Bibliogryphon

The Greek royals aren't actually Greek at all. They descend from a Danish prince who was invited to be King of Greece, and his wife who was Russian. Just like we invited a bunch of Germans to be monarchs because everyone else was Catholic.

I was listening to the 10' O Clock news on Radio 4 last night and they played a brief clip of Scooby Doo, it still brought a smile to my face. A very talented voice artist.

The only one that felt right was Kirk Douglas but it could be the end of August before we get another hit.

Hollywood pays tributes to Jane Fonda There is someone at the BBC who Trolls the Deathlist

Didn't faint during the Queen's Speech yesterday.

I must say that's a slightly disappointing list I think - not very long. The PMs didn't seem to do too much bonking did they, you'd think there'd be a few more, even taking into account the passage of time.... Oh and btw Faber was born in 23 not 20 (if you want to believe Wikipedia). Anthony Eden had three children one died in WWII another died young and the third died of AIDS effectively wiping out his hereditary title and remember Ted Heath was a batchelor. If I were to included Major, Blair, Brown and Cameron this would add another 11 children not including the two which have already died.

It is also worth noting that Clarissa Eden was Winston Churchill's niece and she is still alive. I have also compiled a list of living children of deceased Prime Ministers which I will post in Fringes of Fame. Don't all rush it will wait till you come. Also Harold Wilsons widow Mary Wilson is still alive at nearly 100 This caused me to fact check my data base as I had Mary Wilson down as b.1918 but it appears she was born January 1916. Making her 98.

Edmund White (b.1940) co-author of The Joy of Gay Sex is HIV positive and had two strokes in 2012 must be worth keeping an eye on.

Someone did. Apologies I see the problem I searched for Jeffrey when I should have searched for Jeffery. I thought it was odd!

One potential pick for the future is Margaret Stuart Barry (b.1927) who wrote Simon and the Witch televised by the BBC with Elizabeth Spriggs as the witch.

Following the death of Mary Soames I have compiled the following list of surviving children of the deceased Prime Ministers since Winston Churchill. I decided to exclude the children of the still living Prime Ministers as there are far too many of them and for the most part should not trouble the DL in the lifetime of most of the current posters. Caroline Faber (b. 1920) (Lavinia) Caroline Douglas Home (b. 1937) Meriel Darby (b.1939) Diana Murray (b. 1940) David Douglas-Home (b. 1943) Robin Wilson (b.1943) Giles Wilson (b. 1948) Carol Thatcher (b. 1953) Mark Thatcher (b. 1953) I must admit I am not certain about the daughter of Alec Douglas-Home but in the absence of any notifications of death I have assumed they are alive.

It is also worth noting that Clarissa Eden was Winston Churchill's niece and she is still alive. I have also compiled a list of living children of deceased Prime Ministers which I will post in Fringes of Fame. Don't all rush it will wait till you come.

This one seems to have passed us by. Jeffrey Dench (Judi's brother) died in March. He was a long time member of the RSC and not particularly well known in film and TV but I would have thought someone would have mentioned it.

But this article is from today and is of direct concern to the deathlisters looking for future elderly picks

Apparently whilst giving her evidence his daughter said she feared both her parents would die during the trial. I don't think Rolf looks particularly ill but he has suffered with depression in the past. I am inclined to think she is exagerating.

Being a bit nerdy. Time should get it. I think I will be Biblio anything else sounds like Beiber.

Queen Xanxia of Zanak?

Interview with Vera in the Radio Times this week and this article from the Daily Mail I have a feeling she might make it to the end of the year. However last year I was adamant that Peter O' Toole was a poor pick.

A colleauge started reading this story from the BBC website and I thought he was going to say has died rather than will abdicate

I think a much better exercise would be to have thread races. Five themed threads are created and the first to reach the target wins. There would be rules that each entry is only allowed to contain one name and no member can make subsequent posts in the same thread. If anyone is bored enough to try this I have suggested what five themes might look like 100 People who have had a UK number 1 hit single 100 Oscar winners 100 Nobel Prize Winners 100 Pre 20th Century British Writers 100 people who died before the age of 50 The same person could of course appear in more than one thread although I can't think of any Nobel prize winner who have had a No. 1 hit single. Enjoy

When the die what? Come on, don't leave us all in suspense! Being crap at typing and always being in too much of a hurry to reread what I have just typed and making myself look like a complete idiot. They die. My car is dead it does not go. I had to go to work on the bus this morning (the horror, the horror). Pauses whilst he reads the above before pressing the POST button. Are you sure its dead and not just pining for the Fords? *gets coat* No I'm pretty sure its all Rover.

I see the General is the most popular DDP pick to go so far this year. Are we going to go a full six months without anyone in the Top Ten dying?

When the die what? Come on, don't leave us all in suspense! Being crap at typing and always being in too much of a hurry to reread what I have just typed and making myself look like a complete idiot. They die. My car is dead it does not go. I had to go to work on the bus this morning (the horror, the horror). Pauses whilst he reads the above before pressing the POST button.

I think a lot of Thatcher's cabinet will be increasing in popularity as DDP picks over the next few years. I would perhaps be considering Douglas Hurd rather than Heseltine but he has had heart trouble.

AIDS?