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Oh so that's why I haven't heard much of George Alagiah lately.

I liked the chap who wrote the book which claimed the conspiracy had bumped off a Pope, Mafia dons and a President, yet somehow the same murderous conspiracy kept that author alive for 50 odd years to tell the tale! I mean, it was probably Oswald (with added help of some panicked friendly fire in the chaos which has been covered up). Yet for me, the Who Killed Kennedy conspiracy theory misses out on the whole far more interesting conspiracy for me. Why did Lee Harvey Oswald do it? Who put him up to it? We'll never know because a guy connected to the Mob silenced him soon after. Mafia? Deep state? Bobby Kennedy? A Marilyn Monroe fan with money? Castro doing the old Tito on Stalin revenge? That's where the fascinating conspiracy is, and we'll probably never know the truth.

That would be a good title for a compilation album featuring all the No.1s from 2000 & 2001

Sat 8 July 49 Spiller — Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) +4 44 All Saints —Pure Shore 43 Eminem ft. Dido — Stan 39 Fragma — Toca’s Miracle 38 Kylie Minogue — Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 35 Daniel Bedingfield- Gotta Get Thru This 32 Roger Sanchez — Another Chance 32 Rui da Silva ft. Cassandra- Touch Me 31 So Solid Crew- 21 Seconds 31 Madison Avenue- Don’t Call Me Baby 30 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes- Never Be The Same Again 30 Shaggy/RikRok - It Wasn't Me 28 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight 28 Melanie C — I turn to you 27 Afroman- Because I Got High 27 S Club 7 - Don’t Stop Movin’ 27 S Club 7 - Have You Ever 27 Manic Street Preachers — The Masses Against the Classes 26 Britney Spears- Oops!... I Did It Again 26 Shaggy ft. Rayvon- Angel 23 Eminem- The Real Slim Shady 23 Chicane ft. Bryan Adams- Don’t Give Up  22 Oxide & Neutrino- Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty) 22 All Saints- Black Coffee 22 Craig David- 7 Days  22 Kylie Minogue- Spinning Around  22 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink- Lady Marmalade 21 Billie Piper- Day & Night 20 Modjo- Lady (Hear Me Tonight)  20 Gabrielle- Rise 20 Craig David- Fill Me In 20 The Corrs- Breathless 20 A1- Take On Me  20 A1- Same Old Brand New You 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 19 Steps – Stomp 19 Five - Let’s Dance 17 Spice Girls - Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 16 Sonique- It Feels So Good 15 Mariah Carey ft. Westlife - Against All Odds 15 Jennifer Lopez- Love Don’t Cost A Thing 07 DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It? 00 Blue - Too Close -6

Clearly the peak of his career.

And of course, now I discover this thread after posting in Conspiracy theories! Maybe like Elvis' thread we could mark him as dead and move to the actual Forum? I mean, there's claimants, witnesses and Oswald's widow still alive. I'm still in disbelief that Cyril Wecht, forensic pathologist and consistent critic of the magic bullet theory, is still on the go.

Ernest Borgnine died on this day 11 years ago, aged 95. - After graduating from high school in 1935, Borgnine joined the US Navy, and was honorably discharged in October of 1941. After Pearl Harbor, he reenlisted, and served until the end of World War II, where he would again receive an honorable discharge. - Having no idea what career to pursue after that, Borgnine's mother encouraged him to take up acting. His first role was in a 1947 production of State of the Union. - In 1951, Borgnine made the jump to TV, starring as a villain in the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers. A casting agent for Columbia Pictures saw him, and he soon made his film debut in The Whistle at Eaton Falls. In 1955, he would star in Marty, for which he would win an Oscar for Best Actor. - Borgnine would return to television, taking the title role of McHale's Navy in 1962. In the 1980s, he would also star in Airwolf opposite Jan-Michael Vincent. - To younger audiences, Borgnine is best known as the voice of Mermaid Man in SpongeBob. His sidekick Barnacle Boy was voiced by his McHale's Navy co-star Tim Conway: After his death, Nickelodeon reran every episode he guest starred in. - In 2009, Borgnine would be nominated for an Emmy for his role in the final episode of ER- aged 92 at the time, he is among the oldest people to receive an Emmy nomination. - Borgnine debuted on the DeathList in 2007, and made his second and final appearance in 2011.

on this day 77 years ago, future President and future First Lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter got married.

Rumours swirling around that Hulk Hogan has died, but not confirmed. Has anybody heard anything?

July 8 49 Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds 46 T. Rex — Ride A White Swan -6 37 Deep Purple — Black Night 35 The Moody Blues — Question +4 27 T. Rex — Jeepster 22 The Kinks — Lola

Legendary umpire Dickie Bird (90) watching the ongoing Ashes Test at Headingley

British actress Eileen Bennett is either 103 (according to IMDB) or 104 (according to Wiki) assuming, of course, she hasn't died off radar. Her son is Nicholas Hammond who played Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound Of Music.

1 2 3 1 (Margaret Kerry) (Frank Gehry) (Violeta Chamorro) (b. 1929) 2 (Rob Burrow) (Roger Guillemin) (Robert Nixon) (R - letter start) 3 (Carl Erskine) (Helen Gallagher) (Valdas Adamkus) (b. 1926) (Athlete) (G – letter end) (Politician)

Here is my entry-Hope I've done it right! 1 2 3 Newt Gingrich Jane Rossington Fred (1943) Schmidt Evo Morales Esther Rantzen Eugen (E) Ekman Roy Beggs Robert Redford Roy (1936) Emerson (Politics) (R) (athletes) (Sport) Sorry if it's a mess vertical 1 is politics Horizontal 1 is born 1943 Vertical 2 is second name beginning with R Horizontal 2 is first name beginning with E Vertical 3 is athletes-so an Olympic swimmer, Finnish Olympian and australian tennis player. Horizontal 3 is people born 1936.

7/7/2023 63 Elvis — Suspicious Minds 46 T. Rex — Jeepster +4 45 T. Rex — Ride A White Swan 43 Deep Purple — Black Night  39 The Moody Blues — Question 20 The Kinks — Lola -6

7th July 46 Kylie Minogue- Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 43 All Saints- Pure Shores 41 Spiller- Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 37 Manic Street Preachers- The Masses Against the Classes 36 Fragma — Toca’s Miracle 35 Eminem ft. Dido- Stan 32 Roger Sanchez- Another Chance 31 Eminem- The Real Slim Shady 30 So Solid Crew- 21 Seconds 29 Daniel Bedingfield- Gotta Get Thru This 29 Madison Avenue- Don’t Call Me Baby 28 Shaggy/RikRok - It Wasn't Me 28 Melanie C ft. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes- Never Be The Same Again 27 Rui da Silva ft. Cassandra- Touch Me 27 S Club 7 - Don’t Stop Movin’ 27 S Club 7 - Have You Ever +4 26 LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight the Moonlight 25 Afroman- Because I Got High 24 Modjo- Lady (Hear Me Tonight)  24 Melanie C — I turn to you 23 Chicane ft. Bryan Adams- Don’t Give Up  23 Shaggy ft. Rayvon- Angel 22 Britney Spears- Oops!... I Did It Again 22 Oxide & Neutrino- Bound 4 da Reload (Casualty) 22 All Saints- Black Coffee 22 Craig David- 7 Days  22 Sonique- It Feels So Good 21 Kylie Minogue- Spinning Around 21 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink- Lady Marmalade 21 Billie Piper- Day & Night 20 Gabrielle- Rise 20 Craig David- Fill Me In 20 The Corrs- Breathless 20 A1- Take On Me  20 A1- Same Old Brand New You 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 19 Jennifer Lopez- Love Don’t Cost A Thing 19 Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up  19 Steps – Stomp  19 Spice Girls - Holler/Let Love Lead The Way 19 Five - Let’s Dance 17 Robbie Williams - Rock DJ 16 DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It? 16 Mariah Carey ft. Westlife - Against All Odds 15 Blue - Too Close  00 Destiny’s Child - Independent Women Part I -6

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

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/noreen-nash-dead-giant-southerner-1235510640/amp/

Aye, maybe - or possibly the General Election 2024 thread because his motivation in life is relevant to that. Either way, likelihood of immanent death in his case...remote, eh!

Yesterday, he tweeted about the writers strike. Very composed tweets, pretty impressive.

Private Fraser in Dad's Army.

Jesus Christ

Doctor Who Advent Calendar. December 15 opened.

She seems decent but isn't given stuff that plays to her strengths. The main writer - Chris Chibnall - is one of the worst on TV (he also did Broadchurch which was horribly written too). Subtle as a sledgehammer to the nuts.

That is not true. The word 'gaudy' is much older than that, it's in Shakespeare. Comes from the Latin gaudere, meaning rejoice/celebrate, I think. Those A levels not completely forgotten According to the NGRAM viewer https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=gaudy&year_start=1300&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cgaudy%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cgaudy%3B%2Cc1 gaudy first appeared in written form in 1578 which is around Shakespeare's time but before his plays were first published.