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Tito Jackson of The Jackson 5 has died aged 70.

Tito Jackson QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/breaking-tito-jackson-dies-tributes-33675453 A miss for my 1988 TOTP Theme Team, I Want You Back returned to the top ten that year, peaking at #8.

yeah guys we gotta really consider this one

Mauri Maunula dead at 103.

Gary Shaw reportedly not dead

The fact remains that the Queen's death was announced by Huw Edwards – it was a historic moment, and the fact she's been found to have done some very perverse things does not mean that that significant piece of history should be erased. 

u guys should be thinking about putting Jimmy Carter in 2006

Yes, another thread....but I think they need one The Jacksons: Joe (1928 - 2018) - 89 Katherine (1930) Rebbie (1950) Jackie (1951) Tito (1953 - 2024) - 70 Jermaine (1954) La Toya (1956) Marlon (1957) Michael (1958 - 2009) - 50 Randy (1961) Janet (1966) Prince (1997) Paris (1998) Blanket (2002) Ex and current Jackson family: Debbie Rowe (1958) - the mother of MJ's kids Lisa Marie Presley (1968 - 2023) - ex wife, failed to merge Jackson/Presley empire - 54 Diana Ross (1944) - godmother/friend Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) - close friend of MJ - 79 Tatum O'Neal (1963) - dated Michael? Arnold Klein (1945 - 2015) - MJ dermatologist and maybe the father of MJ's kids - 70

1989 a veritable desert of tumbleweed for Slade next year, ha! I've always plumped for Jim Lea, sold off his stage outfits in the past years. But yeah, Powell was drummer, so more likely?

Don Powell might be worth a slot on your theme team (if he qualifies @YoungWillz). From watching the godawful Mike Read show where he's a regular, he's noticeably declining over the last few years with his health issues. 2-3 years left at most imo.

What’s your problem m8

16/9/24 06:41 hrs 34 Tears for Fears - Mad World 21 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian -6 17 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill +4

I don’t think Trump will win but I will remind you that the Clinton v Trump polls leading up to 2016 were totally wrong. Not a good measure by any means.

9/15/2024 58 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 43 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 29 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -6 23 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 21 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 16 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4

15th September 58 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 43 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 35 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover  23 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 21 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette +4 12 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons -6

You still overreacted. I’m just trying to say there’s no need.

Maybe it’s uninteresting to you, but one person’s random boring death is another’s death worth noting. Is this kind of thing not what this thread is *for*?

I don’t think “to be amended on IMDB” reads like a request at all.

I could have sworn that was earlier.

His TIME!!!!!! has come today. Ah balls, Toast made that joke the last TIME one of them died. Never mind, here’s the long version.

Maurice Williams reportedly dead aged 84: I believe a pick for @Death Impends on the DDP in 2022, whether he survived a cull is for them. Edit: Checked and still a pick for the DDP.

Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-2024) "Worst sidekick ever" (Chen Ning-yang) "WhoOOOooOOOooooo?" (Everyone) Age at death: 97 Known health issues: Gravely ill in 2007, frail and housebound for the last ten years. Cause of death: Natural causes Alignment: First generation Immortal, who was at the peak of his career in 1957. He and Chen Ning-yang shared a bit of immortality juice, and he is survived by his older and way more Immortal colleague. In his private life he directed The Room starring Tommy Wiseau, which turned a critical and commercial failure, prompting his departure from the cinematographic industry.

This does seem a bit absurd to me. What's next, deleting historical footage of Queen Victoria because she was a staunch colonialist? Deleting footage of tennis matches involving Zverev because he was a domestic abuser? Deleting historical films that involved cast members that did some truly abysmal things off screen? Where do you draw the line between what gets kept and what doesn't? Trying to rewrite history doesn't work. You can't delete the fact that there have been truly horrible people throughout history. By all means shame them, remove their name, and make it abundantly clear that their actions are unsupportable, but the precedent of "this person has done something horrible, lets just pretend they didn't exist" creates a rather woeful precedent. The fact remains that Huw Edwards announced the Queen's death - it was a historic moment, and the fact he's been found to have done some very perverse things does not mean that that significant piece of history should be erased.

Just as I thought it would, and the precedent for this doesn't sit right with me at all. Remove mention of his name, fine, but the idea that the public can no longer handle viewing a twenty second piece of historical footage based on the identity of the person announcing it seems perverse to me. Carry on this road and soon huge chunks of our media will be completely inaccessible because some extra in some scene in a movie was later found to be a rapist or something. You just can't always delete the fact that shit bags exist.

I thought Janet Jackson was a lot older than that. That's my only contribution to any debate. Other than to say "Joe Jackson is a cunt", of course.