Billie Allen confirmation from The New Yorker, I'm sure CaGere already saw this.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-year-in-theatre-and-farewell-to-a-friend
90 years old, unique pick etc.
Van the dead man http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3168421/Bandleader-composer-Van-Alexander-wrote-Ella-Fitzgerald-s-big-hit-dies-Los-Angeles-aged-100.html 7 points for me I reckon.
Clearly he was referring to this incident, no need for the attitude. http://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/youngsters-go-wild-in-rosewell-1-3690080