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Dead.

Inventor of the mindmap, Tony Buzan, dead at 76.

"Comedian's comedian" (as in he had no commercial appeal) Ian Cognito Tommy Coopers on stage.

Hanson gets his QO thanks to the new ruling on BBC local news pages.

David Farrant, one of the two feuding "paranormal investigators" from the notorious Highgate Vampire farrago, has died.

Got reminded of the utterly shite early 90s ITV gameshow version of Cluedo earlier today: There were four series, and a Christmas special, each other which had a completely different cast. All were highly QO-able British actors. Pam Ferris is the only remaining Mrs White (pre-deceased by June Whitfield, Joan Sims, Mollie Sugden and Liz Smith). There's two dead Rev Greens (Robin Nedwell and Derek Nimmo), two dead Col Mustards (Leslie Grantham and Lewis Collins) and one dead Mrs Peacock (Kate O'Mara). Ms Scarlett and Professor Plum both have full dance cards, although seeing as the latter was played by people including David MacCallum and Tom Baker, perhaps not for long.

Turns out it was just a bump and he's fine.

Word on the wires that current Argentina manager, and part of the country's 2006 campaign, Lionel Scaloni is in critical condition after being hit by a car while cycling.

Phil Ochs wasn't marching anymore today in 1976.

Nice piece on a journeyman boxer who died last month: Franco Wanyama: fought at the 88 Olympics, beat future world champions Johnny Nelson and Carl Thompson, worked as the Klitschkos' sparring partner, and yet ended up homeless on the streets of Rugby and dying at 51.

Al Wilson, father of Torrie, has died just days before his daughter's WWE Hall of Fame induction. He of course appeared back on WWE TV in the early 2000s, when he was kayfabe fucked to death by Dawn Marie.

Shawn Smith, vocalist with a number of Seattle-area bands, dead at 55. A bunch of his solo tracks popped up on The Sopranos OST, but his most famous work was as the frontman of Pigeonhed, who had a global hit (via a Lo Fidelity Allstars remix) in 1999 with "Battleflag":

All over Twitter, death of former Nuts editor-at-large, longtime Guardian/Guardian guide contributor and former Countdown champion Pete Cashmore. A man I had many enjoyable conversations with and was proud to call a friend and inspiration. His suicide, frankly, doesn’t come as a surprise and hopefully he’s at peace writing 60-word takedowns of Paolo Nutini singles in the afterlife now.

Low-end mobster and abusive partner of Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato, was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter today in 1958:

Bill Heine has jumped the shark: Going Underground return to the top of the DDP.

Does Vos Is Neizas, "the voice of the Orthodox Jewish community", count as a QO?

Don't be so sure. Your team of workmanlike watercarrier picks is giving me horrible flashbacks to my elimination last year, when my squad of fancy high-faluting non-celebs was trounced by Billy Graham and pals.

Just so it doesn't look like I'm really reaching, my joker isn't a charity chief, he's the grand rabbi of the Skulen dynasty. Among other things, he believes it's against Jewish tenets to own a computer with internet access.

You gave me a fucking heart murmur....

Wrong JS...

Maybe he's just going to spend more time with his first love: those who operate child sex abuse rings.

Is Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack the single greatest comic performance in cinematic history?

Nicky Read back in trouble again, this time for exposing his dick at an arcade before inserting it into a coinchanger machine. While dressed as a jockey.