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Frank Eglem Jr., Dutch Touring Car champion from a karting family. He once beat Michael Schumacher in karts. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.racexpress.nl%2Fkarting-diversen%2Fr-i-p-frank-eglem-junior-ooit-versloeg-hij-in-de-karts-michael-schumacher%2Fn%2F67132&edit-text=

Vlastimir Djuza Stojiljkovic, actor, 85. http://inserbia.info/today/2015/06/vlastimir-djuza-stojiljkovic-dies-at-age-of-85/

Greg Parks, Canadian ice hockey player, (silver, 1994, Lillehammer) 48. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9879

Reggie Verghese, guitarist with The Quests, 68, heart failure. http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/music/story/the-quests-guitarist-reggie-verghese-dies-heart-failure-20150617 Shanty: https://youtu.be/G0ZFfGB0TuA

I'm not that advanced in years, but I always found Benson funnier and better than Soap. I guess cos I came to the party late with Soap, it's not as good imo. Edit: Could have quite the DDP team with Soap and Benson though.

Dr Z, I am comforted more than you know now. Imagine the fun this place could have had with his death. Stiff of the Dump, perhaps?

Yep you did, he he! I was too busy checking the DDP.

Another former President, Suleyman Demirel dies at 90. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3127460/Former-Turkish-President-Demiral-died-hospital--Turkish-media.html One DDP team gets the points. Edit: Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11680058/Suleyman-Demirel-former-Turkish-president-dies-at-90.html

Y-dub, You know...this is a thread about military intelligence and country-building. Not architects in the architecture sense of the word. SC Yeah, but I love the title being so apt for the more general kind. I could shove them all into Foreign Personalities or Dead of 2015, but it's not the same. It's too good a title not to use.

Peter Kaye, Nixon aide who alternately served, and reported on, politicians and was criticised for it, 87. He had prostate and bone cancer. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/jun/15/peter-kaye-nixon-dead/ He covered the Watergate hearings and later was fired by Gerald Ford, just before Ford lost the election.

I should probably add that in 1986 I was half way through my Uni career, and doing the one thing for which I will probably always be remembered. Only famous at a local level, but I did something historic and hopefully changed things for the better. In fact, I know it did. I'll never get an obit worthy of the DL, just in case you're chasing, and I'm not going to post it here. But the thing I started way back then has been going just slightly longer than the DL.

You beat me to it! Here is an Aussie report: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-17/former-athlete-gold-coast-mayor-ron-clarke-dies/6552010 I like your report better, I put the UK one because it literally came up as I hit the page, and there might have been a DDP hit (he isn't).

More news from the battlefield of the ArmageddRon, it's Ron Clarke, Australian athlete, who won bronze at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 10,000m. He was 78. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-3127277/Champion-runner-Ron-Clarke-dead-78.html

For my 895th post, I came across this little thread, which I think sort of faded away, as I think the DL is 28 years old (29 in November). I see this was a thread for sharing earliest memories of celebrity death and the most shocking. I guess the first I recall with any clarity was Elvis Presley, given that up until then I had only seen him pre-jump/fat suit times and I remember being shocked at the coverage which showed a guy I had never seen and also at the possibility you could actually die on the pan. As though going to the loo gave you some exemption from dying! Was nothing sacred anymore? The most shocking still in my lifetime was John Lennon. After that, assassinations I regarded against the benchmark of that incident, and I guess nothing has come that close. I guess regardless of Lennon's faults, what he generally said to the world was the antithesis of his death. I don't even think Diana was in the same league, although probably in reality it was more akin. Apologies for actually dredging up an old thread, but I guess there are loads of folks here now who might want to contribute their earliest memories, etc.

Arguably India's greatest contemporary architect, Charles Correa, 84. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Architect-Charles-Correa-dies-at-84/articleshow/47697831.cms

So far the hits are Nimoy, Simon, King, Nash, Lee and Kerkorian. Logically, to use our kick off Vulcan's phrase, the next three should be Norden, (random pick), Kercheval or Kohl. Is the Reaper a logical fellow? We'll see. I'm sticking with O'Sullevan for the save, Norden's on my DDP and I'd like a clean sheet.

"Mighty" Sam McClain, stroke, 72. http://www.wmur.com/entertainment/mighty-sam-mcclain-grammynominated-blues-singer-from-nh-dies/33610568 Don't Worry About Me: https://youtu.be/6XH15i_FtNc

Josef Topol, Czech playwright and poet, 80. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lidovky.cz%2Fzemrel-vynikajici-dramatik-josef-topol-fcf-%2Flide.aspx%3Fc%3DA150616_174645_lide_ELE&edit-text=

Who will be safe with YW's pick this time? Yes, I've opted to save Peter O'Sullevan.

Jean-Pierre Paumen, middle and long distance runner, heart artery rupture, 58. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/atletiek/1.2369037&prev=search

Sure there will be others, but here's a UK Obit already for the DDP. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3126727/Kirk-Kerkorian-billionaire-Las-Vegas-casino-mogul-dies.html Edit: BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33154082

I never did get that cheque.

Howard Johnson, Sheffield Utd, 90. http://www.sufc.co.uk/news/article/sheffield-united-howard-johnson-2495674.aspx

Zhanna Friske, born Jeanna Vladimirovna Friske, Russian singer and socialite, 40. http://en.apa.az/xeber_prominent_russian_singer_zhanna_friske_d_228443.html She had been struggling with brain cancer. One DDP team is waiting for a UK obit.

Christophe Delorme, founder of the Domaine de la Mordorée in the Southern Rhône Valley, 52, suspected heart attack. http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/51739