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Yeah, my mother had a scan which showed her tumour had shrunk to a fifth of its size. It came right back and she died two weeks later.
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2 hours ago, Sir Creep said:Did.......
did you just attempt some mental gymnastics to distinguish something called a 'death announcement' and something called an 'obiturary'? LMAO
Well let's see who the DL mental wunderkinds are who buy that argument being made whilst dancing on the head of a pin.In the strange lands I come from an obituary is -- wait for it -- an announcement of one's death. Without looking up webster.com...I'm guessing that is pert near the exact definition. Nathaniel would be proud. And at the same time disappointed.
SCIt is a distinction between the paid announcements column in a newspaper and a biographical article published after the person's death in the section headed 'Obituaries'.
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26 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said:Dude.
1978
1. A prince in England gets married
2. Liverpool wins the European Cup
3. 2 Popes die.Very well spotted indeed!
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Well, there's always Bieber.
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19 minutes ago, msc said:Current US equivalent would, I guess, be someone like Betsy DeVos (their Education Sec) who still shows up enough in the news to be a name I'm aware of, even if if I couldn't pick her out of a crowd.
Right, I have heard the name but wouldn't be able to say who she was. On hearing that she was Education Secretary, I would immediately be satisfied with her level of fame.
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18 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:She argued that most of her fame was because of Jowell’s cancer fundraising. While I can kind of see why she thought that, if I saw a person like that, I would do research on the person before deciding if they were well known or not. Jowell definitely seemed notable in the UK at least (and she even got some major American obituaries)...
The woman is beyond ignorant. If she had done the most basic research (Wikipedia) she would have seen at once that TJ's notability long pre-dated her illness. I have no problem with her being unfamiliar with TJ, but I do with her arrogant xenophobic attitude.
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1 hour ago, Joey Russ said:I’m in the Alt Obits Facebook group, and the person who ran it before the current host said she would’ve excluded her if she was running this.
That's just plain ignorance. She was a very prominent politician here, a Cabinet Minister, whether they'd heard of her or not.
If I haven't heard of her US equivalent, I'd regard that as a gap in my knowledge.
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The lessons weren't wasted on Ser Davos.
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When there's a hot favourite, someone else always nips in first.
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What Roey said.
Also, isn't there a thread for people to post their version of next year's Deathlist?
This thread is supposed to be for new suggestions and ideas. Not lists of people who have already been mentioned thousands of times.
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1 hour ago, YoungWillz said:Well, it's certainly an obituary. I'm inclined to allow it as it's from Legacy.com...specialist website? Gawd, why do you make things difficult?
I'd see that more as a death announcement.
I've noticed that local papers, etc, have begun to refer to death notices in the personal columns as "obituaries".
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Didn't realise all these people were boxers.
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Well done mate. Can't go wrong with Richers imo.
37 minutes ago, philheybrookbay said:All I need now is a new DVD player as mine is scart.
That was my situation too. I got a cheap one from Argos which does the job fine.
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Herman Wouk
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What the holy fuck is this?
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My grandmother fell and broke her hip when she was 90 and lived another ten years.
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20 minutes ago, Ceatach said:Does anybody understand this man?
Oui, je comprends tout ce qu'il a dit.
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I can never remember who this bloke is. Whenever I see his name I think "fashion designer".
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59 minutes ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:This takes some reading
Seriously, a complete Grade A cunt who married a fat, ugly, odious RICH and POWERFUL man no more than three years after starting her 'fashion' label..........
By sheer hard work, her business partner and her alone built up the brand getting the rich and famous of Hollywood to wear the ranges on the red carpet etc etc etcfucking cetera. Naturally.
Well I hope his cum didn't taste too salty my dear.
' She later says: “I had what I thought was a very happy marriage. I loved my life.” '
Says it all.
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2 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said:Fucking hell, they don't have a great track record in starting threads Toastie.
Don't encourage them.
I wouldn't have, but Biblio had already suggested it.
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Careful with mentioning racks, that didn't end well last time
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1 hour ago, Grim Up North said:
Hmmm - not that much coverage?
The size of her knockers has been somewhat exaggerated in popular legend, hasn't it.
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25 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said:but isn't it the right place to discuss the potential next 27 club's member ? I don't think it's rather relevant to discuss it on the Dead Pools area. Does it ?
Yes, here is the place for general discussion.
But if you want to start a competition based around 27 Club you might want to make a separate thread for it in Dead Pools.
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19 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:Fuck these guys, I'm all about clean living like my man Joe Wicks. #cleaneats #thinspo #ketolife
I hate Joe Wicks the smug self satisfied sanctimonious bastard.
I liked him in Eastenders.
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The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous
in DeathList Forum
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Even better, there's an estate agent in Reading called Vanderpump & Wellbelove
Their signs were eagerly looked out for on childhood car journeys. Sadly after so many years they seem to be dropping the "Wellbelove".