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Recently, Lech Wałęsa has been admitted to hospital due to diabetes from which he has suffering for years. His leg is at risk from a diabetic foot that can even lead to amputation. Link: https://www.tvp.info/55403266/lech-walesa-trafil-do-szpitala-jaki-jest-stan-zdrowia-bylego-prezydenta (Polish)

Groucho Marx died 44 years ago today, at the age of 86. "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well I have others". "I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book". (Groucho Marx Quotes)

Man who may or may not have been Jonathan Kenney released without charge. Next: Barrymore is re-re-re-re-re-re-arres... oh, never mind. Incidentally, I have a friend who attends online AA meetings with him. I don't think she's been brave enough to mention swimming pools though.

Journalist and war correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, whose book about the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam was made into a Hollywood film, died Wednesday in a North Carolina hospital. He was 79 years old: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/08/18/joe-galloway-vietnam-war-chronicler-author-dies-79/8188385002/

Bradley Wayne Hughes, the billionaire businessman and philanthropist who resurrected Spendthrift Farm and turned it into one of the leading stallion farms in North America, died Wednesday at his residence on the farm surrounded by his family. He was 87 years old: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-18/wayne-hughes-self-storage-titan-and-usc-donor-dead-at-87

Solly Drake (wiki), American baseball player, reportedly dead at 90.

I just saw him on Youtube. Wish I knew about him when he was alive. Very Funny!

Alfred L. "Al" Woodill, the much-beloved former executive director of the American Gem Society, has died at the age of 101: https://www.nationaljeweler.com/articles/10092-big-al-woodill-who-helmed-ags-for-4-decades-dies-at-101

Kind of DeathListy in my opinion. The article also mentions a previous hospitalisation this year because of heart issues.

No need to imagine

Bill Freehan is a hit in the Baseball category for four players @gcreptile & @An Fear Beag get their first hits @Death Impends gets a second hit in a second category and defending champion @Banana gets his fourth hit in three categories drawing him joint level with @Perhaps

Ah, another case of hanging on for so long, he was forgotten by all.... except for a few!

Bill Freehan finally dead.

American singer and pianist Betty Everett died on this day 20 years ago, aged 61.

Sonny Chiba dead at 82. EDIT: COVID-19, apparently.

It's a mystery to me, excel something about figures, right? Yeah, never understood it, barely get by on wordpad!

Indeed, sorry, no time! I'm thankful for the watchful eyes nonetheless, and by the way, @YoungWillz: How good are you with excel?

Don't speculate about Kim Jong-Un's health and weight loss, it's a reactionary act: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/weight-08182021150214.html

British inventor of the pornstar martini cocktail, Douglas Ankrah, dead.

Ah, that Sveshnikov... "inventor" of the Sveshnikov variant of the Sicilian Opening. I know, that sounds extremely obscure, but is actually somewhat notable, as one of the most recent great discoveries in chess theory. And by recent, I mean the 80s. It broke through into the mainstream in the 90s.

Always on fire in QI. What a loss of talent.

Yes, same here. Think this is the most upset I’ve ever been by a celebrity death. On the plus though, Twitter is absolutely awash with people paying tribute to Sean by sharing their favourite clips of him from stand-up and panel shows. Every single post is a different clip (which just shows he was the best in the business), and every single clip is absolute gold. His legacy is bringing much joy and laughter today.

Staging is not that important for lymphoma (unlike solid tumours), other factors such as age can be more important. The 10 year survival rate of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) for a person under 50 is about 80%.

Talking about fringes of the fringes, the sister of Gabriele Grunewald (of deadpooling notoriety), Abigail Anderson has died after being struck by a vehicle while out for a walk.

One of @Wee Jum posts from 5 years ago: The cast of 'Monkey' are getting on in years Character Actor Dub actor Tripitaka Masako Natsume Maria Warburg b 1952 Monkey Masaaki Sakai b 1946 David Collings b 1940 Pigsy series 1 Toshiyuki Nishida b 1947 Peter Woodthorpe series 2 Tonpei Hidari b 1937 Sandy Shiro Kishibe b 1949 Gareth Armstrong b 1948 "Horse" Shunji Fujimura b1934 Andrew Sachs b 1930 Shiro Kishibe has died aged 71: https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020091500722/shiro-kishibe-former-member-of-band-the-tigers-dies.html