themaninblack

Legendary Everton forward Dixie Dean died on this day 30 years ago when attending the Merseyside Derby...

A rather shrewd unique pick for If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course...

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, assassintated today in 1986. The crime remains unsolved to this day...

Spike Milligan today in 2002... ...he told us he was ill!

Abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko committed suicide on February 25th 1970...

Another Scottish Bobby has bit the dust, the former Leicester and Hibernian midfielder Bobby Smith... Link A hit for The Terry Fenwick Benefit Second Select XI & Drunkasaskunk...

The great Stan Laurel died on this day in 1965...

BBC have their own 'deathlist', apparently...

Never heard of him...

Malcolm X assassinated today in 1965...

I think the correct response to this is something along the lines of "Blimey, the old gaffer only used to give us half an orange". Yes, sorry about that. In my defence, I had again, spent much of yesterday mincing through Pimlico. I think Stan Bowles is credited with the 'orange' quote, or perhaps it was someone else. Rodney Marsh re Sir Alf Ramsey...

86 in October, has suffered from Prostate Cancer for 12 years and has published surely his last book after a 6 year gap.....

Catch up on who's died from Dr Who...

I wonder who's in charge of him then?

Film director Derek Jarman died today in 1994...

Niger president usurped in coup...

This bit caught my eye. Is n't longterm companion a well known euphemism? Grayson died Wednesday at her Los Angeles home, the actress' longtime secretary and companion, Sally Sherman, told The Associated Press. Well, musicals... It's like that lawyer-speak for divorcing homosexuals, "unbearable cruelty"...

I only got 5...half of them I've never heard of. I'm going to Canada in a couple of months so I can swat up on Canadian superstars there...

Well that sucks! It will leave a vacuum, no doubt about that...

I thought it was because he had a row with Bob Geldof on the phone. Bob told him to belt up, so Michael hung up on him...

Woolmer...

Tony Hancock I think died in an hotel, in 1968...

Walter Winterbottom, English football's first team manager, died today in 2002. He was the second of 4 England managers to die in just over 10 years...

Fudge or chocolate flapjacks I think....

You certainly are, welcome back!