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that's halfway to improving the country then assuming the reports of him being a drug dealing thug are correct,which being Afghanistan,they will be

The document -- filed with the L.A. County Department of Public Health -- lists the main cause of death as cardiorespiratory arrest ... which essentially means his heart stopped beating and he stopped breathing. Isn't that pretty mnuch the same way everyone goes..

I keep thinking hes dead.As if we'd get so lucky.

I used to think guerrilas were gorillas .I remember being fascinated after watchig the news and hearing them refer to 'guerrilla warfare' wondering how they managed to train them so well...I have to point out I was just a kid at the time though

his singing can't have been that bad for someone to shoot him surely! seriously though,these people really are the lowest form of scum

Nelson Mandela is too frail to even leave his house these days.It took all his strength just to have a short meeting with Michelle Obama recently.He will never travel outside South Africa again.Sadly I doubt the great man has more than a few months left to live

Hallelujah! finally after 3 months as a member of deathlist the first hit ! oh, condollences to the family and friends of Betty Ford of course.. So you are the one who jinxed us! Was it worth the wait? not as satisfying as Maggie Thatcher would have been but it'll do for now..

Zsa Zsa Gabor. The women of the list are on a roll so let it continue! she can't go on forever...can she? edit:damn..should have voted Thatcher!

the same way she survived the other 11 people on last years and this years lists who've died since she was given the last rites last august!still thats 3 hits in a row that have been females so maybe the run will continue with Zsa Zsa... Incidentally (useless fact alert).. this is the first time in deathlists history that there has ever been 3 female deaths in a row from the list

congratulations!

is it to late for me to go for Betty Ford ?

Hallelujah! finally after 3 months as a member of deathlist the first hit ! oh, condollences to the family and friends of Betty Ford of course..

Steve Coogan has now joined battle on Newsnight,dancing on the grave of News of the World.Theres a lot of happy celebs today! It's worth a look on iplayer.Coogan nearly ripped th e head off a tabloid journalist! Very entertaining

Cynical marketing ploy and desperate attempt to combine the appearance of being in charge (by the Murdochs) with the generation of some sympathy (for those losing jobs), and thereby deflect criticism of the phone hacking, or summat. I'm not sure how the company is structured financially but if NOTW is a separate financial entity and they suddenly stop the income stream, there'll be some chance of deflecting damages claims because there won't be anyone to sue. I thought as much How long do you think it'll be before the launch of 'The Sunday Sun', or summat similar? as soon as they think we've forgotten about this scandal...

Romantic novelist Emma Blair has died.He was 69 (yes it really is a he)

Cynical marketing ploy and desperate attempt to combine the appearance of being in charge (by the Murdochs) with the generation of some sympathy (for those losing jobs), and thereby deflect criticism of the phone hacking, or summat. I'm not sure how the company is structured financially but if NOTW is a separate financial entity and they suddenly stop the income stream, there'll be some chance of deflecting damages claims because there won't be anyone to sue. I thought as much

News of the World is dead

You seem to be a big fan of Derryn Hinch...

Top Indian filmaker Mani Kaul has died at 66

Can I be the first to wish Nancy a very happy 90th birthday (only the 4th first lady ever to live to her 90s) .I can't promis e many happy returns however-Ronald Reagans first wife Jane Wyman died aged 90 edit:more congrats to Nancy who has just succeeded the late Betty Ford as oldest surviving first lady

Sad news just in that the legendary clown actor Billy Beck has died

I'm sorry if this is boring to most DLers, but I'd like to point out that Twombly has an exhibition at Tate Modern and that I consider him one of the premier C20th artists. Of course, he won't get Rolf-like column inches and he may not die for years, but the Deathlist is a broad church, I'd hope. (Hmmm, I'd had a few drinks when I wrote that. I do rate his work, but maybe 'one of the premier C20th artists' is a bit OTT) I'm sad to report that Cy Twombly has died, aged 83 . His work provoked a bit of a debate earlier in this thread. The now departed Lord Fellatio Nelson inexplicably struggled to get his head around what Twombly's tortured genius had to offer.... death of a legend..a true giant in his field.I'm amazed he wasnt on the list.. ps to prove what a massive loss this is to the world here is a BBC obit

I hope she's ok.I really like her.I think she's just letting off a bit of steam during her break from filming Dr Who.It's a long tough day filming that PS if Karen Gillan tried to get into my hotel room naked I would open the door!

He was quite a significant historical figure though wasn't he?

sunday week is the first anniversary of her falling out of bed and starting all this hospital hokey cokey.I'm kinda hoping we won't have to go through a 2nd year of it...