ThePrematureBurial

Edit: Stupid post.

He co-wrote the autobiographies of Sophia Loren & Doris Day. Useful fellow.

Roger Whittaker. He's 83, his legs needed several surgeries, he has heart problems & suffers from dizziness, according to his wife.

Dutch conductor, pianist & composer Reinbert de Leeuw dead at the age of 81. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinbert_de_Leeuw

Michel Sardou, 73, hospitalisé. Il subit une batterie d'examens pour déterminer la cause de sa fatigue chronique. https://www.purepeople.com/article/michel-sardou-souffrant-et-victime-d-un-coup-de-fatigue-sa-piece-amputee_a374369/1

Don't be so impatient. Three weeks from now, after super-tuesday, everything should be clear. I think that Sanders will sweep the board.

David Hockney, 82, survived a heart attack, a stroke & three doctors who told him to quit smoking. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7984039/Art-icon-David-Hockney-82-says-smoking-act-defiance.html ...and he doesn't have his own thread.

The Grim Reaper ought to take some antidiarrhoea medicine. To hijack Mary Higgins Clark was sneaky enough, but Mirella Freni...

MIrella Freni is dead! I didn't even put her on my lists, because I thought she was the healthiest of the great old opera singers. https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/latest-news/mirella-freni-dies-obituary/ Edit: I have Leontyne Price, Zubin Mehta, Gabriel Bacquier, Richard Bonynge, Sherrill MIlnes, José Carreras & Fiorenza Cossotto on my lists. This means that they will survive this year, in all likelihood. I forgot to put Christa Ludwig, Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne, Placido Domingo, Martina Arroyo, Jane Berbié, Mady Mesplé, Reri Grist & Teresa Berganza on my lists. They're in grave danger, I fear. Another edit: I'm apparently the only person on this forum who laments Mirella's death. I owe her so much. She starred in many tv-versions of famous operas throughout the 1970ies. I became an opera fan because of her.

I suspect, that next year's "fairly common deathlisty names" will be those of Britney's dad & Stallone's mom & McCain's mom & Deneuve's mom, if they survive this year.

Le Pen was in the news yesterday. He doesn't look like a dying man. Bad news for those who have him on their list. https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/marion-marechal-et-jean-marie-le-pen-aux-obseques-du-militant-d-extreme-droite-roger-holeindre-1853536.html

His pregnant wife, his child & his parents are also infected, according to some Tweets. (Not a reliable source, I know). People like him deserve a "hero" thread.

Italian conductor Nello Santi is dead. He conducted wonderful recordings of Pagliacci & Andrea Chenier with Placido Domingo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nello_Santi

Who will care for his widow, Anne, now that he's gone? Michael is not her biological son, and I remember that the relationship with his father was tense for many years, because Kirk left his first wife when Michael & his brother were just 6 & 4 years old. Will he feel obliged to care for his stepmother?

RIP, Kirk. Loved him in "The Big Carnival", "Ulysses" & "The Vikings" & I will never forget his death by rattlesnake in "There was a crooked man". Great news for Deathlist too. And it came right after the unforeseen announcements of Rush Limbaugh's and Bernie Madoff's imminent demise. What an exciting year! Celebrities will go down like ninepins. Olivia's next.

Can someone invite him to write on deathlist's "joke" thread?

French actress Nathalie Baye has been hospitalized because of brochopulmonary complications after a flu. http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/l-actrice-nathalie-baye-hospitalisee-a-paris-03-02-2020-8251542.php

Simon Coencas, le dernier survivant des adolescents qui ont decouvert la grotte de Lascaux en 1940, est décédé à l'age de 93 ans. https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/deces-de-simon-coencas-dernier-survivant-des-adolescents-decouvreurs-de-lascaux-20200202

Stupid question, I know, but please, can someone tell me how to embed a tweet or a posting from Instagram? There's an "embed tweet" option on Twitter, and they write that we should simply copy the code and insert it into (deathlist's) html section. I tried this unsuccessfully, and I also tried inserting the code into deathlist's "link" function. Didn't work either.

First two cases confirmed in Russia. Both Chinese citizens. https://publish.twitter.com/?query=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FRT_com%2Fstatus%2F1223591830715031557&widget=Tweet

The Grim Reaper saved the best for last: Mary Higgins Clark.

I've seen her in "Mrs. Lowry & son" a few weeks ago. Still an excellent actress.

One of the best. She wrote Hud & Hombre for Paul Newman, The Cowboys for John Wayne, Murphy's Romance for James Garner...So many of my favorite films.