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Former Haiti PM Jean-Jacques Honorat dead at 92.

Alan Schoen (wiki), dead at 98 according to this tweet. Computer scientist and physicist who discovered the gyroid.

@ladyfiona gets a second hit in a second category and @BuffaloPhil gets a third hit in a third category after quite a long gap with no hits

Ah yes, the Deathlist committee clearly had the foresight of predicting a healthy 40 year old man getting into a plane crash, they just didn’t tell us. Makes perfect sense to me

Flitwick Town Council have officially written to Nadine Dorries to ask her to stand down I am hoping this might get #GoNads trending

Bernard Cribbins died on this day a year ago, aged 93. - Cribbins made his debut on West End in a 1956 version of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. - When Cribbins starred in the musical revue And Another Thing in 1960, future Beatles producer George Martin became aware of him and signed him to Parlophone Records. His novelty songs "Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both top-10 hits: (the "I'm Too Sexy" band took their name from this song) - Cribbins would then go on to star in three of the Carry On movies- Carry On Jack, Carry On Spying, and the final one, Carry On Columbus. - In 1966, Cribbins would play Peter Cushing's Doctor's (1.5th Doctor?) companion Tom Campbell in the theatrically released Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. In 2007, he would return to the franchise as Wilfred Mott, the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble. Wilfred would be the final companion of the Tenth Doctor in a 2010 episode. - Cribbins is also known for voicing every character on the children's show The Wombles, and had nothing to do with the novelty band that dressed as the characters from the show. Other British children's shows he would make appearances in included Worzel Gummidge, Super Gran, and Old Jack's Boat (in the latter, he played the titular character). - Cribbins made only one appearance on the DeathList: 2021, in spot no. 46.

It's 39 years since the death of actor James Mason. Born in Huddersfield, and educated at Marlborough, he achieved a first in architecture at Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he began acting, initially 'for fun' with no aspirations to embark on a career in either film or theatre. He took his first acting role in 1931, leading to regular work up until the second world war; he registered as a conscientious objector, also objecting to being ordered into non-combatant roles, and appealed against that order; however he was then exempted from military service on the strength of his film work, so never had to test it in court. He appeared in many roles, encompassing comedy, drama and action, on both film and TV and was nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTAs and two Golden Globes, winning for his role alongside Judy Garland in George Cukor's A Star is Born (1954). He married twice; firstly to Pamela Ostrer, which begat a daughter and a son (who is married to Belinda Carlisle), and secondly to Clarissa Kaye. According to director Tobe Hooper, Mason regularly ensured clauses in his contracts to ensure Kaye was also cast. Having survived a serious heart attack in 1959, Mason succumbed to one in 1984, aged 75 at his home in Lausanne Switzerland. He left his entire estate to Kaye, causing his will to be challenged by his children. The legal challenge had still not been settled at the time of her death 10 years later. She bequeathed her estate, including Mason's ashes, to religious guru Sathya Sai Baba; Mason's children sued for their return, and eventually his ashes were interred in Vaux cemetery, near the grave of his good friend, Charlie Chaplin.

Sorry for your loss, condolences to you and yours. I'd add after a good night's sleep that there's plenty of BBC presenters and people who passed through the various studios still living today to very ripe old ages - I know, they have been on my lists for years! As I said earlier, sometimes you accept your lot and make the best of it while you can, not whinge about why you've got an illness. I never had Esther down as a "poor me" type. But that's the message coming over to me from these articles.

EpicLloyd portrayed them both in Epic Rap Battles of History. Case closed. (Also in before the delete.)

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Sad to hear she has gone but not in the least bit surprised.She was always a damaged individual who appeared to try her best in life. As someone with long term mental health issues myself I find her hard to analyse psychologically.A complex but nonetheless tragic individual.

the moment I seen her name on that forum, I knew She suffered so much and had to bury her child. She was also attacked by the media for speaking out against the abuses she faced by the Catholic church. I hope she met her beloved son and can finally find peace and happiness in the afterlife.

Not forgetting a record breaking number of appearances (112 per IMDb) as the storyteller on Jackanory.

I think to some degree I sympathise with @Sir Creep's frustration regarding Eminem as he clearly sees this as the big cultural tent pole from his memory of the era. However this is a poll based around UK music success and the experience of young male British teenagers is somewhat different to that from across the pond. I also think that some of the attempted satire in his music comes across as a little juvenile with hindsight. I can listen to it and it is much better than a lot of the MOR dross that peppers this list but shouting at people that they are wrong is not going to win hearts and minds (and votes)

Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary A.K.A. L Jinny, British-born ISIS militant, hip-hop/rap musician who was thought to be "Jihadi John" in 2014 (but wasn't), found dead in a Spanish cell while awaiting a verdict. Mentioned somewhere here atleast once before according to the search feature.

Norman Lear is 101.

27/Jul/2023 31 Boney M — Rasputin +2 25 M — Pop Muzik 22 Village People — In The Navy +2 21 Elvis Costello And The Attractions — Oliver’s Army 21 Roxy Music — Dance Away 21 Rose Royce — Love Don’t Live Here Anymore 21 Blondie — Denis 20 Squeeze — Cool For Cats 20 Darts — Come Back My Love 20 Showaddywaddy — I Wonder Why 20 Darts — The Boy From New York City 20 Clout — Substitute 20 Darts — It’s Raining 20 John Travolta — Sandy 20 Racey — Some Girls 20 Squeeze — Up The Junction 20 Janet Kay — Silly Games 20 The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You 20 BA Robertson — Bang Bang 20 Blondie — Dreaming 18 Abba — I Have A Dream 17 Abba — Chiquitita 16 Olivia Newton-John — Hopelessly Devoted To You -6 13 Queen — Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Thu 27 July 29 Boney M — Rasputin 25 M — Pop Musik +1 22 Olivia Newton-John — Hopelessly Devoted To You 21 Elvis Costello And The Attractions — Oliver’s Army 21 Roxy Music — Dance Away +1 21 Rose Royce — Love Don’t Live Here Anymore +1 21 Blondie — Denis +1 20 Squeeze — Cool For Cats 20 Darts — Come Back My Love 20 Showaddywaddy — I Wonder Why 20 Darts — Boy From New York City 20 Clout — Substitute 20 Darts — It’s Raining 20 John Travolta — Sandy 20 Village People — In The Navy 20 Racey — Some Girls 20 Squeeze — Up The Junction 20 Janet Kay — Silly Games 20 The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You 20 BA Robertson — Bang Bang 20 Blondie — Dreaming 18 Abba — I Have A Dream 17 Abba — Chiquitita  13 Queen — Crazy Little Thing Called Love -1 00 Father Abraham And The Smurfs — The Smurf Song -5 Quite a few here that I like.

Several of the BBC TV centre studios had asbestos in the seventies but so did fucking everywhere. One of the studios was particularly stuffed with it and there's a correlation with shows filmed there and premature deaths in the cast and crew eg 70s Dr Who. But there is also the fact that nearly everyone in the BBC back then smoked like a chimney.

Coup underway in Niger https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-66320895

Well, I actually really like that Top 5. Especially Ma Baker. Anyway…quelle fucking surprise, the Killer Queen of 76-77 is… theoldlady - 6 LadyFiona - 3 Toast - 2 lilham - 2 MariNisia - 2 BuffaloPhil - 2 Sir Cretin - 1 Paul Bearer - 1 Death Impends - 1 Wannamaker - 1 Joey Russ - 1

Chuckle Brothers cover version: Nothing compares 2 u 2 me

I knew you'd do that, you stupid little cunt.

Summertime is always slightly quieter. But always good to know new hosts might become available. Always good to spread the burden across several shoulders...