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Allan Fryer, singer with Australian band Heaven, cancer. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/heaven-singer-allan-fryer-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/ Article suggest he auditioned for AC/DC, but lost out to Brian Johnson, Wiki indicates otherwise. Fantasy: https://youtu.be/cvkYg_Gyb-E

Reinterpret classic songs. This is hilarious! (sorry don't know how to embed). https://youtu.be/RTH9MKiYvM0

William Bronder, actor, 84. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-bronder-dead-stand-by-799897 Probably best known for playing the junkyard owner in Stand By Me: https://youtu.be/ZAfEiuAsXOQ

Same day as Cliff Michelmore (floating bet).

Ed Burnett, designer of the Royal Barge Gloriana for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, keen rower and owner of Burnett Yacht Design, discovered dead at 43. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3109173/Queen-s-jubilee-barge-architect-dead-home.html

Margaret Juntwait, radio presenter of Met Opera broadcasts, 58, ovarian cancer. http://slippedisc.com/2015/06/sadness-met-radio-host-dies-at-58/ Edit: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3109826/Margaret-Juntwait-voice-Met-opera-broadcasts-dies.html

36,600 for me, which appears to be above average for native English speakers. I missed out a few on the second list that I have seen before, but couldn't think of a definition. And some of them I have never seen before.

Jeremy Monnett, CEO of Sonex Aircraft, killed in plane crash (good advert!), 40. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3109573/Aircraft-manufacturers-CEO-mechanic-killed-plane-crash.html

Hiroshi Koizumi, dies at 88, pneumonia. http://www.scified.com/site/we-all-wear-suits---japanese-sci-fi--fantasy/hiroshi-koizumi-passes-away-at-88 Edit: HR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/godzilla-actor-hiroshi-koizumi-dies-800003 and BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33004198 Updating the list, Rhodes Reason died 26 December 2014. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/83737/rest-peace-rhodes-reason/ Riichiro Manabe died 29 January 2015. http://www.mst3kinfo.com/?p=19380 Everyone else alive as far as I can tell.

Henry Carr, US 200m and 4x400m relay gold medallist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 73. http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/henry-carr-olympic-gold-medalist-200-meters-giants-db-dies-at-age-73-060215

Chemistry Laureate Irwin Rose, 88. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3108471/2004-Nobel-chemistry-winner-Irwin-Rose-dies-88.html

Dick O'Regan, journalist, 95. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3108022/Dick-ORegan-longtime-AP-reporter-executive-dies-95.html

Jason Day appears to be suffering from a mystery illness for which he is undergoing tests. He's struggling to complete 18 holes. On watch list. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-3108184/Mystery-illness-plauging-Jason-Day.html

His job's his life! If he's resigning as indicated, this could spell the start of a downward spiral. He has previously indicated he wanted to die in the job.

Welcome back. Hope you had a lovely time.

Indeed you do but I am worrying the first by-election may end up being called before the start of the game. Though if legal proceedings are involved it may drag it out a bit. Is it too late to submit a team ? 30th June was the deadline the_engineer, still time.

Jean Ritchie, 92, announced here http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=157374#3713839 and here. http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Eastern-Kentucky-folk-legend-Jean-Ritchie-dies-at-92-305830321.html One I Love: https://youtu.be/kMAqJZy3_fY 2 DDP teams awaiting UK Obits. Which they have just achieved: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3108124/Kentucky-folksinger-dulcimer-player-Jean-Ritchie-dies-92.html and Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11649343/Jean-Ritchie-folk-singer-obituary.html

Female impersonator (so not a drag act) Jim Bailey, who was famed for his impersonations of Phyllis Diller, Liza Minelli and in particular, Judy Garland, 77, announced on his home page. http://www.jimbaileyweb.com/ Edit: HR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jim-bailey-dead-female-impersonator-799469 Edit 2: Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3108204/Jim-Bailey-impersonator-female-biz-legends-dies.html Smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjc9EFEYHEA

It's the 62nd anniversary of her coronation today. Still no sign of weakening, she'll definitely become our longest ever reigning monarch.

Günther Schneider-Siemssen, designer of some 500 opera and theatre productions at the Met, Salzburg, Vienna and Covent Garden, 88. http://slippedisc.com/2015/06/karajans-designer-is-dead/ Edit: His death gets a mention here on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/entertainment-arts-32288522

Back in the day, I supported his party. The one he led was more left leaning, he certainly was a character and he was steeped in Scotland. He made no secret of his distaste for the Coalition and far less some of the policies his party supported whilst in Government. RIP Charles, this will be one of the big shocks of the year.

Tommy Rogers (Thomas R Couch) of The Fantastics, 54. http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/583755-80s-tag-team-legend-fantastic-tommy-rogers-passes-away-at-54

Hmm. I certainly didn't re-open the thread. I didn't post the same post in different threads. I became aware of a head of state thread and used it, simply because it elevated the distinction of the deceased and was the most apt imo. Yeah the forum needs streamlined, but I've been here less time than most and this is the first forum I have ever joined. The niceties may escape me at times, as does the term "post whore", which I've never heard of until now. I always try to do better. But threads can always be merged and posts moved by the mods if they feel appropriate, surely. E.g. when I posted about balcony deaths earlier, I was simply unaware due to my time on the forum of a few months that a Hotels thread existed, and DDT kindly moved the post. (I didn't re-open that thread). I certainly don't go looking for old threads to resurrect (to use an apt word). Hope this helps you understand where I am on this.

Dr Nicholas Liverpool, former head of state of Dominica, reportedly dead at 80. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Former-head-of-state-dies

Nobutaka Machimura, Japanese Speaker of the House of Representatives who resigned in April after suffering a stroke, 70. http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002191161