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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    National Health Service sent his wife a breast cancer screening invite a month after her death. https://uk.networkofnews.com/feed-items/tv-host-colin-brazier-has-revealed-the-nhs-sent-his-wife-an-invitation-to-breast-cancer-screening-a-month-after-she-died/
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    Professional Cyclists

    Dario Pegoretti, an Italian bicycle framebuilder who constructed frames for the likes of Miguel Indurain, Marco Pantani and Mario Cipollini, has died. He was 62. https://road.cc/content/news/247339-dario-pegoretti-famed-italian-framebuilder-dies-aged-62
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    Rugby Players

    Lance Thompson, a long-time Aussie Rules Football great for St George Illawarra and Cronulla, has died. He was 40. https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-great-lance-thompson-dead/news-story/2c141b0ce101f7ea94fe73ea586eab0b
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    Businesspeople, Investors, CEO's

    Joseph Kadji Defosso, a billionaire Cameroon industrialist and the founder of the Cameroonian Union of Breweries, has died. He was 95. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.cameroon-info.net/article/cameroun-le-richissime-homme-daffaires-joseph-kadji-defosso-est-mort-326580.html&prev=search
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    The Dead of 2018

    John Van Reenen, a South African athlete who broke the discus world record in 1975, has died. He was 71. https://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/sa-athletics-giant-john-van-reenen-dies-20180823
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    Sad Last Days

    She refutes the claim. https://people.com/music/olivia-newton-john-denies-false-report-cancer-spread/
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    University Presidents?

    Donald Ericksen, a former president of the University of Northwestern-St. Paul, has died. He was 85. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6_aRsMMCWBQJ:www.startribune.com/donald-ericksen-former-university-of-northwestern-st-paul-president-dies-at-85/491188081/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-b
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    American Football Players

    George Andrie, who played 11 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and was an original member of the 'Doomsday Defense', has died. He was 78. https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/dallas-cowboys/cowboys/2018/08/21/george-andrie-member-cowboys-original-doomsday-defense-dies-78
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    The 100 Club

    Bhagtasing Pun, who was awarded a Military Medal for his efforts in the 1948 Emergency in Malaya, has died. He was 101. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/21/captain-bhagtasing-pun-won-military-medal-malaya-obituary/ More info about his nomination for the award: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7622032
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    From Cleric To Relic

    Peter Nott, a former Bishop of Norwich, has died. He was 84. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/08/22/rt-rev-peter-nott-former-bishop-norwich-obituary/
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    Alt Obituaries Deadpool

    Stefan Karl Stefansson a popular pick among AO Deadpool players who post on the Deathlist. I am among those who had him. I'd think Gerard Tierney had him and likely several others. That being said, too young to die at 43.
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    Wrestlers/actors

    Known for having one of wrestling's worst looking foreheads, in terms of blading.
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    Betty Driver Memorial Soapstar Superstar Thread

    Now confirmed: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/aug/20/janet-hargreaves-obituary
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    World's Oldest

    American supercentenarian Merle Phillips has died at age 111. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-merle-phillips-obit-20180820-story.html
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    Baseball

    Joe Landrum, a former Major League pitcher and the father of a former Big Leaguer, has died. He was 89. Landrum played 16 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers over two years in the early 1950s. https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article217049975.html
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    Political Frailty

    Mother dies https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/katie-arrington-s-mother-lucille-stolark-has-died/article_a9caabb0-a4b9-11e8-a966-0f43b45d8bab.html
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    Kelsey Grammer

    No. https://okmagazine.com/news/kelsey-grammers-mother-passes-away/
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    World's Oldest

    World's oldest married couple in combined age, Masao Matsumoto (108) and Miyako Sonoda (100), need about 14 months to set the all-time record in that category. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2018/8/couple-together-for-80-years-with-combined-age-of-208-set-oldest-living-married-c-535346
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    The Chequered Flag

    Now confirmed (No QO yet, though) https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12109710
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    Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

    Bob Bass, a former general manager of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets, has died. He was 89. http://www.nba.com/article/2018/08/18/former-san-antonio-spurs-gm-bob-bass-dies-89
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    The Chequered Flag

    Unconfirmed reports Ronnie Moore, an Australian-born New Zealand Speedway champion who won the Individual World Speedway Championship in 1954 and in 1959, has died at age 85. A DDP pick.
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    British Character Actors

    Helen Burns, a British character actress who had sporadic roles on TV throughout the 1970s, 80s and into the mid 90s and who was married to director Michael Langham for over 60 years until his death in 2011, has died. She was 101. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=helen-burns-langham&pid=189925126
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    Dance

    Miriam Nelson, a dancer and choreographer from the Golden Age of Hollywood who was nominated in 1978 for an Emmy for her work as a choreographer in 'Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women', has died. She was 98. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/obituaries/miriam-nelson-98-golden-age-dancer-and-choreographer-dies.html
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    Activists

    David McReynolds, a long-time peace activist, writer and photographer and the first openly-gay candidate to run for U.S. President, has died. He was 88. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-news-david-mcreynolds-dead-88-story.html
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Deven Davis, a former porn star and the estranged wife of Korn lead singer Jonathan Davis, has died. She was 39. http://www.tmz.com/2018/08/17/korn-jonathan-davis-wife-deven-dead-dies-drugs/
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