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It's a thought though, contrary to the "popular", there must have been folk out there for whom Kennedy's death was overshadowed by finding out about CS Lewis rather than vice versa. Like how my mum is adamant Farah Fawcett overshadowed any 80s singers who might have died on the same day.

CS Lewis circa 5.35pm, 22nd Nov JFK 6pm UK time, 22nd Nov Huxley ruins this as he died at 5.20pm but LA time, which is 7 hours later... There's a semi-famous book about it that I've never read.

Scotland beat Israel, somehow qualify for the Euro 2020 playoffs before the qualifiers are played and play that playoff at Hampden (if needed). Great tournament. Obv if Israel had scored that equaliser, worst tournament ever. Naturally.

^ Problem of reading Twitter backwards! tbh His son's twitter reads like a wake.

He's not very well and is now in a nursing home but haven't seen anything about him dying. Nowt in the usual channels. Anyhow, Grange Hill fans are actually even obsessive fact finders than Who fans so if he has gone we'll know very quickly.

Pity da Foolz is about to take the lead at the top with 40 days left. Poor DI, is he going to slip up at the last hurdle again? Oh, and some guy from Glasgow moves to within 15 points of the top with the joker still in play - be afraid, folk, comeback's on! Hahaha PS RIP Devin Lima and all that.

Update on the above: Harry Leslie Smith appears to have had a fall and has pneumonia for the 2nd time this year. Well enough for a cup of tea, but still in the emergency ward, on Nil by mouth, and has refused intubation. imo this is likely to be (or near enough) Harry's Last Stand...

Reminds me of the now long gone Dorothy Custer...

I've only just twigged that the unique for William Goldman on the DDP is actually my own theme team! [A theme team I admit existed solely to get Steve Ditko on the DDP for the first time and he promptly snuffed it... although Guy Playfair getting one was cool too and Aelwyn Roberts should have but he never got a qualifying obit, only one from the BBC...] Actually got a sort of Reverse DDT streak on the go - 8 unique hits in the past 4 theme teams, but none at all ever for my main DDP team. Funny old world.

Mastermind, each year. (Keeps the brain ticking over, though some cunto picked cricket as their subject...) Anyhow, last episode, question, paraphrased: "Which musician, who died in 1987 aged 94, popularised the Spanish classical guitar?" Me: Segovia! The contestant didn't know. And they say The Deathlist isn't educational!

The Guardian has an obit for acclaimed stage actress Jennie Stoller (who somewhat unjustly has her sole mention here in the SF thread!), aged 72 from cancer.

OoO's last World Cup update had this man, Roldan, marked as def alive in Summer, and I trust his knowledge. Played for Chile in the 1950 World Cup! Anyhow, you'd think the first man to score 2 goals for England at a World Cup would be a Prime Deathlist Candidate, but I thought the same of "gravely ill" Nat Lofthouse back when, so what do I know? Some of the posts from last year on this topic, but probably need updated given old people. Like how I was wondering to myself recently surely if Jimmy Walker was still alive, it would get mentioned recently given some of his records got beaten by Kris Doolan. Turns out, he actually died quietly back in 2000.

Something about protesting too much. (Nor do I. Light fleece does the job in 40C or in minus 30...)

I've mentioned Loaded magazine's term for Dr Who fans, no? Anorak Clad Wankers.

You seen how many trade unions there are? From 1977, General Secs still breathing: John Morton (b. 1925), Musicians Fred Jarvis (b. 1924) - NUT, was also NUS boss in the 50s, was at Normandy, and made a CBE in 2016, so will piss all the obits... Norman Ellis (b. 1943) - the FDA, later moved to the TUC and the BMA Jarvis presumably would have been one of them, maybe Ellis - doubt Morton, but he's a living name. Some - Sam Maddox, Ken Daniel - I can't get DODs on but I *think* they are long buried...

Slam Guide #14 ex-WWE star DJ Gabriel This is your pick, right, Joey? Oops, wrong DJ!

Sad news. Dependable regular on TV for ages.

21st Sept Denis Norden - TV broadcaster Diane Leather - first woman to run the sub-5 minute mile Johnny Kingdom - nature broadcaster and DDT pal. Fenella Fielding - legend 28th Sept Chas Hodges - singer MJ Long - Architect, British Library Arthur Mitchell - ballet dancer Rick Turner - archaeologist who found Lindow Man Rachid Taha - singer 5th october Charles Aznavour - singer Charles Kao- Nobel Prize Elizabeth de Mauny Wainwright John Cunliffe - Postman Pat creator 12th October Ray Galton - Hancock's Half Hour/Steptoe and Son creator Prof Gerald Russell - psychiatrist who discovered bulimia. Evelyn Anthony - British author Sir Roger Gibbs -Wellcome Trust and Arsenal FC director Montserrat Caballe - singer 19th October Paul Allen - Microsoft Mary Midgley - theologian Leon Lederman - Nobel Prize Roger Mainwood - Ethel and Ernest director 26th October Anthea Bell - translator, Asterix Captain Michael Howard - Nazi hunter Baroness Hollis - Blair government minister and political biographist Cicely Berry - RSC Tony Hiller - songwriter 2nd November Wanda Ferragamo - shoe manufacturer Wim Kok - Dutch PM Ntozake Shange - American playwright/feminist Mohamed Sahnoun - Algerian diplomat apparently massively influential in Africa. Keith Kilby - a pacifist. 9th November Lord Heywood - former top civil servant and 2019 Pan Breed lock. Pamela Lonsdale - Producer of Rainbow Sangharakshita - controversial Buddhist leader Tom Jago - distiller, Last Drop, created Johnnie Walker and Baileys Irish Cream. Francis Lai - composer

This thread died a death. Oh well, on this week: Aubrey Manning, zoologist and BBC nature broadcaster – BBC2’s Earthstory (we appear to have missed this?) Max Levitas – Cable Street veteran Babs Beverley Janet Paisley – Scottish poet Stan Lee

I agree with LFN. Legalise it, tax it, solve a crime issue and create an income generator in one move.

You keep using that word -- I do not think it means what you think it means.

And cult classic The Princess Bride (both novel and film script)!

Dont believe it*. Bunch of them said that 2015-17, yet Corbyn's Labour got highest vote share since 2001 and highest vote numbers since 97. Folk moan** but end of the day those who don't like the Tories tend to revert to Labour and vice versa. *That's on yer staunch Labour folk no voting them, I have no arguments on him winning or no winning an election... Although as David Cameron proved, sometimes the way to win elections to look slightly less shit than your opponent... ** Ever notice the folk pre-election who were all "I'm Democrat but cant vote for Evil Hilary" are the ones who moan most about Trump?

Paul Flynn plans to stand down at the "earliest opportunity" (he thinks election next year) "due to failing health". He mentions crippling arthritis but he's also been bedridden in recent months bar important votes. Shame imo - spoken highly of by all who know him, regardless of party affiliation.

Penny Mordaunt. She's quite popular with Tory members, for one reason or another...