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  3. Posted

    2 minutes ago, mymango said:

    They did say she had chronic mobility problems, though. Not once did they say she was making progress.


    I refer to you earlier to the posts explaining what "making progress" during cancer treatment actually means, because I still don't think you understand chemotherapy.

  4. Posted

    2 minutes ago, mymango said:

    When did they do this with the Queen? They never said she made encouraging progress.

     

    Also, it's weird how similar rumours aren't surfacing about Kate. She looks far worse than him.


    Because they didn't reveal any illness, period. Even though she had cancer.

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    5 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Feels like this has been rushed out to counter the NY Daily Post/TMZ articles.


    My thoughts exactly. It has an Elizabeth II feel to it, and it almost has a formula now.

    Speculation/rumours of ill health start surfacing --> intensify over a number of days --> Palace remains quiet and don't deny or clarify anything --> Palace puts the monarch on some kind of duty and releases a positive but generic and vague soundbite to keep speculation at bay

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  7. Posted

    41 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Mary Law Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/26/mary-law-actress-the-mousetrap-agatha-christie-towards-zero/

     

    One of those we probably assumed was dead, she was in The Mousetrap, but she appeared as a shop assistant in Carry On Constable. Widow of the conductor and composer Kenneth Alwyn. 


    We knew she was still alive because Alwyn's obituary from December 2020 noted that she survived him.

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  8. Posted

     


    Walter Nixon dead at 101. BBC obit.
    Bill Gladden dead at 100. BBC obit.

    Full Beeb obits for WWII vets becoming ever more common. There hasn't been an estimate on numbers released since 2019, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was now less than 50,000 across the whole of the Commonwealth.

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  10. Posted

    1 minute ago, mymango said:

    I don't accept this narrative at all. It's absolutely ridiculous to assume that when he's literally planning to tour Australia later this year.


    That will get cancelled nearer the time.

  11. Posted

    47 minutes ago, mymango said:

    Yes, and it could very well be from the same source. Even so, other intel suggests he's "progressing well" in his treatment.

     

    54 minutes ago, mymango said:

    There are other rumours that's he's doing as well as can be expected. Again, people can live with cancer for years.


    The motto is "keep calm and carry on", not "be negative and panic". All you will hear is the "good news", but when that "good news" is about 10% of the actual story and the bad news is the 90% then you're not getting a clear picture of what's unfolding because that 90% is being withheld from public knowledge.

    I've been on this forum since 2008 – and I'm curious to know if other members agree with me on this – when someone is undergoing cancer treatment the body can either reject or respond well to "treatment" (note treatment, not cure). Now, in my 16+ years on here there have been 1000s of notable names who have perished from cancer. In the instances when their illness was public knowledge prior to their demise it was always standard to put out statements saying "they're responding well to treatment" or "doing well". When your prognosis is grim you have to remain upbeat and look at the positives.

    Patrick Swayze died from pancreatic cancer in 2009. When he was undergoing treatment they said he was doing somersaults at home, working out and "doing great" etc etc. The chemo was wiping out cancer cells BUT it was still advanced stage cancer at the end of the day, and we all knew it was just a matter of when, not if.

    The rumours are Charles's cancer has spread and the soundbites are not good. Since I posted that initial bit of intel last week, it seems that everyone in the media and the political world now knows of this. I've brought it up in conversation and each time I've been met with "yeah I already know". It's an open secret now, so I'm not surprised that TMZ, the Daily Beast, and the New York Post are running with it. The British Press have a special unwritten code of ethics when it comes to the Royals. You won't hear anything from them other than the "official" and controlled information being funnelled from the Palace. Anyway, the latest I'm hearing is "gone by Christmas". Others have told me 2 years max. I'd suggest you go out and get your stamps and coins now mango boy.

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  12. Posted

    20 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    Do you use cash much?

    I'm not sure if the new designs have gone into circulation yet, but the two commemorative 50p coins are out there. 

    The first one was the QE2 memorial coin, and the second is the Coronation one.  I've got both, although one was given to me.

     


    You're right. New coins are not widely in circulation, notes haven't been released at all. They're due to be launched at the start of June.

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    15 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

    As usual, interesting conversation occurs on my home Deadpool rather than anything here…


    —‘Wow, all five original members of the Moody Blues are gone. Pinder was the last of the group's original five members.’

    —‘That leaves how many people who have ever seen a mellotron?  Fripp is about it.’
    —-a song offered to the group by Paul McCartney, but in the end decided the tune wasn’t right for the Moodys. Instead, Mary Hopkin recorded the song, “Those Were the Days,” and scored a worldwide smash hit.’

    —“That’s amazing trivia.  Can you imagine the path they would have taken if they sang Those Were the Days?”

    —‘Check this out...  "On Christmas 1969, the President of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, had 150 alleged coup plotters executed in the national stadium while the amplifier system played the Mary Hopkin recording of "Those Were the Days"."

    —‘Never mind the fact that the litany of hits written by Sir Paul now includes this song.  Who knew?’

    —‘Death was imperative when he sang his version of Go Now.’

    —‘Needless to say they’ll likely be on tour next summer.’

     

     

    Deathlist used to have actual conversations like this but those days are long gone. RIP to Deathlist.

    SC

     


    You care so little of this forum that you actually spent a good few minutes typing all that out (even though none of us will read beyond the first 2 lines cos it's boring AF).

    I've said it before and I'll say it again – if you don't like it here then bugger off somewhere else.

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  15. Posted

    My intel is rarely wrong.

    Not the biggest fan of Charles but certainly don't wish him ill or dead... though I can't wait for the epic apology I'm going to get from mango boy for him being a twat.

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  16. Posted

    2 minutes ago, prussianblue said:

    Lee Grant must be one of very few still living villains from the original run of Columbo. William Shatner is the only other one that immediately springs to mind.


    There are exactly 10 murderers from the original Columbo still alive:

    Lee Grant (born 1925)
    Dick Van Dyke (born 1925)
    Vera Miles (born 1929)
    Clive Revill (born 1930)
    William Shatner (born 1931)
    Joyce Van Patten (born 1934)
    Héctor Elizondo (born 1936)
    George Hamilton (born 1939)
    Trish Van Devere (born 1941)
    Susan Clark (born 1943)

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  17. Posted

    On 12/03/2021 at 17:26, arghton said:

    Alive centenarians from countries and dependencies with smaller populations.  (under 20 million, only ones born over 100 years before this post.)

     

    Estonia: (1,3 million)

    Heini Paas, art historian (estonian wiki) (born 6th of October 1918, alive as of 2019)

    Mai Raud-Pähn, art historian (estonian wiki) (born 2nd of November 1920, alive as of 2020)

    Eduard Kuuskor, WWII veteran (estonian wiki) (born 2nd of January 1918, alive as of 2021)

    Addold Mossin, neopagan priest (estonian wiki) (born 12th of December 1919, alive as of 2019)

     


    Mai Raud-Pähn (wiki) dead at 103.

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  21. Posted

    2 hours ago, LWCZ said:

     

    Sadly I haven't. I'd be glad if you would check it, as I used to have access (at least) to MyHeritage records, but I haven't really got time for it lately so I cancelled the subscription last May.


    Can't find anything on Ancestry owing to the fact that we don't have a rough idea of birth and death years but here's some new info.

    He was confirmed alive as late as November 1984 and possibly 1988 when he was touring and performing as a member of The Ink Spots. An earlier article from 1981 noted that he had taken hiatus from the group due to ill health, but it seems he recovered. I reckon he died between the late 80s and mid 90s.

  22. Posted

    On 23/04/2024 at 10:37, YoungWillz said:

    Jason Sutton aka Miss Jason, Brighton based drag queen, reportedly dead: 

    Sutton's website details appearances on such shows as The Weakest Link and Blankety Blank, though the IMDB link doesn't cover them seemingly: https://www.missjason.co.uk/about/


    BBC and ITV obits for Miss Jason. Suspected this might be the case as he was widely loved. Still, wasn't really my cuppa. If I was in a pub and he was on a stage I'd politely watch and sing along but his act was showtunes, which is not really my thing. I much prefer the drag acts that do dark comedy or 70s/80s/90s jukebox.

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    I like this photo. Shirley Maclaine with younger brother Warren Beatty in 1942.

    Looking online, a lot of people seem to be unaware and shocked to find out that they're siblings. They had quite a rocky relationship, and didn't Maclaine infamously say something really stupid (and a bit creepy) saying that the worst thing about being Warren Beatty's sister was that she couldn't sleep with him? I don't know why I have that stuck in my head. Maybe someone else can clarify what it was she actually said.

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  24. Posted

    47 minutes ago, Toast said:

     

    She looks quite spry to me.  Has aged naturally without reaching for the Botox.


    I think you're being kind for the sake of being kind, which is quite humble but not entirely truthful. She looks pretty bad in those pics. Needs help walking, and the face is the work of decades of heavy drinking and smoking, not just "the lack of botox".

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, Redrumours said:

    All sadly gone now. R.I.P.


    I would argue that in the case of the Moody Blues, the original lineup doesn't really matter as much as it's not its iconic lineup (unlike say The Allman Brothers Band).

    Denny Laine (guitar) and Clint Warwick (bass) were only there for little over 2 years (May 1964 – July 1966). Justin Hayward and John Lodge replaced them that year and remained with the group until it dissolved in 2018. They're both still alive.

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