YoungWillz

Make of this tweet what you will. Mike Fairman, sound man and sound supervisor for 1970s Just William, Mind Your Language, A Fine Romance and The Gentle Touch among others, reportedly dead: https://twitter.com/EmilyFairman/status/1202917731206610944

Andy Robin, former wrestler who raised Hercules The Bear, dead at 84: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5035507/andy-robin-hercules-bear-dies-perthshire-wife-maggie/

Was known as Boon.

I'd guess Ted Bundy's last chair was sturdy.

The Aussies at that time were amazing. Chappell, R Marsh, Border, Alderman....surely never thought of but now Willis has gone relatively young. How is Hadlee these days? Apparently liver cancer is survivable for at least 14 months.

I should add though that Flintoff is a superb boxer and should have gone that route. Pugilism of the most noble kind should have been his destiny.

Ah I was a boy when we spent some time living in England. Yes, we got caught up in the willow, to the extent that we had stumps and bails in the back garden, admittedly before Swingball, which then superseded all thought of cricket, the most dull game ever. I lost interest when, as a fielder, a cricket ball aimed straight at my napper was snatched out of the air by my teacher. I had spent about an hour being bored, then effectively my life was saved by the teacher I hated most at Junior School. I do have to say that the likes of Strauss, Cook, Hussain etc etc have never lived up to that era of late 70s/early 80s cricket when even I could say there go some personalities who also happen to be excellent at their game. Flintoff came close, but then he was and remains a total wanker.

For some reason Desmond Tutu is always unwell this time of year. Deathtease?

Again, been out all day and saw this on the news. Cricket just ain't my thing, but Gower, Willis and Botham were the triumviurate back in the day. Had the other two before Willis and maybe about another 7 years before you'd think about them. Boycott lives. Life is deffo not fair.

Reports on Twitter that Canadian actor Richard Easton, Captain Stapley in Time Flight for Doctor Who, has died. Rather better known as Brian Hammond in The Brothers for the older generation, or as the voice of Nigel in Grand Theft Auto V for the younger. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247733/

Lucette Destouches doesn't appear to have had a QO yet. Until now, when The Times splatters one for her: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lucette-destouches-obituary-bmgtjdq9t Edit: Actually, there was this from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50475648 Just passed over I guess, as at point of writing she's not on the list of dead or indeed no points awarded.

Auntie Meme Kamala Harris ends her run: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50652290

Probably better known for her Star Trek involvement, Dorothy DC Fontana dead at 80: http://www.treknews.net/2019/12/03/star-trek-writer-dorothy-dc-fonatana-dead/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284894/

1987/2023 list updated. Bit of a shock, wrote their biggest UK hit.

Don't you, forget about this thread, don't, don't, don't, don't...……. If things are becoming clearer at this point, stick a name down. I can't guarantee I'll be about on the night to do my usual running updates, but as soon as I can, we can see whose face and fate has fallen the furthest.

SNP getting 45 seats in England might be a stretch?

Michael Clark, discoverer of Comet 71P/Clark, reportedly dead: https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/63934107#28023

Blast, something else to do before I move!

Wears a Tory Blue tie to the vigil for the victims of Friday's attack on London Bridge. Ghastly.

Published (understandably) in the Only Famous For Being Ill thread above, moving this across as Joe Hammond, playwright and author of A Short History Of Falling is dead: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/author-joe-hammond-dies-aged-50-1122546 Here's the Guardian article from September: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/29/a-short-history-of-falling-joe-hammond-review so a QO is probably assured.

Not seen it posted yet, so here is Stuart Fraser's DDP QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7744337/Noiseworks-guitarist-Stuart-Chet-Fraser-dies-lung-cancer.html

Nobody Die! Ya hear me? I want that Hall of Fame spot! Go on, be sports and stay alive!

Yep I have Grim's entry - it's a secret!!! Just to be sure, I have assured Grim I won't be picking any of his picks. Because I'm lovely. Right. Bit of news, which explains my more intermittent presence here recently. I'm packing up and moving, so we can sell OldWillz house. Now I may be for a short time without internet connection in any form while it gets ported to my new house. Hopefully I'll be back up and running before Christmas, so there may be delays to updating the Poker Tourney. I move next weekend. This also means that I may have to submit my DDP teams within the week. I hope that is ok with the game runners however I will try and give many subs as possible in case it's a harsh harsh winter. I would normally be putting my entry in round about the second week of December, but given I need to be sure I can get an internet connection before the New Year and this being the UK, I just want this job out of the way. It's going to be a late night for me reviewing my TOTP entry!!!! Good luck to all.

Alas I have missed out this year. Would not matter anyway, I see most deathing n 2020.

Happy St Andrews Day everybody. Have a wonderful time!! I'll be out for a lot of today, which probably means I can't enter the Advent Avalanche.