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  1. I worded it badly. I intended it should have been announced by the press and not by wiki edits.
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    Dying Bigots

    Russian neo-Stalinist, antisemitic, anti-Ukrainian folk singer Aleksandr Kharchikov dead at 73, making an early contender for the 2023 good riddance award.
  3. Quite big if true! Also awful news broke on wiki.
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    Rosalynn Carter

    You know, threads survive even if you don't post compulsively into them, especially without a valid reason.
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    Tennis players

    All the people he played with were born in the late 30s, so I think 1936 is correct.
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    Tennis players

    Eduardo Soriano was born in 1936 according to his Spanish wiki article.
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    43. Imelda Marcos

    Fucking Enrile! @arghton, where can the other photos be found?
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    12. Dennis Skinner

    Hmmm... was expecting another kind of post by @Thatcher here.
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    Who are the immortals?

    Right after the 100th birthday party during which he looked mummified, Yang Zhenning suffered a serious fall which required him to be hospitalised. Here he is in hospital: Articles note his health has been steadily deteriorating for a while. But it takes way more to kill a Chinese immortal...
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    Korean War Vets

    Another face of propaganda gone as Korean war veteran Sun Jingkun dies at 98. Recipient of the 1st July Medal and made public appearances until last year. Oldest 1st July Medal recipient is the immortal Lu Yuanjiu.
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    Notable Coronavirus Victims

    #6: Yang Fuyu, dead at 95. This actually a more prominent death and is getting more coverage.
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    Tennis players

    I seriously considered Vic Seixas for the 2023 Immortal class. This guy seemed to be on his very last legs in 2018. Here he is last September:
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    Art For Death's Sake

    Do you realized that is a bot-generated webscraper site and not an actual news site, right?
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    Deathrace 2023

    Congrats, Banana! And shame on @Shimon Baadani for not dying.
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    Hospitalised!

    I think an organist would suffer from multiple flute failure.
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    Authors Last A Long Time, But....

    Kureishi stable. Seems it's not his time.
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    Hospitalised!

    Prominent Indian flutist Dipak Sarma (wiki) in critical condition with multiple organ failure.
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    FIFA World Cup Players

    Gianluca has one c for fuck's sake! And no obvious jokes about the Big C.
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    Minimalists (and other classical composers/musicians)

    I always confuse Barenboim with Zubin Mehta. Nice of them they are ill at the same time.
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    Gianluca Vialli

    Mirror QO.
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    Gianluca Vialli

    Dead
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    Who are the immortals?

    New pic of Musuguri? Looks incredibly good if it's the case.
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    Military commanders

    As reported elsewhere Li Li'an has prematurely died at 102.
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    Political Frailty

    Li Lian dead at 102, leaving Wan Haifeng as Deng's last surviving counsellor.
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    World's Oldest

    Or is she? I can't reach that site at the moment...
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