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I'm a trans woman myself. Knew it for years, and some on here have known in private for a while - no reason to keep hiding. Life's too short. Don't want any fuss - just here to deadpool and perpetually increase my knowhow of yesteryear celebs. And agreed wrt the above, having that deadpooler's sense of black humor definitely helps keep me sane.

Lorne Figley, world's oldest plumber, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, dead at 96, and Canadian: https://globalnews.ca/news/7436296/worlds-oldest-plumber-veteran-dies/amp/

Btw apologies up front but I'm not putting spoiler tags on a book thats 180 years old now. (Next up, better not tell folk what happens to that Jesus guy in the Bible! ) But, while Dickens is a pretty damn goood writer - especially when he wasn't being paid by the syllable - the death of Little Nell is some of the most preposterous melodrama ever written. And yet there's contemporary newspaper reports of folk waiting for the latest installment published, like the 1840s equivalent of their Eastenders fix, and bawling their eyes out over her. I'm with Oscar Wilde - "It'd take a heart of stone not to laugh at the death of Little Nell"! That said, I'm of the view the best Dickens adaptation ever had Michael Caine and muppets in it, so what do I know?

D’you know GC, I think you’re absolutely right. As a bisexual man managing a precision engineering machine shop (a traditional gammon stomping ground of people who are frankly completely ignorant of any of today’s societal norms involving inclusivity of people who aren’t white British, LGBT+ or any kind of minority whatsoever) I’m made to feel like my mindset is rather, for want of a better adjective, different. And perhaps, as a result, the acceptance of any odd psyche such as morbidity is rather less likely to be alien to someone less entwined with this kind of ‘straight, traditional’ societal norm.

Betty Dodson, noted above, reportedly dead age 91. Also a hit for @gcreptile in the Six people Six Months deadpool.

Nobby Stiles was a 303 points hit for a lot of people. However, somewhat surprisingly, only one of the top 5 had him. That one was the leader Grim up North, who stretches out to a commanding two-hit lead again. He was also a 606 point hit for Nantonian who leaps up to 4th place with only 8 hits, half that of the leader. A very efficient performance, and leaves them in a good position to make a late run as we enter the crucial stage of the game. Sean Connery was a unique hit for Fixed Business. This combined with a Nobby hit, brings FB up close to the middle of the chasing back. This is the current leaderboard. As usual, feel free to point out any omissions. Grim Up North (2576 points) 16 hits [Chris Doleman, David Hagen, Dennis Goldberg, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Howard Finkel, John Andretti, Judy Dyble, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake ,Liz Clarke-Saul, Nobby Stiles, Pat Smullen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] An Fear Beag (1995 points) 12 hits [Bob Gibson, Bob Weighton, Chris Doleman, Daniel Arap Moi, David Hagen, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Pat Smullen, Roberta MCCain, Terry Jones] CaptainChorizo (1893 points) 15 Hits [Bernard Ebbers, Bernhard Pinera, Bob Weighton, Chitetsu Wantabe , Dennis Goldberg, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Hugh Downs, John Lewis, Johnny Harris, Lee Kerslake, Raymond Allen, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones, Tom Belso] Nantonian2013 (1872 points) 8 hits [Everton Weekes, John Hume, Kamala, Little Richard, Nobby Stiles, Roberta McCain, Roger Scruton, Sumner Redstone] Joey Russ (1869 points) 14 hits [Chitetsu Wantabe, Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Jill Gascoigne, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Little Richard, Nobby Stiles, Roberta McCain, Roger Scruton, Stirling Moss, Terry Jones, Tommy DeVito, Vera Lynn) The Old Crem (1804 points) 10 hits [Jill Gascoigne, John Hume, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] Etushispushingupdaises (1751 points) 13 hits [Bob Gibson Cullan Brown, Daniel Arap Moi, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Jay Allen, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake Kirk Douglas, Pat Smullen, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones, Vasily Kulkov] drol (1669 points) 13 hits [Bob Gibson, Daniel Arap Moi, David Hagen, Dennis Goldberg, Genesis P-Orridge, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake, Majek Fashek, Qaboos of Oman, Pat Smullen, Roger Scruton, Shin-Kyuk-ho, Sumner Redstone] John Key (1655 points) 12 hits [Bob Gibson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Henry Gray, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Qaboos of Oman, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Sam Lloyd] Prophet (1648 points) 11 hits [Bob Gibson, Daniel Arap Moi, Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivi De Haviland. Roger Scruton, Vera Lynn, William Frankland] the_engineer (1633 points) 11 hits [Arnold Spielberg, Chris Doleman, Dennis Goldberg, Jill Gascoigne, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivia De Havviland, Roberta McCain, Roger Scuton] The Unknown Man (1586 points) 13 hits [Chris Doleman, Daniel Arap Moi, Everton Weekes, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Sam Lloyd, Terry Jones] Death Impends (1565 points) 11 hits [Diana Sera Carey, Earl Cameron, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Hume, Lyon G Tyler Jr, Mad Mike Hoare, Pearl Carr, Roberta McCain, Stirling Moss, Sumner Redstone, William Frankland] JiromeonKiruma (1515 points) 10 hits [Bob Gibson, Chitetsu Wantabe, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Joseph Hanneschlager, Judy Dyble, Michael Gauthier, John Lewis, Lone Dybkjaer Steve Blackmore] Torva Messor (1484 points) 9 hits [Diana Sera Carey, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, Hugh Downs, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland Kirk Douglas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Vera Lynn] Banana (1476 points) 12 hits [Bob Gibson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, Greg Lewis, Henri Richard, John Lewis, Joseph Hanneschlager, Lee Kerslake Ruth Morrissey, Steve Blackmore, Terry Jones, Tom Belso] The Quim Reaper (1379 points) 10 hits [Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Little Richard, Nicholas Parsons, Nobby Stiles, Olivia de Haviland, Stirling Moss, Terry Jones, Vera Lynn] msc (1362 points) 9 hits [Earl Cameron, Freeman Dyson, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Olivia de Haviland, Peregrine Worsthorne, Sumner Redstone, Vera Lynn, William Frankland] LizLemon (1339 points) 7 hits [Jerry Stiller, Kirk Douglas, John Lewis, Olivia de Haviland, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sumner Redstone] gcreptile (1331 points) 10 hits [Bob Gibson, Bob Joers, Danny Oosthuizen, Frankie Benali, John Jhairo Valezquez, Karen Simpson, Lee Kerslake, Pat Smullen, Peter Bonetti, Todd Portune] RadGuy (1236 points) 9 hits [Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Lee Kerslake, Michael Robinson, Nanci Ryder, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sam Lloyd, Terry Jones, Tom Long] Wormfarmer (1173 points) 9 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, David Stern, Frankie Benali, Genesis P-Orridge, James Randi, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Majek Fashek, William Frankland] Sean (1115 points) 9 hits [Everton Weekes, Javier Perez de Cuellar, John Hume, John Lewis, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Olivia de Haviland, Terry Jones, Vera Lynn] Sir Creep (1040 points) 11 hits [Balbir Singh Sr, Daniel Arap Moi, Deanne Sutherland, Frankie Benali, Henry Gray, Ignatio Trelles, Jay Allen, John Andretti, Kirk Douglas, Henri Richard, Ruth Bader Ginsburg] Fixed Business (1011 points) 6 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Kirk Douglas, Lee Kerslake, Nobby Stiles, Sean Connery] Toast (1000 points) 7 hits [Ian Holm, Judy Dyble, Michael Lonsdale, Michael Medwin, Pearl Carr, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] theoldlady (991 points) 8 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, Ennio Morricone, Henry Gray, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Nobby Stiles, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss] The Mad Hatter (969 points) 11 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, Genesis P-Orridge, Ian Holm, Jimmy Heath, John Andretti, John Hume, Kirk Douglas, Little Richard, Olivia de Haviland, Roger Scruton, Terry Jones] JoeMoneyPenny (894 points) 6 hits [Everton Weekes, Genesis P-Orridge, Hau Pie-tsen, Manolis Glezos, Stanley Ho, Vera Lynn] Great Uncle Bulgaria (886 points) 6 hits [Daniel Arap Moi, Kirk Douglas, Roberta Mc Cain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stirling Moss, Vera Lynn] GraveDanger (862 points) 6 hits [Chris Doleman, Genesis P-Orridge, Lee Kerslake, Jill Gascoigne, John Andretti, Nobby Stiles] markb4 (855points) 7 hits [Christopher Tolkein, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Kirk Douglas, Nicholas Parsons, Roberta McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Vera Lynn] YorkshireBanker (849 points) 8 hits [Bobby Brown (rangers), Daniel Arap Moi, Freeman Dyson, Henry Gray, Johnny Beattie, Katherine Johnson, Vasily Kulkov, Vera Lynn] Clorox Bleachman (843 points) 6 hits [Chitetsu Wantabe, David Hagen, Irene Sinclair, Lee Kerslake, John Andretti Thuy Thuanh Trong] Whoaml (806 points) 7 hits [Jean Kennedy Smith, John Andretti, Katherine Johnson, Kirk Douglas, Marge Champion, Olivia de Haviland, Kirk Douglas] Skinny Kiltrunner (777 points) 7 hits [Bernard Ebbers, Bob Watson, Chris Doleman, Frankie Benali, John Andretti, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Sumner Redstone] Pedro67 (481 points) 4 hits [Jackie Stallone Kirk Douglas, Nanci Ryder, Terry Jones] Predictor (437 points) 4 hits [Ben Cooper, Francisco Jose Cox, Joey Image, Kevin Thompson] Etib80 (410 points) 3 hits [Kirk Douglas, Olivia de Haviland Vera Lynn] YoungWillz (382 points) 3 hits [Earl Cameron, Nicholas Parsons, Philip Latham] Bibliogryphon (287 points ) 1 hit [Herbert Kretzmer] Book (259 points) 3 hits [Hannelore Minkus, Michel Picolli, Sonja Ziemann] Deathray 0 points

Has been claimed and denied before of course we won’t know until she reaches 95 next year but I don’t think she will step down she will be Queen until she dies in my opinion will have more and more of her responsibilities taken of her as the years go by and will be Queen in name only but will still be Queen. I wouldn’t be surprised if she lasted until she was about 105 or 106 years old to be honest.

Is there a thread for everyone in that Beloved song? Obvs some of them are dead. Saint Peter - dead Saint Paul - dead Tommy Cannon Bobby Ball - dead Little Richard - dead Little Nell Willy Wonka William Tell - dead Salman Rushdie Kym Mazelle Mork Mindy Brian Hayes Barry Humphries Paris Grey Little Neepsie Chris and Do Billy Corkhill Vince Hilaire Freddie Flintstone Fred Astaire - dead Desmond Tutu Steve and Claire Charlie Parker - dead Charlie Brown Leslie Crowther - dead Mary Wilson, Di and Flo (dead) Sir Bufton Tufton Jean Paul Sartre - dead Zippy Bungle Jeffrey Archer Andre Previn - dead I’ll never get those 20 minutes back.

David Gracie, British hurdler who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Games in the 400m Hurdles, has died age 93.

Dead on his 80th birthday. Sad.

Eddie Hassell, who had roles in The Kids Are All Right and the short-lived series Surface has died at age 30 after being shot during an apparent carjacking. https://variety.com/2020/film/news/eddie-hassell-dead-dies-actor-the-kids-are-all-right-surface-1234821208/

Do you know something we don't?

Return: Pope Benny, Jimmy Greaves, Linda Nolan, David Prowse Drop: Shane MacGowan, Lester Piggot, John Edrich, Musharraf, Dick Cheney, Willie Nelson, Imelda Marcos Debut: Bobby Charlton, Tim Curry, Yoko Ono, Barbara Windsor, Dennis Skinner, Glynis Johns (Bill Oddie worthy of a punt?)

Seems about right that he missed the list this year. One last escape for Mr Bond.

King Carlos ii fascinates me the most out of all the royals, how can anyone like him even survive so long let alone be king? A depiction of what he may have looked like:

That was a wet dream, wasn’t it.

Much love and respect from me as always, DI. Now here's to more knowhow of yesteryear celebs! And I haven't discovered a scenario yet in which black humour doesn't help the personal mood.

Sad news a true legend knew something wasn’t right but thought more Parkinson’s than Dementia, I thought it was strange there was no comment from him over Stiles. Bobby Charlton probably the greatest of 66 squad what with surviving Munich air crash, winning leagues, Fa Cups and winning and scoring in European Cup Final as well as been named European footballer too.

We won't hear the end of it if it costs you victory.

Just realised all 3 people on the Goldfinger poster have died this year - Connery, Honor Blackman and Margaret Nolan

I genuinely don't like making criticisms of the committee, my posting history illustrates that. (Afterall they provide this website for all of us)But it is frustrating that if they hadn't of so foolishly dropped/ not included Jill Gascoigne, Little Richard and Sean Connery on this years list then we would now have broken the 2017 record.

Rob Schneider is... an animal a woman the stapler a carrot da derp dee derp da teetley derpee derpee dumb Kenny a 57-year old today. Rated PG-13.

I will be honest I would rather get COVID than have this go on for years.I am a chain-smoking heavy drinking asthmatic with a family history of heart disease and other health issues but would take my chances with this virus over continually living in a state George Orwell warned us about.

I couldn't even eat one liquorice, let alone a bag. Horrible stuff.