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Lord Jacob Rothschild dead at 87.

Tep Vong DEEEEEAAAAAADDDDD? Completely out of the blue!!!!

Tep Vong (1932-2024) "Remain calm! All is well! He has no ailments!!!" (Kevin Bacon in Animal House) "We all thought the life support thing was a practical joke" (Tep Vong's very intelligent monks) Age at death: 92 Known health issues: Critically ill after a series of strokes in 2020, hospitalised multiple times in October/November 2023, in and out of hospital for the last two months of his life, ultimately on oxygen and on life support. During the whole process his followers insisted he had no ailments. Cause of death: An inquest is being launched as he had no ailments. Alignment: There were two Tep Vongs. One was a young Buddhist monk who was persecuted by the Khmer Rouges and never gave up his beliefs. The second one was a regime bootlicker who thought HIV was a punishment from God and supported a dictator in every decision. What went wrong, we'll never know.

Dehydration?

Spot the incredible typo:

Almost all of the selection here in this round is annoying af, so...

Well that’s disappointing.

Highway/Antiques Roadshow/Last of the Summer Wine/That's Life is like the platonic non-ideal of terrifying "back to school tomorrow" Sunday TV shows for me. Dunno if they were ever all broadcasting at the same day, but it feels like they did.

These cunts. Labour MP Angela Rayner makes modest profit from house she once bought: front page news. Tory peer Michelle Mone makes £230m from dodgy PPE contract and buys a superyacht? Total silence.

26/02/24 44 Electric Six — Danger! High Voltage 43 X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne — Lazy 41 Coldplay — In My Place 40 Benny Benassi PTS The Biz — Satisfaction 37 Mis-Teeq — Scandalous 36 Busted — Year 3000 33 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 33 The Darkness — I Believe In A Thing Called Love 30 S Club — Say Goodbye / Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You 30 S Club 7 — You 29 Dido — White Flag +4 29 Oasis — Little By Little / She Is Love 29 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 28 Justin Timberlake — Rock Your Body 28 Lumidee — Never Leave You 25 Puretone — Addicted To Bass 25 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 25 Girls Aloud — Jump 23 Liberty X — Got To Have Your Love 22 Pink — Get The Party Started 21 Kevin Lyttle — Turn Me On 21 Scooter — The Logical Song 21 Ultrabeat — Pretty Green Eyes 20 Atomic Kitten — The Last Goodbye / Be With You 20 Kelly Rowland — Stole 19 A1 — Caught In The Middle 19 Girls Aloud — No Good Advice 18 Dannii Minogue — I Begin To Wonder 18 Appleton — Fantasy 13 Rachel Stevens — Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex 12 Will Young — Don’t Let Me Down / You And I 12 Madonna — Hollywood 10 Lisa Maffia — All Over 00 DJ Sammy — The Boys Of Summer -6

I compensated for Wannamaker and MariNisia, I forgot about Book as well. Well, I tried. It frees up my points to go elsewhere, and really what chance have you got when 3 players are giving it minus 18 every day without fail? Well played gang...

26.02.2024 44 Electric Six — Danger! High Voltage +4 43 X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne — Lazy 41 Coldplay — In My Place 38 Benny Benassi PTS The Biz — Satisfaction 37 Mis-Teeq — Scandalous 36 Busted — Year 3000 33 Justin Timberlake — Cry Me A River 33 The Darkness — I Believe In A Thing Called Love -3 30 S Club — Say Goodbye / Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You 30 S Club 7 — You 29 Oasis — Little By Little / She Is Love 29 Kylie Minogue — Love At First Sight 28 Justin Timberlake — Rock Your Body 28 Lumidee — Never Leave You 28 Pink — Get The Party Started 25 Puretone — Addicted To Bass 25 Dido — White Flag 25 Oasis — Stop Crying Your Heart Out 24 Girls Aloud — Jump 22 Liberty X — Got To Have Your Love 21 Kevin Lyttle — Turn Me On 21 Scooter — The Logical Song 21 Ultrabeat — Pretty Green Eyes 20 Atomic Kitten — The Last Goodbye / Be With You 20 Kelly Rowland — Stole 19 A1 — Caught In The Middle 19 Girls Aloud — No Good Advice 18 Dannii Minogue — I Begin To Wonder 18 Appleton — Fantasy 13 Rachel Stevens — Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex 12 Will Young — Don’t Let Me Down / You And I 12 Madonna — Hollywood 10 Lisa Maffia — All Over 06 DJ Sammy — The Boys Of Summer 00 Shakira — Whatever, Whoever -3

Roger II of Sicily died on this day 870 years ago, aged 58. - When Roger was born in 1095, his mother Adelaide was 20, while his father Roger was 64. - Roger was 9 years old when he inherited the County of Sicily- his mother served as his regent. - During his reign, he inherited virtually all Norman possessions in Italy. This increase of power was seen as a threat by the pope, who wished to instigate a crusade against Roger. In 1130, Roger would be elevated from count to king due to his support of Antipope Anacletus II. This would lead to several revolts from supporters of the recognized pope, Innocent II. - In 1139, Innocent would invade the kingdom of Sicily after Roger refused the creation of a buffer state between it and the Papal States, and his troops managed to capture Innocent, with the pope being freed three days later after being forced to accept Sicily's soverignty. - Roger also promoted freedom of religion within his kingdom, and often employed Muslims in his ranks (either soldiers or educators). Towards the end of his reign, he commissioned the Tabula Rogeriana from geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi, which featured an early world map: (the original map was southwards-north) - Roger died after 24 years as king (and 49 as count), being succeeded by his son William I.

José DeLeón, former pitcher for Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals etc., reportedly dead at 63.

Haven't seen it reported on the forums yet and I don't think it belongs to the Hollywood Possibilities thread. Buddy Duress, actor who starred in Heaven Knows What, Good Time or Person to Person, reportedly passed away (according to the director of Duress' last movie).

Saw this today on social media. No idea if this has been posted on the forums before, probably, but interesting for sure.

I did consider changing the name of the pool when I took over, but I decided against it for two reasons. Firstly because this is what it has been called from day 1, and is known to all and sundry as the Hares pool, so I didn't feel it would be right to change it at this stage. And secondly because I have never liked the Tortoise in that story. Smug little talentless bastard. "Slow and steady wins the race". No it doesn't - fast and strong and not being a obnoxious prick like the Hare wins the race. You just got lucky, you slow horrible shelly fucker, so pipe down, take your "win" and piss off.

Joseph Wapner died on this day 7 years ago, aged 97. He was an American judge and television personality. He is best known as the first presiding judge of the ongoing reality court show The People's Court. The show's first run in syndication, with Judge Wapner presiding as judge, lasted from 1981 to 1993, for 12 seasons and 2,484 episodes. While the show's second run has been presided over by multiple judges, Wapner was the sole judge to preside during the show's first incarnation. His tenure on the program made him the first jurist of arbitration-based reality court shows, which evolved into the most popular trend in the judicial genre and continues to be to the present.

Actually @Death Impends would I be allowed to have the typo as my ‘rank’ thing?

I always forget to do so, sorry! Will fix it (and the other links)

Is downwards spiral a euphemism for not being able to get it up? That would explain a lot.

Diogo Alves died on this day 183 years ago, aged 30. - Alves was a 19th-century Portuguese serial killer who got the nickname "The Aqueduct Killer" based on how he killed: he would mug travelers crossing a local aqueduct, before pushing them off to their deaths in order to stage them as suicides. - Alves' murders spanned between 1836 and 1840, but it is believed his kill count was 70 people- making him one of the most prolific serial killers in history. - Alves would also form a gang, but it was only one murder that caught the group. Alves would be sentenced to death by hanging, and was the second-to-last person in Portugal to be executed in such a manner. - Following his execution his head was separated from his body, and a post-mortem autopsy on his brain was performed- phrenology was big at the time, and they tried to figure out what caused him to do this, and why he was unremorseful. Some believe it was due to a fall from a horse during his childhood. - After the autopsy, his head would be preserved in a formaldehyde solution. It is currently in the possession of the medical faculty at the University of Lisbon... and is still in virtually perfect condition:

ALS sufferer, activist Catherine Scott being reported dead on twitter around 20 years after being diagnosed with ALS. She had been hospitalised for a few days before dying three days ago. Known for being involved in Augie Nieto's "Augie's Quest" and Steve Gleason's "Team Gleason". Daughter of an ALS sufferer and mother of ALS activist/ice bucket challenge guy Anthony Carbajal who has been suffering from it for the last 8 years. Carbajal lets his dog lick his noninvasive ventilator, probably not that good for his health

Yeah, you're tempted to assume that's photoshopped but the Luxor pictures and the wailing wall aren't - she's also striding across Abbey Road's zebra crossing naked on her website Cruising for a bruising, or summat