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Gorbachev currently hospitalised and "unwell", but says "Putin must be stopped".

Billy Watson of the Watson family dead at 98. This leaves his brother Garry Watson and Mildred Kornman as the last known living actors to appear in silent film era. Maybe Alma Carroll is also alive too. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/statesmanexaminer/name/william-watson-obituary?pid=201491107

And there's the first... what's the opposite of a landmine? Mario Kart speed boost? Rod Marsh was one of the greatest wicket keepers of all-time, particularly famed for his partnership with Dennis Lillee and dead otter moustache. He came to the attention of DL Cup selectors thanks to a heart attack at the end of February, with further deteriorations in his condition only becoming apparent after the deadline fell. Regardless, plenty of teams were expecting Iron Hands to be smelted - Annami most notably getting a captain pick and Banana being first to score two hits this round. DeathByArsenic 0 vs Captain Hemlock 0 BabyBlue 0 vs Predictor 0 Banana 7 vs Masterffull 0 HDS 0 vs The Old Crem 0 YorkshireBanker 0 vs An Fear Baeg 3 maryportfuncity 0 vs Famous6Eva 0 Pop_Zeus vs Perhaps 3 gcreptile 4 vs SpadeCooley 3 MariNisia 0 vs msc 3 Book 3 vs Sir Cunto 3 Grim Up North 3 vs Salmon Mousse 0 Bibliogryphon 0 vs Annami 6 CaptainChorizo 0 vs TQR 3 Sideik 3 vs alt obits guy 4 deadsox 0 vs Joey Russ 3 DevonDeathTrip 3 vs CalebH 0

Updates: new picture from home, not too bad considering his age and health but he looks lost. He receives 24h care and alternates moments of lucidity and bewilderment.

https://elu24.postimees.ee/7468910/suri-endine-eesti-nsv-valitsusjuht-bruno-saul Bruno Saul, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (the last "Prime Minister" of Soviet Estonia) 1984-1988 during Karl Vaino's tenure dead at 92.

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/gen-sf-rodrigues-retd-passes-away-375050 General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army 1990-1993, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee 1991-1993 and Governor of Punjab 2004-2010 dead at 88. I was going to add him to the "old Indian politicos" suggestions list I posted under two weeks ago but googled him and he looked a bit too healthy. And wasn't really a political figure.

Yes. Primary school - the Blitz, Vera Lynn (it was weird to have something I was taught about IN history as a wee kid be still with us nearly 30 years later!), Jewish persecution through Judith Kerr's memoirs, the Holocaust itself - grim learning for 10 year olds. Also evacuation. I've forgotten her name, there was this old woman (she died about a decade ago, she got an obit at the time!) and she used to go round schools and talk about her experiences in WW2 - anyhow, she came to our class and all. (This was a basic working class Glasgow primary, nowt fancy - just a really good teacher we had.) Secondary school - Rise of Hitler, German inter-war politics, appeasement. It tailed off somewhat when the actual battles started. Also the Liberal reforms of 1906-1910 as my History teacher at the time was a massive Henry Campbell-Bannerman fan. A phrase never used on the internet before, possibly. Attlee's government was covered, and in Modern Studies we did the 60s, but my teacher for that was a Thatcherite so it was from a downer perspective! (We had entire lessons on Anthony Meyers attempts to take down Thatcher in 1988. Who the fuck remembers Anthony Meyer?) There was a chance to meet Donald Dewar, but he went and got ill and then died instead, which I feel was really inconsiderate of him, as his replacement was Michael fucking Martin, who was shite! This was when we weren't looking at Scottish history. Over and over again. Mary Queen of Scots was only 44 when she died, you'd think there's only so many hours you can devote to her!

All this horror caused by one vile creature. I won't call it a man.

This French Death Record seems to confirm Gorsen's death: Naissance Nom Gaussen Prénom(s) Norah Ethel Sexe Féminin Date 22/11/1931 Commune Portland (99132) Pays Royaume-Uni (GBR) Décès Date 15/04/2020 Age 88 ans Commune Mouans-Sartoux (06084) Département 06 Pays France (FRA) Acte n° 66 Source INSEE fichier 2020, ligne n°173974

Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet (wiki), Scottish industrialist, dead at 87. Inherited Lithgows, the shipbuilding giant in 1952, which was founded by his grandfather. Fought the Treasury during the 60s and 70s over their shipbuilding policies. Lived in both Scotland and Western Australia in retirement. Times death notice. Copy and pasted below.

Rodney Marsh, dead.

Okay, now that we're starting to see more notable deaths, good enough for me to reopen.

Brave recovery for someone suffering from pancreatic cancer.

I said to my wife Shane Warne has died First thing she said was Heart - he did not look like someone who was going to get old. The last time she had seen him on telly she was surprised at the amount of weight he had put on

How you not surprised. He wasn’t that unhealthy that a heart attack (Reported to be the cause of death) was not a massive surprise Biggest death of the year so far in Australia, Uk and other cricketing nations. Even my mum knows who he is.

There is genuinely not a single thing he has done that approaches laudable, let alone knighthood-worthy. Despite rolling my eyes every time a Peter Bone or Edward Leigh gets knighted, you can at least argue they are long serving backbenchers who are often men of conviction for good or bad. Williamson has been an MP since 2010, has served in government for a good chunk of that, has been sacked from the Cabinet twice and has no groundbreaking achievements to speak of from any of his roles. There is not a single thing Johnson can point to to support this decision.

The shimmering FUCK was today’s one?

Zelenskyy has survived 3 assassination attempts so far in this invasion, according to The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/zelensky-survives-three-assassination-attempts-in-days-xnstdfdfc?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1646348349

Natasha Peracov, Ukrainian beauty queen. Fake news probably. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=345302767477492&id=229228425751594

This guy is fucking Gladstone or Churchill compared to Gavin Williamson. Which is how bad the Tarantula fan was, not a defence of Mr Loverman (Shabba).

SiMan says: get the fuck up. Silas Alexander might sound like the name of a Crewe Alexander centre-back, but he was a presence on Atlanta's R&B/hip-hop radio stations for more than two decades, even co-hosting a syndicated show with "oh yeah him" early 90s rapper Chubb Rock. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last September, he immediately started a podcast with his similarly stricken DJ cousin MixMasterMitch called "Cousins with Cancer." Mitch died last December, and March sees a family reunion that puts gcreptile 4-0 up against some scrub. Banana 4 - Masterffull 0 sideik 0 - alt obits guy 4 gcreptile 4 - SpadeCooley 0

Farrah Forke (wiki), American television actress, dead from cancer at 54. A familiar face to 90s audiences. Played Alex Lambert in "Wings" and Mayson Drake in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman". Variety. The Sun. Hollywood Reporter.

The event has been cancelled by the Foreign Office. That should tell you all you need to know. It's not difficult to figure out why this might not be a good moment for such an event. Agreed.