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One less Pearl Harbor survivor now. Frank Emond, who was a Chief Warrant Officer when the attack happened, has died. He was 104. https://weartv.com/news/local/pearl-harbor-survivor-from-pensacola-dies-at-age-104

I didn't know that. He could have won me the Scavenger Hunt 4 if it was still going!

Mentioned previously in this thread - Hussein el-Husseini, former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament who orchestrated the Taif Agreement which ended the Lebanese Civil War, has died aged 85.

On this day 26 years ago in 1997 british actress, comedienne and performer in English music hallsJill Summers died aged 86. Jill was in showbusiness for 80 years. Infact she was born into a family of performers, her father was a circus tightrope walker and her mother a revue artist. She found national level fame late in life when she was cast in Coronation Street as eccentric purple haired pensioner Phyliss Pearce, who was slightly obsessed with trying to pursue a romantic relationship with pensioner Percy Sugden. Up to a point Phyliss was a bit of a comedy character and was often heard saying in a sort of raspy and flamboyant voice Oooh Percy. Percy Percy! as she chased him in pursuit of love!!. Many Coronation Street cast members who worked with Jill and wrote autobiographies such as Julie Goodyear, Bill Waddington and Lynne Perrier, spoke extremely highly of Jill, her professionalism and her naughty cheeky humour. I am aware of chatter in some of the working mens clubs and Royal British legion clubs in Merseyside of pre Coronation Street stories of Jill when she performed in this venues pretty much universally saying the same thing. A lovely warm hearted lady with a heart of gold but with an incredibly dirty and vulgar sense of humour who told some incredibly dirty jokes!! More so off stage after the show or in the dressings rooms

Shimon Baadani finally dead.

Constantine I of Greece died on this day 100 years ago, aged 54. Constantine was the son of king George I, and was known for helping organize the first modern Olympics in 1896. In 1897, Constantine became the commander-in-chief of the Army of Thessaly during the Greco-Turkish War, and would again lead this army in the First Balkan War in 1912. Constantine became king after the assassination of his father in 1913, and soon had to decide whether to join World War I- his PM, Eleftherios Venizelos, wanted to fight for the Allies, while Constantine wanted to remain neutral (likely due to Kaiser Wilhelm being his brother-in-law). Venizelos soon formed a militia that declared war on the Central Powers, and led to a period known as the "National Schism". The Allies soon put pressure on Constantine to abdicate, and after Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in 1917, none of their leaders supported Constantine. Threats from the Allies to bomb Athens caused him to flee to neutral Switzerland, with his son Alexander becoming king in his absence. Constantine would return to Greece as king in 1920 after Alexander's death from sepsis and Venizelos losing the election. The country was in the midst of another war with Turkey (at the time breaking away from the disintegrating Ottoman Empire), and attempted to siege Ankara- this failed, and after another military revolt, Constantine abdicated, with his son George II succeeding him. He would die of heart failure in Italy four months later. The newly-deceased Constantine II was his grandson (his father was King Paul, George II's successor).

Respect to the independent bookshop that thought up this display!

Let's celebrate the DL birthdays, not only the deaths 05.01.1931 Robert Duvall 17.01.1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto 24.01.1928 Desmond Morris 27.01.1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed 28.01.1936 Alan Alda 30.01.1941 Dick Cheney 10.02.1930 Robert Wagner 11.02.1932 Dennis Skinner 16.02.1961 Andy Taylor 18.02.1933 Yoko Ono 23.02.1959 Linda Nolan 27.02.1930 Joanne Woodward 29.02.1928 Joss Ackland 01.03.1927 Harry Belafonte 06.03.1926 Alan Greenspan 11.03.1932 Nigel Lawson 20.03.1931 Hal Linden 28.03.1935 Michael Parkinson 29.03.1931 Norman Tebbit 30.03.1930 Rolf Harris 01.04.1929 Milan Kundera 11.04.1928 Ethel Kennedy 19.04.1939 Ayatollah Ali Kamenei 29.04.1933 Willie Nelson 12.05.1928 Burt Bacharach 24.05.1926 Stanley Baxter 27.05.1923 Henry Kissinger 20.06.1928 Jean-Marie Le Pen 22.06.1932 Prunella Scales 28.06.1926 Mel Brooks 02.07.1929 Imelda Marcos 20.07.1925 Jacques Delors 27.07.1922 Norman Lear 03.08.1926 Tony Bennett 11.08.1943 Pervez Musharraf 18.08.1927 Rosalynn Carter 05.09.1929 Bob Newhart 07.09.1930 Sonny Rollins 19.09.1925 Pete Murray 30.09.1931 Angie Dickinson 01.10.1924 Jimmy Carter 01.10.1927 Sandy Gall 11.10.1937 Bobby Charlton 28.10.1927 Cleo Laine 26.11.1939 Tina Turner 12.12.1923 Bob Barker 13.12.1925 Dick van Dyke 25.12.1944 Nigel Starmer-Smith 25.12.1957 Shane MacGowan 29.12.1946 Marianne Faithfull What a coincidence that almost half (24) of the DL candidates have their birthdays in the first third (until the end of April) of the year. Looking at the list from the oldest to the youngest candidate, 24 again stands out: this number was born in the 20s: 27.07.1922 Norman Lear 27.05.1923 Henry Kissinger 12.12.1923 Bob Barker 01.10.1924 Jimmy Carter 20.07.1925 Jacques Delors 19.09.1925 Pete Murray 13.12.1925 Dick van Dyke 06.03.1926 Alan Greenspan 24.05.1926 Stanley Baxter 28.06.1926 Mel Brooks 03.08.1926 Tony Bennett 01.03.1927 - 25.04.2023 Harry Belafonte No. 5 18.08.1927 Rosalynn Carter 01.10.1927 Sandy Gall 28.10.1927 Cleo Laine 24.01.1928 Desmond Morris 29.02.1928 Joss Ackland 11.04.1928 Ethel Kennedy 12.05.1928 - 08.02.2023 Burt Bacharach No.2 20.06.1928 Jean-Marie Le Pen 27.01.1929 Mohamed Al-Fayed 01.04.1929 Milan Kundera 02.07.1929 Imelda Marcos 05.09.1929 Bob Newhart 10.02.1930 Robert Wagner 27.02.1930 Joanne Woodward 30.03.1930 - 10.05.2023 Rolf Harris Nr. 6 07.09.1930 Sonny Rollins 05.01.1931 Robert Duvall 20.03.1931 Hal Linden 29.03.1931 Norman Tebbit 30.09.1931 Angie Dickinson 11.02.1932 Dennis Skinner 11.03.1932 - 03.04.2023 Nigel Lawson Nr. 4 22.06.1932 Prunella Scales 18.02.1933 Yoko Ono 29.04.1933 Willie Nelson 28.03.1935 Michael Parkinson 28.01.1936 Alan Alda 11.10.1937 Bobby Charlton 19.04.1939 Ayatollah Ali Kamenei 26.11.1939 Tina Turner 30.01.1941 Dick Cheney 11.08.1943 - 05.02.2023 Pervez Musharraf No.1 25.12.1944 Nigel Starmer-Smith 29.12.1946 Marianne Faithfull 17.01.1952 - 28.03.2023 Ryuichi Sakamoto Nr. 3 25.12.1957 Shane MacGowan 23.02.1959 Linda Nolan 16.02.1961 Andy Taylor

He was and that fact leads Sky’s obituary of him.

I think Constantine was one of William's godfathers.

Congrats, MariNisia! 1923: Rudolph A. Marcus / Ida Vitale 1924: Lubomir Strougal / Mildred Miller 1925: Mahatmir Mohamad / Lee Grant 1926: Ed Williams / Betye Saar 1927: William Daniels / Gina Lollobrigida 1928: Federico Bahamontes / Jutta Müller 1929: Dick Button / Vera Miles 1930: Buzz Aldrin / Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 1931: James Earl Jones / Silvia Pinal  1932: Valentino / Harriet Andersson

Congrats MariNisia 1923: Roedad Khan / Tunku Ampuan Najihah 1924: Oscar Wyatt / Grace Onyango 1925: Ronnie de Mel / Reuma Weizman 1926: KH Ali Yafie / Irene Camber 1927: Harvey Carignan / Aira Samulin 1928: Archbishop Demetrios of America / Nguyễn Thị Bình 1929: Tahar Zbiri / Farida Khanum 1930: Emmanuel Milingo / Biljana Plavšić 1931: Michael Hardie Boys / Carroll Baker 1932: Tep Vong / Lora Yakovleva

Constantine although a miss isn't that great a miss as he was only known to be in poor health and in his 80s rather than being ancient or known to be terminally ill.

Hi @Summer in Transylvania MariNisia has already nabbed Bob Barker

I actually considered her at some point last year for my dames team but didn’t even put her a sub depsite the fact she is 90 in a few weeks. If she makes 2024 she will be on it for sure. In fact depending on her health she could be a contender for the main list - she is famous enough

How is Juan Carlos of Spain's health because I annoyingly put him in one of my pools rather than King of Greece who has now died.

prescient words indeed.

King of Tonga This old king was born in 1918. At 87 therefore, a sodomite and considerably overweight, must soon be a goner. Any thoughts?

I believe Smith was the oldest he was 106 and died about a year ago

On this day 26 years ago American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter Sheldon Leonard, whom Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter, the two main characters from "The Big Bang Theory" were named after, passed away at the age of 89.

Omg my second hit this year

His death could be crossposted in the Olympic thread, as he won Olympic sailing gold in 1960.

Interesting addition. But any real reason?

He'd need another co-morbidity to be worthy of inclusion- even though I'm proud to have created the thread.

Never done this before, but what the hell, if it's not too late. I'm not even sure of how the scoring works or exactly what the "joker" is, but it looks like gcreptile may have mentioned that your joker gets twice the points? Anyway, I'll list my 50 names, with the joker in the #1 spot, and if my joker happens to die later today, you can just go to the #2 listed person, and so on. I'll also list some subs in case there's a death or two today. Hey, my 2022 shadow list had 2 deaths yesterday, so you never know! Anyway, let's get to it: 1) Johnny Ruffo (joker) 2) Pope Benedict 3) Bob Newhart 4) James Whale 5) Randy Jackson 6) Ayatollah Khamenei 7) Jimmy Carter 8) Rosalynn Carter 9) Yoko Ono 10) Harry Belafonte 11) Linda Ronstadt 12) Joanne Woodward 13) Tony Bennett 14) Nigel Starmer-Smith 15) Eva Marie Saint 16) Bob Barker 17) June Spencer 18) Glynis Johns 19) Rolf Harris 20) Frank Field 21) Linda Nolan 22) Jonnie Irwin 23) Gianluca Vialli 24) Song Ping 25) Sonny Rollins 26) Norman Tebbit 27) Rob Burrow 28) Milan Kundera 29) Steve Gleason 30) Jacques Delors 31) Robert Solow 32) Ryuichi Sakamoto 33) Philippe de Gaulle 34) George Alagiah 35) Stanley Baxter 36) Henry Kissinger 37) Andy Taylor 38) Steve McMichael 39) Pervez Musharraf 40) Bobby Charlton 41) Shannen Doherty 42) Liza Minnelli 43) Ruth Buzzi 44) Stella Stevens 45) Norman Lear 46) David Graham 47) Alberto Fujimori 48) Dick Cheney 49) Samu 50) Ted Kaczynski Subs: Teri Garr Fay Vincent Superstar Billy Graham Jean-Marie Le Pen Robert Wagner