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According to her latest video, Shirley Curry is retiring from making gaming videos. She'll have eye surgery (actually today): https://www.ign.com/articles/beloved-skyrim-grandma-retires-from-making-gameplay-videos-at-88-years-old She also feels too tired to do more, tired of it, tired in general, maybe both. She might still do normal videos though.

This thread is for deaths related to the video/console/computer/mobile game industry, i.e. designers, composers, all kinds of programmers or even popular players of certain games. I thought this branch of popular culture was missing here. Of course, this industry is relatively new, so people haven't really started to die away of age, but maybe it starts soon, and people can die for other reasons as well. I'll start with two deaths: James Storey, graphical designer for Duke Nukem 3d, is dead at 41: http://www.vg247.com/2015/06/03/duke-nukem-3d-artist-passes-away-aged-41/ No reason was given. Also, Kirill Prokovsky, composer of music for the Divinity games, especially for Divinity: Original Sin is dead at 53: http://gamingbolt.com/divinity-original-sin-composer-passes-away No reason was given.

Julián Muñoz please, now that Rupert Keegan has died.

Real Housewife Annemarie Wiley has a tumour on the gallbladder, and has her gallbladder removed: https://people.com/rhobh-annemarie-wiley-reveals-she-has-tumor-gallbladder-gallstones-8716616 Gallbladder cancer is somewhat underrated - from a deadpooling perspective, but they have to check if it's a malignant tumour.

The thread for the jewish-American comedian, producer and actor Mel Brooks. He turns 90 in June. He won pretty much everything there is to win in show business. There are no bad news about his health, but he must surely be a future candidate for the Death List. His wife Anne Bancroft died 10 years ago, and here he is in a 2015 Independent article looking really old: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/mel-brooks-the-comic-genius-and-risk-taking-director-on-how-retirement-is-not-an-option-and-faking-a6759956.html He most recently recorded a political robocall for his great nephew running for office in New York state: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mel-brooks-robocall-great-nephew-state-senate-race-article-1.2597166

This might be the only thread among the 50 deathlist people where we post less than we could, because Brooks still goes out regularly, whereas, say, Cleo Laine, no news for years...

Rumours on twitter that they might have got him. He's starting to trend on there.

Steve Gaines steps down, but supposedly not because of his health: https://www.actionnews5.com/2024/09/22/this-is-right-timebellevue-church-pastor-steps-down-amid-cancer-battle/

Dick Moss, lawyer who achieved free agency for baseball players, dead at 93: https://www.livemint.com/news/dick-moss-the-lawyer-who-won-free-agency-for-baseball-players-dies-at-age-93-11727036187936.html Sounds much like the Bosman ruling to me.

Yeah, that's all quite concerning. He's skipping the wheelchair period. Maybe some cancer? (Bone cancer, like the Queen)

Al McCoy, 2 pts: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/al-mccoy-legendary-voice-of-the-phoenix-suns-passes-away-at-91-years-old/ar-AA1qYbAZ

Well, my new 3rd sub Al McCoy is already dead. I choose liberation theologist Gustavo Gutierrez instead.

How about A Aaronson and Zykowski?

Chris Fleming, paranormal TV personality, has aggressive leukemia after battling health issues for years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Fleming_(TV_personality) https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-chris-fleming-battle-myelodysplastic-syndrome?

The Alternative Nobel Prize for a debunker of extreme old age claims: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/sep/ucl-demographers-work-debunking-blue-zone-regions-exceptional-lifespans-wins-ig-nobel-prize There probably are no "blue zones", i.e. areas of centenarian clusters. It's mostly fraud and clerical errors. Very interesting.

Craig Maxwell wins an ITV award. Just had lung surgery, but looks pretty okay: https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2024-09-20/dad-with-terminal-cancer-wins-pride-of-britain-award-for-fundraising-efforts

David Graham is a hit for me. Chuwit Kamolvisit is in. So Oliviero Toscani is 1st sub, Rupert Keegan is 2nd sub. Please add sportscaster Al McCoy as my 3rd sub.

2nd hit in quick succession for me. Virginia McKenna now for the win.

Louis Farrakhan recently joined a fraternity: https://blackpressusa.com/min-louis-farrakhan-has-joined-a-black-fraternity/

There's no recent death or news item to create this thread, but there are a couple of really old, really rich people worth watching: Warren Buffett, 83, 4th richest person alive, has been in the news for choosing his successor at Berkshire Hathaway. Charles and David Koch, 78 and 74, 6th richest people alive, CEOs of Koch Industries, have massively funded conservative politicians in favor of fossil fuels. Bernie Ecclestone, 83, under corruption charges and threatened as boss of Formula 1 racing. George Soros, 83, 26th richest person alive, massive supporter of The Democratic Party, doesn't look too healthy but there are no bad news so far. Ingvar Kamprad, 88, Founder of IKEA, very secretive. DEAD Sheldon Adelson, 80, Las Vegas casino magnate, another guy who spends millions of dollars on politicians to ensure that society will go on in a way he thinks is best even after his death Karl Albrecht, 94, 23rd richest person alive, Germany's richest guy and co-founder of ALDI, his brother died last year. When will it be his turn? DEAD Liliane Bettencourt, 91, 11th richest person alive and richest french person, owner of L'Oreal, was involved in a corruption scandal and legal trouble with her daughter. DEAD Also worth watching: The Walton Family, owners of Wal-Mart and maybe even Bill Gates who is still only 58, but looks much older, in my opinion.

Thread for French sex symbol, actress, cultural icon, animal lover and ...uhh.. occasional racist Brigitte Bardot, now 87 years old. I was inspired to create this thread after her most recent racial faux-pas regarding the people of La Reunion, not the first time she "misspoke"! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/11/04/brigitte-bardot-fined-calling-french-indian-ocean-islanders/ Health-wise she had breast cancer in the 80s, and overdosed once (that we know of), indicating a history of drugs. After her worldwide career as an actress and occasional singer and model, she became an outspoken animal rights activist. Her current husband has connections to Jean-Marie Le Pen. She also had relationships with deathlist favourite Jean-Louis Trintignant, and, of course, Warren Beatty. But I guess it's her face and posture that is the stuff of legends (and inspiration for Jane Fonda's also iconic Barbarella):

Scottish comedienne who seems fairly prominent in certain circles. She had ovarian cancer, beat it, but then it came back. It's stage 3 and she says that it can be treated but not cured. So it's now being called "terminal". Like Jonnie Irwin, she seems fairly open about it all. Today's update is, "she wants to go out with a bang": https://nz.news.yahoo.com/janey-godley-terminal-125229998.html

Okay... so Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci - 5 pts: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cqlvrp4nylwo

Did we notice that Ruth Langsford's mum has Alzheimer's? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62ggr0n7l3o Edit: Seems to have been known since last month: https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/ruth-langsfords-incredible-way-honour-33406335 And previously, she was said to have dementia. Okay, not that much of a new development.

Radio interview here: https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/esther-rantzen-assisted-dying-people-right-to-shorten-death/ The drugs still work and have "extended her life expectancy".