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That's one unfortunate-looking human. By the end of the year his head will be at his belly button.

Hits this game May Ric Parnell George Perez Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Boris Pahor June Jay Hopler Billy Kametz Jean Louis Trintignant Deborah James July Susana Dosamantes Susie Steiner John Gwynne Paul Dear Luis Echeverria Larry Storch Bernard Cribbins Paul Sorvino Lukas Lundin Jason DiTullio Nichelle Nichols August Carl Kabat Robyn Griggs Jospephine Tewson Tom Weiskopf Mikhail Gorbachev Bill Turnbill September Marsha Hunt Queen Elizabeth II Irene Papas Mark Souder October Sacheen Littlefeather Peter Tobin Robbie Coltrane Charley Trippi Tony Brown Jerry Lee Lewis November Leslie Phillips Vicky Phelan Maurice Norman Clara Marx Doddie Weir December Julia Reichert Sinisa Mihajlovic Alice Mahon Pele Don West Pepe Benedict January Gianluca Vialli Bernard Kalb King Constantine II Carole Cook Ronald Blythe February Jean-Pierre Jabouille Betty Bothroyd Jim Broyhill March Bobby Caldwell April Benjamin Ferencz Al Jafee Butch Miller Mary Quant Barry Humphries Harry Belafonte Dick Groat FINAL SCOREBOARD WINNER Perhaps-2,810 2nd place-GunUpNorth -2,755 3rd--theoldlady-2,701 4th-gcreptile -2,580 5th-JoeyRuss-2,531 6th- Book-2,452 7th- Drol-2,380 8th-Banana-2,290 9th-Annami-2,210 10th-- Msc-2,175 11th MortalCaso-2,053 12th-Hell-2,041 Tied 13tth-JohnJohn-2,035 Tied 13th-CaptainChorizo-2,035 15th-CaptainHemlock-1,910 16th-- SalmonMousse-1,851 17thTheSpinosaurus  -1846 18th-Marinisia-1,797 19th-wannamaker-1,721 20th-ChileanWay-1,678 21st-BuffaloPhil-1,667 22nd- TheUnknownMan -1,650 23rd-toast-1,587 24th-Grimgrass-1,402 25th-Funeraloplis -1,395 26th--arghton-1,357 27th-Doulton-1,270 28th-wormfarmer-1,260 29th-markb4-1,241 30th-GreatUncleBulgaria 1,216 31st-Commtechsiobibble-902 32nd-Bibliogryphon -810 33rd- LadyFiona-739 34th-Famous6Eva-400 35th-JoeMoneyPenny-330 36th-YorkshireBanker-237 37th-GooseberryCrumble-225 Hits this update Jean-Pierre Jabouille -TheSpinosaurus Barry Humphries-Commtechsiobibble,TheSpinosaurus ***Last 7 day hits bonus ***Harry Belafonte-ChileanWay,Marinisia,toast, ***Dick Groat-Yorkshire Banker Also a bonus 100 to JoeMoneyPenny for getting the youngest hit with Billy Kametz Shout out to Toast for getting the highest point total for a single hit(577) in the 7 year history of the WindyCity Pool Also tip of the cap to Gun for another runner up finish,his 4th and all within a hundred points. Surely a win is on the way one of these years. And huge congrats to the 2022-23 winner Perhaps who becomes only the 4th person to win this Pool.Well deserved in such a competitive field where almost a third of the field at some point where within striking distance

David Attenborough is 97. If he had to narrate his own birthday like one of his documentaries... "Here, we see a member of Homo sapiens approaching the extreme point of its species' lifespan."

Marc Lalonde, Minister for various portfolios under Pierre Trudeau, reportedly dead: https://www-lapresse-ca.translate.goog/actualites/2023-05-07/l-ancien-ministre-federal-marc-lalonde-s-est-eteint.php?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Guitarist Jack Wilkins, who has played with artists like Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Heath, died at 78 years: https://www.thejazzguitarlife.com/2023/05/06/rip-jack-wilkins-1944-2023/

I too thought Don January would die in January, I changed my name to February30th in hopes of gaining immortality

Don January is a hit for me: https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2023/05/07/don-january-dies-age-93-major-champion-obituary

Thread needs renamed tbf, they could have some fun with a new title I'm sure. Not all but a lot of the guys in gay porn seem to live on the edge a bit. Wild partying, heavy boozing and a lot are into this "hnh/chemsex" culture that often accounts for guys in their 20s/30s just not waking up either cos they've overdosed or their heart puts out from long term abuse.

I think it's been a bucket for porn stars of all shades. It's just there aren't enough interested heterosexuals on site to contribute. Or the straight ones just aren't dying...or both...or neither. *shrug* Aren't they all bi/pansexual now anyway?

Kepi Ghoulie is currently on tour in the US. I was working the show when he played Minneapolis this past Thursday. Kepi and his band members, Atom and B-,Face are lovely chaps. It was great having dinner with them before the show

Congrats Mari  1923     Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat / Jack Burke 1924 Anne Vernon /  Richard Rohmer 1925 Lucine Amara / Leo Esaki  1926  Rowena Jackson / Stanley Baxter  1927 Genevieve Page  / Frank Sedgman  1928 Yvonne Furneaux / Joss Ackland    1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Sara Jane Moore  / Robert Wagner  1931 Claire Bloom / Robert Duvall 1932 Jean Boht / William Roache 

On this day 120 years ago, French painter Paul Gauguin died aged 54

May 7 2023 70 The Shadows – Apache 70 Del Shannon – Runaway 52 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 52 Petula Clark – Sailor +4 50 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 44 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 38 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 30 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 27 Helen Shapiro - You Don’t Know 25 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ 24 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 18 The Everly Brothers – Temptation -2 08 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over -4

British children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster and activist Michael Rosen is 77 today.

70 The Shadows – Apache +4 69 Del Shannon – Runaway 52 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 48 Petula Clark – Sailor 47 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 44 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 38 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 36 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 25 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ 24 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 23 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 20 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 18 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over 00 The Marcels— Blue Moon -6

68 Del Shannon – Runaway 66 The Shadows – Apache 48 Petula Clark – Sailor 47 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 47 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 45 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me +4 38 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion 36 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister 25 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ -2 24 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 23 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 14 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over 9 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You -4 8 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight 7 The Marcels – Blue Moon Good to see Leyton and Orbison doing well.

I can see Trump and Obama quite easily becoming nonagenarians but reaching Jimmy's age would be very difficult.

Not deadpooling but personally I knew of a lady who lived near my parents that lasted over 18 months on palliative care. She suffered a catastrophic fall in her 90s and broke several bones and was bed bound. Whilst hospitalised for the fall she was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism that could not be treated due to location age and frailty. She was up and down for 18 months before dying after contracting norovirus. I had a great Uncle also who lasted 5 months in hospice care with terminal lung cancer however those 5 months were deeply unpleasant and it was a huge relief when he did finally die.

Margaret Keane? Robert Graetz? Henry Gray? Gray's stay was only four months and Keane was likely a hospice graduate (died at home, not in the hospice she had been five or four years before her death) but I think Graetz is a contender as multiple articles say he spent "years in hospice".

I noticed that the first 4 hits this year are all from different countries (Pakistan, USA, Japan, UK). Judging by this trend, I'll guess the next hit will be Le Pen, Delors, Kundera, Marcos, or Khameini.

American actress Zohra Lampert is 85 today

Is it common for gay porn actors to leave behind a wife and children?

BBC just announced jockey Walter Swinburn has died aged 55. Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-4026078/Three-time-Derby-winning-jockey-Walter-Swinburn-died-age-55.html

6 years ago today, David Carradine found dead at the age of 72 from autoerotic asphyxiation. I remember seeing this one the news when I was on a lunch break from a training seminar at work. Now I'm back working again in the same building.

Les Leston, former Grand Prix racing driver, turned racewear accessory kingpin and a former DDP pick by my good self, has died after a long illness - http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/news/octanenews/283282/les_leston_19202012.html - not a good year for the drivers of the 1950's, that's the 5th this year.