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'The Master', Sir Jack Hobbs died this day in 1963

Ronnie Scott's co-founder Pete King has reached the end of his sax life at 80.

I'd heard of her, but wouldn't have been able to name any of her films or pick her out of a line-up. 8-mile was on TV a couple of weeks back, so I must have seen her!

An obituary, courtesy The Guardian.

A roof-top synagogue? You are correct, from which I surmise that a. You were a participant in said quiz; OR b. You have an obsessive knowledge of listed buildings in the Brighton and Hove area; OR c. You googled it.

Russia's most famous body builder and TV/Radio host Vladimir Turchinsky has died following a 'blood rejuvenation' procedure. If we learn nothing else this year we've learnt 1) Don't get a bum lift in Argentina. 2) Don't get your blood rejuvenated in Russia.

Lets look at it analytically: Grandma is already dead and buried, so doesn't figure in the equation (though it might be worth considering other relatives). Hold the quiz at a venue that has its own backup electricity supply, then the local road contractors can do what they want. Make sure your participants are more intelligent than the last lot - not to prevent complaints, but so that they understand that quiz questions have to be a little bit challenging otherwise there's no bloody point in having the quiz. As for not being able to pronounce some of the names, point out that Anne Robinson also has this problem and shes on national television and getting paid loadsamoney to do it, whereas you are doing it out the goodness of your heart. I've been running a weekly quiz for a couple of months now and have found that you can't please everyone anyone. Perhaps my finest moment was my second quiz; after most people did reasonably well on the first, I though I'd make it a little harder. I'd made up my mind at the start that I'd always include one question with a local connection, so in the second quiz I included the following: What Grade II listed construction can be found on the roof of 26 Brunswick Terrace? Surprisingly, no-one knew. I did get a lot of complaints about that one!

Brilliant name for a police chief!

A brief report of gay porn star Dustin Michaels' demise. I did like the very un-pc comment left by someone. Fuller report, with video link.

Walt Disney... though he did until this day in 1966.

The Washington Post "has confirmed the death of actor Gene Barry", December 9, age 90.

This depends a lot on how you define 'most significant'. How significant was Ricardo Montalban's death to me? Completely insignificant in fact. How significant worldwide? Probably not a lot more significant than it was to me. Its also too parochial to narrow down; perhaps the only death this year that has had any worldwide significance is Michael Jackson, though maybe Ted Kennedy could be in with a shout.

Just found out that Tony Hart's Vision On sidekick Pat Keysell died last month (or October). This seems to be have been overlooked by the media in general and BBC's See Hear programme is broadcasting a tribute as I type. This obituary appears on the NCDS website.

Great footballer and terrible manager, Danny Blanchflower, died 9 December 1993, aged 67.

I've had recent experience with an Indian call centre, though with AOL; they phoned me up trying to sell me their wonderful phone service (otherwise known as talk-talk) and asked me for my mothers maiden name to verify that I was who they thought I was - though as they phoned me, I would have thought they'd already have a pretty good idea who I was. Feeling mischevious I asked the lady how I could be sure that she was from AOL. To confirm that she was, she quoted several things such as my home town but also including my e-mail address. 'OK' I said, 'send me an e-mail'. 'Can't do that' she said. 'Yes you can', I replied, 'you've got my address. Goodbye'. I'm still waiting. This is the 21st Century. Why can't my ISP send me an e-mail? No language problems there, though I did have someone phone me at work today trying to sell "rye sin gyu kay". After 3 or 4 attempts I managed to establish that he was from 'Racing UK'. I suggested he write to me. (P.S. He sounded Australian.)

Could be significant...didn't Mr Williams get engaged last week... No! No he didn't! She's just his friend, it's all lies, I tell you, DAMN LIES! Well its in Hello! that it was all a joke, so that settles that argument.

As newsworthy as Maggie Jones's death is, Teletext goes with 'Robbie's hairdresser dies'. He previously worked at the appropriately named 'Knock-em-Dead' salon in Swindon. Oh how we'll miss Teletext when it goes.

Done, and not because I'm bored but because I'm playing about with Office 2007. DATE GUESSED BY WEIGHT NAME SEX 1st March Rotten Ali 7lb 9oz Terry either 1st March Abysmal Granite 7lb 2oz n/a girl 1st March honez 7lb 4oz David boy 2nd March themaninblack 7lb 4oz Deborah n/a 8th March 8.08 a.m Monoclinic 8lb 8oz Callum Aries or Sue Tin(t) either 10th March Body Snatcher 44 8lb 8oz n/a n/a 13th March Magere Hein 7lb 11oz Mary girl 13th March time 7lb 14oz Krzystof boy 15th March Windsor 7lb 5oz Windsor boy 15th March deadsox 8lb n/a n/a 15th March 4.10 p.m. CarolAnn 7lb 15oz Clive Dunn boy 16th March Handrejka 8lb 1oz n/a n/a 17th March Lard Bazaar 7lb 4 oz n/a n/a 18th March Notapotato 7lb 14oz Edwin or Pickles a child 19th March OoO n/a refuses to say! a girl 20th March maryportfuncity 7lb 4oz Mary girl 21st March Lord Fellatio Nelson 8lbs 6oz n/a n/a 21st March Josco 8lb 14oz Cephalod n/a 25th March heaven can wait 6lb 6oz Damien boy 1st April Devon Death Trip 7lb Octavian boy n/a denotes no answer. Congratulations to OoO and the future Mrs. OoO and oh yes, I'll take the 6th March, 6lbs 12oz boy named Tommy Burns of Odstock . It all sits nicely under the headings posted, I guess you have to hit 'reply 'to see it properly, oh well will fix it when I get time at the weekend. Sorry, but I'm busy this weekend. P.S. my revised guess was 7lb 12oz, not 7lb 14oz.

So thats what my insurance premiums are paying for...

Congratulations. I'll go March 13, as scheduled, weighing in at 7lb 12oz. It'll be a boy which you'll name Krzysztof. (Edited. Sorry MH!!)

Not a music video per se, but its a video and its got music in it, and in my opinion represents the .

Oscar Wilde, 30 November 1900 "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. "

Watched 'A Man Called Horse' last night, so came to mind (I know its a bit late, but blame the BBC).

, working class composer and well known local bus died aged 96 on this day in 1972.

Don't you mean the Hokey Cokey? Being British, I would normally refer to it as 'Hokey Cokey', but as I was quoting a US news-source, I stuck with what they'd written. Plus it was getting on for 3 a.m. and I was was pissed. I'm surprise It didn't turn out like one of Bruno's posts.