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No, not a hit, just posting how my Egyptian actor pick Abdul Rahman Abu Zahra has had repeated ups and downs this month. From being hospitalised and not being able to eat, to still being critical a week later, to being stable but then returning to intensive care, and leaving the hospital, to being readmitted to the hospital just one day after discharge. You really can't put more health updates and twists and turns in a month.

Bujar Nishani, the former president of Albania is currently being treated in a Berlin (!) hospital for bilateral pneumonia and respiratory failure after his COVID infection: https://albaniandailynews.com/news/meta-wishes-speedy-recovery-to-former-president-nishani

Austrian dungeon master Joseph Fritzl is being moved from a special security prison to a normal one because he is no longer considered being a danger to others: https://www.rtl.de/cms/josef-fritzl-inzest-vater-sperrte-tochter-24-jahre-in-kellerverlies-ein-jetzt-kommt-er-in-normales-gefaengnis-4956720.html He's also changed his name, as if that helped.

Shout-out to all the theme teams that keep on picking just the right names. I think we never had this many hits at this point in the year.

British-born wrestler Adam Windsor, aka "Royal Stud" dead at 41, apparently heart issues: https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2022/04/21/royal-stud-adam-windsor-dead-at-41/

Okay, I'll be leading the scoreboard once Mosharraf Hossain is scored, now that I also have unique (?) hit Jan Rot whose death I was expecting for a few days: https://www.ad.nl/show/zanger-jan-rot-op-64-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~a83095c5/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.de%2F Shame, could have been a daily double with Guy LaFleur. Still, the youngest hit bonus means I need 2-3 more hits than all those who picked Tom Parker. I'm not sure my team has the potential. It's good, but probably not that good.

I have a similar hunch. My current Cup opponent msc has picked Deborah James and also likes to remind me that I once said that Deborah James is 6 months behind Vicky Phelan. But I do think that their deaths now will be quite close to each other. James has been getting more and more critical. That said, if Phelan has been able to survive "like this" in/out of hospital/hospice for two, three months now, James might be able to do so, too. Neither will survive the year, definitely.

Meh, I thought I had Guy LaFleur... I did mail them about Mosharraf "Rubel" Hossain and got an immediate Email confirmation. The score update is strangely delayed though. I think the altobits team is currently privately busy. Also, what do I think about my team right now? Well, I think I'll be leading the scoreboard end of next month, BUT, not picking Tom Parker has to be one of the dumbest decisions ever. The youngest hit bonus will kill my team.

She spoke of her weekly chemo treatment on Good Morning Britain: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/linda-nolan-details-painful-chemo-26760583 Everything seems pretty manageable right now.

85 years old today, Somewhat unexpected, but he seems to be doing okay-ish.

Thread for popular hard rock band Van Halen - and especially for Eddie. After several bouts of tongue cancer, rumours are that it is back again now: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/eddie-van-halen-health-issues/ The last time, the cancer had spread to his esophagus. It seems to be working its way through his body. Eddie blames his nicotine addiction. Anyway, the other members are also reaching -or have exceeded- your average rock star life expectancy.

Noel E. Monk, Van Halen's manager during their biggest years, has died: https://loudwire.com/ex-van-halen-manager-noel-e-monk-dead/

22nd season competitor Ralph Kiser, dead at 56 from a heart attack: https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5163501/ralph-kiser-dead-survivor-passes-suddenly-heart-attack/

Former dictator of Sudan Omar al-Bashir is supposedly "too ill for trial" but has now been seen walking and chatting in the hospital: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/images-of-sudan-s-bashir-in-hospital-draw-anger-on-social-media/47531176

Oh wow... now that comes out of nowhere. I might have thought of a Yahoo obit, or a BBC Sports obit. But Mirror? Why... Congratulations to An Fear Beag though. Edit: It does keep the DDP on the one-hit-per-day ratio, as of yesterday. We're exactly on that level.

With a QO even: https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1598114/David-Freel-Swell-dead-cause-of-death-Oregon-news-latest

I have noticed that dislike of a Clockwork Orange meets with disagreement on the Internet. There have been attempts to convince me of the movie, too. I don't like it either.

Handmade's Tale and Hitchhiker's Guide here. Wolf Hall is on my shelf, and in the pipeline, so to say. We almost purchased Shuggie Bain at the store a few times. Might still do. ^^ Yes! I also couldn't stand Clockwork Orange! That stupid language pissed me off immediately.

People interested in the well-being of Clare Marx may want to listen to this BBC programme next week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0016jvh

MND charity activist and superfan Chris Rimmer has died at 39: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/inspirational-liverpool-fc-fan-who-23722744 List of the Missed, 2020.

Designer Quiteria Kekana dies shortly after announcing his cancer diagnosis at just 38: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18305031/celebrity-fashion-designer-quiteria-dead/

Right on time, my unique pick Mosharraf Hossain has died: https://www.tbsnews.net/sports/former-national-team-cricketer-mosharraf-rubel-passes-away-405938 Also picked significantly in AltObits and DDP.

As of today, I'm Covid-negative again. The game may resume...

Francis Clifford Smith is no longer in prison but now under supervised parole in a care home, which, maybe, is just another kind of prison: https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Francis-Smith-longest-serving-prisoner-released-17017465.php

"Death faker" Nicholas Rossi now too ill for trial: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/20053250.nicholas-rossi-arthur-knight-told-get-lawyer-with-haste/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alahverdian The Utah rapist supposedly faked his own death and lived as "Arthur Knight" in Scotland. He seems to have some heavy breathing issues now.