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On this day 13 years ago Oscar nominated British actress Jean Simmons died aged 80. Part of Hollywoods golden age, Jeans film credits include musical Guys and Dolls alongside Marlon Brando (1955), The Grass is greener(1960), Great Expectations (1946), Black Narcissus (1947), Spartacus (1960), Angel face (1952) and Adam and Evelyne(1949).

Awe I see nobody has picked my former team regulars Jacqueline White and Christina Crawford-I was convinced someone would thus making them not uniques for me! Going by recent past form that means both will end up on list of the missing this year!

Retired British professional boxer Nigel Benn celebrates his 59th birthday today.

No worries!

I'm surprised nobody picked Princess Michael of Kent given how swollen her legs were at the Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service in June .

I think I'd have fainted if I had achieved a clean sweep!! A few such as Elspeth Ballantyne, Frank Zane and Barbara Carrera surprised me by all being unique!

Some are punts but others definitely feel like they have a decent chance. For example Aussie actress Elspeth Ballantyne, there have been rumours and chatter among some in Prisoner Cell Block H fan quarters about her health and absence from bring interviewed on a newish fan Prisoner podcast when the likes of Maggie Kirkpatrick, Patsy King in her 90s , Wendy Playfair in her 90s have been interviewed. June Kenton suddenly went very quiet on twitter in 2021,Pattie Boyd got married in recent years just incase which was a little flag for me , Robbie Humphries one of the Milky bar kids had a transplant years ago etc Punts include Scott Madsen and Charlie Drummond who seem to have got into trouble with the law and difficulty in making good decisions and avoiding a chaotic life.

Thank you @Whitehouse too ! I guess I kept you particularly busy with my influx of new names!! Much appreciated

Fantastic work huge thank you !! I have 58 Unique Picks!!! 44 last year and while I hoped to meet or surpass it I never thought I would reach 58 out of 60 names as Unique with one team all Unique picks!! I am delighted. One small error , I picked William Gage the British judge who presided over the Jill Dando murder trial not the William Gage who is at the opposite ends of of the spectrum who is listed on DDP the convicted criminal !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gage_(judge) This guy! Many thanks again to @gcreptile @Death Impends and @Banana for their phenomenal effort and dedication .

On this day 4 years ago in 2019 american actress Kaye Ballard, who carved out being a singing comedienne as her forte, died aged 93. Best known for working as a musical stage actress. Hugely successful on Broadway in particular.

Oscar winning actress Geena Davis celebrates her 67th birthday today. She won the best supporting actress Oscar for The Accidental tourist (1989)

Watching Norwegian crime drama Twin on Iplayer . I added to my watch list and forgot about it only to realise yesterday it will be expure on Iplayer in 10 days! It is about two identical twin brothers one of whom is killed by his wife in a domestic and they dump his body in a lake in his twin brothers motor vehicle and make it look like the brother in law died and not the husband ie one twin impersonates his late brother and takes over his life while they pretend that he the poorer brother died in an accident. On episode 3 of 8 but it's getting very interesting! I am also for the first time watching Spooks on Iplayer and I am hooked! Never seen the series before! And to the surprise of no one I am watching the new series of Love Island and doing plenty of lusting !

He has been on my radar for a few years now. I think I first included him in a team about 2018 or 2019 but his wife Queen Paola is increasingly garnering more of my interest. The Belgian monarchy is easy to overlook but it's main players will always receive a qualifying obituary.

https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/breaking-gemma-atkinson-pregnant-gorka-28767614 Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Gorka Marquez and radio presenter/ media personality Gemma Atkinson, have announced they are expecting their second child together- a boy.

On this day 29 years ago in 1994, Scottish footballer and manager Matt Busby died aged 84. Aa a player he played for Liverpool for a good while but as a manager he famously lead Manchester United and survived the Munich Air disaster which killed 23 people on February 6th 1958 including many Manchester United players and club staff.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11659109/Dani-Dyer-pregnant-Star-announces-expecting-TWINS-boyfriend-Jarrod-Bowen.html British reality tv star and actress Dani Dyer has announced she is pregnant and expecting twins with her footballer partner West Hams Jarrod Bowen.

Sophie , Countess of Wessex, working member of the British Royal family, wife of Prince Edward, sister in law of King Charles III and daughter in law of the late Queen Elizabeth ll, (and widely rumoured to have been her favourite daughter in law of all past and present ones) celebrates her 58th birthday today.

Cheers @An Fear Beag Some very interesting names in this pool!

On this day 13 years ago in 2010, Scottish Rugby Union commentator , journalist and former rugby player Bill McLaren died aged 86. He came to be known as the voice of rugby. He was part of a group of sports commentators who post war made a transition from working on BBC Radio to BBC television in the early days of the medium. Murray Walker, Dan Maskell and Peter Alliss were also in this group. Bill had two daughters, one of whom he outlived by 10 years and two famous son in laws, Scottish rugby player Alan Lawson and racing commentator Derek Thompson.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11651033/Julian-Sands-65-named-hiker-went-missing-San-Gabriel-Mountains.html British actor Julian Sands has gone missing while hiking in mountains in California. Urgent search underway.

The one and only Dolly Parton celebrates her 77th birthday today.

On the 18th January 14 years ago in 2009 british artist and television presenter Tony Hart died aged 83. Best known for his work in educating and teaching children art skills through his television show Hartbeat .

Thanks! I will check out -I have the feeling the UK will do a celebrity version too but I hope they don't ditch the civilian one.

https://swimswam.com/ryan-lochte-and-wife-kayla-are-expecting-baby-3-in-june/ American professional swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Ryan Lochte and his wife are expecting their third child.

Former Labor Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating celebrates his 79th birthday today. Swiss Olympian and professional diver Guillaume Dutoit celebrates his 27th birthday today.