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Don Bluth is 87.

9/12/2024 41 The Bangles — Walk Like an Egyptian 35 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 22 Tears for Fears - Mad World 22 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 15 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +1 15 Madness - Baggy Trousers +3 14 The Damned - Eloise -6

9/12/2024 51 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 50 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 45 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 40 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 39 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 38 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4 23 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 02 Paul Anka — Diana -6 Funny how the only living artists remaining are currently the bottom two.

Vasili IV of Russia died on this day 412 years ago, aged 59. - Vasili was a member of the Shuisky family, and claimed to be a direct 20th-generation descendant of Kievan Rus founder Rurik. - Vasili used his status as a noble to launch an investigation into the death of Dmitry of Uglich (the youngest child of Ivan the Terrible, and heir apparent to his older brother Feodor I), and believed it to be a suicide- note that Dmitry was only 8 years old. - Several impostors would claim to be Dmitry, with one even becoming tsar in 1605. Vasili would expose him as a fraud, and after the fake Dmitry was executed, Vasili's supporters would crown him as tsar. - Vasili had very little authority as tsar, with the only reason why his opponents did not oust him for four years was because they had no planned replacement for him. He would be peacefully deposed in 1610. - Vasili would be forced to become a monk after being deposed, and would then be brought to Poland where he died in exile. The first Romanov tsar, Michael, would recognize him as an official ruler, and would often request Poland to repatriate his body throughout his reign.

2 Chainz is 47.

9/11/2024 38 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 36 The Bangles — Walk alike an Egyptian 26 Madness - Baggy Trousers +3 25 The Damned - Eloise -3 22 Tears for Fears - Mad World 20 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +1 17 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 06 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes -3

9/11/2024 52 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 48 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 41 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 38 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 38 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4 32 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 26 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 17 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 14 Paul Anka — Diana 14 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon — Why Do Fools Fall In Love  00 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -6

Jessica Tandy died on this day 30 years ago, aged 85. - Tandy made her acting debut in 1927, often starring in Shakespearian plays on West End in the '30s. - Tandy would move to the US, and had notable appearances in films such as The Seventh Cross, A Woman's Vengeance, and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. - Tandy's stage career would continue after her emigration, and she earned three Tony Awards for A Streetcar Named Desire (1948), The Gin Game (1977), and Foxfire (1982). - Throughout her acting career, Tandy would often collaborate with Hume Cronyn, who she married in 1942. The two would see a resurgence in their careers in the 1980s by starring in movies that included Cocoon and Batteries Not Included. - In 1990, Tandy won her only Oscar for her role as the titular Miss Daisy of Driving Miss Daisy. At 80 years old, she was the oldest recipient of the Best Actress award. - The same year she won her Oscar, Tandy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and died after a four-year battle.

Moby is 59.

9/10/2024 44 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 35 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 32 Madness - Baggy Trousers +3 30 The Damned - Eloise 28 Tears for Fears - Mad World 23 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +1 14 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 08 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes -6

9/10/2024 47 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +2 46 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 46 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 43 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 37 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 30 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 28 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 20 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 16 Paul Anka — Diana  14 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon — Why Do Fools Fall In Love 13 Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls Of Fire +2 08 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -6

Richard Kiel died on this day 10 years ago, aged 74, - Kiel had a height of 7'2" (218 cm), which led to him often being typecast as intimidating villain characters. These would include Kanamit in The Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man", The Ghost (actually a Russian agent) in an episode of Gilligan's Island, the titular caveman in the 1962 movie Eegah, and most notably Jaws in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker: - Kiel was initially cast as Bruce Banner's alter ego in the 1977 The Incredible Hulk show, but was recast by Lou Ferrigno because the producers wanted a shorter, more muscular Hulk. Kiel did not mind this, finding the green makeup hard to wash off. - In later years, Kiel would act in several more-lighthearted films- among which included Happy Gilmore, the live-action Inspector Gadget, and Tangled- in the latter film he provided a few lines for tavern patron Vladimir: - Kiel would die three days before his 75th birthday.

Jose Feliciano is 79. "Prospero año y felicidad."

Long live the king... and Sith Lord. RIP.

9/9/2024 46 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 40 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 34 The Damned - Eloise 32 Madness - Baggy Trousers +3 28 Tears for Fears - Mad World 26 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +1 16 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 08 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes -6 08 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

9/9/2024 46 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 44 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 42 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +2 40 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 37 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 29 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 28 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 26 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 24 Paul Anka — Diana 24 Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls Of Fire +2 20 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon — Why Do Fools Fall In Love 16 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -6

Burgess Meredith died on this day 27 years ago, aged 89. - Meredith went by his middle name- his first name was Oliver. - Meredith's made his Broadway debut in a 1930 production of Romeo and Juliet, and was thrust into stardom in 1935's The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Decades later in 1974, he received a Tony Award nomination for a performance in Ulysses in Nighttown. - Meredith's first major film role was as George in the 1939 adaptation of Of Mice and Men. He would receive several award nominations in 1975 (most notably an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) for his role as Harry Greener in The Day of the Locust. His most memorable role, however, was as Mickey (pictured above) in the first three Rocky films. - On TV, Meredith was best known for four leading Twilight Zone roles, and as The Penguin in the Adam West Batman series: Some may also remember him for providing his voice to the titular Puff the Magic Dragon in a 1978 TV special adapting the song. - Meredith's final role before his death was (surprisingly) in a video game- voicing the Wofford brothers in the 1996 PC game Ripper. - At the time of his death, Meredith had been diagnosed with both Alzheimer's disease and skin cancer. He appeared on the DeathList only once, in 1997, the eighth hit of the nine that year.

Russell M. Nelson (current leader of the Mormon church) is 100.

9/8/2024 54 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 37 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill  35 The Damned - Eloise 35 Madness - Baggy Trousers +3 29 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time +1 28 Tears for Fears - Mad World 16 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes -6 16 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 12 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

9/8/2024 44 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4 44 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 42 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 34 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 32 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 31 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 30 Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls Of Fire 25 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 23 Paul Anka — Diana 23 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 23 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 20 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon — Why Do Fools Fall In Love 13 Elvis Presley — All Shook Up 13 Frankie Laine — I Believe 11 Guy Mitchell — Singing The Blues -3 00 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Starstruck -3

Queen Elizabeth II died on this day 2 years ago, aged 96. Going to do something a bit different today... I'm going to take you back down memory lane by recapping her final week as recorded by the forum (time zones are EST). September 1, 2022: Joke made about the queen dying before Boris Johnson can turn his duties over to incoming PM Liz Truss. September 2, 2022: Confirmation that she would no longer attend the Braemar Highland Games (scheduled for the following day). September 3, 2022: Speculation made that she may stay at Balmoral Castle permanently- which she did. Somehow leads to a semantics argument on the spelling of 'toerag'. September 6, 2022: Meets with Liz Truss to confirm her as PM. Everyone instantly notices the odd coloration of her hands (in her last picture): September 7, 2022: Cancels a privy meeting due to exhaustion. Makes her final written statement issuing condolences for the victims of the mass stabbing in Saskachewan. Nobody seems to think she's imminently on the way out. September 8, 2022: - 7:35 AM: TQR makes the announcement about Buckingham Palace's statement about her health. TV coverage begins with the palace's official announcement. - 7:44 AM: Repost from then-Twitter noting that Nadhim Zahawi "urgently" briefing Liz Truss. - 7:51 AM: Announcement that Prince William is heading to Balmoral. People finally begin to recognize her incoming demise and post sweepstake dates. - 8:48 AM: Announcement that Princess Anne, Prince Edward and the Archbishop of Canterbury are heading to Balmoral. - 11:10 AM: Queen Elizabeth II's recorded time of death. - 11:31 AM: First death rumor posted by Sean 20 minutes after it actually happened (still not announced). - 11:47 AM: Announcement that ITV to suspend normal programming indefinitely at 5 PM BST. - 1:30 PM: Thatcher (obviously) breaks the official announcement of her death. The forum's loading times slow to a crawl due to all the incoming user traffic, but are mostly back to normal within a few hours.

P!nk is 45.

9/7/2024 42 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +2 36 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover 32 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 30 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 30 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock +1 25 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 25 Jerry Lee Lewis — Great Balls Of Fire +1 23 Elvis Presley — All Shook Up 23 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon 22 Rosemary Clooney & The Mellomen — Mambo Italiano 22 Paul Anka — Diana 22 The Platters — Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 20 Guy Mitchell — Singing The Blues 20 The Teenagers ft. Frankie Lymon — Why Do Fools Fall In Love 20 Frankie Laine — I Believe 14 Alma Cogan — Dreamboat 12 Perry Como & The Ramblers — Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes 06 The Crickets — That’ll Be The Day -3 06 Mantovani & His Orchestra — The Song From Moulin Rouge -2 06 Rosemary Clooney — This Ole House -1

9/7/2024 48 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian +2 41 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 36 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time 36 Madness - Baggy Trousers 33 The Damned - Eloise +2 28 Tears for Fears - Mad World 22 Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes 14 Queen - A Kind of Magic 12 Tina Turner - We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) 10 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 06 Queen - I Want It All +4 00 Aztec Camera— Somewhere In My Heart -6 Probably a futile attempt to save I Want It All.

Billie Lou Watt died on this day 23 years ago, aged 77. - Watt was originally a stage actress before moving to radio voice acting in 1949, voicing the titular character of The Billy Bean Show. One of the only live-action roles following this was portraying Ellie Bergman in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1968 to 1981. - Watt would gain fame in the 1960s by providing voices to the titular characters of some of the first anime brought to the US- those being Osamu Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion and Astro Boy: Watt would also help writing lines for the English dub when needed. - Among other voice acting roles Watt was known for included Elsie the Cow in Borden Cheese commercials, and Eustace's mother in Courage the Cowardly Dog (her final role before her death): Watt died before Courage finished its run, and its fourth and final season was dedicated to her memory.