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Pat Lewis, singer who had a minor hit Stateside with Can't Shake It Loose, did backing for Stevie Wonder's Up-Tight and supported acts such as Aretha Franklin, George Clinton and Isaac Hayes, reportedly dead: https://soultracks.com/news-motown-singer-pat-lewis-dies/

Brian Trueman obit: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13805931/Brian-Trueman-dies-aged-92-Tributes-paid-writer-kids-cartoons-Danger-Mouse-Count-Duckula-gave-voice-beloved-characters.html

James Darren dead at 88. A DDP Pick.

I was just thinking about the fact that Rosalynn's funeral was about as long ago from today as this picture of Prince Philip was taken before his death. He looked so incredibly ill compared to Phil and yet, he's still going.

Brian Trueman reportedly died Sunday 1 September: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy54265n257o

A unique pick for my Unusual Suspects DDP team

Tbf the obits for every single name in the current format only continued because Spade said "I bet you can't come up with those puns for five hundred people" and I am a contrary shit.

Some of the greatest kids shows going. Chorlton and the wheelies is terribly underrated

Umaru Yar'Adua's mother dead at 102.

Elle MacPherson is treating her breast cancer with holistic methods, no chemo, no masectomy: https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/03/elle-macpherson-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosis-refusing-chemo-32-doctors-21536580/amp/

Cross-posting James Darren's death report here.

3/9/24 40 Madness - Baggy Trousers +1 33 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 31 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 30 The Damned - Eloise 29 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 28 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 27 Tears for Fears - Mad World 26 Aztec Camera- Somewhere In My Heart 24 Roy Orbison - You Got It +3 20 Queen - I Want it All 20 Queen - A Kind of Magic 19 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 16 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 15 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 13 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy 13 Eurythmics - Who's That Girl 11 Heart - Alone -6 05 New Order - Blue Monday 88 

Tue 3 Sep 43 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover +4 39 Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls Of Fire 39 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 38 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 35 Jerry Keller — Here Comes Summer 33 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 33 Perry Como — Magic Moments 31 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 31 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 23 Emile Ford — What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For 21 Conway Twitty — It’s Only Make Believe 20 Elvis Presley — One Night / I Got Stung 20 Russ Conway — Roulette 18 Marvin Rainwater — Whole Lotta Woman 18 Buddy Holly — It Doesn’t Matter Anymore 14 Connie Francis — Who’s Sorry Now 12 Shirley Bassey — As I Love You -6 06 Elvis Presley — A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight

No one on Earth? Not one living person‽ He's an E-tier villain at best, alongside Amy Schumer and Tom Cruise.

Oh the irony.

Emmanuel Rashba (wiki), legendary theoretical physicist whose work is being recently rediscovered, will soon be 97 and has been in frail health since he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage in 1997!

Currently live: the first gameplay reveal for Civilization VII. Sid Meier is now 70 years old, so quite old for a game developer. His face is coloured quite sickly.

My pick Margaret Shonekan is missing from the 1st Ladies List

That, and he is widely loathed and despised for his treatment of his grandparents in the last months of their lives. And many other examples of his behaviour. Same goes for the narcissist wife. I wouldn't rule out someone blowing him/them away.

6 months without a hit. This list is making the Sahara look like a tropical rain forest.

Well, just one last thing to say. If it was, let's say, The Old Crem reporting an April Fools day hoax based on few tweets, when such news would come from a presidency statement, he would have been facepalmed much much more. The problem here is people taking reactions as personal attacks, when they are exclusively related to the posts. And everyone can get it wrong once in a while.

Fell off the stage at a Q&A. Seems like he’ll be fine, but might be worth keeping an eye on

Mica Ertegun, widow of Ahmet, dead at 97: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/style/mica-ertegun-dead.html

Ahmet Ertegün, the 83 year old founder and Chief Executive of Atlantic Records, is in a coma. He slipped and fell at Bill Clinton's 60th birthday party.