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Scottish footballer Darren Wilcox, formerly of St Johnstone, East Stirling and Kilmarnock, has died from leukaemia aged 21.

Suriname is part of South America, but I doubt many Surinamese identify as Americans. I've been told Damnyankee is both precise and widely accepted. regards, Hein Your average Surinamese may not identify themselves as being American but it doesn't alter the fact that they are, by virtue of the geography. Similarly, the average Daily Mail reader may not identify themselves as being European....

He was born in Canada, but became a naturalized American im 1946. Geographically speaking, Canada is part of North America, which also makes him American.

No, that was Conrad BaIn.

As reported by Spade Cooley in the Mollie Sugden et al thread, though spelt as 'Bryers'. He did spell 'Richard' correctly though.

Its 68 years since Private Eddie Slovik was executed. He was the only US soldier to be executed for purely military reasons during WWII.

I do like Romania's response to the 'Don't come to the UK' ads http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/31/immigration-romania-eu-anti-britain_n_2588012.html#slide=2046467

Off and running!!! (Well, off and staying in 7th place).

Clive James.

Surely there is a separate thread for deaths of rare pygmies? There's a separate thread for everything else it seems. Yup and it's confusing this poor newby head. Twice found something elsewhere, twice looked for evidence here and failed at first to find any, twice posted and twice found it had already been posted somewhere I hadn't looked, twice had to go back and edit/apologise. <facepalm> (twice). You could search, once. Click on the wheely thing to the right of the search box and do an advanced search is my advice. (Please ignore if this advice is posted elsewhere).

Sports journalist Malcolm Brodie has died aged 86. He covered every FIFA world cup since 1954.

Not even the most significant death of January 14th.

Is it the vigil thing or is the candle-lit thing that is pointless? I mean, can we still have vigils if they're not candle-lit? And are you going to convince hundreds of thousands of Chinese that they're wrong?

Isn't he toxic all over?

The first Dutch King since 1890. I think you're probably right: he will mess it up. For years there's been some support for the idea that we should actually call him Queen Willem-Alexander. A (rather nasty) republican website published this picture: regards, Hein I like that, he looks like Michael Heseltine. That hairstyle is too bouffant even for Heseltine. Startlingly similar to 1980's Maggie though.

I am perfect in every way. Apart from the delusions.

125 years since the poet Edward Lear finally disappeared in his beautiful pea-green boat.

Bernard Horsfall, who played chancellor Goth in the Deadly Assassin (1976, Tom Baker era) amongst other roles, has died aged 82.

What were the odds on that happening?

Today, 28th January 2013 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library.

We?

Why?

Ed Koch released. He expects to be back in his office on Monday.

Wilko interview on Radio 4 tonight, 7:15.

American musician. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron