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Ngethe Njoroge (wiki) died on December 24, 2023, aged 95. Obit. Mentioning because... 1) he's a pick in several pools on here (and maybe a disqualified one in several now) 2) he's the father of Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine 3) his ex-wife Mary Morello (wiki) is notable as an anti-censorship activist and is currently 100 years old (she's also Tom's mother) 4) he was Kenya's High Commissioner to the UK from 1970 to 1979

Would it have really been so difficult to announce this 2 weeks ago? I wonder if anyone picked him.

As he would say himself: "the first half of the year, good. The second half, not so good."

And Yuri Solomin dead https://www.fontanka.ru/2024/01/11/73108163/

Sven-Goran Eriksson has a year to live. Obvious pick if he makes it to 2025.

Ariel Sharon died on this day 10 years ago, aged 85. - Sharon's birth name was "Arik Scheinerman", and he was the son of Georgian (the country then a part of the USSR, not the state) emigrants to Mandatory Palestine. - Sharon joined a militia when he was 14, and participated in the 1948 War. He was reportedly captured by Jordanian troops and subsequently released, which he denied. - Sharon also fought for the Israeli military during the Suez War (1956), Six-Day War (1967), and Yom Kippur War (1973). He retired after the latter war. - Sharon was the co-founder of the Likud Party (with Menachem Begin), becoming an aide to Yitzhak Rabin before becoming a member of Begin's cabinet as his Minister of Agriculture, then Defense. In 1982, Sharon initiated the Israeli invasion of Lebanon following their ambassador to the UK being shot (by orders of an Iraqi militant group). - Sharon was elected as Prime Minister of Israel in 2001 with 62% of the vote. During his premiership, the wall along the West Bank border began construction, became the first Israeli PM to visit India, and began the de-occupation of the Gaza Strip (...which ended up leading to Hamas gaining power). - The removal of Israeli soldiers and settlers from the Gaza Strip was viewed as very unpopular within his party, and he survived a vote of no confidence (led by Benjamin Netanyahu) by just 52%. He ended up resigning as head of the Likud Party in November of 2005, and founded the Kadima Party. Around this time, however, it was found that Sharon's sons had been bribed by construction developers, leading to a political scandal. - Sharon was known for his obesity (having a BMI of 39.8), having his staff car stocked with snacks and constantly making jokes about his weight (once joking his fat meant he didn't need a bulletproof vest). - Sharon suffered a stroke in December of 2005 (during the scandal), and had another one two weeks later. This rendered him comatose, and Ehud Olmert became acting PM until being rightfully elected in May of 2006. Sharon would remain in a coma for the last 8 years of his life before dying due to the complication of renal failure. - Sharon appeared on the DeathList six times (consecutively between 2007 and 2012), peaking at no. 2 on the 2007 list.

I put him on my DC animation theme team (which is mostly just random picks). There's a post on his Instagram from the 2nd, so yeah, he's still going. Not that relevant, but I doubt he wouldn't QO. He'd be guaranteed to get a THR obit for playing the bad guy in The Eiger Sanction and Mortal Kombat Annihilation (in addition to his roles in Babylon 5, Star Trek, Batman Beyond, Murder She Wrote, etc.)

You'd have to say England football team managers haven't had great success. Winterbottom (88), Greenwood (84), Venables (80), Robson (76) and Ramsey (79) did ok but none have made it into their 90s. But Revie (61) and Taylor (72) both died relatively early while Glenn Hoddle has had a brush with death on his 61st birthday.

I'd classify it as not being a good age. There are Western males who have led very unhealthy lifestyles, or had serious health issues, and lived into their 90s, in fact it's quite common nowadays. I would put the dividing line between good age and bad age at 80, anyone going in their 70s has reason to feel aggrieved.

Chris Christie has pulled out of the Republican Presidential Nomination race

He does indeed, which is why I've resisted adding him to my list, similar to Dick Van Dyke. Of course, at that age, anything could happen, but I think there are much better choices out there.

Only just seen this - there's a superb podcast series, best moments are the times they talk to eye-witnesses like the former non league defender at County who finds Sol Campbell's car parked next to his or the moment Sven discusses North Korean football officials trying to tap him up to use his FIFA connections to help them. Fill yer boots here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bq3935

Do wonder if the year is from when he stepped away from his last job 11 months ago for health reasons or if the diagnosis is much more recent

The song did not chart in the US so it is not surprising that it was not included in certain Greatest Hits compilations (There are many of these as my wife has a significant Monkees vinyl collection) but this game is about success on the UK chart and this track is a fascinating insight into Micky Dolenz's Anglophilia. Like Penny Lane and Up The Junction this has an important place in English urban folk. In addition there are many fantastic tracks by a range of artists that I would consider to be their best work that were not their biggest hits. However, No.2 on the UK singles chart is a significant achievement. It may not survive but I am going to support it.

Sven-Goran Eriksson announcing that he has terminal cancer and about a year to live: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/svengoran-eriksson-england-swede-swedish-karlstad-b2476808.html

The Korean Wiki page of Park Jae-Sung cites his date of death as 14 October 2015

11/Jan/2024 53 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 50 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +2 48 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 40 Los Bravos — Black Is Black +1 40 The Troggs — Wild Thing 33 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 30 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 27 Donovan — Sunshine Superman +1 23 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 20 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 16 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 10 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) -6

https://www.romaniatv.net/ion-iliescu-are-probleme-de-sanatate-medicul-mircea-beuran-a-ajuns-de-urgenta-la-locuinta-fostului-presedinte_8036861.html Not dead, but his conditions continue to worsen or at least not be good. The latest news about him dates back to September when he was taken to hospital for check-up routine without hospitalization, but yesterday a doctor was photographed bringing him various assistance and control tools. Apparently he needs constant health care.

Diane Abbott and James Duddridge both getting six month long proxy votes which normally indicate health conditions.

@TQR Mario Zagallo is a hit for @GuyFromFuture .

11th January 53 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 47 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 41 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 40 The Troggs — Wild Thing 39 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving +4 31 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 30 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 26 Donovan — Sunshine Superman -6 23 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 20 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 07 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James

Sorry to hear that. Glad he didn't suffer. All the best to you and yours.

Congratulations, @gcreptile. An impressive victory. Thanks for your excellent work, @Death Impends.

My boring 2024 prediction will be a 1928 collapse. Given that 1928 babies are turning 96 next year, the amount left that are on the DL (Kennedy, Morris, Le Pen), previously on/must return to the DL (Chomsky), or potentially DL-y (Lovell, Watson, Lehrer, Dr. Ruth, Marion Ross, etc) is pretty impressive, and feels like a bubble about to burst.