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In case you haven't guessed yet, there's a new sheriff in town, after messaging MSC earlier today we've agreed that I'll be taking over the Crowdsourced Deathlist, with MSC still planning on publishing the full list of picks later on in the year, I'll be doing everything else from now on, including running next years.

Yes. It's not quite as mad as calling a game football where the only foot that ever touches it is a kickoff, field goal or punt.

Lynne Reid Banks dead: https://www.newschainonline.com/news/the-indian-in-the-cupboard-author-lynne-reid-banks-dies-aged-94-393770

It's official, John Tinniswood is the oldest man in the world recognized by the GWR, he was an accountant for Shell and BP in his life and retired in 1972, and his diet consists of fish and chips every Friday, he born in Liverpool and lives at The Hollies nursing home in Southport, Merseyside. In the Second World War, Tinniswood's limited vision confined him to an administrative role within the Royal Army Pay Corps. John Tinniswood (1912-Presente) - Página 2 - O Clube 110 (the110club.com)

And many thanks for a speedy and stress less succession. TCD will be in good hands.

I see irony of ironies Wragg is a member of the "Common Sense" grouping

Jesus flagshagging Christ. Genuine new campaign poster from the Tories: Problem is, by putting Sausagefingers III in the picture, the silly cunts have broken the law:

Don Wright (Wiki), American cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes, one in 1966 and one in 1980 dead at 90

Ahhh yes, so that's why cricket is short for cricket football.

Kurt Cobain died on this day 30 years ago, aged 27. - As a child, Cobain's influences included The Beatles, ELO, and The Monkees- a surprising contrast to the grunge genre he ended up pioneering. When he grew older, he got into rock bands such as Queen, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. Cobain also obviously was a fan of David Bowie: - Cobain's first band was formed in 1985 after he dropped out of high school- it was named "Fecal Matter". - Nirvana would be formed in 1987, but it had several different names beforehand- these were "Skid Row", "Pen Cap Chew", "Bliss", and "Ted Ed Fred". - Despite Nevermind topping Billboard's Hot 200 albums chart in January of 1992, it wouldn't be until April of that year that Cobain believed he made it as a band- with the release of Weird Al's "Smells Like Nirvana": A young Tony Hawk is one of the extras in the music video- his son is married to Cobain's daughter. - While not performing music, Cobain was often espousing his liberal activist views, particularly bringing up his support of gay rights and abortion often. He would receive a death threat once due to his opinion on the latter. - Cobain had a drug abuse problem, and he particularly took marijuana, LSD, and especially heroin, the latter of which caused a near-fatal overdose in 1992. - Cobain's suicide made him a member of the infamous "27 Club", and just before his death there had been rumors that Nirvana would break up, which it officially did following this. - Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, Washington has since adopted one of his band's song's titles as their motto:

Ok so if I understand correctly, "rugby football" is the "official" name for the sport that everybody calls rugby ? Kinda like "association football" for football ?

No seriously, Godot will turn up in the end!

On this day 2 years ago, Palestinian-born American actor Nehemiah Persoff, who starred in the films "Some Like It Hot" and "Yentl", passed away at the age of 102.

Harvey Gann, who was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1942, became a top turret gunner on a B-24, was shot down over Italy, became a Prisoner of War, then escaped 30 days later, has died. He was 103. Gann would later author the 1995 book 'Escape I Must: World War II Prisoner of War in Germany', about his wartime experiences. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ww2-army-veteran-dies-texas-harvey-gann/269-3b204094-2128-42ed-93ae-e484f40ab9ce

5/Apr/2024 56 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +2 47 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 37 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On +2 35 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 35 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 34 Kate Nash — Foundations 33 Embrace — Nature’s Law 31 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 31 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 26 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 26 The Killers — When You Were Young 24 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 19 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 17 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 14 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 11 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming 09 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm 00 Rihanna — SOS! Sinking Shit! -6

Fri 5 April 54 Manic Street Preachers — Your Love Alone Is Not Enough +4 47 Gwen Stefani ft. Akon — The Sweet Escape 35 Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse — Valerie 35 Corinne Bailey Rae — Put Your Records On 35 Plain White T’s — Hey There Delilah 34 Kate Nash — Foundations 33 Embrace — Nature’s Law 32 The Killers - When You Were Young 29 The White Stripes — Icky Thump 29 Mark Ronson ft. Daniel Merriweather — Stop Me 26 Booty Luv — Boogie 2Nite 24 Maroon 5 — Makes Me Wonder 21 Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California 20 Avril Lavigne — Girlfriend 19 Fall Out Boy — This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race 17 Mary J. Blige & U2 — One 14 Christina Aguilera — Ain’t No Other Man 11 U2 & Green Day — The Saints Are Coming  09 Arctic Monkeys — Brianstorm  -1 06 Rihanna — SOS -5

Kaia Arua died aged 33 in Port Moresby,She played for the Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup qualifiers,In 2021, she was named in the Papua New Guinea squad for the qualification for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup in Zimbabwe. His spell of 5/7 in 4 overs against Japan is the second best bowling figure by a PNG cricketer. https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/papua-new-guinea-all-rounder-kaia-arua-dies-aged-33

As Dead as I Once Was 4/50 5th February 2024 Country icon Toby Keith has died aged 62 from stomach cancer. Keith’s career in country music started in 1993 when he released his first, self-titled, album that reached no.17 on the US country charts, with his single ‘Should’ve been a Cowboy’ reaching no.1 on the country charts and going 3 times platinum. In 2002 his seventh studio album ‘Unleashed’ became his first no.1 album on the regular US Billboard charts, a feat he achieved a further 3 times throughout his career. On the US country charts, in total Keith achieved 20 no.1 singles and 9 no.1 albums. A multi-talented man, he sometimes ventured into acting, opened his own chain of restaurants called ‘Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill’ and was a staunch supporter of the US Republican Party. In 2022 Keith announced that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer towards the end of the previous year and was undergoing treatment. Following his passing for the disease in February, Keith has been posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was making his first appearance on the Crowdsourced Deathlist, at no.28.

A Place in the Ground 3/50 2nd February 2024 Longtime TV presenter Jonnie Irwin has died aged 50 after a 4 year long battle with cancer. Irwin’s TV career started in 2004 when he landed the role of co-presenter on Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun and filmed 100s of episodes for the programme until he was fired in 2021, he claims that they had sacked him due to his illness. His other most well known presenting gig was on BBC’s Escape to the Country, which he worked on starting in 2010. In 2020 Irwin was diagnosed with lung cancer and reportedly was given 6 months to live. In 2022 he went public with this information, reiterating that he hasn’t got long left. However to every deathlisters delight he continued to confound the odds and spent every waking moment talking to the press about how he wasn’t going to see Christmas (he never said which one). At the end of January he spent a week in hospital and was sent home on the 27th, where he died the following week. He was making his second appearance on the Crowdsourced deathlist, this year at no.10.

Dead Kaiser 2/50 7th January 2024 Franz ‘der Kaiser’ Beckenbauer, who has died aged 78, was often cited as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Aged 14 he was signed for the Bayern Munich youth team and was eventually promoted to the main team in 1964. The same year he was signed to the West German national team’s youth squad and was quickly promoted to the main team in 1965. He played as a central midfielder in the 1966 World Cup final against England, a match that England famously won. In the 1970 quarter-finals, Beckenbauer was one of three German players to score and beat the England squad, however West Germany was knocked out by Italy in the semis and placed 3rd, beating Uruguay in the play off. By 1974 he was the captain of the national team and led his country into the World Cup, where they beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the final. He hung up his boots in 1983 and began managing the national team the following year, a role he held until 1990. In the lead up to the 2006 World Cup he helped Germany’s successful bid to host, which caused him to be investigated for fraud in 2016. Throughout 2023 reports of his failing health circulated that lasted up until his death. He was making his first appearance on the Crowdsourced Deathlist, at no.25.

I will update this (eventually) when I have time, but consider this a 8 month warning that if forum regulars want the Crowdsourced DL tradition to continue in 2025, you are going to need a new host.

Weeeelllll. I think it's easy to be nice when you inherit huge landholdings from which you derive a merry income, knowing you'll pass it on to your kids relatively tax free because it is held in trust or by a nominated company. Meanwhile, Mrs Pensioner who got that house when her husband died gets her family smashed with a 40 per cent inheritance tax bill. No doubt this chap did a lot of good in his area though. Just a pity they have all the privileges with little of the responsibility we all have in our lives.

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

Adler turned 90 yesterday. Last week he was present at the Lakers together with Ray Nicholson. No sign of Jack (but maybe he'll only show up for the playoffs)