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Lorna Gray has died according to the Buster Keaton Society aged 99. https://www.facebook.com/BusterKeatonSociety/posts/10155209922778704 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Gray IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336790/

Ben Suisala: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?do=findComment&comment=305804 Awaiting Obit. Lorna Gray: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8236-yank-science-fiction-series/?do=findComment&comment=305827 Awaiting Obit. Mbah Ghoto/Gotho: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/145-worlds-oldest/?do=findComment&comment=305854 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-39768321 Lionel Augustus Martin (Saxa): https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/2389-dead-pop-stars/?do=findComment&comment=306133 Awaiting Obit. Lukas Ammann: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7873-foreign-personalities-from-stage-screen-politics-and-life/?do=findComment&comment=306165 Awaiting Obit. Timo Makinen: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7092-the-chequered-flag/?do=findComment&comment=306313 Sky Sports Obit: http://www.skysports.com/motorsport/news/15749/10863727/rally-legend-timo-makinen-has-died-at-the-age-of-79

Congrats Death Impends, from the person at the other end of the leaderboard. Proud of all my survivors, you did well team. Wooden spoon, go me!

In the 80s I was initially wary of Chung's Wang, but I learned to accept it.

"Won't give up on their child" Didn't they do that when they went for a nosh, leaving their child alone in a foreign country?

Procurator Fiscal is investigating the affairs of Celtic Football Club. They've had so much of the ball this season, they may very well face charges of possession.

Also, is a purchase tax justifiable once we leave the EU? I mean in some cases I can see the reasoning. Say you wanted to be environmentally friendly. You could justify imposing some kind of tax on polythene packaging and the like. But why would you impose it on cereal bars? And why on earth would you impose it on services? Maybe only in a country where the vast majority of GDP is based on services, like the UK. Seems odd to charge it though. I'd like to hear a justification for it rather than just "revenue for the Government to pay for things".

Oh they are all useless he he. Semantics? That's exactly what politicians do! Remember NI contributions? "Oh we won't raise them, oh we didn't mean those NI contributions, oh shit the public have got us, fuck fuck fuck, let's have an election" - semantics. So when she says no rise to VAT, I do and I don't believe her. On a purely semantic level of course.

I'm not bashing her. I'm asking the question. If they retain "VAT" that is an EU tax. The EU will expect it to be paid to them. It'll have to be changed. Also, once VAT is on something, you can't remove it under EU law. So "VAT" or purchase tax or whatever it may be called can be removed or diminished on things once we leave. So the question remains, why not promise a lessening of it or abolition? Perhaps because she can confidently say "we won't raise VAT" when in fact they'll just rename it and raise it when it's called something else?

Theresa May will not raise VAT if she wins the election. Interesting. Why is she not promising to abolish it? It's an EU tax.

I've a Deathray type feeling we are in for a storming week of death. Tebbit, get ready, it could be you....

Announces she is in remission: http://people.com/celebrity/shannen-doherty-in-remission/

Wow, that's exactly what I said when I saw this year's Shameless team.

Diagnosed with bone cancer: http://people.com/celebrity/the-facts-of-life-charlotte-rae-diagnosed-with-bone-cancer-at-91/

Now, here's a thing. Say I predict that a seat won in a by election by a party that didn't win in 2015 is won back by the party that did win in 2015. For example, I say Richmond Park will be won by the Tories in 2017. The seat changes hands from the Lib Dems back to the Tories who won at the 2015 GE. Do I still get the 2015 majority plus a half, or doesn't that qualify, because the seat hasn't changed hands from 2015? I'll be entering, but it would be good to know the ruling on this.

British "athlete" Charles Eugster, mentioned here by gcreptile https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8444-ideas-and-possibilities-for-2016/?do=findComment&comment=233831 has died of heart failure aged 97. http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/record-breaking-veteran-sprints-sensation-charles-eugster-dies-97-60363 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eugster

And indeed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39730388

Reports coming in of the death of Leo Baxendale, creator of the Bash Street Kids and Minnie the Minx, aged 86. https://www.facebook.com/kevf.sutherland/posts/10158968214070179 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baxendale

Probably easier just to ban non-celebs.

Spade, you already used that one here: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/1276-hollywood-possibilities/?do=findComment&comment=233615

Yes. He wasn't living on an estate.

Philadelphia is one of my favourite movies ever, I mean ever! Another Melvin And Howard loss this year too....

Ok I'm so against the monkey beating a beautiful, charming, calm love poem that I've stuck a full tenner on Portugal to win outright at 14s. My local isn't offering top 4 odds as yet, but when they do, I'll be back with another tenner. More I think about it though, the dancing monkey is a bloody good gimmick...

Former Chairman of the London Metals Exchange, Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri has died aged 86. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/bagri-former-lme-chairman-and-titan-of-metals-trading-has-died-j1yt12dc Former Tory peer who gave up his seat in the Lords to maintain his non-domiciled status for tax purposes. Yes, one of those Tories who put avoiding tax before public service. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Bagri,_Baron_Bagri

I saw it later. I still don't rate it, but Europe will have it's say and if a Buddhist monkey song wins, it wins.