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If the 'invoice' attached as a zip file, wasn't warning enough, the company address might have been a further clue - Just how big is London these days?

5 years since the death of Jim Marshall aged 88.

Rose Hamlin, writer of Angel Baby, a one-hit wonder for her band Rosie and the Originals has died aged 71. It was also covered by John Lennon, amongst others.

Werner Stiller, Stasi officer who defected to the west, disrupting the East German spy network and later forged a career with Goldman Sachs, has died aged 69. He left his wife and kids behind but helped his mistress and son escape. Go figure.

135 years ago, the man on the left, Robert Ford, shot the man on the right, Jesse James, in the back of the head, killing him aged 34.

Its only on the previous page!!!!

Despite his ill health, as if they aren't going to support him because of it? wtf?

She stopped Queen Mothering. Break out your purple ties in remembrance.

William Powell, author of The Anarchists Cookbook, died aged 67, last July. Seems to have gone unnoticed until now. (Cue lots of posts pointing me to where it was reported at the time, but search function turns up nothing).

The gong sounded for J Arthur Rank 45 years ago today, aged 83. His name lives on however, in the vernacular of cockney rhyming slang.

Gwilym Prys Davies a hit for MSC.

He's obviously in distress.

June Southworth, Daily Mail columnist for almost 30 years, dead aged 77.

Shot-putter and personality Brian Oldfield (USA) has died aged 71. Finished 6th in the '72 event, turned pro, got back his amateur status for the '80 Olympics only to miss out because of the US boycott. Notable also for developing the spinning throw, rather than the conventional 'glide' across the circle, he was known to smoke between throws, wear 'unconventional' attire whilst competing, and also appeared in Playgirl.

Thirty years since Patrick Troughton became a relative dimension in time and space.

Trumpeter Tony Terran, last surviving member of Desi Arnaz's Ricky Ricardo Orchestra, frequently appearing on I Love Lucy, has died aged 90. He aslo performed with numerous artists, including Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand and more household names.

Raul is still alive (afaik) but his (and Fidel's) sister isn't.

yw YW, Just happened to check twitter and it was there. Right place at the right time!

Credit where it's due, that's the work of Andrew R @ExcelPope https://twitter.com/ExcelPope/status/845326712317657089/photo/1 (not a criticism or anything btw)

45 years since Dutch artist MC Escher ascended the impossible stairway, aged 73.

Ludwig van Beethoven, decomposing since this day 190 years ago.

... They think it's all over ... it is now, for Kenneth Wolstenholme, fifteen years ago, aged 81.

George Weinberg, psychotherapist who coined the term 'homophobia', dead aged 86, cancer. Apparently he got on to thinking about the subject when asked to disinvite a lesbian friend from a dinner party.

Now he dies weekly in Benidorm