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Ringo Starr, off of Thomas The Tank Engine, is 80 today

80 today.

Top 10 suggestions for next years list 1)Barbara Windsor 2)George Alagiah 3)John Hume 4)Ted Turner 5)Stuart Wheeler 6)Wilford Brimley 7) Doddie Weir 8)Frankie Banali 9)John Lewis 10)Trevor Peacock

John Gannon, DJ around the Manchester area who was responsible for goth/metalhead/mosher nights at all the city's main alternative clubs (Satan's Hollow, Jilly's Rockworld, etc), dead from liver failure at 55. He was also the first person to play records by his friends' band - the Stone Roses - so maybe you can blame Madchester on him.

The last surviving member of WWII-era bomber command has died aged 99. Peggy Edwards was a staff sergeant in the bomber command ops room.

Here is a list of people who appeared on This Is Your Life "The Thames Years 1969-1988" who are still living. Info from here - https://www.bigredbook.info/series_index.html Des O'Connor b 1932 Singer Bobby Charlton b 1937 Footballer Twiggy b 1949 Model Teddie Beverley b 1927 Singer Jackie Stewart b 1939 FI Driver Wendy Craig b 1934 Actress Tony Jacklin b 1944 Golfer Joe Brown b 1941 Singer Peter Noone b 1947 Singer Rolf Harris b 1930 Barry John b 1945 Rugby Player Tom Courtenay b 1937 Actor Graham Kerr b 1934 Chef Pauline Collins b 1940 Actress Ray Illingworth b 1932 Cricketer Lulu b 1948 Singer Shirley Bassey b 1937 Singer Willie Carson b 1942 Jockey Jack Smethurst b 1932 Actor Mary Peters b 1939 Athlete Jack Charlton b 1935 Footballer Jim Dale b 1935 Actor Heather Mills b 1946 Actress Pete Murray b 1925 DJ John Alderton b 1940 Actor Lionel Blair b 1928 Tap Dancer Barry Briggs b 1934 Speedway Rider Beryl Grey b 1927 Ballerina David Hemery b 1944 Athlete John Conteh b 1951 Boxer Chay Blyth b 1940 Yachtsman Richard O'Sullivan b 1944 Actor Ray Cooney b 1932 Playwright Denis Law b 1940 Footballer Nina Baden-Semper b 1945 Actress Dicke Davies b 1933 Presenter Moira Anderson b 1938 Singer Precious McKenzie b 1936 Weightlifter Willie John McBride b 1940 Rugby Player Petula Clark b 1932 Singer Garfield Sobers b 1936 Cricketer Frank Windsor b 1928 Actor Bill Tidy b 1933 Cartoonist Ray Reardon b 1932 Snooker Player Patrick Mower b 1938 Actor Susan Masham b 1935 Paralympian Vince Hill b 1934 Singer Alan Mullery b 1941 Football Gareth Edwards b 1947 Rugby Player Richard Dunn b 1945 Boxer Norman Croucher b 1941 Mountain Climber John Blashford-Snell b 1936 Army Officer Pam Ayres b 1947 Broadcaster Joss Ackland b 1928 Actor Shiela Hancock b 1933 Actress Tom O'Connor b 1939 Comedian Virginia Wade b 1945 Tennis Player Conleth Cluskey b 1941 Singer (The Bachelors) Declan Cluskey b 1942 Singer (The Bachelors) John Stokes b 1940 Singer (The Bachelors) David Broome b 1940 Jockey Max Boyce b 1943 Comedian Dennis Waterman b 1948 Actor Harry Patterson b 1929 Writer Mike Yarwood b 1941 Impressionist Michael Parkinson b 1935 Presenter Mary O'Hara b 1935 Singer Naomi James b 1949 Yachtswoman James Galway b 1939 Flautist Elaine Paige b 1948 Singer Kevin Keegan b 1951 Footballer Robert Powell b 1944 Actor J. P. R. Williams b 1949 Rugby Player Ian Ogilvy b 1943 Actor Gerald Harper b 1931 Actor Terry Griffiths b 1947 Snooker Player Geoff Capes b 1949 Strongman Clare Francis b 1946 Yachtswoman Jilly Cooper b 1937 Author Robin Cousins b 1957 Figure Skater Bill Beaumont b 1952 Rugby Player Alan Minter b 1951 Boxer Michael Aspel b 1933 Presenter Clive Lloyd b 1944 Cricketer Julie Goodyear b 1942 Actress Lawrie McMenemy b 1936 Footballer Manager Peter Bowles b 1936 Actor Andrew Lloyd Webber b 1948 Composer Billy Connolly b 1942 Comedian Jeffrey Archer b 1940 Novelist Brian Jacks b 1946 Judoka Melvyn Hayes b 1935 Actor Fred Housego b 1944 MasterMind Champion Bernard Cribbins b 1928 Actor Gemma Craven b 1950 Actress Jim Watt b 1948 Boxer Jonjo O'Neill b 1952 Jockey Judith Chalmers b 1935 Presenter Bob Champion b 1948 Jockey Wayne Sleep b 1948 Dancer Ian Botham b 1955 Cricketer Tommy Cannon b 1938 Comedian Bobby Ball b 1944 Comedian Angela Rippon b 1944 Presenter Julia McKenzie b 1941 Actress Kiri Te Kanawa b 1944 Opera Singer Anita Harris b 1942 Singer Mike Brace b 1950 Paralypian Faith Brown b 1944 Actress John Toshack b 1949 Footballer Roger Whittaker b 1936 Singer Peter Davidson b 1951 Actor Ranulph Fines b 1944 Explorer Joan Collins b 1933 Actress Diane Keen b 1946 Actress Marty Wilde b 1939 Singer Allan Wells b 1952 Athlete Gloria Hunniford b 1940 Presenter Johnny Briggs b 1935 Actor Kenny Dalglish b 1951 Footballer Charlie Magri b 1956 Boxer Sandy Gall b 1927 Journalist Jimmy Tarbuck b 1940 Comedian Chaim Topol b 1935 Actor Pat Jennings b 1945 Footballer Richard Noble b 1946 Record Breaker Matthew Kelly b 1950 Presenter Liza Goddard b 1950 Actress Jim Davidson b 1953 Racist Nerys Hughes b 1941 Actress Eddie Macken b 1949 Jockey Jenny Pitman b 1946 Rachorse Trainer Brian Blessed b 1936 Actor Viv Richards b 1952 Cricketer Ruth Madoc b 1943 Actress Millicent Martin b 1934 Actress Bob Geldof b 1951 Musician Bryan Robson b 1957 Footballer Russel Grant b 1951 Astrologist Zandra Rhodes b 1940 Fasion Designer Paul Henry b 1947 Actor Peter Alliss b 1931 Golfer William Roache b 1932 Actor Dennis Taylor b 1949 Snooker Player Richard Branson b 1950 Businessman Gerry Marseden b 1942 Musician Dave Peacock b 1942 Musician Bonnie Langford b 1964 Actress / Singer Martyn Lewis b 1945 Journalist Peter Shilton b 1949 Goalkeeper Simon Williams b 1946 Actor Carl Davis b 1936 Conductor Joe Johnson b 1952 Snooker Player Susan George b 1950 Actress Gary Wilmot b 1954 Singer / Actor Liz Hobbs b 1960 Water Skier Patricia Hodge b 1946 Actress Terry Marsh b 1958 Boxer Gabrielle Drake b 1944 Actress Jimmy Cricket b 1943 Comedian Jane Rossington b 1943 Actress

I don't wish for anyone to get Covid-19. But if anyone ever deserved to get hit by reality it's this fucktard.

Only people I sorry for are the families affected by this prick acting the bollox

I've never seen such a blatant request to be wished happy birthday (which is perhaps why Joey and An ignored it?). A belated Happy Birthday for yesterday - hope you enjoyed your day.

Pence would still be President until January. There is doubt over whether a President can pardon themselves; but they can certainly pardon an ex-President Note that they can't pardon state offences though; and there's a huge stack of NY State cases piling up.

Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rajhi, the founder of Al Rajhi Bank in Saudi Arabia and who, according to Wikipedia, died February 12th, 2011 (age 89 or 90), has died again. This time he was 108. Supposedly, he passed on in hospital Saturday afternoon. https://www.siasat.com/al-rajhi-founder-sheikh-saleh-passes-away-in-riyadh-1919224/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleh_Abdul_Aziz_Al_Rajhi

Looks like Lynn Easton, drummer for The Kingsmen on the iconic and controversial hit Louie Louie died of a massive stroke in Toronto back in April. Obits here and here. Easton and Ely were the co-founders of the group, and sadly both have died in the last few years.

I think that's a great idea too. In fact it is such a brilliant idea that it deserves to be made retrospectively! Might be a bit too early to be taking the lead on Death Impends - it gives him far too long to come back. Now I just have to put everyone behind the ball and hope to mount a heroic rearguard action to defend the lead.

Will the virus be useful this time? Probably not, but we live in hope

BREAKING NEWS: President Jair Bolsonaro has Covid-19 symptoms

Nice idea for a thread, but why not include those from the BBC years? I haven't gone through all the names but Tommy Steele, Petula Clark and Olivia de Havilland are all in there and alive.

Okay, this is Sickipedia but If Kanye beats Trump this year they can print the headline; Black is the new Orange

This dates back to when I was an apprentice and it tickled me back then so I kept a copy and when I got computerised, it was transcribed onto a word document of which this is a copy: "FUCK" Describes many emotions. No other word can be used in such varied grammatical nuances. It can be used as a noun - "I don’t give a fuck", and an adjective - "It’s a fucking beauty", as a verb in its transitive form - "The game was fucked up by the weather” and the intransitive form - "He well and truly fucked it up". Everyday expressions show it’s true versatility; - Denial: I’ll be fucked if I did. Perplexity: I know fuck all about it. Apathy: Who gives a fuck anyway? Greeting: How the fuck are you? Goodbye: Fuck off. Resignation: Oh fuck it. Suspicion: Who the fuck are you. Panic: Lets get the fuck out of here. Disbelief: How the fuck did you do that. Amazement: What the fuck did you do that for? Religious Ecstasy: Holy fuck. Winning the Lottery: How fucking much. Derision: He fuck’s everything up. The word has, of course, been used by some very famous personages through the years, the more notable of these being: - "What the fuck was that"...........................Mayor of Hiroshima. "Look at all those fucking Indians"............General Custer. "What fucking iceberg"?..............................Captain of the Titanic. "What a place to plant a fucking tree"..... Marc Bolan. "That’s not a real fucking gun"...................John Lennon "The fucking throttle’s stuck"......................Donald Campbell. "Who’s going to fucking know"?................President Nixon. "What fucking exclusion zone"?..................Captain of the Belgrano. "Heads are going to fucking roll"...............Ann Boleyn. "Who let that fucking woman drive"?........ Space Shuttle Captain. "He’ll have some fucker’s eye out"...........King Harold. "I thought I could smell fucking petrol"..... Nikki Lauda. "What’s a fucking map"..............................Mark Thatcher. "It IS my best fucking coat"......................Michael Foot. "She’s just my fucking secretary"...............Cecil Parkinson. "He’s just a fucking mate"..........................Jeremy Thorpe. "Any fucker can understand that"...............Albert Einstein. "It fucking looks just like her"....................Picasso. “How the fuck did you work that out”..............Pythagoras “You want fucking what on the ceiling.............Micheal Angelo “Scattered showers my fucking arse”...............Noah “Anybody got a fucking light”..........................Joan of Arc

Sadly he will soon just be a fistful of ashes. R.I.P to a music legend Anyone know how Clints health is doing these days ...

RIP Ennio You were blessed with a great talent that the world will continue to enjoy long after you are gone.

RIP. He was one of my favourite film score composers along with John Williams, Danny Elfman and the late Jerry Goldsmith

No idea, don’t feel very strongly about any of them so I went for Harry Belafonte because why not.

He’s already shouting about the election he hasn’t even lost yet: He’s going to refuse to stand down when he loses, isn’t he? Just what America needs, a huge constitutional crisis.

So, Toast's public spiritedness and my credit card have combined to make the Dogs Trust (no apostrophe before the grammar Nazis descend!) richer to the tune of £10, plus gift aid benefits. The only remaining question being whether this thread will now die more quickly than the twenty low hanging talents who couldn't match Willie Thorne's winning performance.

I know I've mentioned the time someone cited an interview I did with a person and it got deleted for being an "atrocious source" before but I'm still proud.