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Alan Lapidus, architect who designed large hotels and casinos, died at his home in Maine. The cause was prostate cancer. He was 85 years old. The architect designed the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Hilton Hotel at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and numerous other projects: https://www.accesstvpro.live/2021/10/21/entertainment/alan-lapidus-architect-of-lodges-and-casinos-dies-at-85/

Former Watford player (as opposed to the the former Port Vale player) Andy Porter dead at 84. Helped Watford achieve promotion from Division Four back in 1960.

He sounds really, really narked. He doesn't give a shit about the Queen, he's just peeved that he hasn't been given any inside information.

Interesting comment on the “in good spirits” line always used by Buckingham Palace. Doesn’t mean anything really - Prince Philip would have been described the same way even in his final days……

Don't know where else to put this. Alec Baldwin accidentally kills woman when a prop gun misfired.

Former Labour MP and current member of the House of Lords Frank Field has a terminal illlness

Oh, this thread is just about to start. I predict 200 pages.

Nothing to worry about, probably some minor heart issues. Anyway I insist not only she will never become the oldest living state leader, but she won't even be the last standing of the 6 born in 1926.

Bizarre, though I'm currently reading how this could have happened. And who knows, maybe Baldwin just wanted to shot a person for real once, and make it look like an accident. He seems the type.. (Edit: Actually, the more I read about it, he's probably not the type at all.)

Tommy DeBarge, part of the DeBarge family and a member of the R&B/funk group Switch, has died. He was 64. https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/21/tommy-debarge-dead-died-64/

Valentine Ligny, 6th oldest living person, turns 115. She is the 57th validated person who reaches 115th birthday.

Hello Long-time lurker and signed up today. Proud to have a morbid sense of humour - when my dear old Nan died, I quipped to my friends that I went to see the body and said "It's alright, don't get up"

Never heard of this show but I agree with the comment about the theme song

Could see an argument for a catch-all Baldwin Brothers thread if anyone fancies making an OP.

When Charles left his mic on at that photo op and bemoaned how awful Witchell was and the BBC reporters had to cover this "scandal", you could tell most of them blatantly agreed with Charlie's summation of the guy!

https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/krim/svenske-rapparen-einar-ihjalskjuten-i-natt/ Swedish rapper Einar shot dead. He was 19. Apparently he had been kidnapped in April 2020 by rival rapper Yasin and members of a criminal gang, held at gunpoint for several hours and had protected identity at the time of his death. He was going to testify against Yasin in court. Won two Swedish "Grammis" last year.

Pedant.

"Bullet in" see what you did there!

I’d add Michel Bouquet (b. 1925) : actor Jean-Louis Trintignant (b. 1930) : actor Alain Delon (b. 1935) : actor Françoise Hardy (b. 1944) : singer Those four definitely should be on the 2022 DL, along with French DL regulars: Jacques Delors and Jean-Marie Le Pen. Jean-Luc Godard wouldn’t be a bad shout either.

Report of the death of (big one) Bernard Haitink: https://www.askonasholt.com/bernard-haitink-1929-2021-announcement/ DDP Pick. (Obvs).

I'm going to add that someone on the DDP picked Robin McNamara. (I'll await news that his death was a hoax by said team...) It does seem fairly reliable though, which is why I posted it. QO chances? Hmmm....for someone who never had a hit in the UK?

Not incestuous at all. Her two husbands are related to each other, not to her.

Eudora H. Quartey, Ghana's ambassador to Italy, has died. https://titimedianews.com/index.php/2021/10/21/breaking-news-ghanas-ambassador-to-italy-eudora-h-quartey-has-died/

On the programme, Campbell said he received a phone call just before Blair went on Question Time in the run-up to polling day and John just said "I've walloped someone. It'll be on the news". In the car, Tony was fretting about Prezza punching a voter and wondered out loud if this meant he had to sack him, at which point the two Special Branch lads in the front turned around as if to say "You what?", clear in the belief that if someone hits you, you're entitled to hit them back. In the end, all they could respond with was "John is John".