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Updated for the death of Bobby Rydell. Chubby Checker lives on and will be 81 in October...

Dead. Drought over.

When Kane dies, I feel it's my civic duty to warn her family to keep her casket closed at all times given there are a few DL members who may show up and have a tug over her.

Dame Margaret Beckett has joined Harriet Harman in announcing that she will retire at the next election. Which means Diane Abbott will wear the informal title "Mother of the House". Christ.

Yefrem Sokolov (wiki), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (1987–1990) dead at 95.

Sidney Poitier KBE Monica Vitti Gail Halvorsen Tom Parker June Brown OBE 5/50

Updated for the death of C. W. McCall.

Updated for the death of Fred Johnson.

Dead. On the BBC breaking news alert.

When did you last get laid? Serious question.

Can you please fucking stop?

William Powell (wiki), Tory MP for Corby ('83–'97), dead at 73. [paywalled link]

Coroner rules that Max Mosley shot himself after learning his cancer was terminal.

Hans Trummer dead at 101. Either 2 or 4 left now.

Tweet reporting the death of Ralph Anspach (wiki), aged 96. Invented Anti-Monopoly, which subsequently caused a few interesting legal battles.

Quite interesting looking at the reactions. Most of the UK-based members seem to have clocked that it was dark humour... others not so much.

Looks very good in these latest pics.

Times obit for Vera Gissing, Czech-born British writer, aged 93. One of the 669 children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton during WWII. She was the one who appeared directly next to Winton in the audience on the That's Life episode in '88.

Mario Gigante (wiki), New York mobster and member of the Genovese crime family, dead at 98. Brother of the far more notable Vincent "The Chin" Gigante (wiki, 1928–2005). To my knowledge, he was the oldest notable member of any of the U.S. crime families. Only one of the Gigante brothers left alive – Louis Gigante (wiki), who was a Catholic priest and stayed out of organised crime but is alleged to have sexually abused young boys. I can't find an age for him anywhere.

Updated for the death of Barry Bailey. 4/6 of them dead short of life expectancy... spooky.

Thanks, and using that info I've found the corresponding GRO record. That particularly Elizabeth Morgan was born in 1953 so definitely not the actress!

Guardian obit for Jeremy Child.

American dancer and choreographer Yuriko (wiki) dead at 102. NY Times obit. Also had a few films credits during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Times death notice for British actor and director Kenneth Ives (wiki), aged 87. A prolific face on television, despite the fact that his credits only spanned from 1965 to 1973. Worked as a director for the BBC until his retirement in 1987. Notice copy and pasted into spoiler below.

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