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Lady Jane Williams (aka Jane Portal aka Jane Welby), former personal secretary to Winston Churchill, niece of RA Butler and mother of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, dead aged 93: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/16/justin-welby-says-it-was-a-privilege-to-be-her-son-after-mother-dies-at-93 Interviewed for various Churchill shows so she might have qualified for the DDP. Certainly last picked for the DDP in 2017, so one for the List of the Missed @Death Impends, https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2017/celebs_W.html#willj0

Aaaand that's three! Luigi Bettazzi dead at 99.

We’re getting a little bit slapdash with the editing & formatting. Could we please, for the sake of clarity (and my OCD): - Paste the last scoreboard as ‘plain text’ (to get rid of bolds and Diego’s special colour changes) - Delete the last scorer’s +/- points - Add your scores and make them bold - Bask in the beauty of your perfectly formatted post and live a free and happy life Thank you.

Former Guardian film critic Derek Malcolm dies aged 91. DDP pick.

A couple of years ago I watched this documentary about former secretary of Italian commie party Enrico Berlinguer and I was surprised to see so many living nonagenarians among the cast. With the premature death of Arnoldo Forlani and Luigi Bettazzi I want to share the list with you since only a few survived: Enrico Berlinguer (1922 - 1984) PCI Giorgio Napolitano (1925) PCI immortal Bianca Berlinguer (1953) daughter and prominent journalist Luigi Bettazzi (1923 - 2023) Jovanotti (1966) singer Arnaldo Forlani (1926 - 2023) DC Alberto Franceschini (1947) terrorist, founder of Brigate rosse Richard Newton Gardner (1927 - 2019) Mikhail Gorbachev (1931 - 2022) Pietro Ingrao (1915 - 2015) PCI Emanuele Macaluso (1924 - 2021) PCI Eugenio Scalfari (1924 - 2022) journaliat Sergio Segre (1926) PCI and partisan Claudio Signorile (1937) PSI Aldo Tortorella (1926) PCI and partisan Walter Veltroni (1955) director and leftist politician Uncredited Giuliano Ferrara (1952) journalist, obese, had a heart attack in January last year, recently lost his brother

I’d have slid down the bannister in my tutu, blaring out The Smiths. Though perhaps that’s why I didn’t get the newsreader job, looking back.

Is that a threat or prediction?

Sun 16 Jul 51 Queen — Killer Queen 44 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us 40 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 35 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 29 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye 26 Ralph McTell — Streets Of London +4 26 Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 24 Sweet — Fox On The Run 24 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing 24 Sweet — Teenage Rampage 20 The Hollies — The Air That I Breathe 20 Bay City Rollers — Shang-A-Lang 20 Showaddywaddy — Three Steps To Heaven 20 Leo Sayer — Moonlighting 18 Stephanie De Sykes — Born With A Smile On My Face 18 Guys & Dolls — There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving 18 Mud — The Cat Crept In 17 The Carpenters — Please Mr Postman 17 Leo Sayer — The Show Must Go On 17 Minnie Ripperton — Loving You 16 Showaddywaddy — Hey Rock And Roll 14 The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New 13 Ray Stevens — Misty 10 Bobby Goldsboro — Honey 10 Roger Whittaker — The Last Farewell -6 09 The Wombles -- Wombling Merry Christmas 08 The Glitter Band — Goodbye My Love My grandad used to love the music of Roger Whittaker. But then he was deemed profoundly deaf by medical professionals so his opinion counts for diddly fuck.

16/7/2023 56 Queen — Killer Queen 48 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us 40 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 39 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 33 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye 30 Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 27 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing 26 Ralph McTell — Streets Of London 26 Sweet — Fox On The Run +2 24 Sweet — Teenage Rampage 21 The Carpenters — Please Mr Postman 20 Bay City Rollers — Shang-A-Lang 20 Showaddywaddy — Three Steps To Heaven 20 Leo Sayer — Moonlighting 18 The Hollies — The Air That I Breathe 16 Leo Sayer — The Show Must Go On +1 16 Showaddywaddy — Hey Rock And Roll 15 Stephanie De Sykes — Born With A Smile On My Face -3 14 The Stylistics — You Make Me Feel Brand New 13 Mud — The Cat Crept In +1 12 Minnie Ripperton — Loving You 10 Bobby Goldsboro — Honey -2 11 Ray Stevens — Misty 09 Roger Whittaker - The last Farewell 06 Guys & Dolls — There’s A Whole Lot Of Loving -1 This list looks a lot worse without the lads. Still, our day will come in the Christmas contest. And Remember you're a Womble got to no 3...just sayin'....

I'd have hired the North Korean newsreader to ensure the occasion was given sufficient gravitas.

Two of the Dionne quintuplets are still alive and recently turned 89.

American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence Robert Wadlow died on this day 83 years ago, aged 22. Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72m) while his weight reached 439 lb (199kg) at his death at the age of 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland, which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone.

In France, she is at the level of Catherine Deneuve and Jeanne Moreau

And the handbag named after her.

Pope Innocent III died on this day 807 years ago, aged 55. - Innocent was born as Lotario de Conti- he was a distant great-nephew of popes Benedict VIII and IX, and Pope John XIX. - Innocent became a cardinal in 1191, and he became the pope following the death of Pope Celestine III in 1198; Celestine wished for Giovanni di San Paolo to be elected his successor. - Innocent was known to exert his power over European monarchs, and excommunicated Alfonso IX of Leon for marrying a close relative. In 1202, he wrote a decree stating that he would be able to choose the king of the Holy Roman Empire- this was during a dispute during a regency period. - Innocent orchestrated the Fourth Crusade in 1202, and had a desire to lead the crusaders to Jerusalem. These crusaders, however, besieged Constantinople, which Innocent disproved of but saw as a sign that the Orthodox Church should reunite with the Catholic Church. - Innocent would also allow Francis of Assisi to found his Franciscan Order in 1210. - In 1215, Innocent initiated the Lateran IV ecumenical council- it was decided that Catholics had to have a confession at least once a year, and ordered European Jews and Muslims to wear specific clothing to identify themselves as such. This council also set June 1, 1217 as the start of the Fifth Crusade, but Innocent died before he could see it happen. He would be succeeded by Honorius III.

Neveda sex worker offering freebie to anyone who can prove existence of ET's - or maybe clever pleasure palace cooks up publicity scam and gets press to pay them to advertise themselves: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/real-life/im-offering-free-sex-sessions-30443491?fbclid=IwAR0lPG5nP2TT1olKQBiiXtL0l8H9r_zjO35Ti9j094gyA2NaQuD4rn5eIKE

I read about a new live recording of a John Coltrane concert and wondered how many jazz musicians that played with Coltrane are still alive. Wikipedia gave me the names of Albert Heath (88, who played on his first album als a band leader) Julius Priester (88) and Reggie Workman (86). He played (once) with Sonny Rollins as well. But how many more are there? Edit: Found some more: Kenny Burrell (91), Louis Hayes (86), Roy Haynes (98), Archie Shepp (86), Carlos Ward (83).

Superstar's anger at innocuous forum phrasing suggests blood pressure issues to me. One to watch for deadpoolers imo.

A crumb of comfort for his family.

As Surinamese-Dutch resistance fighter Anton de Kom (1898-1945) received official apologies by the Dutch state this week for the way he was treated by the Dutch authorities in the 1930's, it came to my attention he still has two living children. They are Ad de Kom (96) and Judith de Kom (92). Both of them appeared in public for the occasion and were handed an official letter of apologies by the minister of foreign affairs. Ad seemed to be confined to his wheelchair, Judith could at least walk for a short distance with assistance of a walking stick and a caretaker.

It certainly seems that both our gut feelings , vibes and general instincts/sense on this topic are converging and proving to be correct or bang on the money as some people say.

I'm keeping the faith but naturally respect your opinion. I definitely think the Derby Dead Pool ithough s going to end up with a phenomenally impressive total.

Evangelist Irvin Baxter, of Endtime (huh?) Ministries, a Trump supporter who blamed Covid-19 on premarital sex, has died aged 75. Complications of Covid-19.

And Happy Rockafeller as a former 2nd Lady of the USA. She will be 88 in June.