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She's faking it

Hall of Famer Barry Sanders experienced a "heart-related health scare" last weekend.

Silvia Infantas completes a line for @Dying Probably

Jimmy Carter can't last more than a few weeks. He spends most of his time sleeping and his anniversary with Rosalynn is coming up. He'll either go in the next week or in the first week of July. Noam Chomsky was probably sent home to die. Like Carter, he's at high risk of dying in the next week. However, I could also see him reaching August, but not long enough to see his supporters pounce on the DNC. Aside from that, Fritzl, Bugner, and Redgrave are the first who come to mind.

We're overdue for a hit. I think we'll be getting more than one hit in the next few weeks.

A bit of clarification: Greason and Teasley are the last players from when the Negro Leagues were considered Major Leagues (1920-1948). The Negro Leagues lasted well beyond 1948, but Greason and Teasley are the only "Major League" players left.

Jason Carter warns that Noam Chomsky is "nearing the end".

This leaves Bill Greason (1924) and Ron Teasley (1927) as the last living Negro League* players. Teasley, Greason, and Mays were all going to get together for a Negro League tribute at Rickwood Field this Thursday.

Anthea Sylbert, costume designer for Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby, dead at 84.

Sent home to die

Probably. It takes a few minutes to a few hours before a major source picks it up.

Not an obit. More like a guest essay from a contemporary after he heard the same news we did.

@Bibliogryphon Russell M. Nelson is a duplicate pick

Anouk Aimée is a hit for @Azrael 1924 : Jimmy Carter / Eva Marie Saint 1925: David Graham / Reuma Weizman 1926: Peter Marshall / Qi Xin 1927: Doc Severinsen / Cleo Laine 1928: Noam Chomsky / Ethel Kennedy 1929: Jürgen Habermas / Violeta Chamorro 1930: Theodore McCarrick / Tippi Hedren 1931: Irwin Winkler / Isabel Peron 1932: Frank Layden / Naina Yeltsina 1933: Amartya Sen / Yoko Ono

Because he's on the 2024 DeathList

Former Congressman George Nethercutt (R-WA) dead at 79. He ousted incumbent House Speaker Tom Foley in 1994.

Chabadnik rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky dead at 75.

I saw John Cleese on tour last night. He spent the evening showing film clips, telling Monty Python stories, and discussing his old age. He says that he had a pacemaker implanted six weeks ago. During the Q&A, an audience member asked him how long he had left to live. Cleese responded "I've probably got another seven or eight years. I'm not terribly scared to die, I just don't want to die yet."

Updated for Neil Goldschmidt.

Featured in Paddington 3 trailer. Looks fine.

Indicted on charges of embezzlement. Trial starts on 15 July.

I'd watched a few of his videos some years ago. They were very well put-together.

@WEP Russell M. Nelson is a duplicate pick

Kelly Hyland of Dance Moms diagnosed with breast cancer.