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Now... four contenders. Evelyn M. Witkin dies at the age of 102: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/evelyn-m-witkin-world-renowned-geneticist-dies-102

Satoru Iwata died on this day 8 years ago, aged 55. - Iwata joined HAL Laboratory in 1982; his family disapproved. In 1983, Iwata went to Nintendo's headquarters to get permission for HAL to develop games for the Famicom (NES). - While at HAL, Iwata would program Balloon Fight and the first Kirby game, and produced Earthbound (Mother in Japan). - Before joining Nintendo, Iwata would also work at Game Freak, helping with programming on the second generation of Pokémon games (Gold and Silver) and the Nintendo 64's Pokemon Stadium. - The first in-house Nintendo game Iwata worked on would be the first Super Smash Bros. in 1999. - Iwata would officially join Nintendo in 2000, and reduced the cost and time of making games while maintaining their quality. In 2002, he would succeed Hiroshi Yamauchi to become the company's fourth president. - Iwata would seek to compete against Sony and Microsoft not by focusing on gamer demographics, but through innovative consoles. This led to the creation of the DS (seen in the picture) and Wii in 2004 and 2006, which are among the best-selling video game consoles of all time. Later consoles during his tenure (specifically the 3DS and Wii U), however, would see less of a profit. The final console Iwata would help develop would be the Switch, released after his death and would see similar success to the former two consoles. - Iwata would also create the Nintendo Direct presentations for upcoming products, which began in 2011. He would often employ humorous skits within them: - Iwata was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in 2014, and died after a year-long battle. A rainbow was seen over Nintendo's HQ soon after his death was announced, and the Internet dubbed it "The Rainbow Road to Heaven" (after the (in)famous Mario Kart track): (you may need to zoom in to see it)

Manny Coto, a producer who worked on '24' and 'American Horror Story', among other shows, has died. He was 62. Coto died after a 13 month battle with pancreatic cancer. https://www.thewrap.com/manny-coto-dead/

In a vanishingly rare moment in the HoC earlier, a Tory MP made a good contribution. Laura Farris spoke sincerely in defence of Harriet Harman, in contrast to the pathetic, whinging nonsense being dribbled out by Johnson acolytes like Andrea Jenkyns and Michael Fabricunt.

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.

11/Jul/2023 52 Elton John — Rocket Man 47 David Bowie — The Jean Genie 43 Sweet — Ballroom Blitz 41 Don McLean — American Pie +4 38 T. Rex — Children Of The Revolution 35 The Carpenters — Yesterday Once More 32 Sweet — Hell Raiser 27 Strawbs — Part Of The Union 22 Vicky Leandros — Come What May 22 Barry Blue — (Dancing) On A Saturday Night 20 The Faces — Cindy Incidentally 15 T. Rex — Solid Gold Easy Action 13 Ringo Starr — Back Off Boogaloo 12 The New Seekers — Beg Steal Or Borrow 11 Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs — Seaside Shuffle 10 Alvin Stardust — My Coo-Ca-Choo 00 Gary Glitter — Hello Hello I am back again -6

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11th July 50 Elton John — Rocket Man 45 David Bowie — The Jean Genie 40 Sweet — Ballroom Blitz 38 T. Rex — Children Of The Revolution 34 Don McLean — American Pie +4 31 The Carpenters — Yesterday Once More 31 Sweet — Hell Raiser 27 Strawbs — Part Of The Union 22 Vicky Leandros — Come What May 22 Barry Blue — Dancing on a Saturday night 20 The Faces — Cindy Incidentally 18 Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs — Seaside Shuffle 18 The New Seekers — Beg Steal Or Borrow 17 T. Rex — Solid Gold Easy Action 14 Ringo Starr — Back Off Boogaloo 14 Alvin Stardust — My Coo-Ca-Choo 13 Gary Glitter — Hello Hello I’m Back Again  00 Gary Glitter — Do You Wanna Touch Me -6

English footballer and manager who played as a defender Jack Charlton died on this day 3 years ago, aged 85. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup and managed the Republic of Ireland national team from 1986 to 1996 achieving two World Cup and one European Championship appearances. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Second Division title (1963-64), First Division title (1968-69), FA Cup (1972), League Cup (1968), Charity Shield (1969), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1968 and 1971), as well as one other promotion from the Second Division (1955-56) and five second-place finishes in the First Division, two FA Cup final defeats and one inter-Cities Fairs Cup final defeat. His 629 league and 762 total competitive appearances are club records.

Pope Benedict VII died 1040 years ago, he was born and died in Rome at the age of 53, he was count of Tusculum and bishop of Sutri, he was elected in October 974 as the 135th pope Eric I died 920 years ago, was born in Slangerup, and died in Paphos (Cyprus) while participating in a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, He was named Duke of Sjaelland in 1080, shortly after the death of his brother, Harald III and, after the death of his brother, Olaf I, was appointed king in 1095 Manuel Vasques died 20 years ago, the Portuguese de Barreiro was a footballer and was part of the football squad of Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 1940s and 1950s, and was one of the members of the so-called "Five Violins". He died aged 77.

Boris's just desserts are finally served when his turn as Widow Twanky in Croydon draws rave reviews!

From Politico's morning briefing today: BY-ELECTIONS LOOM: A handful of MPs from the main parties are being dispatched today to the seats holding by-elections on July 20. While Labour is nervous about Johnson’s old Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat (more below), a JL Partners poll of 502 Selby and Ainsty constituents in today’s Yorkshire Post puts Labour on 41 percent and the Tories on 29. Labour MPs who spoke to Playbook this week were as chirpy about the true-blue seat — where Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams quit — as Tory MPs were downbeat.

Labour are polling 12 points ahead in Selby. Dare to dream.

Coco pops her clogs... Coco Lee: Disney star and pop singer dies at 48 - BBC News

A 69-year-old woman has died following an alligator attack in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, authorities said Tuesday. While rescue efforts were being made, an alligator appeared and was guarding the woman, interrupting emergency efforts, according to the sheriff’s office. SC

Heather Locklear seen balancing on a ledge in flip flops above a dumpster. She looks lost and not sober. Fears for Heather Locklear as she's seen balancing on ledge in flip flops and making strange faces | Daily Mail Online

I know a handful of more personally famous British cuckoos right here on DL.

And another check on Saturday evening? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65864111

Good for a theme team then. Also good for those of our members who enjoy the low hanging fruit.

As I reported on Dead Pop Stars thread, Nick Todd (Wiki), brother of Pat Bonne dead at 88

I'd say it's more the long term impact. Kaczynski is obviously a bad person, but he hasn't had a major impact aside from being seen as a key figure in Anarcho-primitivism. His actions don't really affect modern day to day life. Whereas Robertson was one of the key people responsible for the rise of evangelicalism within (traditionally) right-wing politics. His (and other's) actions can still be seen today in the (personal bias here) vile, hate-filled rhetoric being used by certain mainstream politicians, which dare I say has indirectly led to the deaths of many more than Kaczynski's actions. There's also the fact that Robertson is still a widely praised figure making him more dis-likeable, whereas with Kaczynski, some who support his ideas but very few support his methods, so hating him goes without saying.

Don truly back to his best at the age of 91 - Broner wins his King-promoted comeback fight by decision, with two judges giving him the first round despite him not landing a single punch during it.

6/18: Some fucker shot Max Immelmann's Fokker - 100 years ago Clarence Clemons no longer had Springsteen for a Boss - 5 years ago

Although, then again....

Whale meat again....