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Intel co-founder Gordon Moore dead at 94.

Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and film and television director, who made his Broadway debut in 1969 and appeared in his first feature film in 1971, playing Perchik in the film version of "Fiddler on the Roof", who made guest appearances on shows such as "Cannon", "The Waltons", "Kojak", and "The Rockford Files", but found fame playing Detective David Starsky on the 1970s television series "Starsky and Hutch", is 80 today. Sarah Jessica Parker, the famous American actress and producer, who began her acting career as a child actress, best known for her role of Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series "Sex and the City", for which she won four Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards, is 58 today.

Charity singles, boyband rubbish, Robson and Jerome. About a dozen to get rid of before I even contemplate downvoting the teletubbies...

Emil Bocek reportedly dead:

80 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise 67 Livin’ Joy – Dreamer 54 Take That – Back For Good 42 Blur – Country House +4 34 Whigfield – Saturday Night -2 00 Baby D. — Let Me Be Your Fantasy -4

American astronaut Jim Lovell is 95 today

Various reports of the death of composer Christopher Gunning:

84 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise 61 Livin’ Joy – Dreamer 58 Take That – Back For Good 54 Whigfield - Saturday Night +4 6 Blur – Country House -6 Also adjusted as requested. IMO Blur song is much better than Take That but I'm reading the room...next person finishes this hopefully.

lilham you need to incorporate my list, I think we posted at the same time

John Spearing has relinquished his training licence. 82 and now in a nursing home which seems quite the decline although the quotes in the article are attributed to him.

Efrain Antonio Rios Garcia is currently 112 years and 355 days old, reaching the age of former World's Oldest Man Chitetsu Watanabe (1907-2020). But Efrain Antonio is not even oldest living documented person in Colombia Oldest men ages have increased lately mainly due to cases from Latin America.

Died the oldest known person in the Czech Republic,ZDEŇKA KAŠPAROVÁ was born on 3/Apr/1913 in Pečky and died in Úvaly,she was seamstress and rector of the country since 26/8/22,Bedriska Adamickova born on 6/Oct/1913 in Serbia and resident of Prague is the new resident of the oldest known country,while Ludmila Zemanová born on 4/Nov/1913 in Prague and resident of the same city is the native of the most old acquaintance She died in 13/mar Zdeňka Kašparová (CZE, 1913-2023) – 2023 – Fórum Supercentenário Global (globalsupercentenarianforum.com)

Congratulations, @diego! 1923 Yuriko, Princess Mikasa / Bob Barker 1924 Joyce Randolph / Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / David Graham 1926 Gudrun Ure / Lawrence Turman 1927 Barbara Rush / Martin Walser 1928 Line Renaud / Zhu Rongji 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Alice Munro / Willie Mays 1932 Elaine May / Dabney Coleman

Gordon Moore is another hit for Diego. Congratulations. 1923: Al Quie / Ruth Stiles Gannett 1924: Jimmy Carter / Eva Marie Saint 1925: Jacques Delors / June Lockhart 1926: Harry Connick Sr. / Marilyn Knowlden 1927: Harry Belafonte / Cleo Laine 1928: Dick Clark / Ann Blyth 1929: Peter Angelos / Winnie Ewing 1930: Sonny Rollins / Frances Sternhagen 1931: Daniel Ellsberg / Barbara Barrie 1932: Andrew Young / Nancy Kassebaum

And yet it's still better than just about anything produced by any 90s boyband.

Musician, singer/songwriter & producer Nick Lowe is 74 today.

25 White Town – Your Woman +1 24 The Prodigy – Breathe 24 Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds – Three Lions 24 Spice Girls – Wannabe 24 Various Artists – Perfect Day 22 The Prodigy – Firestarter 22 Olive – You´re not alone 22 No Doubt – Don´t speak 22 Oasis – Don´t look back in anger +2 21 Babylon Zoo – Spaceman 21 The Fugees – Killing me softly 21 Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack 21 Will Smith – Men in black 21 Gina G. – Ooh aah ... just a little bit 21 Blur – Beetlebum +1 21 Spice Girls – 2 become 1 20 Take That – How deep is your love 20 George Michael – Fastlove 20 Gary Barlow – Forever love 20 Peter André – Flava 20 The Fugees – Ready or not 20 Deep Blue Something – Breakfast at Tiffany´s 20 The Chemical Brothers – Setting Sun 20 Spice Girls – Say you'll be there 20 Boyzone – A different beat 20 Tori Amos ft. Armand van Helden – Professional Widdow (It's got to be big) 20 L L Cool J – Ain´t nobody 20 U2 – Discothèque 20 Spice Girls – Mama / Who do you think you are 20 The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin´ Beats 20 R. Kelly – I believe I can fly 20 Michael Jackson – Blood on the dancefloor 20 Gary Barlow – Love won´t wait 20 Eternal & BeBe Winans – I wanna be the only one 20 Oasis – D´you know what I mean 20 The Verve – The drugs don´t work 20 Spice Girls – Spice up your life 20 Aqua – Barbie Girl 20 Spice Girls – Too much 14 Teletubbies – Teletubbies say `Eh-Oh!´ 14 Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 – I'll be missing you 14 George Michael – Jesus to a crucifix 14 Elton John – Candle in the wind / Something about the way you look tonight 14 Robson Greene & Jerome Flynn – What becomes of the broken hearted etc 14 Dunblane – Knockin´ on heaven´s door – Throw these guns away 14 Peter André – I feel you -6 14 Boyzone – Words 14 Hanson – Mmmbop I fixed Sir Creep's math on Prodigy as well. Boyzone and Mmbop had wrong placement too so I fixed that. Just fixed Gina G and 2 Spice Girls too. And Various Artists Perfect Day.

Didn't post in time, going to go after Sir Creep, please hold for my post.

What I really want to know is your Harry Potter houses.

81 Coolio ft. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise  65 Livin’ Joy – Dreamer 51 Whigfield – Saturday Night 45 Blur – Country House +4 29 Take That – Back For Good 19 Baby D. — Let Me Be Your Fantasy 18 D:Ream – Things Can Only Get Better 9 Pato Banton – Baby Come Back -6 I'm a little worried a Blur win in this round might make an anti-Beetlebum sentiment in the next round. Hopefully I'm wrong, since that's a fantastic song.

This thread was started in 2015 and he's still kicking it. For how much longer? Idk... But I doubt it was cancer. Either he's kicking/kicked cancer's ass, it's an extremely slow burn, or he doesn't have cancer and his appearance is just a symptom of being old as dirt. Personally I think it's the last one but who knows? Let's put it this way: I wouldn't be surprised if he were to die suddenly. But at the same time tbh I also wouldn't be surprised to see him make it through another few years. It certainly wouldn't be as shocking as someone like Norm Macdonald. It'll be sad but at least he'd be reunited with Don.

On this day 37 years ago in 1985, legendary Hollywood hearthrob and star of Hollywoods golden age, Rock Hudson died as a result of AIDS complications aged 59. He was one of the earliest big name stars known to have been diagnosed with HIV and die from it. Now famously known to have closeted in arss tolerant era, boarding in fake romances with ladies set up by Hollywood studios and agents to both avoid suspicion about his personal life and promote his wholesome nice guy/ boy next door image. A threat by then influential gossip and scandal magazine Confidential to publish details of Rocks homosexual love life was stalled by his agent Willson who rather ruthlessly cut a deal with the magazine to not publish the information in exchange for detailed information on two of his other clients- Tab Hunter and Rory Calhoun. At the time in 1955 Rock was on his way to being one of the eras most bankable and popular leading men so it was decided he must be protected. He even married Phyliss Gates, his agent Henry Willsons secretary but she has always maintained they married for love and she never remarried after their divorce. Many of his close female friends in Hollywood like Audrey Hepburn, Susan Saint James, Elizabeth Taylor, Julie Andrew's and Carol Burnett said they knew of his homosexuality for years and as good friends kept his secret and respected his privacy. Among his films were All that heaven allows (1955) Directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Jane Wyman, Lovers come back(1961), Send me no flowers 1964) and Pillow talk(1959) were hugely succesful onscreen pairings with Doris Day, Something of value (1957) with Dana Wynter and Sidney Poitier, Captain Lightfoot (1955) with Barbara Rush, A fine pair (1968) opposite Claudia Cardinale and The Undefeated (1969) with John Wayne's. Looking through his filmography I am a bit pleasantly surprised how many of his costar like Barbara Rush are still with us. He was friends with US President Reagan and his wife Nancy and was present at a White House state dinner with them less than three weeks before his HIV diagnosis (pictured above) . The friendship however did not translate into much softening of the administrations policies on the AIDS epidemic in the early days of the crisis. Rock Hudsons last role was in primetime soap Dynasty were he played Daniel Reece, the biological father of Heather Locklears character Sammy Jo for 9 episodes.. There was some controversy regarding his role on Dynasty after his diagnosis was made public because Rock had some long kissing scenes with Linda Evans and the Screen actors guild introduced a rule that any actors involved in open mouthed kissing scenes with a HIV positive actor be informed in advance and have the right to refuse to do those scenes . Shortly before his death Rock made a quarter of a million dollar donation to an AIDS research foundation. Random fact -US singer and actor Pat Boone visited Rock Hudson a week before he died with a pentecostal prayer group despite Rock previously rejecting belief in God.

Not true, Both Bolden and Calment regained the title after losing it. See final paragraph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Capovilla