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Meta Velander is 100

Some names I can't seem to find anything on: Dagadu Bhamre - Indian marathon fraudster, born "8 January 1914" Died 2020 Xu Wenyi (许文益) - Chinese ambassador to Mongolia during the Lin Biao incident. Later served as ambassador to Lebanon. Born 1917.

Congrats @Bibliogryphon! 1924: Jimmy Carter / Kaiti Grey 1925: Mahathir Mohamad / Adele Addison 1926: Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927: L. K. Advani / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Joyce Hens Green 1929: Sam Nujoma / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Tippi Hedren 1931: Farouk Kaddoumi / Isabel Peron 1932: Frank Layden / Naina Yeltsina 1933: Amartya Sen / Yoko Ono

Confirmed

...and yet Nigel Starmer-Smith is on his third year of bedblocking

@time gets the first hit of the game with Chi Chi Rodriguez

Hockey coach Mike Sertich dead at 77. Picked in a few pools here, mostly by @gcreptile.

Billy Bean QO: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-executive-billy-bean-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-mlb-players-dies-at-age-60-after-battle-with-leukemia-213544708.html

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Congrats @ladyfiona!

All-time great cellist Antonio Meneses dead at 66.

Shame. He seemed like a good fellowe.

Thanks. Here are some more hits: Ysanne Churchman Bibliogryphon 6+1 Kenneth Grange Brad252 5+1 Abdul Duke Fakir LWCZ 6+1 Ray Lawler Bibliogryphon 7+1 Scoreboard gcreptile 19/50 BuffaloPhil 16/50 Max_bossetti 15/50 Book 15/50 The Immortal 15/50 CaptainChorizo 14/50 Prophet 14/50 Wannamaker 13/50 MariNisia 13/50 six feet blunder 12/50 Sean 11/50 Torva Messor 11/50 Philip 11/50 jonnythegamemaster 11/50 Steve 11/50 John Key 10/50 Ladyfiona 10/50 Diego 10/50 Markb4 10/50 Death Duke 10/50 Salmon Mousse 10/50 St3ve 10/50 Thatcher 10/50 Nick 10/50 polar duck 10/50 MrShadrak 10/50 DeathBecomesThem 9/50 Imelda 8/50 dimreaper 8/50 Joltin Joe 8/50 Charles De Gaulle 8/50 ThereWillBeDeaths7 8/50 Superstar 8/50 Heiheiheihei 8/50 Bibliogryphon 8/50 The Old Crem 7/50 Windsor 7/50 theoldlady 7/50 Perhaps 7/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 7/50 The Daredevil 7/50 TQR 7/50 LWCZ 7/50 LizLemon 6/50 livingbygrace 6/50 Grimgrass 6/50 Brad252 6/50 Hell 5/50 Morrisey 4/50 Johnnas 4/50 Arghton 4/50 Main Deathlist 4/50 Pop_Zeus 4/50 Redrumours 3/50 Earl 3/50 Khthonia 3/50 Zsa Zsa's leg 3/50 Tomtomtelekom 3/50 Gooseberry Crumble 1/50 Kissofdeath 1/50 Trome 1/50 Nasquacker 1/50

Nope, that's Apollo Flight Director Gerry Griffin (b. 1934)

Crossposting here: John Anderson dead at 92.

Here's a Benjamin Luxon QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/legendary-cornish-opera-singer-benjamin-151622763.html It came before Edna's. Do with that information what you will.

Edna O'Brien QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/edna-o-brien-irish-literary-164705973.html

Congrats! 1924: Jimmy Carter / Kaiti Grey 1925: Mahathir Mohamad / Adele Addison 1926: Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927: Doc Severinsen / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Joyce Hens Green 1929: Sam Nujoma / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Tippi Hedren 1931: Farouk Kaddoumi / Isabel Peron 1932: Frank Layden / Naina Yeltsina 1933: Amartya Sen / Yoko Ono

Israeli archaeologist Joseph Aviram died on this day 2 years ago, aged 106 (or 107). Aviram worked with the Israel Exploration Society for nearly 80 years, organizing expeditions at Hazor and Masada.

Austin McConnell had a stroke.

Congrats @Bibliogryphon 1924: Oscar Wyatt / Kaiti Grey 1925: Mahathir Mohamad / Adele Addison 1926: Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927: Doc Severinsen / Leontyne Price 1928: Harrison Ruffin Tyler / Joyce Hens Green 1929: Sam Nujoma / Imelda Marcos 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Tippi Hedren 1933: Farouk Kaddoumi / Barbara Barrie 1932: Frank Layden / Naina Yeltsina 1933: Amartya Sen / Julie Newmar

Former United States Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk dead at 73.

It's worth noting that his brother Yoni Netanyahu was the mastermind and only casualty of the most famous hostage rescue in history.

In that case, I think we should seriously consider Thirteenth Lady Verna Landrieu for the 2025 DeathList.