Ideas and Possibilities for 2022

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Jeanette "The Black Widow" Lee -- one of the most famous billiards players EVER -- has been diagnosed with cancer ... and her friends say she now has less than a year to live.

https://www.tmz.com/2021/02/17/billiards-star-jeanette-the-black-widow-lee-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer/

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Margaret Barton-The last surviving cast member of Brief Encounter turns 95 in a few months

[DCI Frank Burnside 426]

John Madden former NFL Head Coach and commentator. Turns 85 in April. Will almost certainly get a BBC and Guardian Obit

[Ulitzer95 2,745]

Rewatched My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) tonight. 
 

I was surprised to read that not only was a sequel released in 2016, but all cast members were still alive and reprised their roles too.
 

Michael Constantine who played the crazy Greek father of the bride is 94 in May. He looks like he was circling in 2016 to be honest. Surely can’t last much longer. 
 

What totally shocked me though was that the granny in the films (ie the mother of Constantine’s character) is still alive and she’s ancient! A little known actress called Bess Meisler. No DOB on Google but Ancestry reveals she was born in January 1923.

 

[William1971 7]

Demi Lovato had 3 strokes and a Heart Attack in 2018, no way she isn't on the list next year.

[Salmon Mousse 69]

I read somewhere that Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) has been unwell

[Banana 499]

2 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

I read somewhere that Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) has been unwell

 

haha.

[dimreaper 5]

Sandra Day O'Connor has been battling alzheimer's for years.

[The Quim Reaper 4,145]

8 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

I read somewhere that Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) has been unwell

Will he get a QO, do we reckon?

[Spade_Cooley 5,554]

Got around to watching that How to Mend A Broken Heart documentary about the Bee Gees the other night. Great way to spend two hours, but one of the talking heads for it was Studio 54 DJ Nicky Siano, and he looked like he was definitely suffering with something. Should be a straight-forward QO. 

[Dying Probably 253]

8 hours ago, Salmon Mousse said:

I read somewhere that Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) has been unwell

 

Not famous enough.

[msc 11,135]

5 minutes ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Will he get a QO, do we reckon?

 

No reason for him to QO whatsoever.

 

[time 3,578]

5 hours ago, The Quim Reaper said:

Will he get a QO, do we reckon?

 

5 hours ago, Dying Probably said:

 

Not famous enough.

 

5 hours ago, msc said:

 

No reason for him to QO whatsoever.

 

'course he will, family of the famous and all that.

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Jonathan Gash (Real Name: John Grant) author of the Lovejoy books which were subsequently made into the TV series. 88 this year. Will  presumably get a QO at least on the BBC website  because of the TV series.  

[En Passant 1,886]

19 minutes ago, DCI Frank Burnside said:

Jonathan Gash (Real Name: John Grant)

 

As a writer one assumes the man is a master of the written word, now I'm not a master of the written word (or of anything else) but adopting a nom-de-plume of 'Gash'? Really?

It's not even as if his starting point was Reg Dwight, Maurice Micklewhite or Marion Morrison.

[DCI Frank Burnside 426]

Sandy Gall former ITN Journalist and News Presenter. Turns 94 in October

[Vinegar Tits 351]

Haven't got proper confirmation other than this Reddit thread but Babes In Toyland guitarist-singer Kat Bjelland has stage 4 liver failure and is not eligible for a transplant. 

 

Really sad news. They were always phenomenal live, and also were responsible for my first - and last - stagedive and the only time I've been properly assaulted at a gig (some arsehole thumped me right in the face at Reading 1993).

[Phantom 1,872]

1 hour ago, Vinegar Tits said:

Haven't got proper confirmation other than this Reddit thread but Babes In Toyland guitarist-singer Kat Bjelland has stage 4 liver failure and is not eligible for a transplant. 

 

Really sad news. They were always phenomenal live, and also were responsible for my first - and last - stagedive and the only time I've been properly assaulted at a gig (some arsehole thumped me right in the face at Reading 1993).

Lori Barbero is a friend of mine, I'll see if she's heard anything

[Phantom 1,872]

3 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said:

Haven't got proper confirmation other than this Reddit thread but Babes In Toyland guitarist-singer Kat Bjelland has stage 4 liver failure and is not eligible for a transplant. 

 

Really sad news. They were always phenomenal live, and also were responsible for my first - and last - stagedive and the only time I've been properly assaulted at a gig (some arsehole thumped me right in the face at Reading 1993).

She's currently in a hospice here in Minneapolis

[Joey Russ 5,387]

Of course all these hospice names show up after I have to submit my team. Yay hosting duties...

[Phantom 1,872]

1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:

Of course all these hospice names show up after I have to submit my team. Yay hosting duties...

Well to be fair, it's only recently that she was moved to a hospice.

[The Daredevil 131]

Some of these Italian politicians

 

Former President

Giorgio Napolitano (b. 1925)

 

Former Prime Ministers 

Arnaldo Forlani (b. 1925)

Ciriaco De Mita (b. 1928)

Lamberto Dini (b. 1931)

Silvio Berlusconi (b. 1936)

[Sean 3,187]

22 hours ago, Vinegar Tits said:

Haven't got proper confirmation other than this Reddit thread but Babes In Toyland guitarist-singer Kat Bjelland has stage 4 liver failure and is not eligible for a transplant. 

 

Really sad news. They were always phenomenal live, and also were responsible for my first - and last - stagedive and the only time I've been properly assaulted at a gig (some arsehole thumped me right in the face at Reading 1993).

How famous were Babes in Toyland and Kat Bjelland?  I have never heard of them but wasn`t around when they were big so finding it hard to judge just how famous she is.

[Phantom 1,872]

5 minutes ago, Sean said:

How famous were Babes in Toyland and Kat Bjelland?  I have never heard of them but wasn`t around when they were big so finding it hard to judge just how famous she is.

I lived in London up until 17 years ago, had a few BIT albums and saw them a couple of times. Having moved to Minneapolis in 2004, they're probably more known in the US. Their popularity rose when grunge came about. They did a reunion gig a few years ago and a friend's daughter's band opened for them.  But to answer your question. if you're in to that style of music, they'll be known to you. 

[Spade_Cooley 5,554]

54 minutes ago, Sean said:

How famous were Babes in Toyland and Kat Bjelland?  I have never heard of them but wasn`t around when they were big so finding it hard to judge just how famous she is.

She'll absolutely walk a QO. For someone of my age (mid-late 30s) BIT were always a band you heard more about than you actually heard, but they were always mentioned, and mentioned early, whenever anyone talked about riot grrrl music.