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He has further explained this mystery illness.

Tommy Nobis, NFL player for the Atlanta Falcons (1966-1976), has died aged 74. He played in the Pro Bowl in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1972, as well as being chosen as the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1966. Pete Brown, co-founder of the Cincinnati Bengals, has died aged 74. He receives a Daily Mail obituary through the wires, so his brother Mike Brown (82) who owns the Cincinnati Bengals might be worth noting.

Warrel Dane, lead singer of Sanctuary and Nevermore, has died aged 56. Edit: The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail obituaries.

Willie Pickens, an American jazz pianist and arranger, has died aged 86.

Yep, cancelled all upcoming projects including the full cancellation of his April 2018 - June 2019 tour.

Lady Wedgwood (IMDb), British medieval art historian who contributed to the television series and accompanying book The Secret Life of Paintings, has died aged 89.

Howard Gottfried (IMDb), producer of films including the Oscar winning Network, Altered States and Body Double, has died aged 94. Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

That sounds more probable - drugs, depression and anorexia as a teenager. Edit: She appears to have gone missing back in September, but was later found.

Mary Parkinson, eldest daughter of Cecil Parkinson, has committed suicide. Edit: The Telegraph, Daily Mirror obituaries.

Oops you're right - I believe that's a relative.

Co-Founder of Toni & Guy hair salons, Toni Mascolo, has died aged 75. Edit: Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Guardian, The Times, BBC obituaries.

Her official Facebook page appears to confirm.

Aline Griffith, Dowager Countess of Romanones, a Spanish-American aristocrat, has died aged 94. She worked as a cipher clerk for the US during WWII. Edit: Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times obituaries.

Ed Lee, the first Asian American Mayor of San Francisco serving from 2011-2017, has unexpectedly died aged 65. Edit: Daily Mail, Guardian obituaries.

Christopher Luke, who claimed to have a 'very loving relationship' with Lord Molyneaux, has died aged 50.

Grant Munro (IMDb), a Canadian filmmaker and animator, has died aged 94. He starred in Neighbours (Voisins), a 1952 short film which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). He went on to animate his own films, including the Academy Award nominated Christmas Cracker, as well as Canon and The Animal Movie. Here is Neighbours, which Picasso described as 'the greatest film ever made'.

Charles Robert Jenkins, a former US Solider who deserted and went on to live in North Korea from 1965-2004, has died aged 77. Edit: Daily Express, Daily Star, Daily Mail, The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC obituaries.

Bruce Brown (IMDb), American filmmaker and director, has died aged 80. He was a pioneer of the surf films from the late 1950s and early 1960s, with movies such as Surf Crazy and The Endless Summer. Additionally, he's the father of Dana Brown. Edit: Daily Mail, The Telegraph obituaries.

Simeon Booker, an African-American journalist who was the first to be a full-time reporter for The Washington Post, has died aged 99. He also wrote for the magazines Jet and Ebony. Edit: The Independent, Daily Mail obituaries.

Charles Green, better known as Angry Grandpa, has died aged 67. His Youtube had 3.4 million subscribers and he had 270k followers on Twitter. Edit: The Independent, The Sun, Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times obituaries.

Dead. Edit: The Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, The Sun, BBC obituaries.

Here is a list of surviving People's Artists of the USSR. Remarkably, they all they all tend to receive an obituary in their home country (and usually one in Russia too). Many of these, particularly the Russians, are still popular and prominent even today. After the fall of the Soviet Union they remained well connected and some went into politics themselves. You'll often see them at photoshoots with Vladimir Putin or waving Russian flags at events in support of the annexation of Crimea. Maya Kuliyeva (IMDb) - Turkmen Operatic Soprano/Actress - b. 1st May 1920 Vladimir Etush (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 6th May 1922 Yuliya Borisova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 17th March 1925 Marlen Khutsiev (IMDb) - Georgian-Russian Filmmaker - b. 4th October 1925 Inna Makarova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 28th July 1926 Yury Grigorovich (IMDb) - Russian Ballet Dancer/Choreographer - b. 2nd January 1927 - The Independent profile. Vladimir Naumov (IMDb) - Russian Film Director/Writer - b. 6th December 1927 Elina Bystritskaya (IMDb) - Ukrainian-Russian Actress - b. 4th April 1928 Oleg Strizhenov (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 10th August 1929 Aleksandra Pakhmutova (IMDb) - Russian Composer - b. 9th November 1929 - Composer of Goodbye Moscow! from the 1980 Olympics. Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva - Turkmen Opera Singer - b. 23rd February 1930 Georgiy Daneliya (IMDb) - Georgian Film Director/Screenwriter - b. 25th August 1930 Medea Amiranashvili - Georgian Operatic Soprano - b. 10th October 1930 Murad Kajlayev - Azerbaijani-Russian Composer/Conductor - b. 15th January 1931 Shuhrat Abbosov (IMDb) - Uzbek Actor/Film Director/Screenwriter/Producer - b. 16th January 1931 Gennady Rozhdestvensky CBE - Russian Conductor - b. 4th May 1931 Valery Klimov - Ukrainian-Russian Violinist - b. 16th October 1931 Igor Kirillov - Russian State News Anchor - b. 14th September 1932 Rodion Shchedrin - Russian Composer/Pianist - b. 16th December 1932 Eldar Shengelaia (IMDb) - Georgian Film Director/Screenwriter - b. 26th January 1933 Tatiana Doronina (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 12th September 1933 Arif Malikov - Azerbaijani Composer - b. 13th September 1933 Mark Zakharov (IMDb) - Russian Film Director/Playwright - b. 13th October 1933 Galina Volchek (IMDb) - Russian Actress/Film Director - b. 19th December 1933 - The Evening Standard profile. Vasily Lanovoy (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 16th January 1934 Oleg Basilashvili (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 26th September 1934 Alisa Freindlich (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 8th December 1934 Nikolai Slichenko (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 27th December 1934 Yury Solomin (IMDb) - Russian Actor/Director - b. 18th June 1935 Oleg Tabakov (IMDb) - Russian Actor - b. 17th August 1935 Virgilijus Noreika - Lithuanian Operatic Tenor - b. 22nd September 1935 Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (IMDb) - Armenian Actor - b. 3rd October 1935 Raimonds Pauls (IMDb) - Latvian Composer - b. 12th January 1936 Vladislav Chernushenko - Russian Conductor - b. 14th January 1936 Nani Bregvadze (IMDb) - Georgian Vocalist/Actress - b. 21st July 1936 Zeynab Khanlarova - Azerbaijani Operatic Soprano - b. 28th December 1936 Regimantas Adomaitis (IMDb) - Lithuanian Actor - b. 31st January 1937 Edita Piekha (IMDb) - Russian Singer/Actress - b. 31st July 1937 Joseph Kobzon (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 11th September 1937 - BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times profiles. Yoqub Ahmedov (IMDb) - Uzbek Actor - b. 3rd January 1938 Igor Luchenok - Belarusian Composer - b. 6th August 1938 Yuri Termirkanov - Russian Conductor - b. 10th December 1938 - The Guardian, The Times reviews. Vladimir Atlantov (IMDb) - Russian Operatic Tenor - b. 19th February 1939 Lyudmila Chursina (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 20th July 1941 Yuri Vladimirov - Russian Ballet Dancer - b. 1st January 1942 - The Telegraph, The New York Times mentions. Makvala Kasrashvili - Georgian-Russian Operatic Soprano - b. 13th March 1942 Eliso Virsaladze - Georgian Pianist - b. 1942 Tamara Sinyavskaya (IMDb) - Russian Operatic Mezzo-Soprano - b. 6th July 1943 Inna Churikova (IMDb) - Russian Actress - b. 5th October 1943 - BBC, The Times profiles and reviews. Vladimir Spivakov - Russian Conductor/Violinist - b. 12th September 1944 Liana Isakadze - Georgian Violinist - b. 2nd August 1946 Viktor Tretiakov - Russian Conductor/Violinist - b. 17th October 1946 Fidan Gasimova - Azerbaijani Operatic Soprano - b. 17th June 1947 Sofia Rotaru - Ukrainian Singer - b. 7th August 1947 Farhad Badalbeyli - Azerbaijani Composer/Pianist - b. 1947 Valentin Elizariev - Belarusian Balletmaster/Choreographer - b. 1947 Zebo Aminzoda - Tajik Ballerina/Choreographer - b. 3rd October 1948 Alla Pugacheva (IMDb) - Russian Singer - b. 15th April 1949 - Russia's Eurovision Representative of 1997. Malika Kalontarova - Tajik-American Dancer - b. 2nd September 1950 Ludmila Semenyaka - Russian Ballerina - b. 16th January 1952 - The New York Times review. Yuri Bashmet - Russian Conductor/Violinist/Violist - b. 24th January 1953 - The New York Times, The Telegraph profiles. Galina Shoidagbaeva - Russian Operatic Soprano - b. 5th July 1953 Nadezhda Pavlova - Russian Ballerina - b. 15th May 1956 - The Telegraph mention.

Peter Walwyn MBE, a British racehorse trainer, notably of Grundy, has died aged 84. He was almost certain to gain an obituary after The Telegraph reported the death of his wife back in 2014. Edit: The Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mail, BBC obituaries.

Steve Reevis (IMDb), a Native American actor, has died aged 55. He appeared in movies such as Twins, Dances with Wolves and Fargo, as well as TV shows such as Bones and Malcolm in the Middle. Edit: Daily Mail obituary.

William H. Gass, an American novelist, essayist and critic, has died aged 93. He was mentioned here in the Ideas and Possibilities For 2015 thread and is a DDP pick. He received two profiles in The Guardian (here and here) and so presumably will have the honour of an obituary from them. Edit: Daily Mail, Guardian obituaries.