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    The Dead of 2019

    The publishers of the original book, or the estate of the author, will be pulling the strings. Often they don't want something to be re-shown to the public, or sold commercially, as it could impact sales of rights to future adaptations of the works. In some cases publishers have asked for the adaptation to be destroyed after broadcast.
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    The Dead of 2019

    Most likely a rights issue, as is common with book adaptations.
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    Donald J Trump

    Oh do go away, you pair of tedious sock puppets.
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    Boris Johnson

    Assuming he's still alive by December 31st, of course. He may have suffered the same fate as his paternal great-grandfather by then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Kemal Yes, his paternal great-grandfather was named Ali Kemal.
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    Play School - Play Away - Childrens TV

    I was only looking at her Wikipedia page a few minutes ago.
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    Stevie Wonder

    Surely it's this rubbish:
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    Professional Cyclists

    Belgian cyclist Bjorg Lambrecht, 22, has died in a crash during stage three of the Tour de Pologne. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/bjorg-lambrecht-died-crash-tour-poland-2019-433805
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    Plane, Train And Automobile Crashes

    Two dead after two British registered aircraft collide over the French Alps earlier today: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/france-plane-crash-two-british-125700403.html The location of the accident is very close to where tomorrow's stage of the Tour De France starts.
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    Donald J Trump

    Hmm, interesting! VP Mike Pence has cancelled a scheduled visit to New Hampshire for cited "emergency" reasons, and has headed back to Washington DC. Now why would that be?
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    The Chequered Flag

    There's been very little practice due to the weather so far. All of today's and yesterday's sessions were cancelled.
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    The Chequered Flag

    Expect more updates on this thread over the next couple of weeks, as the Isle Of Man TT races start this evening with the first practice sessions.
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    Thoughts and opinions on the death list 2019

    A message-board I occasionally visit has a long running thread that's ideal for dead pooling - it's essentially mentions anyone in a particular field of interest who has major health issues. I've managed to pick up quite a few dead pooling hints from that site over the years, although many of the mentions were of people highly unlikely to receive an obit over here. Last year that thread stuttered to a halt, with no updates for several months. It turns out that the most regular poster to that thread had died suddenly, and no-one else was taking it over.
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    Herman Wouk

    I did some work at the financial wing of Reuters some years ago - I wouldn't trust them at all!
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    Herman Wouk

    The Guardian aren't running the story either. I suspect that they're both awaiting confirmation from a verified source before running the story.
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    The Next Piper At The Gates Of Heaven

    And now dead, apparently, via several posts on Twitter.
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    The Next Piper At The Gates Of Heaven

    Mike Wilhelm, of San Francisco psyche band The Charlatans, and later of the Flamin' Groovies, is reportedly under hospice care.
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    Derby Dead Pool 2019

    I’m currently in a pub, and my potential joker pick for next year’s DDP is in here as well. He’s a road racing motorcyclist, with one big win last year. I suspect it’s a farewell drinks do before the NW200 which begins next week.
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    Freddie Starr

    Take a look at this awful rubbish, from almost 40 years ago.
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    The Archers

    Edward Kelsey, The Archers' Joe Grundy, 88 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5zDlf35ysxt9kz7wvmnJkfQ/edward-kelsey-joe-grundy
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    Horse Racing

    Doug Moscrop, racing journalist and tipster from the North East of England - most notable for his daily tips on Tyne Tees's various local news shows, aged 77. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/heartbreak-doug-moscrop-north-east-16142236
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    Dead Pop Stars

    Ranking Roger (born Roger Charlery) of The Beat and General Public has died aged 56, according to The Selecter's twitter feed.
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    R Dean Taylor

    In the US he was signed to Motown's rock subsidiary label, Rare Earth, and which also had the US rights to some UK acts such as Pretty Things. Due to delays in getting that imprint set up in the UK, his releases here initially appeared on Tamla Motown until these trademark issues could be sorted.
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    Interesting Ways To Die...

    Thought I'd heard it before - the article is from 2008!
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    Ideas and Possibilities for 2020

    Thinking about this a bit more, he's only been absent from the show since sometime in January, and although there's five episodes a week most weeks, they most likely film around that number of episodes a day. He may have only missed a couple of weeks of filming, so it could be nothing more than a bad cold.
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    Broadway - "the Great White Way"

    There is a spoken word Grammy category which any of the living actors could easily win.
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