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Rumours abound on that question....!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10125231/Queens-late-night-TV-habit-left-knackered-royal-aides-say.html Apparently the Queens habit of late night TV viewing is thought to be one of the culprits in her overdoing things.

Liza Minnelli singing last month. People can make their own judgement but to me she seems quite diminished and older than her years.

One of Johnny Briggs daughters cut out of his will according to press reports. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/16516555/johnny-briggs-cuts-drug-addict-will/

And to add to your point in the Miss USA contest , distinct from the Miss America contest , Jackie Loughery 91 this year is the earliest surviving winner of that contest.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/jamie-roberts-reveals-baby-news-21948516 Welsh rugby player Jamie Roberts has revealed he and his wife are expecting their second child together- a daughter.

Some photos of William Baldwin in his prime Happy to oblige you @Toast

Am I understanding you correctly that Frank Field is gay? I did suspect but never realised it was 'known'? Great suggestion for next year's deathlist if he holds out until then.

William Baldwin shagging Sharon Stone in Sliver was an amazingly sexy visual treat in my humble opinion!

I have a huge crush on William Baldwin or rather had one back in the day although he is still on the cute side.

The Queens cousin and working royal The Duke of Gloucester looks rather beetroot red in the face in the second photo. He's the second person on the left row for those who don't know what he looks like. Just thought it was worth highlighting to fellow deadpoolers. He is in his late seventies.

I was going to keep it to myself hoping she'd be a unique pick for me but I saw about 4 people picked her this year when I checked so I decided the chance of a unique pick anyway being rather slim.

https://www.goldderby.com/article/2021/ruth-pointer-the-masked-singer-cupcake-unmasked-interview/ Singer Anita Pointer was scheduled to appear on the TV show The Masked Singer with her sister Ruth but dropped out to deal with health issues.

She'd be horrified if she knew I'd typed that!! My mum and dad have been married over 50 years!! And Jeffrey Archer is certainly not her type that way!

@Bentrovato Just reviewed that comment and have no idea why it said one night stand!!

Thanks. I think he must be one of my mums rare indulgences in low brow trashy novels because she's normally very different in her choice of books. Catherine Cookson, Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve being more of her standard favourites. Her only deviation as far as I can recall is a couple of raunchy Jilly Cooper novels!

You seem a connoisseur of literature though so do you like his novels and rate them highly? Quite a few of my elderly relatives including my mother who normally only reads female authors , Danielle Steel, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Paula Daly, Nancy Revell, Lynn Andrews etc , absolutely devour his books and rave about how good they are!

I have a few pages in a notepad with names written down of people I may forget come December if not committed to paper as a memory prompt! I check them against the current Derby Dead Pool and in some cases I am genuinely surprised and from a deadpooling point of view delighted at certain names which have not previous been picked. Decent names that look likely to stand a good chance of being unique picks if chosen by me. Oh I have higher expectations than catching a worm -I tend to look and go for things much bigger than that!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/celebrities/16438518/sean-penn-61-splits-wife-leila-george-29-divorce/ American actor Sean Penn to divorce his third wife actress Leila George.

Sounds like you've already started making your longlists for next year and good progress is being made!

Indeed but arguably still worth noting.

I would have succumbed if he'd tried that with me! I bet part of her took it as a massive compliment.

I think the number of people selecting Michael in all of the deadpools but especially the DDP will increase quite notably next year after this announcement which strangely for a man his age still seems like a bolt out of the blue.

A wonderful sensitive post. Hope your back to full strength and health soon. My best to you.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10097451/Dame-Mary-Berry-86-waited-three-half-hours-ambulance-breaking-hip.html Mary Berry reveals she broke her hip earlier this year after a fall in her garden.