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    57 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

    Alice Stewart Trillin (May 8, 1938 – September 11, 2001) was an American educator, author, film producer and longtime muse to her husband, author Calvin Trillin.

    On a personal note, I got my "Dear John" letter and read it in the toilet at work on September 11th 2001...

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    24 minutes ago, The Mad Hatter said:

    Myra Hindleys couldn't have been at a worse time for her.

     

    22 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

    C.S Lewis dying the same day as JFK was assassinated also springs to mind.

    There's a gruesome link here. When doing some prep for the Ian Brady obit (yes, I do research, believe it or not!), I discovered that Brady & Hindley's murder of John Kilbride occurred on 23rd November 1963, the day after Lewis/Kennedy's death and of course on the day of Doctor Who's first episode...

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    9 hours ago, msc said:

    Academic and elections expert Sir David Butler showing up on Newsnight tonight, looking not half bad for a man on the verge of 93. He's also, apparently, legit joined Twitter.

     

    For those not in the know, he's a proper legend - guaranteed obits across the board when he goes.

    The only highlight of the 2015 election night was seeing him spar with Dimbles (for what we all thought was one last time!) at six in the morning...

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    A win for Liverpool today and it's a place in the Champions League play-off for next season.

     

    If any Anfield security steward is passing through this thread I offer the following advice:

     

    Watch out for any suspicious, "witch-doctor" looking person, likely to hail from North London and chuck them out!

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