DevonDeathTrip

Farrah Fawcett is off to Germany to seek "alternative therapies" to treat her cancer. I reckon she's in serious trouble if she can't find a cure for her ills in America.

Amnesty International. Bloody do gooders.

According to his official website, he had a quick recovery and has been touring for months now. Won't remove him off the big list, since he's had poor luck since birth, but I'll amend it. According to his official website, the cancer has returned to his lungs and he's cancelling a tour of Scandanavia. I'm still not sure about his UK obit chances, but I am sure he is going to die before too long. Does this mean you're going to be putting him on your DDP next year? I'm putting him on mine. I dunno guest, I'm not sure how Jeff Healey would fit in to the ecclesiastical dream team I'm preparing for next year...

According to his official website, he had a quick recovery and has been touring for months now. Won't remove him off the big list, since he's had poor luck since birth, but I'll amend it. According to his official website, the cancer has returned to his lungs and he's cancelling a tour of Scandanavia. I'm still not sure about his UK obit chances, but I am sure he is going to die before too long.

Ronnie Drew has throat cancer. He will most certainly get a UK obit.

Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira, 96, one of Judaism's most revered spirtitual leaders, is no longer with us.

I know this could be construed as low hanging fruit, but David Beckham's dad, Ted Beckham, is fighting for his life after suffering a heart attack.

As Arnold is in town, I thought I'd revive another of his threads. I saw Jack Cardiff on TV the other night and he looked extremely frail. His face looked a bit like a death mask. I'd be amazed if he lives to see 2009.

Alí-Muhammad Varqá, 95, a senior leader of the Bahá'í Faith has had his soul emancipated from it's earthly tabernacle. (Sorry about the flowery language. I'm getting fed up with "died")

I just press the big blue e. Hope that helps.

So what was the name of the cat that people actually voted for when the editor decided it would be called Socks? Cookie

The athletics promoter, Andy Norman, has died suddenly at the age of 64. He managed Steve Ovett, Linford Christie, Colin Jackson and many others. A man of dubious tastes, he was so drawn the questionable pulchritude of a record breaking javelin thrower, that he became Mr Fatima Whitbread.

I see that Cefor's Cremains, one of the two DDP teams captained by a cat, has scored a hit with Marceau's death. 8 hits in 6 years now. Well done Cefor (if you're reading this)

Casagrande has recovered from his heart problems. Now he's in intensive care, unconscious after getting involved in a multi car pile up in Sao Paulo.

President Drnovšek meets Prince Andrew.

Does anyone know if Pugh and his twin brother Pugh are still alive?Weren't they called Hugh and Pugh? I once met two brothers from the Outer Hebrides who were both called Donald. Donald Angus and Donald John, if I recall correctly. I'm not even sure if you're being ironic or not, DDT. I presume these scots brothers also shared their surname, but that doesn't mean they had the *same* name. Now, if only we could find out whether or not Hugh & Pugh, or Hugh & Hugh, had other names besides their surname, we could solve this conundrum. Apparently the first one was called Neville Pugh and the second was also called Neville Pugh. Which made it difficult for their father Neville Pugh to tell them apart. Phil and Gary Neville's dad is called Neville Neville. Imagine the difficulties John Motson would be in if he'd decided to call both of his sons Neville Neville as well.

Does anyone know if Pugh and his twin brother Pugh are still alive? Weren't they called Hugh and Pugh? I can't imagine that, even in the rural backwaters of Trumptonshire, people were so hopelessly in-bred as to think it fitting to call identical twins by identical names. I once met two brothers from the Outer Hebrides who were both called Donald. Donald Angus and Donald John, if I recall correctly.

Castro looks healthy in new video

....and so has serial killer Coral Eugene Watts, suspected of killing up to 80 women in the 1970s.

Soe Win is still suffering from leukemia, but his twin brother and fellow junta bigwig General Tin Htun has just died. I mention this because Soe Win is reported to have been relying on bone marrow transplants from "family members" over the last few months. It could be concluded that his twin brother would have had the best bone marrow match, so his death might spell bad news for the surviving sibling.

The footballer, Johnny Gavin, who played for Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, has died at the age of 79. He is Norwich City's record goalscorer

Simone Capony, France's oldest person, has died at the age of 113.

Pepsi Tate, bassist in the band Tigertailz, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 43. His death leaves a massive void in the Welsh glam metal scene.

Y'know what DDT, you've got me. Is that irony or a full-on statement of what you believe to be true? I think he's dead, I mean, obviously the McCanns skipped over there and murdered him, just to keep their hands in. Well MPFC, I suppose there is a chance that his plane might have crashed in to a mountain, blowing him to bits, but that would be a bit boring. I prefer to think of him out there enjoying the tranquillity and beauty of the Sierra Nevada. He might well be fed up with the pace of life, the stresses of managing a multi million pound fortune and the multitudes of fawning sycophants who follow his every step. Before he went missing, maybe he viewed the rugged terrain of Nevada from a hot air balloon during one of his world record breaking trips and thought that he would like to see a bit more of it. Maybe he thought he'd taken on a bit too much by endeavouring to set a world speed record and was too scared to say that he just wasn't up to it. Or perhaps he was experiencing marital problems but didn’t want to tell Mrs Fossett, maybe he thought it might be better for her if she were to become widow rather than a divorcee. Just because he might have been tired of life (which I'm not saying he was, but he could have been) it doesn't necessarily stand to reason that death was his only available option. He might have watched and been influenced by "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" in which the eponymous hero fakes his own death, or perhaps he was aware of the MP John Stonehouse who did exactly the same thing. Which leads me nicely on to Nigel Havers... He starred in a 1980s made for ITV mini series called "Naked Under Capricorn", in which he played a nineteenth century tycoon who made his fortune trading cattle in Australia. Anyway he got completely fed up with the trappings of wealth and the series ended with him abandoning all of his material possessions and buggering off in to the Outback, never to be seen again. The point I am trying to make is that if disappearing in to the great unknown is good enough for Nigel Havers (albeit fictionally) then I don't see why it isn't good enough for Steve Fossett. I expounded on this theory in "DL Chat" the other night, however my fellow Deathlisters in the room at the time seemed convinced he was dead. If pushed, I might be grudgingly prepared to admit a certain amount of irony in all of the above, but it sure as hell beats talking about Chris Langham. Perhaps Youth in Asia, Harvester of Souls and Brinsworth House Baiter (but not iain) might like to abandon their squabble and use their undoubted written skills to further expound on the whereabouts of our missing adventurer. Just a thought! I think that might be the longest post I've ever done on DL. I deserve a drink. Barman!

After a period of time they'll declare him legally dead. Then he'll show up with a Grizzly Adams beard and a pet bear and all hell will break loose. I agree. There is no way Steve is dead. He's probably enjoying his new found solitude and cooking dinner over an open fire right now. He'll come back to civilisation when he's good and ready.