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    Death Notice for Arabella Sackville aged a mere 63, two days before her birthday: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/257901/sackville-arabella I'm posting this as she was the only daughter of William Sackville, 10th Earl De La Warr, who famously allowed Doctor Who to film Black Orchid on his Estate, and sold the forest that inspired the Winnie The Pooh stories to the Council, and who himself committed suicide aged only 66 in 1988.
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    And the DL Cup gets hit by the Hopler effect. Jay Hopler was a poet who, in addition to his own works, was also noted for his translations of the output of Georg Trakl. His most recent anthology, Still Life, was started the day after he was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer and was published just one week ago. DDT finally gets on the scoreboard for the semis, but unfortunately for him he falls an extra three points behind thanks to gcreptile's captaincy pick. Joey Russ 7 vs Salmon Mousse 3 DevonDeathTrip 3 vs gcreptile 13
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    A forgotten but classy name for your long lists. Watched the four part Challenger: The Final Flight documentary from 2020. It skips on the some of the grimmer moments of the disaster, but otherwise a good in depth watch about an avoidable crisis. I hadn't realised Christa McAuliffe had essentially video taped most of her last 6 months alive. Bit grim. As this was recorded in 2020, most of the folk who come out with any credit - Roger Boisjoly, Bob Ebelling, Richard Feynman, Sally Ride and so on - are long gone now. However, still going, and 89 later this year, is General Donald Kutyna, one of the most decorated US air force officers alive. With the help of Sally Ride's internal memos from NASA (she was kept anonymous as whistle-blower until she died), Kutyna and Feynman were able to prove that the O-rings stopped working properly when frozen, which was what the engineers had been trying to tell NASA for years. Donald Kutyna has never been mentioned on this forum and never picked for the DDP. Presumably because, like myself until now, I had assumed, as a close colleague of Feynman, he must have been long dead by now!
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    Xiong Qingquan dead at 94.
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    When @gcreptile returns, Sophie Freud has a paywalled but valid Times Obit: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sophie-freud-obituary-80pnr36bx Not on the lost list any more @Death Impends (if she was ever on it).
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    The condition of 91-year-old Mikhail Sergeevich periodically worsens. The exact diagnoses are not advertised, but doctors have been observing the former Secretary General for about a year. And recently they began to take me to a Moscow hospital for dialysis. From time to time, Gorbachev undergoes blood purification. https://mash.ru/news/152703
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    79-year-old iconic French rock legend has supposedly been in poor health for years. Last week he was diagnosed with COVID and had to miss one of his scheduled concerts. https://newsrnd.com/life/2022-06-17-jacques-dutronc-positive-for-covid--“he-got-out-of-the-woods-but-hey--he-got-it-a-little-strong-anyway”.r1tuYz5Kq.html
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    It's quite a crucial moment in Vatican history, and whichever of those outlives the other will shape the church for the next 30 years. As a friendly atheist, I can only say: hurry up and snuff it, Benny.
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    Younger sister of Tom Sackville, the minor Tory government minister under John Major who lost his seat in the 1997 landslide.
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    Here is the GRO reference for Kathleen Mary Helme, died 30 Dec 2019, appears to likely be the same person. HELME, KATHLEEN MARY 1921 GRO Reference: DOR Q1/2020 in BRIGHTON AND HOVE (452-1A) Entry Number 520084911
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    Seems to have still been living circa 2010. Appears that she later settled in Nairobi, Kenya, as that is where both of her parents also moved (they died in Mombasa and are buried there). Would not be surprised is she died off the radar sometime in the last two decades, though.
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    (Quoting @Lafaucheuse fae Ideas & Possibilities 2022) some French new names : Helene David Weill (1933) : art collector and patron Michel David Weill (1932) : art collector, patron, banker and husband of Helene. ____________________ Michel David-Weill, whose gifts of money and art helped transform the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has died at 89. The Louvre said in its obituary for him that he died on June 17 in New York. This makes Helene an available widow for the Widow thread. SC
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    Can you imagine? Two former Popes shuffling around - there'll be more of them than still-living Man Utd managers at this rate.
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    Colin Grainger, former Sheffield United and England winger has died. Also had a reasonably successful singing career. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/sheffield-united-pay-tribute-as-blades-announce-the-passing-of-colin-grainger/ar-AAYER4s
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    Actor Regimantas Adomaitis dies Lithuanian actor People's Artist of the USSR Regimantas Adomaitis died at the age of 86. The information was confirmed by the actor's relatives, according to the LRT portal (Lithuanian Radio and Television). Among his famous film roles are Donatas Lokis in the film Nobody Wanted to Die (1965), Kasparas in Feelings (1968), Girdvainis in The Devil's Bride (1974), Alexei Pavlishchev in the film From the Life of Vacationers (1980), Andy Tucker in The Trust That Failed (1982), Morgan in The Mirage (1983). He received the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985. In 1989-1991 he was a People's Deputy of the USSR. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5422356
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    Brett Tuggle, veteran keyboardist and guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac, David Lee Roth, Rick Springfield and dozens of other rockers, has reportedly died. https://ultimateclassicrock.com/brett-tuggle-dead/
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    Well, notable rabbis haven't been falling like flies recently, actually haven't been dying at all since Kanievsky died in March, so here's a small list of who we've got now. List has/will have all or nearly all English wiki-worthy names born in the 1920s and "honorary mentions" born later...Some names are later additions. Pictures above for some of them Erwin Schild (1920-2024) German-born Canadian conservative rabbi (now emeritus) of Toronto's largest conservative synagogue. Survived Dachau, rabbi from the 1940s to the 1980s, outlived his successor in 2014. He has been on oxygen since atleast March 2016 and sounded very frail two years ago, how the hell is he still alive? Also widowed in 2017. Described on his 103rd as "frail and tethered to an oxygen machine". Died on the 6th of January 2024. Elyakim Schlesinger (1921) A very old london Grand Rabbi and torah scholar. Widowed in 2019. Gershon Edelstein (1923-2023) Haredi leader, joint leader of the Degel HaTorah political party since Shteinman died in 2017 and sole leader since Kanievsky died in March. Heart cath in 2011, hospitalised multiple times in recent years: In ICU in august 2019, hospitalised again in may 2021, january 2022 and july 2022 with covid + heart attack. Skeleton that has grown frailer and frailer and who now leads the Haredi ultraorthodox community. Finally died on the 30th of May 2023 after another heart attack. Shubert Spero (1923) Relatively small name, US-born Israeli. His son-in-law and granddaughter were killed in a bombing in 2003. Was in great health in February and I expect he'll outlive atleast a third of the people on this list. Also an old homophobe and cunt. Shmuel Kamenetsky (1924) Haredi rabbi from the United States who has caused a few controversies, anti-vaxx and thinks that the polio vaccine is a scam. Seems to have been pretty frail for years, widowed this year. Stroke in 2023. Moshe Sternbuch (1926) Edah HaChareidi leader called Ra'avad, meaning Chief and the VP of Jerusalem's rabbinical court. Hospitalised with weakness in August and underwent pacemaker implantation this month, he was discharged before his pal Tuvia Weiss and met him at the hospital. Very frail for the last years, obese. Also known as the brother-in-law of the late Haredi rabbi/immortal Dovid Soloveitchik. On oxygen since around September 2022 for reasons unknown. Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (1926-2022) Edah HaChareidi vice-leader called Gaavad. Long history of poor health, rushed to hospital in 2009, pneumonia in 2012, covid and high bp in 2020. Most recently he was hospitalised this month with a serious leg infection and pneumonia but has already been discharged. Zombielike and unable to walk without being assisted by atleast two people. Hospitalised again in July 2022 and critical on ventilator. Died on the 30th of July 2022 at 95. David Weiss Halivni (1927-2022) Scholar who survived the holocaust, four concentration camps. As far as I know he's failed to make public appearances for a while. Died on the 29th of June 2022 at 94. Emanuel Feldman (1927) Small name from Atlanta, US. Zvi Dershowitz (1928-2023) Boring American guy #3. Decrepit. Died 26th of March 2023. Shimon Baadani (1928-2023) Sephardi, leading Sephardi rabbi in Israel. Leg infection in 2013, hospitalised with weakness and leg pain in 2019, most recently hospitalised in April 2022 after feeling unwell. Very frail for the last years, and a total cunt who hates gay people and has defended Eliezer Berland. Hospitalised in October 2022 with great weakness, later in very serious condition, but discharged. Hospitalised after suffering a cardiac arrest and undergoing resuscitation in November 2022 in extremely serious condition, woken from coma in December 2022. Later hospitalised again with pneumonia in critical condition and died on the 11th of January 2023. Aharon Moshe Schechter (ca.1928-2023) American Haredi rabbi. Hospitalised with pneumonia and weakness in 2016, hospitalised again in 2018. Exact birthyear not known, he is thought to have been born around 1928. Hospitalised in serious condition with pneumonia and other ailments in October 2022. Hospitalised in critical condition in August 2023 and died two weeks later on the 24th of August 2023. Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (1929-2023) Hareidi rabbi, leader of the non-Hassidic Lithuanian Jews. Heart cath followed by urgent open heart surgery in 2013, stroke in 2015, hospitalised with covid in 2020, hospitalised in June 2021 with weakness and infections, hospitalised again in critical condition, in ICU and on respirator in October 2021 and needed to be resuscitated. Somehow survived again, despite how not a lot of people survive CPR... Around 10% of 90-year-olds survive long enough to get discharged, this guy recovered and was discharged the same week. His survival was called a "medical miracle". Used to shout a lot, but his voice has weakened a lot with age. Hospitalised again in March-April 2023 with severe leg infection. Again hospitalised in July 2023, resuscitated, bounced in and out of critical condition for a month and had a tracheotomy. Died on the 26th of October 2023 after a "sudden deterioration". Zevulun Charlop (1929-2024) Boring American guy #4. Very quiet nowadays. Died on the 16th of January 2024. Dov Lando (1930) Leader of the Slabodka yeshiva institution. Fall in 2018, survived covid (omicron) in January 2022. Obese. Shalom Cohen (1930-2022) Sephardi leader, fall in 2019, hospitalised in November 2021, February, June, July and August 2022. Died on the 22nd of August 2022. Yaakov Meir Shechter (1930) Breslov hasidic rabbi, kabbalist. Suffering from Parkinson's or similar. Kidnapped in 2022. Baruch Dov Povarsky (1931) Haredi, hospitalised in October 2021, hospitalised with infections in February 2022. Haim Drukman (1932-2022) Rabbi/far-right politician hospitalised with heart failure in April 2021 and again in July 2021, hospitalised twice in April 2022 with heart failure and pneumonia. Hospitalised again in June 2022 for a surgery. Circling the drain and now sounds incredibly weak. Hospitalised again in October 2022 with weakness and dehydration. Finally dead on the 25th of December 2022 after a lengthy hospitalisation during which he needed to be resuscitated. Chanoch Ehrentreu (1932-2022) Former Head of the London Rabbinical Court. Was in critical and unstable condition in ICU following "around five" strokes in October 2020. Another source says he suffered a stroke and a severe stroke days later. He was hospitalised for multiple months and has since been unable to speak or walk, communicates with hand gestures. Died on the 24th of November 2022, a week after being hospitalised in critical condition. Benjamin Blech (1933) American Orthodox rabbi. Diagnosed with cardiac amyloidosis in 2010 and given six months to live. 12 years later, he's still here. Dovid Schmidel (1934) Israeli rabbi and Chairman of Asra Kadisha, organization for the preservation of Jewish cemeteries and gravesites throughout the world. On oxygen with covid and pneumonia in 2020. Avigdor Nebenzahl (1935) Decrepit former rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem. Needs a lot of support walking and looks half dead. Yechiel Perr (1935) Founder and rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway in New York and the greatest modern Musar movement thinker. Tefillos asked in January 2024. Moshe Hillel Hirsch (1936) Possibly suffering from cancer, hospitalised multiple times in 2023. Reuven Feinstein (1937) Rabbi of Staten Island, NY, US. Was in a bad car crash in 2018 and sustained internal bleeding, needed a surgery. Knee surgery in August 2022. Wheelchairbound. Adolf Shayevich (1937) Decrepit controversial Russian rabbi, Moscow Choral Synagogue Chief Rabbi since 1983. Once called the Chief Rabbi of the Soviet Union by the West. Probably the only major Rabbi who supports Putin's war. Eliezer Berland (1937) Sex offender and fraudster. Hospitalised around 2016, was on ventilator with covid in August 2021. There's also a quite strong chance of an unnatural death with this one. Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939) Rebbe of the Hasidic Dynasty of Ger since 1993 and some kind of a former kingmaker in Israeli politics. Already suffering from chronic health problems in his kidneys and heart before 2017, in 2018 he had what was possibly a stroke or a heart attack and other patients were thrown out of the hospital he was treated in due to him needing the doctors more for some religious bullshit reason. Hospitalised with covid in 2021. Known also for his vast wealth, one of the richest people in Israel. David Twersky (1940) Decrepit Grand Rabbi of New Square and the worldwide Skver Hasidism. Nearly a godlike figure to his followers, survived a car crash in 2022. Severe cardiac event in December 2022. Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940) Another ancient leader of a Hasidic dynasty, current rebbe of Munkacs. He's now the age his father died at. Baruch Abuhatzeira (1941) Moroccan-Israeli Kabbalist rabbi from the Abuhatzeira dynasty. Frail and gone downhill for years. Now needs a rollator to walk. Tax fraudster who used to be a millionaire. Yaakov Moshe Hillel (1945) Kabbalist rabbi. In serious condition with a liver disease in February 2024. Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1948) The Belzer Rebbe, fifth Rebbe of the Belz dynasty since 1966. Has been in a feud with the Edah HaChareidis, the group of Tuvia Weiss and Sternbuch. Hospitalised for a week with an infection around summer 2020. Later broke COVID protocols, lead to him being in round-clock care in a mini-ICU in his home. Obese and has never been the picture of health. Broken back and surgery in April 2023. Leader of what's probably the second-largest hasidic dynasty in the world. A pretty frail group, but who'll die first? (David Weiss Halivni did) Unknown birthdate: Aharon Mordechai Rotner (1927?-2023) Friend of the Belzer Rebbes. Suffering from old age ailments for a longer time. Hospitalised in July 2023 with breathing difficulties. Died on the 17th of July 2023 at something between 91 and 96. Matisyahu Salomon (c. 1937-2024) God knows how old, in failing health since atleast 2016. Died on the 2nd of January 2024, likely at 86. Yosef Blau (?-) Spiritual supervisor of Roshei Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University. Must be atleast in his 80s. Quite liberal for an orthodox rabbi. Rebbetzins (spouses and widows of rabbis): Tzvia Eliyahu (1933) Widow of Mordechai Eliyahu (1929-2010) who was Chief Rabbi of Israel 1983-1993. Mordechai Eliyahu's successor and successor's wife are both dead. Oldest Rebbetzin with a Hebrew Wiki page by years. Name in Hebrew: צביה אליהו Ones with an Hebrew Wiki but no English one: Zuriel Shaked? (1920-2023) Libyan-born Israeli rabbi, obese and ancient. Died on the 22nd or 23rd of September 2023. Hebrew name for search purposes: צוריאל שקד Moshe Wolfson (1924/1925) American guy. Widowed in 2020. Hospitalised and very weak around April 2023. Hebrew name for search purposes: משה וולפסון Meir Tzvi Bergman / Me'ir Tsevi Begman (1929/1930) Torah Elders Council of Degel HaTorah member. Ill for a while. Hebrew name for search purposes: מאיר צבי ברגמן Chai Yitzchok (Isaac) Twersky of Rachmastrivka-Boro Park (1931-2023) Rachmastrivka dynasty's head rabbi who lives New Square often called "Rachmastrivka Rebbe", on ventilator with pneumonia in 2016, yo-yoyed on and off ventilator when hospitalised with pneumonia and other ailments in June-July 2022. Spent three months in hospital, very frail. Finally died on the 16th of August 2023 after a day in critical condition. Hebrew name for search purposes: חי יצחק טברסקי Moshe Tzadka (1935) Rosh Yeshiva of the Geula branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva. One of the leading Sephardic rabbis in Israel. Hospitalised in August 2023. Hebrew name for search purposes: משה צדקה Baruch Shmuel Deutsch / Barukh Shemuʼel ha-Kohen Doiṭsh (1942) One of the leaders of the Haredi Jerusalem faction. Serious leg infection in November 2021, in ICU in March-April 2022, overall very frail. His younger brother died in July/August 2022. Hebrew name for search purposes: ברוך שמואל דויטש Shmuel Yaakov Kohn (or Kahn) / Shmuel Yaakov Yenta (1943) Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok hasidic dynasty leader. Cardiac arrest in 2015, gallbladder infection in 2022, kidney failure in 2023. Hebrew name for search purposes: שמואל יעקב קאהן In addition, Samaritan High Priest Aabed-El ben Asher ben Matzliach / Abdel IV (1935) is 87 and seems to be rarely seen or heard of nowadays. While there were allegedly around a million Samaritans during biblical times, the number is now around 840. Samaritans, alongside Jews, originate from ancient Israelites and their central holy text is the Samaritan Pentateuch, which Samaritans believe is the original, unchanged version of the Torah. Post ends.
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    Jimmy Lydon is a hit for me: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jimmy-lydon-life-with-father-henry-aldrich-movies-dead-1235115079/
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    Actress Stoyanka Mutafova, who appeared in almost 20 films over the course of her career, dead at 97 years: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bulgarian-mutafova-one-of-worlds-oldest-actresses-on-stage-passes-away-at-97/articleshow/72398836.cms She also co-founded the Aleko Konstantinov Satiric Theatre.
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    Popular pop rock musician and songwriter Camilo Sesto, who totaled 52 number 1 hits and 18 top 40 list songs throughout his career, dead at 72 years. He sold over 175 millions copies of his albums. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-49623958
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    Uruguayan Actor George Hilton dead at 85 years: https://www.iltempo.it/home/2019/07/29/news/morto-george-hilton-mito-spaghetti-western-cinema-college-tresette-alleluja-thriller-abbronzatissimi-1193367/ He was well known for his many spaghetti western performances.
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    Brazilian Actress Ruth de Souza dead at 98 years https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/07/28/atriz-ruth-de-souza-morre-no-rio-aos-98-anos.ghtml
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