The Immortal

Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach has an intriguing health history, plus an apparent tendency for freak accidents (How the fuck did he get struck in the eye with a pickle, for one?). Most notably had a tumor removal from his adrenal gland before he even started Youtube, additionally his father died of cancer as well.

Doesn't surprise me if it's true, always thought he was a prick. Even more so after his involvement with the far right.

I'll be honest I didn't know about Basil van Rooyen asides from brief mentions on DL, but I just checked out his Wikipedia page and I definitely have a greater admiration for your friend. It looks like he did pretty much everything one could do in the automotive world be it racing, designing, building, engineering and even inventing a couple of automotive products. Not too many people I can think off the top of my head who have done all of that in the motorsports or automotive industry so hats off to your friend. R.I.P.

I will make a temporary profile pic of the immortal Jimmy Carter for now, since I'll be changing my username soon anyways.

Any idea how many Free French Forces and Vichy French veterans are remaining? Can somebody compile a list?

That makes two Apollo 8 Astronauts outliving their wives. Frank Borman's wife died a couple years ago after a long Alzheimer's disease battle.

Interestingly majority of the tributes and statements seem to be from his Happy Gilmore co-stars, not from any of the Price is Right folks with the exception of his successor Drew Carey. No statement or words from any of the Barker's beauties as of now. I understand most of them weren't on good terms with Bob, but I would have thought at least one of them would give a statement or mention about his death.

Since my sub Bert I. Gordon is dead, I'll substitute in Pearl Harbor Survivor Ira "Ike" Schab instead.

My pick Crescencia Garcia is dead. Obit.

And Crescencia Garcia is dead. Surprisingly zero mentions in the news considering past coverage, not even a brief note.

Crescencia Garcia is dead. Link is a reliable source on Facebook that tracks down members of her military unit. I'm very surprised that this has slipped under the radar considering she's had extensive coverage on the news both for her military service and her COVID survival story.

I feel like this qualifies. Race car driver who died as a passenger in a road rage accident. If only she had driven the car instead of whoever was driving, perhaps things could have been different.

I'm 28 years old and my parents had me when they were very young, so they have only just reached their 50s. My paternal grandparents are both in their 80s and recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and are still going strong the both of them. My maternal grandmother and grandfather on the other hand didn't have things work out in their relationship and they ended up having a divorce. My grandmother remarried, but she and my grandfather remained on good terms until his death from bladder cancer 12 years ago. Unfortunately her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease recently and is wheelchair bound now.

Here's a death that I found out about today that honestly now that I think about it, is a bit surprising went almost completely under the radar even within the media. That of Italian car mechanic, engineer and businessman Claudio Zampolli, who died in 2021 at the age of 82. Zampolli is one of those people who themselves were rather obscure, but managed to find himself associated with multiple completely different notable people for different reasons. So he had formed a joint venture with Italian music composer Giorgio Moroder of all people to create the car company Cizeta-Moroder which created arguably one of the most outrageous products in sports car history, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T. However the company however quickly crashed and fell apart, primarily due to Moroder deciding to leave the company after a dispute on the car's production process. And then there's the Van Halen story of how he ended up starting the Sammy Hagar era back in the 80s, after Eddie Van Halen had stopped by Zampolli's Los Angeles shop to admire a Ferrari that happened to be owned by Sammy Hagar, which lead to Zampolli recommending Van Halen that he should call Hagar and tell him to join the band.

The info I get on astronauts are primarily from events and public appearances which I keep track on, as well as the multiple space/spaceflight related group chats that I am a part of, which include a few insiders and people who've met or even known them personally. It's not necessarily accurate, but at least it's better than not knowing anything at all.

John Devitt dead. He won two Olympic gold medals in swimming. The 4x200m freestyle relay in 1956 and the 100m freestyle in 1960. I had come to hear he was in poor health 2 years ago from an acquaintance who is a neighbour to him. Looks like it was true in this case. EDIT: Fixed the link

And right as I say that, John Devitt becomes a hit for me as well. Here's an obit. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/australian-olympic-swimming-champ-john-devitt-dies/102747764

Michael Parkinson is a hit here. I seem to be getting quite a few hits within the summer, question is how much ammo will I have left when the inevitable chaos that happens in December comes around?

Footballer Sergio Rico is set to be discharged from hospital soon and those who did pick him in pools are going to be regretting it now, because he's pretty much in the all clear and will continue to recuperate at home once he's discharged. Even though it's doubtful he will play again, it's pretty clear he's going to live a normal life and definitely won't be dying anytime soon.

Not sure where else I can post this so I'm doing it here. Apollo Flight Director Gene Kranz, known for his contributions in the Apollo 13 mission and for his legendary quote "Failure Is Not An Option" turns 90 in a few days, and he's not in the best of health from what I know of and is needing mobility aids such as a walker.

My great granddad had an entire arsenal of funny jokes or responses to being asked that question. Ranging from "Actually, I died the day I couldn't wipe my arse." to "Well, I do miss my old mates, Benson and Hedges." Loved that man, he ended up living to be 96 years old.

Clearly has declined rapidly, using a feeding tube on occasion at least and looking extremely weak now, yeah he's not making 2025.

Back to the topic at hand. The thing that I am most interested about, is who wrote the post of Lil Tay and her brother's supposed deaths? Was it actually the parents, or did they write it themselves? It's certainly possible that Lil Tay (and brother) decided to fake their deaths to escape the abusive family situation and just start over their lives (likely under new identities). In fact, I think this is what has most likely happened, knowing that there weren't any bodies found, police reports or any other evidence besides that statement indicating their death's. Plus, I can't see a case of murder here, because there would be blood or bodies. An accident would get quickly reported on as well, so that's out of the question as well. I think it's very possible they ran away from home in order to escape the abusive situation going on there, and the brother posted about their "deaths" online in order to prevent their family and any fans or stalkers from finding out. Lil Tay is a minor but her brother is 21 from what I'm finding online, so they can definitely pull this off.

Lot of rumors going around that Carl Dean's been in poor health for a while now. I've been seeing several sources he has Alzheimer's Disease and heart disease, but nothing concrete that confirms this. Keep in mind two things here. One, Carl is an extremely reclusive person and has almost never been seen in public. Two, Dolly Parton is fiercely protective of Carl's health and privacy and fully respects his wishes to stay completely out of the spotlight. It's pretty safe to say that if we ever get any news on him, it will be about his death.

Oh right I forgot about A.J Foyt, I'd rank him among immortals as well just because besides the health issues and heart surgery, he survived killer bee attacks twice.