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16/8/2023 86 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 68 Ultravox — Vienna 66 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 39 Diana Ross — Upside Down -1 33 Lipps Inc — Funkytown +4 00 Stevie Wonder — Masterblaster (Jammin') -5

Hospice care: Jimmy Carter, Joanne Woodward Currently hospitalised: David Musuguri (diabetes complications), Saalumarada Thimmakka (ICU with spinal fracture), Zhu Rongji (Parkinson's), Mario Zagallo (UTI), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (pneumonia), Yang You, Zhang Lixiong (three months in ICU) Recently survived hospitalization: Violeta Chamorro (brain tumor, dementia, stroke), Mahathir Mohamad (infection), Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (COPD, extreme respiratory failure) Very failing health: Kabosu

And the best song of the round just misses out. Never mind. That round was a big rush job, let’s all calm down and enjoy the music now yeah? Here is who was responsible for that frantic killing spree: Kills: theoldlady - 5 MariNisia - 3 DoltonMoney - 2 Yorkshire Banker - 2 Paul Bearer - 2 Sir Creep - 2 Root Inspector - 1 LadyFiona - 1 Wannamaker - 1 TQR - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 Death Impends - 1 Wee Jum - 1 Imelda - 1 Assists: Wee Jum - 4 Drewsky - 3 Toast - 3 RoverAndOut - 3 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 2 lilham - 2 Book - 2 MariNisia - 1 Bibliogryphon - 1 Time - 1 Root Inspector - 1 Wannamaker - 1 justonecornetto - 1

Aren’t these just so much better than the 70s?!

Buthelezi apparently on life support, then out of ICU and back in ICU on friday. This article seems a bit outdated but mentions he is/was suffering from pneumonia on top of his other ailments. The most recent official update I've seen however said that he was improving. Thimmakka was still in ICU and on IV meds three days ago but it's been radio silence since. I think the spinal injury she suffered was more severe than they originally said. Anyways I think the drought won't last much longer. Most of the listers are already in 24/7 care and could die any day. Interesting how here the longest droughts and silent periods always seem to happen between the end of June and the start of September. For the DL May or June seems to be the usual quiet month from what I've seen and heard

Legendary, actually legendary, Italian Opera singer Renata Scotto has died at 89: https://slippedisc.com/2023/08/sad-news-renata-scotto-has-died-at-89/

Right, new round… 1982-83 Wed 16 Aug 24 Madness — Wings Of A Dove +4 20 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 20 Toni Basil — Mickey 20 Imagination — Just An Illusion 20 Chas & Dave — Ain't No Pleasing You 20 Bardo — One Step Further 20 England World Cup Squad — This Time / England We'll Fly The Flag 20 Yazoo — Only You 20 Soft Cell — Torch 20 Steve Miller Band — Abracadbra 20 Trio — Da Da Da 20 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 20 Dire Straits — Private Investigations 20 The Jam — The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) 20 Fat Larry's Band — Zoom 20 Kid Creole And The Coconuts — Annie I'm Not Your Daddy 20 Dionne Warwick — Heartbreaker 20 The Human League — Mirror Man 20 Shakin' Stevens — The Shakin' Stevens EP (Blue Christmas; Que Sera Sera; Josephine; Lawdy Miss Clawdy) 20 David Essex — A Winter's Tale 20 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 20 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 20 Culture Club — Church Of The Poison Mind 20 F.R. David — Words 20 Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination 20 Heaven 17 — Temptation 20 Wham! — Bad Boys 20 David Bowie — China Girl 20 Freeez — I.O.U. 20 Spandau Ballet — Gold 20 Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack — Tonight I Celebrate My Love 20 David Bowie — Modern Love 20 Tracey Ullman — They Don't Know 20 Lionel Richie — All Night Long (All Night) 20 Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson — Say Say Say 20 Paul Young — Love Of The Common People 20 Slade — My Oh My 14 Irene Cara — Flashdance... What A Feeling -6

Richard Williams died on this day 4 years ago, aged 86. - Williams was an animator whose love for the medium began when his mother took him to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs during its initial theatrical release. - Before entering animation, Williams drew advertisements and was a painter. - Williams' first film was The Little Island in 1958- a film about three people stuck on an island, with each one representing a virtue (truth, beauty, and goodness). - Williams founded his own animation studio in 1962, and would animate the title credit sequences for What's New Pussycat? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. - Williams won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1972 for his animated adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. - Williams was the director of the 1977 Raggedy Ann and Andy movie, and in 1988 became the animation director for Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He would design the toon characters in the latter film. - Williams' magnum opus was The Thief and the Cobbler, a film known for its troubled production history. It began work in 1964, but was not released until 1993 in Australia and 1995 in the US- and the film had undergone severe studio meddling (examples included making some of the mute main characters have inner monologues, and making the movie a musical). Fans have attempted to collect things such as storyboards and animatics to remake Williams' original vision, dubbed "The Recobbled Cut": - Williams continued to produce animation until his death, and his 2015 short film Prologue would receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film.

Julie Newmar is 90.

16/Aug/2023 86 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 68 Ultravox — Vienna 66 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 36 Diana Ross — Upside Down +2 35 Lipps Inc — Funkytown +2 17 Stevie Wonder — Masterblaster (Jammin') 00 Hot Chocolate — No Doubt About It -6

For those that missed him... don't know who this Jules Rimenet is though.

Jason Liversidge, world record holder for a couple of things while suffering from MND, reportedly dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12409639/Man-scaled-Mount-Snowdon-world-record-holder-diagnosed-motor-neurone-disease-10-years-ago-dies-aged-47.html Picked by D*thr*y in 2021. Leave it up to you @Death Impends as to whether he qualifies for the List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2021/celebs_L.html#liversj021

Passed away in her sleep according to the tweet in YW's post

16/8/2023 86 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 68 Ultravox — Vienna 66 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 40 Diana Ross — Upside Down 29 Lipps Inc — Funkytown -6 05 Stevie Wonder — Masterblaster (Jammin') +4

16/08/2023 86 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 68 Ultravox — Vienna 66 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 34 Diana Ross — Upside Down 33 Lipps Inc - Funky Town +4 17 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin) -1 06 Hot Chocolate- No Doubt About It -5

16/8/23 82 Kim Wilde — Kids In America 66 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 64 Ultravox — Vienna 38 Diana Ross — Upside Down 27 Lipps Inc - Funky Town +4 21 Stevie Wonder - Masterblaster (Jammin) -2 20 Hot Chocolate- No Doubt About It -4

He'll be on Newsnight later as the BBC start showing I Claudius on the iPlayer. You're going to hear him roar....

2 dead, 2 refuse to do more, Apted dead, a few already wavering. I have my doubts. I think the series lasted as long as it did because enough of them trusted Michael Apted to tell their story. You can't just replace decades of trust building. I expect most of them die off the radar in about 10-15 years. Ironically, one of the people convinced the Up series should go on until it charted all of their deaths was Nick Hitchon!

Buthelezi reportedly fighting for his life now... DILIP KUMAR!

Filming for Clint’s final film “Juror no. 2” to start a few days after his 93rd birthday Hopefully we’ll see some on set photos to help evaluate his worth for the 2024 DL.

A few more as well. His daughter Nancy was there as was ex wife Mia. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, Tony Bennett, Bob Newhart and Robert Wagner also all went.

I doubt his status as a DL alumnus had any bearing on his obitability tbh. We're surely not that influential! That's not what he meant. One of the criteria for being a DL pick is the person's death is likely to get a mention in the six o clock news.

Radio Shack files for bankruptcy protection. Bought some screwdrivers from them in 1984.