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a “sad last days” article from msn… sourced from radaronline, so take this with a sizeable grain of salt to save you a click, and spare your phones the viruses and spyware, it includes statements like “requires 24-hour care” and “struggles to breath and needs an oxygen tank”, also an unnamed source (“tipster”) indicates she is “extremely weak and frequently delusional” most-likely trash, but the closest thing to an update I can find

Mort Engelberg, producer of movies such as "Smokey and the Bandit" has died at 86: https://dailycaller.com/2023/12/11/producer-advance-man-mort-engelberg-dies-86/ He also produced the Bill Clinton/Al Gore-campaign bus videos.

Taisto Tähkämaa, Finnish political relic, my perennial pick and former Minister of Defence is 99.

Whammed by my own doing. Was randomly scrolling through songs playing them without much thought, then I played Last Christmas for a brief second after clicking on it forgetting I was playing this, and after the song started playing I simply went “oh”. Ah well, somehow managed to avoid it last year so was bound to get fucked over in a stupid way

Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel died on this day 59 years ago, aged 85. - Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Alma was the daughter of noted painter Emil Schindler. - Like her father, Alma would enter the field of arts, albeit in music instead of painting. She made several lieder: - Alma is more famous for her varied celebrity lovers- she dated figures such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoscha, and Alexander von Zemlinsky- but only married three people (think of her as the Elizabeth Taylor of early 20th century Europe). - The first one of her marriages was to Das Lied von der Erde composer Gustav Mahler in 1902, having two daughters with him. Their marriage was unhappy due to Gustav forbidding Alma from composing, and the two would seek therapy from Sigmund Freud. - While married to Mahler, Alma began an affair with Bauhaus leader Walter Gropius. Mahler died in 1911, and Alma married Gropius in 1915; he would be away fighting in World War I for most of their marriage, leaving Alma to seek other relations- with the man who soon became her third husband. - Alma divorced Gropius in 1920, and married The Song of Bernadette author Franz Werfel in 1929. The couple fled Austria to France in 1938, then fleeing again to the US in 1940. The two would remain there until their deaths- Franz in 1945, Alma in 1964. - Upon reading her obituary, Tom Lehrer made a waltz about her life:

Jimmy Carter?

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December 11th at 308am 52 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 48 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 44 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 39 Jona Lewie — Stop the Cavalry 39 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 37 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year  37 Wham! — Last Christmas 36 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 34 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 33 Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 32 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 31 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 31 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 31 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride  30 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 27 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 27 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 26 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run +6 24 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 24 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 23 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo  19 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 18 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag  9 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus -9 I love some straight-forward rock-n-roll.

december 11th at 303am 30 Pulp — Common People 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 20 Blur — Song 2 +4 19 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 19 The Cardigans — Lovefool 17 Supergrass — Alright / Time 17 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 15 James — Sit Down 04 Ace Of Base — The Sign 01 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn -6

Joni Mitchell makes a rare public appearance at a birthday party. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12847789/Joni-Mitchell-80-walks-cane-joins-Kurt-Russell-Goldie-Hawn-birthday-party-Martin-Shorts-daughter-Katherine-amid-years-long-recovery-aneurysm.html

Here's Christhebarkers' annual sgtpepper cover for those interested.

One of the best decisions I've made.

I plan to add him to my list of Deadpools for 2024, by the way 2024 will have +1 more day of possibilities since it is a leap year

At this point, the thread's going to get the "HOT!" tag without him having carked it.

Someone had Elliott Erwitt here I believe.

Having now given it more thought I really really don't like the idea of the bi-generation. For me it breaks a core theme of the show, that being moving on and accepting change. Having any Doctor NOT die at the end of their run makes it so that the show cannot fully move on. I'd also say that the issue is made worse by it being Tennant as I was never a fan of the 'I don't want to go' final line and it now feel like he has got that wish, when I was watching I thought they had fixed the issue by making him accept death this time but by having him alive it undoes that potential arc. I also think it makes The Doctor feel less like one character who changes every few years and instead is multiple different characters. I think it hurts the show more than the impactless Timeless Child.

Michael Wynn Jones. Delia Smith's other half. Co-owner of Norwich City. Aldo been an author, editor and publisher in his own right. No mentions of any illness though he's now in his late 70's / early 80's and smokes like a chimney. Just as an outside bet.

https://x.com/jasrifootball/status/1733903844352860432?s=20 Frank Wycheck, 3 time Pro Bowler and co-star of the "Music City Miracle" dead at 52.

Changing Chemistry to Richard Royce Schrock

American actor Earle Foxe died on this day 50 years ago, aged 81.

German rower Peter-Michael Kolbe 3 times silver medalist at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Games in single sculls, has died aged 70.

Now they will take us out of the ECHR in a further attack on our rights and reputation.

Sunak's recycling the trash with yet more trash why don't they all just fuck off.

Personally I find it sad people want to ignore content on forums.