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Trip to Dubai (for the UN Climate Conference, not just a holibobs) cancelled on doctor’s orders.

Colonel Derek Wilford, British Army Officer commanding the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, has died aged 90. Under his command, the battalion carried out the Bloody Sunday killings. Obituaries: The Times, BBC

Scratch him off your 2024 shortlists - Terry Venables reportedly dead. Obituaries: The Sun, The Times, Metro

Annabel Giles, TV and radio presenter, has died aged 64. Former wife of Midge Ure (divorced 1989), and was on series thirteen of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Obituaries: The Sun, Metro

John Williams

Walter Davis reportedly dead aged 69. Played for the Phoenix Suns from 1977-1988, then the Denver Nuggets from 1988-1991. A six time NBA All-Star, he was also on the Gold Medal winning USA Team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

Rumours floating around

I think the Telegraph’s angle is that he’s been due to give evidence to the Covid inquiry, but this mystery illness will fall neatly over those sessions.

Dead Obituaries: BBC, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Mirror

Mary Lou Retton, American gymnastic and gold medalist at the 1984 LA Olympics, in the ICU suffering from a rare form of pneumonia.

Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of Germany’s AfD attacked with a syringe - condition unknown.

It seems to be said often, but grandson says both are approaching end of their lives.

Private plane used to Prigozhin crashed (shot down?) near Moscow. Unclear who was onboard, but Russia’s Defence Ministry says all 10 dead. Update: TASS reports he was on passenger list. Update #2: Seems he’s dead.

Henri Konan Bédié, former President of the Ivory Coast (1993-1999), reportedly dead.

Mitch McConnell has health issue whilst giving press conference, perhaps a stroke.

NOT DEAD. Recent images of her on the picket lines - not looking too bad for 95.

Twitter has been a really invaluable news source over the years, but it’s as good as dead now. I won’t pay to still have a limit on the amounts of tweets I can see per day, and 600 is a measly amount. In terms of death reports, you won’t be able to scan the feed like previous. Also if you use it as a source there’s a chance other people on here may not be able to read the tweet if they’ve exceeded their daily quota. In a broader sense if you’re anyone who follows current affairs or OSINT, there is no way to keep up with fast moving events - prime example being the Russian mutiny just last week. I would’ve got through 600 tweets in about 5 minutes of scrolling and been locked out of any further updates for the day. It was the case that lists still allowed unlimited tweet viewing, but that seems to have changed in the last few hours.

Meg Johnson has died aged 86.

Makes a nice tabloid story though

I had wondered if her son losing the whip would finish her off.

Gangster and ex of Babs Ronnie Knight has died aged 89.

NOT dead. This article from the Express from a few weeks ago has some insights into her health as she approaches 100. There are very fitting calls to give her a Damehood.

Out of hospital and recuperating, reportedly.

Feinstein is back at Capitol Hill. Doesn’t look fantastic.

Now Turkey also claims to have ‘neutralised‘ Abu al-Qurashi, the Leader of ISIS.