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    By-Election Bingo

    Unless he gives up his seat it's useless to us. I guess he's indirectly responsible for fewer deaths than Ian Duncan Smith. And obviously the future deaths Cameron will be responsible for in due course.
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    João Havelange

    Discharged from hospital: http://tenplay.com.au/news/2015/11/29/former-fifa-chief-released-from-hospital
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    Shove Off, Eh?

    Maurice Strong dies at 86. http://citizentv.co.ke/news/uneps-founding-executive-maurice-strong-passes-away-107486/ Founding Exec of the UN Environmental programme which has laid the foundation for climate change talks at Rio 1992 and beyond. Edit: One for the List of the Missed, he was a pick in 2008 DDP. http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2008/celebs_S.html
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Mark Behr, South African author of The Smell Of Apples and Embrace, reportedly dead from a heart attack at 52. http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/11/28/rip-mark-behr-1963-2015/ An apple a day....leads to an early death. Or summat.
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    By-Election Bingo

    Grant Shapps resigns as International Development minister over bullying claims, BBC have just reported. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34952981?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Barbro Hiort af Ornas has died at 94. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.expressen.se%2Fnoje%2Fbarbro-hiort-af-ornas-avliden--blev-94-ar%2F&edit-text=
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    João Havelange

    Brazilian politician Cesar Maia tweeted he was dead, then had to retract and apologise. Never seen so much Portuguese arguing whether he was actually dead. For the moment, he lives....
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    Death In The Family

    Sorry to hear that Shaun, it's a rough time all round for you at the moment. Thoughts are with you.
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    Presenters

    Need worry no more, he has achieved a Telegraph Obit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12021429/Redvers-Kyle-television-announcer-obituary.html
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    Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

    Ingeborg Maria Ingers (née Sjöqvist), Swedish diver who held the record of being the world's oldest Olympian for about a week after the death of Guo Jie, has died at 103. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fsport%2Fsvenskan-som-var-varldens-aldsta-olympier-dod%2F&edit-text= She competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, finishing fourth and ninth in the platform. She won silver medals at the 1931 and the 1934 European Championships. Edit: According to Wiki, the oldest living Olympian is now Simone Schaller, US athlete who is also 103. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics
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    João Havelange

    https://youtu.be/bW7Op86ox9g
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Arthur Brooks, original member of The Impressions alongside DDP pick Jerry Butler, has died. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/nov/26/arthur-brooks-impressions-fame-dies/337674/ Gypsy Woman: https://youtu.be/Z57CZwqMQ-4
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Sorry to learn that John Theunissen, guitarist with Pussycat, has died at 66. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nu.nl%2Fmuziek%2F4171260%2Fpussycat-gitarist-john-theunissen-66-overleden.html&edit-text= Here's their big UK hit, Mississippi: https://youtu.be/jZEPIpTpoPs
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    Who Should Be On The 2016 Deathlist?

    Just about as he is a talent manager of a big star.Yes he would not be so well known if he wasn`t married to her but I think that is besides the point. Probably more famous for being expected to die, which rules him out imo.
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    British Science Fiction Series

    Horns of Nimon has some good things going for it. There are probably worse stories. The Twin Dilemma, Paradise Towers for example but its failings are really 'old' Doctor Who problems. Studio bound & cheap and some actors not taking it too seriously. Hmm, worst ever episodes? Seen the one with Peter Kay in it? Or practically everything with Matt Smith? It's about time the writers of this show got down to reading the science journals again and then extrapolating from their own imaginations new worlds and adventures based on that. I know that might be difficult for a writer whose only other work of note is a crib from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, mind you. And we should be grateful to Mr Read for at least recognising what was needed and pushing for Douglas Adams to write for the show.
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    Grange Hill

    Annie Wood, scriptwriter who penned a couple of episodes for season 22, has died of cancer at 64. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/nov/24/annie-wood-obituary Also wrote more prolifically for EastEnders and was on the scriptwriting team for Surgical Spirit.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2015

    Brought forward for ease of reference: Setsuko Hara: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7873&p=242587 Guardian Obit: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/25/setsuko-hara Elmo Williams: http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6398&p=242618 Awaiting Obit.
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Setsuko Hara died on September 5 at the age of 95. http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Milestone/Acting-legend-Setsuko-Hara-of-Ozu-film-Tokyo-Story-dies-at-95 News just released and 2 DDP teams await a QO. Edit: Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/25/setsuko-hara
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    The Weather

    Ooh, how thick? Like a baby's arm holding an apple? Bigger? *makes note about 2016 holidays*
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    Darwin Awards

    She should have left it to professional wreath makers, who coincidentally will now have some work coming their way.
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    Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

    Going to shoehorn this in here. David Canary, US actor who appeared in Peyton Place and All My Children, has died at the age of 77. http://www.wiltonbulletin.com/58921/david-canary-dies-at-77/ But he is probably best known in the UK for the part of the ranch foreman Candy Canaday in Bonanza. https://youtu.be/XW4oiPjL1GM
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    Songwriters

    Glen Campbell continues to outlive his songwriters. Ted Harris has died at 78. http://www.contactmusic.com/news/country-songwriter-ted-harris-dies_5042805 Responsible for The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (Rules The World): https://youtu.be/g6MGou_HzbM Also wrote Crystal Chandeliers for Charley Pride, although us Scots remember the Sydney Devine version being played interminably!
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    British Science Fiction Series

    Toby Hadoke (and he should know) reports the death at 80 of Anthony Read, series script editor and scriptwriter on Doctor Who for The Invasion Of Time and The Horns Of Nimon, as well as writing for Sapphire and Steel, The Omega Factor and the various Chocky programmes. https://twitter.com/TobyHadoke/status/669226669845159938 He also wrote for Z Cars and The Professionals and latterly became an author.
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    Nobel Prize In Death

    Douglass C North, joint recipient of the 1993 Economics Prize has died at 95. https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/douglass-north-obituary-11.24.15.aspx 2 DDP teams await a QO.
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Cynthia Robinson, vocalist and trumpet player with Sly and the Family Stone has apparently died from cancer aged 69. http://www.funku.fr/2015/disparition-de-cynthia-robinson-sly-and-the-family-stone-a-lage-de-69-ans/ Edit: Here's a link in English: http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2015/11/cynthia_robinson_trumpeter_and_co_founder_of_sly_and_the_family_stone_passes.html On the Ed Sullivan Show, she's in the yellow: https://youtu.be/6q1vAa0br0w
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