Creep +25 40

Norma Major unwell and not attending the Coronation today.

At the Coronation as is his sister and Brother and sister in law.

French author Philippe Sollers dead at 86

Was due to be there though from my interpretation of it. Could just be a dose of the flu or whatever

Was made a honorary Brigadier General by the U.S Air Force yesterday, seems to have declined a fair bit compared to a couple of months ago.

No Norma Major at the coronation due to being unwell. One to watch.

Update time, as your host continues to sully the name of this much-maligned pool by actually keeping it up to date. It would have been done sooner, but we have been awaiting a decision from chief adjudicator @Clorox Bleachman on Barry Humphries. Humphries died from complications of surgery following a fall, so I asked for an adjudication as to whether that might sneak an unnatural death bonus. After a long period of reflection, Clorox made a wise and considered judgement which can be summarised as "fucked if I know, see what @Death Impendsdoes in the DDP". No unnatural death bonus in the DDP, means no unnatural death bonus here. BARRY HUMPHRIES +2 Base Point +3 Selected by 2 Teams +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section (it has to be those exact two words" ) -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1") -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1 for every time a pick has remarried") +1 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Pedro67 ThereWillBeDeaths7 So all that effort, and there has been bugger-all change to the scoreboard. @Pedro67 and @ThereWillBeDeaths7 move up 1 point, and no places in the scoreboard! GCREPTILE +44 3 Hits BOOK +33 2 Hits THE OLD LADY +29 2 Hits WANNAMAKER +25 2 Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +17 3 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +15 3 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +14 2 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +14 2 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +13 1 Hit PERHAPS +11 3 Hits MSC +9 2 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +8 2 Hits LIZ LEMON +8 1 Hit THE UNKNOWN MAN +7 1 Hits TRACY +6 2 Hits MARINISIA +6 1 Hit THE OLD CREM +6 1 Hit TOAST +6 1 Hit BIBLIOGRYPHON +4 1 Hit TQR +4 1 Hit CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +3 1 Hit PEDRO67 +2 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE 0 0 Hits MRS PEDRO 0 0 Hits

Nabeesa Ummal dead at 92.

06/May/2023 58 The Shadows – Apache 56 Del Shannon – Runaway 47 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 44 Petula Clark – Sailor +1 38 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 35 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 32 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 32 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 30 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 29 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ 27 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over 25 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 22 The Marcels – Blue Moon -6 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 19 Elvis Presley – It´s Now Or Never 16 Anthony Newley – Do You Mind 15 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed 15 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You 11 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight +3 09 Adam Faith – Poor Me 09 Johnny Preston – Running Bear

I daren't contemplate success next year. I've been burned too many times. But maybe, just maybe...

To be fair he is older than all five DL hits so far. Should never have been dropped.

John Flansburgh, one half of They Might Be Giants, is 63.

Most doddery he's ever looked. Still got his faculties but tripped over his words a few times. But astonishing to think he's 97, though.

Thank you for the information !

May be the last photo of Liz Taylor, in 2011

Just looked at those pictures. Buzz Aldrin certainly looks like an older Robert Morse.

As much as I would enjoy to see her reach 100 (she’s such a sweet lady) i doubt she will...

Around these parts she'll always be "Murder By Death actress...." Speaking of which, I believe she's one of only three castmembers from that film still with us.

Just been researching PPA sounds utterly horrendous as apparently you are still aware you cant communicate properly until the disease gets to its late stages.

And Narcos is back. All 7 episodes dumped overnight so first one watched, the rest tomorrow. Pablo being Pablo , its excellently done. Si, Patron.

It was just a simple joke about Deathray. I didn't want to provoke any tedious arguments and go too far off topic Besides that..

April 27 two big entries: 1. 50 years ago today Edward R. Murrow. 2. 100 years ago today, John Labatt, who gave us the finest Canadian beer produced, Labatt Blue. Arguing that fact tells us more about you than you may want to share on the internet. SC