Sir Creep

Actor, director and producer Will MacMillan died Dec. 2 in Burbank, Calif. He was 71. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, MacMillan was active in television, film and stage. On television he was well known for his role as Boris on “General Hospital,” among others. He'd have been better off checking IN to General Hospital. SC https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/macmillan-general-hospital-actor-dies-71-031030028.html

I saw that, too, but wasn't exactly sure if it belongs here. (Now that I've looked at the sub-header, I know it did!). Anyway, dehydration and heat stroke... his weight was too high so he tried to sweat it out. I once saw a documentary about amateur boxers and their tricks, like stepping into the bathtub with a towel around your stomach and in a rubber suit, and then staying in there for six hours. You rapidly lose weight this way, but you also end up looking really, really sick. He obviously overdid it... I saw that, too, but wasn't exactly sure if it belongs here. (Now that I've looked at the sub-header, I know it did!). Anyway, dehydration and heat stroke... his weight was too high so he tried to sweat it out. I once saw a documentary about amateur boxers and their tricks, like stepping into the bathtub with a towel around your stomach and in a rubber suit, and then staying in there for six hours. You rapidly lose weight this way, but you also end up looking really, really sick. He obviously overdid it... He's the first member of a new weight class: Dead Weight.

Wigged Out - women who died bald thanks to chemo.

Oh I've no intention of sending anything before 12/29. But it's back to the drawing board. lol

As with all social conservatives, there's a special place in hell waiting for them, what with Jesus being such a social conservative and all. SC

He will be a smaller target for the lash.

There goes another gift pick. Fuckers won't live to Jan 1. SC

Yang Jian Bing was set to compete at ONE Championship 35 against Geje Eustaquio in a flyweight contest before that bout was cancelled on Thursday. ONE Championship noted via release following the weigh-ins that bout had been cancelled "due to Yang's severe dehydration from attempting to make weight. Yang Jian Bing has suffered from dehydration and suspected heat stroke. He has been transported to the hospital where he is undergoing intensive rehydration treatment." The news took a turn for the worse on Friday when Bing, 21, ultimately died from the complications of his weight cut. ONE Championship released a statement following Bing's tragic passing: Looks like he will make weight now. SC http://www.mmafighting.com/2015/12/11/9891100/one-championships-yang-jian-bing-dies-from-weight-cutting

How many farmers from India does it take to cover an entire farm in 10 minutes? One if you step on him just right. Four elephants, one farmer. SC http://m.deccanherald.com/content/516778/farmer-dies-elephant-attack.html/

You thought he'd age better? He's 99 and vertical. I think that's aging well. Was going to say the same, with a bit more anger and something like 'that's the dumbest thing I'll read this week', but I'm nice and don't post things like that. SC

Luol Deng could knock on my door I'd think he was a delivery guy, a very tall delivery guy. SC

Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes, a 12-time All-Star who refined the big mans role in the infancy of the National Basketball Association, has died. He was 87. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer 6 months ago. SC http://www.heraldnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20151210/SPORTS/151219877/1004/Former-NBA-Dolph-Schayes-dies-at-87&template=MobileArt An aside: I seem to post 75% of the stuff here and I'm no big NBA fan. Is it that basketball news travels the UK as fast as rugby news does in the States? Just wondering. Dolph's death languishedalmost two days before I'm posting it just now, so it's odd no one saw it. I was just being lazy and presumptuous.

Now you won't have to burn up data plan minutes when visiting a Ruskie cemetery. They've gone wifi! SC http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/10/459194182/die-fi-moscow-expanding-internet-access-to-cemeteries

For the record I've no idea the joke/subtlety/inference/tongue-in-cheek reference that team name was supposed to elicit. None whatsoever. Guess I'm an idiot (well...a given) SC Which team name? http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6213&p=241333

Kristin Cavallari's brother Michael Cavallari has been found dead, she confirmed Thursday, nearly two weeks after his car was found deserted in Utah. Kristin is a former reality TV personality and model-actress and is married to Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler. SC http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-kristin-cavallari-brother-found-dead-michael-cavallari-20151210-htmlstory.html

I might have to take away your 'like' I gave you on the Welcome thread. SC

For the record I've no idea the joke/subtlety/inference/tongue-in-cheek reference that team name was supposed to elicit. None whatsoever. Guess I'm an idiot (well...a given) SC

Thank you for the welcome You got your first 'like'. SC

Virginia Gunn, an Atlanta newscaster in her own right, but herein notably the wife of the late author William Diehl. SC http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/09/former-waga-personality-virginia-gunn-pm-magazine-dies/

Dec 10: The one, the only.... Richard Pryor (10 years)

Us yanks clearly at a disadvantage when it comes to having a clue who might obit as we approach 'fringeness' (new word). He may not obit even here, but Rolling Stone would give a mention and there's that. Smart alecs? HERE?! It can be tricky for us too, sometimes! Best bet is to do a Google search for the person. You can do searches for websites and news per country, and if a person shows up as mentioned in the Mail/BBC/Express/Guardian/Sun/Times /Channel 4/ITV/Sky/Reuters/Independent within the last few years (doesn't need to be about their ill health either) then they are 95% certain of a qualifying obit when they go. It's the folk mentioned in the regionals - usually low level politicians - who might not make the major papers, because it depends on whats happening in the world. Jean Dore, shockingly, got a British obit because it was a very quiet week - quite often, mayors of large British cities go without obits. When it comes to Yank names, well: Mario Cuomo got an obit easily, so anyone more famous than him is no bother. I'd expect nearly all living Senators or notable congress types to obit here. When you get to the individual state Houses rather than national level, the person needs to be fairly noteworthy for one reason or another. Keith Farnham will probably obit because the Daily Mail have noticed Farnham's scumbaggery, but if one of his colleagues gets terminal cancer next week, I doubt we'll hear about it, except on this forum. Sports wise, the major US sports all seem fairly popular here - I'd think Baseball was the least, and John Farrell got BBC coverage for his ill health. It's the college football system and its counterparts you'd have trouble with, unless there's a big press story like with Joe Paterno. Actors and the like are more of an international currency so you shouldn't have any trouble with them. If a band had any hit over here, at any point, they'll get obits. Even Pauly Fuemana got one. How bizzare. The rest is gut feeling, really. Mind you, fortune favours the brave. Spade's won two DDP's in a row (and isn't out of the race yet for his third in a row) and does he stop to go "Maybe Andrew Millwall wont obit?" No, he went for it, and nabbed the obit, and it turned out to be a title winning risk. The Living End (DDT) has won the title banking on obits for Jim Stynes, Anthonia Onhoua, Jock Hobbs, etc. Though, given DDT actually is the Grim Reaper... Why was it shocking for Dore to obit? Canada part of the U.K. Cloak am I correct? And Montreal perhaps its most revered city? That's a gimme. I would expect every politician worth a piss from Australia or Canada to obit or they should tear the Union Jack from their flag (well, Canucks have kinda). It's not exactly USA-Guam relationship we are talking about. I've never heard of the late Pauly FuemenA lol. I noticed a couple folks went with Rep. John Dingle from my former home state of Michigan and that surprised me some, what with 'obitability' a touchstone, though I think he was the 'longest serving Representative' so that's the ticket That said, he's rolling on into 2016. As I said earlier, picking folks who will die is more important than those who will obit, cuz you know who won't obit? The living. SC

Cancer free! As if. http://www.people.com/article/rita-wilson-officially-cancer-free-one-hundred-percent-healthy-prepares-tour I should put together a theme team strictly of those who the previous year declare to be cancer free. Guaranteed 1/4 drop dead. SirC

Ali sounds like a fahkin genius and incredibly lucid here. That is if you believe one fahkin word of this horseshit attributed to Ali. SC http://www.people.com/article/muhammad-ali-responds-to-donald-trump-comments

Baseball manager Branch Rickey, 50 years ago.

Us yanks clearly at a disadvantage when it comes to having a clue who might obit as we approach 'fringeness' (new word). He may not obit even here, but Rolling Stone would give a mention and there's that. Smart alecs? HERE?!