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  1. Posted

    5 minutes ago, The Watcher said:

    Presumably the oldest now must be Brian Murphy who played Alvin. I expect being married to one of the Yellowcoats keeps him sprightly. Spike's loss is Alvin's gain!

     

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

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  3. Posted

    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

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  4. Posted

    1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:

    Heartbeat TV also deleted their tweet. Probably a hoax or tied into Bruce Montague's recent passing, but I did find it hard to believe until the now deleted tweet turned up.

     

    Long live Jo...until the inevitable.

    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/

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  5. Posted

    On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said:

    4. Paavo Lipponen (1941-) Prime Minister 1995-2003, impressive history of heart problems

    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.

     

    On 04/09/2021 at 20:28, arghton said:

    5. Astrid Swan (1982-) Musician and singer, incurable cancer

     

    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.

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  6. Posted

    On 24/04/2022 at 12:45, arghton said:

    Finnish opera singer, "Finland's national baritone" Matti Lahtinen is 100 today. Couldn't find a proper article yet, but lots of people on Twitter and Facebook are wishing a happy birthday to him and he's someone who won't die off-radar, especially as he's still very active. 74-year career, there's a lot of his songs on youtube

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

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  7. Posted

    4 hours ago, arghton said:

    Massive name in Finland, genuinely suprised he's dead. Even though he was quite a hellraisrr and had been very slowly dying for ages, as I once mentioned in the Immortals thread:

    Rest in Peace. Raymond Briggs who made the story, characters for my favourite animated film and Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of my favourite actors, horrible day this far

     

    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.

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  9. Posted · Edited by Grimgrass
    Updated for Bob Newhart

    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)

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  11. Posted

    Lot of interesting teams indeed. Surprised no one picked Coronation Street or Last of the Summer Wine.

     

    Best of luck to everyone playing.

     

    10 hours ago, MortalCaso said:

    Please double check my list for any issues with your submission (spelling or birth date especially).

    My pick Steve Halliwell is born in 1946. His birth date on IMDB is incorrect.

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  12. Posted

    On 30/07/2022 at 21:47, Grimgrass said:

     

     

    1922 – Bernard Kalb / Margia Dean

    1923 – Stan Waterman / Louise Meriwether

    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

    Congrats MariNisia!

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  14. Posted

    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.

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    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

  17. Posted

    17 minutes ago, drol said:

    Juan Ponce Enrile finally... 

     

    takes oath as chief legal counsel. And looks very good too.

    Enrile takes oath as President's chief legal counsel | The Manila Times

     

    @arghton and anyone else, suggestions for 2023? I'd surely add dr NakaMats, Milan Kundera, Gershon Edelstein, Zagallo if he survives. I always tend to forget some notable performances. Anyway Yuriko, JPE and Satya Mohan Joshi have gone beyond human possibilities this year. These fuckers would not die even if repeatedly shot in the head.

     

    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.

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  19. Posted

    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.

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  20. Posted

    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

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  22. Posted

    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

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  25. Posted

    43 minutes ago, arghton said:

    Antti Litja, Finnish screen and stage actor dead at 84:

    https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/0bca074d-5fa3-47f9-846f-1979d4134b29

    Imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514382/

     

    Most known for his role as The Grump. 

     

    Sad to hear this. He was great in The Grump, though the role (and the publicity that followed) must've been quite strenuous for him, as he had the career-ending stroke fairly soon after it premiered.

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