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Composer Walter Arlen reportedly no more aged 103:

Streaming services:

It's my birthday today Someone a bit more famous than me is Beyonce who is 42 today

Rupert Holmes is definitely still alive.

@RIP Wee Jum needs to report/change their posting using @wannamaker’s New updated posting. Then @CaptainChorizo needs to change their posting after Rip Wee Jim posts their renewed posting. Then @Toastor the next person can post.

Harold Shipman:

Tbh he's not all that regular a poster here so no guarantees he'll respond to this fan mail of yours.

This schools story really is astonishing. In 2018, crumbling concrete in schools posed a legitimate critical risk to life. They needed the budget for 400 schools to be repaired/rebuilt. The Tories agreed on 100. Then a certain chancellor going by the name of Rishi Sunak came in and halved the budget to 50, while giving out six-figure sums to Winchester college and seven-figure sums to an IT suite in a US college. Disgusting doesn't even cover it.

Ok, I'll continue, but I'll take wannamaker's edited voting and skip RIP Wee Jum and CaptainChorizo. Reason: Both voted for songs that had already been eliminated. So it would be better if they just vote again. 04.09.2023 61 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 51 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 50 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat +4 50 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 45 Mika - Grace Kelly -6 41 Orson - No Tomorrow 31 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 20 Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down 20 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie 18 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 14 Razorlight - America

04/09/2023 35 Bangles — Manic Monday +4 31 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 30 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 29 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 28 Erasure — Sometimes 27 George Michael — Faith 25 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 25 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 25 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 23 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 21 Madonna — Live To Tell 20 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 20 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 20 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 20 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 18 Judy Boucher — Can't Be With You Tonight 18 Tom Jones — A Boy From Nowhere 18 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love 16 Fat Boys & The Beach Boys — Wipeout 16 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 12 Spagna — Call Me 00 Status Quo — In The Army Now -6 Thank you @RIP Wee Jum & @Toast

OK, entries are closed. I have to sort through my message folder but I think we got a similar number of entries as last year, maybe more. Please give me a couple of weeks to organize and post the teams, and sort out any subs and other issues to get the teams in order. My team was sent to Bibliogryphon before the deadline, and I shall post it here as well prior to getting all the teams posted on page one of the thread. No hits for me yet. I am working on the rosters . . . . bud anderson (WW2ace) barbara barrie jimmy carter derek draper carl erskine frank field lloyd geering roy haynes paul ignatius abe jacobs (wrestler) ramzan kadyrov phyllis latour morton mintz linda nolan maria oggay (tattoos) priscilla pointer marita camacho quiros rachel robinson june spencer eric tweedale ian underwood dick van dyke woody woodbury xaviera hollander arnold yarrow khaleda zia

You're thinking of the margarita guy.

04/09/2023 31 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 31 Bangles — Manic Monday 30 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 29 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On +4 28 Erasure — Sometimes 27 George Michael — Faith 25 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 25 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 25 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 23 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 21 Madonna — Live To Tell 20 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 20 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 20 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 20 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 18 Judy Boucher — Can't Be With You Tonight 18 Tom Jones — A Boy From Nowhere 18 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love 16 Fat Boys & The Beach Boys — Wipeout 16 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 12 Spagna — Call Me 06 Status Quo — In The Army Now 00 Madonna — Borderline -6

Yep

The state of the British press. Not a single paper ran with the headline Di's Dodi's Dad Dead

My money’s on a record year – however, with JC dying only in January 2024.

He hasn't been able to walk at all since he broke his pelvis several years ago

How are you feeling, DVD? It can't be good, given your advanced age. We're all pretty well sick of you so if you wouldn't mind ... you know ...

Amy Dowden talks about sepsis, her wig and spending her 33rd birthday in hospital. Strictly Come Dancing: Amy Dowden reveals sepsis battle - BBC News

Jim Maguire, who played for Rochdale, Alloa, Brechin, Dumbarton and Queen of the South, is dead. According to Scotland's People, there is only one James Smith Maguire born between 1929 and 1932. Significantly, that man was born in Eaglesham, which matches his Wiki page, but is 2 years older than originally thought. @Ulitzer95 could you tidy this one up please? MAGUIRE JAMES SMITH M 1930 561 / 3 EAGLESHAM That man died in 2020 as per below: MAGUIRE JAMES SMITH 90 SMITH M 2020 649 / 306 BARRHEAD

To be fair…who really can?

NOT DEAD. Recent images of her on the picket lines - not looking too bad for 95.

This list needs updating following the deaths of Billy Tidy and Chaim Topol.