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American Author and journalist Tom Flynn, notable for heading the Council for Secular Humanism and for editing the organization's Free Inquiry publication, died at 66 years: https://centerforinquiry.org/news/tom-flynn-giant-of-american-freethought-has-died-at-age-66/ Flynn is also known for his contributions to the Free Thinking blog and to The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief. His full-length works include The Trouble with Christmas and the satirical science fiction novel Galactic Rapture.

Everyone forgot what they had here.

Kyle Anderson dead at 33. There's probably a "falling out of the top 32" joke here but I've only just woken up.

Your tiny mind is about to become "befuddled" once again. Phyllis Gould, another one of the "Rosie the Riveters", dead from a stroke just shy of her 100th birthday. Visited the White House to meet Obama in 2014. Surely can't be many left now. Times obituary.

Can someone report a fucking death on this fucking thread?

Nick Volpe, Canadian football player who played for the Toronto Argonauts and won the Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 1950, has died. He was 95. No cause of death was given. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/nick-volpe-dies-at-95-led-argos-to-1950-mud-bowl-wini-1.6150662 Volpe served as Consultant for Football Operations for the Argonauts. He was inducted into the University of Toronto Hall of Fame in 2012.

Just read on his wiki page that Ray - Mungo Jerry - Dorset had open heart surgery this year. Given that previously mega-serious conditions can now be treated with minimal invasion, he was likely in serious trouble for a while there. 75 years old.(though not in this picture)

Rosita Quintana finally dead at 96. https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/reflector/2021/08/23/muere-la-actriz-rosita-quintana-a-los-96-anos/%3foutputType=amp

Dead. https://arrowlordsofmetal.nl/former-trouble-singer-eric-wagner-62-died-of-covid-10/?fbclid=IwAR2rrnsA6-xauC9tabLAnQcoXboXOSZYNLCBvlQOl1EJ82u22e5jiOoFzIQ

Darts always brought a bit of fun to Top Of The Pops - sad news. Wish they had made a comeback....wait....

Rod Gilbert, a Hockey Hall of Famer and the New York Rangers all-time leader in points, has died. He was 80. Gilbert played 1,065 games, all with the Rangers. He retired with 1021 points. https://www.si.com/hockey/news/rangers-legend-rod-gilbert-passes-away-at-80 (Guess it was a near simultaneous posting)

Tallest person in the USA, Ukraine-born Igor Vovkovnoskiy, dead at 38 of heart failure: https://kroc.com/rochester-man-tallest-in-the-united-states-has-died/

American author, book reviewer, reporter and short story writer Donald Newlove dies at 93: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/87183-obituary-donald-newlove.html His first novel, "The Painter Gabriel", was hailed by Time Magazine as "one of the best fictional studies of madness, descent and purification that any American has written since Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

I'm not a fan of it either - Blair jumped the shark somewhat in the 90s with it, to the point Pulp was satirising it in 1997! As for Carter, I find him fascinating. He's the only man who ever rose from social housing and a bank loan collapsing business to become President of the US. (Yeah he had a famous dad who left him with fuck all money, which put him slightly further up the ladder than Joe Bloggs but still.) Then, when he became President, he tried to be the type of President people always claim they want. A straight talker who wont bullshit them about the economy. Someone who wont send the troops into battle needlessly. A negotiator. etc etc etc. And they recoiled. They hated his straight talking and diplomacy the second it hurt them in their pocket. Rushed right back to the Republicans. It's a very telling story (which is still relevant imo). In office his biggest achievement was the Camp David Accords, which is a plus imo as it has had two warring enemies at peace with each other for over 40 years now. However, it does sum up Carter's time in office that even this achievement could have been far wider reaching if someone with intelligence had twigged to bring more parties on board. (Sadat convinced Carter that Jordan would agree to terms without being included, Jordan very much didn't, and the Egypt/Jordan (and allies)/Israel issue has been problematic since!) It wound up being a net plus for the region but it could have transformed the entire Middle East. I find flawed but fundamentally decent people (note, not political party relevant) who go into systems and get chewed up fascinating, myself. They all want to be Mr Smith. Mr Smith lost. (As for his reputation, it's not that difficult to understand? Old man who talks about peace for 40 years is going to gain fans!) Far more ground to debate and discuss than I've ever found with the likes of David Cameron or Keir Starmer tbh.

English conductor and composer Stephen Wilkinson dead at 102 years: https://slippedisc.com/2021/08/death-of-an-english-conductor-102/

William Burroughs lasted to 83 and never got permanently clean. He was buried with a wrap of heroin in his pocket.

Seen in a car, looks like he has (again) gained weight. Apparently he was also smoking a cigar in the car, as he still hasn't given up smoking and drinking. I should make a proper list of every time this man has been hospitalised/"not long for this world"/had some else kind of tragedy, as it's impressive how he just somehow keeps on going Late 1950s/start of the 1960s Loiri starts using tobacco as a teenager. 1960s, year not mentioned Loiri starts using cannabis and alcohol 1969 Nearly fell to his death during the filming of the movie Pohjan tähteet. 1970 Injured while playing football, got his first near-death experience. In ICU after a fever and fat embolism following the incident. 1971-1972 Slips on his own bodily liquids and has another near-death experience after hitting his head, fiance Katja Peiponen (birth date unknown, died 2001) attempts suicide and aborts their child. 1970s, year not mentioned Loiri starts using more alcohol, goes bankrupt, addicted to "pills" Wife Mona introduces him to mescaline. Travels to Turkey, uses hashish he bought from the street. Assaulted atleast two people in the 1970s. 1977 Mona Loiri dies in car accident with her new lover. Later the same year, Loiri attempts suicide with pills. Put into two different mental institutions in the late 1970s. 1980s, year not mentioned Loiri starts using Psilocybe semilanceata/psilocybin mushrooms with a colleague. Had a quarrelsome relationship with the nanny of his child Joonas. 1990 Longtime drinking buddy and friend Juha "Junnu" Vainio (1938-1990) dies from a heart attack. 1994 After a short time of Loiri enjoying his life, his son with Mona Loiri, Jan Loiri (ca. 1973/1974-1994) dies in a car accident aged 20. Loiri assaults actor Ville Virtanen. 1995 Loiri's father Taito Loiri (1911-1995) dies. With Spede Pasanen, in 1995 2001 The shocking and sudden death of friend and colleague Spede Pasanen (1930-2001) affects Loiri a lot. Early 2000s Loiri starts gaining more and more weight, being around 150kg/330lbs at his largest 2005 Hospitalised with salmonella, another near-death experience. Had a cataract surgery, surgeries on his face and a surgery on his arm. Mentions retirement plans. 2007 Talks publicly about his diabetes diagnosis. He was diagnosed in 2006 or 2007. Marjatta Raita (1944-2007) friend of Loiri, Uuno Turhapuro's (Turhapuro's actor was Loiri) wife in the Turhapuro series dies. 2008 Says that he won't retire anytime soon. Loses a couple of friends/colleagues, Ere Kokkonen (1938-2008) and Tapio Hämäläinen (1922-2008) 2010 Hospitalised after "serious health problems" Diagnosed with sleep apnea and hypertension. Nearly died of brain asphyxia at some point in 2010, also suffered some kind of a diabetic shock and was found walking half-conscious in a hotel corridor, having used alcohol, cannabis, sleeping and pain meds. In ICU with a respirator for a day, that was the first day in six years he had not been drunk. In a wheelchair for a while. During a concert in 2010 2011 Hospitalised once again, according to some sources. 2012 Forgets words and falls during a christmas consert. Later he has revealed that he used a litre of vodka each day during these times. Says that he was preparing for his death around these times. 2013 Loiri's mother Lily Loiri (1916-2013) dies. Has a gastric sleeve surgery that dropped his weight by 60kg/132lbs. 2014 First wife Tuula Nyman (1943-2014) dies. Goes to Thailand for a holiday, manager finds him sitting in a diaper that he has to wear due to the gastric sleeve surgery with the floor filled with empty liquor bottles. Hospitalised in Thailand. Hospitalised again in Finland after his summer concerts as there was a 80% blockage in his carotid arteries. Says this was the fifth time he narrowly escaped death. Again in a wheelchair for a while. First death rumor. 2015 Second death rumor. Outlives Simo Salminen (1932-2015) last living other main actor in the (whole, from start to end) Uuno Turhapuro series. 2016 2017 Loiri's son Joonas mentions that Loiri has "shown a middle finger to death for the last 10 years" and Joonas says that he is fully prepared for his father's death. 2018 Talks about being seriously depressed and says that he is having a "depression period". Says that he has no plans for the future. 2019 Loiri's son Joonas (1982-2019) dies from a sudden bout of illness. Has frequent falls at the start of the year until he gets a pacemaker in the summer of 2019. Releases his memoirs with Jari Tervo, who later talked about how he smoked and drank all the time and his house smelled horrible. 2020 Talks about loneliness, his friend Jope Ruonansuu (1964-2020) dies. 2021 Third death rumor spreads on tiktok in April 2021. Yet, he's still alive and plans on appearing on a tv show next month. September: Now somehow looks much better than in decades. November: In an accident 2022 Quietly reaches 2022 and age 77 to the great annoyance of people who had betted on him dying in 2021. Fourth death rumor in January 2022 caused by people mixing him with Meat Loaf.

You've heard the story of Keith Richards drinking from a Jack Daniels bottle during an interview, going to the loo, and the journalist discovering the Jack Daniels bottle was actually full of iced tea then? All part of the PR legend. (There are exceptions but you tend to find they have massive support groups who stepped in to prep them up long enough to release an album/single/whatever before they relapsed again.)

imo 1940s music stars is going to be the next big source of deadpool picks alongside aging footballers. Survival wise, I have a similar view of Grace Slick, who is somehow 81 these days despite her well documented vices. It's like that recent Scorsese film The Irishman says - sometimes those who assume they'll live fast get old and arthritic!

He's been arrested for 'incestuous dementia rape' how low can one go? Buffalo Bill ain't got shit on this guy and if he isn't locked up he will kill someone someday. Arrested on national girlfriend day btw if you know,you know.A poetic end.

Alfred Chupin, french politician has died at 104 https://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/brest/l-ancien-maire-de-brest-alfred-chupin-s-est-eteint-27-07-2021-12798422.php

That won’t stop the Twitterati Illuminati-watchers citing it as “evidence” though.