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Judith Durham is 77 today

On a similar theme, Fulham FC were at one time managed by Alan Dicks; they weren't doing particularly well, languishing near the foot of division 3. Alan Dicks Mr Dicks was appointed Fulham manager for the 1990/91 season after originally being hired to assist manager Ray Lewington. It’s fair to say the season didn’t quite go to plan, finishing 21st in the Third Division and only staying up due to a league restructuring. Although it may not have been a memorable season in terms of performances, it did give us one of the most memorable chants in Fulham’s history. It was common place to hear the chant ‘DICKS OUT!’ toward the end of the campaign and that’s exactly what happened when the season ended, (Alan leaving the club, obviously). Source: https://www.fulhamish.co.uk/post/2018-11-21-then-and-now-mangerial-madness/

Julian Curry, actor best known for playing Claude Erskine-Brown in TV's Rumpole of The Bailey, has died age 82.

Five years ago, Sir Nicholas Winton died aged 106.

Happy 86th birthday to Jamie Farr and to Jean Marsh

I've noticed a few people refer to today as being exactly halfway through the year (not just here, other sites too). I hate to be that guy (well, I say that...) but we won't be exactly halfway through the year for another three days , i.e. at the end of the 183rd day, 3rd July.

I selected Pierre Cardin, seemed like a good fit.

Le Louis Mahoney BBC report.

From the comments.

Seems silly to feel upset that a 98 year old has died, but here we are nonetheless.

87 not out for MJK Smith, the last man to play both rugby and cricket for England.

Well done @RoverAndOut. I'm probably never going to get that close to winning anything ever again.

A proper Max Bryer write-up.

Shopping centre ownership & management company Intu has gone into (intu?) administration. It has interests in 17 UK shopping centres, including Lakeside, Trafford Centre & Braehead. Estimated value of the company is £16m, down from a high of £16billion in 2006. Prior to the lockdown, it was running a debt of around £4.6billion.

No more walking in forests for Horst Jankowski, who died 22 years ago today, aged 62. This was the only record possessed by Radio Goodies in the eponymous episode of The goodies.