polar duck

Because he's on the 2024 DeathList

Former Congressman George Nethercutt (R-WA) dead at 79. He ousted incumbent House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994.

Chabadnik rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky dead at 75.

I saw John Cleese on tour last night. He spent the evening showing film clips, telling Monty Python stories, and discussing his old age. He says that he had a pacemaker implanted six weeks ago. During the Q&A, an audience member asked him how long he had left to live. Cleese responded "I've probably got another seven or eight years. I'm not terribly scared to die, I just don't want to die yet."

Updated for Neil Goldschmidt.

Featured in Paddington 3 trailer. Looks fine.

Indicted on charges of embezzlement. Trial starts on 15 July.

I'd watched a few of his videos some years ago. They were very well put-together.

@WEP Russell M. Nelson is a duplicate pick

Kelly Hyland of Dance Moms diagnosed with breast cancer.

1924: Shmuel Kamenetsky / Betty Cooke 1925: Mahathir Mohamad / Reuma Weizman 1926: Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927: Sidney Cooke / Mindy Carson 1928: Harrison Ruffin Tyler / Ruth Westheimer 1929: Jürgen Habermas / Imelda Marcos 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Tu Youyou 1931: Irwin Winkler / Barbara Eden 1932: Bob Packwood / Naina Yeltsina 1933: George J. Mitchell / Julie Newmar

but is he crinkly?

Corey Williams gcreptile 12+1 Roger Corman markb4 5+1 MrShadrak 4+1 Etushispushingupdaisies 2+1 Alice Munro BuffaloPhil 7+1 MariNisia 6+1 Nick 5+1 Diego 5+1 polar duck 4+1 grimgrass 2+1 gcreptile 1st sub Gudrun Ure six feet blunder 8+1 MariNisia 7+1 Sean 6+1 MrShadrak 5+1 polar duck 5+1 Bibliogryphon 2+1 Death Duke 2nd sub Dabney Coleman CaptainChorizo 1st sub Frank Ifield MrShadrak 6+1 Richard M. Sherman DeathBecomesThem 6+1 Markb4 6+1 Heiheiheihei 3+1 Etushispushingupdaisies 3+1 Scoreboard gcreptile 13/50 The Immortal 11/50 Prophet 10/50 CaptainChorizo 10/50 Book 10/50 Max_bossetti 10/50 Torva Messor 9/50 six feet blunder 9/50 Imelda 7/50 BuffaloPhil 8/50 MariNisia 8/50 Philip 7/50 Wannamaker 7/50 Sean 7/50 MrShadrak 7/50 DeathBecomesThem 7/50 Markb4 7/50 Thatcher 6/50 Death Duke 6/50 Ladyfiona 6/50 jonnythegamemaster 6/50 dimreaper 6/50 Steve 6/50 Joltin Joe 6/50 John Key 6/50 Nick 6/50 Diego 6/50 polar duck 6/50 The Old Crem 5/50 LizLemon 5/50 Salmon Mousse 5/50 St3ve 5/50 ThereWillBeDeaths7 5/50 Charles De Gaulle 5/50 The Daredevil 4/50 Perhaps 4/50 theoldlady 4/50 TQR 4/50 Windsor 4/50 Heiheiheihei 4/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 4/50 Main Deathlist 3/50 LWCZ 3/50 Superstar 3/50 Grimgrass 3/50 Bibliogryphon 3/50 livingbygrace 2/50 Khthonia 2/50 Morrisey 2/50 Johnnas 2/50 Brad252 2/50 Hell 2/50 Redrumours 2/50 Earl 1/50 Zsa Zsa's leg 1/50 Arghton 1/50 Tomtomtelekom 1/50 Gooseberry Crumble 1/50 Pop_Zeus 0/50 Trome 0/50 Kissofdeath 0/50 Nasquacker 0/5

Speaking of which, has there been any update on Princess Bajrakitiyabha of Thailand since her heart attack?

I'll take Violeta Chamorro

Any time, eh? 1924 - Shmuel Kamenetsky / Betty Cooke 1925 - Mahathir Mohamad / Reuma Weizman 1926 - Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927 - Doc Severinsen / Mindy Carson 1928 - James Watson / Ruth Westheimer 1929 - Jürgen Habermas / Imelda Marcos 1930 - Theodore McCarrick / Tu Youyou 1931 - Irwin Winkler / Barbara Eden 1932 - Bob Packwood / Naina Yeltsina 1933 - George J. Mitchell / Julie Newmar

TBF, an 86 year old with a laundry list of sports injuries didn't even make the DDP.

Thread for current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He had heart surgery last year, his country is at war, and he's been at the center of political scandals for decades.

Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., one of the more notable Americans captured in the Iranian Hostage Crisis, died earlier this month at 93.

I assumed Francis Ford Coppola had his own thread for years. He's 85 years old and directed some of the most iconic films ever made.

Dabney Coleman is a hit for @tracy.

I was going to post here anyways, so I'll kill two birds with one stone: January: Norman Jewison February: Carl Weathers / Nikolai Ryzhkov March: Joe Lieberman April: OJ Simpson May: Ebrahim Raisi June (so far): Bill Anders

Alice Munro straight to QO: https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/14/alice-munro-nobel-winner-and-titan-of-the-short-story-dies-aged-92

Its "rival" site Movie Dude is back up.