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Jerzy Urban (wiki), Polish journalist, commentator and writer, dead at 89. Urban was the mouthpiece for the communist regime in Poland from 1981 to 1989. Also a Holocaust survivor. Later became the publisher of a satirical newspaper. He was sentenced by a court for offending Pope John Paul II, and became known in the internet age as Dr. Earman because... well...

Carl Walker GC (wiki), police inspector in the Lancashire Constabulary, dead at 88. Along with officer Gerry Richardson (wiki), he chased a gang of five robbers who had cleared out a jewellery shop in Blackpool. The robbers shot at both officers, killing Richardson and badly wounding Walker, forcing him into an early retirement in 1982. Both Walker and Richardson received George Crosses for their bravery, the latter posthumously. Times obit. Edit: With the death of Carl Walker, there are now 13 living George Cross recipients: Jack Bamford b. 1937 Jim Beaton b. 1943 Matt Croucher b. 1983 Chris Finney b. 1984 Tony Gledhill b. 1938 Kevin Haberfield b. 1957 Kim Hughes b. 1979 Barry Johnson b. 1952 Alf Lowe b. 1931 Peter Norton b. 1962 Michael Pratt b. 1954 Sam Shephard b. 1987 Dom Troulan b. 1962

2ND UPDATE Scoreboard 1st Place -theoldlady-1,795 2nd- Hell-1,726 3rd- Msc-1,640 4th- SalmonMousse-1,500 5th- Perhaps-1,480 6th gcreptile -1,395 7th- Book-1,351 8th- Drol-1,255 9th--Banana-1,220 10th-GunUpNorth -1,210 11th-Annami-1,180 12th-JoeyRuss-1,130 13th-CaptainHemlock-1,025 tied-14th-CaptainChorizo-1,020 tied-14th TheUnknownMan -1,020 16th-JohnJohn-1000 17th-BuffaloPhil-936 18th-markb4-900 19th MortalCaso-860 20th-wormfarmer-745 21st-Funeraloplis -720 22nd-GreatUncleBulgaria -716 22rd-TheSpinosaurus  -700 24th-wannamaker-695 25th-Marinisia-675 26th-Doulton-650 27th-Bibliogryphon -600 28th LadyFiona-490 29th-toast-425 30th-arghton-405 31st-ChileanWay-350 32nd-Grimgrass-250 33rd-JoeMoneyPenny-185 34th-YorkshireBanker-40 Hits this update Billy Kametz -JoeMoneyPenny Tom Weiskopf- Funeraloplis ,Gun,JohnJohn,theoldlady,theunknownman,wormfarmer Mikhail Gorbachev-Annami,arghton,biblio,book,grimgrass,theoldlady, TheSpinosaurus Bill Turnbull-Book,GCR,Hell,Marinisia,theoldlady,wormfarmer Queen Elizabeth- BuffaloPhil,ladyfiona,Mortalcaso Lukas Lundin-Banana Cark Kabat-Salmon Robyn Griggs-Salmon Marsha Hunt-Hell,markb4,theoldlady Mark Souder-Banana,GCR,John,John,Salmon Irene Papas -Hell No Qualifying Obits Yet Nigel Taylor Jorge Spadetti Eva Maria Hagen Hits this game May Ric Parnell George Perez Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Boris Pahor June Jay Hopler Billy Kametz Jean Louis Trintignant Deborah James July Susana Dosamantes Susie Steiner Paul Dear Luis Echeverria Larry Storch Bernard Cribbins Lukas Lundin Jason DiTullio Nichelle Nichols August Carl Kabat Robyn Griggs Tom Weiskopf Mikhail Gorbachev Bill Turnbill September Marsha Hunt Queen Elizabeth II Irene Papas Mark Souder So 3 August Hits and another in September send theoldlady to the top of the leaderboard. Also as of right now it appears Billy Kametz who died at 35 is the youngest hit so far. Also any hits I might have missed or scoring errors just let me know

Sacheen Littlefeather dead at 75.

In theory, yes. In actuality, Brits dont tend to sign government petitions these days, here are the most signed ones not destroyed. And about 6 million people signed the 2nd ref petition, only for the government to announce they didn't see petitions as democratic, so you know, a million odd on another will do about the same. This lot will hang on till the bitter end of this parliament. If folk want rid of them, they'll just need to vote then in 2024-ish and not give them another final chance.

Denis Healey died on this day 7 years ago, aged 98. Healey was elected to parliament in 1952, and in 1964, was appointed by PM Harold Wilson as the secretary of state of defense. Healey downsized the UK's military role outside of Europe, largely due to budget and committing to NATO. In 1974, Healey was appointed as the chancellor of the exchequer. When Wilson stepped down as prime minister in 1976, Healey ran in the election, placing fifth out of six candidates. Healey contested the second ballot, but still came in last on that one. Healey would retire in 1992. Healy was also known for his large, bushy eyebrows- more prominent when he was younger (compared to the above picture c. late 2000s/early 2010s), and was lampooned on the original Spitting Image show. From his debut in 2010, Healey appeared on every DeathList until his death.

Tobin’s health has significantly deteriorated in the last few days

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-63090098 Garry Peltzer Dunn, the former Conservative mayor of Brighton and Hove and a councillor for 50 years has died aged 79 Local MPs the Green partys Caroline Lucas and Labours Peter Kyle have shared their condolences.

Alicia Vikander, Swedish film and television actress who received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her sensitive role in the romantic drama film "The Danish Girl", is 34 today. Initially she studied dance, but injuries that required surgeries prompted her to turn to acting. Chubby Checker, American rock and roll singer and songwriter known as the "King of the Twist" for popularizing the twist dance style with his 1960 hit "The Twist", a cover of a song by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, is 81 today. The record was a huge success, reaching the number one slot on the charts in the US. "The Twist" was re-released in the winter of 1961 and was a number one on the charts again. No other rock and roll song managed to reach the US number one spot twice with identical versions. Chubby Checker won a Grammy in 1962 for his song "Let's Twist Again".

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Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese politician most known for having been the second Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1990 is 94 today.

If she’d really listened, she’d have called a General Election*, then swiftly yeeted herself into the shit-tainted sea. *450k signatures on that petition now.

We are fucking ace to meet!

Thanks Lafaucheuse and Summer for your informative replies, greatly appreciated. Summer where is your shadow list for 2022? I was going to have a look at your list but couldn't seem to find it.

As Lafaucheuse said, your list, your choice. It is preferable to have more famous people on your list, as it decreases the chances of dying off radar, but among the people on my current Shadow List are an Antiguan Carnival Historian and one of the Equestrians that won silver in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, so as long as you deem them famous, then feel free to add them.

British actor Clive Owen celebrates his 58th birthday today. He first came to prominence in british television drama Chancer in 1990. He has also starred in US TV Series American crime drama. His films include Sin City (2005), Croupier (1998) Closer (2004) with Julia Roberts , King Arthur (2004) and Derailed (2005) with Jennifer Aniston. American singer songwriter Jake Shears, lead singer with pop rock band Scissor Sisters, celebrates his 44th birthday today.

Probably not true about the headless chickens either.

Time of death wrong, time of bulletin wrong and the location of Mr Edwards, who was at Broadcasting House, surely. Also, how could your cousins wife tell that he was "in bits" when he was on screen for more than 5 hrs and announced the news of the Queen's death with such measured calm?

Found an old article on Khamtai Siphandone's (98-year-old dictator of Laos from the 90s to 2006, richest man in the country) health issues from 2016, don't think this has ever been mentioned before: https://www.rfa.org/lao/daily/politics/former-president-khamtay-siphandone-had-stroke-02112016002337.html He was "healthy" (but extremely frail and suffered from high BP) until February 2016. On the 10th of February 2016 he suffered a severe stroke, was rushed to a Hanoi military hospital by plane with 2-3 of his children and was put on oxygen. Don't think there's been any actual news on his health since, last public appearance was in December 2021.

You can do whatever you want with your shadowlist, it’s yours, we just post them here to have a testimony of it but there is no real game with it you know

It's quite an open secret he has suffered from stomach cancer for years.

Tinubu hospitalised again in the UK. For how long they will insist everything is fine?

RIP to my 1st hit. Poor fellow spent the last few years suffering from dementia, but he'll be remembered for the fun and happiness he gave to others.