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This makes him the second member of X Japan to have hung himself in just over a decade. Still never listened to a note of their music, but I think they were like "the band" for Japs in the 90s.

Hmmmm... Are you doubting LiberianSoccer.com?

The Hungarian manager of the Liberian national team, Bertalan Bicseki, has died after eating a poisoned biscuit during a Liberian team training sesson.

Alex Honnold makes Mr Robert's attempts look like a brisk jog up the escalator, but presumably climbing up 800ft tall sheer rock faces without ropes or nets might be slightly dangerous, so one to "keep an eye on".

Apparently tubby forum favourite Donna Simpson has a PR agent who'll be feeding stories about her eating habits to the papers until her eventual coronary.

I think I can help his doctors out....given the sequence, they should start investigating his feet next. My dear friend Rob Grill - leader of The Grass Roots (legendary band) is in need of sustained prayer tonight. he's in the hospital in critical condition. may God bless my friend..... if you can, please share this.... To Rob's fans. I've been informed that Rob's hospitalization is due to a stroke he had recently (his third in the last couple of years), and that he is in a doctor induced coma which is what has been keeping him alive.... He is on life support but is reportedly in stable condition according to his wife Nancy. Please continue pray for Rob, I will try to keep you informed of any further developments.... The Grill's been turned off

Her husband (Roland Petit) has (ballet-dancing pun that can be related to dying).

Woke up with the vague recollection that part of my dreams included Ray Bradbury, so it's a sign.

And now he might be going to prison for a year. Before anyone asks, no I don't have a Google Alert set up for "Willie Nelson + TMZ.com".

Campaigner against laws requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets... well, see if you can guess how he died.

Tom Cruise

Jake Busey will "die if he drinks again." We don't have a thread for attention-whoring actors who were in one movie 15 years ago to pretend they're dying in order to get column inches, so this goes here.

Johann Hari's career

Traditionally, once a year there'd be some filler story in the newspapers about how some woman in America has made some big-ass sculpture out of butter for her state fair. This woman was Norma Lyon, aka "The Butter Cow Lady", and she's now churned her last at the age of 81. Here's her amazing lifelike depiction of Barry Obama

Oh right...you're one of those are you? Oh dear. Stunned by this, notaguest has always come across as a pretty sensible type otherwise.

You know what's a good film? "Murder by Death". Feel free to construct your own pun based on that for today's passing of Mr Peter Falk. And before I go, just one more thing: this now means there is a definitive leader in the inverse dead pool as Ali's spreadsheet has come a cropper meaning that Garn2 is now the only player with no deaths to his name so far this year. DDT and Madame DeFarge both gave Falk a top 5 berth, meaning they both fall down the table impressively. Defarge and 3374 battle it out for the wooden spoon at the moment, although just one point separates the bottom 5. 1. Garn2 0 points 2. STAB_in-the_DARK (Rotten Ali) -2 points 3. Might Come to Maryport in 2012 (maryportfuncity) -21 points 4. 25 To Stay Alive (Toast) -23 points 5. BertTrautman -25 points 5= time -25 points 7. Life, Oh Life [via Des'Ree] (Spade_Cooley) -26 points 8. CarolAnn -27 points 9. Captain Chorizo -29 points 10. Lady Grendel -33 points 11. heaven can wait -37 points 12= DevonDeathTrip -40 points 12= Six -40 points 12= msc -40 points 12= EST.1993 -40 points 16= No Rest for the Wicked (Madame Defarge) -41 points 10= Mr. 3374 -41 points

Bulger would definitely get UK obits, probably across the board as well. Fascinating character, anyone with an interest in US organised crime politics should cop "Black Mass" from their local bookstore asap.

Also, long-time Parliament Square protestor Brian Haw treated for an unspecified "tumour".

The TMZ waterstamp on those photos makes it look like her soul is ascending to heaven.

Rest assured, I doubt I'm the only one who'll be shoving a toy car up my jacksie tonight in respectful tribute.

Doubtless.

Hi I'm Ryan Dunn and this is the Drink Drive Car Flip.

He's apparently still healthy enough to take his dick out and smack it around David Mamet's skull repeatedly.

Just an insane performance on so many levels. And what makes it all the more impressive is all of his picks were pretty mainstream as well, I think the only one of his picks who wasn't discussed here was Danny Fiszman, and anyone who's read a sports section of a newspaper over the past year would have known he had cancer. So it's basically an exercise in bravery and trusting gut instinct rather than rooting around the nether regions of the internet to find that the 19th duke of whateverthefuck has a tumour in his pinky finger. Well done sir. I mean, he could still Devon Loch....