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So yeah, you're not done with me as DDP co-host yet. No one offered to take up the mantle, but doing slimmer obits has made things considerably easier and pretty much "TMIB redux"-proofed the front page. In fact I don't think there will be any changes for next year, rule or personnel wise, outside of acknowledging that The Times is a .com website now rather than .co.uk. The DDP 2025 thread and launch will be coming over the weekend.

Silvia Pinal (1931-2024) "She is perfectly fine, not even hospitalised" (Family denial, level 1) "Ok, she was in hospital, but is much better now" (Family denial, level 2) "Ok, she is still in hospital, but out of ICU" (Family denial, level 3) "Ok, she is still in ICU, just needs a little supplementary oxygen" (Family denial, level 4) "Ok, she's dead, but one day even Jimmy Carter will die!!!" (Highest possible level of denial) Age at death: 93 Known health issues: Wheelchair bound for years, hospitalised in ICU with heart disease and COVID in December 2021, hospitalised in ICU wuth aspiration pneumonia in December 2022, hospitalised in ICU in December 2023, hospitalised in March 2024, hospitalised in ICU in November 2024. Cause of death: Dead? No, no, by now she has surely been discharged. Alignment: One of the greatest actresses of Mexican cinema and very beautiful in her prime. Melted into a wax statue in her later years. Also had a political stint as senator, and fought for civil rights in the 80s.

Dead

Comes out in favour of assisted dying.Mentions he is on the last type of chemo available and that it isn't stopping some of his 15 tumours growing but is limiting the rate of growth.

Aw congrats and I wish you and your growing family a good Christmas and a healthy 2025.

Some happy news I want to share with all of you: about two months ago, my wife and I became parents for the first time. Our son is in good health and growing well, just as my wife has recovered well from giving birth. Our daily lives have changed massively, but we're lucky enough to have lots of loved ones who are there for us in these changing times. We're both completely in love with our boy, and it's great to see him learn new things.

Last night I finished Blake's 7. Having been a Doctor Who fan since I was young I had always heard great things about it, but even my highest expectations were blown out of the water. That ending left me standing up, yelling at my TV. It's hard to pick a favourite character but it would probably be Vila, with Jenna and Avon coming not so far behind. The only main character who left me feeling nothing was Soolin. Personally I preferred series 1 Travis to series 2. The only thing I knew going in was that Blake left after series 2 and I was fully expecting the series to decline after that, but I found the third series to be the best. Hard to pick a favourite episode, but I think season 3 episode 2 'Powerplay' would probably take it for me.

German actress Karin Baal, the so-called German Brigitte Bardot, has died on Tuesday aged 84 in Berlin. She is best-known for her debut movie "Die Halbstarken", played in several successful movies during the 60s until the 90s and also worked with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She also appeared in countless TV series and was a renowned theatre actress. https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/boulevard_nt/article254723010/Die-Halbstarken-Filmstar-Karin-Baal-gestorben.html

It looks like we've lost a song along the way. I don't see it being eliminated, I think it got lost off the bottom when someone copied the previous score board. 06 Wildchild - Renegade Master '98 Please would the next person to post add this back in.

There are many many more I guess. To cite a notable one, Ivanne Trebbi (wiki), born 1928 and also a deputy in the 80s.

This thread lay dormant for 40% of his life.

Speaking of Misty, it appears she may have deleted her Instagram and X accounts. They were the most frequent sources for updates and photos of Steve.

My full list recommendation (subject to change over the next 5 weeks): Keep Jimmy Carter Dick Van Dyke Pete Murray Alan Greenspan Cleo Laine Sandy Gall Noam Chomsky Mel Brooks Dennis Skinner Nigel Starmer-Smith James Whale Stanley Baxter Joanne Woodward Gene Hackman Jean-Marie Le Pen Hans Blix Tom Brokaw Linda Nolan Norman Tebbit Esther Rantzen Roberta Flack Prunella Scales Raul Castro Ted Turner Buzz Aldrin Return Brian Wilson Rex Williams David Attenborough Yoko Ono Douglas Hurd Debut Eva Marie Saint Sidney Cooke Rosemary Harris James Watson Tom Lehrer Len Deighton Joan Plowright Tippi Hedren George Soros Rupert Murdoch Antonia Fraser Quentin Blake Duchess Katharine Shirley MacLaine Frankie Valli Harald V of Norway Julie Goodyear Ken Livingstone David Lynch James Van Der Beek

Harvey Weinstein Tippi Hedren Frankie Valli Joan Plowright Jean Marsh

All I really care is that Buzz Aldrin stays and Frankie Valli joins.

Bob Bryar, drummer with My Chemical Romance might be Bob Dier soon. He shrugged off the burns suffered making the most recent video, he's finding it harder to shrug off the gangrene that resulted, especially since it's gone into his blood making amputation of the infected a leg a futile gesture at this stage. Thought I'd flag this 'un up and let the mods merge it with the dead drummers thread if and when he's - like - dead.

oops, too early.

Morton I. Abramowitz, former US ambassador to Thailand (1978-1981) and Turkey (1988-1991, has died aged 91.

30.11.2024 54 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind 52 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 46 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground  42 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 39 Wham! - Last Christmas +6 34 Rage Against The Machine — Killing In The Name 31 The Flying Pickets — Only You 22 Mud — Lonely This Christmas -9 21 Danny Williams — Moon River 18 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 17 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World 16 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking  12 Benny Hill — Ernie 05 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me

Edmund Ironside died on this day 1008 years ago, aged 26. - Edmund was the third son of Ethelred the Unready. Growing up, the Danish/Norwegians would invade England, and Edmund would lead a war to drive them out in 1014. - Edmund's father died in April of 1016, with Londoners recognizing him as the new king (Edmund II); others saw King Cnut as a legitimate monarch. Edmund's reign was brief and known for the continuing struggle against the Danes, lasting only seven months before his death. Cnut would succeed him regardless of what people thought of his claims. - The most well-known story regarding Edmund's death was that he was stabbed by an enemy soldier while he was going to the bathroom, but an earlier suggestion says he was poisoned. Contemporary reports, however, do not mention the murder at all, meaning that it was more likely he died of natural causes (perhaps a viral disease).

Sat 30 Nov 34 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 32 Emeli Sande — Heaven 32 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 31 Bastille — Pompeii 29 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 29 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 28 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 25 Years & Years — Shine +4 24 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 24 George Ezra — Paradise 24 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 22 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 20 Adele — Skyfall 19 James Bay — Hold Back The River 15 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling -6 12 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 04 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart

Sat 30 Nov 34 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 32 Emeli Sande — Heaven 32 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 31 Bastille — Pompeii 29 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 29 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -6 28 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 24 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 24 George Ezra — Paradise 24 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 22 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 21 Years & Years — Shine +4 21 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 20 Adele — Skyfall 19 James Bay — Hold Back The River 12 Taylor Swift — Shake It Off 04 Mark Ronson ft. Miley Cyrus — Nothing Breaks Like A Heart Honestly upsetting, this. The one I'm upvoting is the only one on my playlist, and one of three left I don't actively dislike.

It's always good to see happy news here, I wish you and your little one much success, good health and happiness

I have him on my Shadow list, and I have been debating whether or not I keep him.. You think I should?

No.