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Legendary British magician David Berglas (wiki) dead at 97 according to his son on Twitter: https://x.com/marvinberglas/status/1720572427279724923?s=46&t=UENGoez2FLndgJC40K16Wg

@WEP... Ursula Haverbeck-Wetzel is a duplicate pick:

Proper legend. Still, a fine age, and a DDP pick for my old folks team.

Rumours on the German motorsport contingent on FaceBook, that Erich Zakowski, founder and team owner of the former Zakspeed Formula 1 team has died, just shy of his 90th birthday. However, I've seen nothing from anyone I would class as an authoritative source yet. Suspect it's true but keeping an open mind.

You, like the other fellow, don’t seem to understand the meaning of the word important.

Sat 4 Nov 40 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 40 Underworld — Born Slippy +4 31 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping 31 Blur — Song 2 29 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 28 Sash! ft. Rodriguez — Ecuador 26 Mark Snow — The X-Files 25 Sash! — Encore Une Fois 24 Kula Shaker — Hush  24 The Cardigans — Lovefool 23 Robert Miles — Children 23 The Bluetones — Slight Return 22 Manic Street Preachers — A Design For Life 22 Toni Braxton — Un-Break My Heart 22 Supergrass — Richard III 21 George Michael — Spinning The Wheel 21 Gala — Freed From Desire 21 George Michael — Star People '97 21 Dario G — Sunchyme 20 Kula Shaker — Hey Dude 20 Warren G ft. Adina Howard — What's Love Got To Do With It 20 Backstreet Boys — Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) 20 No Mercy — Where Do You Go 20 Sash! ft. La Trec — Stay 16 Warren G — I Shot The Sheriff -3 15 Robbie Williams — Old Before I Die 14 Los Del Río — Macarena 11 Boyzone — Isn't It A Wonder  11 Fugees - No Woman No Cry 10 3T ft. Michael Jackson — Why  06 Robbie Williams — Freedom -3 06 George Michael — You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97 I Shot The Sheriff is a fucking awesome song...when it's Bob Marley and The Wailers.

I’m still entirely unsure how that’s important.

Ah the Dean Martin celebrity roasts, I mentioned them a few years ago but folks interest died when they realised it was a TV show and not something else. Of that episode, singer Tony Orlando, poker player Gabe Kaplan and DDP cult pick comic Ruth Buzzi still alive also. I think my favourite line in those shows was by the late great Phyllis Diller speaking of Billy Graham: "he made me what I am today: alcoholic!"

Relatively unusual to get curable neurological issues to the extent mobility is affected. Treatable yes but curable less so.

Valdas Adamkus is 97 today.

Youngest ever recipient of the George Cross Jack Bamford Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/11/03/jack-bamford-youngest-ever-george-cross-recipient-fire-1952/

American actor Peter White (Wiki) dead at 86 He appeared in films like: Mr. Wrong, Pride and Prejudice, My Week with Marilyn, Atonement, Lassie and LGBT film The Boys in the Band Also in tv series: All My Children, JAG, The West Wing, Sisters, Murder She Wrote, Amen, Dallas, Dynasty, The Jeffersons etc etc.

And Bernadette Chirac ?

Was thinking the same thing.Rantzen and Goodyear and Willis seem nailed on.Can see Michael Caine and Rupert Murdoch making it on both lists. Clint Eastwood has a good chance of making it onto both as well.Can see Toby Keith getting on the Drop 40 too. Can see Sophia Loren and Brigette Bardot getting on the Drop 40 and Deathlist also.

Brian Johnson aka Liver King A "Fitness" Influencer with 5 million youtube followers. Dude goes on and off steroids,and encourages people to eat raw meat. Seems highly probable the dude's heart gives out sometime this decade

I went through these again as I stumbled upon a mostly unrelated article about Cuban leadership. Seems that (excluding Raul) there's 5 major old guard military/political leaders left, and a few smaller names: 1) José Ramón Machado Ventura (1930) Hardline communist who was pretty much Raul's second-in-command during Fidel's long illness. Looks ancient. 2) Osmany Cienfuegos (1931) Older brother of legendary revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos who died in 1959. One of the revolutionary commanders who've held onto power for massive amounts of time, multiple time minister. He's slowly been retiring due to minor health issues since the 2000s but still as of 2019 was seen as one of those remaining who are more powerful than the current President (with Raul, Ventura, Menendez and Garcia Frias). Known also for his involvement in suffocating Castro opponents. 3) Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (1932) Major revolutionary commander, former interior minister (initial interior minister too), former vice PM. Probably the healthiest of the bunch. Survived a car crash this year but still around weekly making appearances and walking without any aid. 4) Guillermo García Frías (1928) Born before Che, one of the last revolutionary commanders, former head of the army and multiple-time minister. Still making appearances, owns a lot of companies in Cuba and apparently very rich. Smaller names: 5) Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (1939) Laid the foundations of State Security in 1959 as head of the Chief of the Intelligence Directorate of the Rebel Army at age 19. However his career didn't really peak until 1989 when he became Minister of the Interior until his retirement in 2015. 6) Julio Camacho Aguilera (1924-2024) First Transport Minister of Castro's cuba, later a longtime Central Committee member. Oldest revolutionary commander living. 7) Teté Puebla (1940) Castro bodyguard, "legendary" guerrilla, head of the veterans affairs office, Hero of Cuba recipient and first woman to be a general officer in Cuba. Still recently a parliament member but has made less appearances since the pandemic started. 8) Leopoldo Cintra Frías (1941) Accompanied Fidel during the revolution, later led a large unit of Cuban tanks in Angola and Ethiopia. Minister of Defence from Julio Casas Regueiro's death in 2011 to his retirement due to health issues in 2021. Sanctioned due to human rights abuses. 9) Álvaro López Miera (1943) Successor of Leopoldo Cintra Frías and current minister of the armed forces. Only 14 when he joined the 26th of July movement, might well end up the last living old guard member. He's still shaking hands with his Russian and Vietnamese counterparts and will definitely be the last revolutionary doing so. 10) Ramón Espinosa Martín (1939-2024) Old Politburo member and Hero of Cuba recipient. His granddaughter is an escort in Miami. 11) Samuel Rodiles Planas (1935) Current housing minister and post-Revolution Chief of the Police force. Nearly all now "retired" but behind the curtains quite many of these people still hold a lot of power...Raul, RVM and JRMV were all well enough to appear and stand without aid at the Jose Marti birth anniversary in January. Delio Gómez Ochoa is also one of the last living "revolutionary commanders", 94 years old but unlike the others, as far as I know never really held any political positions. Edit: Here's an image from that January event. L-R Machado Ventura, Valdes Menendez and Raul Casto.

Actually considering he was put on the end of life care basically because he was old it can be argued he was euthanised/murdered.

With 2 months left in the year, here's another hypothetical 2024 list of mine: 1. Jimmy Carter (100, Ex US President, 6) 2. Henry Kissinger (101, Diplomat, 2) 3. David Graham (99, Actor, NEW) 4. Glynis Johns (101, Actress, NEW) 5. Nigel Starmer-Smith (80, Rugby Commentator, 5) 6. William Russell (100, Actor, NEW) 7. Jacques Delors (99, French Politician, 11) 8. Alan Greenspan (98, Economist, 4) 9. Mel Brooks (98, Comedian/Director, 10) 10. Rosalynn Carter (97, Ex-FLOTUS, 15) 11. Joanne Woodward (94, Actress, 17) 12. Eva Marie Saint (100, Actress, NEW) 13. Joss Ackland (96, Actor, 21) 14. Stanley Baxter (98, Comedian, 20) 15. Shannen Doherty (53, 90210 Actor, -) 16. Norman Lear (102, TV Producer, 28) 17. Ethel Kennedy (96, Kennedy Family, 18) 18. Sidney Cooke (97, Pedophile/Possible serial killer, NEW) 19. Pete Murray (99, British radio presenter, 36) 20. Roberta Flack (87, Singer, NEW) 21. Jean-Marie Le Pen (96, French Neo-Nazi, 22) 22. James Whale (73, Broadcaster, -) 23. Cleo Laine (97, Jazz Singer, 24) 24. Sandy Gall (97, TV news reporter, 16) 25. Esther Rantzen (84, TV presenter, NEW) 26. Linda Nolan (65, Nolan Sister, 47) 27. David Attenborough (98, Broadcaster and Natural Historian, -) 28. Douglas Hurd (94, Politician, -) 29. Dick Van Dyke (99, Actor, 1) 30. Tom Lehrer (96, Comedic singer, NEW) 31. Desmond Morris (96, Zoologist, 19) 32. Norman Tebbit (93, Politician, 14) 33. Bob Newhart (95, Comedian, 37) 34. Vanessa Redgrave (87, Actress, -) 35. Shane MacGowan (67, Pogue, 50) 36. Noam Chomsky (96, Intellectual, -) 37. Patricia Routledge (95, Actress, NEW) 38. Bruce Willis (69, Actor, NEW) 39. Dennis Skinner (92, Politician, 41) 40. Gene Hackman (94, Actor, NEW) 41. Imelda Marcos (95, Former First Lady of the Philippines, 33) 42. James Earl Jones (93, Vader's Voice, NEW) 43. Franz Beckenbauer (79, Footballer, NEW) 44. Raul Castro (93, Former Cuban Leader, -) 45. Rex Williams (91, Snooker player, -) 46. Yoko Ono (91, Mrs Lennon, 27) 47. Michael Aspel (91, Presenter, NEW) 48. Sophia Loren (90, Actress, NEW) 49. Rupert Murdoch (93, News Exec, NEW) 50. Clint Eastwood (94, Dirty Harry, NEW)

American actress, dancer, and singer Dixie Lee died on this day 71 years ago, aged 42. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby. Dixie made her two appearances on the Shell Chateau radio program in 1935, and she made three more films. Her most notable film is probably Love in Bloom (1935). Her last film was Redheads on Parade, but the reviews were mediocre. She made a couple of records on March 11, 1935, "You've Got Me Doing Things", a song she introduced in the film Love in Bloom. This was her first record, and she backed it with "My Heart Is an Open Book." She was encouraged back in to recording studio again on July 27, 1936, and she recorded "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" and "When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South" for Decca Records. Her final recordings were two duets with her husband recorded on August 19, 1936 - A Fine Romance and The Way You Look Tonight. She then retired from show business. Dixie Lee died from ovarian cancer.

American television and radio personality, comedian, musician, and composer, writer and actor Steve Allen died on this day 23 years ago, aged 78. He gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. After he hosted The Tonight Show, he went on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own The Steve Allen Show, I've Got a Secret, and The New Steve Allen Show. He was a regular panel member on CBS's What's My Line? and, from 1977 until 1981, he wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show Meeting of Minds, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format. Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition for "Gravy Waltz", for which he wrote the lyrics. In 1996, Allen was presented with the Martin Gardiner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood Theater named in his honour.

Louise Gluck reportedly dead with a source: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/louise-gl-ck-nobel-winning-192553054.html

As he's been rumored to be in the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital with renal failure following a failed kidney transplant and many Chechen cars have been seen there during the last two days, Kremlin says there's "nothing to reveal" Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday: “We have no information on this.” “In any case, the presidential administration can hardly give out health certificates, so we have nothing to tell you here" I think there's a small possibility he's actually very ill especially as Pesky doesn't seem to completely deny it. We'll see.

I will admit I found him quite intriguing when he was first on the scene, but his schtick wore very thin very quickly. He was also rude to my mum once so that put me off him.

He used to call loads of random people on the show, I don't think that made him his pal. And these allegations are way way lower on the scale than Savile, who was a paedo and necrophiliac amongst other things. He doesn't have a mainstream career anymore, and his online presence will probably be fine. His promiscuous behavior was clear to anyone who listened to his shows or read his books. So unless there is something big that they are saving for round 2 then I'm not convinced this story will stick around for long. There doesn't seem to be a great deal more to say.

The Arthur remake was enough to have him shooty wooty.