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They're both wrong ETA I joined for the humour!

Death by Jazz mag. A Japanese man known as Joji has been found dead in his flat, apparently killed by 6 tonnes of pornography falling on him.

An interesting question, the answer to which is 42.

Five years ago Ronnie Montrose became Mr. Bones after killing himself, aged 64.

This might have been useful to know before picking our teams...

Report from Hollywood Reporter.

Celtic have announced the death of Tommy Gemmell, aged 73

Miserable fucker too.

John Hampshire has died aged 76. The Yorkshire CCC President was a former test umpire as well as a batsman for Yorks. & England.

Five years ago, conservative writer and website founder, Andrew Breitbart collapsed and died during a walk home, aged 43, giving rise to conspiracy theories that he was murdered by Obama loyalists.

It'll be patches, at least that's my intent. That was my method last time and it worked pretty well, though I did it cold turkey once too, but I was younger and had more willpower!

I'm giving up smoking (again). I'll let you know how I get on. P.S. I'm not starting tomorrow, I've got some cheap Spanish ciggies to finish.

One of 17 surviving members of The Guinea Pig Club, Dr. Sandy Saunders died Sunday, aged 94, from cancer.

It's either this thread or the Celebrity Chefs thread - Phillip Lewis, inventor of Hedgehog Crisps, has died aged 74.

Follically Challenged Bastard!

Then the word 'as' between 'me' and 'to'.

Its 10 years since Charles, Baron Forte, got an unwelcome break, dying aged 98.

Maybe it wasn't a 'knock at the door'

Fuck Skyping tonight, I'm bragging here & now (Just as soon as I stop this nosebleed).

No, its mathematically impossible for Leicester City to win, whereas everyone in this game is still in with a chance, me & handy included. Although, I reckon if the bookies were offering odds you could get about 5000-1!

Virgin Media. In this era of electronic communication, I get a frisson of excitement when I find an actual letter on the doormat. This is immediately quelled on finding its just another letter from Virgin Media telling me how much I can save if I have one of their boxes. (Note to Virgin, I can save even more by not having one). I reckon if they'd sent everyone a basic system instead of all the glossy brochures, they'd be no worse off financially.

Its 130 years since Alexander Borodin began decomposing, aged 53. Borodin was also a renowned chemist, but is chiefly known as a composer. He was awarded a Tony Award in 1954, 67 years after his death, after his works were adapted for the musical Kismet, the most famous song being Stranger in Paradise. Here's Borodin's original, The Palovstian Dances, from Prince Igor.

Goon, but not forgotten.

One from my DDP non-entry, would have been unique, to boot!

5 years ago, actor, author and scriptwriter Richard Carpenter died aged 82 It was chiefly as a scriptwriter where he scored his notable successes, creating classics of children's television Catweazle and The Ghosts of Motley Hall, amongst others.