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"Superstar" Billy Graham DIE Aaron Ramsey SPI Agnes Keleti BIB* Alan Greenspan DYP* Alma Adamkiene JMP Amanda Bynes JMP Anastasia Zavorotnyuk DBA Andres Garcia ARG Andy Taylor OLD, POP Anne Baker JOC*, WOR Barbara Barrie TKT* Bas de Gaay Fortman CAL Bernardo Ruiz F6E Bob Barker BIB, POP Bobby Charlton SPI, TWB Brenda Milner F6E Břetislav Staš TKT Brian O'Donovan DBA Burt Bacharach POP Caren Marsh Doll DSX, DYP, JOC Carmen Sevilla JMP Carolyn Bryant Donham HEL, MOR, SEA Chris Snow GFF* Christy Dignam SEA*, WAN Claire Maurier DBA Colette Maze FIO Dai Henwood FIO Dave Marsh GUB Denny Crum JMP Dick Button LIZ Dick Van Dyke DYP Dickie Bird GOO* Dikembe Mutombo DIE Dj Bubba Bo WAN Dom Geraldo Majella Agnelo DIE* Doreen Mantle TKT Dov Lando DIE Dries van Agt F6E Duane Eddy GOO Edie Ceccarelli JOC Edith Ballantyne GFF Eleanor Collins GFF Elizabeth Dole DYP Enilce Lopez ARG Enock Mwepu SPI Eric Bailly SPI Eric Lamaze DBA Esther Rantzen MOR, TWB Ethel Caterham GUB, JOC, WOR Fernanda Montenegro DBA Frank Field ARG, BIB, FIO, GFF, GOO, GUB, HEL, JMP, LIZ, MOR, OLD, WOR Frank Sedgman GOO Franz Beckenbauer SPI Frederic Forrest LIZ Garth Manton TKT Geneviève Callerot DBA George Alagiah POP, SEA, TWB, WOR Giorgio Napolitano GFF Glynis Johns BIB Graham Cross SPI Harriet Andersson GFF Harry Greenway GOO Hazel Plummer CAL Henry Kissinger DYP Honor McKellar F6E horst-Dieter Hottges SPI* Hsing Yun JMP Humberto Maschio F6E ian Callaghan GOO Irene Camber GFF J. Christopher Flowers WOR James C Floyd WOR James L. Buckley DYP James Whale BIB, DSX, FIO, HEL, JOC, LIZ, TWB, WAN, WOR Jane Fonda POP Jango Edwards MOR Janis Paige FIO jayanta Mahapatra JMP Jesse C. Navarro WAN Jimmy Carter DYP, FIO, MOR Jiřina Bohdalová CAL Joanne Woodward GOO, LIZ John Capodice F6E John Tinniswood JOC John Woodvine BIB Jonnie Irwin DSX, GUB, HEL, JOC, MOR, OLD, TKT, TWB, WAN Jose Mujica CAL Josef Fritzl TKT Joseph Zen JMP Josip Manolic DYP Joss Ackland DBA Juan Vicente Perez Mora DSX Julian Sands FIO June Spencer FIO Kat Bjelland BIB Kate Keltie DBA*, OLD Katherine, Duchess of Kent BIB Kenneth McAlpine FIO KH Ali Yafie ARG* Khaleda Zia WOR Khamtai Siphandone ARG Kurt Hamrin F6E Larisa Latynina DBA Larry Garza CAL Larry Pressler TWB Lautaro Ronchi WAN Law Lan JMP Leslie Caron GOO Linda Nolan BIB, POP, WOR Lloyd Geering JOC Malachy McCourt SEA Margaret Stuart Barry BIB Maria Branyas DSX, GUB, LIZ Mario Zagallo F6E, SPI Marita Comacho Quiros WOR* Mark Patton SEA Mark Pilgrim CAL, WOR Marthe Cohn CAL Michael Flately SEA Mike Peters SEA Mike Swick MOR* Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder ARG Nanjil Sampath WAN Nathalia Timberg F6E Nick Anderton DIE, GUB Nigel Starmer Smith DIE, GUB*, LIZ, OLD, POP Nikolai Ryzhkov F6E Norman Bowler GOO Norman Tebbit DYP Ole Anderson TKT Oleg Protopopov TKT Otis Taylor ARG, DSX Paul Gascoigne SPI Paul Hogan POP Pervez Musharraf DSX Philippe De Gaulle GOO Princesa Bajrakitiyabha DIE, HEL, JOC, LIZ, WAN* Princess Mikasa DBA Rachel Dror CAL Randy Jackson POP Rebecca Pan JMP Rhod Gilbert HEL, MOR Richard Rohmer GFF Rivellino SPI Rob Burrow GUB Roberta Flack ARG, POP, TWB Roberto Chale WAN Roland Bertin DBA Rolf Harris DSX, FIO*, GUB, HEL*, LIZ, MOR, OLD, POP*, SEA, TWB, WAN Rolf Schimpf DIE Ron Yeats SPI Rosalynn Carter DYP Ruth Buzzi JOC, LIZ, SEA, TKT Ryuichi Sakamoto DIE, GUB, HEL, JOC, OLD, SEA, TWB* Sandra Day O'Connor DYP Sebastian Brodrick ARG, DIE Silvana Lattmann TKT Simon Cowell (wildlife) DSX, GFF, HEL, MOR Simone Segouin GFF Sonny Rollins GUB, OLD Stanley Baxter GOO Steve McMichael ARG, CAL*, DSX*, GFF, HEL, JMP*, LIZ*, MOR, OLD*, TWB Ted Kaczynski HEL Teresa Taylor SEA Tim Lobinger CAL, OLD, DSX Tina Turner OLD Tongo ARG, WAN Tony Bennett TWB Ugo Mifsud Bonnici F6E* Vic Seixas DIE Virginia Halas McCaskey FIO Wang Huo CAL William Russell BIB Zhu Rongji TKT Do quickly skim to make sure I've not made any data entry errors w/your teams. And of course, good luck.

OK every team but one in, and as they haven't posted since January 15th I think we may be seeing one bye. Got everything else formatted and ready to go, so I should have the teams and line-ups posted before work starts tomorrow morning GMT.

The final team, Il Magneto, did submit a team, but 56 minutes past the deadline, so I'm going to have to reluctantly disqualify them and award CalebH a walkover win in their first round match. These are the ties for the first round Great Uncle Bulgaria (GUB) (Dave Marsh, Frank Field, Ethel Caterham, Jonnie Irwin, Maria Branyas, Nick Anderton, Nigel Starmer-Smith*, Rob Burrow, Rolf Harris, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sonny Rollins) vs Ladyfiona (FIO) (Colette Maze, Dai Henwood, Frank Field, James Whale, Janis Paige, Jimmy Carter, Julian Sands, June Spencer, Kenneth McAlpine, Rolf Harris*, Virginia Halas McCaskey) wannamaker (WAN) (Christy Dignam, DJ Bubba Bo, Jesse C. Navarro, Jonnie Irwin, James Whale, Lautaro Ronchi , Nanjil Sampath, Princess Bajrakitiyabha*, Roberto Chale, Rolf Harris, Tongo) vs Sean (SEA) (Carolyn Bryant Donham, Christy Dignam*, George Alagiah, Malachy McCourt, Mark Patton, Michael Flately, Mike Peters, Rolf Harris, Ruth Buzzi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Teresa Taylor) Famous6Eva (F6E) (Bernardo Ruiz, Brenda Milner, Dries van Agt, Honor McKellar, Humberto Maschio, John Capodice, Kurt Hamrin, Mario Zagallo, Nathalia Timberg, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici*) vs TheKillingTime (TKT) (Barbara Barrie*, Břetislav Staš, Doreen Mantle, Garth Manton, Jonnie Irwin, Josef Fritzl, Ole Anderson, Oleg Protopopov, Ruth Buzzi, Silvana Lattmann, Zhu Rongji) Hell (HEL) (Carolyn Bryant Donham, Frank Field, James Whale, Jonnie Irwin, Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Rhod Gilbert, Rolf Harris*, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Simon Cowell (Wildlife), Steve McMichael, Ted Kaczynski) vs MortalCaso (MOR) (Carolyn Bryant Donham, Esther Rantzen, Frank Field, Jango Edwards, Jimmy Carter, Jonnie Irwin, Mike Swick*, Rhod Gilbert, Rolf Harris, Simon Cowell (Wildlife), Steve McMichael) Il Magento - DNS vs CalebH (CAL) (Bas de Gaay Fortman, Hazel Plummer, Jiřina Bohdalová, Jose Mujica, Larry Garza, Mark Pilgrim, Marthe Cohn, Rachel Dror, Steve McMichael*, Tim Lobinger, Wang Huo) JoeMoneypenny (JMP) (Alma Adamkiene, Amanda Bynes, Carmen Sevilla, Denny Crum, Frank Field, Hsing Yun, jayanta Mahapatra, Joseph Zen, Law Lan, Rebecca Pan, Steve McMichael*) vs Dying Probably (DYP) (Alan Greenspan*, Caren Marsh Doll, Dick Van Dyke, Elizabeth Dole, Henry Kissinger, James L. Buckley, Jimmy Carter, Josip Manolic, Norman Tebbit, Rosalynn Carter, Sandra Day O'Connor) theoldlady (OLD) (Andy Taylor, Frank Field, Jonnie Irwin, Katie Keltie, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Rolf Harris, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sonny Rollins, Steve McMichael*, Tim Lobinger, Tina Turner) vs deadsox (DSX) (Caren Marsh Doll, James Whale, Jonnie Irwin, Juan Vicente Perez Mora, Maria Branyas, Otis Taylor, Pervez Musharraf, Rolf Harris, Simon Cowell (wildlife), Steve McMichael*, Tim Loblinger) Wormfarmer (WOR) (Anne Baker, Ethel Caterham, Frank Field, George Alagiah, J. Christopher Flowers, James C Floyd, James Whale, Khaleda Zia, Linda Nolan, Marita Comacho Quiros*, Mark Pilgrim) vs Diego (DIE) ("Superstar" Billy Graham, Dikembe Mutombo, Dom Geraldo Majella Agnelo*, Dov Lando, Nick Anderton, Nigel Starmer Smith, Princesa Bajrakitiyabha, Rolf Schimpf, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sebastian Brodrick, Vic Seixas) Gooseberry Crumble (GOO) (Dickie Bird*, Duane Eddy, Frank Field, Frank Sedgman, Harry Greenway, ian Callaghan, Joanne Woodward, Leslie Caron, Norman Bowler, Philippe De Gaulle , Stanley Baxter) vs ThereWillBeDeaths7 (TWB) (Bobby Charlton, Esther Rantzen, George Alagiah, James Whale, Jonnie Irwin, Larry Pressler, Roberta Flack, Rolf Harris, Ryuichi Sakamoto*, Steve McMichael, Tony Bennett) Liz Lemon (LIZ) (Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Dick Button, Frank Field, Frederic Forrest, James Whale, Joanne Wooodward, Maria Branyas, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Rolf Harris, Ruth Buzzi, Steve McMichael*) vs TheSpinosaurus (SPI) (Aaron Ramsey, Enock Mwepu, Eric Bailly, Franz Beckenbauer, Graham Cross, Horst-Dieter Hottges*, Mario Zagallo, Paul Gascoigne, Rivellino, Ron Yeats, Bobby Charlton) Pop_Zeus (POP) (Andy Taylor, Bob Barker, Burt Bacharach, George Alagiah, Jane Fonda, Linda Nolan, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Paul Hogan, Randy Jackson, Roberta Flack, Rolf Harris*) vs Bibliogryphon (BIB) (Agnes Keleti*, Bob Barker, Frank Field, Glynis Johns, James Whale, John Woodvine, Kat Bjelland, Katherine, Duchess of Kent, Linda Nolan, Margaret Stuart Barry, William Russell)  justonecornetto (JOC) (Anne Baker*, Caren Marsh Doll, Edie Ceccarelli, Ethel Caterham, James Whale, John Tinniswood, Jonnie Irwin, Lloyd Geering, Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Ruth Buzzi, Ryuichi Sakamoto) vs Arghton (ARG) (Andres Garcia, Enilce Lopez, Frank Field, KH Ali Yafie*, Khamtai Siphandone, Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder, Otis Taylor, Roberta Flack, Sebastian Brodrick, Steve McMichael, Tongo) GuyFromFuture (GFF) (Chris Snow*, Edith Ballantyne, Eleanor Collins, Giorgio Napolitano, Harriet Andersson, Frank Field, Irene Camber, Richard Rohmer, Simon Cowell (wildlife), Simone Segouin, Steve McMichael) vs DeathByArsenic (DBA) (Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Brian O'Donovan , Claire Maurier, Eric Lamaze, Fernanda Montenegro, Geneviève Callerot, Joss Ackland, Kate Keltie*, Larisa Latynina, Princess Mikasa, Roland Bertin)

Reagan's third labor secretary Ann McLaughlin Korologos dead at 81.

Annabelle Holblinger dead at 113.

Sherilyn Fenn, the attractive American film and television actress, who began her career in the mid-1980s, a sex symbol who was photographed by the best publications thanks to her performance as Audrey Horne, the seductive student who wore tight sweaters and plaid skirts, in "Twin Peaks", is 58 today. Enrique Guzmán, the admired and successful Venezuelan-born Mexican actor, singer, and songwriter, one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll in Mexico, who started his prolific career in the 1950s, is 80 today. Alejandra Guzmán, widely known as the "Bad Girl of Latin Pop", his daughter with his ex-wife, the legendary actress and singer Silvia Pinal, is also a renowned actress, singer, and songwriter.

So I worked in the record store (that’s dating ‘old man’ SC) 1985-early 1987, and I’ve been looking forward to the songs I guessed would be up for voting. I recall a fair number of the top 40 albums we would have on the ‘hits’ wall, and though I know our countries have differences in what may be popular, It’s still surprising what isn’t on the list. (I did look at Billboard #1 to compare. We missed a few songs too, so complaints all around) GLARING absences include:: Peter Gabriel - ‘Sledgehammer’ U2 - ‘With or Without You’ … or if you prefer…. - ‘I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For’ I mean it’s only U2 (rolls eyes). Prince - ‘Kiss’

Brazilian writer Cleonice Berardinelli dead at 106. I figure we'll be pretty thin on 1916-born notables soon. Doesn't seem like one had died since Arczynski in August, and now Sienra and Berardinelli go back to back

He’s already dead… Kim fed him to his sharks. https://youtu.be/UIPSvIz9NDs

Spurs Manager Antonio Conte having Gallbladder surgery today after developing Cholecystitis.

Yes it was.

I had long thought that Dieter Gruen (b. 1922) was the last contributor to the Manhattan Project still living, but apparently not. Harris Mayer (wiki, b. 1921) is still with us. He was in the Possibly Living category on Wiki which is why he was likely off our radars, but there's a 100th birthday article about him here.

Times death notice for Pamela Kirkham, 16th Baroness Berners, who has died from a stroke aged 93. Conservative Member of the House of Lords from 1995 to 1999. Previously had a long career as an NHS nurse.

Yeah, a standalone thread is justified for the Hulkster. Unlocked.

A song by Journey makes you like Starship?

another one...

Of those with English-language Wiki pages we have: Milton Thiago de Mello (wiki) b. 5 Feb 1916 / Brazilian primatologist Geneviève Callerot (wiki) b. 6 May 1916 / French novelist and farmer Eunice Parsons (wiki) b. 4 Aug 1916 / American modernist artist Käthe Menzel-Jordan (wiki) b. 7 Sep 1916 / German architect Frank Handlen (wiki) b. 26 Sep 1916 / American painter Mihai Sora (wiki) b. 7 Nov 1916 / Romanian philosopher and essayist Ruth Johnson Colvin (wiki) b. 16 Dec 1916 / American skill advocate Saifur Rahman Nizami (wiki) b. ?? ??? 1916 / Bangladeshi Islamic scholar I don't know much of those 8. Just that Handlen is reportedly still in good health and still working. I first added him to my long list in 2007 so he's done well! Some "possibly living" names i.e. 99% likely deceased but missing evidence of death from their Wiki pages: Daphne Courtney (wiki) Emilio Ballado (wiki) Frank M. Gibson (wiki) Hélène Guisan (wiki) Hubert Jura (wiki) Jack Beasley (wiki) Jacq van den Berg (wiki) James Arthur Ewing (wiki) Kim Bong-han (wiki) Leung Tat-shing (wiki) Mary Walker-Sawka (wiki) Masatatsu Kitazawa (wiki) Paul Aste (wiki) Ricardo Bravo (wiki) Sumiko Mizukubo (wiki) Tatsuo Ichikawa (wiki) Thomas Anderson (wiki) Thomas Hamilton-Brown (wiki) Werner Spycher (wiki)

32 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 32 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up 24 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 24 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 24 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 24 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 23 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 22 T´Pau – China in your hand 22 Ben E. King – Stand by me +2 21 Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls +2 20 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 20 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 20 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 20 Boris Gardiner – I want to wake up with you 20 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 20 Berlin – Take my breath away 20 Europe – The Final Countdown 20 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 20 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 20 Mel & Kim – Respectable 20 Ferry Aid – Let it be 20 Madonna – La isla bonita 20 Los Lobos – La Bamba 20 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 20 Bee Gees – You win again 19 Madonna – True Blue 18 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 18 George Michael – A different corner 18 Wham – The edge of heaven 17 Boy George – Everything I own 17 Cliff Richard & the Young Ones – Living Doll 14 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind 14 Madonna – Who´s that girl 14 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 14 Nick Berry – Every loser wins 9 Firm – Star Trekkin´ 9 Chris de Burgh – Lady in red 2 Doctor & the Medics – Spirit in the sky -6

That takes me back to the joke that went round at school at the time....

Ignoring the rest of your diatribe, this I entirely agree with. Probably the most talented musician of the late 20th century. For some bizarre reason his only UK number one single was The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. Occasionally (mostly around election time) I find myself utterly bewildered by my countrymen.

Chris Ford, a former Boston Celtic who was part of the 1980-81 championship squad, has died. He was 74. Ford also has the distinction of having made the first ever NBA 3-pointer. The shot was incorporated in the league a couple of years after it merged with the ABA, where it had originated. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/chris-ford-boston-celtics-champion-who-made-first-3-pointer-in-nba-history-dies-at-74/

Good work. I think his family didn't know he was dead in the moment you already posted it here.

George Bush sr. will be the next, still before Clinton will be next President

Not to mention that that very remoteness rather makes a mockery of "Euro"vision song contest, at least if not technically in Europe most have been geographically close. Not that it has ever been much more than a thinly veiled exercise in politics anyway imo. As alluded to above with the local neighbours thing. reference