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Shigemi Fukahori, Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor dead at 93. He was a small name (most "known" for handing the Pope a wreath in 2019 and Asahi interviews) but his death is getting a lot of attention. The Hibakushas are a dwindling bunch.

Chavalit back on oxygen and feeding tube.

Count me in. Can't wait to get brutally squonked once again

Article seems to mention she died on 29 Dec 2024.

Jagbir Singh, Indian two-time field hockey olympian suffers massive heart attack, resuscitated, undergoes emergency heart operation, suffers cardiac arrest during said operation, resuscitated again. Sounds a bit grim.

Iraq and Syria throne claimant Ra'ad bin Zeid...well, his wife Princess Majda Ra'ad has died at 82.

I'd thought of a DDP theme team made up of video game developers. Couldn't make up a name for it or assemble a full 20 picks. Lasse Louhento - Creator of Clash of Clans. Terminal but stable brain cancer for 10 years. Shutaro Ida - Castlevania, Bloodstained. Unspecified cancer Alx Preston - Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash creator, severe heart disease Sid Meier - Very notable (CIV), gcreptile's comment of him having a discolored face Alexey Pajitnov - Creator of Tetris. For whatever reason feels like a potential big shocking sudden death. Hal Barwood - Octogenarian, frailish but not a very big name. Gabe Newell - Very notable (Valve), very obese Markus Persson - Very notable (Minecraft), drug problems + obese but still very young Rod Fisher - Obscure 93-year-old who created a couple of games in the 2000s, still definitely alive, suffered a major stroke stroke some years ago. Despite some recent online attention there is no way he'd obit. William Crowther - Old, decrepit, even has a Wikipedia page but wouldn't obit.

The source is General SVR that is the source of most of the Putin health/death rumors. My favourite one has been "Putin fell down the stairs and shat himself"

Emmanuel Milingo (Moonist former Catholic Archbishop) recently hospitalised, released around a week ago but "needs prayers"

Ján Zachara, featherweight boxing gold medalist 1952 dead at 96.

Too bad a lot of people seem to consider deathpooling a mortal sin. I've had a few good but short discussions through email with a certain Asian politician who has been and is on a few of my teams. Started as a boredom-fueled brainfart and I never expected he'd respond! I don't think I'll ever explain the DL or Deadpooling to him, I doubt he'd be understanding let alone tech-savvy enough to create an account here. Interesting mental image, though.

Chomsky / Antonia Fraser / Count Ingolf? No idea how these three are still alive. Lots of names this year who were dying back in 2021/2022 there, lots of young and tough blood. I like it. Scales is the last survivor of the initial Crowdsourced DL. Guy Scott is a personal blast from the past having already forgotten the undead bastard, he has also been suffering from some forms of cancer for years and was rumored dead last year. Abdullah the Butcher should've realistically died 30 years ago. EDIT: By the way, Ilia II did a New Year's Speech...or New Year's Death Rattle, whatever you'd call this.

I didn't expect that, but to be honest, I doubt anyone who's ever lived has had such a health history as I mentioned some time ago in the Hospitalised thread.

1. Advani, Lal Krishna (Indian Vice President) 2. Aga Khan, Prince Karim (Ismaili Muslim prophet) 3. Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut) 4. Boone, Pat (Singer and actor) 5. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (US Senator) 6. Chamorro, Violeta (former Nicaraguan President) 7. Davis, William Bruce (X-Files actor) 8. Gehry, Frank (Architect) 9. Ghali, Brahim (Sahrawi President - replacement) 10. John, Tommy (MLB pitcher - replacement) 11. Layden, Frank (Utah Jazz basketball coach) 12. MacDonald, Peter (former Navajo Nation Chairman) 13. MacLaine, Shirley (Actress) 14. Miwa, Akihiro (Japanese actor) 15. Mouskouri, Nana (Greek singer and politician - Carter replacement) 16. Murdoch, Rupert (News Corp head) 17. Nyerere, Maria (Tanzanian First Lady) 18. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro (President of Equatorial Guinea) 19. Oredsson, Vera (Nordic countries neo-nazi leader) 20. Pahlavi, Farah (former Empress of Iran) 21. Pastore, Vincent (Sopranos actor) 22. Plyukfelder, Rudolf (Soviet olympic weightlifter champion) 23. Prokhanov, Alexander (Russian far-right writer) 24. Riady, Mochtar (Indonesian billionaire, Lippo Group founder) 25. Scales, Prunella (Actress) 26. Sokomanu, Ati George (Founding President of Vanuatu) 27. Spassky, Boris (Chess Grandmaster) 28. Valli, Frankie (Singer) 29. Van Dyke, Dick (Actor and TV Presenter) 30. Virata, Cesar (former Filipino Prime Minister) 31. Volynov, Boris (Soviet cosmonaut) 32. Väyrynen, Paavo (Finnish politician) 33. Wamala, Emmanuel (Ugandan cardinal) 34. Wang, Huo (Chinese novelist) 35. Watson, James (Nobel-winning biologist) 36. Wepner, Chuck (Boxer) 37. Wilson, Richard (British Actor) 38. Wyatt, Oscar (US Businessman) 39. Yamada, Yoji (Japanese film director) 40. Kim Yong-nam (North Korean politician) I am a bit suprised Oredsson and Huo were accepted while Jayapataka was rejected.

The yearly Daily Star article. SICK DEATHLIST predicts 50 celebs who will die this year after one of worst years yet A morbid website that annually predicts the deaths of celebrities saw 2024 become its worst forecast in 30 years. The committee's first accurate prediction for 2024 didn't appear until the death of Ethel Kennedy, a member of the Kennedy family, who passed away on October 10 at the age of 86. Another article here from Slate.fr. This one mentions and has a link to the French DL.