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Went by the name of Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk. (That should stop all those posts beginning "Couldn't find it posted anywhere else...")

As birthdays have been mentioned, I'll go for mine - August 21st.

Howard Siler, fomer Olympic bobsledder dies aged 69. He was also the coach of the Jamaican team from Calgary 88 portrayed as a bumbling idiot by John Candy in Cool Runnings.

How/why did I miss her from my team??

I thought something was up when I tried phoning him and kept getting his answering machine.

Commander of Space Shuttle Discovery's first mission, Henry "Hank" Hartsfield Jr, has died aged 80.

That didn't take long! MH17 conspiracy theories.

Typing "Gay Soper age" into Google (other search engines are available) reveals that she was born 6 February 1941, making her 71 now.

5 years ago today, Henry Allingham, aged 113.

Aussie soap star John Walton (The Young Doctors) has died aged 62.

It was one of the more bizarre twists in the Marvel world, is he/she going to have a sex change or is it going to be a "someone broke his hammer" kind of thing? It will be revealed as a case of mistranslating the Old Norse. It should have been "The Whore".

Not starting a thread for her not starting a thread for her not starting a thread for her Too ill to attend her own birthday. Which, considering even a month ago she was turning up to fucking dog fashion shows, probably indicates we're on the clock. Update via, of course, the personal facebook page of Vicki Michelle from Allo Allo/70s softcore porn. So, will Lord Archer do the decent thing and show up for the funeral? Dunno, did he make it to Monica Coghlan's? Surely he was too grand for that.

The BBC has a report. Here's a link.

When you say 'Californian desert', you mean Death Valley,right?

25 years ago today

Rosemary Murphy, who played Maudie in the film of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has died aged 89.

Mike Hawker, who wrote I Only Want to be With You and Walking back to Happiness died back in May aged 77.

I'll just add my 'Thanks' too - you've done a great job - Has it really been five years?

Don Matheson has died, aged 84.

Have a read of the link I posted up the page a bit, and then tell me you feel sorry for the bearded Stylophone-fiddling cunt - I really didn't want to believe it was true of wholesome Rolf, but it is, so I hope he gets bummed to death by Big Ron on A Wing. Big Ron was paroled last week; he's at home on a tag now. Who the fuck is Big Ron?

Yes! Alive and kicking. Who did he play for? Wasn't he the one who sat on the ball at Wembley in 1967? That was his brother Jim. I do like their soup.

Dead at 97. I assume the changing face of online journalism and the movie they've made of him in the past five years will safely see him get the Daily Mail obit. Mail? Independent!

Yes! Alive and kicking. Who did he play for?

Errie Ball, the last surviving player from the first Masters tournament has missed the cut at 103.

I suddenly feel old. My memories go back to Mexico 1970. My first World Cup was W. Germany in 74, despite England's failure to qualify. Holland v W Germany final with Wolverhampton butcher Jack Taylor refereeing. Also memorable for Zaire's emergence as a footballing nation.