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For years I thought her name was Louise Frometernal

Tony Armatrading, younger brother of Joan, has died aged 59, cancer. He was in The Saint, Notting Hill plus a plethora of other TV, film & video game roles.

Q. What would you be if you weren't a pro footballer? Peter Crouch: A virgin

useful to know if you ever find yourself at an Uzbeki anthem event.

Dave Mason, songwriter and musician who first found fame with Traffic. is 75 today. As is Graham Gouldman, of 10cc and so is Scottish hippy/folkie Donovan

What sort of person uses their own initials to name their dog?

You want this thread...

Scrub Indian Olympic hockey player Ravindra Pal Singh off your Scavenger Hunt entries, he's died, aged 62.

I watched the first 15 seasons a little while ago (see What do watch thread...) and I think I said at the time, there's so much to dislike about it, yet it remains watchable (to me at least). I'm currently watching s16 on Prime, and like everything else that has run multiple seasons, some of the storylines are a bit 'meh', some of the characters are a bit unlikeable, its keeping me entertained. According to wikipedia, its run for 377 episodes., so still a way to go to catch up with casualty, currently at 1199 episodes. (How, Why??)

Co-founder of Vans, the shoe company, Paul van Doren, has died aged 90.

earliest date I can find is in this blogpost from 2014

The Happy Birthday thread was created precisely for the reason of celebrating birthdays in, rather than nudging an individual's thread, creating a moment of excitement followed by crashing disappointment when it was realised it was said individuals birthday, rather than deathday. Havng said that, I have been known to celebrate my own birthday in multiple locations...

A little research shows it was originally posted by George Layton on 24-7-19.

Forum favourite Richard O'Sullivan is 77 today. This is him (centre) with Robin Askwith & George Leyton, date unknown, photograph 'borrowed' from Robin Askwith's twitter.

Presumably Summer Olympic Gold Medalists includes members of teams in team events (e.g. Hockey, basketball etc, ) and not just individuals in solo events?