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Some rumours suggesting the real reason Momentum have started this Tom Watson purge right now is because they realised that if anything does happen to Corbyn, Watson would become acting leader. So there must be some fear of Corbyn being "unable to continue his duties".

Working from home today so the scoreboard will be updated.... now.

Turns out that there's an SEO team even better out there than the Mail's, and it's The Sun's.

TMZ has Whang's death, so a Daily Mail story is guaranteed within two hours.

Was it Kate O'Mara's son? He offed himself in 2013.

I'm getting the same kinda memories. Son of a famous (must have been an actress), who had a fractious personal life, may have been a gay icon? Son was really close to her.

From what it's worth, I'm with drol on this one: Julie Gibson is dead. She didn't have any children, and had no real interest in milking her 15 minutes of fame after retirement. If she was alive, Three Stooges fans would have tracked down a photo or an address or something, there's whole reams of academia and research about the Stooges. fwiw, someone on FindAGrave who has photos of Gibson from her childhood thinks she's dead and buried in Idaho

Dreamt that my final DDP homepage update before handing the reins over was for Anne Murray.

I've never been the Drop 40 bonus's biggest fan, I'll be honest... However, when it was discussed before there was never a clear enough consensus.

One of his accusers, a massage therapist, has died in the middle of the lawsuit.

LotM addition.

Just listened to "Crazy Little Party Girl" for the first time in 20 years as a result of this thread. It's not a forgotten gem.

Missed this from earlier in the year, but a nice formspotting photo:

Seastick Steve was 54 when he released his debut album, but Henry Harrison was 55 when the Mystery Jets released theirs.

Yeah, following this one at the moment. Is Kenya relevant enough to get the BBC Africa obit? One for 2020 punters to work out themselves....

^^^^the ultimate example being Deal Or No Deal which, for all Noel's many, many, many (many, many, many, many) faults was perfectly suited to his earnest, homeopathy capitalism. Would never have worked with someone playing it for laughs or a knowing wink.

Britain's failure to ever adapt Jeopardy properly has always been an oddity. Wonder if now we're in the "golden age" of British daytime quiz shows it might have more heft, it was always out of place up against the more light entertainment-led affairs of 80s and 90s British TV.

Daily double?

Laura Ashley went out of print (via falling down a flight of stairs and getting a brain haemorrhage) today in 1985 aged 60. Interestingly, for someone whose very name is the epitome of Englishness when it comes to style, she was actually Welsh.

Shame the "Armalite and ballot box strategy" didn't extend to a decent Pipe Smoker of the Year promo campaign.

It was originally long-standingly incorrect, then it was changed (by TMIB), then TMIB decided it was funnier to leave the old description in, and so I've carried on his legacy.

Peace out Ric Ocasek:

Claudia Ochoa Félix, nicknamed "Empress Anthrax" and the "Kim Kardashian of the Cartels", dead at 32ish. A social media star in her own country, she got some coverage in the west a few years ago for her ability to combine posting twerking videos to Instagram with allegedly running the Los Antrax hit squad of killers.

Becomes oldest ever Emmy winner, seems in good health at the ceremony.

Your money's no good in the 2020 DDP.