DevonDeathTrip

I have recently unearthed several ecclesatical leaders, who are very aged or in frail health. Sadly, none of them are really famous enough to qualify for their own thread, but I would think most of them should get an obit in the UK. It has been a spiritually enriching experience, reading about the exploits of fine fellows below. Feel free to add any men of God I might have missed: Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria 17th March 2012 Archbishop Christodoulos 28th January 2008 Patriarch Maxim of Bulgaria 6th November 2012 Whakahuihui Vercoe of Rotorua 13th November 2007 Cahal Cardinal Daly 31st December 2009 Pavle, Patriarch of Serbia 15th November 2009 The Most Reverend and Most Holy Father, His Beatitude Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch, the Great City of God, of Syria, Lebanon, Arabia, Cilicia, Mesopotamia and all the East 5th December 2012 I predict they will all be dead within 2 3 4 5 6 years.

There's been a lot of press coverage recently about the three DL jailbirds - Susan Atkins, Ronnie Biggs and Abdelbaset Al-megrahi. Two of them are now free and Atkins is up for another parole hearing on Sept 2nd, although she will be up against the American justice system, who generally take a harder line when it comes to matters of compassion and mercy. There is a reasonable chance that they will all be dead by the end of the year. I suggest that the 2010 DL should have another prisoner on the list, there's plenty of choice of ailing criminals, and their lawyers generally drip feed us with information about their clients' declining health. I've thought of a few who might make the grade: Ian Brady -Constant hunger strikes and forty plus years of custody will take their toll before too long. William Heirens - Not exactly a household name in the UK, but he is America's and possibly the world's longest serving inmate. He hasn't been a free man since 1946. Donald Neilson - The Black Panther. In jail since 1975, now believed to be suffering from motor neurone disease. Ian Huntley - Would be a bit of a result if he actually died in 2010, but he is due to be "integrated" with the general prison population shortly. I'm sure some of his fellow inmates will have received enough incitement from The Sun to do him in. If anyone else can think of a deserving candidate, please post here.

He was the much loved weatherman on BBC South West Spotlight news for decades. My abiding memory of Craig Rich is that he used to end his segment with a weather related painting sent in by a child - including my own abstract storm effort in about 1983 He was also instrumental in uncovering the fraudulent efforts of Donald Crowhurst.

I really worry about Tetleys going the same way. It would leave a cataclysmic void in my life if they went bust .

Harry Carpenter, David Coleman and Bill Maclaren. I confidently predict that they won't all see 2008.

Could the unmoveable object that is Vladimir Putin be about to meet the irresistible force of a nasty form of cancer ? Even if this news is incorrect, he is still worthy of a thread, because: 1. He has a long history of deaths in the family; word on the street is, most of his ancestors died themselves. 2. All men are mortal. Vladimir Putin is a man.

Irish folkie, Johnny Duhan, 74, perhaps better known for his songwriting, has drowned in a swimming accident off the Galway coast. A woman also died in the same incident. He wrote The Voyage , covered by Christy Moore, among others.

Me neither. Personally I'd be in favour of giving the facepalm reaction a long holiday.

A bad business. But this too will pass

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The Wikipedia page of John Mayhew, drummer with Genesis before he was replaced by Phil Collins, says he died of a heart condition on March 26th. This is a bit of a bummer for his estranged brother, who approached the media asking for help to locate him... on March 24th.

First user of Sarco suicide pod found with strangulation marks on her neck. The CEO of the company, who was the only person present at the time of her death, remains in custody. No news on Peter and Christine Scott, mentioned above, who had signed up for the double bed version.

Oh no, no. This is a huge one for me, for some reason I've got really into the Grateful Dead in the last few years. I bought his autobiography last week.

Russian film director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, aged only 49. By using Scrabble scoring to add up the letters in his name, he comes up with a score greater than his age at death; 60 points. I doubt there are many other people mentioned on this forum to whom the Scrabble deficit would apply.

Celebrity hairdresser Trever Sorbie says he has terminal bowel cancer and may be dead by Christmas...

John Digweed seriously ill in hospital...

An unnamed British clergyman, 69, has died near Antwerp, becoming unwell after taking ecstasy and amyl nitrate and having sex with a 60 year old Belgian priest, who has since been arrested for drugs trafficking.

Three armed men wearing body armour have shot 20 people on a golf course in San Bernardino, California. This article mutters about hostages and explosives.... I'm listening now on the police scanner.

There's been some speculation today that Furrer wasn't found until an hour after she'd crashed. I find that hard to believe, but, if true, it is bordering on the race organisers being criminally negligent.

18 year old Muriel Furrer in a "very critical" condition following a crash this morning during the World Championship junior road race.

One of the best mash ups since George W Bush's Imagine.

Former Miss Switzerland contestant Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was strangled in February by her husband. Officials have now confirmed he ultimately disposed of her remains in a blender. Puréed Beauty One for the Scrabble Deficit thread as well; 38:40

Nitrogen is added to the pod, restricting oxygen supply, as Mr & Mrs Scott sail off together into the sweet hereafter, or something. So, yes, in a roundabout way they are being gassed. Rather them than me though. There must be a greener and more pleasant way to get this done.

Pioneering couple Peter and Christine Scott are currently in Switzerland and plan to become the first British users of a double suicide pod.

Odd looking photo of Richard O'Brien and Jason Donovan.... https://x.com/mattypoop/status/1831721795348566335?t=g562_8BEeQuHyjGmUnh-Dg&s=19 ....which I can't seem to embed. Anyway, there's the link