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Bret Michaels getting some skin cancer removed while getting shoulder rotator cuff repaired: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7899979/Bret-Michaels-56-patch-skin-cancer-removed.html

DDP Pick Robert Maclennan QO: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1230206/Lord-Robert-Maclennan-dead-death-Lib-dem-news-leader-Social-Democrat-Party

Charlotte here suggesting that Bob Maclennan, last leader of the SDP prior to the merger with the Liberals, has moved on:

1974 Finals striker for Italy, Pietro Anastasi reported dead: https://www.football-italia.net/148882/italy-mourn-anastasi Scored against Haiti.

Well. Could stick him in with the character actors, the comedy performers and/or the soap stars and he is lost. Whereas this is where his niche is, specified in the OP, and he talks fondly of how he fell in love with Basil and was lost. And he was my Mr. Rather like the outcry when I cross-posted (not posted) Alan Rickman's death in the Harry Potter thread. Rickman loved the series and what it did for him, but folk who preferred him in other things wouldn't wear it. Remember, when you capture a generation of kids, you are loved for it forever. Fowlds and Rickman got it.

Hmm, I don't have Tolkein here, I'm stuffed to the gunnells with Dr Who folk.

Derek Fowlds QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7898763/Yes-Minister-star-Derek-Fowlds-died-age-82-family-said.html Family confirmation.

This seems to confirm it: https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/8232/news-yes-minister-star-derek-fowlds-dies RIP Mr Derek.

Somebody has posted that Mr Derek Fowlds has died on the Twitterblog: Let's see if we can get some corroboration before we all of a certain age start crying....

Well done Biblio! 1920 - Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead/Clarissa Eden 1921 - George "Jonny" Johnson/Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Norman Lear/Lucia Hiriart Pinochet 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Robert Solow/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Sydney Samuelson/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Johnny Beattie/Doreen Mantle 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Margaret Stuart Barry 1928 - Richard M Sherman/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Thelma Barlow Hits: Harry Leslie Smith Stanley Donen

Dropped him as I didn't think he'd be unique this year, which he would have been. If the sepsis couldn't get him in 2019, then he's sturdy enough I feel.

Mirror Obit: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-christopher-tolkien-dead-son-21295706

Twitter reporting with some veracity that Chris Darrow of the bands Kaleidoscope and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has died aged 75: As part of the latter band he appeared in Paint Your Wagon. Band in this I believe: IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3044163/

The YoungWillz entry arrives at the station, peep peep, whoo hoo! 01. Adelson, Sheldon 02. Andretti, John 03. arap Moi, Daniel 04. Asner, Ed 05. Atkins, Ronald (Wildcard) 06. Barker, Bob 07. Baxter, Stanley 08. Benedict XVI, Pope 09. Bennett, Tony 10. Blackman, Honor 11. Carter, Jimmy 12. Collins, Phil 13. Connolly, Billy 14. Conway, Noel 15. Cosby, Bill (Wildcard) 16. Cribbins, Bernard 17. Doleman, Chris 18. Douglas, Kirk 19. Downs, Hugh 20. Ginsburg, Ruth Bader 21. Gorbachev, Mikhail 22. Greaves, Jimmy 23. Gulpilil, David 24. Hagen, David 25. Hamilton, Ian (Wildcard) 26. Harris, Rolf 27. Jones, Terry 28. Kerslake, Lee 29. Lewis, John 30. Lloyd, Sam 31. Lynn, Loretta 32. Lynn, Vera 33. Marcos, Imelda 34. Mayhew-Archer, Paul 35. Nelson, Willie (Wildcard) 36. Newton-John, Olivia 37. Nichols, Nichelle 38. Nolan, Linda 39. Philip, Prince 40. Plowright, Joan 41. Reid, Harry 42. Sang-chul, Yoo 43. Shultz, George 44. Smith, Tom 45. Stiles, Nobby (Wildcard) 46. Storch, Larry 47. Tobin, Peter 48. Trebek, Alex 49. Van Dyke, Dick 50. Windsor, Barbara Subs: A. Walker, Murray B. Stallone, Jackie C. Scargill, Arthur D. Dole, Bob E. Alagiah, George

Well done to AFB (saves me spelling it) and congrats. Thanks for finishing us off Clorox.

Deborah James in a cancer free place, apparently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51118585

12 Lords/8 Ladies - 20 Uniques! And thus 20 survivors I guess. Know it will all be tweaked in due course, like my TOTP theme team theme needs updating, but to get this up in a fortnight really is a tour de force. DDP Committee be like

Haven't looked yet, been a bit busy, I'll pop on later. Sounds like you have acclaim so I'm sure it is superb.

Interesting point: Gwynne Jones was a military historian who authored a book on Field Marshal Montgomery. Montgomery's son and successor to his hereditary title died a couple of days before Gwynne Jones.

Death Notice for David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/238707/montgomery

Sometime popular pick and some are waiting for the 10/10 Deadpool. Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont Times Obituary: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-chalfont-obituary-r5r3mgz8d And....go claim your points!

Report of the death of Carol Serling, widow of Rod Serling:

Seems a week early this year, however, the Oscar Nominations are out, or are they in, so let's have a closer look at those Best Picture Nominees: 4 sisters are determined to live life on their own terms, only to find themselves in the end consigned to the kitchen in Vittle Women. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson get stuck in a lift, but all is resolved when they get off at the Marriage Storey. One for the astronomers, the latter stages of the First World War are interrupted when a star goes supernova in the Fireworks Galaxy in 1917A. Allen? Busfield? Curry? Roth? Dalton? Hutton? There's serious competition in movieland for the latest role in Once Upon A Tim In Hollywood. The South Koreans take an unusual interest in the excrement of long dead American Forces from the Korean War in Para Shite. A dyslexic wrestler arrives in Gotham City to discover his superpower is turning up regularly to get beaten up in Jober. One superpowered car. One relay team of below average golfers. Who wins? in Fore v Ferrari. The mob move into the florist business in The Iris Man. The tale of a British Prime Minister and how he turns on the ladies in Bojo Rabbit.

Pete Wylie reporting the death of Pete Fulwell, part owner of Eric's Club, Liverpool and a former manager of local bands It's Immaterial and The Christians:

Shouldn't have had Lord Tim Hudson as a sub. He's dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-7879563/SPORTS-AGENDA-BBC-wont-getting-rid-Mark-Pougatch.html Probably best known as having links with the Beatles US tours, Ian Botham's ex-manager, bit of a leech really who never played a leech for Disney, but did voice characters in The Jungle Book and The Aristocats. EDIT: Article says he died last month so probably a lucky escape not picking him.