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Salwa Abu Khadra dead at 95.

16th November: Game over! 68 Hozier — Take Me To Church 65 James Bay — Hold Back The River 62 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 40 Maroon 5 — Maps +4 35 Years & Years — Shine -1 00 Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne — Real Love -5

Clickbait. Saw him on the TV the other day with his missus. Looks as fit as someone can be for his age. He’s paranoid about his longevity because he was ill in the 90s. Doesn’t mean it will return anytime soon.

Shigeru Miyamoto is 72.

Snap. Rak-Su - supporting Ollie Murs (who one of the young wombles was very keen on for several years so I took her to see him). In fairness, both put on a decent show and she loved them. That said, Dimelo and two of the Ed Sheeran songs are the only ones I know here and I can't be bothered to listen to a load of songs I'm almost certainly not going to like particularly, so I'll pass on this round.

Previous post: Following post: 21 + 1 = 22 Corrected list (with my points): 16/Nov/2024 29 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +4 26 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 24 Sia — Cheap Thrills 23 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 23 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 22 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 20 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 20 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop — Friends 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 18 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl 17 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 16 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You 15 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 12 Calum Scott — Dancing On My Own 12 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill 00 Rihanna ft. Drake — Work -6

16/11/2024 26 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 25 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +4 24 Sia — Cheap Thrills 23 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 22 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down 22 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 21 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 21 Rita Ora — Anywhere 21 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 20 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 20 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop - Friends 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 18 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl 17 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 16 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You -6 15 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 12 Calum Scott — Dancing On My Own 12 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill 06 Rihanna ft. Drake — Work

16/11/2024 88 The Source ft. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix) 66 No Doubt - Just a Girl 46 Radiohead - Paranoid Android 45 Suede - Trash 39 Faithless - Insomnia 33 Texas - Say What You Want +4 30 Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light 27 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 25 Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity -6 21 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law 20 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) 18 The Charlatans - One to Another 18 Eternal - Don’t You Love Me  17 U2 - Staring at the Sun 12 Shola Ama - You’re the One I Love 06 Celine Dion - It’s All Coming Back to Me Now 06 B.B.E. - Seven Days and One Week

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Henry III of England died on this day 752 years ago, aged 65. - Henry was a son of King John, succeeding him as king when he died in 1216. As Henry was only 9 years old, he had a regency run the government, and would only take control in 1227. - Henry would lead an invasion of France in 1230 which ended with England gaining nothing, and later in his reign he would try to form an alliance with Germany to put pressure on France. He did, however, become friends with French king Louis IX after the two of them went on the Seventh Crusade, with a notable development between their friendship was Louis gifting Henry a pet elephant. - Dissatisfied nobles began to riot in 1258, which escalated into a full-scale civil war six years later. Henry would be captured by the forces of Simon de Montfort and was rescued by his son Edward, who killed Montfort in battle. - Henry was well-known for his interest in architecture, notably leading renovations of Windsor Castle, the Tower of London, and Westminster Palace. - Henry died after a 56-year reign, the longest of an English monarch at the time (surpassed by George III in 1816). He was succeeded by his son (the aforementioned) Edward I.

Long-time wrestling personality Konnan hospitalized for almost a month with diverticulitis and other issues. Hopes to be home this weekend. Konnan has previously had two kidney transplants and heart surgery due to the effects of COVID-19. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1714586/health-update-former-wcw-star-konnan/

...except it's most certainly not game over. It just is for Clean Bandit and the 5'5" nasal passage. Next round. 25 down to 5. Choose wisely. 2016-17 Sat 16 Nov 22 Chainsmokers ft. Daya — Don’t Let Me Down +2 22 DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber — Let Me Love You +2 20 Sia — Cheap Thrills 20 Jonas Blue & Dakota — Fast Car 20 Rihanna ft. Drake — Work 20 Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign — Work From Home 20 Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna — This Is What You Came For 20 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 20 Kungs vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners — This Girl 20 Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper — Perfect Strangers 20 Calum Scott — Dancing On My Own 20 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 20 Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane — Black Beatles 20 Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki — Just Hold On 20 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 20 Zara Larsson — I Would Like 20 Ed Sheeran — How Would You Feel 20 Chainsmokers & Coldplay — Something Just Like This 20 Ed Sheeran — Galway Girl 20 Ariana Grande — One Last Time 20 French Montana ft. Swae Lee — Unforgettable 20 Justin Bieber & Bloodpop - Friends 20 Rita Ora — Anywhere 20 Rak-Su ft. Wyclef & Naughty Boy — Dimelo 14 Ed Sheeran — Castle On The Hill -6

Christmas preview and it's also a Moffat written episode.

Tumor removed and they told me it was non-malignant. Post-surgery ICU was an...experience with the stablizing my BP etc, but I was not in much pain and felt safe having nurses in the same room 24/7. Worst part might've been having the cannulas, catheter and other stuff removed. In the next bed there was a 70-something woman who'd had a more dangerous tumor (meningioma) removed and got out of ICU (and out of hospital) before me, and even asked the nurses if the other patients are okay. Standard hospital room was much more "boring" but tricked me into getting up and walking around. I'm out of hospital now, left with a gnarly scar with around 20 staples, slight occasional dizziness, back pain, a pair of hospital socks etc...hoping I won't get any complications. Thank you all who wished me well.

Petula Clark is 92.

Since there are no obituaries for them, according to the research of the Italian historian in our Messenger conversations we found these names. In some cases I have used Les Gens Du Cinema as the source. So here we are: Italian film figures who are dead off radar, Part 2 Luisa Garella (Wiki) b. 06.01.1913 † 28.09.1983 Link Nais Lago (Wiki) b. 25.02.1914 † 10.01.1983 Link Elena Fiore (Wiki) b. 29.07.1914 † 01.02.1983 Link Rita Liviesi (Wiki) b. 04.03.1915 † 30.04.1989 Link Adriana Sivieri (Wiki) b. 21.06.1918 † 17.11.1970 Link Fioretta Dolfi (Wiki) b. 19.10.1920 † 09.11.1996 Link Lucio de Caro (Wiki) b. 15.01.1922 † 08.04.2008 Link Enrico Bomba (Wiki) b. 02.08.1922 † 01.11.1995 Link Aldo Scavandra (Wiki) b. 22.08.1923 † 06.05.2000 Link Tullio Altamura (Wiki) b. 18.07.1924 † 06.06.2005 Link Roberto Mauri (Wiki) b. 08.02.1924 † 18.02.2018 Link Amerigo Castrighella (Wiki) b. 15.07.1926 † 29.10.1989 Link Dario Michaelis (Wiki) 29.03.1927 † 05.01.2001 Link Gianfranco Baldanello (Wiki) b. 13.11.1928 † 22.01.1990 Link Ferdinando Poggi (Wiki) b. 09.09.1928 † 22.10.2011 Link Lilia Landi (Wiki) b. 24.08.1929 † 09.07.2019 Link Massimo Pupillo (Wiki) b. 07.01.1929 † 1982 Link Liliana Bonfatti (Wiki) b. 27.10.1930 † 19.12.2005 Link Stelio Candelli (Wiki) 28.03.1931 † 14.04.2017 Link Andrea Scotti (Wiki) 27.08.1931 21.12.2003 Link Renato Montalbano (Wiki) b. 17.05.1931 † 18.03.2019 Link Ignazio Dolce (Wiki) b. 26.03.1933 † 06.01.2010 Link Irene Cefaro (Wiki) b. 31.08.1935 † 20.11.2013 Link Piero Schivazappa (Wiki) b. 14.05.1935 † 14.12.2017 Link Bruno Corazzari (Wiki) b. 30.12.1940 † 29.07.2021 Link Maurizio Bonuglia (Wiki) b. 1943 † 2010 Link Riccardo Salvino (Wiki) b. 29.03.1944 † 12.01.1999 Link

The annual le pen is dead rumour. He'll be on tiktok playing basketball with Song Ping before the weekend.

I've argued this before. This was the most effective line in the song. It hit home because deep down people were thankful it wasn't them. And it forced us to admit it. Bono delivered it perfectly. It's not patronising, it's almost accusatory. This was the line that had us emptying our wallets. It was brilliant.

Definitely not a name worth dropping after all following this news.

She's 31 and wants to look like 17.

Kiki Håkansson reportedly dead aged 95.

I admit I'm fighting a possession by The Old Crem. Chinese Politburo member in the 80s, mentor to Hu Jintao, got previous coverage by the Guardian, reportedly in bad health for years. Recently missed the events for the 75th national day of PRC. Above all, 108 next April, and one of the very very few people born in the 10s to be still alive and have legit notability. You probably don't realize how unlikely it is for a top level politician (he is kind the Chinese equivalent of George Shultz) to make this extreme age. In other words, there will be no names this level (very notable already in the 70s/80s) to make this age for a while. Can he become the first really notable supercentenarian? Beside that, God told me Song Ping needs his thread otherwise he won't die.

Much more notable than both of them. He was one of the most powerful people in China in the late 80s, as Head of the Organization Department. Both Tompson and Maas credits were pretty minor in comparison. Quiros is just a longeve first lady, but acquired some notability very recently (just four/five years ago it wasn't even clear she was still alive). Cig shot to fame in 2006 when she claimed things that apparently went against Islam and got tried. Song Ping has had an English wiki page since he was a mere 88, and retired for a lot of years. To me he is the survivor of the 1910s decade. Brenda Milner, Lloyd Geering and maybe June Spencer are the only ones who can compete in terms of notability. Marsh Doll is already on a lower tier. The rest of them are very minor names, shot to fame for their age (see Viola Fletcher) or are age fraudsters (Whang-od, Mwazha, Sharubutu).

I'd rather read about Mike Tyson fucking someone up than all of the shitty posts of absolute nobodies you subject us with.