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Che Guevara's sister Celia Guevara dead at 93.

Update on Cale Yarborough from his daughter. Diagnosed with a very rare terminal condition apparently. It does seem to be of the slower progressive multiple sclerosis/dementia type of condition, rather than the fast progressing terminal cancer/ALS kind but regardless definitely a solid choice for DPs this point on.

The 97-year old Ahmad Jannati has been reelected as leader of the Iranian Guardian Council for another year, in spite of his ill health and his "difficulties communicating": https://iranwire.com/en/politics/118680-97-year-old-cleric-jannati-re-elected-as-guardian-council-chief/

Sue Marx, who won the 1988 Oscar for 'Best Documentary Short' for her film 'Young at Heart', which chronicled the relationship between her father and his second wife, both artists and each a widower/widow, has died. She was 92. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/07/17/sue-marx-oscar-winning-filmmaker-dies-at-92/70422900007/

I'll say it again. My point was that "African-American" is starting to be wrongly used as a synonym for black non-Americans by people who don't think about what they're saying. I should probably have made the comment in the English Language thread. It would have been better understood there.

July 20 100 Queen — Killer Queen 78 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us +4 46 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 43 Sweet — Fox On The Run 31 Bachman -Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 22 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas +4 21 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye -6 13 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing Though I do think a correction needs to be made for Sir Creep who subtracted 8 instead of the allotted 6 a couple posts ago.

I was the one who scrubbed the death from his Wiki page for it being unsourced. I thought it was total bollocks tbh. Now that I've seen that website claim however, I've contacted the media.

Nguyen Khanh dead at 95.

Robert II of France died on this day 992 years ago, aged 59. - Robert was the second king of the Capetian dynasty; he was the son of its founder, Hugh Capet. - In his youth, Robert received his education from Gerbert of Aurillac- the future Pope Sylvester II. - Robert became the junior king mere months after his father took the throne in 987, likely Hugh's attempt at controlling the aristocracy. Robert would become the sole ruler after his father's death in 996. - Robert was married three times. His first wife was Rozala of Italy; their marriage was annulled to due a major age difference between the two (Rozala was 22 years older), He secondly married Bertha of Burgundy in 996, for which he was excommunicated for seven years by Pope Gregory V (when his tutor became pope in 999, he upheld it). He finally married Constance of Arles in 1002. - Robert expanded French territory to include the Duchy of Burgundy in a conquest that lasted from 1003 to 1016. - Robert would make his son Hugh Mungus Magnus junior king in 1017, but died in 1025. He would then co-reign with his son Henry I beginning in 1027, much to the disagreement of his wife (who considered her son to be effeminate). - Robert died from a fever caused by an unknown affliction. One person chronicled that a solar eclipse that had occurred three weeks earlier was a warning sign.

Rex Williams, no. 24 on DeathList 1990, is 90.

Steve Pieters, an openly gay cleric and AIDS activist whose interview on the PTL Club gave its conservative Christian audience a differing viewpoint on homosexuality and prompted Tammy Faye Bakker to ask he be treated with compassion, has died. He was 70. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/steve-pieters-dead.html

Thelma Barlow looks very well for 94.

It's yer Barbara Knox and Thelma Barlow hanging out at the Flower Show earlier. (FAO @Gooseberry Crumble as he's a proponent of Barlow for a future DL!)

Was that the day Errol Brown sacked his agent?

20/7/2023 100 Queen — Killer Queen 74 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 46 Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug 39 Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye +4 37 Bachman-Turner Overdrive — You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 36 Sweet — Fox On The Run -6 20 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 12 Hot Chocolate — You Sexy Thing

On this day 50 years ago, Bruce Lee died aged 32.

This site mentions that he died on January 27, 2023. I saw that there used to be an entry for his wiki as well before it was removed for being unsourced. What is exactly his real name? Did he changed his name from his birthname?

Tommie Broadwater Jr, a former State Senator from Maryland who was later convicted of food stamp fraud, has died. He was 81. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/19/tommie-broadwater-prince-georges-dead/

Robert Lieberman, whose directing credits included D3: The Mighty Ducks and episodes of TV series such as Thirtysomething, The X-Files and Dexter, has died. He was 75. Lieberman died July 1st. His death was being reported July 17th. https://people.com/director-robert-lieberman-dead-75-7562339

Good suggestions, many old and frail who could drop at any moment. Jovanotti hospitalised after breaking his femur and clavicle in a fall, will undergo surgery.

Afeez Agoro, popularly known as Nigeria’s tallest man has died. [In a phone conversation with a female relative who did not want her name mentioned, it was confirmed to Daily Trust that the entertainer is dead. In an emotion-laden voice, when asked about Agoro, the lady simply said sobbing, “It is true. He is gone. He is dead. Please, I will call you back.” Then she hung up the phone.] (Bwa-ha-ha I left that in bc it’s hilarious) Agoro died at a Lagos hospital on Wednesday evening, after a prolonged battle with Acromegaly, commonly known as gigantism. Afeez was previously recognised as the tallest man in Nigeria. At 2.25 metres (7 ft 5 in), he stood shorter than his 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) compatriot, Abiodun Adegoke, who is likely the tallest man in Nigeria. In August 2018, I Am Agoro, a Reality TV show which centred around his life and what it feels like living as the tallest man in Nigeria SC

Indeed he is turning it in

Terry Waite knighted in the King's Birthday Honours.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/08/tory-mp-faces-bankruptcy-over-unpaid-taxes-and-may-have-to-step-down-adam-afriyie There is a possibility of yet another by election various UK newspapers are reporting. Conservative MP for Windsor Adam Afriyie might soon be declared bankrupt as a result of unpaid taxes and thus be forced to resign.

Film and TV producer Bud Yorkin died one year ago today aged 89.