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Because early in his term as Pope, Francis indicated that he would one day do the same.

Obit.

Ruth Adler Schnee appears to have died so looks like you have the next hit.

He’s thick as pigshit. He wouldn’t know how to troll ppl.

What an absolute mess. To think a lot of the girls fancied him when I was at school. He now looks like a bum who’d sell pencils out of a cup to you.

@gcreptile, is Steyn a 2023 DDP pick out of interest?

Mark Steyn also. He’s back to work next week but 2 big heart attacks in your early 60s is not good.

What's with your username on here? I don't get it.

GBNews is excellent for form spotting as they have a habit of "wheeling them out". John Sergeant is now one of the sofa commentators on a Tuesday. 79 in April. Looks the same as he did 15 years ago. That's not necessarily a compliment and I would have never expected him to live this long tbh. Jona Lewie was on talking about Christmas hits to Dr. Neil Fox 2 weeks ago. Doesn't look like someone who will see very old age. Though he is 76 in March and still very active so who knows? Angela Rippon, 78, now an occasional stand-in for Alastair Stewart, 70. Both seem great. David Starkey, 78, appears occasionally. Seems just about the same as he was 10 years ago. As does Ken Livingstone, 77. Rod Liddle stands out as someone who will be gone within 5 years. He's only 62, and yet on the heavy side. Whenever Dan Wootton brings him on, Liddle sits there chain smoking throughout the whole segment.

Actually, he's on GB News a lot these days, and they recently offered him a permanent place on one of the upcoming shows. I think he's fine.

Revealed on the UK Parliament website this morning that he retired from the House of Lords on 31st December. His place in that chamber and the power to make contributions meant a lot to him, so I would suggest this signals the end is nigh.

Prostate cancer really isn't a big killer in men aged 60+. You can have it treated and/or live with it for decades, and more than often something else will kill you first. Roger Moore, the last King of Thailand, Ronald Reagan, Tony Curtis, Desmond Tutu, Colin Powell all had prostate cancer earlier in life but died from other causes. Pat Robertson also had it and is (sadly) still with us.

This is Deathlist, not the Samaritans. Go and virtue signal elsewhere.

Yes, that's correct. Aka Ian. Not sure why he's now taken on a female persona, particularly when the account he's using gets virtually no engagement, but hey ho.

If we all listened to your advice, Sinead O'Connor would be at the top of the DDP Drop Forty every year...

Exactly. I applaud the open mindedness and warmness of younger people at almost always taking the words of others at face value. However, time has taught me to be sceptical. I'm only in my early 30s and yet I've met so many megalomaniacs/psychopaths/egotists who have tried to harm me, my friends or my family. These types feed off victimhood, when in reality they're the route perpetrator of the problems. As someone who knows scores of staff who work or have worked in the royal residencies, I'm not invested in what the press say about them. I base my perception off of what ppl who I trust have said of them. The accounts of Meghan are like horror stories – bullying, harassment, screaming, objects thrown. The staff turnover at Kensington Palace during their time in residence was horrific. Many left on their own accord, but Meghan had many babysitters, guards etc. sacked. They were scared of her – she showed them no respect and ordered them around as if they were her slaves. Recently elements of the press that were previously sympathetic are now turning on them. There are few commentators in the UK fighting their corner, other than that Scobie character. They're losing the battle and they ought to disappear into obscurity... which if you are gullible enough to believe their earlier statements about wanting privacy and evading the press, is what they should want(!) Agree to the above on the inconsistencies of what they say and them subsequently turning out to be false. If you have a quick Google you can find lists of lies they've told that have been exposed. The claim that they were secretly married in private by the Archbishop of Canterbury before their actual wedding is one that springs to mind. Very little respect left for Oprah Winfrey after that interview. She took everything that they said as fact and challenged nothing.

In unrelated news, I see Harry is all over Twitter today for trying to get sympathy for dressing up in a Nazi uniform (swastika armband included) when he was in his 20s. Claimed he didn't know what he was doing and he can't be blamed because he was invited to a party and somebody told him to dress like that. Always the victim and never to blame...

Disagree with this. 12 months ago I think this was the case. The most recent polls that have been carried out on this by YouGov etc. show the British public en mass have turned on both of them.

Times death notice for Roger Jenkins (wiki), British theatre and television director. Died on 21 December 2022, aged 91. TV credits include Howards' Way, Coronation Street, The Avengers, Poldark and Z Cars.

Times death notice for Bela Dekany, Holocaust survivor and classical violinist who was a former leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Died on 27 December 2022, aged 94.

@Gooseberry Crumble, there’s a more recent post on Facebook from 25 December 2022 confirming Dimmick is alive. She lives in Doncaster East, an area of Manningham, Victoria. In September 2015, both Marian (alternatively spelt Marion) and her husband John were hospitalised with flu. The local paper said that she was 82 then. So she’s turning 89 or 90 this year.

Lord Canoys (wiki) died this morning, aged 82. Hereditary peer and banker at Barclays who became the first Roman Catholic Lord Chamberlain since the Reformation. Also an early CEO of Amex. Telegraph obit.

The same potty mouth I kiss/lick/suck your mother with.

Full Telegraph and Guardian obits for Weldon. The extent to which they're prepped would suggest the media were anticipating her death.