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Mirror reporting Julie Felix's death: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-julie-felix-dead-singer-21740725

BBC reporting Alex Salmond cleared of various sexual assault/attempted rape charges.

Julie Felix, mentioned by @Toast on the Guess The Song thread only a month ago, being reported dead at 81: UK #19 May 1970 El Condor Pasa:

Lest we forget Marsha Hunt, the BBC have published an interview with her: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51979690

Eric Weissberg who formed one half of the duo who recorded Duelling Banjos, reportedly dead: https://bestclassicbands.com/eric-weissberg-obituary-3-23-20/ UK #17 Hit in April 1973:

I've not yet written myself off. I give it 24 hours, then I'll probably do that, ha! Anyway, you never know in the climate.....

Sol Kerzner QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/22/sol-kerzner-hard-nosed-businessman-developed-controversial-gambling/

Well, prodding seems to work! Sol Kerzner taken. Might be only once mind.

Sol Kerzner, founder of Sun City and hotel tycoon, dead at 84: https://www.capetownetc.com/news/southern-sun-hotel-group-founder-dies/ Provided a QO comes through, that's my first unique of the year on my main team.

Apparently it is Chris Chibnall's 50th birthday today.

Time to update for Kenny Rogers.

Kenny Rogers is my first hit in the Country category. Yeah, I still care about this game!

Kenny Rogers is my 4th hit here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51986611

Woah, catches on to those coat tails of the Committee again: YW - 5, DL - 6

Note To Self: Stop making humorous remarks about your picks!

Ok I'll post the Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51986611 He becomes my first and probably only hit for my TOTP Theme Team, just under a year after Ranking Roger carked it in 2019. RIP. The 1983 release of Islands In The Stream actually hit its highest position in 1984, charting at #7 in January. So as per usual, got to post it:

Suzy Delair's Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/suzy-delair-obituary-r8fdvb3xx (Paywall)

Suzy Delair claims her NYT Obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/movies/suzy-delair-dead.html

Of passing interest, probably more so to @Cat O'Falk, death notice for helicopter pilot Ron Salt: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240299/salt I mention him because of the story on the BBC from 2012, when he revisited Coventry Cathedral spire which in 1962 he helped lower into place: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-17865700 Gawd bless him.

Posthumous Number One for Our Vezza!

Amadeo Carrizo, one of the "best goalkeepers of the 1950s", dead at 93: https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/254183-murio-amadeo-carrizo-una-leyenda-de-river&prev=search

Sir John Tooley, a former Director General of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden is dead: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240281/tooley and https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/19/sir-john-tooley-general-director-royal-opera-house-turbulent/ I only mention it because he's picked for the DDP.

Death Notice for Miranda Macmillan (nee Quarry), Countess of Stockton: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240259/stockton No date of death there! A former model and socialite, she divorced the Tory Peer the 2nd Earl of Stockton back in 2011. He was her third husband. She, on the other hand, was better known as the third wife of actor and Goon Peter Sellers from 1970 - 1974.

Some here might have heard of Tudor Lodge. Founding member John Stannard has reportedly died. https://thebaileybeat.wordpress.com/2020/03/19/john-stannard-a-tribute/

Thought - can't link to anything above, so I have no idea what they are on about.