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Turns 100 today. Here to welcome him to the 100 Club is Billy Joel:

Lars Vilks (wiki), Swedish cartoonist targeted by Islamists for his controversial drawings of the prophet Muhammad, dead at 75 following a car accident. Picked in previous years in the DDP.

Jorge Medina (wiki), Chilean cardinal, dead at 94.

Byther Smith (wiki), American blues vocalist and guitarist who collaborated with the likes of Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf, dead at 89.

Dana Bumgardner (wiki), U.S. politician who had served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since 2013, dead at 67 from liver cancer.

Worth noting also that Samuel Lombardo died in June, aged 101. The four 100-year-old World War II veterans who participated in the coin toss at Super Bowl LIV in Feb 2020: Odón S. Cardenas (b. 1919) Samuel Lombardo (1919–2021) Charles E. McGee (1919–2022) wiki Sidney Walton (1919–2021) wiki

That really wasn't that fun.

Tomorrow's Daily Star. 90-year-old Frank Williams still well enough to declare war on the BBC for censoring episodes of Dad's Army.

More questions being raised about Matthew Perry's health in the tabloid press. Seems to be trying to pull it back together post-addiction by doing intense gym sessions. New photos in there which reveal his big weight gain.

Elder Ted E. Brewerton (wiki), a general authority of the Mormon Church, dead at 96. The oldest living general authority is currently Elder Robert L. Backman (wiki), who is 99.

What the Scottish Sun have carefully omitted to make this news is that Louisa Wilson died 2 months ago. With the recent deaths of Janet Mackay (d. Feb, 110), Ella Vlandy (d. Jul, 107), Louisa Wilson (d. Aug, 109) and Ellen Gardner (d. Sep, 108), Scotland is now left with just two people aged 107+ (I personally can’t remember it ever being so few). They are: Marion Dawson b. Jan 1913 (108) lives in Johnstone, Renfrewshire Elsie Skene b. Sep 1914 (107) lives in Insch, Aberdeenshire

Who knew that Weegies were capable of living to such ages? She must’ve taken it easy on the munchy boxes.

Fred Hill (wiki), England player back in 1962 who also made appearances for Bolton Wanderers, Man City, Halifax etc., dead at 81.

Adelina Santos Rodriguez (wiki), Filipino politician who was Mayor of Quezon City (1976–1986), supposedly dead at 101.

Telegraph obit for Barry Ryan. Died of lung disease. His twin died of lung cancer iirc.

Do your jokes register as funny in your head before you type them?

Can't find a single mention of him on the Forum ever, which is surprising given his prominence and age, but anyway... Carlisle Floyd (wiki), American opera composer, dead at 95. NY Times obit. There's a big centennial celebration scheduled in 2026 for him. I guess he won't be attending then?

Businessman and fraudster John Rigas (wiki) not flying so high now, because he's dead at 96.

I was aware of the existing link. I was actually making the point that all posters should share a link/source when they're announcing a death. Anyway... just 2 cardinals still alive who were too old to vote in the 2005 conclave: *Józef Tomko (b. 1924) *Alexandre do Nascimento (b. 1925)

Richard J. Eden (wiki) dead at 99. There's an obit in The Times supposedly but can't access it because of the c**ting paywall.

Link please!

Thanks for the suggestions. I think this is a pretty respectable list now. I've just discovered fiddler Violet Hensley, who will turn 105 next month, which in itself is pretty remarkable! ------------------------------------------------------------------- A note on Mitchell Torok though – several years ago, edits were made to his Wiki page by someone claiming to be his son-in-law to say he died of cancer on November 16, 2017 in Alvin, Texas, aged 88. There is nothing on Google, Facebook or Ancestry about this. Though I note that he doesn't appear on Clustrmaps in the residency records, which is odd (his birth name was Mitchell Joseph Torok). Somebody echoed this death rumour yesterday in the comments section here, confidently stating he died in 2017. The man had two songs at the top of the U.S. Country charts, and a #6 hit in the UK (albeit wayyy back in 1956)... he even toured the UK in 1957. Could he really have died off radar? EDIT: Just found this. An obituary for Mitchell's older brother William, stating that Mitchell Torok predeceased him! Unbelievable.

Updated entries for Barry Ryan and Paul and Barry Ryan. Neither twins nor their mother Marion reached life expectancy.

Karan Armstrong (wiki), American operatic soprano, with some acting credits in German-language film and TV, died yesterday in Marbella, Spain, aged 79. Married to German opera and theatre director Götz Friedrich (wiki, 1930–2000).

Mike Agassi (wiki), Iranian-born American Olympic boxer, dead at 90. Also the father/coach of tennis player Andre Agassi (b. 1970).