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Oliver Smithies, Medicine, 2007, dead at 91. http://uncnews.unc.edu/2017/01/11/oliver-smithies-carolinas-first-nobel-laureate-passes-away-91/ Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Smithies

Meanwhile, it's Brunhilde Pomsel's 106th birthday.

Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/01/11/buddy-greco-singer-pianist-obituary/

Former DDP pick Victor Lownes, formerly of UK arm of the Playboy empire, dead at 88. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38586226

Press conference is a car crash. Many many, great great, very very, beautiful beautiful, garbage and crap used by the prospective holder of high office. Still referring to himself in the third person.

Ahhh, only one answer to that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJPM18xKu0o

So, any reaction from Trump on social media to Obama's farewell speech?

Death Notice for Lady Anne-Louise Hamilton-Dalrymple aged 85. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/209992/hamilton-dalrymple Wife of Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, who is still about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Hew_Hamilton-Dalrymple,_10th_Baronet

Death Notice for Sir Simon Benton-Jones, 4th Baronet of Treeton, aged c.75. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/209897/benton-jones Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_baronets#Jones_baronets.2C_of_Treeton_.281919.29 Interestingly he played himself in an episode of American Princess: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2800532/

More on the dignity of his abdication: http://moderntokyotimes.com/?p=6402

Mysterious source claims he's on his way to the end: http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/10/charles-manson-is-on-his-way-out-prison-source-claims-6373714/ We'll see...

Clearing out my lists, might as well: 2016 12 Lords A-Leaving, 8 Ladies Dying (18/20) James Anderton; Bob Arum; Jean Barker; Leon Bernicoff (d. 2017); Jimmy Carter; Maureen Cleave; Lee Grant; Douglas Hurd; Freddie Jones; Gemma Jones; James W McCord Jr; Carol McGiffin; Vera Miles; Albert Moses (d. 2017); John Noakes (d. 2017); Mike Stoller; Gloria Vanderbilt; Henry Woolf. Comedy Cremations (18/20) Thelma Barlow; Stanley Baxter; Stephanie Cole; Billy Connolly; Barry Cryer; Ken Dodd; Sir Bruce Forsyth (d. 2017); Ricky Gervais; Terry Gilliam; Jackie Mason; Denis Norden; Paul O'Grady; Richard O'Sullivan; Pauline Quirke; B. A. Robertson; Jack Smethurst; Josephine Tewson; June Whitfield. Hits of 36 Years Ago And Hits Today (19/20) Jon Anderson; Benny Andersson; George Benson; Mike Berry; Buster Bloodvessel; Sheena Easton; Dave Edmunds; Bryan Ferry; Roberta Flack; Herbie Flowers; Bruce Foxton; Peter Gabriel; Chris "Merrick" Hughes; Fern Kinney; Kenny Rogers; Ray "Eye Patch" Sawyer; Saxa (Lionel Augustus Martin) (d. 2017); Barbra Streisand; David Van Day.

One of the very best at singing syncopation imo.

I see they dredged up a few for the Pop Quiz specials too. Nick Heyward still looked mighty damn fine. Mari Wilson? OMG! Ranking Roger definitely hasn't aged well though.

Counsel for the Defence rests. Fee-less. Ha ha. msc is right, it definitely sounds less clumsy. Branding is everything.

Oh I don't know, the Hare was fast and lost. The faster your hits come, the more likely you are to lose. That's what I thought anyway. (Superb defence of Deathray, there, my fee note is in the post!)

Thought I'd have a look at some of the articles written by "outraged of Fleet Street". The same people who with glee print stories of the ill health of say Ian Brady or Charles Manson. To paraphrase Orwell, it seems that some are more deserving of their impending death than others. As I think I've mentioned before, I really involve myself to learn about more people and their fascinating lives. I'd never have heard of Clare Hollingworth for example. It also prepares me for the sad passing of someone who may have been out of the spotlight for a while but who holds a special place for me, and the forum is also sometimes a virtual group hug when someone dear to many of us go. I'm not very good at predicting. That doesn't bother me in the side competitions as my best performance was in the Inverse DP (totally expected!). I find more comfort here than in the mainstream press.

Now we have 8 scoring teams out of 24 and 1 non-scoring team with everyone else awaiting their first hit. And it's the 10th of January! Slow and steady wins this one... Anyway, leaderboard soon towards the end of the month or when someone gets two hits, whichever is sooner.

Simon Weston???????

Wow, that is sharp. And an Inverse DP to follow...exciting...

Ok I'm in but hoping for a bye in the first round. And all the way to the final he he.

Now, here's a thought. If Poitier goes, would they end with him after the diversity controversy last year?

Dead. Properly big name in the field, so my wife tells me, though she thought he'd died years ago. Oops, forgot a link, here's one: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/renowned-polish-born-sociologist-zygmunt-bauman-dies-at-home-in-england-at-age-91-associate-in-warsaw-says/2017/01/09/ec18f446-d68d-11e6-a0e6-d502d6751bc8_story.html?utm_term=.86260206ba01

Dead.

On BBC News now...looks and sounds like hell.