time 8,599 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I doubt his status as a DL alumnus had any bearing on his obitability tbh. We're surely not that influential! That's not what he meant. One of the criteria for being a DL pick is the person's death is likely to get a mention in the six o clock news. I know. I am not as thick as you appear to think I am. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumnus, astounded me. [pedantry] FTFY [/pedantry] Alumni is plural. Or should that be "are plural"? Damn. It'll eventually go the same way as agendum; the singular will disappear, the plural will become a singular and the plural will be pluralised. Agendum, agenda, agendas. Alumnus, alumni, alumnis. Then Keith Lemon will say alumnises. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,463 Posted January 18, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumnus, astounded me. [pedantry] FTFY [/pedantry] Alumni is plural. Or should that be "are plural"? Damn. I missed this post at the time, but actually, this is one which had escaped my notice and I thank you for bringing it to my attention. (There is no sarcasm in this post, even if it reads that way! This is why any writer who says "I don't need editors" is a bloody fool, incidentally...) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 19, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I've heard it argued here that there should have been doubts he was going to obit. Bullshit. It's astonishing and a miscarriage of journalism that your U.K. tabloids didn't print an obit for the lead singer of Toto. They had international #1 hits. Along with Bockwinkle, I don't get it. Maybe knowing more of the events of those dates may help--maybe big stories that pushed these deaths out of space in the print cycle. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 19, 2017 There would be no Deliverance of James Dickey 20 years ago. All the leaves were brown and the sky was grey for Denny Doherty 10 years ago. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 19, 2017 190 years since Johann Bode would see Uranus no more, aged 79. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 19, 2017 Journalist Hrant Dink died on this day 10 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 19, 2017 Five years ago, singer, songwriter & producer Winston Riley died aged 68, several weeks after being shot in the head. If you don't know him, you might recognise this, probably his best known composition. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted January 19, 2017 He didn't get a QO too, iirc, which given his status as a Deathlist alumni, astounded me. I've heard it argued here that there should have been doubts he was going to obit. Bullshit. It's astonishing and a miscarriage of journalism that your U.K. tabloids didn't print an obit for the lead singer of Toto. They had international #1 hits. Along with Bockwinkle, I don't get it. Maybe knowing more of the events of those dates may help--maybe big stories that pushed these deaths out of space in the print cycle. SC He wasn't the lead singer of Toto though. He was the replacement frontman of Toto about five years after their heyday. It'd be like expecting a New York Times frontpage obit for the guy who does vocals in Bruce Foxton's band that do Jam covers. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 20, 2017 Etta James -- feels like a couple years to me but numbers say it's been 5 years. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 20, 2017 50 years since Robinson Jeffers' last stanza, aged 75. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 20, 2017 Carrie Hamilton, daughter of Carol Burnett, died on this day 15 years ago: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 20, 2017 Fever ended for Miss Peggy Lee on this day 15 years ago, aged 81. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted January 21, 2017 Actress Ann Sheridan died on this day 50 years ago, aged 51. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 21, 2017 90 years since the failure of Camillo Golgi's apparatus, aged 81. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 21, 2017 Charles Goodell - former US House of Representative from New York, and father of NFL Commissioner Roger (who knew?) - 40 years 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 22, 2017 On this Gloomy Sunday we remember Billy MacKenzie who stopped sulking 20 years ago on this day. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 22, 2017 Hey Man Nice Shot!, Budd Dwyer killed himself on this day 30 years ago: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 22, 2017 75 years since the death of Walter Sickert aged 81. He wasn't Jack the Ripper. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 23, 2017 E. Howard Hunt stopped spying on this day 10 years ago, aged 88. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 23, 2017 William Baffin (Baffin Bay explorer) - 395 years Child actor William Bartholomew - 25 years 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 23, 2017 You'll be humming Louie Louie all day now, writer Richard Berry died this day 20 years ago, aged 61. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,525 Posted January 23, 2017 Matthias Sindelar, arguably the greatest pre-war footballer, died from a faulty chimney/was murdered by the Nazis today in 1939. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted January 24, 2017 Charles Mouiln the French Tarzan, swung no more this day 25 years ago, aged 82. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ashes Urn 1,356 Posted January 24, 2017 Model Tina Chow died on this day 25 years ago, aged 41. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
