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Alain Touraine, French sociologist mentioned many times on the Forum (Hartlepool pick this year) reportedly dead: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2023/06/09/alain-touraine-a-leading-french-sociologist-has-died_6030646_15.html Last picked in 2020 by looks @Death Impends (drol maybe?): http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_T.html#touraia020

Coincidentally, the same number of threads you haven't been a cunt on.

9/Jun/2023 24 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World +4 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 22 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 22 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 21 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 21 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 20 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 20 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 20 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 20 Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys 18 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman 18 Des O´Connor – I Pretend 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella 14 The Beatles – Hey Jude -6

Serajul Alam Khan dead at 82.

9/6 26 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising +1 26 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 25 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 24 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 24 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 22 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu +1 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 21 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 20 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 20 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 20 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 19 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman +1 15 Des O´Connor – I Pretend -3 15 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash +1 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella 08 The Beatles – Hey Jude 05 Rolf Harris — Two Little Boys -3 Once the obvious 4 or 5 have gone going to get difficult to find stuff to downvote quite quickly, most of this stuff is pretty good

9/Jun/2023 24 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 24 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising +4 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 22 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 22 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 21 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 21 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 20 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 20 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 20 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 18 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman 18 Des O´Connor – I Pretend 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella 14 The Beatles – Hey Jude 14 Rolf Harris — Two Little Boys -6

Prolific Basque cyclist Txomin Peruena, winner of the 1974 Tour De France King of the Mountains classification and latterly a team director, dead at the age of 79. (Just weeks before the Tour was going to pay tribute to him by riding through his home village)

Michael J. Fox is 62.

UPDATE: they just Fed Pat Robertson's soul to Jimmy Carter's Hospice throne.

Been indicted over documents according to man himself:

Fri 9 Jun 24 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine +4 24 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 24 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 22 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 22 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back 21 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 21 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 20 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 20 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 20 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 18 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman 18 Des O´Connor – I Pretend 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella 14 Rolf Harris — Two Little Boys 08 The Beatles – Hey Jude -6

This leaves a total of 7 remaining historic DL threads that you haven’t needlessly rebooted.

James G Watt, Reagan's Secretary of the Interior 1981-1983, reportedly dead aged 85: https://wyofile.com/former-secretary-of-the-interior-james-jim-watt-dies-at-85/ Sorry @gcreptile he's yet another DDP pick.

9/6/2023 25 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising +1 24 Beatles & Billy Preston – Get Back +2 24 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 24 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 23 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire +1 22 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – Je T´aime... Moi Non Plus 21 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Legend Of Xanadu 21 The Beatles – Lady Madonna 21 Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) 20 Georgie Fame – The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde 20 The Love Affair – Everlasting Love 20 Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations 20 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl 20 The Rolling Stones – Jumpin´ Jack Flash 20 The Equals – Baby Come Back 20 Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony, Mony 20 The Beach Boys – Do It Again 20 The Bee Gees – I´ve Gotta Get A Message To You 20 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days 20 Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends 20 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 20 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink 20 The Marmalade – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 20 Fleetwood Mac – Albatross 20 The Move – Blackberry Way 20 Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice 20 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites 20 Tommy Roe – Dizzy 20 The Beatles – The Ballad Of John & Yoko 20 Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air 20 Bobbie Gentry – I´ll Never Fall In Love Again 20 The Archies – Sugar, Sugar 18 The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman 18 Des O´Connor – I Pretend 15 Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 14 Esther & Abi Ofarim – Cinderella Rockefella 08 The Beatles – Hey Jude 08 Rolf Harris — Two Little Boys -6

Adam West died on this day 6 years ago, aged 88. - West's real name was William West Anderson; he took his stage name in 1959. - Early in his TV career, West would star in Westerns, particularly as sidekicks- Lawman, Sugarfoot, Colt .45, Laramie, and Maverick. - West was cast as Batman in 1966 after he starred in a Nesquik commercial, and would often voice the character after the show ended in 1968- his last time reprising him was in the direct-to-DVD Batman vs. Two-Face, released a few months after his death: - West would then often be typecast into cameo roles, with well-known roles of his being two episodes of The Simpsons, Catman in The Fairly OddParents, and most notably the mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island in 118 episodes of Family Guy- Adam We: Other Batman expies he voiced included Captain Blasto in Rugrats, the Fearless Ferret in Kim Possible, Spruce Wayne in Animaniacs, and a young Mermaid Man in SpongeBob. - In the mid-2000s, West provided voice work for a few Disney films- a fictionalized version of the titular character of Chicken Little at the end of the film, and Uncle Art in Meet the Robinsons. - After West's death, Bat-Signals were shined in his home of Los Angeles and his birthplace of Walla Walla, Washington:

8/6/23 62 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 36 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 35 Dusty Springfield – You Don't Have To Say You Love Me  27 The Monkees – I´m A Believe 19 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale -6 16 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon +4 just for the hell of it.

Can't believe I dropped her for this year.it just didn't look like she was doing too badly.

This list is now down to 15 individuals John Morris Roy Hattersley Bill Rodgers David Own Ian Sinclair David Steel Norman Fowler Michael Heseltine Terence Higgins David Howell Michael Jopling Tom king James McKay John Nott Sally Oppenheim Barnes There are another seven who by the end of the year will have served for 40 years Just thinking this could be a good Scavenger Hunt category

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12145369/Jonnie-Irwin-hospital-battles-terminal-cancer.html Back in hospital this week….

I had Ed Ames here. Qualifying Obituary (Thanks Torva Messor for posting elsewhere).

Well that's a shocker - Kitkats cost more than a £1 now!?!?!

Gah, he was on my DDP list a few years ago but I didn't specify his profession....and that is how I learned who Greg Page the boxer was as that's who ended up on my list. Initially I was gutted....but then Greg Page the boxer died and I gained some undeserved but not unwelcome DDP points.

Could go in many threads, but in here she goes. Anne Olivier Bell at 102. Was the widow of Quentin Bell, part of the Bloomsbury Group and mother to Virginia Nicholson and Cressida Bell. Was part of the Monuments Men crowd, who tried to get back the Art stolen by Adolf. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/19/anne-olivier-bell-obituary

Helen Miller, one of the first female soldiers to join the U.S. army during World War II, died June 17th. She was 96. Her obituary came out today (July 6th). https://taskandpurpose.com/helen-miller-female-soldiers-death/

Report here of the death of Chris Bearde, aged 80. https://www.facebook.com/jeffreyrobinson.author/posts/1322234034533266 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bearde IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063955/