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I was wondering if there was any information on the whereabouts of Colleen McCabe, the former nun who became a headmistress and was jailed for stealing £500k of her school’s budget by using a corporate credit card. The trail seems to have gone very cold since her release from prison in late 2005. She was rather heavy set at the time of her conviction and would be in her 70s now. I did wonder if she might have re-entered a convent. She was played by Pauline Quirke in a BBC drama about her misdeeds

Fear not, Deathlist has a thread for most occasions

Sad about Karl Wallinger. Is It Like Today was a thing of beauty. The Flying Burrito Brothers, in all of their incarnations, have 56 members on their Wikipedia entry, 28 of whom have blue links.

Am I the only person who's never heard of him or his creation?

Some talk on Reddit that octogenarian psychonaut Phil Lesh, still rocking at 84, had to be helped on and off stage, needed a chair and someone to assist with getting his bass guitar strap over his head at his most recent gig.

I spent far too much time when I should have been researching yesterday looking at former Bozeman City Commissioner I Ho Pomeroy's grill takeaway menu. I'll have the spicy ramen and a seaweed salad if anyone's buying.

My team will be in soon. I love this annual trawl of obscure, comatose notables

I'm not sure about that. The Destruction of Dresden (1963) always seemed a pretty myopic account of events to me. Although lauded at the time of publication, my understanding is that more recently it has been found that Irving based his findings on a forged Nazi document and long interviews with a single witness who had his own agenda when describing what he saw. I haven't read his other works though.

Jailed extremist, MH17 bomber and Putin critic Igor Girkin is unlikely to see out his four year sentence IMO. A unique pick and joker for DDP high flyers A Pelican in the Wilderness. Article here about some other incarcerated Russian troublemakers who probably eye their daily gruel with some suspicion.

Heartwarming saga of Welsh matriarch: Supermam Story about a sensitive man who spends his time in paddocks, weeping: The Horse Whimperer That well known Coen brothers epic about lost car keys: Oh Bother, Where Art Thou?

Ah right. It's so rare that I get hits on the HDP that the excitement got to me. I'm also cutting down on nuns in this pool.

@Death Impends Aston Barrett was a hit for me

Maybe he'll tarry for a while. It's just a test, a game for us to play...

Cyclist and fitness enthusiast Anil Kadsur, 45, who had ridden 100km a day for the last 1500 days, dead from a massive heart attack.

I've added an umlaut above the 'o'. Hope that helps?

If you're looking for more strangeness, the full edition of Rabbits is on YouTube. I showed it to my children when they were very small and they thought it was hilarious.

Dick Gaughan made a rare appearance when he joined Billy Bragg on stage last night.

Soon, they'll all be dead and Meghan will be Queen

She had severe morning sickness - hyperemesis gravidarum - in pregnancy. I wonder she might have had surgery relating to long term affects, for example stomach ulcers?

Word reaches me that Brian Barczyk was once in a band, but I am not sure what instrument he played. I also understand he bred bongo boa constrictors and, if he'd chosen to be strangled to death by one of these creatures to end his suffering, serious bonus points would have been coming my way.

I wonder if we need a dance/electronic music DJ/Producer thread? Techno pioneers make uneasy bedfellows with Radio 2 stalwarts

Acid house DJ Mallorca Lee has announced he is suffering from terminal cancer.

Josef Fritzl. Could be a quiet funeral.

Sign me up please

Sir Nicholas Winton, 98, war hero and Nobel Prize nominee, hospitalised with heart problems during a visit to Prague.