CastAway

not yet official, but will be at 1pm EST

Broken link, can't find anything else from a credible source on him testing positive as well

Scratch that:

Welp, that might be the NBA done for the season - sensible thing to do is quarantine him & everyone in contact with him, which is the whole team and their opponents. OFC, he just played, so expecting sense from him and the team is probably a moot point here.

India's cancelled all visas issued to foreigners and is basically shutting the doors to the world (unless you're an indian citizen, in which case you can travel ofc)

Dorries staffer also tests positive: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/11/coronavirus-update-live-news-uk-health-minister-italy-lockdown-australia-us-china-stock-markets-outbreak-latest-updates?page=with:block-5e68d8df8f087df56e4c66a2#block-5e68d8df8f087df56e4c66a2 All the best to them and you as well @CoffinLodger!

One member of the list is described as a 'member of the Wuhan Voluntary Driver Team' and others include what is essentially first death in India (maybe) and janitor (custodian) at an Islamic school in Iran. Call back when they're relevant enough for Wikipedia and/or an international obit

Former Republican Representative from Missouri Jack Buechner dead at 79 https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/03/10/former-st-louis-area-congressman-dies.html

Argentine saxophonist Marcelo Peralta, who was apparently relevant enough to have a Wiki page, dead of Covid-19 at 59. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Peralta https://radiomitre.cienradios.com/el-saxofonista-argentino-marcelo-peralta-murio-por-coronavirus-en-madrid/

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has contracted coronavirus per BBC and his official Instagram. He was at the last home game as well:

French Minister of Culture:

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20200309/collboni-marti-ballarin-concejales-aislados-domicilios-por-coronavirus-ayuntamiento-barcelona-7881675 3 Spanish politicians in Barcelona, one of whom attended massive women's day protests/gatherings yesterday The virus is just tearing though politicians it seems like.

And another one bites the dust: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/445916/Former-Iranian-MP-dies-of-coronavirus Former MP this time, Mohammad Reza Rahchamani. He was also a candidate in this year's elections but didn't win. He was 64.

I'm still confused by that inclusion tbh

3 cases in the French parliament: https://www.france24.com/en/20200307-france-s-coronavirus-death-toll-mounts-to-11-with-716-confirmed-cases EDIT: Guardian puts it at 4: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/09/coronavirus-live-updates-outbreak-italy-lockdown-quarantine-uk-usa-america-australia-recession-fears-update-latest-news?page=with:block-5e65eb618f08c2df6d275d48#block-5e65eb618f08c2df6d275d48

Should also point out that it's not just 'old and sick already,' it's also 'they had other underlying issues.' Which could mean literally anything, including having some other illness as well, being pregnant, diabetic, wtv. So while it's mainly hit the really old rn, if it becomes as big as the UK government is warning it could, it won't just be the old and elderly.

March 16th

OdH for the 3rd? 4th? times since Kirk kicked it

Star Trek Discovery's (among other stuff) Kenneth Mitchell has ALS https://people.com/health/star-trek-discoverys-kenneth-mitchell-reveals-als-diagnosis-i-cant-hide-it-anymore/

2 days

Nexhmije Hoxha, widow of Albania's Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, has died at 99. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/26/nexhmije-hoxha-widow-of-albanias-dictator-dies-aged-99

There were a bunch more deaths of 'smaller' centenarians that were missed here: Jan 2nd: R. Kern Eustler, American Methodist bishop https://www.umnews.org/en/news/bishop-eutsler-trusted-leader-dies-at-100 Jan 4th: Russell Bannock, Canadian WW2 fighter ace https://www.skiesmag.com/news/remembering-aviation-legend-russell-bannock/ Jan 12th: Jack Baskin, American philanthropist, engineer, businessman https://news.ucsc.edu/2020/01/jack-baskin-in-memoriam.html Jan 15th: Ivan Ustinov, Russian intelligence officer https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2020/01/16/13922750.shtml Jan 17th: Huang Sun-Hui, North Korean politician http://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20200118/99277558/1 Jan 19th: Dee Molinar, American mountaineer http://alpinistiemontagne.gazzetta.it/2020/01/20/a-101-anni-e-morto-dee-molenaar/ Jan 22nd: Ralph Waymouth, American Vice Admiral https://newhampshire.funeral.com/2020/02/04/obituary-ralph-weymouth/ Jan 28th: Paul Farnes, British WW2 flying ace https://www.forces.net/news/few-war-pilot-paul-farnes-dies-aged-101 Jan 29th: Georges-Hilaire Dupont, French bishop https://www.lamanchelibre.fr/actualite-836211-saint-hilaire-du-harcouet-mgr-georges-dupont-doyen-des-eveques-de-france-s-est-eteint-a-100-ans Jan 30th: Raymond Reierson, Canadian politician https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/edmonton-ab/raymond-reierson-9020603 Jan 31st: Ann Cox, American media exec and diplomat https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/anne-cox-chambers-part-cox-family-dies-age-100/4VXHFTWJZZDSJAM5KWSRT6C77I/ Feb 1st: Daniela Olkiewicz, Polish scoutmaster https://kurierostrowski.pl/2020/02/01/daniela-olkiewicz-nie-zyje/ Feb 1st: Hubert Meller, Polish diplomat http://nekrologi.wyborcza.pl/0,11,,469199,Hubert-Meller-kondolencje.html Feb 2nd: Mad Mike Hoare, British mercenary https://www.sofmag.com/eeben-barlow-formerly-of-executive-outcomes-on-mad-mike-hoare-the-legends-death/ Feb 13th: Alexei Botyan, Russian intelligence officer https://www.vedomosti.ru/society/news/2020/02/13/822949-umer-razvedchik-aleksei-botyan Feb 15th: A. E. Hotchner, American novelist and editor, founder of Newman's Own https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ae-hotchner-author-with-a-gift-for-famous-friendships-dies-at-102/2020/02/15/3664a3ba-503e-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html These are all names on Wiki's 'Deaths of 2020' pages, and I may have missed a couple while compiling this. They've been dropping all year, though the major ones obviously just happened