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Now this is a big claim. How long until we can disprove it? The Voice reporting the death of Neil Flanigan MBE, 99, who they claim was the last veteran of World War II from the Caribbean. In total there were over 10,000 personnel from the West Indies. Sure, not a huge amount, but I find it hard to believe that they're all gone already? Edit: Ralph Ottey, 100, is from the Caribbean and is still living. Though he does live in the UK now. Perhaps there really are no WWII vets still living in the Caribbean. 2nd edit: There's also Ena Collymore-Woodatock, 106 – she's still living in Barbados. Starting to look like the article is making silly claims as I thought.

Ian Dury died on this day 24 years ago, aged 57. - Dury was a victim of polio at a young age, leading to the paralysis of the left side of his body. Despite his disability, he became an art teacher and newspaper advertisement illustrator. - Dury decided to form his own band in 1971, which became Kilburn and the High Roads- this band's music became a major influence on future punk and new wave bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Madness: - Kilburn and the High Roads disbanded in 1975, and Dury would sign on to Stiff Records. His debut single "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" was critically acclaimed, but did not sell well and was banned from radio broadcast on the BBC due to its lyrics. - Shortly after, Dury would form the band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, and had top-ten singles with "Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3" and What a Waste", and their song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" peaked at number 1 on the UK charts in January of 1979: The group disbanded in 1982, but had multiple reunions (and the band is still active to this day as simply "The Blockheads"). - Dury would also have roles in several movies, which included Judge Dredd, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and The Crow: City of Angels. - Dury would be diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996, which had metastasized to his liver. He would perform up until a month until his death. Incidentally, Bob Geldof mistakenly announced his death on radio in 1998 due to a fake alert from a prank caller. - Dury would appear on the DeathList twice (1999 and 2000), and was 2000's fifth hit, at spot number 14.

27/03/24 63 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 40 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 26 Kelis — Trick Me 24 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 21 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 17 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon +4 15 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound -6 06 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now 06 Kelis — Milkshake I noticed that @ladyfiona subtracted 6 from Manic Street Preachers - The Love of Richard Nixon instead of 4, so I have added an extra 2 back on.

A good point I've discussed with one or two people I know, i.e., whether the present Tories have been so blind to encroaching danger that they could go the way of 1920s Liberals. Personally, I think they'll have a rabid internal fight after being demolished electorally, and turn it round. But very hard to call.

There are only 4 survivors of the 100th Bomb Group of the U.S 8th Air Force (unit featured in the TV series Masters Of The Air). John "Lucky" Luckadoo (pilot in the 350th and 351st Bomb Squadrons) James R. Rasmussen (navigator in the 349th Bomb Squadron) Henry "Hank" Cervantes (pilot in the 349th Squadron) Robert Wolff (served in the 418th Bombardment Squadron, was prisoner of war)

Wed 27 Mar 63 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 40 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 26 Kelis — Trick Me 24 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 21 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 21 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon +4 15 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 06 Kelis — Milkshake 00 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now -6

27/3/24 63 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 40 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 26 Kelis — Trick Me 24 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 21 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 21 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You +4 11 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon -2 06 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now -4 06 Kelis — Milkshake

Lady Anne Phipps, youngest daughter of Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby, death notice: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/phipps-notices_56419 Mentioned on Oswald's Wiki, so worth a mention. Only born 1965. Obviously sister of the current Marquess (b. 1954).

American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra, known for his grandiose art work, which is displayed publicly in New York, died at 84 years: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/arts/richard-serra-dead.html

Wouldn't be a DL Cup without SC bleeding from the crotch three weeks in.

As next week marks the end of the first quarter, I will do a full google search of all the names to see what deaths we may have missed. To make life a little easier on myself, here is an update with what I have got so far. February 19th: Roland Bertin February 21st: Abdul Taib Mahmud February 28th: Nikolai Ryzhkov February 29th: Paul Vachon March 1st: Iris Apfel March 2nd: John Okafor March 3rd: Eleanor Collins March 4th: Joe Shannon March 5th: Solihin GP March 11th: Charlie Bird March 11th: Malachy McCourt March 13th: Phillipe De Gaulle March 18th: Thomas P. Stafford March 22nd: Laurent De Brunhoff And so we have a brand new podium, with @RadGuyhaving an Irish double of Bird and Shannon to take the lead. @gcreptileis in a familiar position near the top with a Vachon/Stafford double, while @arghtongoes one better with 3 hits in this update to move up into 3rd. 4 players have lifted themselves of the foot of the table as @Dying Probably, @GuyFromFuture , @Wormfarmer and @YorkshireBankerall get their first hits of the game, with Wormfarmer following up with a second hit to move into 8th. 9 players have still not bothered to take to the track yet, including twice champion @Death Impendsand also @chelwhose entire team could be lying decomposing in labs across Russia without anyone actually realising that they died months ago. Here is the top-10. Full scoreboard on page one. Full update next week. The RadGuy (251 points) 6 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Toby Keith] Gcreptile (198 points) 5 hits [Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Paul Vachon, Thomas Stafford] Arghton (190 points) 4 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Jaako Valtanen, Paul Vachon, Solihin GP] Toast (186 points) 4 hits [Dave Myers*, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Toby Keith] Captain Chorizo (183 points) 4 hits [Glynis Johns, Paul Vachon, Philip De Gaulle, Roland Bertin] GrimUpNorth (185 points) 5 hits [Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin*, Toby Keith] Prophet (156 points) 3 hits [Jonnie Irwin, Malachy McCourt, Stan Bowles] Wormfarmer (132 points) 2 hits [Iris Apfel, Phillipe De Gaulle] John Key (131 points) 3 hits [Derek Draper, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin] WEP (126 points) 3 hits [Charlie Bird, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin]

27.03.2024 63 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 40 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 34 Kelis — Trick Me 24 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 18 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls -6 14 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 13 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You +4

Some elite Manics, better than the (still good) ones in the current KoS.

Wed 27 Mar 63 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 40 Razorlight — Somewhere Else 26 Kelis — Trick Me +4 23 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 23 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 21 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls 18 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon -3 06 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now -3 06 Kelis — Milkshake

Humprey Campbell (66), #9 in 1992 for The Netherlands, has died. (Never heard Wijs me de weg before today, so it didn't become a Eurovision evergreen..)

Who is currently the oldest Cricketer to have played first class cricket?

I've waited long enough to update this pool, so here it goes. Former US Senator Jean Carnahan was the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate, and she was also the first hit in this pool, being a unique pick for @LizLemon, that gives them 5 points (4 for position + 1 for a unique pick). Dries van Agt served as PM of the Netherlands for 5 years; he was also an ambassador of the EU to Japan and the United States. He was a unique pick for @The Immortal, who gets 6 points with his death. Nikolai Ryzhkov was the last Premier of the Soviet Union and was a senator in Russia until his retirement last year. His retirement from life this year gave points to three users. @MalePoster gains 10 points, @Heef gains 9 points, and @Prophet gains 2 points. Ali Hassan Mwinyi was the second president of Tanzania, and during his tenure, he basically tried to reverse the policies of his predecessor. Mr. Permission allows @The Old Crem and @MariNisia to gain points following his death, giving them 6 points and 1 point, respectively. Philippe de Gaulle was the son of the world-famous French leader and forum poster Charles. He was also a senator for Paris. He gives @Johnnas 10 points (9 for position + 1 for a unique pick). This is the scoreboard at the moment: Johnnas- 10 MalePoster- 10 Heef- 9 The Immortal- 6 The Old Crem- 6 LizLemon- 5 Prophet- 2 MariNisia- 1 Everyone else- 0 Please inform me if I missed someone.

RIP.

Mary Dawson, Canada's first conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, has died. She was 81. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mary-dawson-obituary-1.7075715

I would hope they had these conversations while he was still racing, and decided to keep him alive. It's not unheard of for drivers to end up in a similar position. Bruce Jacobi (4 years) Don Williams (10 years)

Grief is a strange thing. Imagine getting through his entire Formula One career with the worst injury being a broken leg, seeing him retire in 2006 and getting the rest of your life to enjoy time together, then watching him return for another 3 years and emerge unscathed again, breathing a sigh of relief only for him to smash his head on a rock barely 12 months later. His children were only teenagers when it happened, neurological damage/recovery is notoriously difficult to predict, how ever dire the circumstances seem, especially with the money and medical facilities and expertise he had at his disposal. I really don't see what is being gained 10 years on, but I suppose once the decision had been taken to keep him alive, how do you then make a decision to switch him off if you don't need to from a financial position?

Bernard Trepanier, a former municipal party fundraiser who was facing charges of fraud & breach of trust and had been a key figure in the Charbonneau Commission, which looked into the awarding & management of public contracts in the Quebec construction industry, has died. He was 79. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/trepanier-mr-three-per-cent-dies-1.4784944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charbonneau_Commission

Hubert Doggart, sports administrator and former England Test cricketer, dead at 92. https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/625554 DDP Pick.

Of all the F1 drivers I never thought Schumi would be the one who would meet his end by being off his head on the white stuff.