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Report of the death of Ulysses, member of British hip-hop combo Hijack:
Signed by Ice-T, they hit #56 in the UK chart in January 1990 with The Badman Is Robbin:
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Sally Thomsett from The Railway Children and Man About The House is 74.
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Juan Vicente Perez QO: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-worlds-oldest-man-who-32498833
Brings us to 100 hits on the DDP.
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Stage Obit for Fred Van Buren, illusionist probably most famous for his vanishing motorcycle and rider trick: https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries--archive/obituaries/fred-van-buren-magician-illusionist
His son Andrew is also an illusionist.
Here is Fred doing the old fluorescent light penetration trick (oo-er, and whoo) (low quality off a black and white telly with no sound)
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Ray Lewis, former Deputy Mayor of London under Boris Johnson who Boris rewarded with a CBE in his resignation honours, reportedly dead: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boris-johnson-academy-bbc-city-hall-newham-b1149034.html
Not only were there allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him (he resigned), old Boris squashed any inquiry into those allegations - the things Wiki doesn't tell you.
Dear god, that and Boris' lusting after that American woman and misusing public funds allegedly to fund her, it's a wonder he hasn't been strung up by his bollocks by the hoi polloi.
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7.5 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan. Tsunami warning issued for Japan. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/taiwan-earthquake-magnitude-tsunami-warning-japan-okinawa
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Death notice for actress Diana Scougall aka Diana Walsh, aged 89: https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/walsh-notices_56507
A somewhat itinerant career on the tellybox. Second wife of rather better known Irish actor Dermot Walsh from whom she was divorced in 1974.
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3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:John Sinclair yet another faller: https://www.metrotimes.com/weed/rip-john-sinclair-dead-at-82-35899529
John Sinclair dropped by Made in Detroit's team from 2023, so @Death Impends the List of the Missed extends again: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2023/celebs_S.html#sinclaj022
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On 04/09/2017 at 01:44, Joey Russ said:One of the topics that I am the most interested in is the counterculture of the 1960's and early 1970's. There is just something about that era that always seem so fascinating to me, and makes me wonder what influential figures are still around from that era. So behold, I have made a list of people who have put in major influence from the counterculture in one way or another. I also do wonder which of these will be the last survivor of this group of very influential individuals. Anyways, here are the names:
Richard Alpert; professor, spiritual teacher; (1931 - 2019)
Bill Ayers; activist, professor; (1944 - )
Joan Baez; musician, activist; (1941 - )
Sonny Barger; Hells Angels; (1938 - )
Stewart Brand; environmentalist, author; (1938 - )
Tommy Chong; comedian, social critic; (1938 - )
Peter Coyote; Digger, actor; (1941 - )
David Crosby; musician; (1941 - )
Robert Crumb; underground comix artist; (1943 - )
Angela Davis; communist, activist; (1944 - )
Rennie Davis; activist, community organizer; (1941 - )
Bernadine Dorhn; activist (1942 - )
Bob Dylan; musician; (1941 - )
Daniel Ellsberg; whistleblower; (1931- )
Bob Fass; radio host; (1933 - )
Jane Fonda; actress, activist; (1937 - )
Peter Fonda; actor, activist; (1940 - 2019)
Todd Gitlin; activist; (1943 - )
Wavy Gravy; hippie, activist; (1936 - )
Alan Harber; activist, (DOB unknown - )
Hugh Hefner; publisher; (1926 - 2017)
Paul Krassner; author; (1932 - 2019)
Charles Manson; conspirator turned to mass murderer; (1934 - 2017)
Richard "Cheech" Marin; comedian, social critic; (1946 - )
Michael McClure; poet; (1932 - )
Barry Miles; author, impresario; (1943 - )
Ralph Nader; consumer advocate, author; (1934 - )
Graham Nash; musician, activist; (1942 - )
Jack Nicholson; screenwriter, actor; (1937 - )
Yoko Ono; musician, artist, activist; (1933 - )
Mark Rudd; activist; (1947 - )
Ed Sanders; musician, activist; (1939 - )
John Searle; professor, free speech advocate; (1932 - )
John Sinclair; poet, activist; (1941 - )
Dick Smother; musician, TV performer, activist; (1939 - )
Tom Smother; musician, TV performer, activist; (1937 - )
Gary Snyder; poet, writer, environmentalist; (1930 - )
Gloria Steinem; feminist, publisher; (1934 - )
Neil Young; musician, activist; (1945 - )
It wouldn't surprise me if they're all dead within 20 years tbh, but I suspect there will be a few hanging on in 2038...
John Sinclair yet another faller: https://www.metrotimes.com/weed/rip-john-sinclair-dead-at-82-35899529
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Maybe slot in the late Joe Flaherty into the BTTF II list @Genfærd?
It's not a small role, in fact, it's quite important.
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1 minute ago, ajlposh said:Must....include....name...for...search....purposes...on....unnamed....threads.
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4 minutes ago, TQR said:Haven't they admitted their jails are full and are having to release folk early to get more people in?
What's the point of jailing these folk? So they can let out a more serious offender?
Desperate.
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Trevor Griffiths, Manchester born playwright famous for his play Comedians and also for co-writing the screenplay for the Hollywood movie Reds (although he left the project with less than half of it done), reportedly dead: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr/02/trevor-griffiths-mancunian-marxist-whose-political-plays-deserve-revival
@Death Impends another addition to the List of the Missed, last picked in 2020: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_G.html#griftr
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Clint Hill for a giggle.
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Just now, TQR said:Fucking, fucking annoying if true. He's not on my A Chris Goodbye team.
It certainly appears true, on Midge's official FB and Twitter feeds.
Looks like Squid's Stiffs had some inside info on him to pick him. (Not eligible for my TOTP team anyway).
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Now it is still April Fool's Day but, Ultravox bassist and DDP pick Chris Cross aka Chris Allen is being reported dead:
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5 minutes ago, drol said:It seems everyone missed Ryzkhov's death.
I think @chilean way and @MortalCaso should both get points.
Curation of pools is such a bind, ha!
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Lou Conter a hit here for someone: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lou-conter-last-living-uss-arizona-survivor-after-pearl-harbor-attack-dies-at-102/
Edit: @MortalCaso I believe.
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On 08/10/2023 at 17:27, The Immortal said:Several Pearl Harbor survivors have died since my last update.
Bob Batterson died August 11th.
Joseph Eskenazi died September 9th.
Joseph Richard died September 27th.
With this in mind, these are the remaining survivors I know of.
Louis Conter (102) - USS Arizona survivor.
Ike Schab (103)
Herbert Elfring (100)
Horace Hamilton (99)
Sterling Cale (101)
Possibly alive?
Freeman Johnson (103) - No confirmation since 2021.
Right now 5 Pearl Harbor survivors I can confirm alive but let's wait for the Pearl Harbor anniversary to be sure, since that's when living survivors come up in the news.
Lou Conter reportedly dead: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lou-conter-last-living-uss-arizona-survivor-after-pearl-harbor-attack-dies-at-102/
Edit: DDP pick.
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DDP pick Cheryl Fergison has been in A&E for 24 hours, but out now: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13259523/EastEnders-Cheryl-Fergison-agony-NHS-hospital-dash.html
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Barbi Sargent (b. 1931), creator of the popular American Greetings character Strawberry Shortcake, being reported dead:
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2 minutes ago, Toast said:I was just about to make the same point. I mean, most people like cunts, don't they, or at least not hate them.
I have no idea.
I'm sure the lassie off Countdown could give us something to call them. Or we could make something up here and get it into common parlance.
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3 minutes ago, RoverAndOut said:Good news for Labour then, more money can be raised post-election. Not sure how Hunt's sums are going to add up in this case.
I say given the increase in Council Tax that England and Wales will experience, the increase in mortgage rates payable, the higher prices at the shops, etc etc experienced by the ordinary folk is causing real hurt. The increase in the minimum wage with nothing for business could mean businesses going down. No point in having a minimum wage if you aren't working because your boss has closed down.
Meantime, instead of bringing the non-dom changes in immediately, the super rich like Sunak do need time to get their affairs in order to screw the Treasury out of more money. I don't see the Councils giving Joe and Josephine Bloggs 4 fucking years notice of the increase to your Council tax. (Says he from the position where the Council Tax in Scotland has been frozen this year - sorry guys!).
So this is the UK's big lie. The Tories want you to have more money in your pocket. Untrue - they want to have more of your money in their pocket.
Yep, they've given up trying to hold onto power.
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Political Discussions And Ranting Thread
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Given the results of the last election, this could be a bit misleading. After all, a whole lotta Red Tory seats went Blue Tory last time out.
Nevertheless, Sunak's on record about taking money out of deprived urban areas and moving it to the traditional Tory voting areas.
Not sure what to do with this information, mind.