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My apologies, @Book and company. I don't want to seem repetitive, but in fact... Previous post: Following post: Three songs with incorrect points. Corrected list (with my points): 26/May/2023 71 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 69 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 60 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction +2 56 The Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You 45 The Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud +2 43 The Supremes – Baby Love 42 The Beatles – Ticket To Ride -6 30 The Beatles – I Feel Fine 25 Sandie Shaw – (There´s) Always Something There To Remind Me 22 The Moody Blues – Go Now 22 Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman 11 Herman´s Hermits – I´m Into Something Good I'm sorry again.

Daniel Boone actor, singer, and tomahawk master (If you know, you know) Ed Ames has died at 95

Cert for the 2024 list if she makes it surely

Oh don’t apologise, thank goodness you’re here! I’m just thinking you didn’t join in with the 70s and 80s games so they’re probably absolutely fucked

Update 25 May Seventh hit: Tina Turner Now it is a hit that benefits the least number of players, only 2. This is probably the quickest update to the scores. From now until 27 hits (!!) the penalty range and bonuses for correct number of hits come into play. Should any designated survivors be a hit, they still add to the total number of hits, and any hit will affect multiple players. Total hits: 1 Teams with hit:1 Punter: The Old Crem Teams with joker:0 Punters: 0 Unique hits:1 Punter: The Old Crem The first unique of the game is claimed by The Old Crem. Third hit bonus: N/A And consecutive hits have stopped.... Within 5 predicted hits: Grimgrass This means the -2 penalty is removed, as it was applied to all players at the start. Many more players will begin to have this removed, as the predicted number of hits spans 12 to 22, with all numbers inclusive chosen at least once. Least amount of movement on the board to date, but significant to two punters as The Old Crem moves up two places and Grimgrass now tied for first place with diego. Updated Score Turner Unique Within 5 hits (12 predicted) diego -8 Grimgrass -8 2 gcreptile -11 Joltin Joe -11 wannamaker -11 Sean -11 DoorSlammer -11 Joey Russ -12 Book -12 Newjack -12 Great Uncle Bulgaria -13 Bibliogryphon -13 LizLemon -13 Summer in Transylvania -14 theoldlady -14 YoungWillz -14 TQR -14 Torva Messor -14 Funeralopolis -15 Hell -15 Dying Probably -15 The Old Crem -15 1 1 tracy -16 Annami -17 The Duke of Deadinburgh -18 Etushispushingupdaisies -18 ThereWillBeDeaths7 -18 WinterCake -18 The Daredevil -19 chilean way -23

Picture this. 5 hours ago I was lying on my bed, scrolling on my phone, when I saw an advert for a free ticket to see Caroline Polachek. With a perfect stranger. In 90 minutes' time. In a moment of madness, I enthusiastically said "YES!" and headed for the next bus to SWG3. I'm not even a fan but I've been feeling spontaneous and uninhibited since I finished work. I bought the guy, a Californian tech bro, a drink, then he bought me one. I tried offering him more money but he refused. As for the show? Amazing. Caroline used the word "scorny" (scary + horny) and that's a perfect descriptor. It's hard not to be drawn in by her. Helps that it was boiling in Glasgow today. My earplugs auto-ejected during So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings.

Sheldon Reynolds who was a guitarist and singer with The Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire has died aged 63

Was it.... Private Cancer? Full disclosure, I saw this on Twitter. Last night. A couple of hours after the news broke.

Marion Stoner, an Australian model and the first wife of Alexander Montagu, 13th Duke of Manchester, has reportedly died of inoperable cancer: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12125629/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Farewell-glamorous-Duchess-Manchester-attacked-speargun.html Bit of a story - a very short lived relationship when it was found that the said Duke had fired a speargun at her. Then he went and married his second wife - three years before he divorced Marion, thus he became a bigamist. He was later jailed for burglary and making a false police report as recently as 2017. He's packed three marriages and all of the above in just 60 years.

Sir Ian McKellen is 84 today.

Good time to start this thread just after Tina Turner's death. Who can forget Tina's stirring call to vote for the MP's who would take their seats in the Parliament on the River Thames? Polling Polling Polling on the river...

Pope Gregory VII died on this day 938 years ago, aged 70. - Gregory's birth name was Hildebrand, and he was mentored by Pope Gregory VI. - After becoming an archdeacon in 1059, Gregory became a powerful figure in the church- he was instrumental in the papal election of Alexander II in 1061, who implemented a series of reforms Gregory drafted. - Alexander II died in 1073, and Gregory became pope due to acclamation- this method is when both the clergy and populace are in agreement, chanting who should be pope. Gregory was reluctant to take the position due to the unorderly fashion of his accession and fled, and was properly elected after this. - Gregory's reign as pope is best known for his feud with German emperor Henry IV. Henry appointed his own bishops without the church's approval to ensure they would be loyal to him. In 1076, Gregory excommunicated Henry, and Henry travelled to Canossa in Italy (where Gregory was staying) to request forgiveness, which he accepted. During the Great Saxon Revolt on 1077-1080, Gregory supported the rival king Rudolf, and excommunicated Henry again. Henry called his bishops to declare Gregory an illegitimate pope, and declared their loyalty to Antipope Clement III. Henry attacked Rome, and declared Clement pope in 1084. The Normans came to Gregory's aid and drove Clement and the Germans away, but the townspeople blamed Gregory for Rome being laid waste to, and he fled with the Normans. This conflict was known as the Investiture Controversy. - Gregory died after a 12-year reign and was succeeded by Victor III. - Gregory was declared a saint in 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII.

Don't forget the two little boys.

Rick Hummel, a Hall of Fame baseball writer who covered the sport for five decades for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has died. He was 77. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/hall-of-fame-baseball-writer-rick-the-commish-hummel-dies-at-77/article_be55314e-f898-11ed-8959-97850e1bcf58.html

Weight loss guru Jenny Craig is 85 now. Her only known health issue has been a lockjaw-like condition whereby she could not open her mouth, which is rather handy for a dieting expert: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Craig_(entrepreneur)#Health_issues

I tried to search for her, to see if she had her own thread, but nothing came up, she was only mentioned in other threads, so I figured I'd start my own, for her. If she does have one, then could the mods please merge this with it.

Dame Maggie Smith at King Charles Coronation today. She looks a bit frailed and not in very good healthy ... but she is 88 so this could be natural.

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: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 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, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (12/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, David Attenborough (17/50) 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, Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Betty Boothroyd, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (27/50) 2022: Dick Van Dyke, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Dick Cheney, Harry Belafonte, 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, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Michael Gambon, Douglas Hurd, Silvio Berlusconi, Marianne Faithfull, Milan Kundera, Linda Ronstadt, Joss Ackland, Shane MacGowan (34/50) Updated for Burt Bacharach.

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: Pervez Musharraf (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: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 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, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (12/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (17/50) 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, Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Betty Boothroyd, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (28/50)  2022: Dick Van Dyke, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Jimmy Carter, Tony Bennett, Dick Cheney, Harry Belafonte, 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, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Noam Chomsky, Norman Tebbit, Michael Gambon, Douglas Hurd, Silvio Berlusconi, Marianne Faithfull, Milan Kundera, Linda Ronstadt, Joss Ackland, Shane MacGowan (35/50) Updated for Pervez Musharraf. The 2004 list is now extinct.

Eric Carmen is 73.

He was a relatively fit 82 year old, who died following complications from heart surgery in August of 2012 - when exactly should Neil Armstrong have been on the list to be a miss?

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In memory of the late Deidre Barlow this thread should be renamed as the Anne Kirkbride memorial thread......

Only if she died a non-ironic death. Maybe if she had one hand in her pocket and the other was hailing a taxicab and the cab hit her.