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Shobhana Ranade (wiki) dead at 99.

The fact that they never recovered her car suggests she drove into a body of water.

Samedov looks likely to have died off radar in 2016 according to several Facebook posts. Just Masopust from your list is still alive.

Jimmy Crawford (wiki), English pop singer of the 60s, died in Sheffield on 26th July aged 86 according to this Facebook post. .

They haven't announced a split, just that they won't be touring anymore, which is fair enough. Steve Tyler is approaching 80.

Times obit for Sir Ken Jackson. Died on 25th.

Not needed as a Yahoo! UK already qualified but Pat Heywood got a Guardian obit if anyone wants to read up.

When Hamas confirm he’s dead. Right now they’re denying it and only Israel are saying he’s dead.

How’s about that then?

Jonathan Pie now has pie all over his face. Not the first time his big gob has jumped the gun and made him look like a twat, and won’t be the last.

Twice As Much Wiki UK pop vocal duo from London, formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968 Andrew Rose 12 Mar 1946 – 08 Jul 2024 (78) Obit David Skinner 04 Jul 1946 – Living 16/06/1966 Sittin' on a Fence #25 Updated entry for the death of Andrew Rose, who died a few weeks ago aged 78.

Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans Wiki American R&B vocal trio, produced by Phil Spector, Fanita James and Darlene Love were also members of the girl group The Blossoms and the latter had an extensive solo career Fanita James 13 Aug 1938 – 23 Nov 2023 (85) Obit Darlene Love 26 Jul 1941 – Living Bobby Sheen 17 May 1941 – 23 Nov 2000 (59) Billboard obit 31/01/1963 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah #45 Originally from the 1946 Disney film South of the South Updated entry for the death of Fanita James (who was also with Darlene Love in The Blossoms). Love now the last surviving member. The String-A-Longs Wiki American instrumental group from Plainview, Texas consisting of four guitarists and a drummer Don Allen 18 Jul 1938 – 15 Jun 2019 (80) Obit Aubrey de Cordova 20 Nov 1941 – Living Keith McCormack 19 Oct 1940 – 10 Apr 2015 (74) Local obit Richard Stephens 20 Sep 1940 – 2019 (78–79) Jimmy Torres 02 Oct 1939 – 03 Apr 2023 (83) Obit 23/02/1961 Wheels #8 Updated entry for the deaths of Torres, Allen, and Stephens. I really screwed up on not spotting these.

Whilst doing a general update tonight, I discovered that Barry Jenkins (wiki) drummer with The Nashville Teens and then later The Animals, died in January aged 79, but it go no attention beyond a family death notice!

AFAIK, there are only 11 living former MPs who were born in the 1920s. In order of oldest to youngest, they are: Sir Patrick Duffy (b. 17 Jun 1920) Labour Lord Terence Higgins (b. 18 Jan 1928) Conservative Elizabeth Shields (b. 27 Feb 1928) Liberal Baroness Sally Oppenheim-Barnes (b. 26 Jul 1928) Conservative Lord Dick Taverne (b. 18 Oct 1928) Labour, then Democratic Labour Lord Bill Rodgers (b. 28 Oct 1928) Labour, then SDP Sir Bill O'Brien (b. 25 Jan 1929) Labour Lawrence Cunliffe (b. 25 Mar 1929) Labour Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson (b. 28 May 1929) Conservative Sir John Hannam (b. 2 Aug 1929) Conservative Edwin Brooks (b. 1 Dec 1929) Labour

Well worth the bump.

Yeah we’ve been through this one already. Was alive in 2016, and to the best of my knowledge is still alive.

Well the latter is debunked as you said. The former is from Tajikistan, where you’re never going to be able to validate with reliable records, so I’m going with “no” as the answer to my own question as it’s not plausible that either of those 2 will take the title. I see LongeviQuest have an anonymous male listed as 2nd oldest. More interested to know who that is.

Which means all 5 of the men who could have plausibly been older than Tinniswood have now gone, unless there’s any that I’m missing?

15 years you mean surely? Not 25.

This means that every participant from the first Question Time panel from 1979 (Michael Foot, Teddy Taylor, Edna O’Brien, Derek Worlock) has now died.

Haha! Tbf, the Tories sunk even further in the polls after I posted that, which I did not anticipate.

Ever more reason for it to be binned. Your contributions on here in recent years have gone from valuable and respected to utter pish.

Why couldn’t the Reaper take 3 of the Nolans instead?

4. Lives between the UK and Australia – that’s bloody expensive to do.

Lancashire cricketer Ken Standring (wiki) supposedly died yesterday, aged 89.