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To be clear when entries "open" - we even specify the time zone: 3 - Entries open at 9-00am BST on 31st May and close at midnight on 31 May. Entry can only be made by posting the name of a candidate on the MMMDP thread on the Deathlist. 4 – The competition is deemed to be open at 00-00-01 (i.e. the first second of the day) BST hrs on 1 June 2023. Just an idea, like, SC - how about you set up a Pyrrhic Victory dead pool where the real winners aren't those with the winning scores?

Sergio Calderon, a Mexican character actor best known for playing the “head on a stick” in 1997’s “Men in Black” and Capt. Vallenueva in 2007’s “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End,” has died. He was 77. https://www.thewrap.com/sergio-calderon-men-in-black-actor-dies-at-77/

Guys, thank you very much to those who wished me happy birthday, I was really happy

Don Bonker, member of the US House of Representatives from 1975 to 1989, has died at 86. Bonker represented Washington's 3rd congressional district.

Frank Handlen is a hit for @tracy, @drol and @Ulitzer95 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

20 years ago when my grandpa visited my family was living in Massachusetts at the time, he refused hey wheelchair and while waiting for my parents to pick him up, ended up catching up to a news crew that was reporting on the local weather conditions. He turned what was supposed to be a 5-second soundbite into a 20 minute long interview which contained comments disparaging Boston sports teams, the airport, local transportation, what he perceived as rude Americans, and many more topics that allegedly made him a legend in that newsroom as we only found out years later. Apparently at least eight people wrote into the station saying they should have kept him on for longer than 20 minutes because he was more entertaining than the newscast was informative...

Hank Ketcham died on this day 22 years ago, aged 81. - Before he was a comic artist, Ketcham was an animator for several early Disney films, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi. - During World War II, Ketcham became the head writer for the Mr. Hook propaganda cartoons urging people to buy war bonds: - In 1950, Ketcham's wife complained to him that their four-year-old son Dennis made a mess of his bedroom, calling him a 'menace'. This gave Ketcham an idea for a comic, and on March 12, 1951, the first Dennis the Menace strip was published: (this panel was from October of that year) In an astonishing coincidence, another comic made its debut on the same day with the same exact name- it was technically published first if time zones are taken into account. Due to the popularity of the American strip, this version is now often referred to as Dennis and Gnasher: Both comics run to this day and have had animated series based on them (American version 1986, British 1996 and again in 2009). - Ketcham retired from drawing Dennis the Menace comics in 1994 and his assistants took over production of it. He then took up oil and watercolor painting, and several of them are on display at the hospital near where he lived. - Ketcham's death was overshadowed by the Nepalese royal massacre occurring on the same day that he died.

Juan Carlos Formell, son of Juan Formell and a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, has died while performing on stage. He was 59. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12144763/Grammy-nominated-Juan-Carlos-Formell-dies-aged-59-suffering-heart-attack-onstage.html

Death notice for Charles Rawlinson (Wiki mention), merchant banker, father in law to James Ogilvy, a second cousin to King Charles III, and father of Julia Ogilvy author and businesswoman: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/264391/rawlinson In full: RAWLINSON Charles F.M. Rawlinson MBE died peacefully at home on 21st May 2023, aged 89. Beloved husband of Jill, father of Julia, Eleanor and Charlotte and grandfather to Flora, Alexander, Chloe, Phoebe, Frederick and Oriana. Private family funeral. Service of Thanksgiving at St Mary's Church, Arkesden on Thursday 22nd June at 2 p.m. If you would like to attend please email guilded@icloud.com No flowers please but donations if wished to St Clare Hospice, Hastingwood or St Mary’s Church, Arkesden.

The phenomenal Charlotte Jordan Evans, star of ITV soap opera Coronation Street, in the role of Daisy Midgeley, most recently notable for her acid attack storyline, Netflix drama Free Rein, as Gaby Grant, and Nickelodeon sitcom Summer in Transylvania, as Serena, is 28 today.

Harvey Pitt, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2001 to 2003, has died. He was 78. Pitt resigned and left the agency again in 2003, under fire over his appointment of a former FBI chief embroiled in an accounting scandal. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-sec-chair-harvey-pitt-dies-bloomberg-law-2023-05-31/

Death notice for Sir Matthew Farrer aged 93, private solicitor to Her Majesty The Queen between 1965 and 1994: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/264353/farrer In full: FARRER Sir Matthew GCVO, on 21st May 2023, aged 93. Solicitor. For 30 years Private Solicitor to the late Queen. Trustee of the British Museum and British Library. Survived by his wife Johanna, daughter Mabella and son Luke. Private cremation. Memorial service to be confirmed.

So, seeing Ed Ames (Daniel Boone) announced dead I did some random searching for the musical turn from The Virginian western series - Randy Boone, aka actor Randy Benton - still alive at 83 (y'know, the age at which Tina Turner just died). Likely obitable in those pools that accept the likes of Variety as a source, maybe even UK broadsheet obitable on a slow day.

Death certificate shows he died on 10 May. Must have been one of the most-delayed deaths ever reported on this site, especially for one of the 50. Presumably cremation has taken place by now.

They usually do (correspond), but Sakamoto's didn't. His death wasn't announced until April 2nd but the front page shows 28 March (the day he actually died) as its date of death.

My childhood remains unruined, as I much preferred Stay Tooned! with Tony Robinson to Rolf's Cartoon Club when it came to Sunday afternoon filler.

Report that British choreographer Dougie Squires, responsible for the dance troupes The Young Generation and The Second Generation which appeared on various TV shows for about 30+ years, has died: Yes, I thought he was already dead too. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820120/ Edit: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-22/creator-of-the-young-generation-dance-group-dougie-squires-dies-at-the-age-of-91

You might find this thread interesting: Chiefly because that’s where your link should be. No need for a new thread.

Not like it's the first time a president has fallen on the steps of Air Force One:

Actor Robert Mandan of the TV sitcom Soap is dead at 86, according to this tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/GaryGoldstein7/status/1001594278529781760 No news or confirmation of his death yet.

Did they ever find out the Origins of this growth? I wouldn't get too worked up over this. An actor often seen in close ups has a basal cell carconoma removed. His life wasn't remotely in danger and some people live with those little growths for years. He's rich and his face is his fortune, and the attendant publicity gets him in the public eye with something approaching a proper story whilst he's promoting a film. I just thought it worth mentioning as it's the 2nd time he's had a cancerous growth removed.

Hmphr, grmbl. Speed doesn't kill, acceleration does. [snip] regards, Hein Surely, it was the deceleration that killed him?

Now, the accused lives in Berkshire. As does 86 year old, former star in the 70's.. Stanley Baxter.... Now what is interesting about Baxter was he was on ITV in his peak years... Didn't he do Christmas specials on the beeb? He did but that was later in his career. It would be incredibly, Murdoch-meltingly specious to suggest that he turned paedo as soon as he went to TVC...