Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted March 5 12 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Tony Green QO: https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/04/bullseye-star-tony-green-dies-aged-85-20397447/ Awaiting Eleanor Collins and Joe Shannon. Edit: And Maurice Bembridge. Eleanor Collins QO https://uk.news.yahoo.com/canadian-jazz-legend-eleanor-collins-023956517.html Maurice Bembridge may not get something until Sports Personality of the Year, quite golf-centric only obits thus far. Nothing for Juli Lynn Charlot either yet as far as I can see. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 5 Datta Gaekwad QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/03/05/datta-gaekwad-stylish-cricketer-india-test-captain-1959/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted March 5 44 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Datta Gaekwad QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/03/05/datta-gaekwad-stylish-cricketer-india-test-captain-1959/ Surprised this took so long to appear, given that England are playing a series in India right now! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 5 Edward Bond QO: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/mar/05/edward-bond-playwright-dies 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted March 5 Juli Lynne Charlot QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/juli-lynne-charlot-inventor-poodle-173747912.html 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted March 6 I was looking through the DDP for biographies that got truncated when there was a 255 character limit imposed. I was delighted to find this - Quote The Man In Black fondly recalls his adventures in a children's education programme back in the midsts of time. The programme ended on a cliff-hanger when Aitken caught his bike on a train rail just as (The Aitken referred to is Tony Aitken, British actor). 1 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,022 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, time said: The Man In Black fondly recalls his adventures in a children's education programme back in the midsts of time. The programme ended on a cliff-hanger when Aitken caught his bike on a train rail just as Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted March 6 1 hour ago, time said: I was looking through the DDP for biographies that got truncated when there was a 255 character limit imposed. I was delighted to find this - (The Aitken referred to is Tony Aitken, British actor). Tony Aitken is the old dude in the latest Tesco advert, isn't he? Who's the old woman? (who is now my avatar due to lack of imagination on my part) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,847 Posted March 6 I was expecting the cashier to launch into a Caroline Aherne routine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 7 On 15/01/2023 at 18:20, Ulitzer95 said: Just for the sake of curiosity, using that archived link here are all the surviving picks from the 1998 DDP: Dick Van Dyke (b. 1925) David Attenborough (b. 1926) Clint Eastwood (b. 1930) Rupert Murdoch (b. 1931) Ray Reardon (b. 1932) Akihito (b. 1933) Dickie Bird (b. 1933) Michael Caine (b. 1933) Chris Bonington (b. 1934) Tom Baker (b. 1934) Barry Humphries (b. 1934) Woody Allen (b. 1935) 14th Dalai Lama (b. 1935) Ernest Saunders (b. 1935) Jacob Rothschild (b. 1936) Richard Wilson (b. 1936) Frank Ifield (b. 1937) Jack Nicholson (b. 1937) David Bailey (b. 1938) Arthur Scargill (b. 1938) Bob Dylan (b. 1941) Paul Simon (b. 1941) Willie Carson (b. 1942) Barry Manilow (b. 1943) Keith Richards (b. 1943) Geraldo Rivera (b. 1943) Gary Glitter (b. 1944) Jimmy Page (b. 1944) Anne Robinson (b. 1944) Kate Adie (b. 1945) José Carreras (b. 1946) Iggy Pop (b. 1947) Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) Gerry Adams (b. 1948) Christopher Biggins (b. 1948) Matthew Corbett (b. 1948) Richard Simmons (b. 1948) Steve Tyler (b. 1948) Martin Amis (b. 1949) Geoff Capes (b. 1949) Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949) Richard Branson (b. 1950) Russell Grant (b. 1951) Michael Barrymore (b. 1952) John Goodman (b. 1952) Mr. T (b. 1952) Janette Pink (b. 1952) <--- though granted, if she died, we may never know Kathy Lee Gifford (b. 1953) Gerry Kelly (b. 1953) John Travolta (b. 1954) Bill Gates (b. 1955) Whoopi Goldberg (b. 1955) Terry Nichols (b. 1955) Jo Brand (b. 1957) Julian Clary (b. 1959) Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1959) Prince Andrew (b. 1960) Holly Johnson (b. 1960) Greg Louganis (b. 1960) RuPaul (b. 1960) Harry Enfield (b. 1961) Jimmy Somerville (b. 1961) Karen Duffy (b. 1962) Eddie Izzard (b. 1962) Demi Moore (b. 1962) Carlos Sainz Sr. (b. 1962) Wesley Snipes (b. 1962) Tatum O'Neal (b. 1963) Nicolas Cage (b. 1964) Courtney Love (b. 1964) 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964) Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965) Trent Reznor (b. 1965) Slash (b. 1965) Mike Tyson (b. 1966) Noel Gallagher (b. 1967) Paul Gascoigne (b. 1967) Julia Roberts (b. 1967) Paul Tracy (b. 1968) Puff Daddy (b. 1969) Michael Schumacher (b. 1969) Beck (b. 1970) Snoop Dogg (b. 1971) Liam Gallagher (b. 1972) Tori Spelling (b. 1973) Naseem Hamed (b. 1974) Alanis Morissette (b. 1974) Kate Moss (b. 1974) Robbie Williams (b. 1974) Drew Barrymore (b. 1975) Ralf Schumacher (b. 1975) Fiona Apple (b. 1977) Melissa Drexler (b. 1978) There's one name on there that I couldn't check. Who da fuck is "Kevin Chin"? (discussed last year) Thought I'd pop this forward. A few fallers. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Hemlock 641 Posted March 7 Steve Lawrence QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/movies/steve-lawrence-grammy-winning-pop-194531766.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 10 Maurice Bembridge QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/03/10/maurice-bembridge-golf-ryder-obituary/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted March 10 6 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Maurice Bembridge QO: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/03/10/maurice-bembridge-golf-ryder-obituary/ A sloppy write up. They've written his date of death as 4th March 2024, when we know it was 2nd March (in Switzerland) as per this death notice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted March 11 Malachy McCourt QO, not that there was too much doubt about it. Obit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 11 14 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Malachy McCourt QO, not that there was too much doubt about it. Obit That link leads me nowhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 11 I'm just going to assume this was the link OoO was trying to post: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/malachy-mccourt-irish-american-actor-171500162.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted March 11 35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: I'm just going to assume this was the link OoO was trying to post: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/malachy-mccourt-irish-american-actor-171500162.html Yep, not sure why the link didn't work, sorry about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 11 15 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Yep, not sure why the link didn't work, sorry about that. If I had to guess, I'd say copying from the title bar has only caught the second half of the link - easy to do if you click more than once to copy. That's why I always copy out the whole link, if there's something wrong with it, it's obvious. We've all been there, I'm sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 12 Charlie Bird QO: https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/12/former-rte-presenter-charlie-bird-dies-aged-74-mnd-diagnosis-20447691/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,100 Posted March 13 On 11/03/2024 at 18:46, YoungWillz said: I'm just going to assume this was the link OoO was trying to post: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/malachy-mccourt-irish-american-actor-171500162.html ICYMI Malachy McCourt QO above. Philippe de Gaulle QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/general-charles-gaulles-son-philippe-100540830.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted March 13 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: ICYMI Malachy McCourt QO above. Philippe de Gaulle QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/general-charles-gaulles-son-philippe-100540830.html How come McCourt is filed under 'M', but de Gaulle is filed under 'G'?? (General question, not for YW specifically). 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted March 13 2 hours ago, time said: How come McCourt is filed under 'M', but de Gaulle is filed under 'G'?? (General question, not for YW specifically). The question easier to explain is why is de Gaulle under G and de Niro under D. It depends whether the person setting up the name in the database chooses the surname as De Gaulle or Gaulle and De would effectively become a middle name. There is so little consistency over the site already on this that there is little point setting up a rule at this point. So answer to your question is that Gaulle has been selected as surname and McCourt has been selected as surname. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,469 Posted March 14 20 hours ago, time said: How come McCourt is filed under 'M', but de Gaulle is filed under 'G'?? (General question, not for YW specifically). Even under Wikipedia he's listed under G Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 7,968 Posted March 14 12 minutes ago, Phantom said: Even under Wikipedia he's listed under G Strange, as Charles is definitely a "de Gaulle"! Quote In this article, the surname is De Gaulle, not Gaulle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 69 Posted March 14 On 06/03/2024 at 17:00, Ulitzer95 said: Who's the old woman? (who is now my avatar due to lack of imagination on my part) I would have loved to have seen 'Tesco Lifer ' Pat Bevan on the till. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
