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4 pointsLots of pictures on Twitter from Tom’s first “meet and greet” event in years yesterday.
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4 pointsUpdate on what she was doing at the Republican convention, clearly there on the fringes, there was a scathing piece in yesterday's Guardian making it clear that Truss only got as far as being in a long line of people allowed to shake the hand of a passing J D Vance, and that unfortunately for Truss the one emerging photo was blurry so likely won't scream "posed essential picure of high powered political figure." Interestingly, The Guardian also devoted a page to a serious discussion of whether former PMs should face strong limitations on what they're able to do, not as biased as you might think, Blair was singled out as a serial offender, selling his skills to the highest paying dictatorial autocrat and - if anything - a worse example of bad behaviour than more recent cases because, basically, he's more able and skilled than chancers like Bojo and flakes like Truss.
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3 pointsBack in hospital with pneumonia, and on a feeding tube. https://x.com/geoffreyboycott/status/1815036416046375232?s=46
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3 pointsMarianne Bernadotte has lived in a Stockholm care home the last 4 years. She, Marianne Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (bedbound for the last two years since miraculously surviving covid), Princess Felicitas of Salm-Horstmar, Princess Mikasa (heart failure, two strokes this year, currently hospitalised etc), Induratana Paribatra (is she even alive?) and Ashi Tashi Dorji are all over 100 years old. Marie Christine of Württemberg will be 100 in a few months and is very frail. Sheikh Salem has been seemingly hospitalised for the last three years (and has been in failing health for two decades), Queen Ratna has been in poor health for years and Jamshid of Zanzibar was dying in 2020. It's a small miracle that the list has been without deaths for more than nine months.
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3 pointsJerry Fuller, minor US hitmaker with a version of Tennessee Waltz but better known as a songwriter including Young Girl for Gary Puckett, reportedly dead: https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/jerry-fuller-dead-songwriter-young-girl-travelin-man-1236079249/
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2 pointsBored of hearing about this lad now. He’s dead. Can we move on and not play into the hands of media sensationalism and conspiracy theorists by giving it air?
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2 pointsReally sad news. That choon was a real floor filler back in the day. 40 years, just days over, ago. Hard to believe. RIP.
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2 pointsSomething new on former Afghan prime minister Mohammed Hasan Sharq. According to him, on paper his birthdate is the 17th of July 1924 (not 1925?) but he could be "a year or two older or younger". He is also releasing a new book. There also seems to be a new clip here at 20:02. I think he won't die off-radar.
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2 pointsThis parody piece in Private Eye could quite easily not have been.
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2 pointsSo can I officially add twunt to my list of qualifications on my CV now?
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1 point21/7/2024 73 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 55 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana 52 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony +4 35 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 27 Dua Lipa — New Rules 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 20 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 19 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza -6 12 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 09 Zayn — Pillowtalk 04 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water
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1 pointhttps://x.com/_AllMyChildren/status/1814778572780798048 Nothing from any press yet, but the South African Actress Esta Terblanche who appeared on the long running Us soap All My Children btwn 1997-2001 is dead at age 51. Interviewed earlier this month with Soap Opera Digest and seemed to be no indication of ill health,mostly just mentioned future projects and charity work.
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1 pointSome suggestions from me: Kenneth Cope (battled COPD for years), Jean Marsh (stroke and minor heart attack in 2011), Richard Wilson (severe heart attack in 2016), Ruth Buzzi (bedridden after suffering a series of strokes), Cindy Birdsong (suffering debilitating strokes in 2023).
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1 pointMy hits so far: A – Tore Aleksandersen B – Franz Beckenbauer D – Shannen Doherty F – Frank Field H – Heath Streak J – Jonnie Irwin K – Henry Kissinger R – Rob Burrow S – Simon Cowell U – Gudrun Ure Z – Zvi Zamir
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1 pointLong John Baldry died on this day 19 years ago, aged 64. - Baldry's 'Long' nickname came from the fact he was 6'7" (2.01 meters) tall. - Baldry would become a blues musician as a member of Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, and would take over the R&B All Stars band following the death of its frontman Cyril Davies. The latter group became known as the 'Hoochie Coochie Men', and later 'Steampacket', while he was the lead singer. Baldry would also form a band called Bluesology, which featured a certain Reginald Dwight as its keyboardist- who would take the latter half of his future name from Baldry's first name. - Baldry recorded "Let the Heartaches Begin" in 1967, which topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November of that year: Baldry was also known for his song "Mexico", which became the British Olympic team's theme for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. - Baldry would later move to Canada, where he would become a voice actor. By far his most notable role was as Dr. Robotnik in The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: - Baldry died following a long-term chest infection, and he was known for his nosocomephobia (the fear of hospitals).
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1 pointOops!! Didn't realise Newhart was in the top50. Old habits never die. Maybe Jimmy does...
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1 point19/Jul/2024 53 Harry Styles — Sign Of The Times 46 Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson — Symphony 40 Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug — Havana +4 30 Mike Posner — I Took A Pill In Ibiza 26 Clean Bandit — Rockabye 26 The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey — Closer 24 Dua Lipa — New Rules 23 Taylor Swift — Look What You Made Me Do 22 Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ — Cold Water 20 Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean — Feels 20 Sam Smith — Too Good At Goodbyes 18 Zayn — Pillowtalk 17 Shawn Mendes — Stitches 11 Little Mix — Shout Out To My Ex -6 10 Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla — One Dance 08 DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller — Wild Thoughts
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1 pointNoam Chomsky. I mean we have Jimmy carter and Noam chomsky who are obviously dying together, but since Jimmy carter is stuck in a perpetual state of decomposition without death, I choose Noam chomsky.
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1 pointNFL great Jim Otto died on May 19, leaving an inheritance of 38 points to Wormfarmer.
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