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Carl Bean another hit: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/08/carl-bean-singer-i-was-born-this-way-dies-aged-77

Thank the Lord that Carl Bean and Sandra Richardson are such a pair of Queens.

He's honored by the Oscar Academy museum. Only his wife gives a statement: https://rollingout.com/2021/09/04/sidney-poitier-to-be-honored-by-the-academy-museum-of-motion-pictures/

New songs:

Master of the old and infirm drol catches up to my 10th hit, meaning we both have 2/3rds of our team gone around the 2/3rds mark of the year.

John Challis cancels his one-man tour because of unknown health reasons: https://www.list.co.uk/article/129412-only-fools-and-horses-star-john-challis-cancels-tour-due-to-ill-health/

Stanley Tucci had/has tongue cancer for 3 years now, but it's currently in remission: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/stanley-tucci-reveals-he-was-successfully-treated-cancer-n1278519

Heh, and I see three birthdates, 1935 in the DDP database, 1936 in the English Wikipedia, 1934 in the German wikipedia. Well, the age bracket stays the same, and I will never look at it again...

I mean, because of Arghton's posts I now have the impression that half the Finnish people are old, sick or dead. (That said, I scored in the AltObits pool because of him, thanks a lot!)

His widow Pat, has now also died after a short illness at 83: https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/pat-hume-wife-former-sdlp-21470218

I once picked him in one of the Scavenger Hunt Pools because he was conspiciously absent from public. So this must have been a longer issue by now. As a Nobel Peace Prize winner, he might even be borderline DeathList worthy.

Alright, my team doesn't count until tomorrow, but: Nadia Chaudhri Abdul Qadeer Khan David Gulpilil Alan Igglesden Greg Gilbert Tommy Hazouri

While I usually enjoy your enjoyment of getting bamboozled by immortals, I think for the above post-Covid check-up one post would have been enough.

Kenyan rapper "King Kaka" lost 33 kilograms for some unknown reason. Covid tests are negative, but maybe undiscovered pancreatic cancer is killing him silently? https://www.tuko.co.ke/424602-king-kaka-discloses-hes-been-sick-3-months-i-was-misdiagnosed-lost-33kgs.html

Nino De Angelo was supposed to perform last weekend - got replaced: https://www.schlagerradio.de/wie-krank-ist-nino-de-angelo Apart from the COPD, two cancer fights, bad lifestyle, he also had two heart bypass surgeries in recent years.

Going home to die?

Alright, let's do a quick update. Not much comment. Sandra Richardson is a unique hit for DDT. 64 points, because her twitter account gives her year of birth. Gooseberry Crumble gets also a unique hit with Michael Nader. And another unique hit with Jane Withers. Arthur Hoyle Smith would be a unique hit for chilean way, but there has not been a QO so far. There might still be one at one of those year-end lists, so let's keep an eye out. Ed Asner, of course, doesn't have these problems. Brian Travers is here a unique hit, too, for Kenny. On a quick glance, the most popular hit in this update is Sir Michael Cullen, but other popular hits are Bill Freehan and Gerd Müller. So finally, we've had quite a lot of hits. It has been 4 weeks though. The scoreboard shows that Cpt Chorizo profited a lot from this batch, and Banana climbs onto the podium.: Rank Team Score 1 Cpt. Chorizo 1095 2 Salmon Mousse 1004 3 Banana 968 4 JoeyRuss 952 5 gcreptile 860 6 Death Impends 826 7 An Fear Beag 751 8 msc 694 9 drol 683 10 Book 655 11 Wormfarmer 640 12 DevonDeathTrip 572 13 Lynchian 502 14 theoldlady 489 15 Joe Moneypenny 455 16 Kenny 436 17 The Unknown Man 432 18 The Quim Reaper 361 19 The Daredevil 336 20 Annami 328 21 Sean 312 22 Etushipushingupdaisies 302 23 Yorkshire Banker 288 24 Baby Blue 284 25 The Old Crem 247 26 chilean way 245 27 markb4 227 28 Charles De Gaulle 186 29 Toast 169 30 Grand Uncle Bulgaria 160 31 mr.whit 156 32 Gooseberry Crumble 146 33 etib80 135 34 Guyfromfuture 97 35 Bibliogryphon 93

DDT scores a unique hit with Sandra Richardson: https://www.independent.co.uk/happylist/happy-list-2021-inspirational-individuals-b1899386.html Admittedly, an absolute fringey case of notability. But since I played her in the DeathList Cup, I can't rule it out in another pool with a low, but existing fame threshold. DDT might have been watching. If so, well done.

Jeez... Sandra Richardson obit in this Independent "Happy 50" list: https://www.independent.co.uk/happylist/happy-list-2021-inspirational-individuals-b1899386.html That article was published yesterday already, mentioned Richardson for her civic engagement, didn't know that she was already dead! Now an updated version has added the death. (For some reason, watching the mobile version gets behind the soft paywall)

The original Covid Truther, Robert David Steele, dead from Covid: https://www.vice.com/en/article/93yjzp/qanon-anti-vaxxer-called-covid-a-hoax-even-as-his-lungs-stopped-functioning

Hmm, wow, makes me sad. I kind of liked him. "Died after a quick heavy illness". Sounds like another pancreatic cancer victim.

msc also says so, it must be true.

Interview from this month: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/thr-icon-ed-asnwer-golden-age-live-tv-date-mary-tyler-moore-1235002217/ He said he feels younger except for his bad leg. And yet, supposedly "surrounded" by family, so they saw it coming at least a little time before.

Because of the post above, Burton Gilliam is in my longlist. Turns out he was diagnosed with cancer, and in January, was "still having problems with his appetite", but he also is looking forward to his 84th birthday: https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/burton-gilliam-turns-83/

Austrian weapons manufacturer Gaston Glock seems to be in good health and really close to his daughter (who has a gun in about every second instagram post): Edit: No, that's actually his current wife, Kathrin Glock.