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When it was first reported that Steel was ill he was being cared for at home, although he was bed ridden.

Jackie Stewart must be one of the last alive (and possibly the last) to have won a race on the Aintree Grand Prix circuit - having won the Formula 3 race there in 1964, the circuit's final year.

Shelley was the producer behind the newly formed Magnet records, and the Alvin Stardust single was their first release and became a surprise hit. Shelley did make at least one TV appearance as Stardust on Lift Off, but couldn't take on the role full time as he had a record company to run. That TV appearance seems to have been wiped, like many TV shows of the time. The first Alvin Stardust was very different, resembling a clown.

He was also the original Alvin Stardust. As A&R manager and producer at Magnet records he recorded the original of My Coo Ca Chooh (so?), and made a few TV appearances to promote the single. Then the artist formerly known as Shane Fenton was signed up to promote the single instead, as he had other record company commitments.

If only that odious turd had died in that plane crash back in 2010!

Saxophonist Carlos Garnett, 84. https://twitter.com/chris_monsen/status/1632458054003310594

Musician David Lindley, aged 78. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lindley_(musician)

It's more likely that he's in his 50s than from the 50s - he seems to have played in several York based bands over the past few decades, none of which seem to have been succesful.

All motorcycle road racing in Northern Ireland has been cancelled this year due to significant increases in public liability insurance costs. The same insurance company also covers the Isle of Man TT races - could they be in doubt as well?

David Marks is still around too - he played on their first few albums through 1962 and 1963, replacing Jardine who was at college, but wasn't on their debut single.

My jazz and cycling teams are most likely to receive qualifying obituaries from the same journalist, the Guardian's Richard Williams.

The most notorious thing about Ed Rudy was the dubious Beatles live album he issued in 1965. It was essentially a poor quality recording of the Beatles August 1964 concert in Atlantic City, but due to rights issues he had another band, The Liverpool Lads, overdub over the Beatles actual performances, whilst keeping all other recordings from the concert intact. Then at the end he added an interview with a fake Brian Epstein. Here's a YouTube upload of most of that album - some of the interviews with screaming fans have been dropped. First Beatles bootleg EVER! Fake! Horrid! Hilarious!! - YouTube

My two theme teams don't seem to have made it - probably my faulty due to adding them as second and third sheets in the Excel spreadsheet I submitted, instead of sending them as separate sheets. My main team is there and with all picks correct.

I've not seen anything on several US based music websites, including one with a lot of traffic. Also, more tellingly, I'm facebook friends with an LA based music journalist who hasn't posted anything yet.

Jazz drummers 'Philly' Joe Jones and 'Papa' Jo Jones died within 4 days of each other back in 1985. They originally adopted their nicknames to stop them being confused with each other.

Same here - he was a regular on children's TV at the time, and I can remember seeing that year's Record Breakers Christmas special go out with him in it, as it had been recorded a few months prior to his death. I do remember someone telling me that the man who did the voice of Popeye had recently died when watching a Popeye cartoon on TV when very young, but I had no idea who that was at the time. Apparently he was named Harry Foster Welch.

"There's a gal works down the chip van swears her dad's Elvis" doesn't have the same ring to it as Kirsty McColl's original.

My main team: Michael Dunlop Roy Wood Garth Hudson Ryuichi Sakamoto Greg Norton Rhod Gilbert Phil Collins Clive Everton James Burton George Alagiah Rob Burrow Andy Taylor Jonnie Irwin Diane Abbott James Whale Nigel Starmer-Smith Russell Grant Janey Godley Gianluca Vialli Frank Field I've also submitted a theme team of jazz musicians: Sonny Rollins Roy Haynes Ron Carter James Spaulding Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Reggie Workman Carla Bley Keith Jarrett Lou Donaldson Kenny Burrell Archie Shepp John McLaughlin Dave Holland Benny Golson Richard Davis Charles Lloyd George Benson Jack DeJohnette Billy Cobham And a theme team of Grand Tour winning cyclists: Federico Bahamontes Lucien Aimar Jan Janssen Eddy Merckx Bernard Thévenet Lucien Van Impe Bernard Hinault Joop Zoetemelk Franco Balmamion Gianni Motta Gösta Pettersson Fausto Bertoglio Michel Pollentier Johan De Muynck Giuseppe Saronni Giovanni Battaglin Bernardo Ruiz Angelino Soler Rolf Wolfshohl Ferdinand Bracke

ITV regions would show the odd US import comedy as a late night schedule filler. I can't recall Barney Miller turning up in that slot here, but it may have gone out in another part of the country.

For some odd reason I submitted Pope Benny as my third sub - so now I'm hoping that three others on my list having snuffed it off radar already.

I've just submitted my teams - one main team and a couple of theme teams which should have a lot of unique picks. Hopefully my main team should have more hits than the meagre four of last time.

One of my theme team picks has recently died. There's no QO as of yet, and if they don't get one I may need to rethink that theme team altogether, as most of the other members of the list have a similar level of 'fame'.

My two theme teams are ready to go. The main team is another matter, as there's four or five picks who may not make it to the end of this year, never mind next. I'll wait a few days to see what happens to them before submitting. Having said that, another pick will probably peg it instead - that was the case last year!

The line about there being no snow in Africa must have really annoyed the owners of the ski resorts in the Atlas mountains.

Yet another pick is dead - I've had more drop out of my shortlist in the past few weeks than the total hits I've had in this year's list!