YoungWillz

Takes the DDP to 296 hits I believe, with less than a fortnight to go. Exciting, innit?

Report that Dixie Locke Emmons, Elvis' first sweetheart, has died: She was a mere 15 years old when she met 18 year old Elvis and they went steady until he signed up with Sun Records. They amicably parted as she wanted a 9 to 5 hubby, not a pop star.

Wilf Lunn QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/12/20/wilf-lunn-madcap-inventor-tricycles-vision-on-deaf/

Wiki links to this: https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/LUNN/5162951 Thought about picking Wilf Lunn a couple of years ago, but I thought obit chances were dodgy. Let's see.

Tambusamy Krishnan, Malaysian sprinter in the men's 400m at the 1972 Games, reportedly dead: https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2023/12/992731/olympian-thambu-krishnan-dies

Mel Schilling, dating coach on Married At First Sight gets a colon cancer diagnosis: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67771392 So...on your lists for next year?

For Wiki purposes, Pat Quartermain, player for Oxford and Cambridge back in the day, reportedly dead: https://www.oufc.co.uk/news/2023/december/rip-pat-quartermain/

Wonder if they will fast track this at the Supreme Court level on appeal. The argument of ineligibility was rejected in some other State I believe. On a strict reading of the Constitution I agree with Colorado, but let's see.

He QO-ed anyway, but Adrian Street's omission from that list is unforgiveable.

New Statesman have Arno J Mayer dead: https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/12/arno-j-mayer-twentieth-century

The seaside mansion where he and his wife formerly lived in Bournemouth is up for sale for a cool 5.5million quids: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-12881427/Seaside-mansion-belonged-Max-Bygraves-market-5-5million.html Only posting because I think the Mail's take is fab: I wanna sell you a storey!

Am I hearing right? Gove is talking about their housebuilding plans. More beautiful houses in keeping with the area, with better infrastructure which will override local objections. You know that is all well and good. He then goes on to say the new homes, where they have been built, are worth more than existing properties. Which means they are more expensive to buy. Which means that young or first time buyers will never be able to afford these houses, because they can't afford existing properties! What a deluded cunt.

Bo Larsson who represented Sweden in all the World Cups held in the 1970s, reportedly dead aged 79: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2023/12/19/bo-larsson-sweden-and-malmo-soccer-great-dies-at-79/71968754007/

Could have gone into the Military Commanders thread, but I choose here. Sir Norman Arthur, competed for GB in the Equestrian Eventing competition at the 1960 Games, reportedly dead aged 92:

Mo Moreland died 15th December after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67753398

Dignitas executions gain the unnatural death bonus, right?

A mere 12 years later, Judy Moran is off to the hospital for liver problems: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12878681/Melbourne-Judy-Moran-hospital-Desmond-Moran.html She's 79. Any of you lot fancy a punt on seeing her reach 2024, but not 2025?

Death notice for Roy Roebuck, former Labour MP for Harrow East (1966-70) aged 94: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/roebuck-notices_54904

Once again we have a bio on the DDP which suggests she was born in 1947. She wasn't. Everywhere confirms a dob of 1936 and all the obits confirm a death age of 87.

Death notice for the Hon. Harry St Clair Fane aged 70: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/fane-notices_54894 Interesting one this. He was the Second Page of Honour to HM Queen Elizabeth II between 1966 and 1968. His older brother is the current 16th Earl of Westmoreland, and, as the current Earl only has a daughter, Harry was the heir apparent. Therefore the heir apparent to the Earldom now moves to Harry's son Sam (b. 1989).

Scots born Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes is recovering from open heart surgery: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-17/jimmy-barnes-walking-around-after-open-heart-surgery/103239062 Lot of coverage in the Mail if you fancy a punt on him next year.

Alas, Mo Moreland is reportedly no more:

Also, you ain't encouraging anyone to "surrender" if you are obviously going to kill them on sight.

I think it matters how Israeli hostages die.

This X psychic has me worried. Should I be putting Donny Osmond on my lists for next year?