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In advance of the Paris Olympics this year, I was doing some separate research but thought it was worthwhile putting here - surviving Team GB Olympic Medallists: 1952 - Helsinki Sheila Lerwill b. 1928 - Silver (Athletics) Heather Armitage b. 1933 - Bronze (Athletics) (also 1956)* Sylvia Cheeseman b. 1929 - Bronze (Athletics)* Shirley Cawley b. 1932 - Bronze (Athletics) Don Burgess b. 1933 - Bronze (Cycling) (also 1956) Alan Newton b. 1931 - Bronze (Cycling) Tony Nunn b. 1927 - Bronze (Hockey)* 1956 - Melbourne Dick McTaggart b. 1935 - Gold (Boxing) (also 1960)* Judy Grinham b. 1939 - Gold (Swimming)* Heather Armitage b. 1933 - Silver (Athletics) (also 1952)* Jean Scrivens b. 1935 - Silver (Athletics) Thelma Hopkins - b. 1936 - Silver (Athletics) Stan Brittain b. 1931 - Silver (Cycling)* Bill Holmes b. 1936 - Silver (Cycling) John Salisbury b. 1934 - Bronze (Athletics) Don Burgess b. 1933 - Bronze (Cycling) (also 1952)* John Geddes b. 1936 - Bronze (Cycling) Margaret Edwards b. 1939 - Bronze (Swimming) 1960 - Rome Anita Lonsbrough b. 1941 - Gold (Swimming)* Dorothy Hyman b. 1941 - Silver and Bronze (Athletics) (also 1964)* Carole Quinton b. 1936 - Silver (Athletics) Dorothy Shirley b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Michael Howard b. 1928 - Silver (Fencing) John Pelling b. 1936 - Silver (Fencing) Natalie Steward b. 1943 - Silver and Bronze (Swimming) Peter Radford b. 1939 - x2 Bronze (Athletics)* David Segal b. 1937 - Bronze (Athletics) Dick McTaggart b. 1935 - Bronze (Boxing) (also 1956)* Brian Phelps b. 1944 - Bronze (Diving) (convicted sex offender covered in the press)* David Broome b. 1940 - Bronze (Equestrian) (also 1968) (BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1960)* 1964 - Tokyo Lynn Davies b. 1942 - Gold (Athletics)* Ann Packer b. 1942 - Gold and Silver (Athletics)* Mary Rand b. 1940 - Gold, Silver and Bronze (Athletics and Pentathlon) (only British female to win 3 medals at a single games)* Maurice Herriott b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Tim Graham b. 1939 - Silver (Athletics) Bill Barry b. 1940 - Silver (Rowing) John James b. 1937 - Silver (Rowing) Bob McGregor b. 1944 - Silver (Swimming)* Keith Musto b. 1936 - Silver (Sailing)* Tony Morgan b. 1931 - Silver (Sailing)* Daphne Arden b. 1941 - Bronze (Athletics) Dorothy Hyman b. 1941 - Bronze (Athletics) (also 1960)* Those with an asterix have either a good or outside chance at an obituary - The Times, Telegraph and Guardian usually have good form for providing these.

Any list like this now has to include the wonderful Colin Jeavons ….95 this year

I really don’t think they’ll lose much sleep over it.

Grandchildren of Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), First Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU: From the son of Leonid Khrushchev (1917-1943) - Yulia Khrushcheva (1940-2017) From the daughter Rada Khrushcheva-Adzhubey (1929-2016): - Nikita Adzhubey (1952-2007) - Alexei Adzhubey (1954-06.01.2024) - Ivan Adzhubey (b. 1959) lives in the USA and teaches at Harvard University. From the son Sergei Khrushchev (1935-2020): - Nikita Khrushchev (1959-2007) - Sergei Khrushchev (b. 1974) lives in Moscow. ria.ru Foto (1963): front row, first on the left

First Formula 1 death of 2024 is not Fittipaldi, but former ATS and Merzario non-qualifier, and former Italian Formula 3 champion, Alberto Colombo, after a long illness, aged 78. https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-addio-ad-alberto-colombo-il-cappellone-che-ha-sognato-i-gp/10563419/

Ines de Castro died on this day 669 years ago, aged 29. - Born in Galicia to a noble family, Castro moved south to Portugal in 1340 as a lady-in-waiting of Queen Constance. Her husband, the future king Peter I, quickly took a liking to her. - Peter would make Ines' brothers his royal advisors, and after Constance died in 1349, wanted to marry Ines. His father, king Afonso IV, refused to do so; he banned her from the royal court in 1344 because he disliked her influence on Peter while he was married. - As Peter continued to see her in private (having four illegitimate children with her), Afonso ordered her murder. On January 7, 1355, three assassins hired by Afonso beheaded her (Peter would end up having two of them captured in 1361, and ordered their hearts ripped out- this gave him the epithet "The Cruel"). - Peter became king in 1357 after Afonso's death, claiming that he secretly married Ines in 1354. Her body was reportedly exhumed in order to coronate her as queen. - The story of Ines and Peter has been compared to Romeo and Juliet, and inspired art and literature; Ines has since been posthumously nicknamed "The Skeleton Queen": - In 1811, a lock of her hair was taken from her grave by Napoleon's army, and was sent as a gift to emperor Pedro II of Brazil in 1846- it was lost at sea along the way.

Sun 7 Jan 34 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +1 34 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 31 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows +2 30 The Troggs — Wild Thing 29 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 26 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 26 Manfred Mann - Semi Detached Suburban Mr James 26 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 25 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 25 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 25 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 24 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 23 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 18 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever -6 14 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love 14 The Troggs - I Can’t Control Myself 13 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 08 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind 06 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows 

British actor Oscar Quitak (wiki) supposedly died in Ibiza on 31 December 2023, aged 97. Edit looks credible.

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them." - Turkish proverb Trump and similarly minded folk in a nutshell.

Congratulations @tracy

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

I am also a cancer survivor

I'm a lucky person... I love playing with great people like you and constantly learning. It's the best thing I've ever done, besides beat cancer.

Random resurrection of old thread but my wife took me to see One Life last night (because she likes Johnny Flynn) but I came on here to learn some more. The film was slightly dull but successfully had me crying at the That’s Life reunion and also made me aware of the story which was heroic.

7/Jan/2024 35 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +1 34 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 31 The Troggs — Wild Thing +1 31 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 29 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 27 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +1 27 Donovan — Sunshine Superman +1 26 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 25 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 25 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 25 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 24 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 23 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 14 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love 14 The Troggs — I Can’t Control Myself 13 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 12 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever -6 08 Crispian St. Peters — You Were On My Mind 06 The Dave Clark Five — Everybody Knows

Woodland in the field for next week's Sony Open

No article I've found says if it was or not...

All ages on the DL are the ages the deathlistees are supposed to be turning in the given year.

i follow biden's speeches when they deal with matters that impact me as well (ie: gender equality, the economy, etc) and honestly since trump is fully against such things (or is in favor of worsening those things), trump winning would mean that for 4 years all of our lives would be hell. and of course trump's supporters are all in favor of trump diminishing things like gender equality or women's healthcare since his white male fanbase cant relate to those issues nor do they have to care.

Congratulations, Tracy.

See, we were both wrong!

3/Jan/2024 75 Petula Clark — Downtown +4 66 The Animals — We Gotta Get Out Of This Place 61 The Who — My Generation 60 The Kinks — All Day And All Of The Night 24 The Fortunes — You’ve Got Your Troubles -2 16 The Yardbirds — Heart Full Of Soul -2 00 The Everly Brothers — The Price Of Love -2

Well done Tracy, a truly fantastic result!

1. 103 Philippe de Gaulle admiral and nepo-baby 2. 102 Roland Dumas former Foreign Minister 3. 103 Edgar Morin philosopher and sociologist 4. 102 Micheline Presle actress 5. 96 Jean-Marie Le Pen neo nazi 6. 96 Line Renaud the Line 7. 90 Brigitte Bardot BB 8. 89 Alain Delon actor and ego-centrist 9. 102 Jean Malaurie explorer and anthropologist 10. 91 Bernadette Chirac Madame prout-prout 11. 94 Philippe Bouvard TV host 12. 80 Françoise Hardy singer 13. 95 Edouard Balladur former prime minister 14. 96 Robert Badinter former minister of justice 15. 95 François Cheng author, academician 16. 97 Geneviève Page actress 17. 81 Charles Biétry sport journalist 18. 89 Bernard Pivot author and journalist 19. 63 Florent Pagny singer, songwriter 20. 77 Frédéric Mitterrand touche à tout (especially young thaï boys) 21. 85 Brigitte Fontaine touche à tout 22. 73 Catherine Laborde weather-girl 23. 88 Jacques Balutin actor 24. 103 André Chandernagor former European Affair Minister 25. 87 Maryse Condé author 26. 94 Gilles Jacob film critic and essayist 27. 90 Claude Zidi screenwriter 28. 90 Marie-France Garaud presidential candidate 29. 92 Marthe Villalonga actress 30. 100 Anne Vernon actress 31. 95 Charles Dumont Composer, songwriter 32. 98 Judith Magre actress 33. 95 Claire Maurier actress 34. 98 Jean-Pierre Serre mathematician 35. 99 Raphaël Géminiani cyclist 36. 99 Laurent de Brunhoff illustrator 37. 90 Nadine Trintignant filmmaker and novelist 38. 96 Laurence Badie actress 39. 95 André Darrigade cyclist 40. 89 Aldo Maccione actor 41. 92 Petula Clark singer 42. 89 Guy Gilbert punk priest 43. 95 Alejandro Jodorowsky avant-garde filmmaker 44. 87 Jean Paul Guerlain Perfumer 45. 100 Roger Guillemin neuroscientist 46. 80 Jean-Pierre Léaud actor 47. 93 Gérard Mulliez billionaire 48. 91 Gérard Hernandez actor 49. 77 Isabelle Balkany politician and fraudster 50. 72 Renaud singer