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King Albert II of Belgium hospitalised, showing signs of dehydration. He is 89 years old. (Link in Dutch)

Nicolas Coster dead at 89

Sound advice from a solid source

Tove Jansson died on this day 22 years ago, aged 86. - Jansson was from an artistic family; her father Viktor was a sculptor and her mother Signe was a graphic designer. Her brother Per became a photographer, and her other brother Lars became a cartoonist, like her. - Jansson first made paintings in her 20s, and her first art exhibition was in 1943 (considering WWII, I doubt attendance was high). - Up to 1953, Jansson was a political cartoonist for Garm magazine- one notable cartoon she made (in 1938) lampooned appeasement by depicting Hitler as a crying baby, and European leaders such as Neville Chamberlain giving him slices of cake representing the land Germany annexed: - Jansson wrote her first children's book when she was 14- it was called Sara and Pelle and Neptune's Children. - Jansson is most famous as the creator of the Moomins- children's books featuring a family of donkey-like trolls. She wrote the first book in the series, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945, with the following book Comet in Moominland establishing most of the main characters. She wrote these from up to 1970- the series remains hugely popular in Finland today, and it has been adapted into TV shows, theatrical plays, video games, and even two theme parks:

Tobey Maguire (of the 2000s Spider-Man trilogy fame) is 48.

@CaptainChorizo... about May... one more... Jeremy Clarke was a hit for @msc: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/05/21/jeremy-clarke-obituary-low-life-spectator-magazine/ If Daniel Ellsburg is Daniel Ellsberg... he was a hit for @JoeMoneypenny, too. And Harry Belafonte died on April 25. @The Unknown Man needs a replacement.

IIRC wasn't there an episode of "Hart to Hart" where they entered a rally in Greece?

Impossible.

What a gruesomely unpleasant discovery.... .... this thread is.

Madonna in 2025

Has anybody seen that Advert where the two little girls walk into the lounge and proclaim that "Dad, its time" or something as they produce a box of hair dye ( think grecian 2000). What kind of a crock of sh*t is that? Dad is single/widowed/divorced. Dad isnt in a relationship Dad hasnt had his leg over. Dad is a sad twat. Daughters decide that, to remedy the above, he needs to get rid of his grey hairs. Viola!! Dad gets a bird, daughters ( sitting in a single Armchair ) do the old "Palm to Palm" hand slap. Result!! I need not tell you that this advert is American, I certainly dont wish to appear anti American, we have some valued cousins on this forum, however, I dont think anybody could have made this advert outside of the States. Perhaps, to redress the balance, somebody would care to hold up some more British examples of inane, God awful, toe curling advertising.

Sub-250-post members: this is the kind of content you should be bringing to the forum, not "hey Dick Van Dyke is old anyone thought about picking him?" And you're right.

Strelkov Igor Girkin has during the last few days said that Putin should step down and Prigozhin should be hanged.

But it is to her!

An investigation has revealed that the submarine as built did not match the original plans.

Finally. I was simply itching for a place to put all the future exciting Julian Sands news there'll surely be.

Hits, hits, hits!! Thank you all for mentioning the names above, especially the rarer ones. Especially Gooseberry Crumble and Cpt. Hemlock continue their streak of left-field unique hits. Researching night club owner/criminal figure Ronnie Knight was enjoyable, I remember. Pat Cooper as well... I added him to my longlist and even gave him a "50% chance of dying this year"... missed chance for me I guess, but not for Cpt Hemlock. Glenda Jackson another hit for Gooseberry Crumble, who needs one more hit to share the "most hits of the year" record. Edna Child, unique hit for Joe Moneypenny, was another gem to research. Though I guess, being the oldest olympian of the UK at the time should have put her on more radars (she floated kind of under the surface, hurr hurr). She was not picked for the DDP, but here! There were also the big names Silvio Berlusconi, Ted Kaczynski, Pat Robertson, Gordon McQueen, Teresa Taylor and the like. Frequently picked names. Christy Dignam, also very prominent, but picked here only once, by Sean, who kept the faith, congrats! I thought I had picked Frederic Forrest in everything, but I guess news arrived too late to pick for me in this pool. But three of you score. Winnie Ewing is a unique hit for YoungWillz, and Francoise Gilot is a unique hit for Death Impends. Anita Cornwell does not have a QO for this game. I am not sure if it will come, to be honest. Let's see. Scorewise it wasn't that exciting at the top, but SalmonMousse missed Kaczynski, which might make a difference in the end. The field catches up though. Finally, another reminder to email me your midyear substitution picks, you can switch up to five names (with those on your team who are still living). I will put my two own substitutions in this thread in a couple of days to give you a heads--up. Currently debating with myself whether to pick Yevgeni Prigozhin.... Rank Team Score 1 Banana 756 2 Salmon Mousse 628 3 Funeralopolis 593 3 Perhaps 593 5 JoeyRuss 591 6 Death Impends 482 7 Grim Up North 468 8 gcreptile 465 9 Cpt. Chorizo 463 10 Book 460 11 RadGuy 445 12 DeathBecomesThem 415 12 msc 415 14 Gooseberry Crumble 414 14 wannamaker 414 16 Sean 404 17 Summer in Transylvania 392 18 An Fear Beag 390 19 Joltin Joe 378 20 Wormfarmer 357 21 Toast 356 22 Buffalo Phil 350 23 Drol 345 24 The Daredevil 332 25 tracy 319 26 The Spinosaurus 310 27 ThereWillBeDeaths7 308 27 YoungWillz 308 29 Hell 305 30 Etushipushingupdaisies 296 30 Mr. Wonderful 296 32 DevonDeathTrip 283 33 Thatcher 282 34 TheOldLady 281 35 Torva Messor 276 35 Diego 276 37 MortalCaso 271 38 TheUnknownMan 270 39 The Old Crem 266 40 GuyFromFuture 251 41 Predictor 245 42 Charles De Gaulle 222 43 Annami 217 44 Nick 212 45 JoeMoneypenny 199 46 John Key 198 47 TheQuimReaper 192 48 chilean way 184 49 Cpt. Hemlock 172 50 Liz Lemon 159 51 Famous6Eva 147 52 Bibliogryphon 136 53 MariNisia 128 54 Mr. Custard 122 55 CalebH 116 56 Lady Fiona 104 57 etib80 92 58 Ghostofchristmaspast 68 59 Pedro67 64 60 Great Uncle Bulgaria 62 61 sam081 30

She’s already got plenty of QOs

Coffintease Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's wife Meera Bhattacharjee hospitalised with cardiac problems and for pacemaker battery change. Stable but not known when she'll be discharged.

Not sure if mentioned here before (search feature gives nothing), but John Larkin's (Scatman John) widow Judy Larkin died in January at 83. Scatman John impersonator Shofukutei Shobin also died recently - in February at 66.

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Blistering solo!

Reverend David Mainse, Canadian evangelical leader, televangelist and host of the Christian talk show 100 Huntley Street, has died aged 81.

Julia Roberts' half-sister dies of apparent overdose: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20785343,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent