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Gunnel Stenbäck, oldest in Finland and former head of the Helsinki Deaconess Foundation dead at 110. Oldest in Finland now I believe is Arvi Hämäläinen, born in January 1917. Quite a drop. I mentioned Hämäläinen here some months ago, he's a (very slightly) locally notable costume designer and has had multiple hospitalisations since 2021.

Lou Carnesecca dead at 99.

You read that right. 30 years of the DDP. A mighty milestone few could've envisioned when it was a local 90s affair that had its own trophy. 2024, despite an overall hits tally on track to break the record, felt fairly arid on the headliner and competitive fronts, perhaps portending a mighty 2025 enema. Whatever happens, @time, @Banana and I are once again here to guide you through it... Dear Jimmy - either die in the next week, or go all the way to- wait, I wrote this before... THE RULES are near exactly what they were last time, with the only edits done being updating all instances of 2023/2024 to 2024/2025, and changing The Times' URL from .co.uk to .com. IMPORTANT REMINDER: The spreadsheet method of entry that began in 2021 remains in service. The 2025 spreadsheet, identical to the 2024 one in all but filename, can be found here. It is heavily recommended to use the spreadsheet as means of entry to reduce Banana's workload as much as possible. If you are absolutely unable to work with the Excel spreadsheet, still make sure to recheck GUN's DDP entry guide thread from 2020 to make the formatting of your email as smooth as possible.

Nizoramo Zaripova dead at 101.

Marshall Brickman, the Woodman's Oscar-winning co-writer on Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Manhattan Murder Mystery, dead at 85.

Victor Brombert (wiki) dead at 101 according to this Facebook post. All 3 names from your list are now dead.

LOLLLL I’m out of Whamageddon already Out for breakfast with OH and the first bloody thing we hear is our current joint-3rd. Ah well, one less thing to think about this month.

For the official list I think he's a necessary drop, for shadow lists it depends how many you need to get rid of, personally I'm keeping him as I have the room but if you need the extra space he's a safer option to drop than most 'terminally ill' people.

Suicide is painless, but this crap isn't. I'd opt for the former.

1/12/24 76 Pet Shop Boys — Always On My Mind 53 Pink Floyd — Another Brick In The Wall 48 Wham! - Last Christmas 45 Tom Jones — Green, Green Grass Of Home 33 The Flying Pickets — Only You 31 Girls Aloud — Sound Of The Underground  19 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 17 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules — Mad World -1 11 Dave Edmunds — I Hear You Knocking +1 10 The Human League — Don’t You Want Me +5 00 Rage Against The Machine— Killing is the Game -8 Applaud the anti-X factor sentiment which took RATM to no 1 at the time, but it's still rubbish

Worth the bump.

1/12/2024 44 Adele — Rolling In The Deep 37Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +1 37 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason +1 36 Emeli Sande — Heaven 29 Bastille — Pompeii 28 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 26 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger +1 25 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy -1 25 George Ezra — Paradise 23 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven +1 16 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 14 Adele — Skyfall 13 James Bay — Hold Back The River 09 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 00 Years & Years — Shine -5

Ian Redpath, Aussie batsman of the sixties and early seventies, dead at 83: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-australia-opener-ian-redpath-dies-aged-83-1460416 Signed up for Packer as I recall, to not much effect as he'd been out of top cricket too long by then.

Former Derbyshire player Brian Jackson. https://cricket.derbyshireccc.com/2024/11/brian-jackson-obituary/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2WHDlxNWmBT5CeGgaFBrL5w81d25BDcTpik-ammtp0fK_0tBEJG78jUUY_aem_UbQExtUL_OF0T1-e-KS4fA

Congrats @ladyfiona 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/Jane Gardam 1929 John Woodvine/Thelma Barlow 1930 Roy Clarke/Katherine Jackson  1931 Ken Bates/Eileen Derbyshire 1932 Roy Hattersley/Carmen Munroe 1933 Tinto Brass/Kim Novak

1/12/24 39 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +4 36 Pink ft. Nate Ruess — Just Give Me A Reason 35 Emeli Sande — Heaven 35 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human 28 Katy Perry — Teenage Dream 28 Bruno Mars — Locked Out Of Heaven 28 Bastille — Pompeii 25 George Ezra — Paradise 25 Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera — Moves Like Jagger 22 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk — Starboy 16 Taylor Swift — I Knew You Were Trouble 15 Justin Timberlake — Can’t Stop The Feeling 14 Adele — Skyfall 13 James Bay — Hold Back The River 11 Years & Years — Shine -6

Chemistry: 1992 Rudolph Arthur Marcus b. 1923 Peace: 2002 James Earl Carter jr. b. 1924 Literature: 1986 Wole Soyinka b. 1934 Medicine/Pysiology: 1981 Torsten Nils Wiesel b. 1924 Physics: 1957 Chen Ning Yang b. 1922 Last living laureate of the decade Economic Sciences: 2002 Vernon Lomax Smith b. 1927

Congratulations, @ladyfiona! 1924 Khamtai Siphandone / Anne Vernon 1925 Marv Levy / Ruth Slenczynska 1926 Philip Springer / Barbara Clegg 1927 Hy Eisman / Estelle Parsons 1928 Bob Cousy / Marion Ross 1929 Len Deighton / Joan Plowright 1930 Clive Revill / Joanne Woodward 1931 Edwin Meese III / Carroll Baker 1932 Frank Layden / Antonia Fraser 1933 John Boorman / Bernadette Chirac

Lou Carnesecca QO - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/college-basketball/article-14144903/Lou-Carnesecca-dead-99-St-Johns-Hall-Fame.html An amusing anachronism that his DDP bio is from 2008 and describes him as unlikely to QO, whereas now the QO-scape gave him one near immediately.

1924-Woody Woodbury/Thelma Thall 1925-Bobby Shantz/Johanna Quaas 1926-Gene Shalit/ Jacqueline Park 1927-H.M Wynant/Jean Lodge 1928-Sidney Kibrick/Betty Linde 1929-Jack Betts/Rebecca Schull 1930-John Cullum/Marilyn Alex 1931-Robert Colbert/Marla Gibbs 1932-Ray Stewart/Bunny Hoest 1933-Robert Fuller/Debra Paget Congrats @ladyfiona

Kaley Cuoco is 39 today. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore per Creative Commons license

We had the usual dysfunctional family dinner My brother-in-law pushing to the front of the line, wolfing down his food and getting back in line for seconds before some people had even had their first serving. Then having to gently remind him that he can't just fall asleep on the couch. I don't mind cooking. But, I prefer people to eat and go home

He made 112 and the package BBC News had pre-prepared on him included him being served a decent portion of fish and chips in his care home All the excuse I need to head out to the chippie over the weekend!

Me and DI had MUAZZEZ İLMIYE ÇIĞ who died last week