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I knew Giles. We worked together for a year or so back in the 90s. A really lovely bloke. He was pretty well-known in his own right in musical circles. A couple of days before his death was announced his brother posted on Facebook that he'd gone missing. So there might be a moderately more dramatic story behind it than just "died after a short illness".

Goodness Gracious, George Alagiah Journalist George Alagiah has George Ala-died-of bowel cancer at the age of 67. Best known as a newsreader, having presented BBC News at Six for the past 15 years, he was previously a foreign correspondent specialising in Africa and the developing world, in which time he interviewed deadpooling stars such as Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe, Desmond Tutu, and Maude Apatow. But irony struck in 2014, when it emerged that the former developing world correspondent was in fact developing a world of his own – of cancer, in his bowel. A Derby Dead Pool favourite since at least his 2018 cancer recurrence, even peaking at #1 in the Drop Forty last year – James Whale pipped him this year, which was possibly the last straw – Alagiah is much less popular on the Inverse Dead Pool, because that is the format of the game. I've got bad news to break to 3 of you. With 5 points on Alagiah, @theoldlady becomes the penultimate-placing player; 12 points causes @BuffaloPhil to make a big bowel movement down from #11 to #26; and it's a good thing @YoungWillz said "plummet" was one of his favourite words, because with a 24-point hit, that's exactly what he does, down to the bottom 4. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Death Impends 0 = 1. Book 0 = 5. Spade_Cooley 1 = 6. Annami 3 = 7. Grimgrass 4 = 7. Nick 4 = 9. Sean 6 = 10. gcreptile 7 = 11. Summer in Transylvania 9 ▲ 12. CaptainChorizo 10 ▲ 12. Joey Russ 10 ▲ 14. ThereWillBeDeaths7 11 ▲ 15. diego 12 ▲ 15. Perhaps 12 ▲ 17. machotrouts 13 ▲ 17. The Unknown Man 13 ▲ 17. deadsox 13 ▲ 17. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 21. An Fear Beag 14 ▲ 22. MortalCaso 15 ▲ 23. Captain Hemlock 18 ▲ 24. Newjack 19 ▲ 24. Great Uncle Bulgaria 19 ▼ 26. BuffaloPhil +12 21 ▲ 26. Torva Messor 21 = 28. Alcalina 22 = 28. marinade 22 = 30. wannamaker 23 = 30. TQR 23 = 32. Hell 24 = 32. Pedro67 24 = 34. Funeralopolis 25 = 35. Bibliogryphon 26 ▲ 36. nantonian2013 27 ▲ 36. Toast 27 ▲ 38. En Passant 30 ▲ 39. TheSpinosaurus 33 ▲ 40. MariNisia 35 ▲ 41. The Old Crem 36 ▲ 42. CalebH 38 ▲ 43. chilean way 43 ▲ 44. BabyBlue 45 ▲ 44. Wormfarmer 45 ▲ 44. Sir Creep 45 ▼ 47. YoungWillz +24 50 ▲ 48. msc 55 ▼ 49. theoldlady +5 56 = 50. machotrouts' mum 66

They had lots of family functions (not this wedding though) at Notre-Dame-du-Chardonnet around Paris' Quartier Latin. This church has been taken over by the Society of St. Pius X, a traditionalist fraternity of priests who opposed teh Second Vatican Council and eventually got excommunicated for ordinating bishops of their choosing. There's plenty of unsavoury stuff like Holocaust denialism in their ranks, abuse allegations go without saying, and generally they're close to parties like the Front National in France. The church has been occupied by them since the 80s and remains so till today; French authorities haven't intervened so far on grounds on best keeping the peace that way (?). I happen to know a family close to the Pius brothers, preferring to attend the old-style Tridentine mass. It seems though that over the last one or two years they've come to the conclusion that they're indeed a bit icky and now have sought out priests of the Fraternity of Saint Peter, essentially Pius defectors who eventually submitted to Rome in exchange for privileges such as the right to hold mass in Latin.

Hope the bees are bearing up alright. Thoughts with them today.

For what was a extremely flippant remark on my part has elicited a very detailed and quite uncomfortable answer which does concern me about how close to power such people are in France

Carter's likely to outlive mymango, particularly if he has a sulk every time Carter appears to be okay. Fucking cry about that one mate.

Why are people reacting with the cry emoji for the fact that Jimmy Carter might see his 99th birthday? That’s genuinely one of the absolute stupidest uses of an emoji I’ve ever seen on the forum

Why can’t you provide a profile photo/image?

8th September 73 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 65 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 61 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 38 Mika - Grace Kelly +4 35 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ -6

8th September 73 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 65 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 61 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 41 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ -6 34 Mika - Grace Kelly +4

Elizabeth II, known to the majority simply as "The Queen", the longest-reigning monarch in British history, hit number 7 of the DL 2022, and the third longest-reigning monarch after Sobhuza II of Swaziland and Louis XIV of France, passed away on this day one year ago, aged 96.

I was unaware of this. Thank you for letting us know.

Someone make a Cardinal error?

Charles marks the one-year anniversary jubilee mark of her death, and what a year it was! https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/king-charles-thanks-public-their-love-he-marks-death-late-mother-queen-elizabeth-2023-09-07/ Edit: Yes, yes, it might also belong in the Death Anniversary thread...but we didn't get to 200 pages!

They sound schizophrenic honestly.

Neville Roper (wiki) dead at 101.

and not because if he stepped on consecrated ground he would burst into flame....

Tunku Ampuan Najihah dead at 100.

Nezzar reportedly on his deathbed

@machotrouts (re.: With 5 points on Alagiah, @theoldlady becomes the penultimate-placing player.) It is a pleasure for me to inform your mum that soon she will not be at the bottom of the list as I will have -71 points because of the passing of Bob Barker, when that update is completed! (-15 what was I thinking when I did my list? )

His name is mymango, whos only form of contribution is setting up camp in this thread. He clearly has a lot of weird shit to say but chooses to only express himself through emojis, presumably to save himself from ridicule. Smart move.

Brian Cosgrove turns 90 next year. He created Danger Mouse, Count Duckula & the Wind & the willows TV series.

Richard Davis, double bassist who appeared on Astral Weeks but that is not the half of it, reportedly dead: A DDP pick for @JQW.