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Indeed. Though he was told it would be a complete shot in the dark, and he chose to go along with it anyway. Still, he lasted for 2 months. In 1964 they tried the same procedure with a chimpanzee heart, and the patient died within hours.

Dead, according to BBC Breaking News alert on my phone. EDIT: The Sun. New York Times. USA Today.

John Parlett (wiki), British Olympic and Empire Games runner, being reported dead at 96 on Twitter. His wife, fellow Olympian Dorothy Manley, died last year aged 94. She was a DDP pick then (and a hit). He hasn't been picked this year.

Obit from Columbia University's Department of Statistics.

Got to feel bad for him, it's truly awful going through that at such a young age. Sadly doesn't seem like he has long left. Loads of us didn't buy the "improving" stories at the end of last year and it seems we were correct to be sceptical.

It works fine on my Safari, however it's not a news link. It's an auto generated "news" article/bot that's scraped info from Twitter, so your browser has likely identified it's spam and blacklisted it.

Updated Desert Island Discs 50s/60s surviving guests list for 2021–2022 passings. Not much change... just 5 in 14 months, including Robbie Brightwell. This lot don't seem to be in any rush to die and Leslie Phillips seems to be determined to survive everyone else...

Robbie Brightwell MBE (wiki) not in such decent shape now as he's died aged 82. Silver medalist sprinter for GB at Tokyo 1964. Also won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in Perth in '62. Not picked in this year's DDP. Pity, because I'd be surprised if he didn't pull an obit.

Full times obit for Lee Everett Alkin. A brilliant read if you have a subscription. Cause of death given as cancer.

And who are the oldest?

French Resistance member during WWII and Righteous Among the Nations Anne Beaumanoir dead at 98.

Laurel Goodwin was the last living credited cast member from the original pilot of Star Trek. Though surprisingly, its director Robert Butler (wiki) is still alive and turns 95 in October. Sally Kellerman, who was one of the lead actors in the second pilot episode, died on Feb 24th, just a day before Goodwin!

Times death notice for the 3rd Baron Remnant (wiki). Died 4 March 2022, aged 91. Member of the House of Lords, 1967–1999. Death notice copied into spoiler below.

Times death notice for Lee Everett Alkin (wiki), who died on 24 February, aged 85. British spiritual healer, and former pop singer and celebrity psychic. Ex-wife of the late comedian and DJ Kenny Everett and one time girlfriend of the late pop singer Billy Fury. A friend of Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King. Notice copy and pasted below in spoiler.

Telegraph obit for Sir Charles Gray QC (wiki), British barrister and judge who famously ruled against historian David Irving for his Holocaust denial views. He was 79, and obituary is worth a read. Fascinating career.

Wasn't sure where to post this but I've long been intrigued by the cast list of the 2012 film Run For Your Wife (wiki), considered to be one of the worst films ever made. The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (no, really). 80+ cameos from big names throughout the film – they all agreed to appear on the basis that their fee would go to charity. Thought it was time to write it out given the recent deaths of Barry Cryer and Lynda Baron. See spoiler below.

Who's funding this shite? Presumably the German tax payer? WWII ended 77 years ago. The youngest any of these alleged perpetrators can be is now 95. Most are in fact older. In many instances they die before or during the proceedings of their trial. Complete waste of time, money and resources, that could be used to concentrate on modern day scumbags who are currently out there committing crimes and harming people.

Nation Cymru obit for Bidgood.

Loads of tribute posts to her on Facebook now, including from poet Merryn Williams who knew her personally, so it's true.

Is Auntie Mabel a big star in post-Communist Albania then?

RIP Auntie Mabel. She's back with Pippin and her pencils now.

Meeting an Arabian diplomat nonetheless.

There is a good probability of one appearing in the next few days

Mac Martin (wiki), American bluegrass singer and guitarist, dead at 96. Member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame. Still performing up until 2015.