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Hard to feel sad about someone dying when their name is LOL.

It was originally long-standingly incorrect, then it was changed (by TMIB), then TMIB decided it was funnier to leave the old description in, and so I've carried on his legacy.

Roger Etchegaray receives his long-awaited obituary.

Well, that was fun. Relatively easy to get good spots too. Mercifully Tragically Westlife only got a 30 minute slot, but Quo were good value as always and PSBs were excellent. On iplayer apparently, so judge for yourselves. I took the dog to church this morning as there was a Pet Blessing Service, so what with that and seeing the Pet Shop Boys there was a pleasing symmetry to the day. I like a good singalong : All Things Bright & Beautiful this morning, It's A Sin this evening.

Alright everyone, here is a list of every candidate entered for the crowdsource list. I've revealed this for three reasons. 1. msc revealed it for the psat 2 years so it would feel weird to not follow suit. 2. This could give you an idea on who might be good candidates to push for next year's list to replace the deceased/dropped names for next year. 3. to rue their luck on any names who have died during this past year but didn't make the list so that they may prepare to push other names who they want on the list for next year. Anyways, the list goes as follows: Kirk Douglas 1081 Leah Bracknell 1066 Herman Wouk 1004 Jean-Louis Trintignant 986 Robert Mugabe 882 Vera Lynn 861 Nobby Stiles 843 Clive James 787 Fernando Ricksen 782 Olivia Newton-John 750 Olivia de Havilland 746 Prince Philip 716 Dilip Kumar 599 Tim Conway 570 Bob Dole 567 Le Duc Anh 567 Pope Benedict 563 Bob Barker 561 George Alagiah 529 Leslie Phillips 511 Jimmy Carter 494 Glynis Johns 487 Stirling Moss 480 John McCririck 475 Jill Gascoine 465 Sidney Poitier 462 Javier Pérez de Cuellar 461 Mikhail Gorbachev 454 Violet Chamorro 453 Bill Turnbull 436 Terry Jones 428 Kathleen Blanco 408 Lee Kerslake 388 Loretta Lynn 365 John Hume 355 Doris Day 350 Jacques Chirac 345 Johnny Clegg 328 Franco Zeffirelli 298 Roberta McCain 296 Gina Lolligibrida 293 Betty White 292 Jean of Luxembourg 274 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 267 IM Pei 262 John Andretti 259 Rosalynn Carter 245 Pierre Cardin 240 Sheila Mercier 218 Beverly Cleary 217 217 - Monica Vitti 211 - Henry Kissinger, Little Richard 204 - Carol Channing 201 - Diana Athill 200 - Imelda Marcos 195 - Barbara Waters 193 - Joanne Woodward 188 - Jean Marie le Pen 185 - Genesis P-orridge 182 - Katherine Jackson 181 - Norman Lloyd 170 - Harry Reid 169 - Sumner Redstone, 6ix9ine 166 - Lucia Hiriart 160 - Willie Nelson 151 - Valery Giscard d'Estaing 149 - Jackie Stallone 146 - Beth Chapman 145 - Nichelle Nichols, Peter Tork 144 - Katherine Johnson 136 - John Paul Stevens 135 - Barbara Windsor, Murray Walker 134 - Larry King 133 - Alberto Fujimori 132 - Lina Wertmuller 130 - Andrew McGahan 126 - David Prowse, Desmond Tutu, Eva Marie Saint 123 - Bob Hawke 121 - Prunella Scales, Marieke Vervoort 120 - Hosni Mubarak, Queen Elizabeth, Anne Hamilton Byrne, Kamala 119 - Alain Delon 116 - Joan Plowright, Jose Jose 115 - Douglas Hurd, Jimmy Greaves 114 - Harry Belafonte 105 - Denis Goldberg 104 - Yoko Ono, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Robinson 103 - Jerry Stiller 101 - June Brown 99 - Sean Connery 98 - Daniella Westbrook, Sandra Day O'Connor 97 - Valerie Harper 96 - Pele 94 - Christy Dignam 93 - Michel Piccoli 91 - Ozzy Osbourne 90 - Queen Sirikit, Diana Serra Carry 89 - Nicholas Parsons 87 - Prem Tinsulanoda, Stanely Donen 86 - Sonali Bendre 84 - Samu Anoa'i, Shane MacGowan 82 - Michael Lonsdale 81 - June Spencer 80 - Tony Drewitt Barlow 78 - Artie Lange, Rhonda Fleming 77 - Juan Carlos I of Spain, Bill Wyman, Irene Papas 76 - Sacheen Littlefeather 75 - Jean Luc Godard 74 - Chuck Yeager 73 - Sri Sri Swami Shivakumara 71 - Li Rui, OJ Brigance 70 - Bernard Tapie, Andrew Fairlie, Bruno Ganz, Clarissa Eden 69 - David Attenborough, Martin Peters 67 - James Lovelock 65 - Bart Starr, Daniel Arap Moi 64 - Clint Eastwood, Anne Buydens, Peter Alliss 63 - Roman Reigns 62 - Richard Hadlee, Kenny Rogers 61 - Thomas Schaffernacker, Cloris Leachman 60 - Rosamunde Pilcher, Trevor Peacock 59 - John Cocks 58 - Gudrun Ure, Norma Waterson, Bill Cosby, Alan Greenspan 56 - Irrfan Khan 54 - Gary Glitter, Ray Reardon 53 - Ethel Kennedy, Iris Apfel, George Soros 52 - Linda Nolan 51 - Bernardd Cribbins 50 - Pat Bowlen, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Paul Gascoigne, Grace Chang, Jack Charlton, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho 49 - Doddie Weir, Quentin Tarantino, Julie Goodyear, Sylvia Miles, Ruthie Thompson 48 - Mel Brooks, Vera Miles, Barney Harwood, Freeman Dyson, Fernanda Montenegro, Eric B, Giorgo Napolitano, Karen Lewis 47 - Ennio Morricone, Dalai Lama, Billy Connolly, Richard McCourt, Boris Pahor, Valentina Cortese, Janis Page 46 - Freddie Jones, Dominic Wood, Stanely Ho, Honor Blackman, Joe Vento, Berry Gordy Jr, Angela Lansbury, Julie Gibson, Gerard Basset 45 - Mike Willesee, Frank Williams, Vin Diesel, Grace Slick, Rolf Harris, Ed Asner 44 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, James Watson, Barbara Barrie, Kevin Spacey, Ann Blyth, Stuart Fraser, Claus von Bulow 43 - Tony Bennett, Bobby Brown (footballer), Harvey Weinstein, Jim Leavelle, Lil Wayne, Laura Loomer, Luis Echeverria, Robert Marchand, Suzy Delair 42 - Bruce Anstey, Gay Byrne, Rob Brydon, Donald Trump, Jiang Zemin, Melvin van Pebbles, Princess Michael of Kent, Carl Reiner, Tommy Chong, James Earl Jones, Chris Wilson 41 - Nile Wilson, Prince Leonard, Jill Knight, Cleo Laine, Estelle Parsons, Ruth Dayan, Ron Saunders, Albert Uderzo, Renee Simonot, Paul Dewar 40 - Lil Pump, Krystzof Penderecki, Orlando Cepeda, Rex Garrod, Michael Schumacher, Mazie Hirono 39 - Joni Mitchell, Walter Mondale, Cissy Houston, Justin Bieber, Niki Lauda, Ernest Angley, Rick Ross, Bill Freehan, Abdullah the Butcher, Lionel Blair, Earl Cameron, Cliff Richard 38 - Kodak Black, Christina Ludwig, Jeanne Little, Lata Mangeshka, Robert Fyfe, Stanely Baxter 37 - Tom Baker, Paola of Belgium, Trippe Red, Patrica Routledge, John Saxon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Sophia Loren, Alex Ferguson, Lyndon Larouche, Stacy Title 36 - Juliet Ace, Julie Andrews, Sandy Toksvig, Bobby Bowden, Greg Gilbert, Dick Dale, John Madden, Edmund Capon 35 - Jim Kelly, Margaret Stuart Barry, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Hegarty, Pearl Carr 34 - Mil Mirzayanov, John Prine, Charles Bronson, Dennis Skinner, Valdas Adamkus, Gerd Muller, Luton Shelton, Rupert Murdoch 33 - Katherine Whitehorn, Ray Davies, Chris Rea, Machiko Kyo, Gaston Glock, Frank Borman, Paul Flynn, Petula Clark 32 - Estelle Harris, Dick van Dyke, Mary Berry, Ian Holm, Gena Rowlands, Inga Lagrande, Warren Buffet, Noam Chomsky, Manohar Parrikar 31 - Raymond Johnson, George Schultz, Paul Dooley, George Fernandes, Dean Stockwell, Ruth Westheimer, Brian Bennet, Jesse Jackson, Philomena Lynott, Jacques Delors, Anita Doth 30 - Stevie Chalmers, Ray Torro, Felicity Hill, Christiane F, Mamie van Doren, Meat Loaf, Joe Brown, Anita Cochran 29 - Everton Weekes, Julie Newmar, Jack Black, Milan Kundera, Norman Tebbit, Tinto Brass, Lee Grant, Isabel Peron, Athol Guy, David Koch, Norman Lear, Abdelaziz Boutefleika 28 - Raymond Biggs, Des O'Connor, Leona Lewis, Kenneth Kaunda, Gordon Lightfoot, Joss Ackland 27 - Virginia McCaskell, Bella Thorne, Agnes Kelesti, Chasey Lain, Ursula Andress 26 - Ginger Baker, Val Kilmer, Cormac McCarthy, Tamara Press, Azaelia Banks, Richard Erdman, Henri Richard, Michael Moore 25 - Gordon Banks, Antonio Tejero, Prince Michael of Kent 24 - Maggie Smith, Manfred Eigen, Peter Lorimer, Rick Springfield, Maria Riva, Zizi Jeanmaire, Anton Coppola, Stan Bowles, Michael Medwin, Bill Russell 23 - Balbir Singh Sr, Norm Coleman, Kenny Sansom, Malcom Hebden, Jack Burke Jr, Kim Novak, Agnes Varda, Lorraine Warren, Richard Parsons, Morrissey 22 - Bill Macy, Alan Igglesden, Demi Lovato, Timmy Mallet, Wilford Brimley, Harriet Andersson, Naya Rivera, Nina van Palland, Duane Eddy, Rickey Dixon, Charlie Sheen 21 - Johnny Johnson, Wanda Jackson, Sandy Gall, Hans Albert, Margaret O'Brien, Hamish McInnes, Markus Jooste, Barbara Chandler, Bobby Charlton 20 - Jurgen Habermas, Jaoa Gilberto, Sally Carr, Andrew Romanoff, Sandy Alderson 19 - Akihito, Francesco Alberoni, Peter Kay, Marty Wilde, Hulk Hogan, Nehemiah Persoff, Susan Bayh 18 - Thomas Keneally, Shirley Hughes, Uljana Semjonova, Geoffrey Palmer, Morton Sobell (died before start, but that wasn't known at the time), John Williams, Dewayne Lee Johnson 17 - Anna Pavord, William Macpherson, Juliette Greco, Harald V of Norway, Eileen Derbyshire, Robert Kuok, Phil Collins, Katherine Helmond, Brenda Lee, Clarke Carlisle, Jo Dee Messina, Stuart Hall, Fatima Ali 16 - William Roache, Louis Farrakhan, Tippi Hendron, Joseph Lombardo, Marion Ross, Herb Cox 15 - Jerry Remy, Fay Weldon, Ben Aaronovitch, Sonny Rollins, Windsor Davies, Ric Flair, Carly Simon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Anne Lotz 14 - Lamont Dozier, Frank Miller, Richard Curtis, William 'Refrigerator' Perry, Sinead O'Connor, Lee Scratchy Perry, Jack Ickx, Howard Finkel, Jane Powell, Thuy Thanh Truong 13 - Joe Turkel, Heather Locklear, Arlene Dahl, Tom Clarke, Val Bettin, Sally Anne Howles 12 - Chris Mortensen, Nana Mouskouri, Tom Brokaw, Brigitte Fontaine, Guy Siner, Francois Gilot, Noel Conway, John Astin, Lil Xan, Willie K 11 - Candido Camero, Ri Yong-mu, Antonius Nagub, Daniel Johnston, Pete Sutcliffe, Valerie Masterson, Paul Biya, Lee Teng Hui, Marge Champion, Rene de Obaldia, Gene Hackman 10 - Kenneth Cope, Paul Darrow, Tina Turner, Robin Herd, Pete Davidson, Shin Jung-hyeon, Judith Kerr, Andy Scott, Martin Pipe, Ronald Dumas, Andrea Camilleri, Donald Rumsfeld, Ross Perot 9 - Paul Orndoff, Thad Cochran, Hutton Gibson, Muriel Pawlow, Liv Ullman, Brian Auger, Candi Stanton 8 - Sheila Steafal, Billy Bingham, Arnaldo Pomodo, James Hong, Burt Bacharach, Nick Boles, Adnan Al-Kassie, Michael Kaine, Alicia Alonso, Abby Lee Miller, Phil Spector, F W de Klerk, Wilfred Benitez 7 - June Lockhart, Frank O'Farrell, Ringo Starr, Arnaldo Folani, Alexandra Ston, Mike Ditka, Billy McNeill, Cheryl Cole, Joyce Randolph, Jean Boht, Hal Holbrook, Richard Petty, Jacob Rothschild 6 - Theresa May, Karolos Papoulias, Johnny Brown, Bill Treacher, Sharon Osbourne, John Turner, Barry Cryer, Jonathan Moffat, Claire Bloom 5 - Nile Rodgers, Nuon Chea, Vanessa Redgrave, Roger Etchegary, Michael Bouquet, Zoella, Jean-Clauda Juncker, Ian St John, Tom Skerritt, Kevin McIntyre 4 - Nicola Mendelsohn, Diana Rigg, Robbie Williams, Kang Guek Eav, Helen, Manami Toyota, Claire Maurier, Babiker Awadalla, Steph McGovern, Alan Haslehurt, Eric Carle, Gary Busey, Quentin Pongia, Raul Castro 3 - Valentina Teresh, Iain Lee, Alberto Sanchez, Antonia Fraser, Nai Palm, Jason Becker, Kim Kardashian, Liza Minelli, Just Fontaine, Dan Rather 2 - Chen Nin Yang, Gro Harlam Brundtland, Andy Fordham, Karen Brady, Kim Jong Un, Albert Finney, Tempest Storm, Mark Radcliffe, Robert Redford 1 - Kate Moss, Geoffrey Boycott, Eddie Large, Charlotte Crosby, Unita Blackwell, Antoine Gizenga, James Randi, Peter Brook, Daisy Longkoonan

Not a well man (allegedly) - might be worth a long shot. love and kisses little sister

Look at how long it took Rolf's description to change. EDIT You can't as TMIB edited the previous years ones at some point! Providing its not a nightmare to change, will have a look at updating Cosby next year when the new descriptions go up. Anyhow the good news is we have an Excel user, and possible 2 of them, for the data entry with much pleading! So the DDP shouldn't now be reliant on an increasingly irate Spade Cooley trying to teach yours truly Excel in mid-January.

I wasn't born when Spencer Perceval was shot - I still know he's the only Prime Minister (to date) to be assassinated in this country I mean, there's always Wikipedia, right?

'My Best Friend's Girl' - no. 3, November 1978. 'Just What I Needed' - no. 17, February 1979 'Drive' - no. 5, October 1984 and returned to the Top 10 after Live Aid. Plus a couple of minor hits.'

To the disappointment of some....

Ric Ocasek found dead in his NYC Apartment, he was 75. Cause of death is unknown for now...

Looks like I missed all the fun here today.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Phyllis-Newman-Has-Passed-Away-at-86-20190915 American actress Phyllis Newman dies aged 86.

*sigh* Am I going to have to stand in again? (Cheer me on, I might just...)

I like your taste, Engineer. Yes another level were very bad, I was more into 5ive and A1, Lou was not a patch on any of those lot.

Dunno where else to post this and it's as close to reading "Call me Dave" Cameron's memoir as I want to get but... A few other details aside from his mauling of Boris and Gove include the fact he and Eton chums would take a rowing boat and head off to get stoned and that Gove was unmanageable as Education Secretary, frequently straying way off topic in his attempts to get things done: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49700079

I have peanut allergy and they would not cator for my needs.

Just going to drop this here. No particular reason.

If the punishment for stabbing someone was a bullet in the head most of these fake hardmen'd toss their knives in the Thames overnight and start carrying around floral tributes to whack eachother with.

I've checked it out, and it's just a cacophony of irritating noises.

Saw Herman's Hermits last night. Got to meet Peter Noone after the show. My daughter was excited to meet him. She had him autograph a CD, I had him autograph a photo for my mum. Peter puts on a really good show. Well worth going to see him if you get a chance

Reported in the Daily Mail today (sports section). He has had heart problems, and been admitted to hospital.

Ric Ocasek of the Cars dead at 75

Jason Lake, son of Diana Dors & Alan Lake reported dead shortly after his 50th birthday.