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People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...
YoungWillz replied to Vaagheid's topic in DeathList Forum
Sidney Drell: http://news.stanford.edu/2016/12/22/sidney-drell-theoretical-physicist-national-security-expert-stanford-dies-90/ Weston Noble: http://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2015/07/27/weston-noble-the-legacy-of-an-american-choral-giant -
Being transported by helicopter along with the missus to Sandringham today.
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This is completely outwith my comfort zone. I simply can't participate, sorry.
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So, How's Your 2017 Shortlist Looking?
YoungWillz replied to msc's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Good lad Rad! All my lists are done (I still count myself amongst the weaker predictors) and submitted except HPDP which is ready to go. Obviously I have to wait until next year to enter the Inverse DP, which is where I've been most successful. -
Why not just pick 20 survivors from the main Deathlist? Easy!
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So, How's Your 2017 Shortlist Looking?
YoungWillz replied to msc's topic in DeathList extra-curricular
Hmm, I don't see the Hare's DP mentioned, RadGuy. Don't make me put you on the naughty list... -
Ilse Aichinger: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/21/ilse-aichinger-obituary
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Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/21/ilse-aichinger-obituary
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I remember her from the remade Rag Trade and Waiting For God in particular.
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It's really annoying. Telegraph and Financial Times have also gone premium in respect of obits and the Indy is useless (and is being dropped anyway). So difficult to read about these people in any detail any more.
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wrong thread, nvm.
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Another case of having a BBC page but no obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3ea995ee-95dd-419c-8c84-dedb1362e54f Leo Marjane has an obit now: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/21/leo-marjane-french-singer-obituary/
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Now confirmed. He was 81. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/former-beatles-gig-promoter-sam-12354067
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Early Beatles promoter and would-be manager if it hadn't been for that pesky Epstein, Sam Leach, reportedly dead. https://www.facebook.com/beatlesappreciationsociety/posts/663251817189811
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Would definitely round off 2016 in an appropriate manner - Bowie, Prince and Gabor die, Trump elected, Charles accedes to the throne.
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Sir Dudley Smith: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/19/sir-dudley-smith-conservative-mp-obituary/ Lord Patrick Jenkin: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/21/former-tory-minister-lord-patrick-jenkin-dies-aged-90
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One of mine for the Scavenger Hunt! One thing the Tories ever did for me...
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Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life
YoungWillz replied to Davey Jones' Locker's topic in DeathList Forum
That'll be a BBC ObIt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38389507 -
Fran Jeffries has died aged 79. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/movies/fran-jeffries-an-actress-who-performed-a-sexy-samba-in-the-pink-panther-dies-at-79.html?_r=0 Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran_Jeffries IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420364/ Meglio Stasera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1b8lsjSG6c
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Sir John Digby Atholl Oakeley, 8th Baronet, who represented GB in sailing at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, has died aged 84. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/209271/oakeley Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oakeley Wiki (Baronetcy): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakeley_baronets
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People Who Are Dead According To Wikipedia...
YoungWillz replied to Vaagheid's topic in DeathList Forum
Kevin O'Morrison: https://www.yahoo.com/movies/kevin-omorrison-actor-set-sleepless-seattle-dies-100-224648181.html -
Round Up # 35 (Burning Christmas Tree Edition) Leo Marjane: https://forums.death...-club/?p=285447 (Carried Over) Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/12/21/leo-marjane-french-singer-obituary/ Brockway McMillan: https://forums.death...-2016/?p=285530 (Carried Over) Awaiting Obit. Michele Morgan: https://forums.death...-life/?p=285660 (Carried Over) BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38389507 Channan Petrides: https://forums.death...dying/?p=285699 (Carried Over) Awaiting Obit. Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/6027-thatchers-first-ministry/?p=285786 (Guardian Obit In Link) Ilse Aichinger: From the List Of The Lost Guardian Obit: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/21/ilse-aichinger-obituary Rick Parfitt: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/2297-rick-parfitt/?p=286340 (BBC Obit In Link) George Michael: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/2389-dead-pop-stars/?p=286538 (BBC Obit In Link) Edwin Reinecke: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8677-political-frailty/?p=286645 Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4066930/California-lieutenant-governor-tied-Watergate-probe-dies.html George S Irving: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8551-broadway-the-great-white-way/?p=286741 Awaiting Obit.
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Kate's cancer is back, according to her blog. Kate Bornstein tweets she is cancer free. https://twitter.com/katebornstein/status/809136708512059392
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I'm sure you have until midnight GMT on 30 December to post a team by PM to MPFC or post on the thread.
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20 years since Carl Sagan became one with the Universe aged 62.