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Three quick hits in January? That rings a bell...

Our first hit: Austrian actor and opera director Otto Schenk (no. 44) has died at age 94: https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000252157/schauspiellegende-otto-schenk-verstorben

I am fuming. Worst is that our politicians are so scared of losing our friendship with the U.S. that they aren't telling the orange fuck to fuck the fuck off. If we give up Greenland for him, I will lose all faith in our government. Last time, Mette Frederiksen acted fast and told him off. Now she is on her knees and suggesting that we will see. We are literally being threatened by a close ally and no one with power is doing shit other than telling how close we will work with the people of Greenland and Trump to solve this in the best way.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-great-grandfather-naomi-20c329dfb930aee351e2ea7eb237cbb1 Officially the first U.S. President to become a great grandparent while in office.

Cancer spread to the liver; withdrawing from all treatments. Bye bye, Pepe.

R.I.P. Otto Schenk, but I'm also a little relieved now. After the DL and the once again outrageous French List, we were really under pressure!

I really hope we won't copy DL 2024… Anyway, obit to come, he was my joker if I remember well, quite impressed by how fast it's going.

Now Muhammad Ssegirinya actually dead at 37.

French academician Gabriel de Broglie dead at 93, death expected, as he was frail in the last two years.

He is not as articulative as he used to be just a short time ago. His imitators might start sounding more like him than he does himself. But of course most of the men of his age have been dead for years already, and he still seems to be able to move without much difficulty.

You're never going to impart any sense in to someone as dense as Crem. It's like talking to brick. If everyone muted him, he might finally fuck off.

Charles Person, the youngest of the original 13 members of the Freedom Riders, has died. He was 82. Person was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War veteran who retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1981. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/charles-person-youngest-original-freedom-rider-dies-82

The grooming scandal is old news. It’s only back in the new because it suits the agenda of racists, fascists and those who want to suck off Musk. It’s a shame so many idiots are swallowing it…if you’ll pardon the pun.

Some of us relax by reading or watching TV or listening to music, Crem relaxes dreaming of mushroom clouds.

Yesterday I completed my full Eighties matrix of 40 songs. Much easier than the 70s. I am going to have to hope other players pick tunes that I could not find room for. Surprised how low some nailed on classics actually charted

Nah, they were blatantly lying.

among those I see dying the most this year are : Edgar Morin : turning 104 this year, hospitalized last year, frailer everyday, won't see 2026 imo. Bernadette Chirac : how she managed to make it to 2025 is a mystery. If she makes it to 2026 I give up. André Chandernargor : too old now. François Cheng : I Think we're due another academician death this year. Cheng is the frailest of them all and hasn't appeared in public in ages. I do think he's near the end. Marthe Villalonga : severe alzheimer, 27/4 care and 92 this year, strong contender. Charles Bietry : ALS sufferer, planned assisted suicide in Switzerland but when ? Catherine Laborde : diagnosed with Lewy body Dementia in 2014. Life Expectancy : 5-7 years. Has now exceeded that estimation and has gone suspiciously quiet for a year or two. Brigitte Fontaine : looked frail in her last appearances last year even though she recorded a new album. A life of drug, alcohol and smoking abuse can't be good at that age Charles Coste : wheelchair bound in the Olympic Games last year. Now the oldest olympic athlete alive, I don't think he'll see 2026 Gabriel Matzneff : suspected terminal cancer for a while, will turn 88 this year and reclusive, I'd say he's a goner this year André Darrigade : just strikes me as the surprise hit for whatever reason Jean Pierre Léaud : was said to be in ill-health two years go and completely disappeared since. He was really frail in his last appearances too Mona Ozouf : real frail in her last appearances last year, no news since then, quite suspicious Nadine Trintignant : couldn't walk by herself and overall real frail at Anouk Aimée's funeral last year. Outlived her husband and quiet since that, I don't think she has much time left Jean Paul Guerlain : see Trintignant. Circling the drain. Emilie Dequenne : agressive brain tumor relapse and medicine don't work anymore apparently. 50/50 for this one On top of that, you add one or two "surprised" death like Helène Langevin Joliot, Richard Borhinger or Edith Creson and I think we can reach the high tens or even the twenties, let's be optimistic ! edit : actually, I doubt Charles Coste will go anywhere this year, just found this interview of him from august, he looks really sharp and I never saw a 100 yo man speaking so clearly. He looks 10 years younger and apparently he can still walk. Might have another year or two in him fortunately !

I think he has a house in the UK as well so he won’t be just in rented accommodation for years.

Same procedere as last year... I can't stand that anymore!

Dozens of celebrity homes burned to the ground in the devastating LA wildfires. Anthony Hopkins, Paris Hilton, Eugene Levy, Billy Crystal, Anna Faris, Sandra Lee, Ricki Lake, James Woods, Heidi Montag, John Goodman, Miles Teller, Adam Brody

09/01/25 46 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 39 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 38 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You 35 Petula Clark - Romeo 34 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man +2 34 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China 34 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 33 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do 25 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child -3 19 Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair 15 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose +2 12 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own 00 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out of Ten -3

It’s about time Hank Scorpio made a return visit to the world of Springfield. Oo-ah, shouldn’t be allowed!

Former Peruvian PM Walter Martos dead at 67.

My personal opinion he will deteriorate quite quickly and will still be a goner this year.