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He died yesterday (7th) in his sleep, which means we had 3 hits in the first week. A strange coincidence is that @drol started the thread exactly a year before his death. You know who else lasted 365 days on this forum? Deathrow66.

No. But 3 deaths in the first 8 days is.

Philippe Fanoko Kpodzro dead at 93.

Rashid Khan dead at 55.

Get me a chill pill mate, I'm burning up here.... As we all know, 90s chart regular and one of the few musicians to name themselves after a football manager who allegedly [deleted on legal reasons] Dario G is currently battling stage 4 rectal cancer. Mallorca Lee, of Ultrasonic and Public Domain, has "a matter of months" to live after being diagnosed with a terminal cancer of some sort. DJ Michael Bibi has given himself the "all clear" from CNS lymphoma, but probably worth keeping an eye on. And Matt James of Mashd N Kutcher has multiple myeloma, and doesn't sound too optimistic about his chances in interviews I've seen. Enough for a thread I'd have thought.

If we take the 7th as the date of death and extrapolate this pro rata then 50 hits would come around 4pm on 26th April. If we go with the 8th then we are looking at 8am on 13th May

Not quite sure where to put this one. It's a personal loss as well. Mike Jann, local musician (Minnesota) passed away last night. He used to play guitar in the late 50s alongside Tony Andreason who went on to be the lead vocalist and guitarist for The Trashmen Mike would go on to be a main part of the road crew for The Trashmen. He set up the photo shoot for the cover of their debut album. He also painted their tour van which can be seen on the cover of their album Live Bird 65-67 Mike was such a a sweet guy who would regale us with tales of the road. He had been in declining health since his wife passed away in 2020.

I suppose, if we consider the list to be for 2004, Benedict is able to qualify. Good save.

Done.

At the rate this list is going, about five months from now we'll have 49 picks dead, and this poll will simply be Jimmy Carter vs. That's All Folks! And when that moment comes, the safest thing to do will still probably be to vote That's All Folks!

I'd throw in William Orbit, who decided to take up drugs in his early 60s. Ended up having a breakdown. Now 67 and seemingly recovered, but he looks really haggard. Interview in which he discusses some of his issues in depth: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/19/madonna-drugs-and-helicopter-trained-dogs-the-dark-starry-life-of-william-orbit

Frans Janssens, represented Belgium at the 1970 World Cup, has died aged 78.

Nigel Starmer-Smith with all the sportspeople dying as of late

With all the flooding currently affecting the UK, the last thing we need is Andrew adding to it after hearing this.

Sir Gurney Pease (wiki) dead at 96. Hotelier and perennial Liberal Party candidate ('59, '64, '70, and Oct '74 general elections). Times death notice copied below.

FFS man, resize the images before posting. Way too big.

Tue 9 Jan 39 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +4 38 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 37 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 36 The Troggs — Wild Thing 31 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 28 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 28 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 26 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop  25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 25 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 24 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 24 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 23 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It -6 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 15 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 13 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride  11 The Move — Night Of Fear  07 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love

I wonder if we need a dance/electronic music DJ/Producer thread? Techno pioneers make uneasy bedfellows with Radio 2 stalwarts

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I haven’t seen this picture before. Could you post it in the Jimmy Carter thread pls?

In case you missed it, here is Jimmy Carter at his New Year's Eve Party.

This game is so easy to run thanks to the vigilence of many of our players. Thanks again to all who spot and iron out any errors.

Hats off, he died exactly one year after I started the thread.

Franz Beckenbauer, the legendary sweeper who played for West Germany's national team from 1965 to 1977, died at 78 years: https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/unser-fussball-kaiser-mit-78-gestorben-franz-beckenbauer-ist-tot-86680790.bild.html He spent the bulk of his club career with Bayern Munich, appearing in 427 matches from 1964 to 1977. He also managed the team for a time after his retirement.