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The Brazil thing I found particularly confusing: were dog trainers in such demand back in the 1970s that they'd be flown out internationally?

Some pretty amazing details deep in that story:

Clu Gulager definitely one of my favourite Hollywood names.

Voiceover artist Carlo Bonomi puts the mic down aged 85. He was the original voice of Pingu globally, among others, but for me he'll always be the argot of the mighty La Linea.

Suggest, to get over a possible loophole, that we ban Match of the Day/Monday Night Football-type picks for the next round, lest anyone decides "any sportsman ever" is a valid option.

Anyone got any leads (pun not intended) on Dorothy Steves, who was the dog trainer for pretty much every TV show in the UK during the 70s and 80s? Was famous enough at the time to write a best-selling book, but can't see any evidence of her being either alive or carking it over the past 30 years.

Monster.

As the expression goes, if that man fell into a barrel of tits he'd come out sucking his thumb.

Final got around to reading Kliph Nesterhoff's We Had A Little Real Estate Problem, the definitive history of native American comedy. Anyway, one name interviewed throughout is Jackie Curtiss, who is a nightmare to Google for because of Jackie Curtis the Warhol muse. Curtiss had a lengthy comedy career, was one of the first Native Americans to appear regularly on US TV but is seemingly forgotten nowadays by the internet (doesn't even get a Wikipedia page). He's 96 and still alive by the looks of things, if you fancy a punt...

Now turns out it wasn't an "extreme erotic game", rather Bibey died of a heart attack while beating his girlfriend up.

Graeme Souness dying on Christmas Day this year. Although the news was overshadowed by Gary Barlow coming out as trans, while I was watching the big Christmas Day TV show: an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against the long deceased rapper Tim Dog.

It's definitely up there, it really is the researcher's pool. Apologies for not making more of a big splash for the ending but I had two fillings put in this morning.

I can fully accept that if Nigey L drops dead tomorrow it would be an absolute travesty for me to beat msc with our respective records. Still taking the win though.

And yep, a tight-run final was decided by the former Studio 54 owners trip to the suicide pods. Joey Russ becomes the sixth name engraved on the trophy, and wins it the year after he ceased hosting the event. Congratulations.

My personal belief is that COVID killed off a lot of people who would have otherwise died in 2022/23. Dunno how my long-listers are finding it but there is absolutely nobody of interest being flagged up as "six/nine months to live" at the moment either, so I think this trend could easily continue.

Very impressed by the team who picked Anita Roddick a year before she knew she had liver cirrhosis and four years before she made it public.

Paulie may have moved slow, but it was only because Paulie didn't have to move for anybody.

Anyone done the Dodgy joke elsewhere?

Does Mike Davis letting us all know that he "isn't imminently at death's door" mean this tournament is as good as over?

Regular 20/20 pick Diana Kennedy, the Julia Child of Mexican cuisine, dead at 99.

Anyone noticed the weird spate of "superfan" deaths in the past few days? We've lost: Bristol City "superfan" Stoney Garnett: https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/tributes-paid-to-city-superfan-stoney-garnett/ Arsenal "superfan" Maria Petri: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/legendary-arsenal-fan-maria-petri-dies-at-82/ Liverpool "superfan" Eric Farrington: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pensioner-meets-hero-attends-final-24568269 Aston Villa "superfan" Tony Badges: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/death-aston-villa-superfan-tony-24571443 And I feel like there was one other that's not coming to mind immediately. Anyone checked in on John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood?

Cesaro?

Ideas and possibilities for 2024: that year will see The Chainsmokers become the first musicians to play a concert at the edge of space, being sent up in a pressurised balloon.

Waldo was definitely alive as of Christmas 2021, as you can see her performing at a Christmas concert here: I've now bothered to read the video description, this is a "virtual celebration" containing old footage, but Waldo herself appears at 3:41. Looks and sounds insanely good for someone who was 103 (104 now), so I have to assume she is still alive. Exotica doesn't have the same genre pull as it did in the mid-90s but you'd guess she'd still get the NYT obit.

What did that Sun article upthread mean by this? Are they implying something?