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German former professional footballer and world cup winner Bernd Hölzenbein, who played as a striker, died at 78 years: https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/eintracht-frankfurt/tot-mit-78-eintracht-frankfurt-trauert-um-weltmeister-hoelzenbein-87900948.bild.html At international level, he was a member of the Team that won the World Cup 1974.

No, nobody knows. It’s uncartered territory.

I didn't know anything about George Burns except that he was very old and kept going. There used to be a lot of jokes about it, like this Larson cartoon from 1991.

Werner Spitz, a forensic pathologist who testified at OJ’s trial, has died aged 97. He had also worked on the investigations of the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King.

Not really, he was the future big star of the party, tipped to be the next leader. She has no future, and despite being PM for 5 minutes, nothing much of interest in the past either.

It would be fun to meet @diego and @chilean way! And the North Americans too! Maybe next time!

16/Apr/2024 61 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 36 Adele — Chasing Pavements +1 34 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +3 29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 09 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -1 09 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life -1 05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 00 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova -4

Emperor Otho died on this day 1955 years ago, aged 36. - Otho's full name was Marcus Salvius Otho. Before he became emperor, he was appointed the governor of Lusitania (Portugal and western Spain) in 58 by emperor Nero- after Nero forced him to divorce his wife Poppaea so that he could marry her himself. - Otho did not forgive Nero for separating him from his wife, and would ally himself with Galba in his rebellion against Nero in 68. Galba would soon become emperor, and Otho accompanied him on the way to Rome. - Galba was hated by the Praetorian Guard, and they killed him in January of 69- and then proclaimed Otho as emperor. However, Otho's reign was entirely defined by fighting a rebellion led by Vitellius, and he committed suicide after a three-month reign in order to prevent a civil war; his forces had suffered a defeat in battle immediately beforehand. Vitellius became his successor. - Otho was the second emperor in the Year of Four Emperors (Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian). - In life, Otho was known for his lavishness and narcissism. He was known to gaze at himself in a mirror before entering battle, and would plaster dough on his face to make himself look more handsome.

16/04/24 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 32 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +2 31 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 13 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 10 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand 00 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -6

Wait. So he is out and about carrying a Times? Of course he is, he is a Times traveller! (Coat donned...).

Plot twist: mymango was Jimmy Carter trolling us the entire time

will post the thread for 24/25 in a few days

discharged from hospital It was initially feared that he had broken his neck in the collision

Are you having a DL convention with Diego?

Greetings from Buenos Aires! 15.04. 2024 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 48 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror +4 30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements 29 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 09 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 06 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -3 06 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -2 06 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -1

But we're voting on the music, not the artist. Piece Of Me is a good catchy song, and definitely shouldn't be going out ahead of some of the others in this list. That said, it's not good enough for me to be upvoting it 57 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 44 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 30 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody +2 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Adele — Chasing Pavements +2 29 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 29 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 25 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 25 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 16 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over  10 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 09 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 09 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 08 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted -6 07 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand

Source?

True but it would be a bloody good laugh!

16/4/24 06:37 hrs 63 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah +2 36 Adele — Chasing Pavements 36 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror +2 31 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite 31 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 30 La Roux — In For The Kill 29 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 29 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 28 Taylor Swift — Love Story 28 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 27 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 23 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 11 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 09 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 05 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 3 The Noisettes — Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) -6

Does Josip Manolic bring my total to 666? Losing but spooky . . . . .

There was a photo of George Burns smoking a cigar in my elementary school library in the 90s; so that dude was iconic to me as a child due to the bizarreness of it. Like why would this compel a 9 year old in 1994 to read? I think in general people know Kirk Douglas by name and face -- or even just "Michael Douglas's dad", but not Eva Marie Saint or Glynis Johns. A lot of people said "who?" regarding the latter but knew instantly when I said the mom in Mary Poppins. I assume same situation with Gloria Stuart.

I don't have the sufficient provenance to argue with your account of the music industry in the US. What I did notice, however, was the overwhelming presence of the actions of her team and of the industry in general, which make your attacks on her personally appear nearly as unjust as the press who could quite easily have driven her to her death with their incessant capricious (and often misogynistic) attacks on her. Oppressive strategy in the music industry isn't exactly exclusive to Britney's team, as I'm sure you'll accept. In any case, BuffaloPhil said it; this is not a game based on whether you like someone or not; we're here to judge the music itself. Morrissey is an iron clad cunt but you won't see me downvoting any Smiths numbers as a result of that.

Robert MacNeil and Josip Manolič are my second and third hits to date this month. This pool seems to be the only place I am gaining points this month.

14/04/2024 50 Jeff Buckley — Hallelujah 42 Michael Jackson — Man In The Mirror 31 Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys — Empire State Of Mind 27 La Roux — In For The Kill 27 Adele — Chasing Pavements 27 Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody 27 James Morrison ft. Nelly Furtado — Broken Strings 24 Sam Sparro — Black & Gold 24 Taylor Swift — Love Story 24 Rihanna — Russian Roulette 23 The Script — The Man Who Can’t Be Moved 22 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers — Day ’n’ Nite +2 21 Leona Lewis — Happy 21 T.I. ft. Rihanna — Live Your Life 20 The Saturdays — Just Can’t Get Enough 19 Britney Spears — Piece Of Me 18 The Saturdays — Forever Is Over 17 Basshunter — All I Ever Wanted 15 Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West — Supernova 15 Leona Lewis — Better In Time / Footprints In The Sand -6 14 Flo Rida ft. T-Pain — Low +2 11 The Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)  05 H Two O ft. Platnum — What’s It Gonna Be

Frank Olson, Executive Who Linked O.J. Simpson With Hertz, Dies at 91