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Mateo Balbuena Iglesias dead according this (Registration required, while another obit shows)

So a non-registered user with a Canadian IP on Wiki is claiming that James C. Floyd (wiki) won’t be reaching his 110th in October as he died some time ago but the family never released an obituary due to them wanting privacy. This is perfectly plausible. Amateur aviation groups and self-styled gerontologists have been putting out birthday messages every year with no actual evidence of him still being alive. Last credible post about him being alive appears to be from a friend of his in November 2021 when he was “only” 107. A DDP pick this year so we should probably try to get to the bottom of this... @drol @arghton @Gisooo please keep an eye out for anything helpful.

UPDATE TIME! I've done the tedious quarterly google of all of the picks, so here is the half-time scoreboard (with 17 days of additional time for injuries). 3 names which had escaped the scorer attention prior to the last update: 29th April: Mollie Lentaigne - the medical artist gives added points to both @Death Impendsand @Famous6Eva, who I am fairly certain did not murder her. 9th June: Yoshiko Kuga - the Japanese actress got an acceptable obit in Japanese, giving a hit for @MalePoster 10th June: Steele Hall - who @WhoamIkindly alerted me to, after the last update had already been posted. Since then, we have said goodbye to the following: 23rd June: Foolio 29th June D. Srinivas 5th July: Vic Seixas 6th July: Mirta Diaz Balart 7th July: Bengt I Samuelsson 9th July: Jim Inhofe 11th July: Shelly Duvall 13th July: Shannen Doherty Shannen Doherty is the obvious big hitter of this update, with 21 players selecting her, making her the joint 6th most popular pick. Surprisingly however, only one player had her as a Joker, and that player was @John Key who returns to the top of the leaderboard. @BuffaloPhilused Doherty to hit the 1000 points mark and move into second place, just above @Funeralopolisin third. @Grim Up North's pick of Doherty, and @MariNisia's pick of Vic Seixas means that they make up the remainder of the top-5. Down at the bottom, 2 players have decided to join the race. @ThereWillBeDeaths7had a hit with Jim Inhofe, and liked the experience so much that they followed it up with Doherty 4 days later. Meanwhile @Sod's Lawused the forum down time to sneak in a hit with Shelley Duvall. The game starts to get a bit more interesting now as the points get bigger, so keep an eye on your picks and let me know if any of them should fall. Here is the full scoreboard: John Key (1161 points) 9 hits [Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty*, William Russell] Buffalo Phil (1149 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vincent Perez, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] Funeralopolis (1018 points) 8 hits [Dario G*, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell] GrimUpNorth (972 points) 10 hits [Dario G, Dave Myers, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] MariNisia (867 points) 8 hits [Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Jack Burke Jr., Thomas Stafford, Tony Lo Bianco, Vic Seixas, William Russell] Gcreptile (797 points) 10 hits [Corey Williams, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Paul Vachon, Simon Cowell, Thomas Stafford, Zhang Lixiong] Hell (794 points) 9 hits [Charlie Bird, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Josip Manolic, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, William Russell] Toast (783 points) 8 hits [Anouk Aimee, Dave Myers*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Toby Keith] The RadGuy (760 points) 9 hits [Brian Barczyk, Charlie Bird, Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer, Joe Shannon, Jonnie Irwin*, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] WEP (753 points) 7 hits [Charlie Bird, Dario G, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] Wannamaker (749 points) 8 hits [Brian Barczyk, Dario G, Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns, Rob Burrow*, Roger Donlan, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Arghton (710 points) 9 hits [Abdul Taib Mahmud, Beverly Lahaye, Jaako Valtanen, Ma Shitu, Paul Vachon, Solihin GP, Swami Smaranananda, Tin Oo, Zhang Lixiong] Wormfarmer (704 points) 6 hits [Frank Field, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Phillipe De Gaulle, Shannen Doherty, Simon Cowell] ZZZ - Boring Predictable Team (698 points) 8 hits [Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Etushispushingupdaisies (669 points) 8 hits [Derek Draper*, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Simon Cowell, Toby Keith] Diego (640 points) 6 hits [Alice Munro, Glynis Johns, Janis Paige, Iris Apfel, Josip Manolic, Vic Seixas] JoeMoneypenny (634 points) 4 hits [Alice Munro*, Dario G, Franz Beckenbauer, Shannen Doherty] Nantonian (630 points) 8 hits [Derek Draper, Francoise Hardy, Frank Field, Jack Burke Jr., Mario Zagallo, Petyer Oosterhuis, Rob Burrow, Stan Bowles] Drol (606 points) 9 hits [D. Srinivas, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Ma Shitu, Mario Zagallo, Manohar Joshi, Toby Keith, Yuri Solomin, Zhang Lixiong] Zsa Zsa’s (588 points) 4 hits [Jim Inhofe, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, Willie Mays] The Unknown Man (576 points) 5 hits [Francoise Hardy, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Death Impends (560 points) 4 hits [Gudrun Ure, Janis Paige, Mollie Lentaigne, William Russell] Book (543 points) 6 hits [Iris Apfel, Joyce Randolph, Mario Zagallo, Roger Corman, Ruth Maria Kubitschek, Vic Seixas] An Fear Beag (537 points) 7 hits [Charlie Bird, Frank Kitson, Imogen Stuart, Jonnie Irwin, Mike Sadler, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] The Old Lady (535 points) 6 hits [Derek Draper*, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith] Captain Chorizo (529 points) 7 hits [Glynis Johns, Jaime De Arminan, Lynne Reid Banks, Paul Vachon, Philip De Gaulle, Rob Burrow, Roland Bertin] The Immortal (505 points) 5 hits [Bengt I. Samuelsson, Dries Van Agt, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, Wilson Fittipaldi] Prophet (504 points) 5 hits [Jonnie Irwin, Malachy McCourt, Shannen Doherty, Stan Bowles, William Russell] The Old Crem (495 points) 5 hits [Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] TQR (495 points) 5 hits [Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow, Shannen Doherty] Tracey (487 points) 4 hits [Dabney Coleman, Glynis Johns, Shannen Doherty, William Russell] WhoamI (474 points) 5 hits [Glynis Johns, Joyce Randolph, Roger Corman, Steele Hall, Willie Mays] Death By Arsenic (472 points) 5 hits [Glynis Johns, Maryse Conde, Mirta Diaz Balart, Toby Keith, Parnelli Jones] Msc (454 points) 6 hits [Glynis Johns, Gudrun Ure, Laurie Johnson, Norman Jewison, Roger Corman, William Russell] Yorkshire Banker (438 points) 3 hits [Laurent De Brunhoff, Lynne Reid Banks*, Willy Mays] Lady Fiona (415 points) 4 hits [Jonnie Irwin, Shannen Doherty, Toby Keith, William Russell] LizLemon (402 points) 5 hits [Frank Field, Glynis Johns, Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Shannen Doherty] Salmon Mousse (397 points) 6 hits [Adam Lewis, Dave Myers, Frank Field, Jason Smith, Jonnie Irwin, Roy Battersby] Famous4Eva (385 points) 3 hits [Foolio, Mollie Lentaigne, Veljko Bulajic] ThereWillBeDeaths7 (384 points) 2 hits [Jim Inhofe, Shannen Doherty] Imelda (378 points) 6 hits [Charlie Bird, Derek Draper, Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow] MalePoster (352 points) 4 hits [Chita Rivera, Josip Manolic, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Yoshiko Kuga] CharlesDeGaulle (350 points) 3 hits [Francoise Hardy, Janis Paige, Toby Keith] DeathBecomesThem (336 points) 4 hits [Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin, Richard M Sherman, Rob Burrow] Time (335 points) 2 hits [Chita Rivera, Jeanette Charles*] Guy From Future (328 points) 2 hits [Alice Munro*, Eleanor Collins] Pedro69 (325 points) 3 hits [Anouk Aimee, Mike Sadler, Rob Burrow] Willy Wonka422 (298 points) 3 hits [Brian Tobin, Jonnie Irwin, William Russell] Great Uncle Bulgaria (298 points) 3 hits [Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow] Dying Probably (290 points) 3 hits [Frank Field, Josip Manolic, Phillipe De Gaulle] Yvonne (273 points) 2 hits [Bud Anderson, Dabney Coleman] Captain Hemlock (265 points) 3 hits [John Okafor, Toby Keith, Willie Mays] Etib80 (257 points) 4 hits [Franz Beckenbauer, Glynis Johns*, Micheline Presle, Shannen Doherty] GooseberryCrumble (251 points) 3 hits [Dickie Rooks*, John Savident, Joyce Randolph] Ghost of Christmas Past (245 points) 3 hits [Iris Apfel, Jonnie Irwin, Rob Burrow] Torva Messor (242 points) 6 hits [Glynis Johns, Jack Burke Jr., Jonnie Irwin, Joyce Randolph*, Robert M. Young, Roger Corman] Bibliogryphon (204 points) 2 hits [Jeanette Charles, John Savident] Sod’s Law (192 points) 1 hit [Shannen Doherty] Thatcher (171 points) 2 hits [Francoise Hardy, Roy Battersby] YoungOne (168 points) 2 hits [Francoise Hardy, Franz Beckenbauer] Sean (151 points) 3 hits [Frank Field, Franz Beckenbauer, Jonnie Irwin] BabyBlue (125 points) 1 hit [Cesar Luis Menotti] CalebH (86 points) 2 hits [Dries Van Agt, Micheline Presle] Chel (0 points) 0 hit Shamalka Amarasekera (0 points) 0 hits TheKillingTime (0 points) 0 hits

Breaking news about Yvonne Furneaux…It seems that she has died early July at 98, in the US where she actually lived. (an other French actress passing away these year, what a sad year for French cinema). I’m very confident about the sources I quote…but if you have more information about her, please tell it ! An other source pretty accurate : https://mailchi.mp/indepthnh/notable-nh-deaths-air-national-guard-commander-french-actress-yvonne-furneaux?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2u_MR0nOCM5-po2TvznvlZmKlR5CZPigsT0-u-XixA6uQlKkDfqR6ny2s_aem_DaXPScRwsugOiQjw1jl32A

I believe this brings the total down to 13. It’s truly incredible how many of them are still around.

Nah, If I was in that position I'd be as smug as fuck throughout, I think the occasion demands it. Humble the rest of the time, granted.

Good for you. You can kill yourself for 1/3 the price. Save the money for your funeral.

17/7/24 47 Tears for Fears - Mad World 43 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye +2 38 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence -3 34 The Beat - Can’t Get Used to Losing You 32 Eurythmics - Who’s That Girl? 31 The J. Geils Band - Centerfold 30 Yazoo - Don't Go +2 27 Pigbag - Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag 26 Ph.D - I Won’t LetYou Down 24 Yazoo - Nobody’s Diary 23 Kool & The Gang - Get Down on It 22 Soft Cell - What? 20 Wah! - The Story of the Blues  20 Howard Jones - New Song 18 JoBoxers - Boxerbeat  17 The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times 14 Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart) 12 The Style Council - Long Hot Summer/Paris Match 08 Haircut 100 - Love Plus One -3 Love several Siouxsie and the Banshees songs but this is just a cover of a fairly average Beatles tune. They do improve upon the original in fairness, but there are several better here.

I'm gutted I'm going to have to miss it, but the time is already allocated to polishing the front door knocker, sorting out the cutlery drawer and if there's any time left over, descaling the kettle. The timing of this event couldn't be worse.

17/07/24 119 Years & Years — King 110 Ella Henderson — Ghost 102 Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars — Uptown Funk 98 Pitbull ft. Kesha — Timber 93 Pharrell Williams — Happy +4 26 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Rather Be 15 Tinie Tempah ft. Jess Glynne — Not Letting Go 15 Ellie Goulding — Love Me Like You Do 10 Calvin Harris — Summer -6 I have incorporated @theoldlady & @TQR scores

Low-key gutted tonight. I'm not going to pretend it's been exciting, I wish we could find a way to unlock all of the attacking talent in our squad and I wish we'd been able to take that final step and lift something over the past 4 tournaments. But we were at completely rock bottom in 2016. The World Cup in 2014 was dire. The loss to Iceland in 2016 was not really a surprise, which was damning in itself. The less said about Big Sam the better. And in just 2 years, Southgate turned it around. He reconnected us to the England squad and gave us a team we were proud of. He reconnected them with each other, made them a squad and removed the club cliques that had plagued the Golden Generation. And he did the most incredible thing ever: he won a penalty shoot-out. More than once. Just not the one that really REALLY mattered. His reign should have ended with a trophy. It hasn't, and so he'll always be a nearly man. But he's the best England manager we've had since Bobby Robson and that's saying something. I hope the next manager doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater and builds on what Southgate has done rather than tear it down and start again. While I don't think Gareth's had the recognition he deserves for the job he's done, I really hope we don't look back on this decision as a mistake because it's all gone pear-shaped under whoever comes next. Because it's not just a certainty that whoever comes next can do the job better. And, even if they prove more tactically astute, more ruthless in the big moments and, ultimately more successful, they are going to have to go a long way to be more calm, considered, thoughtful, eloquent and measured than Southgate has been. He has led this team from start to finish and allowed them to flourish, and, yes, I do mean flourish. 2 finals in 6 years and close semis and quarters in between is astonishing after what came before. He has given us all we ever asked of our national team: pride and hope. Thanks, Gareth. No idea who comes next, I've no firm opinions, I think they've just got a big job on their hands to make the most of the opportunity they're being given.

At least JR-M no longer being an MP means the others in parliament don't have to put up with him being aroused by this event.

Masa Matsumoto dead at 114 https://longeviquest.com/2024/07/worlds-seventh-oldest-person-masa-matsumoto-dies-at-114/

"Your dad was a toolmaker, yeah? Well, mine's on fucking banknotes!"

That post from the wife is incredibly insensitive with "if you put your mind to it". Lots of people "put their mind to it" but still get very ill and die. He's just been bloody lucky to be able to carry on so long.

Maybe the Democrats hired her, bearing in mind her track record meeting elderly heads of state…

If you want any infos about French mysterious celebrities….I am your man or your French Sherlock Holmes !

It's to do with the licences for private railway companies expiring. That won't be relevant to already public entities. (Though if they want to push the price down of public transport feel free, I say.) Keep in mind a fair few sensible things in the manifesto already apply to Scotland (and iirc Wales) but Newcastle, Norwich and Toast Land didn't have devolution over the last fourteen years. I'm not sure how the energy company is going to work though imo it's in everyone's interest (including financially) to maximise the fuck out of the Scottish renewables set up.

I believe he is very much dead. The first step would be to report it on the 110 Club. Longeviquest could give an obituary, but other possibilities are bleak as his family deliberatel hid his death all these years. EDIT: or write to that damn aviation museum on Facebook.

What? Are all posts in this thread ironic or something?

Frank O'Neill (wiki), Aussie swimmer at the 1952 Olympics, dead at 97. *the first Aussie to swim 110 yards in under a minute *taught Ginger Rogers and Greta Garbo to swim, taught an elderly W. Somerset Maugham how to dive!

At this rate we’ll be lucky to finish on 3, the grim reaper will start giving us some back

I don't think there was an update.

FUCK THAT IS WILD