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Sorry to hear that, DDT.

Lucky sods. My school was never cancelled for snow. Nor was outdoor PE cancelled for a hail storm.

Possibly one for charon's thread, but I can't find it, so it's here as a "dead medalist". Jarrod Bannister won the gold for javelin at Commonwealth games in 2010, got banned for 20 months for going MIA on 3 drug tests, dead aged 33 of "no suspicious circumstances".

She has two curiously linked roles in Doctor Who. In the first, she is killed by vampires. In the second, she IS a vampire. The roles are entirely unconnected (as the latter is a casting gag due to the former). She were also BAFTA nominated few years back, but lost to Sheridan Smith...

There was also a Russian film by Tarkovsky, Stalker, filmed in Estonia nearly a malfunctioning chemical factory. The director, the camera man, several others of the production team, and several of the lead actors all died of cancer within the next 20 years. Then there's The Messenger, which wound up cancelled entirely, as a sudden landslide (which some claimed was caused by the productions pyro) wiped away the village Sergei Bodrov and his entire crew were staying in, killing over 50 of them, including the star director/actor.

Sorry to hear that. Resignation as a minimum? You didn't, like, release Venables by accident or something, right? (Gallows humour to try and lighten the mood, ya know?)

I wish him all the best for a speedy recovery in time to see this benefit gig, enjoy the World Cup, and be able to relax to enjoy the big boxing matches in early January 2019.

Actually, please tell me I'm not the only person who hears his name to the tune of "Ole, Ole"?

That would have been a prime spot for Joey: "See you in Round 2, Grim, or maybe not!" etc. But, the month is young!

I don't think Tsvangirai is about to die. You can trust me. I said the same about Hugo Chavez, Mary Tyler Moore, Mark E Smith and Johan Cruyff.

tbh that was always likely. Reason he's not on most of my teams is my gut feeling that if he was going to get a QO, he'd have got a mention somewhere after 2 years or whatever it is of fighting pancreatic cancer by now.

I feel a good sign for them would be remission.

That is a good omen for a certain former politician in Australian, hopefully.

Bloody hell, who knew I could actually call them right for once! So, the guy I thought was a gamble because he was well known in his field but not in the UK... winds up getting a QO because he does the marriage on death bed thing (which I had no foreknowledge of back in December). It's a crazy world at times. Now, RIP to him (no age at all, really) and damn that Here's Who You Could Have Won team for taking my unique, whoever they are.

Neither are dead yet, of course. Last years Cup was full of dead certs who just didn't die in that specific month. Errol Christie waited until the entire Cup was over, then died quite quickly afterwards, Van Zandvliet was a top pick in every round but only died during the final, and so on...

Ah but that means YWillz shares the same place as Death Impends! Winning!

Sorry, cross wires given Sir Creep was talking about needing a QO!

He was a unique pick for DDP veteran Finbarr, and the points are up on the scoreboard.

I can never keep track if you actually want to win your ties or not in the Cup. Hey, you never know what can happen in a month - after all, Grims team of ill folk is currently losing to a team of old people.

Ah, Joey, he's got a whole decade of health scares to go before dropping dead one January. It's the Nkomo way.

That's great. He did this one last week too, similarly full of "I don't give a shit now I'm 85" isms. Doesn't really speak much for Cosby if one of his closest friends is clearly convinced he's guilty, though.

However, on the plus side, you can get done for drunk driving if you are found to be over the limit while riding a horse, so not all the quirky laws are legends.

Actually, no. Spencer Perceval died in the House - assassination. But there was also an old Liberal guy around 1910 - I forget his name - who keeled over and died right as he was casting his vote! Just one of those urban legends, I'm afraid. As is, I'm pretty sure, the "death in the Commons = state funeral" thing.

Ah now, Sean, you know that Dennis's ideal road out of here would be to keel over in PMQs right after denouncing Tory cuts! Or she believes its a jinx to wish someone happy birthday before their actual birthday?

It was the title of the play in the US iirc? Anyhow, bloody good book. One of her best. And do you know what's annoying, as a fan? In her autobiography, she notes how it was one of her trickiest novels to plot out. Guess what one of her few novels for which none of her prep notes still exist is!