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Its 100 years since the death of Franz Joseph I of Austria. It was he who declared war on Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (his nephew), thus starting WW I.

Willie Rogers, the (formerly) oldest surviving original Tuskegee airman, dies aged 101.

A A ILL

Mentor Williams, writer of 'Drift Away' has er, drifted away, aged 70 (or possibly 69)

Michael Karoli died of Can-cer 15 years ago today.

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.

He isn't.

Len Allchurch, 83.

Really? HottyToddy? I'm guessing NottyDeady.There are a few totally unreputable links all citing hottytoddy and not one news source. Closest I get is this http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/172684-mose-allison-dies-at-89 from Jazz Times who doesn't say the source and it may well be hottytoddy as well. Someone is Mose's stature won't be a secret for long if true. Giving it 3 hours to confirm, then calling hoax. SirC New York Times good enough for ya? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/music/mose-allison-a-font-of-jazz-and-blues-dies-at-89.html?_r=0 Sure. But before that my point was a good one. In any case he was a great one, RIP. SC Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3939924/Mose-Allison-jazz-blues-musician-dead-89.html Guardian one along soon, I assume. Correct.

Bobby Campbell, Bradford City's record goalscorer (143 goals) & N. Ireland international dead aged 60. He was also an unused squad member of the 1982 World Cup team.

Mr Creosote's let himself go.

Charlotte Coleman, No Weddings, 15 years ago today, aged 33.

He was of course, just as sloshed as Schelegel. That was Wittgenstein; Hegel was out-consumed by David Hume.

World's oldest please. 125 in dog years!

Mohandas K (Mahatma) Gandhi's grandson Kanu Gandhi, dies aged 87 following a heart attack and brain haemorrhage. That's him on the right, pictured in 1930.

11 years and a day after Irwin Allen's demise, Jonathan Harris, 'Lost in Space's Dr Zachary Smith, died aged 87.

He's scheduled to visit the garden of remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday next week if anyone wants a close look. He was fine last week, down in these parts to officially open the i360.

The 'master of disaster', Irwin Allen died 25 years ago today aged 75.

"Which ancient British queen is this, Boudicca or Cleopatra?" Riiight. They are on thin ice with James Joyce and Oscar Wilde as "British icons". Oh, and they spelled the Duke of Edinburgh's name wrong. Very thin ice suggesting Margaret Thatcher might be an 'iconic humanitarian'! From what I remember it was Diana they suggested was an iconic humanitarian not Thatcher, not taking the whole quiz again to find out though. No need to take the whole quiz, just the first 42 questions!

"Which ancient British queen is this, Boudicca or Cleopatra?" Riiight. They are on thin ice with James Joyce and Oscar Wilde as "British icons". Oh, and they spelled the Duke of Edinburgh's name wrong. Very thin ice suggesting Margaret Thatcher might be an 'iconic humanitarian'!

East Kilbride equal Ajax's consecutive-wins record.

10 from me: Eileen Ash Duffy Ayers Irwin Corey Kate Fryer George Haigh Clare Hollingworth Don Lusk Roberta McCain David Rockefeller Viola Smith

MP Nick Boles reveals a cancerous tumour has been found in his head.

Straight to the recycling plant he goes. Cremation, surely?