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Tony Todd dead at 69.

Well I for one am glad the liberal cope/denial is coming to an end in here. I hate to say this but I did tell you so guys. If you think this thread is silly now you probably do not remember late 2023/early 2024 when I personally was ridiculed, attacked and facepalmed to oblivion (but almost never with actual arguments) because I was one of the very few who had the audacity to say Donald Trump was the favorite to win in 2024. Everyone else here was convinced in their mind that even though Trump was pulling double digits when it came to the most important issues, and ahead in swing AND national polls, Biden was going to win simply because Trump is mean and orange and cranky and fat and orange again, oh and HE'S SOOO the one with the cognitive issues, not the actual INCUMBENT in office. Trump, the one who does twelve hours of rallies daily and 3-hour long podcasts with no breaks at 78 is the doddering old fool, not Joe. Yet it turned out eventually even Biden's people THEMSELVES knew what I was preaching here. My favorite response from this thread was someone calling me an "effing Italian" for no other reason than showing him a national poll with Trump ahead. THAT was the part that was so incredible to me, I mean I can understand people not being polling nerds or political experts, but to simply REJECT real data because it does not show you what you want to believe was quite the experience lol. Now Trump not only won, he CLOBBERED Harris who had the worst presidential performance since John McCain in 2008 and the worst Democratic one since God knows when. Trump won the popular vote, the electoral college, the Senate, he carried governor's races and is on the cusp of winning the House. Heck, the man swung places like CA and NY like 12 points to his direction and was four points away from flipping FREAKING NEW JERSEY ffs. The man Democrats called Hitler (which btw is just absolutely ridiculous as an election closing message) actually won with one the largest and most racially diverse coalitions in modern election history, while the Democrats bledsupport everywhere. Now imagine how much worseALL OF THIS would have been had it still been Biden on the opposing ticket. If you still think this election is the result of 51 per cent of the electorate being xenophonic and racist and admiring someone who is "liTeRaLLy hItLeR" then our discussion stops here. This forum, just like most parts on the Internet, lives in its own political bubble, abit similar to r/politics where they were still discussing how Harris was flippingTexas and Florida like a week before the election. No one was beating Donald Trump this year, especially after the attempt. His approvals got a lot better, the fundamentals were against the Democrats, and people generally agreed with him on the issues (even if HE himself sometimes made it difficult to trust him). His campaign ran a PERFECT game, from the " bro" podcasts that gave him the young male vote to the McDonald's and "garbage truck" stunts to the seemingly random visits to Virginia and New York, while I still for the life of me cannot name you a single thing Kamala Harris stood for, except the "Trump bad" thing of course.

Indian musician Ram Narayan (Wiki), also known as Pandit, dead at 96

A good list of selections for 2025... only problem, a little too good. Eva Marie Saint had better tread carefully (although as she is the only one of the five on my shadowlist, she may see 2025).

Pegged-It Woolley 13/50 8th November 2024 Archers legend June Spencer has died. Spencer began working in radio from the age of 18, and in 1950 when BBC’s The Archers began she was cast in the role of Peggy Archer (later Woolley) without an audition. She played the character for three years, before leaving to pursue a family life. In her absence the character of Peggy was temporarily recast, but Spender occasionally returned to the series to play a different character, Irish baker Rita Flyn. In 1962 Thelma Rogers, who was voicing Peggy, left and Spencer returned to the series to play Peggy, and would then stay for the next 60 years. Throughout her time on the radio drama Peggy dealt with storylines involving her husband’s Altzhimer’s, having a stroke and the horror of a female vicar. In June 2019 she turned 100. In 2022 Spencer decided to retire, aged 103, she was the last member of the original cast. For her services to drama she was awarded an OBE in 1991 and a CBE in 2017. June Spencer died today aged 105. She was making her third appearance on the Crowdsourced Deathlist, this year at no.13

Ariana Grande has lost more weight. First image is from April; second is from this week. Notably, her costar Cynthia Erivo has also lost weight. Jennette McCurdy's book talks about how Ariana is pro-ana and bullies women on set. Ariana is 31.

Lou Ferrigno is 73.

And this is how I found out The Rolling Stones didn't release an album in 2024.

9-Nov 28 Maroon 5 — Maps 26 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off +2 26 Years & Years — Shine 25 Hozier — Take Me To Church 24 James Bay — Hold Back The River +2 24 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 24 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills 23 Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake — Lean On 22 One Direction — Perfect 20 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back 20 Union J — You Got It All 20 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 20 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody 17 Nick Jonas — Jealous 12 R. City ft. Adam Levine — Locked Away 11 Ed Sheeran — Bloodstream  06 John Legend — All Of Me 06 5 Seconds of Summer — Don’t Stop -6

Helle Meri, the first First Lady of Estonia from 1992 to 2001, has died aged 75. She is the first (out of 6) First Spouse to die, but not the longest lived, as her successor Ingrid Rüütel is 89 years old.

What category? Best recording of a death rattle?

Yes one of the best Ligue 1 players ever, very sad.

Nonsense. Dames in media and arts have appeared in a wide range of work. Spencer's career was almost entirely limited to a single radio show. Wouldn't have qualified for a Damehood.

June Spencer, Archers star, arrowed.

Trevor Sorbie has died.

German actress and opera singer Christine Görner (Wiki) dead at 94, in Italy

Today was the first day of Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik. I got my money's worth by seeing 5 acts. In order of greatness: 5. GDRN (pronounced "Gudrun") at Hafnarhús Art Museum – Icelandic-language singer. The first of several gorgeous people to grace the stage. Unfortunately I was stuck behind a couple of grey-haired waterproof trouser wearers who were having a natter. Her crowdwork needs some work. 4. Une Misère at Iðnó – local metal band. It's metal. It all sounds the same to me, but I wanted to go to one metal gig. The singer was really hot and I liked it when he asked the crowd if they were enjoying Iceland (woooo!!), only for his response to be "why? It's fucking shit". There was of course a mosh pit. It stank in there. 3. Joy (Anonymous) at Iðnó – London funky house duo. Kind of the opposite of Une Misère if you think about it. Their setup consisted of some computers on a shoogly metal table. I finally managed to get close to the stage, right in front of a fat subwoofer (yes dad, I wore earplugs). I and about 30 people at the front turned into sweaty messes. 2. Ravyn Lenae at Art Museum – R&B singer from Chicago. I managed to secure a barricade spot for the first time ever!! She pointed directly at me and sang at me a few times, and I got nervous because she's one of the most stunning people I've seen in person. 1. Magdalena Bay at Art Museum – American duo with eclectic influences. I needed to pee but I was not letting go of that damn barricade. Again, why are all these artists hot‽ They played their new album Imaginal Disk from front to back and nothing else. It's one of my favourite albums of the decade and I knew every word. It was everything. They're everything. Today was one of the best days of my life.

The “health battle” was a Covid positive test in 2022, when the episode was filmed. Yes, the Mirror really thinks this is worthy of a whole article. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/beat-chasers-anne-hegerty-replaced-34010540.amp

German film director Eckhart Schmidt (Wiki) dead at 85, six days shy before his 86th birthday Known for directed the film Der Fan, with Désirée Nosbusch in the lead role, which became a cult film in Germany and worldwide.

The Jimmy Carter thread is starting to look sensible right now.

Doesn’t look too good here

Wouldn’t drop Aldrin who looked frailer than usual in his last appearance and he’s too big to miss at 95 next year. Raul Castro, Imelda Marcos, and Willie Nelson I’d keep to. I’d drop Turner, Barenboim, Eastwood and Morris instead. I’d bring back Liza Minelli, Emperor Akihito, Angie Dickinson (and Maybe Rondsadt ?) with the others you mentioned

James K. Polk died on this day 175 years ago, aged 53. - Polk attended the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and his roommate was also a politician- William Dunn Moseley, who later became the first American governor of Florida during the former's presidency. - Polk was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1823, and would be elected to the US House of Representatives a mere two years later. He was a huge fan of Andrew Jackson (particularly thanks to his war hero status in the War of 1812), and would become one of the biggest critics of the John Quincy Adams administration; Polk advocated for the abolition of the Electoral College (due to Adams' "corrupt bargain" with Henry Clay) and would agree with Jackson's anti-National Bank stance. - Polk was elected Speaker of the House in 1835, continuing to advocate for Jacksonianism into the Van Buren presidency. He would then be elected governor of Tennessee in 1839, losing re-election in 1841 by a mere 3,000 votes. - During the 1844 election, former president Martin Van Buren was seen as the frontrunner for the Democrats' nomination, and Polk would try to convince electors to make him Van Buren's running mate. However, slavery expansion advocates in the south detested Van Buren's abolitionist views, and determined Polk would make for a good compromise. Polk would be nominated on the ninth ballot at the Democratic National Convention, and the Polk-Dallas ticket would win 170-105 in the Electoral College. - Polk's presidency was largely about expansion of the United States, as the country went to war with Mexico in 1846. The US won the war, and would gain a very large amount of land from Mexico (that included California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Oklahoma). Polk would also gain part of the UK's Oregon territory south of the 49th parallel (others wanted "54'40 or fight"). Due to the amount of land gained in such a short amount of time, Polk is often considered one of the most underrated US presidents by historians. - Polk declined to seek reelection, and died just three months after leaving office due to cholera- the shortest post-presidency of any US president who didn't die in office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pot_calling_the_kettle_black

Was it the Space Odyssey guy?