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Updated. A bit of a strange one. I did ask myself if he was at risk of dying in relative obscurity/off radar only for us to hear of his demise weeks/months later but that's super quick reporting. He was assaulted in the 1967 under very mysterious circumstances and suffered head injuries as a result. Remembered nothing of the incident but eventually returned to performing in '69 but by that point his famed had dwindled and he was soon forgotten about by the mainstream. Edit: A pick for two teams in the DDP! Obit guaranteed.

No. I think he was still seasonally visiting family in India as recent as a few years back. That’s maybe where the confusion lies. He moved to the U.K. in the 1960s, and as of August 2020, still lived in Goodmayes, which is a part of Ilford in London.

Singh has lived in the U.K. now for 7 decades. I wouldn’t consider him Indian, unless your list is based on birth alone or ethnicity/race.

Mentioned by @arghton here. I think it's been a while since this point was stressed, so worth mentioning again: IF news of their death is being posted in a thread that is not their own (e.g. Deaths in 2021, ALS etc.), please include the name of the person you're talking about in your post so that it's searchable for other members, and most importantly easy to find for the people trying to run the DDP.

Sinclair Hood (wiki), British archaeologist known for his excavations in Greece, dead just short of 104 (obit in Greek). A DDP pick for original Theme Team League winners Gray Panthers.

Polish singer Maria Koterbska (wiki) dead at 96.

Does being opposed to abortion, including for moral, religious and spiritual reasons, automatically make you a bigot?

I’m genuinely surprised at the lack of aged 95+ picks on the DDP this year given that the new rules now strongly favour unique picks. There’s going to be a lot of older DDP misses coming up.

Hmmm... I don’t think either of them are in the same ballpark. I used the “2021” page on Wikipedia. Names listed there need to have a minimum of 9 international Wiki pages for notability standards.

Significant deaths to date this year, so far... Big names on a worldwide fame level: Phil Spector (and the only name I'd consider a "DL miss" to date) Other notable mentions: Gerry Marsden, Tanya Roberts, Albert Roux, Colin Bell, Michael Apted, Tommy Lasorda, Sheldon Adelson, Siegfried Fischbacher, Sylvain Sylvain 2/3 of the way through Jan. Not exactly encouraging given that Jan is generally the coldest and harshest month in terms of death numbers in the northern hemisphere.

American photographer Tony Vaccaro (wiki) is one to watch. 99 this year and recently survived COVID-19: "ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Vaccaro reigns as one of the few people to have battled both COVID-19 and the beaches of Normandy. The photographer will celebrate his 98th birthday with a virtual show at Santa Fe’s Monroe Gallery of Photography through Jan. 17, at monroegallery.com. Vaccaro contracted Covid early in the pandemic – in April. He spent two days in the hospital." He'll obit too.

Sammy Nestico (wiki), American jazz composer and arranger for the Count Basie Orchestra, died this morning aged 96 according to his Facebook page. Expect a Grauniad obit.

Gov decided to keep GDPR laws in place for now. They may revisit it at some point though, as I'm sure a lot of laws will be revisited. Mind you, I don't think it's exactly a priority right now given this pandemic. *sigh* Probably in for a long wait. Wish more U.S. sites would get it seen to in the meantime though.

Article is blocked by Euro data laws so here it is copy and pasted: To the Zoom, Trixie! Pandemic-era series “The Honeyzoomers” got a stamp of approval from Joyce Randolph — the only remaining cast member of the iconic sitcom “The Honeymooners,” which also starred Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows. “I’ve heard about it and I think it’s a wonderful idea,” she said of “The Honeyzoomers.” “I wish them luck.” The web series created by playwright Charles Messina has posted 35 episodes online and has four more in the works. That will match the output of the “Classic 39″ half-hour episodes of “The Honeymooners,” which inspired Messina’s black-and-white comedy series, shot during the COVID lockdown. Actors worked from home and their scenes were edited together. Randolph, 96, told the Daily News she tuned in to a New Years Eve “Honeymooners” marathon and enjoyed reruns of the show, which ran from October 1955 to September 1956 and has continued to crack up new generations of fans. While Randolph recalled “The Sleepwalker” episode fondly — where Carney’s character wrestled with sleep issues — she’s hard-pressed to pick a favorite. “Any one where I had more that four or five lines is a favorite,” she joked by phone from her home on the Upper West Side, where she’s lived for 60 years. According to Randolph, asking Gleason to give her Trixie Norton character more lines was never a consideration. “You don’t even talk to Jackie, let alone ask for anything,” she said. “He didn’t talk much and he didn’t like to rehearse much.” Randolph recalls a hectic “Honeymooners” work schedule that saw 39 episodes filmed in under a year. She said there wasn’t a lot of chitchat among cast members, though everyone showed up on Saturdays ready to film the hit CBS show before an audience — even Carney, whose struggles with alcohol are well-documented and who finally got sober in the mid-1970s. “Art was a quiet guy,” she said. “He kept a hotel room here in the city where he could go and drink. He was a big drinker, but not on Saturdays.” When she used to imbibe, Randolph said Scotch and milk was her libation of choice. She no longer indulges. “I fall over enough without being half-drunk,” she joked. Randolph said she has her first COVID vaccination shot lined up for next week, with the second dose coming Feb. 8. She looks forward to catching a play again someday, but has no other plans. “I just stay home and watch television,” she said. “I’ll probably keep doing that.” In addition to her pioneering sitcom, Randolph cites “I Love Lucy” and “Seinfeld” as comedy programs that hold up well. She never had any idea people would still be talking about “The Honeymooners” in 2021.

In fairness, we knew as far back as 2014 that Spector's Parkinsons was bad. It was reported then that he could no longer walk or speak. So I would classify it as a miss, even with or without COVID as a factor, because I think he would've likely gone this year regardless.

"Trailblazing journalist and Fleet Street legend" Bridget Rowe (wiki) dead at 70 from COVID-19 complications. Rowe was Editor of The Mirror from 1991 to 1992, The People from 1992 to 1996 and the Sunday Mirror from 1997 to 1998. Also a panelist on the first series of Loose Women in 1999. Close friend of Nigel Farage and latterly worked as PR chief to Arron Banks.

Updated both the 50s and 70s entry for the death of Spector. Connors and Nelson survive.

For some reason my phone sticks that “not” in front time to time! No idea why!

Very good short doc on Robin H-T on iplayer here. Came so close to dying. Only reason he survived was because his lungs were used to being put under added strain from his mountaineering. The extent of his recovery is incredible though he has “long COVID”. He’s fundraising to create more recovery gardens in hospitals around the U.K. as he believes this was key to his recovery.

I’m aware Sir Nonce. I’ve been here a lot longer than you. He was both MMA and UFC.

UFC’s Paul Varelans (wiki) dead at 51 from COVID complications. Not a DDP pick but picked elsewhere.

Probably because the person who started it wasn’t certain of how it would be received. And they were right to doubt themselves. It’s the most boring thread on the whole forum.

Doing a lot better. Looks like he’ll be released soon.

Bizarrely hasn't appeared in anything since 1975. Did however featured in a 2019 documentary, Talking Pictures with Veronica Hurst, so most likely still with us. Added.

Another from my longlist: Mitsumasa Anno (wiki), Japanese illustrator and children's author, died from cirrhosis of the liver on Christmas Eve, though it was only announced today. Won the Hans Christian Andersen medal in 1984.