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No, they’re not verified. One is in Russia. Not sure of the other you’ve come across?

Glasgow had the Commonwealth Games and COP26 only recently. You can’t have it all sunshine!

Waiting for @YoungWillz to declare Sassenach stitch up. Supposedly Susan Aitken, SNat head of Glasgow Council was briefing the Scottish media that Glasgow had won it. Silly bint. EDIT: Didn’t have to wait. He beat me to it!

He’s George Dubya 2.0

Telegraph obit for Captain Vyvyan Howard clarifies that he was the last Brit involved in The Great Escape. So now they really are all gone.

Part 6: 2007–2008 David Ervine (1953–2007; 53) Politician, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (2002–2007); died from a heart attack and stroke Brian Williams (1960–2007; 46) Rugby union player (Neath, Wales); died from a heart attack Steven Pimlott OBE (1953–2007; 53) Opera and theatre director; died from lung cancer Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007; 53) Peace activist, chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1993–1996); died from septic shock Isabella Blow (1958–2007; 48) Fashion magazine editor, discovered Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl; committed suicide James Oyebola (1961–2007; 46) Boxer, British heavyweight champion (1994–1996); murdered Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007; 47) Writer (A Swift Pure Cry, Bog Child); died from breast cancer Ray Jones (1988–2007; 18) Footballer (Queens Park Rangers); died in a car accident Jane Tomlinson CBE (1964–2007; 43) Charity campaigner; died from breast cancer Byron Stevenson (1956–2007; 50) Footballer (Leeds United, Birmingham City, Wales); died from throat cancer Colin McRae MBE (1968–2007; 39) Rally driver; died in a helicopter crash Kevin Greening (1962–2007; 44) Radio presenter (Radio 1 Breakfast); died from a drug-induced heart attack Phil O’Donnell (1972–2007; 35) Footballer (Motherwell, Celtic, Scotland); died from a cardiac arrest Natasha Collins (1976–2008; 31) Actress and model; died from a cocaine overdose Jason MacIntyre (1973–2008; 34) Racing cyclist; died in a car accident Michael J. Todd (1957–2008; 50) Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (2002–2008); died from hypothermia Anthony Minghella CBE (1954–2008; 54) Film director and screenwriter; died from a haemorrhage following cancer surgery Mark Speight (1965–2008; 42) Television presenter (SMart); committed suicide Mark Kendall (1958–2008; 49) Footballer (Newport County, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur); died from a heart attack Robert Dunlop (1960–2008; 47) Motorcycle racer; died in a racing accident Rob Knox (1989–2008; 18) Actor (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince); murdered Ernie Cooksey (1980–2008; 28) Footballer (Rochdale, Oldham Athletic, Crawley Town); died from melanoma Craig Jones (1985–2008; 23) Motorcycle racer; died in a racing accident Bob Humphrys (1952–2008; 56) Broadcaster (BBC Wales), brother of John Humphrys; died from lung cancer Geoffrey Perkins (1953–2008; 55) Comedy producer, writer and presenter; died in a car accident Gary O’Donnell GM (1968–2008; 40) British Army officer, twice awarded the George Cross; killed by an IED in Afghanistan Ian Anderson (1954–2008; 54) Footballer (St Johnstone, Dundee) Michael Lee (1969–2008; 39) Rock drummer (The Cult, Thin Lizzy, Robert Plant); died from an epileptic seizure

The British press called her “Chemical Sally”.

Obit for Schmidt-Couttet.

Officially denied. Likely she is ill though. Not a bad idea for a 2023 DDP pick, along with Comical Ali.

A drop for next year?

Even better. In that case I definitely will create one.

It does fit here. I was just quoting the answer to your question.

Worth noting that Loretta Lynn was the earliest inductee of the County Music Hall of Fame who was still living. She was inducted in 1988. That title now goes to Willie Nelson, 89, who was inducted in 1993. The other living inductees from the 1990s are Brenda Lee, 77 (1997), Bud Wendell, 95 (1998), and Dolly Parton, 76 (1999).

Your bezzie, SC, has been posting plenty and you haven't been acknowledging any of them!

Pebbles (wiki mention), Guinness World Record holder for the world's oldest dog, dead at 22. @Paul Bearer, can this thread please be moved to general? I enjoy posting in here but I get the impression a lot of folk don't see it in extra-curricular.

Photos of the UK's oldest living people Ethel Caterham and Rose Eaton from their 113th birthdays in late August. Rose (bottom set of pictures) is STILL living at home independently (with occasional visits from carers). That's crazy! They're the only living people to have been subjects of SIX monarchs – Edward VII, George V, Edward VII, George VI, Elizabeth II and now Charles III.

Source?!

And now Franca Fendi has died aged 87. 3 of the 5 Fendi sisters remain. Anna Fendi (wiki), who is 89, is the most prominent. Paola Fendi is the oldest, at 91. Alda Fendi is the youngest, at 82.

I like this one. "Loretta not getting better" rhymes. Well almost. It depends how you say it.

He was actually born in December 1928. Alive. Photo of him from June 2018. Looks pretty good there. Given his career in the IAS, as well as a prolific author, I doubt he will die off radar.

Alive. Photo of him meeting someone in April 2016. There are also happy birthday posts from January 2022, all referring to him in the present.

Alive in May 2021, though both posts describe him as being in dire health. Photo of him in hospital, dated 17 May 2021. News agency Gaam Ghar announcing that he's in ICU, 18 May 2021. Nothing since then, so presumably made a miraculous recovery, of course.

Viswanathan Ratnam died from COVID-19 on 23 May 2020, at the age of 87. News report here.

Still alive I would say. He published books in 2010 and 2017. In his 2010 book, he gives his own birth as "April 1935".