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Sun 10 Nov 28 Noam Chomsky 26 Roberta Flack +4 26 Patricia Routledge 25 Jean-Marie Le Pen 25 Esther Rantzen 24 Linda Nolan  24 Joanne Woodward 23 Cleo Laine  23 Ted Turner 23 Stanley Baxter 23 Dick Van Dyke  23 Gene Hackman 23 Sonny Rollins 23 Raul Castro 23 Dennis Skinner 23 Norman Tebbit  23 Jimmy Carter -6 22 Alan Greenspan 22 Josef Fritzl  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Pete Murray  21 Sandy Gall  21 Tom Brokaw 20 James Whale 20 Denis Law 20 Willie Nelson 20 Hans Blix  20 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Mel Brooks 18 Brigitte Bardot 18 Pope Francis 17 Desmond Morris 16 Buzz Aldrin 15 Robert Duvall 15 Sly Stone 15 Tom Baker  14 Prunella Scales 13 Clint Eastwood  12 Daniel Barenboim 11 Louis Farrakhan  03 Robert Wagner The fuck are you people thinking? Jimmy Carter's an awful singer!

Andy Leek, part of the Dexys Midnight Runners line-up who played on their Number 1 single Geno, reportedly dead: http://taking-liberties.squarespace.com/blog/2024/11/9/rip-andy-leek.html;jsessionid=074F7F0BC7A4DC72E61822763CF3024A.v5-web002 Parkinsons.

Cenotaph time, and his equerry laid a wreath on his behalf. Assumed this meant another non-attendance but then the camera cut to him standing unaided in full military dress uniform next to Tim Laurence on a balcony. Looked far better than he has recently, but at 90-odd, one bad chest infection or a fall could finish him off. But remarkably, doesn't look in immediate danger anymore.

Bobby Allison dead at 86.

When it comes to Actors I agree there is no need to face palm people that may not know someone. Yes he is pretty popular here in the U.S but I understand someone from the U.K not knowing him. I find the same thing for me all the time. Someone can be very popular in the U.K and I never heard of them. But a plus I feel for myself is that this site gives me an opportunity to read about people I may never have known about, and sometimes it is fun to find about new interesting people around the world.

Will the next poster please take away: 21 Cleo Laine as she is on here twice. She has +23 points. Thank you.

In this case I would expect most people to have seen the crying meme. I've never watched Dawsons Creek or anything that JvdB has been in, but I am very familiar with that image. He was also mentioned in the Hospitalised thread recently. No! The facility to express exasperation is very much needed here. It isn't always aimed at the poster, but the subject of the post.

That's a different show: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt's_Creek

10/11/2024 38 Hozier — Take Me To Church 32 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love +4 32 James Bay — Hold Back The River 32 Maroon 5 — Maps 32 Major Lazer ft. MØ &DJ Snake — Lean On 32 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 32 Years & Years — Shine 22 One Direction — Perfect 22 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back 22 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 16 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself 15 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody -3 15 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody -3 12 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills

10/11/24 38 Hozier — Take Me To Church 32 Years & Years — Shine 32 Maroon 5 — Maps +1 32 Major Lazer ft. MØ &DJ Snake — Lean On +3 32 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off +2 28 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love 28 James Bay — Hold Back The River +2 22 One Direction — Perfect 22 Duke Dumont — Won’t Look Back 22 Philip George — Wish You Were Mine 20 Zedd ft. Hayley Williams — Stay The Night 20 The Vamps — Last Night 20 Calvin Harris & Disciples — How Deep Is Your Love 18 Felix Jaehn ft. J Thompson — Ain’t Nobody -2 18 Lunchmoney Lewis — Bills -2 18 Natalie La Rose ft. Jeremih — Somebody -2 16 Will.I.Am ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, French Montana & DJ Mustard — Feelin’ Myself

10-Nov 64 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 48 Texas - Say What You Want 44 No Doubt - Just a Girl +2 43 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 37 Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity 37 Suede - Trash +2 34 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) -4 25 Faithless - Insomnia 23 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 22 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light -2 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 U2 - Staring at the Sun 20 Backstreet Boys - We’ve Got It Goin’ On 20 The Charlatans - One to Another 20 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 20 Robert Miles ft. Maria Nayler - One & One 20 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me 20 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 18 Coolio ft. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There 17 Mark Owen - Clementine 16 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week 15 George Michael - Older/I Can’t Make You Love Me 14 Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again 11 Orbital - The Saint 10 Dina Carroll - Escaping  08 Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle 08 911 - The Journey

9/11/24 27 Jimmy Carter 26 Noam Chomsky +2 23 Esther Rantzen +1 23 Patricia Routledge 23 Ted Turner 22 Linda Nolan  22 Stanley Baxter  22 Norman Tebbit  22 Raul Castro  22 Alan Greenspan 22 Roberta Flack 22 Joanne Woodward  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Jean-Marie Le Pen 21 Dennis Skinner  21 Gene Hackman 21 Cleo Laine  21 Sonny Rollins 20 Dick van Dyke 20 Pete Murray 20 Sandy Gall  20 James Whale 20 Clint Eastwood  20 Brigitte Bardot 20 Daniel Barenboim  20 Tom Brokaw 20 Denis Law +1 18 Mel Brooks 19 Hans Blix 19 Louis Farrakhan  19 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Desmond Morris  19 Tom Baker  19 Nigel Starmer-Smith 18 Willie Nelson 18 Josef Fritzl  18 Sly Stone -3 17 Pope Francis  17 Robert Duvall 16 Buzz Aldrin 16 Prunella Scales  16 Joe Bugner 11 Robert Wagner 10 Dick Cheney -3 Eliminator score: 1/20

9th Nov 24  27 Jimmy Carter +2 24 Noam Chomsky +1 23 Patricia Routledge 22 Linda Nolan  22 Esther Rantzen 22 Stanley Baxter  22 Norman Tebbit  22 Raul Castro  22 Alan Greenspan 22 Roberta Flack 22 Joanne Woodward  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Jean-Marie Le Pen 21 Dennis Skinner  21 Gene Hackman 21 Cleo Laine  21 Sonny Rollins 21 Sly Stone 23 Ted Turner 20 Dick van Dyke 20 Pete Murray 20 Sandy Gall  20 James Whale 20 Clint Eastwood  20 Brigitte Bardot 20 Daniel Barenboim  20 Tom Brokaw 19 Denis Law 18 Mel Brooks -2 17 Pope Francis  19 Hans Blix 19 Louis Farrakhan  19 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Desmond Morris  19 Tom Baker  19 Nigel Starmer-Smith +1 18 Willie Nelson 16 Buzz Aldrin 18 Josef Fritzl  17 Robert Duvall 16 Prunella Scales  16 Joe Bugner 13 Dick Cheney  11 Robert Wagner -1 0 Julie Walters -3  Eliminator score: 1/20

German actor Hans Diehl, died November 4 2024 in Berlin https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225954/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_5_in_0_q_DIEHL%20Hans http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=DIEHL+Hans&nom_acteur=DIEHL+Hans&ident=100507&debut=0&record=0&from=ok

Then you get Crowdsourced DL and multiple "shadow DL" threads. That's more than enough.

Just when you've done an update, June Spencer is a hit for me.

Interestingly enough, he shares the exact same birthday as his friend Quincy Jones, whom he celebrates it with usually. So a very serendipitous article to be posted when Quincy died.

Yes, but not from cancer, but from the 16 years in prison.

Biz Markie died on this day 3 years ago, aged 57. - Markie's real name was Marcel Hall. His stage name arose during the late 1970s when he took the name of a member of the L Brothers hip-hop group called Busy Bee, and started calling himself 'Bizzy Bee Markie' before abbreviating it. - Markie performed at nightclubs and college campuses, and in 1988 would briefly appear in the background of the music video for Rob Base's "It Takes Two". In 1989, Markie was catapulted into stardom with his song "Just a Friend": The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. - Markie was sued by Gilbert O'Sullivan in 1991 for his song "Alone Again", who claimed it used an unauthorized sample of "Alone Again (Naturally)". The lawsuit ended up causing artists to make sure the original artist is okay with using their work as sampling: Throughout the decade, Markie often collaborated with artists such as Will Smith and the Beastie Boys. - Markie would begin to have acting roles in the 2000s with appearances in Men in Black II and Wild n' Out, and had a recurring segment on Nick Jr.'s Yo Gabba Gabba! called "Biz's Beat of the Day": He would also voice act, which included cartoons such as Cartoon Network's Mad (as a rapping Bilbo Baggins), Adventure Time (as Snorlock, a giant beatboxing slug Finn and Jake need to help), and SpongeBob SquarePants (as Kenny the Cat in the episode with the same name). - Markie suffered from diabetes in his later years, with death rumors arising two weeks before it actually occurred.

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor died on this day 1000 years ago, aged 51. - Henry was the son of duke Henry II of Bavaria, and succeeded his father as the duke following his death in 995. - In 1002, Holy Roman Emperor Otto III died childless, creating a succession crisis. Henry attempted to gain the crown by getting the nobles' support, but after failing to, had himself crowned by the archbishop of Mainz. Some of his rivals, such as Hermann II of Swabia, would continue to politically contest him afterwards, but Henry would consolidate power by the end of 1003. - Henry would lead an invasion of Italy to oust king Arduin of Ivrea, and also led multiple wars against Poland. - Henry died after ruling Germany for 22 years due to an unspecified UTI. He had taken an oath of celibacy, and was the last Holy Roman Emperor of the Ottonian dynasty (Conrad II of the Salian dynasty was elected afterwards).

Buddy Hackett died on this day 21 years ago, aged 78. - Hackett's real name was Leonard Hacker. During his teenage years, he would perform stand-up comedy under the name "Butch Hacker", taking his stage name following WWII. - Hackett's first film was a 1950 short about bowling techniques, where he would comedically perform deliberately errant bowls. The producer for the Three Stooges offered for him to join them after seeing it, but Hackett declined as he wanted to develop his solo career. - Hackett would have successes on TV starring as the titular character in the 1956 sitcom Stanley, and would soon appear in films such as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Music Man: - Hackett would take a break from acting in the 1970s to pursue poetry, culminating in the book The Naked Mind of Buddy Hackett. He would see a comeback in the late '80s by starring in Scrooged as Ebenezer Scrooge, and voicing Scuttle in Disney's The Little Mermaid: - Hackett had longtime heart disease and refused surgery, and his death was hastened by diabetes and a stroke he suffered shortly before he died.

Dead excited to be turning 99 and a half!

Takes one to know one, my friend.