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Hit No. 7 for our DACH-List. Founder of the Beaux Arts Trio Menahem Pressler died at 99 years. He collaborated with the Emerson String Quartet for more than three decades. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/06/menahem-pressler-pianist-indiana-beaux-arts-trio-dies/

While I am here, lets have a wee update. A quick glance through the masterlist shows me that the following folk have carked it since the last update. Let me know if I have missed anyone. 22nd April: Barry Humphries 25th April: Harry Belafonte 27th April: Dick Groat 6th May: Menahem Pressler. [EDIT] 7th May: Soňa Červená And that seems to be it. No change at the top where @Wormfarmer leads the way. @Dying Probablyleapfrogs me into 2nd place, with @Torva Messoralso making the top 5. Wormfarmer (393 points) 4 hits [AL Jaffee*, Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli] Dying Probably (318 points) 4 hits [Betty Boothroyd, Harry Belafonte, Hazel McCallion*, Nigel Lawson] An Fear Beag (301 points) 5 hits [Gianluca Vialli, Lucille Randon, Mary Quant, Nigel Lawson, Ryiuchi Sakamoto] Torva Messor (274 points) 4 hits [Bernard Kalb, Bert I. Gordon*, Carole Cook, Menahem Pressler Im Not Hades (271 points) 4 hits [David Crosby, Harry Belafonte, Mary Quant, Miroslav Blasevic] Book (257 points) 4 hits [Burt Bacharach, Gina Lollobrigida, Harry Belafonte, Maria Sebaldt] Buffalo Phil (239 points) 5 hits [Ben Ferencs, Bill Butler, Gianluca Vialli, Hazel McCallion, Lucille Randon] CalebH (236 points) 2 hits [Mihai Sora*, Sonia Cervanes] Gcreptile (229 points) 4 hits [Burt Bacharach, Grant Turner, Menahem Pressler, William Consovoy] Sean (224 points) 3 hits [Gina Lollobrigida, Harry Belafonte, Nora Forster] Tracey (223 points) 4 hits [AL Jaffee, Gordon Moore, Miiko Taka, Ted Lerner]

Pietro Barucci dead at 100

With the seventh hit at the beginning of May, we have now reached a tie with our list from the previous year. So there's a good chance we'll top this list - after all, there's almost 8 months to go...

Look, he is 97 years old. His health is going to deteriorate, he is going to die. The End

Current TOP 10 1) Maria Branyas Morera 116:064 2) Fusa Tatsumi 116:012 3) Edie Ceccarelli 115:090 4) Tomiko Itooka 114:349 5) Inah Canabarro Lucas 114:332 6) Hazel Plummer 114:321 7) Nina Willis 114:112 8) Ushi Makishi 114:081 9) Juan Vicente Perez Mora113:344  10) Elizabeth Francis 113:285

Longest episode of Charles In Charge ever!

Zero Lives of Ryuichi Sakamoto Yes, I still hadn't done this one yet. Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has died of colon cancer at the age of 71. He will be remembered for his influential electronic music production, his work in the band Yellow Magic Orchestra, his scores for films like The Last Emperor, The Revenant, and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, and that one weirdly hot album cover of him holding a lamp in a bathtub. Probably lucky to have lived for another 45 years after that. Now, excuse me while I bring this quote over from the Ryuichi Sakamoto thread to put all the coffee posts in context, because I wasn't sure what you were all on about until I read it: Well, fortune favours the bold... in games other than the Inverse Dead Pool, which is largely unrewarding for the bold, but thank you @Sir Creep for keeping the game interesting at your own 25-point expense. Unfortunately, coffee enemas are ineffective at treating colon cancer. The biggest leaderboard drop, however, is @msc, whose 14-point hit drops him 41 places after he was among the 11 who didn't bet on Bacharach – which means we have our first distinct top 10 of the year, all on 0 points. But for how long? Until 11 days ago, actually, but I'm catching up. The only other points are the 9-osaurus for @TheSpinosaurus, and 1 for @MariNisia, who actually rises 2 places at Creep and Spino's expense. GAINED TOTAL = 1. LizLemon 0 = 1. CaptainChorizo 0 = 1. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 = 1. Perhaps 0 = 1. Summer in Transylvania 0 = 1. tracy 0 = 1. Death Impends 0 = 1. Alcalina 0 = 1. Book 0 = 1. Annami 0 ▲ 11. Spade_Cooley 1 ▲ 12. diego 2 ▲ 12. Sean 2 ▲ 14. Grimgrass 3 ▲ 14. gcreptile 3 ▲ 16. marinade 4 ▲ 16. BuffaloPhil 4 ▲ 16. Nick 4 ▲ 16. machotrouts 4 ▲ 20. BabyBlue 6 ▲ 21. Captain Hemlock 7 ▲ 21. ThereWillBeDeaths7 7 ▲ 21. Newjack 7 ▲ 24. Joey Russ 9 ▲ 24. Pedro67 9 ▲ 24. MortalCaso 9 ▲ 27. Funeralopolis 10 ▲ 27. Hell 10 ▲ 27. En Passant 10 ▲ 30. The Unknown Man 11 ▲ 30. nantonian2013 11 ▲ 30. chilean way 11 ▲ 30. YoungWillz 11 ▲ 30. The Old Crem 11 ▲ 30. An Fear Beag 11 ▲ 36. Bibliogryphon 12 ▲ 36. Torva Messor 12 ▲ 38. deadsox 13 ▲ 38. Grim Up North 13 ▲ 38. theoldlady 13 ▲ 38. Wormfarmer 13 ▼ 42. msc +14 14 ▲ 42. Toast 14 ▲ 44. wannamaker 16 ▲ 44. CalebH 16 ▲ 46. TQR 17 ▲ 47. MariNisia +1 21 ▼ 48. TheSpinosaurus +9 25 ▲ 48. machotrouts' mum 25 ▼ 50. Sir Creep +25 40

Will have the final scoreboard for this over the weekend.

06/May/2023 11:23pm 64 The Shadows – Apache 63 Del Shannon – Runaway 48 Petula Clark – Sailor 47 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely 43 Helen Shapiro – Walkin´ Back To Happiness 43 John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me 38 Elvis Presley – (Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame/Little Sister +4 35 Johnny Tillotson – Poetry In Motion -6 27 Jimmy Jones – Good Timin´ 23 Helen Shapiro – You Don´t Know 22 Shirley Bassey – Reach For The Stars/Climb Ev'ry Mountain 21 The Everly Brothers – Temptation 20 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates – Shakin´ All Over 15 Eden Kane – Well I Ask You 09 Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight 09 Elvis Presley – It´s Now Or Never 08 Michael Holliday – Starry Eyed 07 The Marcels – Blue Moon

Ah, photos, yes. I didn't mean to suggest that he wasn't there, I meant I didn't see him during the broadcast. They were very stingy with shots of the congregation as I said. ETA Seen a photo now - he was next to Princess Anne. Never saw him on screen at all and I did wonder where he was.

6 May 2023 is Wikipedia's stated death date for Menahem Pressler, 125 days from January 1, thus 125 points for me.

Picture for all those sensible folk who didn't watch. Three points. 1. Yes, he looks old now compared to how David Attenborough used to look. 2. He looks and sounds incredible next to nearly every single other 97 year old male in history. 3. Get him back on the list ASAP anyhow.

The famous French writer Philippe Sollers is dead. He was 86.

Michael Palin is 80.

@Phantom would like this. At the charity shop I found the Webb Pierce album (see awesome album cover below) that had ‘Alla My Love’ (reached #5) on it (along with I’m in the Jailhouse Now) but didn’t buy it. Instead the guy next to me did, and I got to hear a story about him parking Tennessee Ernie Ford’s car for him and singing at a local Hawaii pub with him.

I could see the title being "Le Pen de mort for Jean-Marie." It's a play on words ("la peine de mort" refers to capital punishment/death penalty in French and "peine" is pronounced just like "Pen").

All things considered, I think I’ll just pledge allegiance to myself and a few close friends during the coronation.

To me he looks like a good 97-year-old but 97 nonetheless. All this talk about him reaching 100 or more is premature.

American actor Jason Biggs ,best known for playing the role of Jim Levenstein in the American Pie comedy film series and latterly starring in the hit Netflix series Orange is the new black turns 44 today. American actor Emilio Estevez, famously part of the group of actors referred to as the brat pack in the 1980s , celebrates his 60th birthday today. His films include The Breakfast Club, St Elmos fire, The Outsiders, Young Guns and Nightbreaker He is the son of Hollywood actor Martin Sheen.

Update on my pick Mao Kobayashi: https://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/tv-presenter-mao-kobayashi-battling-cancer-discharged-from-hospital It's a bit difficult to know how she's doing. I relied on Google Translate to tell me that her cancer has spread to the bones. Anyway, this article says she's discharged from hospital. But the comments explain that it's only because she finished a course of radiation treatment. Japanese media are still reporting that she's fighting cancer, and that the cancer is also in her lungs. It's even unclear whether she went home because either she gained quite a bit of time, or because they cannot do anything for her anymore.

Marga van Rooy, South African actress, has died aged 75.

Actually, one thingI find even more annoying than that song is prudishness. According to Wikipedia, "Canadian cable-TV music network, MuchMusic refused to air the "Cherry Pie" video on the grounds that it was "offensively sexist"." Apparently, Jani Lane was later married for a while to the daft useless bimbo model who appeared in the film clip.

Christ, Id forgotten about him, thought he was already dead He does prove, however, that all this keep fit and eat healthy ethos that our nanny Government is forcing down our throats is utter Horse poo when you see the Ex man mountain get to the age of 79. Hope the old fella pulls through. I like him.