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"Look at me not having heard of this person other people have heard of, how edgy am I?" posts are unedifying and crass regardless of who posts them, and are akin to those times DJL called any non-Oz Deathlist dull imo.

I really like how deadpooling has expanded my horizons and I suddenly recognize the names. I had this epiphany when I saw Prine's tour posters in Berlin last year. "Oh, that's him!" And just two weeks ago, when I saw Clive Cussler's books in my favourite book store.

It’s also a bad time to be without an avatar. SORT IT.

Done so.

People need to get a grip. Every 'celebrity ' has a following that they are relevant for, and have meaning for. Expand your minds and appreciate the differences between societies and cultures. Regarding John Prine, he is definitely a legend in some circles, and has influence far beyond those. Maybe you haven't heard of him, but have you heard of Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Roger Waters? Here what they have to say about him: Prine is widely regarded as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation. In 2009, Bob Dylan told The Huffington Post that Prine was one of his favorite writers, stating "Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. 'Sam Stone' featuring the wonderfully evocative line: 'There’s a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, and Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose.'[16] All that stuff about "Sam Stone," the soldier junkie daddy, and "Donald and Lydia", where people make love from ten miles away. Nobody but Prine could write like that."[17] Johnny Cash, in his autobiography Cash, wrote, "I don't listen to music much at the farm, unless I'm going into songwriting mode and looking for inspiration. Then I'll put on something by the writers I've admired and used for years--Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Guy Clark, and the late Steve Goodman are my Big Four..."[18] Roger Waters, when asked by Word Magazine in 2008 if he heard Pink Floyd's influence in newer British bands like Radiohead, replied, "I don't really listen to Radiohead. I listened to the albums and they just didn't move me in the way, say, John Prine does. His is just extraordinarily eloquent music—and he lives on that plane with Neil Young and Lennon."[19] 2004 saw Prine's song "Sam Stone" covered by Laura Cantrell for the Future Soundtrack for America compilation.

My coronavirus death predictions: Whoppi Goldberg James Cameron Stephan King Simon Cowell Samuel Jackson David Beckham Kim Kardashian Ariana Grande Rihanna Drake Gisele Bündchen Rachel Maddow Chuck Grassley Gayle King Beyoncé Post Malone Alec Baldwin Joe Biden Celine Dion Ellen Degeneres Madonna Lil Nas X

He's had an action filled life, that one.

If this guy has died, and the obits are now coming in, well, first, BOLLOCKS, he was one of my go to guys for April. But...I think this means Willz now has the record for latest lead switch in a month?

He is a complete nobody that no-one has ever heard of except a couple of yee-haw country devotees, heaven knows how he even got his own thread unless he bribed one of the mods. "You picked a fine time to leave me John Prine"

You've taken that straight from my Tinder bio

Philip Warren Anderson, American theoretical physicist and the Nobel laureate in Physics (co-recipient, 1977), dead at 96 according to several tweets. Mentions that he was still going to work every day at 96, so must have gone quite suddenly.

BINGO Cummings has it. Corona virus means corona virus dickhead

A fair point until... You claim his audience are " yee-haw country devotees." People who like cow-punchin' uptempo country generally don't get John Prine.

Hau Pei-Tsun dead at 100 years: https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202003305012.aspx

Aside from as a place on the southern coast of Louisiana that I felt a bit uncomfortable driving through some time before it was mostly blown away by a hurricane? No. no, because at 1 above no. Basically fed up with this place getting all American again. Sort your own damn board. Stroppy? Moi? Sancerre, I'm not used to it.

Oh sorry my mistake then, i have some troubles understanding english some times... i agree with you on that, it’s quite strange how we « rejoice » about a deathlist hit but How we use to be sad when it comes to corona and everything... my mistake, I misunderstood you, I’m sorry

While infection rates aren't accurate, death rates are probably pretty accurate, and you can probably extrapolate (multiply death rate by 50-100) to work out what the real infection rate is in each country. Death rates in tropical climates seem relatively low and not accelerating like in Europe. Their disadvantage is people live much closer together, and also education is poorer so they might not understand government rules or the reason behind them.

Obvious answer: Giovanni Boccaccio - Decamerone

I hate to sound disrespectful, but am I the only person who thought when they first saw that pic that it was the comedian Paul Whitehouse in a wig ?

Back to me old mucker, Hau Pei-tsun please!

Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant, dead at 102. Also the father of Patricia Hewitt, 71, former British Health Secretary (2005–2007) and Labour MP (1997–2010).