The Immortal

I'd like to mention some different candidates here that weren't on the list, but are probably among the most immortal in their respective field of motorsports. None of these candidates are alive, just so you know. Niki Lauda - Besides narrowly surviving a crash in 1976, he had lung and kidney issues more or less throughout the last decade of his life which included two kidney transplants, a lung transplant, dialysis since around 2017 and several hospitalizations in 2018-2019 before his death. Stirling Moss - Fell down a lift shaft in 2010, severe chest infection in 2016 and was hospitalized for 134 days, declined even further after his retirement from public life and ultimately died in 2020 after being ill for years. Gerry Ashmore - I don't know much info about this but from a comment @Octopus of Odstock mentioned that he had a continuous battle with prostate cancer for 19 years, I'd say that's up there in immortality. Carlos Reutemann - Liver cancer and was almost constantly in hospital or ICU in the last year of life due to dehydration and multiple intestinal hemorrhages. Can't think of any more at the moment, OoO might have more some more names in the motorsport world who classify as immortal. And then you have the ones who are alive. Michael Schumacher, Cale Yarborough, Alex Zanardi, Fred Lorenzen and possibly some future entrants in Henri Pescarolo, Parnelli Jones and so on.

Not exactly unexpected knowing her mental health history and the fact her son Shane committed suicide a year back, but sad news nonetheless. I'll have to give credit to the Northern Irish girl I had gone on a date with many years ago for introducing me to Sinead as well couple other Irish and Northern Irish music artists who I still listen to this day. RIP.

I'm glad that you mentioned the Sultan of Brunei. First of all he's a complete despot having pretty much absolute control over the wealth and riches of his state and known for his very dictatorial and controversial laws. But also if you are a petrolhead or a car enthusiast then you'll hate the Sultan and his brother, Prince Jefri even more. During the time Brunei was very rich, the Sultan and Prince Jefri together had started a massive car collection that includes several highly limited exotics as well as custom cars and one-offs that the Sultan got specifically made for him, and left it all to rot in his palace.

Depends. A non natural cause of death such as a plane/train/car crash, murder, suicide, overdose, freak accident and so on are far more likely to receive more media coverage due to the circumstances of the death, compared to a natural death like a long or diagnosed terminal illness even if the A-List celebrity affected is young. An event which ends up with multiple celebrities dead, usually a plane/train/car crash, war, terrorism/mass murder or a large scale accident (natural disaster, building collapse etc.) will be a lot more shocking than a single celebrity's death. Between one world famous celebrity compared to say a whole band or sports team dying at once, the latter will in majority of the cases receive more coverage.

Tony Bennett is a hit for plenty of us.

I think Tony's death comes off as a bit shocking because he was still active and in incredible shape just until around 2 years ago (though he was diagnosed a couple years before he retired) compared to other DL dementia sufferers who were or are in far poorer health and haven't been in the public eye for years.

Update on Cale Yarborough from his daughter. Diagnosed with a very rare terminal condition apparently. It does seem to be of the slower progressive multiple sclerosis/dementia type of condition, rather than the fast progressing terminal cancer/ALS kind but regardless definitely a solid choice for DPs this point on.

This hasn't been covered yet apparently but ex V8 Supercars driver Dale Brede is dead. Interestingly enough, he was teammates and very good friends with Mark Porter, one of only two drivers to ever be killed during a V8 Supercars race (Ashley Cooper being the other one). https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8271720/accomplished-act-motor-racer-dale-brede-dies-aged-48/

Young Jean-Pierre Jabouille and young Romain Grosjean have enough of a resemblance that it ended up becoming a meme in the Formula 1 community in recent years. Doesn't help that they are both French either.

Guess it wasn't the same since you lost your namesake wrestling counterpart?

I had Ted Kaczynski, so I'm up to 6 hits now.

Henri Pescarolo John Blaha Brian Wilson (b. 1942) Jack Nicklaus Jerry Bruckheimer Johnny Mathis (J) George Eastham Brian Blessed Kris Kristofferson (b. 1936) (athletes) (B) (musicians) This is the team I'm bringing in.

I like this concept, but I think we can do without the limited claim to fame categories or have some more clarity as to what can fit in each category. Like for example, would astronauts be considered a part of the scientists category even though that's not their primary expertise, because they have some involvement in that field? And what about missed categories like journalists, writers, artists, other non-world leader politicians, royalty, military etc? So much potential in those categories which will be missed because of the current limited list of claim to fame categories.

You know whenever I see cases like these, the first thing the comes to mind is a quote my gran would tell us often. "If you ever become rich or successful, whatever you do, never let it get into your head." When my uncle became a relatively successful person, he remembered his mother's advice and as a result he's not only still successful but is also level headed and doesn't make rash decisions.

Well, another hit for me. This time it's my joker pick, Horst-Dieter Hottges who died on June 22nd.

Horst-Dieter Hottges is a hit for me. This should qualify as an obit https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22903411/horst-dieter-hottges-dead-germany-world-cup/

Because there is no thread for Vietnam war vets yet (surprisingly) and the Medal of Honor recipients I'm mentioning here right now all served in Vietnam and not Korea, I have to give the update here. So Roger Donlon being the immortal that he is, attended another event just last month and I found a short video clip of him at that event. His Parkinson's looks to be worse than ever, hands constantly trembling through the video and it seems like he's barely able to move and talk at this point. I also managed to find somewhere that recipient Jose Rodela is now frail and suffering from dementia and heart disease so you might want keep an eye out there. Clarence Sasser has become frailer too and isn't able to walk without mobility aids.

That's pretty much what I've decided to do, created a throwaway account for Twitter hoping the site doesn't get paywalled.

You can still access Facebook pages and public profiles just fine as an anonymous user, same with Instagram to a lesser extent and there are a handful of 3rd party websites and apps that allow for you to browse Instagram accounts pretty easily. With Twitter, you have to log in to even access the site.

Well folks, I think it's safe to say Twitter is as good as dead at this point. Not too long ago I posted here about Twitter disabling search access to anonymous users and lurkers, I had a feeling that it wasn't going to stop there and that eventually they would disable anonymous access entirely and sure enough, they have done it. Twitter have completely disabled their site towards anonymous viewers and you are now forced to log in just to view the site. Twitter was one of my primary sources to find out info about the status of lesser known famous people who've not been around in the public eye such as B List NASCAR drivers or club level Spanish footballers, so with the site now inaccessible it just becomes harder to do that. Elon Musk is claiming that it's "temporary" but I have a feeling it's just another one of his BS statements, it was clear for a while now that this is the direction that Musk was going to take the site towards. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a paywall for Twitter next.

Alan Arkin is a unique hit for me.

Posting my replacements here just in case (originally sent via PM) since I won't have the time to post them later. Replace Naina Yeltsina with Yuriko, Princess Mikasa Replace Kate Keltie with Ryan Minor Replace Buzz Aldrin with Henri Pescarolo Replace John Devitt (Swimmer) with Zoleka Mandela Replace Christina Applegate with Johnny Ruffo

Today's been pretty quiet. 9 deaths listed on the 22nd and nothing today as of now.

Pescarolo didn't attend due to a hospitalization and sadly seems to be quite ill now with multiple health issues, sounded very weak in a phone interview in which he explained why he missed the event. https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/24-heures-du-mans/24-heures-du-mans-2023-henri-pescarolo-ne-sera-pas-present-au-centenaire-847bade4-043d-11ee-ba53-20eb6006433b On a side note, I don't believe that Larrousse was there either. Not sure what's up with him, but he's 83 so very possible he might not be in the best health either.

If there's anything I've learned over the many years I've spent on Youtube (and the internet in general), it's that you never know what the person is truly like behind the screen. Even if they seem to be nice and friendly on the outside, you never know if that person is genuine or is hiding something. My cousin found out the hard way that his once favorite childhood Minecraft youtuber (SkyDoesMinecraft/Adam Dahlberg) turned out to become a monster.