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If you have bank holiday boredom that bad then maybe you'd like to take a look at Elizabeth Kelly? Today is supposedly her 103rd birthday, but I'm close to joining the club of ppl on here who doubt she's still alive.

Why? Because I'm sick of The Quim Reaper needlessly bullying ppl whilst being 100% hypocritical?

Looks bad. His missus has been charged as well apparently? They'll have to rescind his knighthood if he gets convicted.

Miranda is no less off topic than your inane political rants. In fact, telling us Corrie have a new romance story line for him is a relevant update. Tells us Roache ain’t going to meet his maker until 2026 at least.

I should warn you that facepalms are coming.

Those 2 have been on my long list since 2008. Beyond a joke. Norman Spencer came to our attention later. He's already the first person from British film/TV to reach 109. I hope he sees 110 in August.

Just added Terry-Thomas to the list. Not somebody who I ever in a million years thought would have a living spouse!

And now gets a Times obit. Died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

Yeah I still think it's her. Just appeasing the masses

Hmmmmmmmm.... allllright you've convinced me. I'll edit the post slightly from likely dead to possibly dead.

Yeah, I found the plot on FindAGrave. I searched for her on there, and you're correct in saying she isn't on there. Though I'm not sure when that was last updated. Her death was more "recent". I'm still convinced it's her, I just can't work out why she died in Devon.

I would dispute that. Birth record here. Born as Shirley E. Allder in 1936, then became Shirley E. Collins, then finally Shirley E. Reid. No?

Changed to Freda. The annoying thing about doing these lists is they're time consuming as it is, so I type them out quickly.

I'm guessing this means that James Clayton Flowers is the last individual of note born in 1915?

Some popular deceased British comedians and their spouses: Barry Cryer OBE 1935–2022 Theresa Donovan b. 1932 <--- definitely still with us, unveiled a memorial to him lately Bernard Manning 1930–2007 Veronica Finneran 1929–1986 Bob Monkhouse OBE 1928–2003 Elizabeth Thompson b. c. 1927 <--- covered by the media in 2001 when their son died, I think there's a good chance she's still alive Jacqueline Harding 1935–2008 Charlie Williams MBE 1927–2006 Audrey Crump 1937–1999 Janice Greener (now remarried as Janice Brown) Dave Allen 1936–2005 Judith Stott 1929–2010 Karin Stark b. 1963 Dudley Moore CBE 1935–2002 Suzy Kendall b. 1937 Tuesday Weld b. 1943 Brogan Lane b. 1955 Nicole Rothschild b. 1964 Eric Morecambe OBE 1926–1984 Joan Bartlett 1927–2024 Eric Sykes CBE 1923–2012 Edith Milbrandt 1925–2018 Ernie Wise OBE 1925–1999 Doreen Blythe 1930–2018 Frank Carson 1926–2012 Ruth Campbell 1927–2015 Sir Harry Secombe CBE 1921–2001 Myra Atherton 1924–2017 Janet Brown 1923–2011 Peter Butterworth 1915–1979 Jim Bowen 1937–2018 Phyllis Owen b. c. 1937 John Bird 1936–2022 Ann Stockdale b. 1943 Bridget Simpson b. 1948 Libby Crandon 1946–2012 John Fortune 1939–2013 Susan Waldo 1930–2006 <--- took me ages to crack this one... turns out she was a Yank. Obit here. Emma Burge b. 1959 Sir Ken Dodd OBE 1927–2018 Anne Jones b. 1942 Les Dawson 1931–1993 Margaret Plant 1937–1986 Tracey Roper b. 1951 Michael Bentine CBE 1922–1996 Marie Barradell 1919–2010 Clementina McCall 1927–2020 Mike Reid 1940–2007 Shirley Collins 1936–2019(?) <--- There is a Shirley E. Reid b. 1936, d. 2019 in Devon that COULD be her, though they don't seem to have a Devon connection. She looked frail at his funeral in 2007. Norman Wisdom 1915–2010 Doreen Brett 1923–2017 Freda Simpson 1928–1992 Peter Butterworth 1915–1979 Janet Brown 1923–2011 Peter Cook 1937–1995 Wendy Snowden b. c. 1939 Judy Huxtable b. 1942 Chiew Lin Chong 1945–2016 Peter Sellers 1925–1980 Anne Howe 1930–1982 Britt Ekland b. 1942 Miranda Quarry 1947–2020 Lynne Frederick 1954–1994 Ronnie Barker OBE 1929–2005 Joy Tubb 1932–2011 Ronnie Corbett CBE 1930–2016 Anne Hart 1933–2023 Sid James 1913–1976 Berthe Delmont 1911–1976 Meg Sergei 1913–1977 Valerie Assan 1928–2022 Spike Milligan KBE 1918–2002 June Marlow (aka June Marchini) 1929–2018 Patricia Ridgeway 1934–1978 Shelagh Sinclair 1944–2011 Terry-Thomas 1911–1990 Ida Patlansky 1902–1983 Belinda Cunningham b. 1941 Tim Brooke-Taylor OBE 1940–2020 Christine Wheadon b. 1940 Tommy Cooper 1921–1984 Gwen Henty 1920–2002 Tony Hancock 1924–1968 Cicely Romanis 1930–1969 Freddie Ross MBE 1930–2022 Happy to add more names if anyone has any suggestions or wants me to look through records, but only deceased comedians and lets cap it at born 1940 or before

He was a DDP pick when I joined this forum way back in 2008. Didn’t think he’d live this long. Surprised that William Russell has outlived him though.

Now that the Reaper has taken Ma Shitu, perhaps his constipation will finally come to an end?

FTFY

News source as confirmation.

Punno Zada Shad, Pakistani poet, dead at the alleged age of 120. Supposedly a "renowned" poet, which is odd as there is no other mention of him anywhere else online. Pakistani and Indian news outlets don't half turn out complete and utter shite.

Now this is a big claim. How long until we can disprove it? The Voice reporting the death of Neil Flanigan MBE, 99, who they claim was the last veteran of World War II from the Caribbean. In total there were over 10,000 personnel from the West Indies. Sure, not a huge amount, but I find it hard to believe that they're all gone already? Edit: Ralph Ottey, 100, is from the Caribbean and is still living. Though he does live in the UK now. Perhaps there really are no WWII vets still living in the Caribbean. 2nd edit: There's also Ena Collymore-Woodatock, 106 – she's still living in Barbados. Starting to look like the article is making silly claims as I thought.

Am I missing something? He died last year.

Jan Szpula, former Stirling Albion player and Auschwitz survivor, dead at 101.

More and more attention hungry people using the "Lil Tay" trick of announcing a death to the press and then retracting it after a few days. It should be a criminal offence with a hefty fine.

I'm sorry you've locked your DMs. Must've triggered you.