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Kenneth Anger dead at 96.

From the front page obit, very rare humor from their obits: In the later parts of career, rumours had started to spread that Harris had a dark secret. It started to become clear that the clues had been there for years and then people started to come forward to substantiate the claims. Finally, it was revealed that Harris was indeed an Australian…

Jimmy Carter has peacefully enjoyed some regular servings of ice cream at 98.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31) 1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32) 1990: Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (4/42) 1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40) 1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37) 1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker (3/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50) 1995: Holly Johnson (1/50) 1996: Mr T (1/50) 1997: (0/50) 1998: (0/50) 1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50) 2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50) 2001: Liza Minnelli (1/50) 2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50) 2004: (0/50) 2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50) 2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50) 2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50) 2009: (0/50) 2010: (0/50) 2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50) 2012: Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (3/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50) 2014: Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (2/50) 2015: Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (2/50) 2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (6/50) 2017: Jimmy Carter, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Emperor Akihito (4/50) 2018: Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (12/50) 2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (10/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, David Attenborough (16/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Jacques Delors, Ali Khamenei, Prunella Scales, Tony Bennett, Rosalynn Carter, Dick Cheney, Bob Newhart, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (25/50) 2022: Dick Van Dyke, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Dick Cheney, Mel Brooks, Bobby Charlton, David Attenborough, Emperor Akihito, Rosalynn Carter, Sandy Gall, Desmond Morris, Ted Kaczynski, Jean-Marie Le Pen, James Whale, Cleo Laine, Jacques Delors, Denis Law, Prunella Scales, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Michael Gambon, Douglas Hurd, Silvio Berlusconi, Marianne Faithfull, Milan Kundera, Linda Ronstadt, Joss Ackland, Shane MacGowan (33/50) Updated for Tina Turner.

Jazz composer and musician Bill Lee has died at 94. (paywall) Was the father of Spike Lee, and composed the scores of some of his son's films (i.e. Do the Right Thing).

Xandy Negrão, born in Campinas, died at the age of 70 from cancer, 4x Stock Car runner-up in Brazil, 95, 96, 97, and 99, At Endurance Brasil, Xandy was alongside his son, Xandinho, in the 2018 runner-up The partnership lasted until 2020, when they won the category title – André Negrão, cousin of Xandinho, Ricardo Zonta and Ricardo Baptista also participated in the campaign. He is the founder and former owner of Medley, one of the largest generic drug laboratories in Brazil. In March 2009, the company was sold to Sanofi, which paid R$1.5 billion for the Brazilian pharmaceutical company. Xandy Negrão morre aos 70 anos em decorrência de um câncer - Notícia de Stock Car - Grande Prêmio (grandepremio.com.br)

Mirror obit. Sad, this. What a legend.

Robert R. Johnson, last member of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition, apparently died last month at 102.

There's a short video from a celebration that seemingly took place yesterday. There are additional photos here.

Rolf in Hell ! The paedo was a popular pick ans ends up being a hit for Charles de Gaulle, ladyfiona, Summer in Transylvania, khtonia, theoldlady, wannamaker, WEP, Perhaps, handrejka, gcreptile, Torva Messor, Captain Chorizo, Sean, Book, Great Uncle in Bulgaria and me ; and a miss for @BuffaloPhil (Dignam in) @Insane Who thus need to provide a New sub. great job to everyone, one point each : when thé game started, everyone added Harris to their subs list saying he would never make thé official list : 6 months later, he’s only a miss for 2 people ! @Charles De Gaulle : Ted Turner in. It’s your last chance to submit 3 subs, if you don’t, then I’ll remove you from the Game. @ladyfiona : Frank Field in and Nolan on the sub bench @Summer in Transylvania : Esther Rantzen in and Glynis Johns as sub 3 @Khthonia : Roberta Flack in but I’m afraid Barczyk doesn’t qualify for this game. Please choose another sub. @theoldlady : Paul Hogan in and Katie Keltie in @wannamaker : Jonnie Irwin in and Michael Tilson Thomas in the waiting line @WEP : Roman Kostomarov in and Christoph Daum as new sub @Perhaps : Daniel Ellsberg in and Patrick Murray as sub 3 @gcreptile: Mike Sertich in, a sub to choose @Handrejka : Yvonne Furneaux in Roy Meadow in the waiting room @Toast : James Whale in Christy Dignam on subs list @Torva Messor : Jimmy Carter in (that was close) and Christy Dignam as sub 3 @CaptainChorizo : Carter in, Rosalynn that is, and Black Bart as sub 3 @Sean : Esther Rantzen in and Patrick Murray on the bench @Book : Nick Anderton in and Nolan as new sub @Great Uncle Bulgaria : Glynis Johns in Christy Dignam added Hope I didn’t make any mistake, I’ll update the scoreboard later as I spent one hour to sum up this on my phone !

Well praise the Lord - we finally got there! One very hard-earned bonus point for you.

The old lady will be gutted at missing out on the chance of swinging her scythe.

Nice to be at the top end of the table for now though Summer beckons. Looking at the current top 5's "differentials". SPADE Adrian Sutton, Chris Stone, Mark Stokes (obit), Bill Steel, Dikembe Mutombo, Jeanette Lee, Joe Doering I'm not ruling out a "This Christmas, I remember my best mate Mark Stokes who totally died" Guardian article till 2024 happens. Three of these names (Sutton, Mutombo, Lee) were ones I thought would last till 2024. Jeannette Lee is sicker than I thought, so she might wind up crucial, but Chris Stone is a strong 8 points if he dies and obits. (I suspect he will obit, but have been burned on LOTL picks in the past.) JOEY John Ashton, Toni Hilland, Scott Nisbet, Teresa Taylor Joey's kept faith with his musician Ashton though Stage IV prostate cancer is very much a slow burner. He went risky with Teresa Taylor (how is she still alive? but will she obit?) and picked Toni Hilland probably a year earlier, but if either of these gambles pay off, then he's in the drivers seat. I've no idea why Joey picked Nisbet, whose kidney cancer has been under control for over a year now! Maybe he knows something I don't? RAD CHAP Starmer-Smith, Larry Pressler, Linda Nolan, Randy Jackson. Rad's that guy I can't shake off. We have 15 picks in common (stop using telepathy, Rad!), and of the 4 living differentials, 2 are on their way out and one is ridded with pancreatic cancer. This is the main reason I rank my own chances of winning below 10%, as the window of opportunity for overtaking Rad is very small. Almost impossible if Linda Nolan snuffs it. Why do I always ignore the Nolan Sisters? Other than good taste, of course. DROL Rhod Gilbert, Toby Keith, Andy Taylor, Michael York Michael York's an interesting one, he's hung for so long with a rotten diagnosis but you feel he's fighting gravity. (Surely a DL pick next year?) The other three seem too healthy at the moment, and to challenge Spade, Drol needs Toby Keith or Rhod Gilbert to decline quickly. But you have to be in it to win it. DDT Aston Barrett, Faye Fantarrow, Dickie Guy, Ilia II, Randy Jackson, Dikembe Mutombo, Tom Oliver, Mark Stokes (obit), Adrian Sutton The Living End might not win the DDP for the 4th time but they've got the most interesting team in the top 5 places at the moment. Music, science, Neighbours, sports, religious figures, an obscure footballer! All the fun of fair here. Faye Fantarrow's 12 points, mostly snubbed by a DDP ambulance chasing horde who assumed she had twelve months in her, is one to watch. I suspect this is a top ten finishing side with a few successful gambles, rather than winners, though. ME Mutulu Shakur, Eric Lamaze, Graham Caveney, Ady Barkan, The Princess In order - prisoner exaggeration case; person alleged to be faking their ill health on niche forums; how is he still alive and damn that Reptile; ALS gamble; brain dead but not dead dead. The first two are probably bad picks. Caveney ought to be any week now but we've been saying that since Christmas. Barkan I picked solely because I've missed a few ALS names who die around the time he's had the disease for. The Princess is gone, but if the state don't make it official it counts for nothing. My best chances for an unlikely win go through the trio of Caveney/Barkan/Princess B, and relying on the power of positivity to keep Lee/Stone/Nolan/Pressler/etc alive. Ignoring me and my ego, Rad seems in a strong position in the top 5. Outside the top 5, I haven't had time to look though no doubt there are teams who can go on a good run.

We're lucky he didn't say "he'll be 120 in 22 years".

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/theyre-coming-end-jimmy-carters-grandson-gives-update-beloved-former-president/F2DGY2P2QFG6NDUF7DCKHLYGOE/ Her grandsons comments make me think her health situation is as precarious as her husbands. I'm guessing they will pass in quick succession.

I'd say its karma. Those last 10 years of his life were the most miserable years. He spent half of those years behind bars and the other half living on the outside while being one of the most hated people in the UK. People would probably glare at him whenever they saw him in the street, if not worse. Evidently, it lead to the point where he only left the house to go into his back garden (according to his neighbours) as that'd be the only place he could go outside and not be reminded that he was a monster. On top of that, he died slowly and painfully from neck cancer - while he also watched his wife get sicker and sicker till she was bedridden like him. The press said he couldn't eat anymore so he likely had tubes going in and out of him everywhere. And I think he was conscious through all of it, he was mentally there to bare through all the suffering of his final moments. A quick and easy death would've been too good for him.

Pazuzu United probably deserve to be in your review as highest team not to have cashed in their joker and a Jonnie Irwin death would leave them joint top I think.

Aye, and doubtless the top acts are being paid well - in the meantime the lawyers working with Bojo on his lockdown breaches are being funded by us! Dunno whether that reality is relevant to the fact that it's the lawyers who've dobbed him in the current shit by sharing details they found in his prime ministerial diary of the comings and goings at Number 10 and Chequers!

62 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun +1 61 The Kinks – You Really Got Me +1 53 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 51 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride 45 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 42 The Supremes – Baby Love 39 Sandie Shaw – (There´s) Always Something There To Remind Me 39 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud 34 The Moody Blues – Go Now 32 The Beatles – I Feel Fine 29 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman 26 Herman´s Hermits – I´m Into Something Good +1 22 The Hollies – I´m Alive 16 The Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over -6 16 Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames – Yeh Yeh 08 The Seekers – I´ll Never Find Another You +1 Supremes fixed

Aye, he was second on my list behind only Gianluca Vialli - dead in January - so a really good pick, unlike everyone below him on the list who are all still alive, along with both subs!

King David I of Scotland died on this day 870 years ago, aged 68. - David was the eighth son of Malcolm III of Scotland, and three of his older brothers also became kings (Duncan II, Edgar, and Alexander I). He was also the brother-in-law of Henry I of England (his older sister Matilda married him in 1100). - David became king in 1124 after the death of his brother Alexander I, but was be involved in a succession crisis with Alexander's illegitimate son Malcolm. This conflict would end with Malcolm's capture and imprisonment in 1134. - David was one of his brother-in-law's greatest allies, and wanted to ensure Henry's daughter Matilda would take the throne. After Henry's death in 1135, however, Matilda's cousin Stephen usurped the throne. David would initiate three separate invasions into England to oust Stephen, which were unsuccessful. - David was known for his reforms to Scottish feudalism and the organization of the church, which has since been dubbed the "Davidian Revolution". - David's son and heir Henry died in 1152, and he himself died the following year after a 29-year reign. His grandson, Malcolm IV, would be his successor.

Rolf Harris, a GCREPTILE DISCOVERY, you heard it here, FIRST! Can't believe I forgot to pick him the fourth time in a row.

Dead. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12114779/Rolf-Harris-dead-93-Paedophile-TV-host-musician-killed-neck-cancer.html

Meta Monteleon, the oldest living World War II nurse, has died. She was 108. Monteleon served in the Army Nurse Corps during WWII. https://news.va.gov/119596/army-veteran-meta-monteleon-passes-away-at-108/