polar duck

That's a generous understatement

Most of Woodward's personal belongings are being auctioned off this June. It seems like she won't be needing them for much longer.

It's crazy how this site is able to report celebrity deaths several minutes before Wikipedia does.

His brother was the right-wing writer William F. Buckley.

Chaim Topol is a hit for me and about a dozen others.

Prince Hitachi of Japan has been discharged from the hospital in stable condition. He is scheduled to have surgery later this month due to a ureteral obstruction.

What is the purpose of "status updates" on this site?

A video of Dick hanging out with Norman Lear (28) and Mel Brooks (10). The meeting purportedly happened last month.

Norman Lear in a video last week making me regret my Shadowlist

1977 hits: Bing Crosby, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, Clementine Churchill, Anthony Eden, Joan Crawford, Wernher von Braun, Peter Finch, Zero Mostel, Ethel Waters, Vladimir Nabokov, Felix Gouin, Archibald Hill, Jean Hagen, and Elvis Presley.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D - PA) successfully underwent surgery for prostate cancer yesterday.

per The Guardian, "Other Lives" obits are for "people less in the public eye, or lives lived beyond formal recognition."

There are two main reasons why people target Kissinger in particular: 1 - "The Trial of Henry Kissinger" by Christopher Hitchens 2 - it fits the alt-right's narrative of there being an International Jewish Conspiracy

Kissinger made another public appearance yesterday to deliver a thirty-minute speech. He looks like hell, but I think he can make it long enough to see 100.

I was looking over my list and realized I accidentally made a typo. Shortly afterwards, I noticed a few more mistakes: 38 - John Voight -> Jon Voight (misspelled) 29 - Raul Castro -> Raúl Castro (missing diatrics) 39 - Refrigerator Perry -> William "Refrigerator" Perry (added nickname) 32 - Harrison Ruffin Tyler (grandson of former U.S. president John Tyler) -> Harrison Ruffin Tyler (no need for specifics)

Tony Award winner Frank Galati died last night at the age of 79.

The drummer Jeremiah Green died yesterday evening.

2023 list: Tony Bennett Roger Corman Bob Newhart Ehud Olmert Henry Kissinger Bob Barker Norman Lear Willie Mays Berry Gordy Gene Hackman John Williams Roman Polanski Joanne Woodward Clint Eastwood Vladimir Putin Jimmy Carter Alan Bergman Harry Belafonte Alan Greenspan Chaim Topol Buzz Aldrin John Astin James Earl Jones Noam Chomsky Frances Sternhagen Nikolai Ryzhkov Prince Edward, Duke of Kent Jane Fonda Raul Castro Dick Cheney Rosalynn Carter Harrison Ruffin Tyler (grandson of former U.S. president John Tyler) David Irving (Holocaust denier) Alan Alda Larry Lieber Hayao Miyazaki Michael Caine John Voight Refrigerator Perry Robert Duvall Louis Farrakhan John Romita, Sr. Lars Von Trier Werner Herzog Pat Buchanan Jane Goodall Bill Cosby Frank Serpico Bob Dylan John Cleese Substitutes: Billy Dee Williams Quincy Jones James Brolin Judd Hirsch Randy Quaid