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Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022) "She is stable and improving" (Asha Bosle after visiting the morgue) Why her and not Meena? (Every Indian on how useless Meena Khadikar is) Age at death: 92 Known health issues: ICU and life support with acute respiratory failure in 2019. COVID, pneumonia, sepsis and multiple organ failure in 2022. Cause of death: Multiple organ failure as a complications from COVID-19. Alignment: The greatest Indian singer of the last century, also a stereotypical spinster and moralist who refused to accept an award because "the statue was nude".

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The Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III has died. He was said to have passed on in the early hours of Sunday, February 6. The deceased left behind two wives and 35 children. ’He was a much better ruler than Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III,’ said Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi IV, the first born son of Emir of Jama’are Alhaji Ahmad Muhammadu Wabi III. SC

Her great niece just won an Olympic Speedskating Silver Medal

Lata Mangeshkar - four to five. As in teams that profited from the Nightingale of India being grounded, with five picking her but only four scoring thanks to those sick bastards that didn't submit a team leading to a bye. ThereWillBeDeaths7 pulls things back to a draw in their match, while TQR, Pedro67 and Sideik all take the lead in theirs. LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Sir Cunto 0 v. theoldlady 0 Salmon Mousse 3 v. MortalCaso 0 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 TQR 3 v. Gooseberry Crumble 0 HDS 0 v. Pedro67 3 wannamaker 0 v. Famous6Eva 0 JoeMoneypenny 0 v. Sideik 3 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 Annami 6 v. Hell 0 ThereWillBeDeaths7 3 v. MariNisia 3 Grim Up North 0 v. the_engineer 0 Predictor 0 v. Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 YoungWillz 0 v. Pop_Zeus 0 BabyBlue 4 v. An Fear Beag 3

He don't need them.

Oh @Gooseberry Crumble…

Congrats @Hell 1922 Ruth Bidgood/John B Goodenough 1923 Gloria Whelan/ Ned Rorem 1924 Priscilla Pointer/Sheldon Harnick 1925 Ysanne Churchman/Pete Murray 1926 Gudrun Ure/Stanley Baxter 1927 Leotyne Price/Kenneth Anger 1928 Estelle Harris/Jean Marie Le Pen  1929 Imelda Marcos/John Woodvine  1930 Edna O'Brien/Bill Treacher 1931 Leslie Caron/Ken Bates

Lata Mangeshkar dies at 92: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60094193

Lata Mangeshkar a hit for @Hell. Congratulations. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/06/india/lata-mangeshkar-india-intl-hnk/index.html next round: 1922 Janis Paige / Ronald Blythe 1923 Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 June Lockhart / Michel Bouquet 1926 Irene Papas / Carl Erskine 1927 Pat Carroll / Harry Belafonte 1928 Nancy Olson / Charles Strouse 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Jean-Louis Trintignant 1931 Sandhya Mukherjee / Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Good. That's exactly as it should be. There was never any reason why it shouldn't. Camilla has chosen not to use the style of Princess of Wales, and that should be enough of a concession to appease the Diana fans.

Queen Camilla. I can hear Diana screaming in the afterlife just saying that out loud.

Edie Ceccarelli turns 114 today. She is still active and able to walk with the aid of a walker. https://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/2022/02/01/willits-celebration-planned-for-edie-ceccarellis-114th-birthday/

1922 Ray Anthony/Rachel Robinson 1923 Vs Achuthanandan/Glynis Johns 1924 Russell Nelson/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Mahathir Mohamad/Pat Silver Lasky 1926 David Attenborough/Queen Elizabeth II 1927 Pope Benedict Xvi/Estelle Parsons 1928 Bob Cousy/Ethel Kennedy 1929 Frank Gehry/Barbara Walters 1930 Buzz Aldrin/Joanne Woodward 1931 Raul Castro/Sylvia Pinal

He seemed to have gotten better for the past few months and his death wasnt a complete surprise but there was definitely a degree of unexpectedness when they found him dead in bed in the morning.

Billy Reed, the legendary Kentucky sportswriter who was both controversial and widely admired, who covered Adolph Rupp, more than 50 Kentucky Derbys and went on jogs with Muhammad Ali, has died. He was 78 and spent more than 60 years of his life covering sports. He wasn’t revered by all, though, and he was never one to shy from controversy. Just two weeks ago, Reed posted of former Kentucky basketball coach Joe B. Hall, on the day of the coach’s death, that although Hall should be fondly remembered, he was “not as good as Denny Crum or Bobby Knight.” SC

Completely agree. No reason at all that they should be bound by hypothetical sensitivities on behalf of someone who has been dead for a quarter of a century and who willingly divorced him.

Potential serial killer, there.....

Whatever the merits or otherwise of using Ivermectin to treat Covid (and it may have well have some effect on stimulating the immune system, even if it does nothing against the virus itself), I just find it odd/amusing that people will refuse a vaccine because they don't trust big Pharma and the vaccine isn't properly tested, but will self medicate with Ivermectin. Where the fuck do they think the ivermectin comes from - it doesn't miraculously fall out of the sky. And it obviously hasn't been fully tested against Covid. As it happens, the Ivermectin itself is likely to be safe. As Toast said earlier - it is widely used in humans across the world to treat parasites including Onchocerca which causes River Blindness. For some reason, people always focus on the fact that these drugs are used in veterinary medicine, despite the fact that most drugs are used in both humans and animals. A classic example is when people taking ketamine for recreational purposes are described as taking "horse tranquilisers", despite the fact that ketamine is commonly used in human anaesthesia. Anyhow, it's a win-win for Laurence Fox. Once he gets over the Covid-19 (as he probably will, since he is a relatively young fit healthy person), he can continue to be smug about how he knows more than the "experts" out there, while also no longer having an itchy arse.

Constance Demby, pioneering ambient/space musician dead at 81: https://slippedisc.com/2021/03/ambient-composer-floats-away-at-81/ Apparently, the live performances were quite something and she made most of her instruments herself.

Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis dead at 98: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1608817435-israel-s-violin-genius-ivry-gitlis-dies-at-98 A-list name in these circles. Heavily under consideration for my old classical music theme team, but he was very active all the time. But it seems he declined pretty fast.

That's sad. I especially like "The Pearl", an album he made with Brian Eno. The album is a real gem ... or pearl.