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Pass what? If you mean "die", say so. I don't mind metaphorical euphemisms like fall off the perch or kick the bucket, but "pass" is such a spineless cop-out. This is the DeathList, not the PassList. We are better than that.

The one that really pisses me off is "sadly passed away" which is regurgitated as though it were a single word. How much quicker to say "died". I particularly dislike the positioning of "sadly" as it appears to refer to the deceased. It may be sad for others, but sometimes people are glad to go. It is much better to say "Sadly, X has died" or, if you are too spineless to say DIED, "Sadly, X has passed away". Time people stopped being scared of the words dead, died etc.

Sun 29 Sep 60 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon 60 Erasure — Blue Savannah +2 59 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love +2 46 EMF - Unbelievable 44 Erasure - Chorus 36 MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This -6 07 P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

Sun 29 Sep 83 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 74 Nat King Cole — Smile 61 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog +2 61 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel +2 50 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 21 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 12 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 10 Lou Busch — Zambesi 00 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues -6

I'm still trying to muster the courage to watch that. I watched it last night. Not what you'd call a feelgood family film, is it? Some of it was pretty icky and I was afraid it might give me bad dreams but it didn't , not so far anyway. I won't watch it again, but I'm glad I've seen it.

Olivia de Havilland got her Damehood when she was almost 101.

I'm surprised Colman isn't. She's in bloody everything. I can't stand her, there's something about her face that makes me want to punch it. I really, really hated her as The Queen. Of course we don't always know when an honour has been offered and declined.

Joanna Lumley Kristin Scott Thomas Virginia McKenna

Emma Thompson Julie Andrews Penelope Wilton Helen Mirren

That's a great top three. I neither love nor hate any of the others.

Sat 28 Sep 76 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 70 Nat King Cole — Smile 63 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel +4 56 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 55 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 21 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 19 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 16 Lou Busch — Zambesi -6 14 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues 08 Frankie Laine — Cool Water

Sat 28 Sep 60 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon 59 Erasure — Blue Savannah +4 56 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love 46 MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This -6 43 EMF - Unbelievable 36 Erasure - Chorus 11 Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine 11 P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss  10 Madonna - Rescue Me

Ah, I see - I misunderstood.

I think that there are some people I just don't want to die so I subconsciously avoid picking them. The only pool I had Maggie in was the 30/30 pool which started years ago.

I didn't have him, but don't the various motorsport magazines count as "respectable" sources? I would have thought Autosport would.

Spot on. I think more people would be familiar with Maggie Smith because of the range of films and programmes she appeared in. Not everyone followed Star Wars. (I saw the first one but never felt the desire to watch any more.) And JEJ wasn't recognisable in it.

HG Tudor thinks this is Boris embellishing facts because he has a book to sell.

Ditto.

Fabulous actress, a great loss.

Fri 27 Sep 60 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon 57 Erasure — Blue Savannah +4 56 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love 50 EMF - Unbelievable 45 MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This -6 28 Erasure - Chorus 27 Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine 17 P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss  16 Madonna - Rescue Me 

Fri 27 Sep 69 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 66 Nat King Cole — Smile 55 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel +4 51 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 48 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 28 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 27 Lou Busch — Zambesi -2 24 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 20 Nat King Cole — Pretend 20 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues 17 Frankie Laine — Cool Water 13 Mantovani — Swedish Rhapsody 08 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have A Party 00 Guy Mitchell — Cloud Lucky Seven -6

Thu 26 Sep 64 Dean Martin — That’s Amore 58 Nat King Cole — Smile 53 Elvis Presley — Heartbreak Hotel +4 45 Frank Sinatra — (Love Is) The Tender Trap 44 Elvis Presley — Hound Dog 35 Frankie Vaughan — The Green Door 28 Frankie Laine — Where The Winds Blow 23 Lou Busch — Zambesi -2 22 Nat King Cole — Pretend 22 Frank Sinatra — Learnin’ The Blues 20 Mantovani — Swedish Rhapsody 20 Winifred Atwell — Let’s Have A Party 20 Guy Mitchell — Cloud Lucky Seven 20 Frankie Laine — Cool Water 06 Frank Chacksfield — Terry’s Theme From ‘Limelight’ -4

Thu 26 Sep 55 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon +1 55 Erasure — Blue Savanna +1 53 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love +2 52 EMF - Unbelievable 50 MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This 30 Erasure - Chorus 29 Guns N’ Roses - You Could Be Mine 20 P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss  16 Madonna - Rescue Me  08 East Side Beat - Ride Like The Wind  06 Oceanic — Insanity 06 Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life -6

I've seen the name somewhere, but couldn't have told you who he is.

Seems it can't be found. There's another gruesome escalator one in the link though (the second one - the first one's a bit tame). https://unidentifiedweirdtv.co.uk/2020/08/23/the-doll-on-the-escalator-the-elusive-pif/comment-page-1/