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Oh I never liked "I promised myself" but I deeply adore "Each time you break my heart", one of the finest pop tunes of the 80s for me.

Surprise André Maranne wasn't on the DL Whatever, he was predicted by The Daredevil, The Quim Reaper and ThereWillBeDeaths7.

Congratulations DI!

Thanks! Hoping for a qo for Pillai.

Yesterday I received the pre-ordered new album from Marianne Faithfull (with Warren Ellis): "She walks in beauty". First of all I had to break away from believing that I can listen to a typical MF-music album. The new album is spoken poetry underlaid with music. That's not a bad thing at first. But let's have a look on these 3 components (speech, poetry, music): speech/spoken: The marvellous Marianne Faithfull! As a big fan, I really like her special voice, wether she is singing or speaking. As a example I absolutely adore „After the ceasefire“ from her 1999 masterpiece „Vagabond Ways“. Very atmospheric, very nice story. MF really had a powerful and expressive voice, absolutely suitable for demanding literature and poetry, but also for rock, pop and chanson. So nothing to complain about at first. However, the new album consists only of spoken parts, probably because MF just can't sing anymore (because of several health reasons). Her voice almost consistently sounds powerless and breathless, and the lyrics are sometimes spoken very droning und read down. As a great stage interpreter, e.g. also of Brecht's texts, she would certainly have spoken the poems far more expressively at other times. poetry: Setting old texts and poems to music is a tradition. But I find it difficult to get access to these old English texts and I cannot say whether it would be easier for me in German. I know "The Lady of Shalott" in the version of the gifted Loreena McKennitt, who merges with this text in a very inimitable way with singing, interpretation and music. Unfortunately, MF can't do that here, I'm so sorry. Music: OMG, I can't stand this banter and jingling! This is worse than elevator music! This music is... absolutely nothing! Very uninspired soundscapes, which for me do not convey anything at all and sound the same in every track. Boring. Unworthy. Disappointing. But: I ordered the deluxe edition which comes in a beautiful booklet with poems and paintings. Since I haven't bought a CD for so long, I held the album very reverently in my hands and was reminded of the old days when CDs were also art. A nice moment. I'm going to add this album to my MF collection now - and it will just stay there. I would have wished for a good album (her last album from 2018 was great for example!), but unfortunately it didn't turn out to be for me. Marianne - I love you anyway!

01. Kat Bjelland 02. Bob Dole 03. Sarah Harding 04. Carlos Timoteo Griguol 06.05.2021 05. Litsa Menounos 02.05.2021 06. Abdelaziz Bouteflika 07. David Gulpilil 08. Yoo Sang-Chul 09. Bill Turnbull 10. Benedict XVI 11. Jyrki Kasvi 12. Rob Bolland 13. Fritz Pleitgen 14. Rainer Langhans 15. Balakrishna Pillai 03.05.2021 16. Jim Molan 17. Shannen Doherty 18. Jeanette Lee 19. Steve McMichael 20. Tom Smith 21. Tom Parker Subs: Raúl Castro, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Linda Nolan 

Is Benedict XVI allowed? Otherwise I would take Betty White.

Yes, they are long overdue, you are right! And they will definitely die on May 1st and 2nd

Congratulations on winning our round, msc! That was a fair game and I didn't mind losing to you at all. Good luck in the next few rounds, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you !!

While her husband Kirk was picked by every player last year, Anne Buydens Douglas was picked by only 4 players: Annami, Great Uncle Bulgaria, theoldlady and The Quim Reaper. Congrats!

Born in Hanover as Hannelore Marx, Anne Buydens Douglas becomes our second hit as she died on April, 29th 2021 at the age of 102. https://www.promiflash.de/news/2021/04/30/mit-102-jahren-kirk-douglas-103-witwe-anne-gestorben.html

1921: Mustafa bin Halim / Ágnes Keleti 1922: Luis Echeverria / Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch / Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples 1924: Budge Patty / Eva Marie Saint 1925: Robert Fyfe / Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks / Rowena Jackson 1927: Arthur Cohn / Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins / Estelle Harris 1929: Ed Asner / Imelda Marcos 1930: Jean-Luc Godard / Katherine Jackson

Willi Herren: suspected overdose Barby Kelly: tba Both deaths are a little shocking...

Leslie Philips on his birthday today...

Walter Mondale is hit No. 7 for the DL and also a hit for Bibliogyphon, Dying Probably, Great Uncle Bulgaria, Joey Russ, The Daredevil and TomTomTelekom.

Rainer Langhans, very quite for a while, which could be a good sign for us deadpooling people

I keep an eye on my competition! This one will be hard to beat! Unique hit, only 50 years old... I think that`s it for me - what would be ok.

Seems like @msc has scored with Sunday Burquest. https://nypost.com/2021/04/19/survivor-star-sunday-burquest-dead-at-50/ Did I say avalanche? Yes, I did!

Whoops, where is @The Daredevil 's post from this morning about the 94th birthday of Pope Benedict???

Whoops, where is my post from this morning about his 79nd Birthday???

Maybe Captain Sir Tom Moore is missed at my score? He is my No. 21.

Shannen Doherty turns 50 today How old does that actually make me? The latest news I found about her was a quarantine in Canada, where she was doing fine, focusing on health.

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Does anybody know who the operator of the Italian DeathList is? http://dpseggi.altervista.org/DeathList/X2021.html George P. Shultz (No.8) can be added to the list of the deceased since February, 6th.