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Ahmed Ben Bella, the first President of independent Algeria, has died aged 96.

Martinez has died.

Clough Williams-Ellis, designer of Portmeirion, (as seen in 'The Prisoner'), died 9 april 1978 aged 94. His ashes were made into a rocket, used in a New Year's Eve firework display 20 years after his death (according to wikipedia).

Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and Atari Corp, has died aged 83.

He's not dead - yet - but he IS in ICU after a cardiac arrest - http://www.bbc.co.uk...africa-17628591 he's dead according to this exclusive.

The last surviving founding member, banjo player Barney McKenna, survives no longer. Feck! (as they say) He was going on my DDP team for this year but I forgot him! Feck!

Happy 90th Birthday to The Preston Plumber, Sir Tom Finney

17 years ago today saw the departure of Kenny Everett "All in the best possible taste!"

Fort nought, Nairn nine. It's the new East Fife 4 Forfar 5..

Wake up, its a beautiful morning... (sorry)

Harper Lee's sister Alice Finch Lee a practising lawyer who recently turned 100, gives an interview to documentary maker Mary McDonagh Murphy. (but tells us nothing we don't already know).

The last member of the Ottoman dynasty, Neslisah Sultan, has died aged 91. She leaves a son, a daughter and a grandson, so maybe she's not the last.

twat missed an 'n' out too.

One hundred years ago, the final act of that most-heroic of failures saw the deaths of Lieutenant Henry Bowers (rear left), Robert Falcon Scott (rear centre) and Edward Adrian Wilson (rear right). Of the other two, Evans perished in February; the fate of Oates is well-known.

The banjo legend Earl Scruggs has picked his last chord.

As reported a whole 12 days ago!

Not a popstar, but a DJ - Tom Lodge, formerly of Radio Caroline, hs died aged 75, from colon cancer.

Game Over?

I don't get it. What was the joke? I think the joke was the character that washed dishes and only had one arm. Bit like having someone with a wooden leg who tap dances. Or a one-legged Tarzan.

Actor/magician Tony Giorgio, has died aged 88. He played Bruno Tattaglia in The Godfather.

Foremer cabinet minister Lord (Tony) Newton has died aged 74.

You know that movie Armageddon? With the Aerosmith song and Liv Tyler and Steve Buscemi phoning his appearance in? Friend of a friend works in the movie industry on... like, I dunno what you call it. Special effects I suppose. Anyway, we were at some dreary drinks party once and he's had a few and he lets slip... Bruce Willis didn't actually fly into space and blow an asteroid up for that movie. It's all made up, entirely. Really? You'll be telling me next John Hurt didn't really have an alien rip through his stomach and Arnie and Danny aren't even related, let alone twins. My point being that no-one ever tried to claim that Hollywood blockbusters are anything but fiction - unlike WWF/WWE. No one tries to pass it off as real these days, not since the 1970s. Vince McMahon's concept of "Sports Entertainment" put paid to that I would suggest that McMahon was trying to pass it off as sport into the 90's. If there is evidence (even anecdotal) to the contrary I'd like to see it.

You got one thing right anyway.

You know that movie Armageddon? With the Aerosmith song and Liv Tyler and Steve Buscemi phoning his appearance in? Friend of a friend works in the movie industry on... like, I dunno what you call it. Special effects I suppose. Anyway, we were at some dreary drinks party once and he's had a few and he lets slip... Bruce Willis didn't actually fly into space and blow an asteroid up for that movie. It's all made up, entirely. Really? You'll be telling me next John Hurt didn't really have an alien rip through his stomach and Arnie and Danny aren't even related, let alone twins. My point being that no-one ever tried to claim that Hollywood blockbusters are anything but fiction - unlike WWF/WWE.

We want a bigger name than that. How about Vince McMahon ? That would shake up the wrestling world It does need shaking up, Vince has too much power and has let it all go to his head. And he's more pre-occupied with money-losing follies like WWE Studios than actually investing in the long-term future of the product that actually made him rich in the first place. He has become the Howard Hughes of wrestling But does anyone really give a shit? Its not like anyone believes that the matches are real is it?