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Reported that former England rugby international Dave Egerton has died of covid aged 59. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/55975410

It's the Guardian "Other Lives" section. Which is where you can submit your own obituaries (as in you are the author, not the dead person). The Guardian publishes it if the person is interesting enough.

Okay, I had to check because of Jean-Claude Carriere, but you have a point. The rules only say that the news section of Yahoo counts, not the Eurosport and finance sites. Irrelevant for Josh Evans, as mentioned. ... and now... okay, I thought Carriere only had a yahoo finance mention, but no, he already has this: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jean-claude-carriere-oscar-winning-234131804.html And honestly, I think yahoo works in the way that once you see it on one of their sections, you see it on all of them. I mean, why should Carriere get a Sports or finance obit? And while I only saw the international link of that obit in Google news, I was able to just add the "uk." bit to the URL and voilà... So practically, once it's anywhere on Yahoo, it's everywhere. Edit: Yeah, works just as well for Josh Evans: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/josh-evans-titans-tackle-2000-213627734.html

Mary Wilson of The Supremes has died. https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2021/music/news/mary-wilson-dead-supremes-singer-original-member-1234903764/amp/

His farewell theme.

If you die of exposure or falling on K2 in the depths of winter that's expected. If you die of a plane crashing on your head on K2 in the depths of winter that's unexpected. If you die being eaten by a lion on K2 in the depths of winter that's unexpected and unnatural. If you die being murdered by the Spanish Inquisition on K2 in the depths of winter, well, nobody expects that.

Wow, I stand corrected then. Thanks for the article. Ok, so unless he was subject to a hoax, then he won't turn 102 next month. Dunno much about Voy, but had my grandpa been in a Chaplin flick, I would've arranged for a proper obituary...

Vera Wülfing-Leckie, a German-born British homeopath and translator, has died aged 66. Her obituary was - whyever - written by her former husband: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/08/dr-vera-wulfing-leckie-obituary

Dead.

xxConmanxx next?

S. Clay Wilson, and underground cartoonist notable for his violent and sexually explicit depictions has died aged 79, says his wife on twitter. Was picked a couple of times for deadpools in the past due to a brain injury in 2008, which he never fully recovered from.

Tom Konchalski, a legendary high school basketball scout, has died. He was 74. https://nypost.com/2021/02/08/tom-konchalski-legendary-hs-hoops-scout-dead-at-74/

And he takes the lead! I wish Hulka had the tentative points for youngest hit listed in the standings as well, only a couple ahead of mr ao himself.

French novelist, screenwriter and Academy award honoree Jean-Claude Carriére is dead at 89. A DDP hit when a QO comes through. Edit: Guardian obit

Former California congressman (1974–1993) Robert J. Lagomarsino (wiki) supposedly dead at 94. Nothing on the Twitter or FB. Found a photo of him on Twitter from October where he looked pretty frail so probably true.

Why not?

Article from yesterday brings up a recent picture of Bacharach.

Rush still not back on the air Monday.

Just had my first jab, Oxford/Astra Zeneca, at the weekend. Felt not so bright on Sunday/Monday morning as my immune system kicked in but by dinner felt much brighter. A couple of days of feeling shit versus potential Covid death seems like a reasonable trade off.

Yes, I've been in the habit of keeping the commemorative £2 and 50p coins that pop up in my change. They mount up, so there's a little nest egg there should I fall on harder times. There's still a few I haven't found - not counting the absolute deluge of child-orientated 50p coins over the last 2 or 3 years. One Peter Rabbit coin was fine, but they've taken the piss now. I do miss examining my change. It was a harmless little bit of excitement seeing if the 50p in your change was a Kew Gardens.

I am crying more than ever tonight !

It isn't

George P. Shultz is not only another hit for Elephant, Etushispushingupdaisies, gcreptile and the Committee, but also the 10th hit for the DL Prediction Game. Last year the 10th hit was on February, 5th as Kirk Douglas died. Please tell me if I missed a hit, especially one of the lesser known or more obscure picks... This is the actual scoreboard: 5: Etushispushingupdaisies: Hal Holbrook, Captain Tom Moore, Christopher Plummer, Leon Spinks, George P. Shultz, 5: theoldlady: Michael McKevitt, Larry King, Hal Holbrook, Susan Bayh, Leon Spinks, 4: Elephant: Cicely Tyson, Captain Tom Moore, Christopher Plummer, George P. Shultz, 4: gcreptile: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, George P. Shultz, 4: The Daredevil: Larry King, Hal Holbrook, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: 14:22: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: Book: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: Buffalo Phil: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: chilean way: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: DL Committee: Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, George P. Shultz, 3: Joey Russ: Sylvain Sylvain, Larry King, Leon Spinks, 3: RoverAndOut: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: Steve: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: The Old Crem: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: The Quim Reaper: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: ThereWillBeDeaths7: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: TomTomTelekom: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: Vaagheid: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 3: WEP: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 2: Annami: Larry King, Leon Spinks, 2: CaptainChorizo: Larry King, Leon Spinks, 2: Great Uncle Bulgaria: Larry King, Captain Tom Moore, 2: msc: Captain Tom Moore, Leon Spinks, 2: Prophet: Larry King, Leon Spinks, 1: Bibliogryphon: Leon Spinks,

Cunt.

I'm sure we've seen this before but what the hell