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I have withdrawn my original entry (it falling within the News genre) and submitted a new one, which is a drama, so no more dramas.

Yu Zhenwu (wiki), commander of PLA Air Force from 1994 to 1996, dead at 92. Oldest living Commander of PLAAF is now Qiao Qingchen (wiki), aged 84.

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Steve Burns (of Blue's Clues fame) is 50. (He also made the Young Sheldon theme song years before its premiere:)

On a similar theme about flying

Brian Blessed is 87 today (NSFW)

@ladyfiona hits the back of the net with John Eustace at Birmingham City with Wayne Rooney tipped to take over

09/10/23 2:34am 48 James — Sit Down 45 Seal — Crazy 44 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart +4 38 B-52's — Love Shack 35 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 32 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 32 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner -6 17 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 16 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 13 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know STOP THIS GAME NOW! We have the correct five at top. As much as 2 Unlimited is memorable, I don’t perform pompon dance routines so it can go.

9/10/23 52 James — Sit Down 46 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 45 Seal — Crazy 38 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet +4 36 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 35 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This 30 B-52's — Love Shack 17 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 16 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 13 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 00 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman -6 Thank you @MariNisia

Jim Starlin, the accomplished and respected American comics artist and writer, one of the most important names of his generation and one of the most in-demand artists in the comic industry, well famous for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and as the creator or co-creator of Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Shang-Chi and Thanos, the powerful and unsympathetic villain, whose finest works include "Amazing Spider-Man", "Batman", "Cosmic Odyssey", "Silver Surfer", "Dreadstar" and "The Infinity Gauntlet", is 74 today.

9/Oct/2023 52 James — Sit Down 45 Seal — Crazy 42 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 40 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet +4 36 DNA Ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom’s Diner 31 2 Unlimited — Get Ready For This -3 30 B-52's — Love Shack 19 Kylie Minogue — Better The Devil You Know 17 Nomad — (I Wanna Give You) Devotion 16 KLF — Last Train To Trancentral 06 Crystal Waters — Gypsy Woman -3

Ted Schwinden reportedly dead at 98

Report of the death of Herschel Savage, from Debbie Does Dallas and Memphis Cathouse Blues: Went on to have a TV and Theater (sic) career. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184722/ IAFD: https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=hsavage/gender=male

Pope Clement II died on this day 976 years ago, aged 80. - Clement was German- his birth name was Suidger von Morsleben, and he was the son of a count. Not much more is known of his life before entering the clergy. - In 1040, Clement became the bishop of Bamberg. In 1046, king Henry III of Germany brought him with him and his army to Italy to settle the then-disputed papacy (Pope Gregory VI, Pope Benedict IX and Sylvester III were the claimants- this would undermine Henry's coronation, as he became king that year), and in December, the Council of Sutri was initiated. - Benedict and Sylvester were deposed from their positions, and Henry successfully managed to get Gregory to resign- effectively pushing some kind of papal reset button. Henry nominated Clement to become the new pope, and the ecumenical council elected him. Clement's first action as pope was Henry's coronation. - Clement was also known for enacting decrees against simony- this was a significant problem leading to his papacy, which saw Gregory VI bribe Benedict IX with money to retract his claims to the papacy. - Clement died after a nine-month papacy- his remains were analyzed over 900 years after his death, and it was found he died from lead poisoning (it is unknown if he was murdered or if it was an ingredient in medicine he took). Afterwards, Benedict IX would be reinstated as pope.

R. L. Stine is 80 today.

Swedish canoer Agneta Andersson, 3 times Olympic Champion in 1984 and 1996 has died aged 62. She won a total of 7 Olympic medals.

Emergency brain cancer op for former Rangers star Michael Mols.

Or how is name used to appear in Sunday newspapers Lee Won Pen

I worked for Los Straitjackets the other night. They frequently tour with Nick Lowe these days. However they're currently on a mini tour with Jake La Botz and his trio as support.

One year ago today:

Seeing Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth He's made a departure from his usual stuff. Now playing some experimental self-indulgent crap. Oh well, at least I got in to the gig for free.

On this day in 1963, JFK's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby while being escorted to another jail. He died less than 2 hours later. Probably the most interesting thing about this picture is that one of his escorts is still alive. He is the man to Oswald's right, Jim Leavelle, who is 97 years old.

Five years ago Hector 'Macho' Comacho lost his final fight, aged 50, after being shot a few days previously.