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John Whittaker, Kiwi rugby league player who played on the national team from 1970-1982, has died aged 70. He was on the Kiwi squad for the ‘70, ‘72, ‘75 and ‘77 Rugby League World Cups.

Obituaries: BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Daily Express, The Guardian.

Once again rumours float of the death of the Emir of Kuwait. CNN Turkey reports. Edit: State TV has cut regular broadcasting and is now broadcasting verses from the Qur’an. Edit 2: Confirmed dead.

Paul Moore, the HBOS whistleblower, has reportedly died aged 61.

It appears Ron Paul just suffered a stroke or some other medical episode on live broadcast. Video clips are now being removed from Twitter. Update: Hospitalised. Update 2: Tweet from his Twitter says he’s doing fine.

Dead.

Pamela Hutchinson dead.

Terence Conran, designer and retailer, has died aged 88.

I believe that denial was in relation to rumours of the Kuwaiti Army making manoeuvres in Kuwait City (as a result of the supposed death) as opposed to an outright denial that the Emir has died.

Rumours beginning to circulate of the death of the Emir of Kuwait. Saudi journalists are tweeting their condolences, but no official word yet. Take it with a pinch of salt I’d say.

Martin O’Neill, Baron O’Neill of Clackmannan, former Labour MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1979-1983) and Ochil Clackmannan (1983-1997) and Ochil (1997-2005), has reportedly died aged 75. Served in Kinnock’s Shadow Cabinet as Defence Secretary from 1988-1992. Edit: The Guardian obituary.

Norm Spencer, who voiced Cyclops in X-Men: The Animated Series and in video games, has died aged 62.

Most likely would’ve stood down at the next election scheduled for the back end of 2021 but going before the Tokyo Olympics are (planned to be) held in under a year? I think your suspicions will be proved right.

Eric Hughes, rugby player and coach, has died aged 73. He played for Widnes and St. Helen’s, as well as coaching St. Helen’s and the Wigan Warriors. He had 10 caps for England from 1975-1979 and 8 for Great Britain from 1978-1982.

Steve Grossman, American Saxophonist, has reportedly died aged 69.

James Thompson, former Governor of Illinois (Republican, 1977-1991), has died aged 84. He was the longest serving Governor of Illinois. Edit: Daily Mail

Linda Manz (IMDB), American actress who appeared in Days of Heaven, Out of the Blue and The Wanderers, has died aged 58. Edit: The Independent

Aye, as well as three league titles, four Scottish cups and two League cups. If you would like to reduce his entire notable playing career to his appearance at the 1978 World Cup then go ahead and post it there too.

Tom Forsyth, Scottish defender who played for Motherwell (1967-1972) and Rangers (1972-1982), has died aged 71. He also made 22 appearances for the Scottish National team from 1971-1978. Edit: BBC

Howell Binkley (IBDB), lighting designer who won Tony Awards for Jersey Boys in 2006 and Hamilton in 2014, has died.

And now he’s dead. Edit: Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star, Metro, Daily Mail

Hospitalised again and “very ill”. POTUS expected to visit him today.

Confirmed via AP.

Brent Carver (IMDB), Canadian actor of stage and screen, has died aged 68. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider Woman. Edit: Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Sun, Daily Mirror.

Dead aged 83. BBC, Daily Mirror, The Independent, Daily Express, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times obits.