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Winfield Dunn dead at 97.

Something, something Downton, something, Downtown. (i'm working on it).

@Toast - over to you to do the necessary

Our host, TQR, will no longer be updating this pool and has graciously handed this pool over to me to update henceforth. I wanna thank him for all the work he's done on the pool up to this point!

Mildly interesting DL-related trivia is that he was Dick Van Dyke's IRL gym pal, hence why DVD appeared on Days as Hogestyn's dad last year.

Alexandre do Nascimento (wiki) finally dead at 99. A DDP pick for 2 teams. Nascimento was the last living cardinal born in 1925. The oldest living cardinal is now Estanislao Esteban Karlic (wiki) of Argentina who is 98. Nascimento was also the last surviving cardinal who was barred from voting in the 2005 conclave (which elected Benedict) because he was 80+ and thus ineligible to vote.

Congrats @DoorSlammer 1924 Russell M. Nelson/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Brigitte Auber 1926  Alan Greenspan/Judith Magre 1927 Sandy Gall/Hazel Chinnery 1928 James Ivory/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/Imelda Marcos 1930 Douglas Hurd/Katherine Jackson  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron  1932 Roy Hattersley/Carmen Munroe 1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak

I never understood Dom Joly’s popularity or how he built an entire career on the back of shouting into a giant inflatable mobile phone.

My first update as host involves the saddening passing of the actress, Dame Maggie Smith. This was also the second hit for our original host, TQR. The updated scoreboard is as follows: Banana - 4 Engineer - 3 GuyFromFuture - 3 En Passant - 2 Newjack - 2 Grim Up North - 2 Book - 2 Great Uncle Bulgaria - 2 Spade Cooley - 2 CaptainChorizo - 2 TQR - 2  gcreptile - 1 Death Impends - 1 RoverAndOut - 1 Charles d’Irlande - 1 Joemoneypenny - 1 Dying Probably - 1 Toast - 1 BuffaloPhil - 1 CalebH - 1 markb4 - 1 time - 1 Don't Fear The Reaper - 1 Everyone else - Zilch

29/Sep/2024 83 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 74 Nat King Cole — Smile 61 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 61 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel 54 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap +4 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 18 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow -3 12 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 07 Lou Busch — Zambesi -3

Is there anybody in the world surprised that Rosie Duffield has quit the Labour Party? A ticking timebomb for at least 2 years. Doing so at a time of peak weakness. How ever much the left froth and the right shout and scream, Sir Keir has a majority of more than 160, he can largely do what he likes. I would appreciate it if he could clean his act up though, stop the amateur mistakes and crack on with solving some of the issues this country faces. Lots of words and plans but not a lot of action yet (I know that's not all his fault, summer then conference season - just imagine if Rishi had called the election in May like he was meant to!) and plenty of pain but not much in the way of rewards. All this nonsense is taking up the room because there's nothing else to talk about. Let's see some practical steps that sure up the finances, make people feel more confident and start to move the country in the right direction. No problem with him taking executive tickets at Arsenal, fully understand the security risks and he's had a season ticket for years. The clothes and stuff is a trickier issue, some of it is a storm in a teacup (Angela Rayner in NYC) but the clothes gifts are awkward when he's so personally wealthy. That said, the double standards from the Tories on this is incredible - do they remember their saviour Boris?

Acting Dames Dame Kate Harcourt DNZM b. 16 Jun 1927 Dame Patricia Routledge DBE b. 17 Feb 1929 Joan Plowright, Baroness Plowright DBE b. 28 Oct 1929 Dame Virginia McKenna DBE b. 7 Jun 1931 Dame Sheila Hancock DBE b. 22 Feb 1933 Dame Sian Phillips DBE b. 14 May 1933 Dame Joan Collins DBE b. 23 May 1933 Dame Eileen Atkins DBE b. 15 Jun 1934 Dame Judi Dench DBE b. 9 Dec 1934 Dame Julie Andrews DBE b. 1 Oct 1935 Dame Vanessa Redgrave DBE b. 30 Jan 1937 Dame Janet Suzman DBE b. 9 Feb 1939 Dame Penelope Keith DBE b. 2 Apr 1940 Dame Helen Mirren DBE b. 26 Jul 1945 Dame Joanna Lumley DBE b. 1 May 1946 Dame Maureen Lipman DBE b. 10 May 1946 Dame Penelope Wilton DBE b. 3 Jun 1946 Dame Julie Walters DBE b. 22 Feb 1950 Dame Harriet Walter DBE b. 24 Sep 1950 Dame Imelda Staunton DBE b. 9 Jan 1956 Dame Emma Thompson DBE b. 15 Apr 1959 Dame Kristin Scott Thomas DBE b. 24 May 1960 Plus the following 4 names are known primarily for something else but have done some acting: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa DBE b. 6 Mar 1944 [opera singer] Dame Twiggy DBE b. 19 Sep 1949 [model] Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin DBE b. 23 Sep 1949 [TV presenter] Dame Miranda Harcourt DNZM b. 1962 [acting coach] Honorary Dame Angelina Jolie b. 4 Jun 1975 I make that 22 (26 if you include people of other professions who have done some acting). Plus Jolie, who I almost refuse to count as she's honorary, not a Commonwealth citizen, and got it because of charity work... Deaths since 2008 (when I joined DL ) Dame Pat Evison DBE 1924–2010 (85) Dame Elizabeth Taylor DBE 1932–2011 (79) Dame June Whitfield DBE 1925–2018 (93) Dame Vera Lynn DBE 1917–2020 (103, primarily a singer) Dame Olivia de Havilland DBE 1916–2020 (104) Dame Diana Rigg DBE 1938–2020 (82) Dame Barbara Windsor DBE 1937–2020 (83) Dame Olivia Newton-John DBE 1948–2022 (73) Dame Angela Lansbury DBE 1925–2022 (96) Dame Maggie Smith DBE 1934–2024 (89)

I intentionally didn’t list background characters/extras. “Dimpled woman on train” is not interesting.

An unnamed British clergyman, 69, has died near Antwerp, becoming unwell after taking ecstasy and amyl nitrate and having sex with a 60 year old Belgian priest, who has since been arrested for drugs trafficking.

Congrats door Slammer  1924  Jane Morgan / Lee Adams  1925 Micheline Lannoy / Leo Esaki 1926 Marilyn Erskine/ David Attenborough  1927 Genevieve Page / Frank Sedgman 1928 Yvonne Van Bets / Paul Dooley 1929 Lady Pamela Hicks / Stuart Hall 1930 Sara Jane Moore / Clint Eastwood 1931 Virginia McKenna / Rupert Murdoch 1932 Phyllida Law / William Roache  1933 Sheila Hancock / Michael Aspel

Peru's most famous comedian, Melcochita (wiki), 88, hospitalised in diabetic coma, but improving and to be discharged soon.

Ian McShane is 82.

Congratulations, @DoorSlammer! 1924 Khamtai Siphandone / Ella Jenkins 1925 Calvin Tomkins / Ruth Slenczynska 1926 Philip Springer / Barbara Clegg 1927 Alvin Rakoff / Kate Harcourt 1928 Bob Cousy / Marion Ross 1929 Len Deighton / Joan Plowright 1930 Clive Revill / Lynn Hamilton 1931 Edwin Meese III / Carroll Baker 1932 John Nott / Nancy Kassebaum 1933 John Boorman / Bernadette Chirac

Pfffft pleeeeease. She's a mere MBE. We is talking about dem Damez.

Okay, I have followed OoO's suggestion of pursuing much slimmer roundups rather than full fledged obits. This is definitely far more feasible. Maybe an hour or two whereas the obits were much more. As always let me know if LotL/M names slipped by... I'll try to be more on top of things now that I'm making the obit side of things less stressful. I guess this makes Scott Thorson my last big headliner obit.

Brigitte Bardot is 90.

Definitely time for Joan Plowright to make her first appearance on next year's list if she makes it.She seemed a lot frailer than the others in the documentary and also seemed a lot older than the rest although the other 3 were only 4_5 years older.Wonder if she will be at the funeral?Somehow I doubt it but reckon Eileen and Judi will almost certainly attend.

I always wondered who would go first between her and Judi Dench. Incredibly sad death.

Nanny McPhee hates goodbyes, I remember when I was little"