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Congrats DoorSlammer!

DoorSlammer's pick Virginia Patton is dead, but no QO yet.

It was actually me who mentioned her ill health, not Biblio. Though I'm not sure would she have gotten any more DDP traction anyway. For comparison, Phyllida Law, another aged British actress like Tewson, has been known to have Parkinson's for some time now, yet no one appears to have picked her in the DDP this year.

I believe he's the second oldest, after Barbara Young, who played Stella.

Crossposting the news of Josephine Tewson's death here. 11 regular cast members remain.

Josephine Tewson is a hit for me: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19560787/josephine-tewson-dies-keeping-up-appearances/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmaintwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1660919437-4 Next round: 1922 – Bernard Kalb / Margia Dean 1923 – Henry Kissinger / Yuriko, Princess Mikasa 1924 – William Russell / Siiri Rantanen 1925 – Jacques Delors / Phyllis Dalton 1926 – Tony Bennett / Helen Gallagher 1927 – Sidney Cooke / Cleo Laine  1928 – Peter Cellier / Ann Blyth 1929 – John Nettleton / Patricia Routledge 1930 – Roy Clarke / Sara Jane Moore 1931 – Don King / Barbara Young

Tewson's agency confirms she's dead: https://mobile.twitter.com/diamond_mgmnt/status/1560631805740322818 Sun obit: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19560787/josephine-tewson-dies-keeping-up-appearances/

Made a public appearance yesterday: https://www.seiska.fi/Kotimaa/Talta-nayttaa-Paavo-Lipponen-81-nyt-avaa-Seiskalle-kuulumisiaan-Terveys-on-stabiili/1176373 Says his health is stable, and looks quite well. However, I think this is the first time he has been seen using a walking stick. Swan posted an update to her blog last month. She is apparently doing a lot better now and the tumors in her brain have shrunk. She also had COVID in March.

Matti Lehtinen dead at 100: https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009010528.html

Yeah, it was a surprise for me too, despite his past health issues. It has now been confirmed he had liver and esophageal cancer. He apparently could have lasted two more years if he had surgery, but he refused all treatment.

Vesa-Matti Loiri dead at 77: https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008995585.html Had been diagnosed with two terminal cancers in January.

Crowdsourced DL survivors by year: 2016 – Jimmy Carter, Prunella Scales (2/50) 2017 – Jimmy Carter, Joanne Woodward (2/50) 2018 – Jimmy Carter, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Alberto Fujimori, Yoko Ono, Val Kilmer (6/50) 2019 – Jimmy Carter, Violeta Chamorro (2/50) 2020 – Jimmy Carter, Willie Nelson, Joanne Woodward, Prunella Scales, Eva Marie Saint (5/50) 2021 – Jimmy Carter, James Whale, Linda Nolan, Yoko Ono, Joanne Woodward, Prunella Scales, June Spencer, Eva Marie Saint, Noam Chomsky, Willie Nelson, Imelda Marcos (11/50) 2022 – Jimmy Carter, James Whale, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Milos Zeman, Yoko Ono, James Watson, Norman Tebbit, Dick Van Dyke, Douglas Hurd, Jake "the Snake" Roberts, Jean Marsh, David Graham (13/50) 2023 – Jimmy Carter, Joanne Woodward, Roberta Flack, James Whale, Linda Nolan, Eva Marie Saint, June Spencer, Dick Van Dyke, Ruth Buzzi, Nigel Starmer-Smith, Andy Taylor, Mel Brooks, Yoko Ono, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Norman Tebbit, David Attenborough, Noam Chomsky, Marianne Faithfull, Sonny Rollins, Stanley Baxter, Randy Jackson, James Earl Jones, James Watson, Vera Miles, Prince Edward Duke of Kent, David Graham (26/50)

Jussi Hakulinen, Finnish singer-songwriter and former member of rock band Yö, dead at 57: https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000008994171.html No cause of death confirmed, but he had suffered from prostate cancer in the past.

Lot of interesting teams indeed. Surprised no one picked Coronation Street or Last of the Summer Wine. Best of luck to everyone playing. My pick Steve Halliwell is born in 1946. His birth date on IMDB is incorrect.

Congrats MariNisia!

Replacing Nichelle with Giorgio Napolitano.

A – Martti Ahtisaari B – Bob Barker C – Keith Clifford D – Jacques Delors E – Taina Elg F – Frank Field G – Mikhail Gorbachev H – Steve Halliwell I – Ion Iliescu J – Jean Marsh K – Kris Kristofferson L – Leslie Phillips M – Marianne Faithfull N – Giorgio Napolitano O – Ozzy Osbourne P – Pervez Musharraf Q – Quincy Jones R – Ray Reardon S – Nigel Starmer-Smith T – Josephine Tewson U – Gudrun Ure V – Frankie Valli W – James Watson X – Xi Xi Y – Yoko Ono Z – Khaleda Zia EDIT: Nichelle Nichols dead, replaced by Giorgio Napolitano.

Napolitano again please.

Congrats Arghton! 1922 – Bernard Kalb / Margia Dean 1923 – Henry Kissinger / Yuriko, Princess Mikasa 1924 – William Russell / Siiri Rantanen 1925 – Jacques Delors / Phyllis Dalton 1926 – Tony Bennett / Helen Gallagher 1927 – Sidney Cooke / Cleo Laine  1928 – Peter Cellier / Ann Blyth 1929 – John Nettleton / Patricia Routledge 1930 – Roy Clarke / Sara Jane Moore 1931 – Don King / Josephine Tewson

Surely Gorby, Pelé and Benedict deserve spots if they survive the year? I think Jean Marsh would be a good addition as well, judging by the opening post of her thread by msc.

Submitted my team. Hopefully no one else will pick the same show, though I have a couple of back-ups just in case.

1987: Ozzy Osbourne (1/31)  1989: Frank Bruno, Mike Ditka, Ozzy Osbourne, Brian Wilson, David Jenkins (5/32)  1990: Queen Elizabeth II, Mike Ditka, Rex Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Terry Waite (5/42)  1991: Leo Beenhakker (1/40)  1992: Shaun Ryder (1/37)  1993: Tony Bennett, Henry Kissinger, George Lineker, Jerry Lee Lewis (4/56) 1994: Edmund White, Holly Johnson, Peter Shilton (3/50)  1995: Holly Johnson (1/50)  1996: Mr T (1/50)  1997: (0/50)  1998: (0/50)  1999: Nick Leeson, Carly Simon (2/50)  2000: Louis Farrakhan (1/50)  2001: Liza Minnelli (1/50)  2002: (0/50) 2003: (0/50)  2004: Pervez Musharraf (1/50)  2005: Hamed Karzai (1/50) 2006: (0/50)  2007: Tim Johnson, Louis Farrakhan (2/50)  2008: Russell Watson, Hamed Karzai, Charles Taylor (3/50)  2009: (0/50)  2010: Angela Lansbury (1/50)  2011: Ali Khamenei, Dick Cheney, Michael Douglas (3/50)  2012: Nigel Lawson, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (4/50) 2013: Henry Kissinger (1/50)  2014: Wilko Johnson, Dick Van Dyke, Tony Bennett (3/50)  2015: Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Jake Roberts (3/50)  2016: Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Tommy Chong, Leslie Phillips, Sandy Gall, Paul Gascoigne (7/50)  2017: Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Queen Elizabeth ll, Bob Barker, Sandy Gall, Pope Benedict XVI, Emperor Akihito (7/50)  2018: Linda Nolan, Bob Barker, Prunella Scales, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Henry Kissinger, Dick Van Dyke, Stanley Baxter, Mel Brooks, Pope Benedict XVI, Louis Farrakhan, Ronnie Wood, Olivia Newton-John, Joni Mitchell, Paul Gascoigne (15/50)  2019: Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, Bob Barker, Emperor Akihito, Alan Greenspan, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Harry Belafonte, Vanessa Redgrave, Cleo Laine, Loretta Lynn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Prunella Scales, Tina Turner, Shane MacGowan (15/50) 2020: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Tony Bennett, Harry Belafonte, Prunella Scales, Jacques Delors, Willie Nelson, Shane MacGowan, Dick Cheney, Imelda Marcos, Joanne Woodward, David Crosby, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pervez Musharraf, David Attenborough (21/50) 2021: Dick Van Dyke, Emperor Akihito, Loretta Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Bob Barker, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, Leslie Phillips, Jacques Delors, Ali Khamenei, David Crosby, Prunella Scales, Tony Bennett, Rosalynn Carter, Dick Cheney, Queen Elizabeth II, Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Barbara Walters, Pope Benedict XVI, Imelda Marcos, Yoko Ono, Linda Nolan, Joanne Woodward, Mel Brooks, Willie Nelson, Betty Boothroyd, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Raul Castro, Burt Bacharach, Stanley Baxter, Bernard Cribbins, Vanessa Redgrave, Shane MacGowan, Shannen Doherty (35/50) Updated for Bernard Cribbins.

Bernard Cribbins is a hit for Summer in Transylvania: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-28/bernard-cribbins-star-of-the-railway-children-and-doctor-who-dies-aged-93 Congrats! Next round: 1922 – Bernard Kalb / Margia Dean 1923 – Henry Kissinger / Yuriko, Princess Mikasa 1924 – William Russell / Siiri Rantanen 1925 – Jacques Delors / Phyllis Dalton 1926 – Tony Bennett / Helen Gallagher 1927 – Sidney Cooke / Cleo Laine  1928 – Peter Cellier / Ann Blyth 1929 – John Nettleton / Patricia Routledge 1930 – Roy Clarke / Sara Jane Moore 1931 – Don King / Josephine Tewson

As mentioned in the 20/20 + 1 thread, chilean way's pick Bruno Foresti is dead, but no QO yet.

Diana Kennedy is a hit for WEP: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/24/obituaries/diana-kennedy-dead.html Congrats! Next round: 1922 – Bernard Kalb / Margia Dean 1923 – Henry Kissinger / Yuriko, Princess Mikasa 1924 – William Russell / Siiri Rantanen 1925 – Jacques Delors / Phyllis Dalton 1926 – Tony Bennett / Helen Gallagher 1927 – Sidney Cooke / Cleo Laine  1928 – Peter Cellier / Ann Blyth 1929 – John Nettleton / Patricia Routledge 1930 – Roy Clarke / Sara Jane Moore 1931 – Don King / Josephine Tewson