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Pearl Harbor survivor Robert Fernandez died yesterday aged 100. The article says that "his death brings the number of Pearl Harbor survivors to a little more than a dozen".

now Yvon Gattaz really dead at 99. Was due to make his first appearance on our common 2025 French list, a quick sub needed then… +17 for my French personal list, 2024 was quite a year for French celebs

Vic Gomersall, full back for Manchester City and Swansea, reportedly dead: https://www.swanseacity.com/news/vic-gomersall-1942-2024

Eddie Jordan has been in treatment for metastatic bladder and prostate cancer, but has a good prognosis: https://www.planetf1.com/news/eddie-jordan-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-in-new-health-update Had almost made a thread for him...but I think he might not be such a 2025 slam dunk.

Alex Edwards who was a Dunfermline legend playing well over 200 games for them before moving to Hibs and becoming one of the great Hibs team of the 70s who were nicknamed Turnbull's Tornadoes has died aged 78 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cp8nk6j42v0o

"Lula da Silva" sounds more like an exotic dancer.

Russian Telegram channels report that Mikhail Shatsky, deputy Designer General at Mars experimental design office was shot dead. He was the top engineer behind the modernization of X-69 missiles and the development of new drones and was allegedly killed in Moscow. While the information has not yet been confirmed, on December 10 there were reports of a shooting in the suburbs of Moscow that left one middle-aged man dead. Videos of an ambulance arriving on the scene were posted online.

Former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, who after 45 years broke with Republicans to register as a Democrat in 2022, dead at 82.

12/12/2024 92 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much 69 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 58 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 45 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 44 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 42 2Pac - Changes +1 38 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 35 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 23 U2 - Sweetest Thing  22 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 19 TLC - No Scrubs +3 16 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You -1 05 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining 00 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully -5

12/12/2024 32 Bastille — Pompeii +4 02 Adele — Rolling In The Deep -6

Looks like Bosnian politician and former Mayor of Zenica Abdulah Mutapčić (Wiki) died on November 29, 2013 Also another Yugoslav-Kosovo politician Ilija Vakic (Wiki) died last year on October 21, 2023 It was updated in Serbian Wiki too but without a source, anyone? Someone stated it was an obituary from Politika?

I never saw that coming.

Undergoes hip replacement surgery. Apparently he had a fall earlier this month.

MOBO awards founder Kanya King diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer. https://metro.co.uk/2024/12/12/mobo-awards-founder-kanya-king-diagnosed-stage-4-bowel-cancer-22172472/

Clive Robertson, an Australian radio legend, has died. He was 78. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14184353/Clive-Robertson-dies-aged-78.html

12.12.2024 81 Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas? 70 Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives 44 Spice Girls — 2 Become 1 35 Ed Sheeran — Perfect 34 Leon Jackson — When You Believe 33 The Beatles — I Want To Hold Your Hand -15 30 The Beatles — I Feel Fine 23 The Beatles — Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 22 Cliff Richard & The Shadows — I Love You 20 Harry Belafonte — Mary’s Boy Child 20 Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody 20 Spice Girls — Too Much 20 Westlife — I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun 20 Shayne Ward — That’s My Goal 20 Leona Lewis — A Moment Like This 20 Matt Cardle — When We Collide 20 Sam Bailey — Skyscraper 20 Ben Haenow — Something I Need 20 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir — A Bridge Over You 15 LadBaby — I Love Sausage Rolls 10 Spice Girls — Goodbye 10 Boney M - Mary’s Boy Child 10 Wings — Mull Of Kintyre / Girls’ School 10 LadBaby — We Built This City

12-Dec 92 Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much +4 65 Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin 58 Stereophonics - The Bartender and the Thief 46 Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like a Woman 41 Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 38 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back 37 2Pac - Changes 35 Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums 28 Bran Van 300 - Drinking in L.A. 23 U2 - Sweetest Thing  17 Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 17 Catatonia - Mulder and Scully 16 TLC - No Scrubs 05 Bob Marley Vs Funkstar De Luxe - Sun Is Shining -6

12/Dec/2024 24 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +4 14 Bastille — Pompeii -6 12 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human

Lord Edward Somerset, younger brother of the Duke of Beaufort, reportedly dead aged 66. He had legal issues and addiction problems, documented back in 2014 when he was jailed for domestic abuse (BBC).

12-Dec 22 Bastille — Pompeii +1 22 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +3 12 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human +6

Finally, an obit appears for John Fraser Hart.

Co-majority owner of the Seattle Kraken (along with Jerry Bruckheimer), minority owner of the Boston Celtics, and billionaire private equity businessman David Bonderman dead at 82: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-11/david-bonderman-buyout-dealmaker-who-co-founded-tpg-dies-at-82 Kraken are into their 4th season of operation. As an aside, the other majority owner, Bruckheimer, is 81.

11/12/2024 33 Bastille — Pompeii -6 25 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +4 06 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human

11/12/2024 39 Bastille — Pompeii 21 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +4 06 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human -6

11.12.2024 35 Bastille — Pompeii 23 Adele — Rolling In The Deep +4 12 Rag’n’Bone Man — Human -6