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American actor Lew Palter (Wiki), mostly known for playing Isidor Straus in Titanic (1997) dead at 94. He also guest-starred in television programs including The A-Team, Day by Day, Charlie's Angels, Baretta, The Virginian, Columbo, The High Chaparral, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojak, The Brady Bunch and The Flying Nun.

Finally it's time to solve some mysteries. I joined a group that talks only about Italian cinema and there were posts made by a film historian to whom I wrote privately and he told me that "the searches are based on the death records that every Italian city has, it really takes time but it's worth it " So here are some dead names that are no more and have been discovered (some are also mentioned in other threads) Maria Dominiani (Wiki) b. 10.05.1913 † 10.12.1993 Link Alfredo Varelli (Wiki) b. 31.08.1914 † 18.08.1996 Link Lilia Dale (Wiki) b. 18.07.1919 † 03.12.1991 Link Carlo Giustini (Wiki) b. 04.05.1923 † 26.10.2005 Link Giulio Donnini (Wiki) b. 17.02.1924 † 22.05.2001 Link Xenia Valderi (Wiki) b. 21.01.1926 † 03.11.2008 Link Tania Weber (Wiki) b. 18.08.1926 † 20.11.2009 Link Rossana Rory (Wiki) b. 07.09.1927 † 01.04.2020 Link / source Clara Bindi (Wiki) b. 01.11.1927 † 24.02.2022 Link Fiorella Mari (Wiki) b. 21.06.1928 † 02.03.1983 Link Luisa Rivelli (Wiki) b. 10.02.1930 † 12.06.2013 Link Eloisa Cianni (Wiki) b. 21.06.1932 † 27.05.2022 Link Marisa Belli (Wiki) b. 12.04.1933 † 09.12.2017 Link Edda Ferronao (Wiki) b. 08.06.1934 † 25.01.1986 Link Rosy Mazzacurati (Wiki) b. 09.05. 1936 † 16.10.2020 Link Dina De Santis (Wiki) b. 21.12.1943 † 04.12.1985 Link Riccardo Salvino (Wiki) b. 29.03.1944 † 12.01.1999

Peter Brotzmann reportedly dead (not from All Caps Disease): https://muzyka-interia-pl.translate.goog/wiadomosci/news-po-wyjezdzie-z-polski-przeszedl-zapasc-peter-brotzmann-nie-z,nId,6859109?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

23/6/2023 37 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire 35 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 31 Del Shannon – Runaway 28 The Four Tops – Reach Out I´ll Be There 27 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 26 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 26 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me +2 24 The Shadows – Apache 24 The Supremes – Baby Love 23 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 22 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun +2 21 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World -6 18 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale 17 Elvis Presley – Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can´t Help Falling In Love 12 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 11 The Tornados – Telstar Sorted @DoltonMoney error - Procul Harum now on 18

Down to 39 Nanjing massacre survivors as Gao Hengfa dies at 97.

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Report of the death of Della Pascoe (nee James), former British women's 100m record holder who competed for GB at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics: https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/olympic-sprinter-della-pascoe-dies-aged-74-1039968882/ Complications from Parkinson's disease. She was married to team GB hurdler and Olympic medallist Alan Pascoe.

Emperor Vespasian died on this day 1944 years ago, aged 69. - When he was young (around the year 35 AD), Vespasian was a street cleaner; his work was so half-assed that Emperor Caligula would shove muck from the streets down his toga. - One of Vespasian's first major military roles was during the Judean Revolt in 66. He reported that he destroyed the ancient Biblical city of Jericho in 68, and took Jewish captives to the Dead Sea to test its legendary buoyancy (a fact later proven due to its extreme salt content). - Vespasian was the last emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors (before him were Galba, Otho, and Vitellius). He was in Egypt when declared emperor, and was considered a pharaoh by its citizens. - Vespasian was particularly unpopular in the provinces of Judea (he ordered the descendants of King David "hunted down") and Africa (modern-day Tunisia and Libya; its populace disliked his financial policies and some threw turnips at him during a procession). - Vespasian would place a tax on urine during his reign. - Vespasian's most lasting contribution to the world was the Colosseum, which he ordered constructed over the site of Emperor Nero's destroyed palace in 72. - Vespasian died from either complications from a stomach virus, or dehydration from the resulting diarrhea. His last words were "I think I'm turning into a god... An emperor should die on his feet."

I thought that name sounded familiar. I posted about her twin sister's death eight years ago!

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Christian Anders (b.1945) The Austrian entertainer was a popular Schlager singer in the 70s and 80s in Germanic speaking countries ,also the Prototype for the likes of Steven Seagal/Tommy Wiseau to self fund/star in really bad vanity driven action flicks. Maybe worth a punt in the future as he is 78 year old AntiVaxxer.

22-6-23 ***Checks PB has not fucked up his entry..... OK 33 The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black 33 The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire +4 29 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale 26 Del Shannon – Runaway 26 Dusty Springfield – You Don´t Have To Say You Love Me 25 The Kinks – You Really Got Me 25 The Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There -4 25 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine 24 The Rolling Stones – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 24 The Supremes – Baby Love 23 Elvis Presley – Rock-A-Hula Baby/Can't Help Falling In Love 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Bad Moon Rising 20 The Animals – House Of The Rising Sun 20 The Shadows – Apache 19 Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World 17 The Tornados – Telstar 8 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 7 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 04 B. Bumble & the Stingers Nut Rocker 0 The Chuckles– From Me To You To Me minus Two me

At risk of hypocrisy and not wanting to get all Old Testament fire and brimstone preachy about it, but you'd like to think this might be seen as a sign for rich tourists to stop poking their noses into what's essentially a mass grave. I feel sadder about the cross-channel charity swimmer who went missing this week, with far less media fanfare. He probably didn't die in two nanoseconds.

Winnie Ewing QO: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65988094

So now that @Gisooo has uncovered a film historian's post about Weber, we now know that she was German-born Italian, not Finnish, which makes more sense as I don't think Finnish-born personalities tend to die off radar? Anyway, born in 1933, not 1926, and died in 2009 (aged 76) so another off your list.

Thanks Gisoo. I've updated all of them (apart from Salvino as there's no source).

American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian Judy Garland died on this day 54 years ago, aged 47. Garland began performing as a child with her two older sisters, in a vaudeville group "The Gumm Sisters" and was later signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM. Garland was a frequent on-screen partner of both Mickey Rooney and Gene Kelly and regularly collaborated with director and second husband Vincente Minnelli. Other starring roles during this period included Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946), Easter Parade (1948) and Summer Stock (1950). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in A Star Is Born (1954) and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). In 1950, after 15 years with MGM, the studio released her amid a series of personal struggles that prevented her from fulfilling the terms of her contract. American comedian, actor, author, and social critic George Carlin died on this day 15 years ago, aged 71. The first of Carlin's 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977, broadcast as George Carlin at USC. From the late 1980s onwards, his routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. He was a frequent performer and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three-decade Johnny Carson era and hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. Carson's film roles included a taxi driver in Car Wash, Frank Madras in Outrageous Fortune, Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Eddie Detreville in The Prince of Tides, Cardinal Ignatius Glock in Dogma, Hitchhiker in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Architect in Scary Movie 3, and Bart Trinké in Jersey Girl. He also had voice roles as Zugor in Tarzan II, Fillmore in Cars, and as Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station, as well as narrating the American dubs for the Thomas & Friends segments. His final comedy special, It's Bad for Ya, was filmed less than four months before his death from cardiac failure.

Used to love reading this thread. dickhead diego has well and truly destroyed that.

Too young to remember Gordon McQueen as a player or even as a manager, but his reaction to the goals against France and Italy in the ultimately fruitless Euro 2008 campaign is one of the best videos.

David Duke (Born 1950), Infamous former Imperial Wizard and Neo-Nazi.

Replace "insincerity" with "Phil's cum".

It's only missing the DL:ees now, unless I missed someone Also here's a list of the oldest and youngest people alive who've got a thread: Oldest: (pre-1925) 1914 - Norman Lloyd 1916 - Beverly Cleary 1919 - James Lovelock 1920 - Clarissa Eden June 1921 - Prince Philip November 1921 - Johnny Johnson (not his own thread, but he's the last dambuster) January 1922 - Betty White July 1922 - Norman Lear December 1922 - Dilip Kumar May 1923 - Henry Kissinger July 1923 - Bob Dole October 1923 - Glynis Johns December 1923 - Bob Barker 20th April 1924 - Leslie Phillips 28th April 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda July 1924 - Eva Marie Saint October 1924 - Jimmy Carter Youngest: (after 1990) 2002: Romeo Beckham 1999: Shamima Begum 1996: 6ix9ne 1993: Ariana Grande 1992: Demi Lovato

Ivor Cutler, poet, songwriter, humourist, eccentric, died 10 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nt7PWtgOPI&ebc=ANyPxKpkI-UDpNetpR8xU6x8PrQbQWJOKo2xa2s9jzPE1KYiktm0Ea-Ku3W1o_iuy4WtDH3ZCL8H3po4JkdoPiO6xrXeyNVT4Q

It's 25 years since Edwin Land, inventor of the Polaroid Camera, became just a fleeting memory, aged 81.