gcreptile

Klaus Fassin, founder of confectionery company Katjes, dead at 89: https://m.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/katjes-gruender-klaus-fassin-gestorben-17379137.html

Jessica Morris, founder of Our Brain Bank, after her own glioblastoma diagnosis in 2016, dead at 44: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/health/jessica-morris-dead.html Jana Bennett was one of her cooperators in that organization.

Dingko Singh has died at 42: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/boxing/former-india-boxer-dingko-singh-passes-away-aged-42/article34775101.ece Edit: QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/news/asian-games-gold-medallist-boxer-040739628.html

Dingko Singh has died at 42: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/boxing/former-india-boxer-dingko-singh-passes-away-aged-42/article34775101.ece

Czech actress Libuse Safrankova has died at 68: https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/filmy-serialy/clanek/zemrela-libuse-safrankova-40362787 Big name on the continent, for her role in Christmas classic "Three Nuts for Cinderella". Universally known especially in the former eastern bloc.

Libuse Safrankova has died now: https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/filmy-serialy/clanek/zemrela-libuse-safrankova-40362787

TikTok monkey with 17,6 million followers George "tragically" dead after routine check-up goes wrong: https://au.news.yahoo.com/tik-tok-monkey-with-176-million-followers-tragically-dies-114056356.html

I'm kind of getting Joao Havelange vibes. Pulmonary issues are going to increase in frequency now. Havelange did have another year or so though, once those hospitalisations began.

Ominous statements, but what do they mean? Has there been a recurrence? Or is he just "complaining" about his diagnosis? Daily Mail has an english version of that story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9666265/Gianluca-Vialli-describes-battle-pancreatic-cancer-unwanted-travel-companion.html Personally, I didn't know what stage he was last year, or the year before. It sounds to me as if it's definitely terminal now, not sure if it was before.

Very sorry, I will get on with it very soon! My recent busy weeks have reflected a bit on the checking of picks. I hope it gets better. But as in the last year, there will be my general checking of the whole competition towards the end of the year. No hit will go unnoticed. Edit: Actually, let me take that partly back. That live blog is indeed a QO, but it's the only one I can see. Very hard to find. Most curiously, Yahoo international has an obit, but uk.news.yahoo does not! I can't get the address change to work. This exists: https://news.yahoo.com/anerood-jugnauth-former-mauritius-leader-062757237.html But not this: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/anerood-jugnauth-former-mauritius-leader-062757237.html

Yeah, completely unnecessary for a cabinet member to give this decision national attention and thus, politicizing it. But it's happening everywhere now. Random private people are now being used to score political points.

Arctic explorer Dixie Dancercore dies on an expedition in Greenland at 58: https://commentaryboxsports.com/arctic-explorer-dixie-dancercore-58-has-died-during-an-expedition-in-greenland-abroad/ Edit: Well, his name is actually Dixie Dancercoer... doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Most likely cause of death: heat stroke?

While we're discussing the state of the race, here's an update from Gary Burgess from a month ago: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/voices/2021/05/10/giving-advice-to-the-dying-isnt-as-simple-as-it-seems/ He "uses social media to appear busier than he is". He's in chemo every day of the week. He's ordered his affairs and his will. He's at the low end of his given life expectancy but tries everything to smash the upper end (i.e. 12 months that take him to November). His visible activity might be deceptive, on purpose. I assume he'll tell when the chemo stops working, which could be tomorrow....or not.

The "canon" is unusually weak this year (as long as the Toms and James Whale are still alive). Semi-canon picks Ady Barkan, Gary Burgess, David Gulpilil, Bill Turnbull are also all still alive and except for Gulpilil not even that notably worse off. On the other hand, the "picks from last year" have been relatively successful, Litsa Menounos, Yoo Sang-Chul, Julie Strain, Susan Bayh, Lee Noble. I think we will have a lower winning score than last year. And I think it's quite likely, and/or would be quite fitting that the "most solid/best generalist" is going to win. I tapped Cpt. Chorizo for the Death By Numbers in January (okay, he's currently one point behind Joey), but I could see him winning it all. Edit: That said, the breadth of plausible names is so incredibly big.... Old Lady has the suddenly fantastic pick of Bob Dole, and also Dilip Kumar. Salmon Mousse with 50:50 pick Sarah Harding. It's all very unclear.

Indeed, here is a QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/douglas-cramer-wonder-woman-love-182239998.html

Turkey-Italy 0-1

Well, I want to hear "Sorry, I can't do that, Jeff" in Alexa's voice.

Guess there are a couple answers to that question.

Furchner is able to stand trial: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/kz-stutthof-sekretaerin-von-kommandanten-irmgard-furchner-stenotypistin-des-grauens-1623060543-a-9777266e-75a4-4d28-ab01-095f9fba08b9

Last living liberator of Auschwitz, David Dushman, dead at 98: https://amp.rte.ie/amp/1226352/ https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article231625427/David-Dushman-Letzter-Befreier-von-Auschwitz-mit-98-Jahren-gestorben.html

Kat Bjelland will be the reason why nobody will clear the table this time.

Mexican Reality TV actress Steph Gomez dies of Covid at 29 and wow, she gets tons of german obits, and an English one from Perez Hilton: https://perezhilton.com/steph-gomez-coronavirus-exatlon-mexico-dead/ That would have been a good Cup pick.

For Dawn Lee, there would have been this: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/k-beauty-youtuber-posts-last-224130710.html

Jill just turned 70. I am very tempted to make a thread for her, just so I can use the sub header "ill Biden".