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Thomas Jefferson died first but John Adams was not aware of the latter’s death when himself died. His last words were « Thomas Jefferson survives » ! Adams died at 90 years and 8 months and was the longest lived (and the only nonagenarian) US president until Ronald Reagan surpassed him in 2001, and then Gerald Ford in 2004 and George HW Bush and Jimmy Carter in 2015. Herbert Hoover also became nonagerian but he died at « only » 90 years and 1 month in 1964.

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A name I don't believe has been mentioned on here before. Annye C. Anderson (b. 1926) is the half-sister of bluesman Robert Johnson – she was 12 when he died. Her memoir Brother Robert was published in 2020 and she has made in-person appearances promoting it as recently as February. Might well obit as she is the last living person who knew Johnson.

Ungrateful Colonials Day 36 Manic Street Preachers- The Masses Against the Classes +2 35 Kylie Minogue- Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 33 Spiller- Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 32 All Saints- Pure Shores 32 Fragma- Toca’s Miracle 30 Melanie C- I Turn to You 30 Roger Sanchez- Another Chance 28 Sonique- It Feels So Good 28 Eminem ft. Dido- Stan 26 Daniel Bedingfield- Gotta Get Thru This 25 So Solid Crew- 21 Seconds +2 25 DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies- Do You Really Like It? +2 25 Shaggy/RikRok - It Wasn't Me 25 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight 25 Britney Spears- Oops!... I Did It Again 24 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink- Lady Marmalade 24 Rui da Silva ft. Cassandra- Touch Me 24 Madison Avenue- Don’t Call Me Baby 24 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes- Never Be The Same Again 23 S Club 7- Don’t Stop Movin’ 22 Eminem- The Real Slim Shady 22 Afroman- Because I Got High 22 Oxide & Neutrino- Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty) 22 Modjo- Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 22 S Club 7- Have You Ever 22 Chicane ft. Bryan Adams- Don’t Give Up 22 All Saints- Black Coffee 21 Shaggy- Angel 20 Gabrielle- Rise 20 Geri Halliwell- Bag It Up 20 Craig David- Fill Me In 20 Billie Piper- Day & Night 20 Kylie Minogue- Spinning Around 20 The Corrs- Breathless 20 Craig David- 7 Days 20 A1- Take On Me 20 Steps- Stomp 20 Spice Girls- Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 20 A1- Same Old Brand New You 20 Destiny’s Child- Independent Women Part 1 20 Jennifer Lopez- Love Don’t Cost A Thing 20 Atomic Kitten- Whole Again 20 Hear’Say- Pure and Simple 20 Emma Bunton- What Took You So Long? 20 Destiny’s Child- Survivor 20 Atomic Kitten- Eternal Flame 20 Five- Let’s Dance 20 Blue- Too Close 20 Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman- Somethin’ Stupid 18 Robbie Williams- Rock DJ 17 Mariah Carey ft. Westlife- Against All Odds 17 Ronan Keating- Life Is A Rollercoaster 17 Five + Queen- We Will Rock You 16 Robbie Williams- Eternity/The Road to Mandalay +2 14 Britney Spears- Born To Make You Happy 14 S Club 7- Never Had A Dream Come True 14 Westlife- Fool Again 14 Hear’Say- The Way to Your Love -3 11 Westlife - My Love -6 7 Blue- If You Come Back 0 Madonna- Music -3

Did they go ahead? We had some communities cancel their fireworks on June 26/27 due to smoke/visibility. None since.

Viktor Olsen born in Strinda died aged 99 in Ranheim on 21/apr/2023, was a Norwegian athlete, represented his country in the marathon of the 1952 Helsinki Games, where he finished 16th. Domestically, he was a five-time national champion (1954 1956-1959) and also won the 25 kilometer road race from 1953 to 1957. In his career, he was a gardener. https://www.strindahistorielag.no/wiki/index.php/Viktor_Olsen

I'm really reliving my teenage years and having a crisis as to who I downvote next.

7/4/2023 40 Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds 37 The Moody Blues — Question 33 T. Rex — Jeepster 31 T. Rex — Ride A White Swan 31 Deep Purple — Black Night +2 30 R Dean Taylor — Indiana Wants Me +2 30 Canned Heat — Let’s Work Together 27 The Jackson 5 — I Want You Back 26 Paul McCartney — Another Day 25 Redbone — The Witch Queen Of New Orleans 25 The Kinks - Lola 25 Free — All Right Now 22 Sweet — Co-Co 20 Peter, Paul & Mary — Leavin’ On A Jet Plane 12 Clarence Carter — Patches 0 McGuinness Flint — Dead And Gone -6

Says he’s feeling good and is hoping to tour this fall

Did theoldlady just snag third? https://consequence.net/2023/06/teresa-taylor-butthole-surfers-dead/

Kewal Krishan, Indian minor politician, died in April at 109 according to his Geni. While Geni tends to be inaccurate I think this is true - he had repeated strokes in his centenarian years. He was additionally India's oldest even somewhat verifiable man. Couldn't find more articles, but here's some further proof online: Edit: Here's him in 1947 when he was a member of the drafting committee of the Indian constitution (back row, on the right)

I watched gay dating show I kissed a boy- and I liked it! I especially recommend it to any of the many gay posters on here if they haven't already watched it. The whole series is on BBC Iplayer and definitely rather different to Love Island.

Many thanks MPFC. As a small thanks for running the pool, I have matched your donation to Buttercups - we can at least make a slightly better world for goats!

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?

Well at first my username was "When The" but I had it changed since it felt like a weird nonsensical username.

Mark Andrews, a British base jumper, has died after falling more than 400 metres down a rockface. He was 65. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22575509/brit-base-jumper-dies-mark-andrews-italy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1685898422-2

Carroll Cooley, a retired Phoenix Police Captain and the arresting officer in the landmark case partially responsible for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Miranda rights ruling requiring a suspect be read their rights, has died. He was 87. https://apnews.com/article/miranda-rights-officer-obituary-eb0453f8239346987404af419732bbc2?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

All this talk of This Morning and the titles sequence posted on the Schofield thread reminded me not only of Fred Talbot's troubles but also the late great Claire Rayner who often appeared on the show. Yes, I dredged this up! Not that I would know as I don't watch it any more, but does This Morning have a regular agony aunt nowadays? I mean for the next few days or weeks until it is axed of course.

I know why American politzi get run over. We have shite driving habits. Here’s a shot taken by SirC as he and Boudicca cross the Skye Bridge. He is driving, wrong side of car wrong side of road, steering with his knees so he can take this photo to one day post on DL. Coulda plunged to our deaths. Or run over a cop. All sorts of bad American driving habits going on here. SC

Fleet Street staffer Doreen Spooner, dead at 91: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/first-female-fleet-street-photographer-14442462

That bores me. Bye, I mean B-Aye

Dutch athlete Mien Schopman-Klaver, dead at 107. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mensenlinq.nl%2Foverlijdensberichten%2Fwilhelmina-hendrika-schopman-klaver-7893196&edit-text DDP pick.

130 years since John Deere was dunploughin aged 82.

She's talking about her funeral now... http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/sto...1664581,00.html

Wow! Nobody has ever dared ask that so directly before.