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    Mitch McConnell

    Angela Chao's death officially under criminal investigation: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/angela-chao-death-being-investigated-as-criminal-matter.html
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    9. Noam Chomsky

    According to Bev Stohl, he is now able to sit up and watch the news
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    Notable Victims of the Russo-Ukrainian war

    Milblogger Andrei Morozov, or Murz, has "committed suicide" at age 44 after claiming Russia lost 16k soldiers in Adeevka: https://meduza.io/feature/2024/02/21/rossiyskiy-voenkor-andrey-morozov-murz-predpolozhitelno-pokonchil-s-soboy-posle-travli-propagandistov (in Russian_
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    David Irving

    Wonder if this is a case where the family would rather see him buried before announcing anything (for obvious reasons)
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    Alexey Navalny

    his team still hasn't confirmed the death, guessing that's why
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    Political Frailty

    He's 70, and at this point I fully expect him to start showing up in lists soon
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    9. Noam Chomsky

    well, that explains the lack of a reaction to Kissinger's death. Bev Stohl's Reddit comments also say this happened some time after Daniel Ellsberg's death, so latter half of June 2023 it seems like
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    Time Added

    Official Northwich Victoria Xwitter has it here:
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    Crashing Companies

    Body Shop is pretty much the same old, same old with nothing new, while there seems to be something new at Lush every season, which I personally appreciate
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    Derby Dead Pool 2024

    Guessing the unique nature of a former head of government choosing euthanasia, especially at the same time with his wife, made him additionally notable
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    Khaleda Zia

    Honestly this thread could be the last two posts being reposted, over and over, and I'd believe it
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    African Leaders - Despots and Democratic

    New president of Namibia is Nangolo Mbumba, who acted as Geingob's vice president as is, ironically, the same age as Geingob
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Mother of Shinzo Abe and daughter of Nobusuke Kishi, Yoko Abe, dead at 95: https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/652822
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    Political Frailty

    Their marriage has officially been declared "un-Islamic": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/03/imran-khan-wife-bushra-bibi-sentenced-pakistan-marriage-case Not sure if this means the marriage is annuled or simply a court/secular marriage now, but it's no longer an Islamic marriage it seems like
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    Missing In Action

    Kremlin loses another jailed critic, this time Vladimir Kara-Murza: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/29/location-of-jailed-russian-activist-vladimir-kara-murza-unknown-say-backers
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    Notable Victims of the Russo-Ukrainian war

    While I am fully conscious of the fact that this could be more fake news, thought i should mention that Gerasimov has apparently not been seen for a month and may be dead in Crimea
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    Inverse Dead Pool 2024

    1. Donald Trump 2. Joe Biden 3. Bruce Willis 4. Andy Taylor 5. Mel Brooks 6. Pope Francis 7. Clint Eastwood 8. David Attenborough 9. William Shatner 10. Michael J. Fox 11. Denis Law 12. Janey Godley 13. Rupert Murdoch 14. Phil Collins 15. Ozzy Osbourne 16. Buzz Aldrin 17. Dick van Dyke 18. Linda Nolan 19. Yoko Ono 20. Toby Keith 21. Billy Connolly 22. Cleo Laine 23. Robert Wagner 24. Frank Caprio 25. Dave Myers
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    Yank Science Fiction Series

    Star Trek: Enterprise actor Gary Graham, who portrayed the Vulcan Soval, dead at 73. He also starred in the sci-fi TV show Alien Nation. https://nerdbot.com/2024/01/22/gary-graham-star-of-alien-nation-enterprise-has-passed-away/
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    Foreign Personalities, From Stage, Screen, Politics And Life

    Suriname has lost its 78-year-old former dictator Dési Bouterse: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/12/suriname-dictator-desi-bouterse-missing-prison Probably just on the run to avoid his 20 year prison sentence, but there's an off chance he may be dead I guess
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    The 4th Death of 2024

    given how fast the first three hits were, I'm actually feeling kind of impatient for the next hit, and it's not even been a week
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    Sven-Göran Eriksson

    well, if he makes it to Jan 1st, we know for sure one person who'll be on the main list/drop 40?
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    The 4th Death of 2024

    le pen, etc etc
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    Political Frailty

    Arstanbek Abdyldayev, candidate during the 2011 Kyrgyz presidential elections and self-proclaimed "New God" who "received the soul of God" dead of suicide by hanging at age 55: https://exclusive.kz/self-proclaimed-kyrgyz-god-found-dead-in-prison/
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    Derby Dead Pool 2024

    I mean, I'm legit trying to have a team with 20 hits at some point, so I'm less concerned about the points and more about the number of hits - mind, I still enjoy being higher up in the rankings than the previous year, but I'm also playing against myself in a way
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