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OMG, what has happened? theoldlady has to share her first place with BuffaloPhil. Is she weak? What does that tell us for the 60s Grand Final? Woo-hoo, excitement!!! Killer Queens: 4 BuffaloPhil 4 theoldlady 3 Drewsky1211 3 Sir Creep 3 Toast 2 Death Impends 2 ladyfiona 2 Paul Bearer 2 Root Inspector 2 time 1 DoltonMoney 1 justonecornetto 1 MariNisia 1 prussianblue 1 RIP Wee Jum 1 Salmon Mousse 1 TQR

Reginald Hsu, Miiko Taka's widower, dead at 94. Which I only mention because he got a normal confirmed obituary whereas his more famous wife couldn't scrape a single thing... makes sense...

King Edward III died on this day 646 years ago, aged 64. - Edward became king at the age of 14 when his father, Edward II, was ousted in a coup led by his wife Isabella, and Isabella's lover Roger Mortimer became the de facto ruler of England. Edward would oust Mortimer in 1330 and took complete control. - In 1332, Edward initiated an invasion of Scotland, unsuccessfully attempting to replace their king (David II) with Edward Balliol. - In 1337, Edward's cousin Philip VI of France confiscated England's French realms. In retaliation, Edward declared himself the rightful heir to the French throne, initiating the Hundred Years' War (which lasted 116 years in actuality). This war defined the rest of Edward's reign. - Edward's married Philippa of Hainault when he was 15 years old, and they had nine children (7 sons and 2 daughters). His heir, Edward the Black Prince, died a year before his father, and when Edward died, the crown went to his grandson Richard II- Richard's cousin Henry (IV) considered himself the heir, which began the Wars of the Roses (medieval European royalty was just one big dysfunctional and incestuous family). - Edward died of a stroke after a fifty-year reign, the second-longest reign of an English monarch at the time (his great-grandfather Henry III reigned 56 years).

American actor James Tolkan, who starred in the movies "Back to the Future" and "Top Gun", is 92 today. Photo Credit: Skwigger per Creative Commons license

Vratislav Vajnar, Interior Minister of Czechoslovakia in the 1980s accused of border killings now suffers from a severe but very stable case of DEAD. Edit: I think it's very possible he topped himself, a medical assessment was going to be done sometime soon.

Well I thought it was a GUN original but if there is an earlier version on Sickipedia then I claim the Ed Sheeran defence.

This trip is amazing value for money - they’re going to be looking at the wreck of the Titanic for all eternity and they only paid for 5 days!

Diane Rowe was a table tennis player born in Marylebone,(ENG),From 1951 to 1972, she won several medals in singles, doubles and team events at the European Table Tennis Championships and the World Table Tennis Championships. died at age 90 on jun/19.She was the oldest living world champion Tischtennis-Legende Diane Schöler mit 90 Jahren gestorben (tz.de)

I didn't like it very much, 3/5 of the songs that passed are not in the best of this round for me, I only liked 2, many eliminated were much better than these, and with a lot of advantage, but that's just my opinion and this game is for you to find out what the majority thinks is democracy, the result will not always be what everyone thinks

Shit is about to stink! Worker was fired for raising safety concerns, back in 2018! Whistleblower discovered the view port of the sub was rated to 1300 meter while the organisation' was going to 4000+!!!

Bob Brown, who spent the first five years of his brilliant Hall of Fame career playing offensive tackle for the Eagles, died Friday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Saturday. He was 81. Brown’s wife told the Hall that her husband died peacefully at a rehabilitation center surrounded by his family. He had suffered a stroke in April. SC

But will it obit?

Hmm - maybe overthinking this but...are they trying to wind his ultra-leftie/writes for the Guardian son up? Nah, simple mistake, right?

Robinson’s obviously the bigger star now but Eddy probably sold more records than him in the 60s. Certainly had more hits.

Et Guillaume Bats mort hier, je ne pensais que sa maladie le condamnerait à mourir aussi jeune

She was simply the best better than all the rest

Rip

Looks like it could be Jimmy Carter at this rate. Wow, so many people picked Tina Turner, I knew there was something up with that.

Hey everyone! Here's names of all surviving celebs of all deathlists from 1987 to 2023: 1. Joss Ackland 2. Mohamed Al-Fayed 3. Alan Alda 4. David Attenborough 5. Bob Barker 6. Stanley Baxter 7. Leo Beenhakker 8. Tony Bennett 9. Silvio Berlusconi 10. Mel Brooks 11. Frank Bruno 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Rosalynn Carter 14. Raul Castro 15. Sir Bobby Charlton 16. Dick Cheney 17. Noam Chomsky 18. Tommy Chong 19. Jacques Delors 20. Angie Dickinson 21. Mike Ditka 22. Shannen Doherty 23. Michael Douglas 24. Robert Duvall 25. Dick van Dyke 26. Emperor Akihito 27. Marianne Faithfull 28. Louis Farrakhan 29. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi 30. Sandy Gall 31. Michael Gambon 32. Paul Gascoigne 33. Alan Greenspan 34. Douglas Hurd 35. David Jenkins 36. Holly Johnson 37. Tim Johnson 38. Ted Kaczynski 39. Hamed Karzai 40. Ethel Kennedy 41. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 42. Henry Kissinger 43. Milan Kundera 44. Cleo Laine 45. Denis Law 46. Jean-Marie Le Pen 47. Norman Lear 48. Nick Leeson 49. Hal Linden 50. George Lineker 51. Shane MacGowan 52. Imelda Marcos 53. Sir James Paul McCartney 54. Liza Minnelli 55. Joni Mitchell 56. Desmond Morris 57. Mr T 58. Pete Murray 59. Willie Nelson 60. Bob Newhart 61. Linda Nolan 62. Yoko Ono 63. Ozzy Osbourne 64. Michael Parkinson 65. Vanessa Redgrave 66. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 67. Sonny Rollins 68. Linda Ronstadt 69. Shaun Ryder 70. Prunella Scales 71. Peter Shilton 72. Carly Simon 73. Dennis Skinner 74. Tom Smith 75. Sir Richard Starkey 76. Nigel Starmer-Smith 77. Andy Taylor 78. Charles Taylor 79. Norman Tebbit 80. Tina Turner 81. Robert Wagner 82. Terry Waite 83. Russell Watson 84. James Whale 85. Edmund White 86. Rex Williams 87. Brian Wilson 88. Oprah Winfrey 89. Ronnie Wood 90. Joanne Woodward Updated: 2023/24/05

Boris Johnson is mouthing off to make headlines and bolster his leadership campaign. I don't have strong feelings on a burka ban either way, I just think the outrage on the topic is ridiculous. It's a legitimate debate to be had, but the media seems intent on causing a furore around it to stifle the arguments - in much a similar way they did regarding immigration for years previous to the EU referendum and look how that blew up. The point was, whether you like Johnson (I don't) or not, the views he expressed are in touch with the majority of Britain (according to that Sky Poll).

I saw Annie Clark aka St. Vincent aka the former girlfriend of Cara Delevigne two days ago. It was ok. She came alone, without the band. While you go to her concerts to see her shred you to pieces with her guitar, and we got that, it was just slightly underwhelming.

The one pick that wasn't unique for most unique picks 2017...

Does anyone have any information on Roy Jones Jr (b.1969) as to why he might be a good pick for next year?

1987: de Cesaris, Osbourne (2/31) 1989: Bruno, Ditka, Ian Paisley, Osbourne, Brian Wilson, Jenkins, Cole (7/32) 1990: Noriega, Aznavour, Queen Elizabeth II, Alliss, Ditka, Williams, Winfrey, Waite (8/42) 1991: Willis, Gabor, Beenhakker (3/40) 1992: Finney, Ryder (2/37) 1993: Bennett, Ian Paisley, Kissinger, Ray Kennedy, Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (6/56) 1994: Castro, White, Kirkbride, Holly Johnson, Thorpe, Shilton (6/50) 1995: Castro, Holly Johnson, Forsyth, Connery (4/50) 1996: Mr T, Thorpe, Domino, Castro (4/50) 1997: Rooney, Domino, Kirk Douglas (3/50) 1998: Rooney, Jaruzelski (2/50) 1999: Leeson, Simon (2/50) 2000: Farrakhan, Jaruzelski (2/50) 2001: Tutu, Minelli, Pincher, Wallach, Wouk, Rooney (6/50) 2002: Brady, Kirk Douglas (2/50) 2003: Rooney, Gabor (2/50) 2004: Brady, Musharraf, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Michelmore, Rooney, Mugabe (7/50) 2005: Karzai, Maradona, LaMotta, Wallach, de Havilland, O'Sullevan, Castro, Jerry Lewis (8/50) 2006: Di Stéfano, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Lynn, Bouteflika, Graham, Ali, LaMotta, Rooney, (9/50) 2007: Castro, Sharon, Graham, Tim Johnson, Piper, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Lynn, LaMotta, Molinaro, Vigoda, Jerry Lewis, Farrakhan (14/50) 2008: Castro, Pincher, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Domino, Gabor, Lynn, Sharon, Graham, Watson, LaMotta, Karzai, Charles Taylor (13/50) 2009: Havelange, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, Kirk Douglas, Graham, LaMotta, Rooney, Nancy Reagan, Christopher Lee, Cardin, B B King, Sharon (13/50) 2010: Gabor, Pincher, Wallach, Castro, Kirk Douglas, Wouk, de Havilland, Healey, Tork, Edrich, Graham, Bough, O'Sullevan, Molinaro, LaMotta, Norden, Attenborough, B B King, Lansbury, Jerry Lewis, Domino, Garner, Sharon (23/50) 2011: Gabor, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Healey, Edrich, LaMotta, Khamenei, Jerry Lewis, Aretha Franklin, Dole, Cheney, Pincher, Wallach, Ellison, Schmidt, Molinaro, Brady, Sharon, Cardin, Lynn, Michael Douglas, Nancy Reagan, Frederiksen (23/50) 2012: Harper Lee, Wallach, Kirk Douglas, Adulyadej, Gabor, Graham, Pincher, Wouk, de Havilland, Jaruzelski, Mubarak, Lawson, Castro, Healey, Schmidt, O'Sullevan, Molinaro, LaMotta, Kissinger, PD James, Macnee, Mugabe, Van Dyke, Randi, Aziz, Ali, Berry, Domino, Gaddafi, Hawking, Sharon (31/50) 2013: Clive James, Pincher, Gabor, Havelange, Bush, Wallach, Prince Philip, Whitlam, Mubarak, Paisley, Kirk Douglas, de Havilland, Castro, Lynn, Healey, Harper Lee, Dole, O'Sullevan, Graham, Schmidt, Molinaro, Attenborough, PD James, Adams, LaMotta, Nancy Reagan, Sallis, Day, Stan Lee, Jaruzelski, Kissinger, Seeger, Parsons, Stritch, Domino, Garner, Brady (37/50) Updated for 2014. regards, Hein

I've thought for hours once before, about how Adolf Hitler could with stand such stiff hate, and be so cold hearted. And never feel one drop of guilt in his empty conscience. His pathetic inner self, and hopelessness made him who he was. It was revenge. It was payback time. Not any conscious walking human being could suffer more then him. He believed this and within this man he held no mercy. For what ever his downfall could have been, he wanted the reflection shined on every living creature. The wish for all to suffer deeply in your heart is the face of true evil. And when Berlin was captured, the mad man Hitler came out more and more, demanding suicides of his own soldiers, and harsh direction to top SS commanders. Hitler failed, but for the second time. The first failure which led to his fallen glory may never be revealed, in the second he took a revolver to his head. I believe Adolf Hitler died long before 1945. What long lived in him was not of his own. I don't know if this is the place for it, but it's my two cents.