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Abdul Halim of Kedah has died, he was the Sultan of Kedah, reigning from 1958 to 2017, and the second longest-reigning living monarch in the world after Queen Elizabeth II. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/09/11/kedahs-sultan-abdul-halim-dies/

Returns to stage after "four month battle with lung cancer", doesn't look too bad for the unprofessional eye. http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/rolling-stones-legend-ronnie-wood-11145042 Here are some pictures: http://www.gettyimages.com/search/events/775037473?assettype=image&excludenudity=true&sort=best&phrase=&family=editorial#license

Eric Bolling's son commits suicide one day after his father was fired for texting photos of male genitalia to his colleagues... http://www.tmz.com/2017/09/09/eric-bolling-son-commits-suicide-fnc-fox-news-channel-fired/

Jo Dee Messina has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer (without specifying what type of cancer it is exactly) http://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/jo-dee-messina-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-postpones-tour-w501516

Good thing there's at least one thing he didn't forget about.

Breaks arm in a motorcycle accident. https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/09/daniel-day-lewis-breaks-arm-in-motorcycle-accident/?wasp=facebook-ads

Celia Mancini from the NZ noise rock band King Loser has died, aged 50. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/201857627/king-loser-s-celia-mancini-has-died

Cancelled an entire tour now. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/charles_bradley_cancels_tour_dates_after_return_of_cancer

Even less notable - two Felt members, both are bassists, and both named Mick!

In other news, the sun came up today.

Halim El-Dabh, quite possibly the first elctronic music composer, who had composed one of the earliest known works of tape music in the early 1940's, has died aged 96 according to this Facebook post by his wife.

Both are good candidates. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173266533 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10702541

Could as well be this gal. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17834473

Veteran Jazz Fusion / Psychedelic Rock drummer Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson has passed aged 80, he was known for being part of the duo Hansson & Karlsson. https://www.thelocal.se/20170831/swedish-actor-and-music-legend-janne-loffe-carlsson-dies-aged-80

I'm actually not British in any way, so I guess his notability is a little more vast than you might think, but one of the most respected SciFi movies is based on his work, and he had a significant influence on a few (well, at least two) generations of writers. I think that my second choice for this year is something along the lines of Heston, or even George Carlin!

Tamra Judge from "The Real Housewives of Orange County" has melanoma. http://rare.us/rare-people/rhoc-star-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-in-emotional-social-media-post/

While I agree for most part, here are a few changes I would have done (I didn't reach the beginning of your list so there could be more) Arthur C. Clarke Boris Yeltsin Saddam Hussein George Harrison

Cancelled his appearance at the Comic Con Palm Springs, citing "personal reasons" as the cause (though the convention organizer has issued a shadowy response saying "We just wish him the very, very best, and we just really hope that he recovers quickly"). http://www.kesq.com/news/stan-lee-suddenly-drops-out-of-comic-con-palm-spings-day-two/613199915

Returns to stage naturally on the main stage of Reading Festival.

Guess who suffered a "serious" stroke?

From the way he looks he should have been hospitalized in a Children's Medical Center. RIP poor guy.

I'll go for a heart attack/cardiac arrest if i'll have to choose, the man is really tall.

All-time leading scorer of the Polish PLK and three times Polish League MVP Adam Wójcik passed away aged 47, following a long battle with leukemia. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/85jmin5or8ky9n98/euroleague-basketball-mourns-polish-great-adam-wojcik

Actress Viola Harris has passed away aged 91, she has appeared in a number of recent films including Sex and the City 2, The Other Guys, Choke, and Deconstructing Harry, directed by Woody Allen. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=viola-harris&pid=186486406&fhid=2088 (NYTimes)