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    Elizabeth would not have lost her place if her father had predeceased Edward.

    And it was the Duke of Kent who was killed in the air crash, not the Duke of Gloucester.

     

    It was Prince William Duke of Gloucester (William of Gloucester) who died in a plane crash. His plane was registered G-AWOG - a registration the CAA wasn't going to issue because of the last three letters but relented when pressured.

     

     

    I assumed that Bibliogryphon had confused Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester with Prince George, Duke of Kent. They were the Queen's uncles, the younger brothers of Edward VIII and George VI. The Duke of Kent was killed in a plane crash in 1942.

     

    Prince William of Gloucester was the son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and as you say was also killed in a plane crash, in 1972. He was never the Duke though, as his father did not die until 1974.

     

    I bow to your superior knowledge, Toastie. I could have sworn Richard got it from William when the latter croaked it but hey, I'm getting on a bit now and you know what that does to the Falk mind. :D

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    Elizabeth would not have lost her place if her father had predeceased Edward.

    And it was the Duke of Kent who was killed in the air crash, not the Duke of Gloucester.

     

    It was Prince William Duke of Gloucester (William of Gloucester) who died in a plane crash. His plane was registered G-AWOG - a registration the CAA wasn't going to issue because of the last three letters but relented when pressured.

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    Becomes our longest reigning monarch on Wednesday. If you don't count James Stuart.

     

    I wonder how much extra mileage she'll add on to it, and whether we'll see the person to break the record in our lifetimesl

    Unlikely as William is already older than she was when she took the throne. It would probably take for William to die tragically young and for George to live as long as Philip for us to have any chance. The better chance will lie with George's children's generation.

     

    I thought it might be interesting to extend this idea with a hypothetical timeframe:

     

    The Queen is currentlly 89 and her mum lived to 101.

     

    Let's assume she lives for a slightly less long time than her Mum and say she dies in six years' time at 95.

     

    In 2021, when she goes, Charles will be 72. Let's assume he also has enough in his tank to reach 95, given the longevity of both his parents (assuming he doesn't abdicate at any point).

     

    That takes us to the year 2044, meaning that Prince William will be 62.

     

    Asssuming this run of very good luck continues and William also reaches 95 (aided by the advances in medicine we will see by then), George will take the throne in 2077 at the age of 64.

     

    Assuming our boy George doesn't turn out to be like Boy George and has children of his own one day, they will presumably also be middle aged by the time they take the throne. Hence, we will really need an untimely death or a scandal to force William or George to abdicate early for a youthful monarch to take the throne again and have any chance of breaking Lizzie's record. The only other very slim possibility would be for George to have a child later in life but the pressure on him to marry and produce "an heir and a spare" early on means this is extremely unlikely too. (The variant on this would be if Prince George was gay or impotent and Charlotte had a child later in life as there would be, initially, less pressure on her to reproduce until George's problem was discovered, leading to a younger niece or nephew taking the throne.)

     

    Otherwise, the pattern will just keep repeating of the next in line taking the throne sometime in their 60s or 70s, meaning Lizzie's record will remain unassailable until something calamitous happens leading to the early death or abdication of a monarch to push a younger person onto the throne.

     

    Then Ralph takes over.

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    Can somebody please check birth/death records to see if we still have Patricia Laffan with us?

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Laffan

     

    Her wiki page has been edited countless times now to say she passed in 2014. One edit said she died around 11/03/14 in Chelsea.

     

    I'd be very shocked if her death has gone unnoticed altogether.

     

     

    Some guy says she died on 10/03/14 and was cremated on 26/03/14.

     

    http://www.isxdead.com/person/414267/Patricia%20Laffan

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    No one in America has ever heard of Lara Roxx so the fact this site believes it's OBVIOUS that her name is synonymous enough with the 'porn industry' as to feel no need to mention 'the porn industry' anywhere in the byline is ridiculous. There that is off my chest.

    Former porn star Candida Royalle, regarded as a pioneer for her work in front of and behind the camera, has died after battling ovarian cancer. She was 64. The actress -- whose real name is Candice Vadala -- performed in more than two dozen adult films, but was best known for her work as a director, a first in the male-dominated industry.

    SChttp://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/candida-royalle-dies-age-64-article-1.2351467

    A lot more than two dozen

    Don't kill the messenger :-) I just bloody cutted and pasteded.

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    Then you'd do well working at Mail Online. :D

     

    Don't you just love some of the titles though? My favourite's Retro Knob Slobbers on the Loose.

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    Couldn't sleep, so thought I'd do a list again.

     

    With the loss of both Gary Owens and Judy Carne this year from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, I thought I'd conjure up a list of those survivors who appeared in the show as credited regular or guest performers who appeared as such in more than one episode. It does not include people who appeared as characters they created elsewhere, and it does not include people who appeared as themselves.

     

    The list has been taken from IMDB in order of most appearances to least, with a little help from Wiki and Google, so the usual disclaimers apply and as always, any constructive comment to flesh out the list is appreciated. Here are your surviving stars:

     

    Ruth Buzzi (b. 1936)

    Arte Johnson (b. 1929)

    Lily Tomlin (b. 1939)

    Jo Anne Worley (b. 1937)

    Goldie Hawn (b. 1945)

    Johnny Brown (b. 1937)

    Barbara Sharma (b. 1942)

    Ann Elder (b. 1942)

    Pamela Rodgers (b. 1944)

    Chelsea Brown (b. 1947)

    Harvey Jason (b. 1940)

    Moosie Drier (b. 1964)

    Tod Bass (b. 1964)

    Brian Bressler (b. ?) Still alive according to this article from June 2015: http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2015/06/_40million-dollar_floating_house.html

    Patti Deutsch (b. 1945)

    Lisa Farringer (b. ?) Status Unknown

    Sarah Kennedy (b. ?) Became a children's author, current status unknown (not the UK Sarah Kennedy).

    Willie Tyler (b. 1940)

    Sweet Dick Whittington (b. 1934)

    Mitzi McCall (b. 1932)

    Charlie Brill (b. 1938)

    Roddy Maude-Roxby (b. 1930)

    Chris Bearde (b. 1936)

    Inga Neilsen (b. 1940)

    Kaye Ballard (b. 1925)

    Wow I'd heard of two of those people.

    Shall I presume Laugh-In wasn't on the telly in the UK? Would it have been the first five names on that list would be household names, or the previous poster's comment was unique to their household.

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    It was on BBC 2

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    No one in America has ever heard of Lara Roxx so the fact this site believes it's OBVIOUS that her name is synonymous enough with the 'porn industry' as to feel no need to mention 'the porn industry' anywhere in the byline is ridiculous. There that is off my chest.

     

    Former porn star Candida Royalle, regarded as a pioneer for her work in front of and behind the camera, has died after battling ovarian cancer. She was 64. The actress -- whose real name is Candice Vadala -- performed in more than two dozen adult films, but was best known for her work as a director, a first in the male-dominated industry.

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    http://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/candida-royalle-dies-age-64-article-1.2351467

    A lot more than two dozen

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    A Brian E Walker was born in Chipping Sodbury (great name) on the outskirts of Bristol, September 1926 (mums maiden name, Vines). No record of death up to the free search (which ends at 2007). There was a Brian Walker born March 1926, but he was born in Guildford, and who mistakes Guildford for Bristol? As Viz mentioned him on Twitter in 2012, you'd think they'd note if he was gone. However, his 1960s sketch work for The Guardian has copyright owned by a Mary Andrews. Though, while that would usually suggest deceased, her being the Content Sales Manager suggests an artist who never paid attention to what rights he was giving away.

     

    So, what you want is either someone with the dosh to check the English death records to see if he's snuffed it since 2007. Or find someone brave to email that copyright holder...

     

    My money's on alive, purely because Lambiek, the UK Comics Wiki, etc etc all don't have a date of death, and surely comic book fans are just as compulsively obsessive as Dr Who fans and would find this out...

    Walker.jpg
    His birthplace of Brislington came under the district of Keynsham in 1926.
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    I'm suspecting Paul Bearer is insensible with drink and shock.

     

    Rothes 0 v Fort 3

     

    Our heroes sit TWO places clear of the bottom.

    Have they got some new players?

     

     

     

    There are some new names on the team sheet this season.

     

    Whether you'd regard the typical athletically challenged specimen sighted on the pitch in Highland League games as a "player" is another question entirely.

     

    Is Ched Evans one of 'em?

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    I have too much spare time, so to avoid boredom I'm creating a database of the DeathList entries, mostly for bizarre statistical analysis. I'm missing a few bits of data about a few candidates.

     

    Do you know the date of birth of the following candidates:

     

    - Jack Hargreaves

    - Arthur Marshall

    - Stan Flashman

    - Jackie Mann

    - King Fahd

    - George Lineker

    - Ray Moore

    - Vincent O'Brien

    - Jim Joel

     

    or the date of death of:

    - Jack Hargreaves

    - Arthur Marshall

     

    please let me know.

     

    regards,

    Hein

    10 years on and Hein's still awaiting a full reply. :(

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    Actually , there's a thread on its own.

    "Who is the World's most famous person ever to do porridge?".

    Hitler, obviously, but that was before his talents came to the fore.

    Well, surely Jesus had to have spent time in prison between his arrest and crucifixion?

    If we add length of time served into the equation then surely it's Nelson Mandela.

    Mandela was only responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, I'd still take Hitler in a game of w***er Top Trumps.

     

    Are you saying you'd deal me a yarborough? Oh bugger! :o

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    Actually , there's a thread on its own.

     

    "Who is the World's most famous person ever to do porridge?".

     

     

    Hitler, obviously, but that was before his talents came to the fore.

     

    Well, surely Jesus had to have spent time in prison between his arrest and crucifixion?

     

    If we add length of time served into the equation then surely it's Nelson Mandela.

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    Is Schmidt the oldest living current celebrity smoker?The only others over 70 I can think of are:

     

    June Brown 88

    Stuart Hall 85

    Antony Booth 83

    Lionel Blair 83

    Willie Nelson 82 (weed only now)

    Glenda Jackson 79

    Vanessa Redgrave 78

    Jack Nicholson 78

    David Hockney 78

    Tommy Chong 77 (weed)

    Al Pacino 75

    Queen Magrethe II 75

    Ken Clarke 75 (cigars)

    Julie Goodyear 73

    Penny Marshall 71

    Joni Mitchell 71 -until stroke at least

    Keith Richards 71 -Tobacco and weed and everything else probably.

    Laila Morse 70

    Howard Marks 70-weed

    I don't think Keith ever smoked his dad's ashes but he did snort them. :burnash:

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    The accuser was 14, so this is not a paedophile case.

    Yes, okay hebephilia if we want to get technical... Weren't most of Rolf's victims adolescents too?

    I don't see why we shouldn't be picky technical.

     

    There is a big difference between being sexually attracted to teenagers who are legally minors, and being sexually attracted to prepubescent children. We have words at our disposal that distinguish between the two, and it is a great pity that the word 'paedophilia' is so carelessly bandied about.

     

    Why should our rich language be rendered increasingly imprecise?

    I don't mind going on the record here. I've always tended toward 'younger' women, my wife was 7 years my lesser (at 35) for instance. However let's not get carried away. I'm not talking about fahkin 12-yr olds here, but certainly 16-17 would have been my fancy, as I was 18 once too you know. Guess that made me a felonious peadophile in some eyes. Oh well. (As if).

    SirC

     

     

     

    Aye, but to be fair, if a 23 year old finds themselves lusting after an octagenarian, there's nowt legally wrong with it?

     

    The Daily Mail would still be tempted to call the octogenarian a paedophile though.

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