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Grant Achatz, a pioneering chef in the field of "molecular gastronomy", has been diagnosed with stage four mouth cancer which has also spread to his lymph nodes. He's only 34, so worth keeping an eye on. His restaurant is supposed to be one the best in the world. Have a look at the menu here. Candied Tuna anyone?

Anna Wing to guest star in an episode of 'The Bill"'

Tariq Aziz is now out of intensive care. But the good news is that he is going on hunger strike His son says:

Popbitch's latest missive, advises us that the Daily Mail's editor in chief, Paul Dacre, is about to pop his clogs. Can't find much information on his health, apart from a few gossipy sites saying he needs heart surgery.

Danny Bergara, the former Rochdale and Stockport County manager is seriously ill after suffering two strokes this year. He is now in a nursing home. The linked article says that he was the first foreigner to manage an English football team. I'm pretty sure that they are wrong and that Dario Gradi was around before him.

I think Jermaine Jackson really took the biscuit when he called his son "Jermajesty"

If my Bali bombers were shot tomorrow morning, my team would leapfrog eighty places in to second place. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion they will get their sentences commuted. Further food for thought - If Tempus hadn't been disqualified from the DDP and the Bali Bombers do meet with the firing squad, he would have gone in to a 30ish point lead. Your good health, Mr Fugit.

Mike Soper, the deputy director of the English Cricket Board, is suffering from incurable prostate and bone cancer. This hasn't stopped him from trying to become the chairman of the ECB. The Times confidently asserts that he "four years to live". We shall see.

Former Cook Islands prime minister Sir Thomas Davis died yesterday, aged 90.

The sad tale of the captive tuna who died after swimming head-first into a window . Was it suicide or a dreadful accident?

The singer Ronald Isley has just been sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion. Of more interest to deadpoolers is the news that he is not in the best of health:

Hans Georg Schmid, set out this morning on a record attempt in a small plane. He was attempting to fly from Basel, Switzerland to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a distance of nearly 5000 miles. Sadly with 4997 miles still to go his, fuel laden plane crashed in to a block of flats. Suffice to say that Mr Scmid won't be sampling the night life in Wisconsin this evening.

Grete Waitz, 53, a record breaking athlete who won several London and New York marathons, as well as World Championship and Olympic medals, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. She has never disclosed the precise nature of her diagnosis, but in a recent article she reveals that she is still suffering from the disease.

A Syrian named Mohammad Issa al-Darwish has just died at the reported age of "nearly 122".

Oh that is good news. I always had faith in Jesus.

Tariq Aziz in intensive care after he was found unconscious in his cell.

Bugger. He's on my DDP - the second person on my list to have been reported as dead when still alive. Anyway Jesus De Polanco has also died. He's on my DDP, but will he get a UK obit?

Nuon Chea, 82, "Brother Number Two", the highest ranking Khmer Rouge official left alive, is not a well man. He is about to stand trial for genocide and says: This article mentions that he is: Meanwhile former Khmer Rouge foreign minister, "Brother Number Three" Ieng Sary is suffering from serious heart problems and prostate cancer. It was reported last year that he lives Finally another Khmer Rouge commander, Sam Bith, who was imprisoned for the 1994 execution of three western tourists in Cambodia, was reported in December 2006 to be seriously ill with diabetes. This article from 2002 mentions that has has bone cancer.

George Bush will spend tomorrow under a general anesthetic with a camera shoved up his rectum. I can think of better things to do over the weekend.

Over zealous supermarket security guards. Every time I walk through the door of their establishment, the uniformed oaf (who no doubt failed in his application to become a policeman) in our local Co Op looks at me as if I am just about to commit a very serious offence. I had a frank and forthright exchange of views with him this morning, telling him that I had been shopping there for years and never actually caused any damage or stolen anything, so there is no need to look at me like I'm a potential suicide bomber or ram raider. I got so irate with the "I'm just doing my job mate", reply that I stole a large packet of Cathedral City Cheddar (retail value £3.89) on the way out.

Merv Griffin, the creator of the gameshows "Wheel Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy", has been hospitalised with prostate cancer. It is the second time he has been diagnosed with the disease.

Another one bites the dust. Former "multi-time ECW tag team champion" John Kronus, has pulled his last "Imploding 450° Splash" by dying in an untimely manner. I wonder if our learned wrestling correspondent has any extra information on the current health of Giant González, the tallest wrestler of them all, who measured in at a lofty 7ft 6inches. His Wiki page says that Rather amusing video of Giant Gonzales in action here. (Technical ability wasn't really his thing )

I just watched a video preview of her interview - she looks like she died several years before it was filmed. She will most certainly get a UK obit - if she doesn't I'll eat a rotivator ratatouille.

Bishop Philippus Petrus Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua, the leader of 8 million Chinese Catholics, has died at the age of 87.