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James Brokenshire dead apparently:

Zhang Xudong, former commander of the Western Theatre (border with India) who stepped down in June due to health issues, dead at 58 from stomach cancer. His successor Xu Qiling, who turned 59 in July, stepped now in August and is reportedly gravely ill too.

Providing some more info: Smosh is a YouTube channel that was created in 2005. When YouTube was a relatively new concept Smosh was one of the most popular channels on the platform. It has had periods of being the most subscribed channel on YouTube with the last period ending in August of 2013. The person with cancer on the channel is Keith Leak Jr, who is 29. He has been a part of the channel since 2015. It should be noted that Smosh has multiple YouTube channels and he is a key figure in multiple of them (as well as social media and Twitch). https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5820878/ ^ This is his imdb page which will show mainly Smosh credits and a few other small projects. The cancer he has been diagnosed with is Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST). This is an extremely rare and treatable cancer, especially for his age group. If you follow his Instagram page, he has given regular updates and was diagnosed around April 2021. https://www.instagram.com/keithleakjr/ Basically to sum all this up....he has a high chance of being perfectly fine in the long-term.

The statement mentions he declined rapidly from Sunday onwards.

https://en.armradio.am/2021/10/06/ambassador-vigen-chitechyan-dies-aged-80/ Vigen Chitechyan, Armenian politician and ambassador to France (1995-1997, 2009-2021), Belgium (1997-2009), EU (1997-2009), Netherlands (1997-2009), Luxembourg (1997-2010), Andorra (2011-2021), Monaco (2011-2021) and the Holy See (2012-2013) dead aged 80.

This is Edward Heath's old seat but like Chesham & Amersham it is probably a hot bed of old school tories and Heath was pro European On paper it should be a walk in the park for the Tories but it is a massive pitfall if they lose it. I reckon Labour will run a low key campaign and allow the Lib Dems a clear shot

Discharged.

Jerry Shipp, Gold medallist for the United States in basketball in 1964, reportedly dead: https://www.kxii.com/2021/10/08/longtime-texoma-basketball-great-jerry-shipp-passes/ Not a Scavenger Hunt pick.

Herbert Wehler is considered the last living veteran of the SS death squad behind the Babyn Yar massacre. So, Kurt Gosdek and Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Hoffmeister are probably dead.. Unfortunately we have neither any date nor any confirmation.

We could also the remaining names from this list, as long as the list still exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-wanted_Nazi_war_criminals There is a Kurt Gosdek, and a Helmut Rasbol (no trial because of lack of evidence).

Some guy from Smosh has a rare type of cancer.

Well, I have to say this is surprise. Lilly Laker, widow of cricketer and commentator Jim Laker, dead at 102: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/252674/laker Jim Laker died in....1986!

I think you're confusing the demographics. Chesham and Amersham voted 55% Remain in the referendum. Old Bexley and Sidcup voted 64% Leave. Why would Labour allow the Libs a clear shot at anything? They have no pact nor sympathies for the Lib cause. They didn't even do that in Chesham – Labour campaigned hard yet it was the voters who strategically switched to the Libs. This is Old Bexley and Sidcup though: General election 2019: Old Bexley and Sidcup[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Brokenshire 29,786 64.5 +3.1 Labour Dave Tingle 10,834 23.5 -5.8 Liberal Democrats Simone Reynolds 3,822 8.3 +5.0 Green Matt Browne 1,477 3.2 +1.5 The Libs are absolutely nowhere in this seat. It's not theirs to win if it does switch hands.

Just watched the 60 Minutes piece as well. Kudos to the show for not trying to shy away from the realities of his disease, but at the same time not taking away from his dignity. He's a remarkable man. Also, bless his wife for taking care of him so dutifully. It does seem like he may only have a year or 2 to go, at most.

Vera Day was married to the rather more famous photographer, Terry O'Neill, so one for the widow shopping thread.

I was recently in a discussion about the classic “Hell Drivers” on the subject of “who’s left from the cast”, and he would appear to be the only one of note still standing. Vera Day, who had a minor role, is also apparently still around.

Your too kind I'm blushing. Thank you!

You're great, @Gooseberry Crumble! You must be the best friend of your friends. I wish that I had a friend like you.

Thank you! I like to think that I offer a unique and special taste although its those who sample and taste the goods who are best qualified to say!!

Peter Silverman, whose journalism career began in 1974 and who joined Citytv in 1981, where he became the station's consumer protection specialist, fighting for the average person against scammers and the like, has died. He was 90. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/10/07/watch-it-buddy-citytv-legend-peter-silverman-dies-at-90/

I wonder if this is the death for Gerard Ryder: https://www.dignityfunerals.co.uk/funeral-notices/16-06-2021-gerard-stephen-ryder/

Scotland's oldest clan chief, Alwyne Farquharson, dead at 102. WWII veteran and recipient of the Military Cross. Press and Journal. Daily Record.

I just watched this clip from 60 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrvXw9juNs&ab_channel=60Minutes Really quite emotional viewing. It is incredible to watch him turn into the performer he used to be as soon as the music starts or the curtain is raised. It is also touching to see him remember Lady Gaga's name when she walks on stage, and how much it means to her. But the bottom line for us is: although he is physically quite fit for a 95 year-old and his voice is incredible for someone that old, his Alzheimer's is more advanced than I thought.

Like the Queen, he thinks the last person to abdicate the job was a right old cunt!

Ramon Revilla sr., best known for his more than five-decade career as a Filipino screen actor, died at 93 years: https://coconuts.co/manila/lifestyle/breaking-filipino-film-star-and-former-senator-ramon-revilla-sr-dies-at-93/ He had a second career as a politician, serving from 1992 to 2004 in the Senate of the Philippines.