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Wasn't it Klaus Kinski who was offered to be killed by the Natives during the filming of Fitzcarraldo? But Herzog declined because he needed the actor to complete the filming.

More likely I would suggest Slys mother Jackie Stallone. She will be 98 in November and is a (D-list-) celebrity in her own right.

80 today

Congratulations to Spade! - but also to Boudicca! You both did a good job here!

Sent you my team, Sir Creep.

I love Mama Cass! Great performer!

It's his birthday today, most likely his last. No news to be found.

John Paul Stevens, a hit for Squonk: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html next round: 1920: Javier Perez de Cuellar + Eileen Bennett 1921: Hugh Downs + Jackie Stallone 1922: Pierre Cardin + Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch + Pearl Carr 1924: Robert Mugabe + Eva Marie Saint 1925: Michel Piccoli + Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks + Alison Lurie 1927: Jerry Stiller + Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins + Ethel Kennedy 1929: Ed Asner + Imelda Marcos

Johnny Clegg for me... and the Committee! 6 : 6

Bob Dole (on his birthday in 6 days).

9/50 Last year I had 16... I'm optimistic that I can beat it this year.

Some Marieke Vervoort News from July 1, 2019: Marieke Vervoort shares heartbreaking video: "I can't do it anymore" https://nl.metrotime.be/2019/07/01/must-read/marieke-vervoort-deelt-hartverscheurende-video-ik-kan-niet-meer/ Google translation: The former wheelchair athlete Marieke Vervoort has shared a gripping video in which she is in despair. Vervoort has been fighting for years against terrible pains caused by progressive tetraplegia, a paralyzing disease. Marieke "Wielemie" Vervoort is going through hell. The 40-year-old former wheelchair athlete, who won a gold and silver medal at the Paralympic Games, suffers from progressive tetraplegia, a disease in which her arms and legs are paralyzed. As a result, she often lives in hellish pain, just like last weekend. Vervoort shared a video in which she moans with pain and indicates that she cannot continue like this. “My pain is not fair. They can't do this to anyone. Since Saturday afternoon I have started to give up enormously. I can not handle it any longer. I can't even get a drink. I can't do anything. It doesn't work anymore. It must stop. When is everything finally okay? When will it finally stop? All promises, all beautiful words, until you ask the real truth, but then you get no answer, "it sounds. Wielemie recently filmed a documentary about her life. It will premiere in New York in December. "I am really looking forward to that, but I just don't know if I will last that long," she said earlier in Dag Allemaal.

Unique Pick Artur Brauner QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-7222295/German-film-producer-Artur-Brauner-dies-Berlin-100.html

A Unique Hit for me if he gets a QO!

Still Stiller.

You know what that means... same here!!!

Germany's first winner of I'm a celebrity... get me out of here, the Greek schlager singer Costa Cordalis, has died at age 75 after an unknown illness. https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/costa-cordalis--der-schlagersaenger-stirbt-mit-75-jahren-8782792.html (link in German)

...as young as 97 is today...

IN Lee Noble (Boxer) Michael Sleggs Randy Romero Tom Long Vincent Lambert OUT Anna Thornton Irrfan Khan Paul Gascoigne Roman Reigns Sinead O'Connor SUB Ivan Milat

Oh dear, I'm getting old... missed her 87th birthday yesterday! Congratulations, Prunella!

This is the Crowdsourced 50-List I sent to Joey for this year's competition. I wished this was my Shadow List 01. 02. Sylvia Miles 09.09.1924 – 12.06.2019 03. Carol Channing 31.01.1921 – 15.01.2019 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Gloria Vanderbilt 20.02.1924 – 17.06.2019 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Diana Athill 21.12.1917 – 23.01.2019 25. 26. 27. 28. Lorraine Warren 31.01.1927 – 18.04.2019 29. 30. 31. Rosamunde Pilcher 22.09.1924 – 06.02.2019 32. 33. 34. Katherine Helmond 05.07.1929 – 23.02.2019 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. Judith Kerr 14.06.1923 – 22.05.2019 42. Muriel Pavlow 27.06.1921 – 19.01.2019 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. Doris Day 03.04.1922 – 13.05.2019 48. 49. 50.

I said Rita Moreno and Rupert Murdoch yesterday.

Done. Judith Carr... not bad . I did not notice either. I will give you points for Judith Kerr, no big deal.

Yes, of course! Everybody can look up the hits in the opening post and I will do little updates every now and then.

Not to forget to mention here, that Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli, who was gay, has died at age 96. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48648278