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So the oldest (Johns) and the youngest (Draper) of the 2024-DL have already died.

I have magnified the first fifty days to show exactly where we are Earliest third hits are all in February

English actor Barrie Holland, who played Imperial lieutenant Renz, the one who says "rebel scum" in ROTJ, has died aged 85. He also had minor roles in Shining, Elephant Man, Chariots of Fires, Superman I, III and IV, the first three Indiana Jones, A fish called Wanda, 5 James Bond, the 1st Batman…

Probably because most deaths fall into either the Hollywood thread or the voice actors thread or even the British Character Actor thread or cartoonists/animators.

Chomsky or Carter could well change that

Couldn't breath properly, couldn't eat or communicate properly, mass organ failure issues, heart issues and allegedly was showing signs of early on set vascular dementia. Yeah, his quality of life was going to be fucked if he'd lived.

From Lobbygate to Heaven's Gate

A perfectly timed addition - Not added at aged 90 and sitting on the list for the next 10 years in varying positions. No, added at age 100 for the first time and spent 3 days alive on the list. Ideal.

Is it 2024, and is she dead? Yes, and yes. I don't see a problem.

For all those who said he wasn't famous enough, not only he receive a breaking news notification from the BBC but his death was the second 'headline' story on the 1 o'clock BBC News where he received a video obituary that focused on his political career and not his wife.

French politician Jean-Marie Rausch (Wiki) dead at 94

Sad news considering his young age, but also considering the quality of life he must have had since his illness you do wonder if its a blessing for him and his family.

Günther Fielmann, founder of the Fielmanm glasses retail company, has died at 84: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/grunder-der-optikerkette-wurde-84-brillenunternehmer-gunther-fielmann-ist-tot-11006278.html The chain is everywhere in Germany.

Not sure why you're picking on Joan Collins. I can think of dozens of people who are far less deserving of their Damehoods.

Marsha Hunt played Bobby Driscoll's mum in The Happy Time (1952). Driscoll died 54 years before Hunt.

If someone like Clint Eastwood or Jack Nicholson dies this year, it will be pretty easy to displace her as the close.

Not dead, unfortunately Made a rare appearance and spoke at the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution earlier this week. The two other most powerful old guard Cuban leaders José Ramón Machado Ventura (93) and Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (91) were there too.

The oldest and youngest person on the list are the first two hits within the first 5 days.

Her family is suing the hospital where she was recovering from spinal surgery for death caused by medical negligence:

Unless DVD, Julie Andrews, or someone else of similar or greater statute, dies unexpectedly, surely?

I feel it's gonna be hard to top her as the choice for the last person memorialized in the "TCM Remembers 2024" video.

Fri 5 Jan 31 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 31 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +2 30 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows +1 28 Cat Stevens — Matthew and Son 28 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 27 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 24 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 24 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 24 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 24 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 24 The Troggs — Wild Thing 24 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever -6 23 Crispian St. Peter’s — You Were On My Mind 23 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 23 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 21 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 20 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 20 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 20 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 19 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love 16 Tom Jones — I’m Coming Home 12 The Who — I’m A Boy 11 Val Doonican — What Would I Be 6 Tom Jones — I’ll Never Fall In Love Again 

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