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Astrud Gilberto, Bossa Nova queen and the "Girl from Ipanema" dead at 83: https://revistaquem.globo.com/noticias/noticia/2023/06/morre-astrud-gilberto-um-dos-maiores-nomes-da-bossa-nova-diz-neta.ghtml

Seeing nowt about any podium places yet. In other news the winner specified a charity he'd like to benefit from his incredible talents and the donation has been made. Let's make a better world through dead pooling, or summat, eh?

Lu Yuanjiu finally dead at 103.

Ukrainian-Belgian GM Vadim Malakhatko reportedly dead at 46.

(Abdicated) King Albert II of Belgium is 89.

The death of Lord John Morris means that Stratton Mills (b. 1932) is the last surviving MP elected at the 1959 general election.

Evan Jones, Jamaican poet and author (and also screenwriter of Escape to Victory) dead aged 95, 18 April.

Robert F. Kennedy died on this day 55 years ago, aged 42. - Robert is often known by his initials or "Bobby"; his older brother JFK called him "Black Robert" due to his prude nature. - RFK served in the Navy during World War II from 1944 to 1946. - In 1950, he married Ethel Skakel (#18 on the list), and they had 11 children between 1951 and 1968- their youngest, Rory, was born after RFK's death. - RFK served on Adlai Stevenson II's 1956 presidential campaign, but was dissatisfied with him and voted for Dwight D. Eisenhower. - After helping his older brother's campaign, he would be made the US Attorney General; during his tenure he prosecuted Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters. - While he was a supporter of the civil rights movement, RFK authorized the FBI to wiretap MLK's phone after accusations of the latter's association with communists. - Many people were in favor of RFK becoming LBJ's running mate in 1964- this did not happen due to their mutual dislike of each other, and Johnson ultimately chose Hubert Humphrey. - RFK instead ran for the US Senate for New York in 1964, winning by a landslide 700,000 votes. He would then declare his candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination for president in March of 1968. - On June 5, 1968, RFK was shot three times at the Ambassador Hotel in LA, and died from his wounds the next day. Like his older brother's assassination, there are conspiracy theories surrounding it- his own son, Robert Kennedy Jr., believes that Sirhan Sirhan was not the assassin and that a second gunman was involved. On the other hand, the initial report states that Sirhan- who is Palestinian- shot RFK for his support of Israel in the Six-Day War. - RFK wished to be buried in his native Massachusetts, but was interred near his brother at Arlington National Cemetery. His younger brother Ted would also be interred there after his death in 2009:

Let's hope its not a check out......

Off to the hospital again for a "check up". We've heard that before....

Astrud Gilberto QO: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/astrud-gilberto-death-girl-from-ipanema-b2352188.html

John Morris brings me up to five for the year

Anita Cornwell (Wiki) dead at 99

6/Jun/2023 64 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 41 The Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running 32 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There +4 31 The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain´t Gonna Shine Anymore 28 The Monkees – I´m A Believer 26 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 24 Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' -1 22 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 22 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon -4 20 Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) 07 The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations -1

Reuben Wilson reportedly dead from advanced dementia and lung cancer: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/05/1180128842/reuben-wilson-b-3-hammond-organ-soul-jazz-obituary

Robert Hanssen, former FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence, dead in prison at 79.

Ferrier suspended for 30 days: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65702252 Let battle commence...

Aye, though also remembered as an American Football player (he started after the Olympics) and there were some mutterings about his two sub 10-00 runs, one hand held timing the other definitely sub 10-00 but in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City which is roughly a mile above sea level. Bob Beaman's amazing long jump world record which stood longer than Hines' 100 metre record was set in the same stadium at the same Olympic Games.

Telegraph and Times don't write the announcements. They're done by an external agency then sent to them.

Re. the planned no.2s game, I saw A1 perform at Mightly Hoopla on Sunday. They pointed out that while a-ha didn't manage to get Take On Me to the top, they did. Not sure if there are any other examples of no.2s that made it to no.1 later on, either as covers or rereleases?

Less than a week after posting this list we are down to 14 How long will it be before Roy Hattersley is Lard to Rest?

Alma Adam-killed ! A solo hit for Babyblue, Linda Nolan jumps at n°2 spot ! On the other hand, Toast is still in the lead with 15 points and perhaps second with 12 points…

Definitely. Likely still hundreds. Just off the top of my head John Hemingway, the last of ‘the few’, served the entire war.

Put Mel Brooks as my new sub

Mr Barnsley, Norman Rimmington, has heard the final whistle, aged 93 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38460356