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Former Maldivian President Ibrahim Nasir, who was mentioned on the ideas thread earlier in the year, has died. He was going to be on my DDP team next year, so I hope he gets a UK obit.

Tassos Papadopoulos, former President of Cyprus, has been flown to an American clinic after experiencing "back pains". It does seem rather a long way to travel to get an aching back treated...

Daily Telegraph obit for Lady Bliss. Well done - I see she was your joker and a unique pick. And she's got a porn star name if you take Gertrude out of the equation.

If this report is true why weren't the full details and nature of the baby's injuries revealed in the mainstream media? Was there some editorial judgement that members of the public could not stomach the details? I'm still not sure why the names weren't published. The names of the offenders weren't published as the guilty trio are supposed to be going on trial next year for the abuse of Baby P's sibling, who survived their attentions. However the leak of their names in to the public domain may be seen as prejudicial to a future trial, as well as compromising the identity of the child who lived.

Former WBC Super Featherweight Champion Genaro Hernandez, 42, has been diagnosed with "a rare form" of cancer. This boxing forum says he's suffering from stage four cancer of the head and neck.

Are munchkins more or less at risk from cannibals than normally sized people? Do cannibals turn their noses up at munckins because they're not exactly a generous helping? Or perhaps they target munchkins for light snacks or if they're on a diet? I need some help with this conundrum. I've been wrangling over it for hours.

Alain Robert has just scaled a 33-story building in Indonesia and next month he's off to Qatar to climb La Cigale Hotel So he's still as busy as ever, slightly older and therefore possibly slightly weaker. There is a very reasonable chance his fatal slip might come in 2009 and he should be included on next year's DL.

Kenny Richie Gazza Alain Robert Kim Il Jong Wendy Richard Desmond Tutu Alex Higgins Sir John Mortimer Sister Wendy Beckett

Torquay United defender and former Exeter City captain Chris Todd, 27, has been diagnosed with leukeamia.

Looks to me like you are trying to moralise then.

Couldn't you have kept this between ourselves? Seriously though, a decent punt (9 points for age + 3 for suicide).... Assisted suicides? This is scraping the barrel. Common OoO, start acting like a mod and moderate your DDP to rule against this group. This isn't low hanging fruit, it's rotting apples. I can't play a game with this poor chap. His choice is an interesting debate for the forum but surely this shouldn't be the stuff of DDP points. I'm sure the Pausch estate would be relieved to know that you would turn your nose up at the likes of Mr Martin, Godot... Quite right TMIB. Godot should focus his energies on selecting more mega stars like Jeff Healey and, er, Nigel Plews. I'd consider picking him, but I don't think this chap will be able to walk the walk as well as he can talk the talk...

Carl D. Keith, co-inventor of the catalytic converter.

Legendary American folkie Odetta, is seriously ill with kidney failure.

Did you catch the offender? I think you would have been well within your rights to set him on fire.

Bail denied.

How about a wild night out in Montana?

Serial killer Arthur Shawcross, who was serving life in prison for strangling and mutilating 11 women in New York State, has died at the age of 63. He was quite partial to eating human flesh and spoke expansively on the topic when he was interviewed for a Channel 4 documentary a few years ago. Meanwhile, in Brazil, a woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband's coffin against the back of her neck.

Former AC Milan and Italy striker Stefano Borgonovo, is suffering from motor neurone disease.

Rev Andrew Greeley, 80, priest and best selling novelist, is critically ill after fracturing his skull. He got his clothes stuck in a taxi door he was exiting, it drove off before he could free himself.

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi has, in spite of many articles this year about his ill health, denied he is suffering from cancer. In a letter to Bakili Muluzi, the previous Malawian President, he wrote: He then goes on to suggest that his predecessor is the ill one.

The singer Jody Reynolds has died at the age of 70. He had a million seller in 1958 with "Endless Sleep", which is a song about a girl who commits suicide by drowning.

The BBC is reporting that the three Bali Bombers - Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Mukhlas - have been executed by firing squad.

The Daily Mail is mistaken. There is one remaining survivor, Paul Royle, aged 94.